It would be really funny if they asked latitude and longitude instead of asking them to point on a map. Suddenly the data becomes very impressive.
Western european countries would definitely do better. Every time I see one of those videos of a guy on the street asking people geography the Americans are completely worthless but and random european is almost perfect. Americans can’t even get their states of our own country correct
I know it's a rhetorical question, but briefly. I ate a burrito in Fort Smith, stayed at a crappy motel by Fayetteville one time in the shadow of Jesus billboards, and drove through Little Rock. It was very "natural".
It was a very average burrito in a sit-down Mexican restaurant, one of those places that has a nice building and atmosphere but seems to cater to a midwestern palate. I think it was La Huerta Grill. Probably would have been better any state to the Southwest of there. Looking at the map now, if I was there again, I'd go to a pupusa place... those are always super good.
I would like to know the context of this survey. Who in the world gets asked where is a country and points to the middle of the sea
To be fair, I bet there is a town named Iran in the US. There’s a Cuba, Bolivia, Lebanon, and others.
Okay, I just looked it up and no, but you can see where I coming from - lots of places named after foreign countries/cities. It probably is stupidity, but with included confusion.
Yeah, I see what you mean but the majority is still most likely stupidity (though there is probably at least one because of that)
I wonder if it asked them to point out “the country of Iran.”
Of course people also confuse cities and states. Like on the game shows, people will say things like Los Angeles when they mean California, and vice versa.
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A large chunk of them, well over half, had the general part of the world right. Honestly better than I expected.
It does, yes. A lot of them are centered around the Persian gulf, so there seems to be a strong "it's around here somewhere" approach.
Actually 23% is a pretty good stat?
Do you really think that many people Iranians are mermaids?
Jokes aside, there is no better way to learn geography than studying war. Shit just starts sticking in your brain.
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Ahhh yes, Iran Alberta, Canada.
Go for the food, stay for the bread festivals. It's when we sing the score from Fiddler on the roof and sacrifice a bear in the name of our sponsors, Phil's pork 'n beans.
Good Ol' Iran, Alberta. Fuckin' love that place. Go there, you tell Jimmy, Bill from Ottawa says hello!