meanwhile we laugh at Americans for not being able to tell where germany lies
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I'm American and I don't know where Ohio or Germany is.
Also American. I know where Germany is because I've had buddies from Germany, which made it useful information. Ditto Romania, Nigeria, and South Korea. I will remember X country when there is something of personal significance about it and apparently not before.
I don't know where Ohio is and will never learn, because there is nothing IN Ohio, and they know there's nothing in Ohio because they're still LYING ABOUT THE AIRPLANE.
...how?
To be fair most Germans know where America is.
Yes this one is honestly a bit apples to oranges-ish, I can kinda understand though because Germany is about the size of a single US state.
Though it's very hard to fuck up western Europe if you ever looked at a world map. Western Europe only has a handful of countries.
Compared to a country of 50 or so states where only 3 have a memorable shape (California, Texas, Florida), one has a memorable location (Alaska) and NYC being a household name.
Sure but that's only equivalent to an American knowing where Europe is, as a lot of US states are as large as a lot of European countries.
But they're still states. States are internal divisions and only meaningful within the US. From an outside perspective there are very few differences between states, nowhere close to the differences between different countries.
Similar to how we don't talk about states or other divisions of china, even though there are probably divisions with more people than half of Europe.
fair enough, it's just that learning all countries in North America is a lot easier than those in Europe
Not really, as a European I can tell you where all the countries in the north American continent are.
all 3 of em? wow what an accomplishment
You're forgetting 20 countries.
North America doesn't end at Mexico, it ends at Panama, and it also includes the Caribbean.
it was pointed out already thank you
I don't see that, maybe a de-federated post to my instance.
There's a third? Oh bugger 😝
Canada, US, Mexico, Cuba and apparently a bunch more I forgot about.
Oh damn. I thought there was Canada and Not Canada.
that also works
The John Oliver bit will never get old for me.
which one?
Talking about a location with a map showing where it is, then revealing that the audience doesn't know geography / the place is not well known, because the map was wrong.
Can't find a good video but it's the one where he names a country and places its name on a world map. Then shows that it wasn't that country at all to show his viewers are bad at world geography.
That was a terribly unfunny explanation by me. But I like the bit.
the fuck is going on here
Fake ass Euro not comprehending small and weird borders
Every state looks the exact same
The only memorable ones are California, nevada, washington, texas, florida, and maine.
Washington and Maine are only memorable because of very easy locations, being in the top corners of the country.
Uhh, fucking MICHIGAN??? THE BIG MITTEN? Easily a contender for that list based on shape alone.
~A salty Michigander
They should all be named Square
As a resident of Oreo, I can confirm that my state is tasty as fuck.
I imagine Minnesotans would take offense to being called “Texas 2”. In both climate and politics, it's the opposite of Texas.
“Uh” and “Minne-sota” are the same state: Michigan. It's the only state whose land is divided by a huge lake spanning the entire state.
As a Minnesotan. Yes. So deeply offended. It gets cold as fuck up here
At least you can bundle up. When it's devil's-butthole degrees outside, you can only strip down so much before you run out of clothing to take off.
And that is a significant reason why I love MN!
Is nobody going to mention the absence of Alaska?
Bit chilly in Ohio today, innit?
I'm just wondering how you mislocate "Virgin," yet somehow get West Virginia right.
COUNTRY ROOOOOOOOOADS
Americans are very sensitive about you knowing which state they're from
It used to be that Prussians, Germans and Austrians would cut you for confusing them for one of the others.
Probably did a better job than some Americans.
Honestly, that's how I feel about Kansas as well
To be honest, I would not be great at naming German states. I can get Brandenburg, Bavaria, and a couple others.
Mfw New York isn't even labeled on the map.