Never heard of Arkansas . . . WHAT.

[Azaraxzealot]

Dibs on the 360!

you cant call dibs on a... no wait... thats space ships. never mind, all yours.

 

[Stoic raptor]

To be fair, Arkansas is pretty forgettable.

This would be my answer. I am actually surprised I remembered that there is a state called Arkansas.

Oklahoma is also pretty forgettable too. But if they are forgettable, how do I remember them?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I didn't know what Arkansas was until I came to this thread.

 

[Jodah]

I wanna call Bull shit.

... But then again I've had people who asked my why they named New Jersey "new" and asked me what old jersey was like and if it was a different country (like Mexico and New Mexico). So I can believe it, though doing so makes me want to hit someone with a baseball bat that says common sense.

So yeah. Americans are fucking dumb. This coming from a fellow American.

Oh the story is very, unfortunately, horrifyingly real. The worst part is, like I said, these aren't uneducated people. They're normal, functioning, productive members of the American workforce. They WALK AMONG US.

THERE COULD BE ONE BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW, EATING A SANDWICH.

AND. YOU. WOULDN'T. EVEN. KNOW.

Thats why I assume everyone I meet is stupid. If it turns out they aren't then I am pleasantly surprised. If they are then I am prepared for it.

Granted I can't recite all 50 states anymore. I used to know the song for it but not anymore. I can at least recognize them if I read/hear the name though.

 

[Merkavar]

is ia arkansas pronounced like R-can-saw?

 

[EmeraldGreen]

I once had an online conversation with a girl (I seem to remember she was American, but it was a long time ago) who was astonished to discover that we get snow in Australia. She thought the whole continent was desert.

 

[lacktheknack]

Do you know anybody from Arkansas?
Have you ever been to Arkansas?
Do you know anybody who has ever been to Arkansas?
Can we really assume Arkansas exists?

Yes, no, yes, yes.

Arkansas was the one of the first states I could point at on a map, aside from Hawai'i and Alaska, obviously. And I'm CANADIAN.

Fun tidbit: I was in the US at one point, and upon being asked where I come from, I said Edmonton, Alberta. "Is Alberta in Toronto?" Oh well, they don't study Canadian geography.

 

[LandoCristo]

I've had some people who think Singapore is in China. I also had one guy who thought Singapore was in TEXAS.

Oddly enough, when I first moved to Singapore, my friends who I told where I was going thought that it was in Arizona.

But to be fair, if asked to point it out on a map, I would have guessed someplace near the Philippines, because I didn't know exactly where it was. But still, it's one of the most advanced countries in SE Asia.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Do you know anybody from Arkansas?
Have you ever been to Arkansas?
Do you know anybody who has ever been to Arkansas?
Can we really assume Arkansas exists?

Yes, no, yes, yes.

Arkansas was the one of the first states I could point at on a map, aside from Hawai'i and Alaska, obviously. And I'm CANADIAN.

You must be one of Them. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy] That or you're a Roughriders fan.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Yeah, when I went on vacation to Washington DC, the cashier at a gift shop noticed that my debit card was from New Mexico, and asked me if I spoke spanish. (this is like asking someone from New York if they speak French because of it's proximity to Quebec) I've also heard multiple stories from people who went to other states at various times, and when people found out they were from New Mexico, they asked ridiculous things like, "Did you need a passport to get here?" Others have expressed disbelief that New Mexico even IS a US state. I heard one story where someone thought we were our own country.

So....Yeah. People are retarded.

Although I like the idea of Arrr-Kansas. It makes me think of a state populated entirely by pirate-cowboys.

 

[Agent Cross]

Guess they never learned the state song. They still teach that right? Or maybe they just remembered Alabama, Akaska, Arizona, ummmm... Totally blanking on that fourth one.

Alabama, skip some states... Wyoming is the last state in The 50 States That Rhyme!

4th grade, man. Totally awesome year.

That shit even got my through college! Think I learned it in 5th though. Read it in a book, forget it the next day. Put it in a song, and you'll remember it for life.

 

[lacktheknack]

Do you know anybody from Arkansas?
Have you ever been to Arkansas?
Do you know anybody who has ever been to Arkansas?
Can we really assume Arkansas exists?

Yes, no, yes, yes.

Arkansas was the one of the first states I could point at on a map, aside from Hawai'i and Alaska, obviously. And I'm CANADIAN.

You must be one of Them. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy] That or you're a Roughriders fan.

Nope (nice story) and no. I don't care for football, and if I did, I'd cheer Eskimos.

 

[Omikron009]

Are your coworkers American? How could they possibly know so little about their own country? Even if they're not, it would surprise me that they've never heard of it before.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Damn... Retards...

I mean Arkansas isn't really one of the well known states I guess, but still, thats kind of bad to not know that its a state.

Just because I can laugh at myself I'll admit that last year (senior year of high school) I had no idea that there was a state called Delaware. My American History teacher said something about the state and I burst out with, "Since when is there a state called Delaware?!" I don't think thats as bad as not knowing Arkansas because when was the last time you heard of something happening in Delaware?

 

[Novania]

I'll take your 360...

I think this is one is worse:

I was in Berlin on a school trip, and a parent of a kid from a different school actually asked if the Nazis were "for or against" Hitler....IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF FUCKING BERLIN!!!!!!!!!
AND THIS WAS PARENT!!! If it had been a kid I would have had a slightly less overwhelming urge to disembowel them on the spot with the nearest sharp object!!!! I almost strangled them right then and there....

Anyway the Brandenburg Gate is pretty sick, and its like a couple hundred meters from the Reichstag which is totally badass....

 

[Thaluikhain]

Also it's sad there are Australians who don't know anything about the Norfolk islands

Australians have to bring their passports when they want to go to the Norfolk Islands. The two try to pretend the other doesn't exist.

That's as bad as a recent statistic showing that most of my fellow countrymen (Canadians) not knowing what kind of government we have (we are a Constitutional Monarchy, not a Democracy or a Republic).

Well, being a Constitutional Monarchy doesn't exclude being a Democracy (depending on the constituion). A Republic is flat out wrong, though.

 

[blankedboy]

If they have internet on Mars, I'd be glad to go with you.
Make the pod as small as possible so I can be uber creepy to you :3

 

[Alphavillain]

To think I was astonished the other day when two guys I work with had never heard of the Tower Of Babel. But at least Arkansas actually exists.