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And then you're blocking a line at the supermarket ‘cause you think the cashier screwed you for ten dollars and your calculator is nowhere in sight. You stand there like a common retard adding numbers. Then after twenty minutes of carrying the decimal and adding all those numbers you realize you were wrong whilst the seemingly angry mob behind you becomes obviously pissed! And as you leave the store in a hurry another retarded techno-mumbo-jumbo whore stands there takes out a chequebook and can't properly spell shit ‘cause her MSOffice Word wasn't there with her.
FOR FUCKS SAKES MAN!
Knowledge is power!
Technology fucks you up!
In 30 years when all satellites fall and technology becomes 'redundant' you’ll be sitting there on a bench scratching your head ‘cause you forgot where you lived!
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Sun, 9th Oct 2005 19:48 Post subject: |
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There are stupid people everywhere. Funny as that video was; thats all it was meant to be. Becasue the reporter had a biased adjenda before he even started doing interviews.
They do one here in Canada as well. They went to the USA to tell them we had just legalized VCRs and fianlly switched to the 24 hour clock. And yes they found Americans that congratulated us and blah blah, but i bet they meet way more Americans that saw through the BS right away.
Sure anyone with grade 6 geography should be able to locate the majority of countrys in the world. So yes, those people are dumb; but it has no bearing on America as a whole.
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ChinUp
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 00:15 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 01:29 Post subject: |
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| Swinefur wrote: | | redwhiteandblueweruleletskillall |
w00t go GB 
| javlar wrote: | | fisk wrote: | | How many Europeans know the difference between the states of the USA? Or have insight into the asian countries? |
Agreed to that, if you gave me a blank map to fill in the states i would be correct on maybe five of them and if i had more correct answers they would be lucky guesses. On the other hand i can point out every country in the world with some precision, sure some would be wrong but they would be in the correct region. |
Well how can you compare states (which aren't taught in england.. not in-depth because we just don't care... they're on a need-to-know basis which an atlas provides) with a MAJOR country in a continent? By being expected to name the states is like pin-pointing counties in England (of which I can't do at all).
Also peoples 'warped' view of asia isn't true. Sure a lot of it will be based on what people see on TV but again if you tell some1 to actually picture what a place like Japan is i.e. 1 of the biggest economies in the world. it is inconceivable to think that this is still true for the majority of the nation. |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 07:26 Post subject: |
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| Siddhartha wrote: | | I think memorizing tons of useless facts has become obsolete with the internet and the instant availability of information on a wide variety of topics. Cellphones with internet capabilities can give you the answer to many questions with just the push of a few buttons. Unless we're talking about highly specialized information, like someone studying to be a lawyer or doctor, much of the information you've learned can be easily googled and thus makes all of your learning...redundant. |
Yeah, but dude, its one thing to answer a question and another to say "hold on a sec, let me check Wiki on my phone.."
know what i mean? |
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Griffon
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 08:16 Post subject: |
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Those people should shoot themselves, I highly doubt they bring something usefull to the world.
About Hitman: Movie (2007)
Vin Diesel is a hardcore gamer, and absolutely loves the Hitman series. For that reason I have faith that he wont destroy the movie.
Response: Well, Uwe Boll probably loved the Alone in the Dark games.
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 13:02 Post subject: |
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If you look in the vid, you can see the countries are labelled differently. hence the guy saying "wow, i didnt know north korea was so big!". yeah, he should have known better, but I think it's American's tendency to believe what their told is the real problem (not saying that their edu system isnt bad or in need of help - never been there).
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 13:12 Post subject: |
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| Submiqent wrote: | | If you look in the vid, you can see the countries are labelled differently. hence the guy saying "wow, i didnt know north korea was so big!". yeah, he should have known better, but I think it's American's tendency to believe what their told is the real problem (not saying that their edu system isnt bad or in need of help - never been there). |
so u think americans aren't unedcuated, u think they are gullable and too trusting?  |
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Esel_Gesi
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 16:17 Post subject: |
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| Sedolf wrote: | Well, many Americans think that Hitler is still alive and kicking, so that Video isnt really surprising 
Funny as hell tho |
Do you know one american? |
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poullou
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2005 16:23 Post subject: |
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Too long posts to read them all....one question: why did everybody responded with an answer after the question? I mean...wtf! Don't you think they should ask themselves first with a WHY????
