The most extraordinary case of ignorance you have witnessed
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People hate America because we allow these idiots to be our spokespersons.Ponce Master-General said:
In my friend's Algebra 1 class there was a student who asked the teacher whether or not x=5 is the same as 5=x ....
We were talking about STDs in health class, specifically AIDS. I asked if it was true that AIDS originated as a disease in chimpanzees, and my health teacher said yes. Then someone in the class said "So, someone F***ed a chimp and that's how AIDS started?"
The whole class was laughing so loud, the principal came down from his office to see what was so funny.
The whole class was laughing so loud, the principal came down from his office to see what was so funny.
In my maths class, we were looking at a cubic function, and the teacher showed what happened when the function was derived, and drew the graph of the parabola. Someone promptly put up their hand and said "Sir... next to the x and y axis, what does that little "o" mean?"
The teacher turned round and looked incredibly surprised, and simply said: "That's zero, Zac."
The teacher turned round and looked incredibly surprised, and simply said: "That's zero, Zac."
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There had to have been people who knew the answers. I have a hard time believing they didn't find at least a few educated people. It is sad that this is how the world sees us.
Of course our pop-culture and the media(Fox News) seem to do everything they can to convince the world that everyone in the U.S. are a bunch of drooling buffoons who can't even figure out where KFC comes from.
why doesn't America have a better school system they pay more into it than any other country, if they did people like palin could be quietly ignoredmichiehoward said:
My personal favorite was in a class on probability. This might not seem that ridiculous, but this was a high-level college math course and the guy really should have known better.
It was the first day of class, and the professor was giving a brief history of probability. He explained that probability theory was developed in the 18th century to help with gambling. Then he gave the example of flipping two coins. He said there were three possible outcomes: two heads, one head and one tails, and two tails. Then he said, "Before the 1700s, people actually believed that all three outcomes had the same probability," and chuckled.
Then one guy raised his hand and asked, "But why don't they all have the same probability?"
And then I headdesked.
It was the first day of class, and the professor was giving a brief history of probability. He explained that probability theory was developed in the 18th century to help with gambling. Then he gave the example of flipping two coins. He said there were three possible outcomes: two heads, one head and one tails, and two tails. Then he said, "Before the 1700s, people actually believed that all three outcomes had the same probability," and chuckled.
Then one guy raised his hand and asked, "But why don't they all have the same probability?"
And then I headdesked.
Over the summer a guy I know went out with a girl that wasn't exactly bright.
Emma *****>Jake ******
Who is Jake ******'s secret admirer?
mee
? Jake ****** It's not so secret when you post it on my wall. :]
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Emma ***** haha thats exactly what my friend said
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Jake ****** ‎
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Peter ****** LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Emma ***** huh what is lolololololololol mean
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Peter ****** XD
[Sentence structure fail]
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Emma ***** what does structure mean
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Peter ****** Dear god I hope you're not serious.
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Emma ***** im serious what does structure mean i want to know isnt that like a 10 th grade word aww try to be all smart w/ a tenth grade word but seriously what does it mean
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Emma ***** hello?????
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Peter ******
Oh god you are serious...
I wasn't aware that we were assigning specific terms to school years now, it sounds like something that an idiot would come up with as an excuse for having the vocabulary of a gerbil.
If you're that curious then just... wiki it for fuck's sake.See More
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Emma ***** and what does specific mean does that mean smart and what is wiki? and y are you so mad i am asking you what grade are oyu in 10th because you seem smart
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Emma ***** helloooooooooooo!!!! sorry i am too smart for you
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Peter ******
ROFL!
Wiki is short for Wikipedia. When used as a verb it means to search something up on Wikipedia. Specific and structure are both words that have definitions on Wikipedia, I suggest you search the aforementioned terms on there because I d...on't much feel like explaining two words that aren't even complex or advanced to the likes of you.See More
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Emma ***** okk there are about 4 words idk and i will just ask somebody else if you are going to be so mean idk what wikipedia is oh so 6 words im sorry idk the words
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Peter ****** Apparently you fail at math too.
4 words + Wikipedia = 5 words, not 6.
You really have to stop sniffing that glue...
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Emma ***** i dont sniff gluee sorry i am nott einstein thank u for you help though
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Peter ****** Your sentence implies that Einstein sniffed glue, if so then maybe it actually makes you smarter. In that case you should start immediately.
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Emma ***** im confused and dont call me an idiot nobody likes you thank you
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Peter ******
Your baseless assumptions of myself aside, your confusion astounds me in no way.
Or, to put it in words that you would understand : ur stoopid cuz u say dat no1 likes me but u dont know me!!1111 also it not surprising dat u confoosed cuz ur ...stoopid.See More
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Emma ***** huh your stupid nobody likes you my bffl is going to beat u up if you dont stop bothering me so back off meenie
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Peter ****** Uhuh... I`m assuming you mean Jake, if so: saying that some fatass is going to beat me up isn`t a very effective threat. Besides, you should probably go find a dictionary instead of posting badly written comments and demonstrating your unaquaintance with Mr. Intelligence, Mrs. Grammar and Sir 1st grade math VI.