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nouseforaname
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Oct 2005 08:22 Post subject: |
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| Bagshatar wrote: | I'm not saying that any country is better than another, but hell! It isn't that hard to pin-point Australia, France, Korea (north and south) and some other countries on the map. I even got 97% on a test where I should place the American states on some map. It would have been a bit more difficult with Africa though, but still.
As I said, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just saying that some people around the world maybe should learn some basic geography  |
Yeah, I agree...Australia shouldnt be hard to point out...Im pretty good with euro, asian and south american geography, my african geography is kinda bad....to me, africa is africa ya know? |
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Oct 2005 09:02 Post subject: |
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| SycoShaman wrote: | | Bagshatar wrote: | I'm not saying that any country is better than another, but hell! It isn't that hard to pin-point Australia, France, Korea (north and south) and some other countries on the map. I even got 97% on a test where I should place the American states on some map. It would have been a bit more difficult with Africa though, but still.
As I said, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just saying that some people around the world maybe should learn some basic geography |
Yeah, I agree...Australia shouldnt be hard to point out...Im pretty good with euro, asian and south american geography, my african geography is kinda bad....to me, africa is africa ya know? |
Well i would hope u know where south africa is 
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Oct 2005 18:49 Post subject: |
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| ChinUp wrote: | | SoSBigperm wrote: | There are stupid people everywhere. Funny as that video was; thats all it was meant to be. Becasue the reporter had a biased adjenda before he even started doing interviews.
They do one here in Canada as well. They went to the USA to tell them we had just legalized VCRs and fianlly switched to the 24 hour clock. And yes they found Americans that congratulated us and blah blah, but i bet they meet way more Americans that saw through the BS right away.
Sure anyone with grade 6 geography should be able to locate the majority of countrys in the world. So yes, those people are dumb; but it has no bearing on America as a whole. |
You wish .. go look around the world outside america .. then go look around american schools .. then belive me you would be sick to your stomch
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Do you even read posts, or just make a generalization right away? I am comenting on the validity of the video, and other videos like this. Im not commenting on American schools, etc.
And trust me, i dont really have a high opineon of American Schools, but that has nothing to do with my arguement.
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ChinUp
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Oct 2005 19:25 Post subject: |
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| SoSBigperm wrote: | Do you even read posts, or just make a generalization right away? I am comenting on the validity of the video, and other videos like this. Im not commenting on American schools, etc.
And trust me, i dont really have a high opineon of American Schools, but that has nothing to do with my arguement. |
This clip is just a .. joke to bring attention to American xenophobic education .. you asserted that American education was just as good as anyplace else .. | SoSBigperm wrote: |
but it has no bearing on America as a whole. |
I refuted your claim .. because you were wrong .. clip or no clip Americas educational standards in regards to international general knowledge is laughable .. so your comment that it has no bearing on Americans is wrong ..
& by the way if you read my posts you would understand why I feel perfectly justified to make general statements about American education ..
I am disgusted by the educational authorities in the states .. they hampered my development into an adult as a result of their incompetence .. & I will seize any opportunity to make them pay for what they did to me ..
"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in & out of favor." ~ Frost
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Oct 2005 05:22 Post subject: |
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| -=Cartoon=- wrote: | | SycoShaman wrote: | | Bagshatar wrote: | I'm not saying that any country is better than another, but hell! It isn't that hard to pin-point Australia, France, Korea (north and south) and some other countries on the map. I even got 97% on a test where I should place the American states on some map. It would have been a bit more difficult with Africa though, but still.
As I said, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just saying that some people around the world maybe should learn some basic geography |
Yeah, I agree...Australia shouldnt be hard to point out...Im pretty good with euro, asian and south american geography, my african geography is kinda bad....to me, africa is africa ya know? |
Well i would hope u know where south africa is |
Thats like, under North Africa?  |
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