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Emma ***** actually its not jake and maybe i dont know half of the stuff your talking about but at least i dont try to be an einstein wannabe and considering you have like 30 friends on facebook you dont have friends i have like alot more and no i cant do the math but at least i am not trying to be all smart when you know you prob. dont know what your saying so ha too bad for you
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Peter ******
Trying to be an Einstein wannabe? Since when does having proper grammar make you an Einstein wannabe? Besides, Einstein wasn't even a linguist, he was a physicist. I do know what I'm talking about because it's not very complex, all you have to do to understand it is not be retarded.
Also: I don't have hundreds friends on Facebook because I don't just randomly add everyone that lives in my general vicinity, which is probably what you do. Besides, the amount of friends on Facebook has nothing to do with anything, whether you have 2 FB friends or 200 you're still an idiot.See More
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Emma ***** i am not an idiot i am just dumber than you so shut up and yeah your a einstein and and what is a linguist ? and i actually dont ramdomly add people so shut up and i am smarttt butt nott as. smartt as. youuu
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Peter ****** That`s like saying that a retarded kid is still smarter than a nonsentient tree branch, while it may be true; the retarded kid is still retarded by society`s standards. You are the retarded kid in that metaphor, by society`s standards you are goddamn stupid. Also, here`s a hint: instead of mindlessly asking about every word, why don`t you try actually trying to find out the meaning of it by yourself? It`s really not that hard with the wonders of the internet and makes you seem like less of an idiot
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Emma ***** your a creep so shut up nobody would ever like you because nobody cares how smart a person is at least i am not trying to be something im not so shut up
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Peter ****** I`m not trying to be something I`m not either, if anyone is it`s you. Intelligence doesn`t matter? Have fun working at Mcdonald`s! Also: I love how instead of actually providing actual criticism you just call me a creep, even though I have done nothing that would qualify as creepy, it makes me laugh so hard. Oh, and since you seem to care so much; I have plenty of friends, and I really couldn`t care less how many fb friends you have considering you probably only talk to like 5 of them regularly.
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Peter ****** ‎*talk to
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Emma ***** you can shut up i have friends unlike you and actually i dont need to work at mc.donalds i am actually going to be an actress or a singer or both so haha i have talent to fall back on ahha so what if i am not as smart as you i am being myself and not an einstein wannabe like you
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Peter ****** Ok, this is starting to get incredibly annoying so I`m not replying anymore after this. 1. You know nothing of my social/personnal life so shut up. 2. Actress? singer? Ha! 3. This is what? The 5th time that you`ve called me an "Einstein wannabe"? I can't believe that you`re stupid enough to actually think that it makes sense to call me that, I haven`t mentionned physics of any sort in my posts & as I said before; Einstein wasn`t a linguist. There are more points to refute but I can`t be bothered
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Jake ****** Well erm...yeah.
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That's an actual facebook conversation.
Thankfully they only went out for 3 days...
Emma *****>Jake ******
Who is Jake ******'s secret admirer?
mee
? Jake ****** It's not so secret when you post it on my wall. :]
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Emma ***** haha thats exactly what my friend said
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Jake ****** ‎
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Peter ****** LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Emma ***** huh what is lolololololololol mean
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Peter ****** XD
[Sentence structure fail]
June 26, 2010 at 5:53pm ? LikeUnlike
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Emma ***** what does structure mean
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Peter ****** Dear god I hope you're not serious.
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Emma ***** im serious what does structure mean i want to know isnt that like a 10 th grade word aww try to be all smart w/ a tenth grade word but seriously what does it mean
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Emma ***** hello?????
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Peter ******
Oh god you are serious...
I wasn't aware that we were assigning specific terms to school years now, it sounds like something that an idiot would come up with as an excuse for having the vocabulary of a gerbil.
If you're that curious then just... wiki it for fuck's sake.See More
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Emma ***** and what does specific mean does that mean smart and what is wiki? and y are you so mad i am asking you what grade are oyu in 10th because you seem smart
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Emma ***** helloooooooooooo!!!! sorry i am too smart for you
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Peter ******
ROFL!
Wiki is short for Wikipedia. When used as a verb it means to search something up on Wikipedia. Specific and structure are both words that have definitions on Wikipedia, I suggest you search the aforementioned terms on there because I d...on't much feel like explaining two words that aren't even complex or advanced to the likes of you.See More
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Emma ***** okk there are about 4 words idk and i will just ask somebody else if you are going to be so mean idk what wikipedia is oh so 6 words im sorry idk the words
June 26, 2010 at 6:13pm ? LikeUnlike
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Peter ****** Apparently you fail at math too.
4 words + Wikipedia = 5 words, not 6.
You really have to stop sniffing that glue...
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Emma ***** i dont sniff gluee sorry i am nott einstein thank u for you help though
June 26, 2010 at 6:17pm ? LikeUnlike
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Peter ****** Your sentence implies that Einstein sniffed glue, if so then maybe it actually makes you smarter. In that case you should start immediately.
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Emma ***** im confused and dont call me an idiot nobody likes you thank you
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Peter ******
Your baseless assumptions of myself aside, your confusion astounds me in no way.
Or, to put it in words that you would understand : ur stoopid cuz u say dat no1 likes me but u dont know me!!1111 also it not surprising dat u confoosed cuz ur ...stoopid.See More
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Emma ***** huh your stupid nobody likes you my bffl is going to beat u up if you dont stop bothering me
so back off meenieJune 26, 2010 at 7:27pm ? LikeUnlike
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Peter ****** Uhuh... I`m assuming you mean Jake, if so: saying that some fatass is going to beat me up isn`t a very effective threat. Besides, you should probably go find a dictionary instead of posting badly written comments and demonstrating your unaquaintance with Mr. Intelligence, Mrs. Grammar and Sir 1st grade math VI.
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Emma ***** actually its not jake and maybe i dont know half of the stuff your talking about but at least i dont try to be an einstein wannabe and considering you have like 30 friends on facebook you dont have friends i have like alot more and no i cant do the math but at least i am not trying to be all smart when you know you prob. dont know what your saying so ha too bad for you
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Peter ******
Trying to be an Einstein wannabe? Since when does having proper grammar make you an Einstein wannabe? Besides, Einstein wasn't even a linguist, he was a physicist. I do know what I'm talking about because it's not very complex, all you have to do to understand it is not be retarded.
Also: I don't have hundreds friends on Facebook because I don't just randomly add everyone that lives in my general vicinity, which is probably what you do. Besides, the amount of friends on Facebook has nothing to do with anything, whether you have 2 FB friends or 200 you're still an idiot.See More
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Emma ***** i am not an idiot i am just dumber than you so shut up and yeah your a einstein and and what is a linguist ? and i actually dont ramdomly add people so shut up and i am smarttt butt nott as. smartt as. youuu
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Peter ****** That`s like saying that a retarded kid is still smarter than a nonsentient tree branch, while it may be true; the retarded kid is still retarded by society`s standards. You are the retarded kid in that metaphor, by society`s standards you are goddamn stupid. Also, here`s a hint: instead of mindlessly asking about every word, why don`t you try actually trying to find out the meaning of it by yourself? It`s really not that hard with the wonders of the internet and makes you seem like less of an idiot
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Emma ***** your a creep so shut up nobody would ever like you because nobody cares how smart a person is at least i am not trying to be something im not so shut up
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Peter ****** I`m not trying to be something I`m not either, if anyone is it`s you. Intelligence doesn`t matter? Have fun working at Mcdonald`s! Also: I love how instead of actually providing actual criticism you just call me a creep, even though I have done nothing that would qualify as creepy, it makes me laugh so hard. Oh, and since you seem to care so much; I have plenty of friends, and I really couldn`t care less how many fb friends you have considering you probably only talk to like 5 of them regularly.
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Peter ****** ‎*talk to
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Emma ***** you can shut up i have friends unlike you and actually i dont need to work at mc.donalds i am actually going to be an actress or a singer or both so haha i have talent to fall back on ahha so what if i am not as smart as you i am being myself and not an einstein wannabe like you
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Peter ****** Ok, this is starting to get incredibly annoying so I`m not replying anymore after this. 1. You know nothing of my social/personnal life so shut up. 2. Actress? singer? Ha! 3. This is what? The 5th time that you`ve called me an "Einstein wannabe"? I can't believe that you`re stupid enough to actually think that it makes sense to call me that, I haven`t mentionned physics of any sort in my posts & as I said before; Einstein wasn`t a linguist. There are more points to refute but I can`t be bothered
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Jake ****** Well erm...yeah.
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That's an actual facebook conversation.
Thankfully they only went out for 3 days...
In other words, people as stupid as the ones on the video wouldn't understand that the video was for comedic effect and not an even handed representation of the American public. Hence, I'm not seeing any problem with it. And in fairness, that comedy team have ruthlessly parodied idiocy and ignorance among our own Australian people.th3xile said:
Ron Paul is actually a rather interesting guy, and although I may not agree with everything he says, he certainly thinks for himself on issues which at least you can respect.Zakarath said:
I remember that he was one of the few members of the Republican party that believes that Julian Assange shouldn't be punished because he was simply utilizing freedom of speech which he believes incredibly strongly in.
At this point I feel the need to reitorate that I don't support the negative stereotype that all Americans are stupid, I just genuinely think that it's funny that there are people on this earth who are not familliar with this basic general knowledge, regardless of their nationality. Granted some of those questions were a bit culture specific (I wouldn't for example expect someone from, say, Belgium to know what KFC stands for necessarily) But I demand that anyone ANYWHERE can locate and correctly pinpoint AUSTRALIA on a map. Anyone with access to a modern education is required to know what that huge Blob in the bottom right corner of the map is.Tank207 said:
Oh I agree wholeheartedly. The fact that someone mistook Australia with freaking North Korea is mind boggling.socialmenace42 said:
Ben Stein right after he finished making expelled a movie about "evolution" the quotation in there are a must. Any way he goes on TV and go off about how Darwin's theory didn't account for the origin of life or the universe or gravity. I mean come on you are making a movie about a scientific theory and you fail to realize its basic principles after it is made. The copies of this movie should be burned they are not even usable as coasters.