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Posted by Perfect_Cheezit on Apr-15-2007 10:34:

The World

We were getting blitzed listening to Xtal by Aphex Twin and we fucking tested one another on how well one knows the world - politically, culturally, historically whatever.

Like "Do you know the capital of [Country X]?" and all these follow up questions about shit you might not even know if you weren't interested in other places to begin with. I won the fucking Geography Bee when I was younger 3 years in a row, I was just a fucking maniac with it. People have started saying they can't even ask me questions about it anymore because it is too depersonalizing because they know that I will know it already, but I think this is bullshit because there is no way you could know every nuance of every culture that exists in the world.

So how well do TAs know places outside of the horizontal boundaries of a "state."

Posted by Fast Turtle on Apr-15-2007 10:40:

It sure is 4:40 AM.

Posted by bananas on Apr-15-2007 10:56:

I know geography pretty well :]

Posted by Sushipunk on Apr-15-2007 11:10:

Re: The World

quote:
Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit
We were getting blitzed listening to Xtal by Aphex Twin and we fucking tested one another on how well one knows the world - politically, culturally, historically whatever.

Like "Do you know the capital of [Country X]?" and all these follow up questions about shit you might not even know if you weren't interested in other places to begin with. I won the fucking Geography Bee when I was younger 3 years in a row, I was just a fucking maniac with it. People have started saying they can't even ask me questions about it anymore because it is too depersonalizing because they know that I will know it already, but I think this is bullshit because there is no way you could know every nuance of every culture that exists in the world.

So how well do TAs know places outside of the horizontal boundaries of a "state."

Tell me about Brisbane. Do it.

No Google.

Posted by getfoul on Apr-15-2007 14:58:

I asked my friend in Everett, Washington, where Idaho is and she didn't know It's right next to Wa, but she still had no clue.

Posted by Allied Nations on Apr-15-2007 15:35:

I'd say I know quite a bit about quite a few places, but nowhere near everything about every city.

Posted by Subey on Apr-15-2007 15:55:

I make the following assumptions...

Everyone is exposed to Celebrity News.
Almost everyone is exposed to TV News.
Most everyone is exposed to Paper News.

I have tested this. I was at the Quickie (kinda like the Kwik-e-Mart but the real thing) and I queried a black woman in a wheel chair (I mention these details only to help identify her), she claimed to have Zero celebrity news knowledge... so I asked her who Brad Pitt was dating... she knew

Anything outside of those three sources is self-taught and you have to look into them yourself. There thousands of topics in the world. Cities is one of them. There are thousands of cities in the world.

In other words there is too much information in the world to randomly want to read about Brisbane. You will only learn about it if you arrive there via a non-random route.

As for Brisbane, I know what Bane means, and I know it is in Queensland

Posted by jupiterone on Apr-15-2007 15:56:

The World...

IS A VAMPIREEEEE! DANA NA NA DA NA!!!! SENTT TO DRAINNNNNN

Posted by Allied Nations on Apr-15-2007 16:02:

choon

Posted by Marc Summers on Apr-15-2007 16:07:

Honestly, you should know where every country is. You should know their capitals as well.

Stop complaining, cheese tits.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Apr-15-2007 16:08:

Re: The World

quote:
Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit
I won the fucking Geography Bee when I was younger 3 years in a row, I was just a fucking maniac with it.

No shit? I was a finalist for the MN geography bee like 10 years ago. Question I got out on was "What group of islands lies directly on the International Dateline between Alaska and Russia in the Bering Strait?"

Posted by Allied Nations on Apr-15-2007 16:08:

What's the answer?

Posted by Orbax on Apr-15-2007 16:16:

I know all 50 countries

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Apr-15-2007 16:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Allied Nations
What's the answer?

The Diomedes Islands. Never heard of em, but sure enough, they're on a map.

Posted by getfoul on Apr-15-2007 16:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
I know all 50 countries
Gross national product of each please.

Posted by wizniz on Apr-15-2007 16:30:

PULP VICTIM FTW lol

Posted by Orbax on Apr-15-2007 17:04:

quote:
Originally posted by getfoul
Gross national product of each please.

I know that California is the biggest one

Posted by fmodena369 on Apr-15-2007 18:39:

quote:
Originally posted by getfoul
I asked my friend in Everett, Washington, where Idaho is and she didn't know It's right next to Wa, but she still had no clue.

hahahahaha that's unbelievable!

Posted by denys envy on Apr-15-2007 18:51:

quote:
Originally posted by jupiterone
IS A VAMPIREEEEE! DANA NA NA DA NA!!!! SENTT TO DRAINNNNNN

Posted by denys envy on Apr-15-2007 18:54:

never realized how completely alien billy corgan looks in this vid...

Posted by Yan on Apr-15-2007 19:16:

ZA WARUDO!!!1

Posted by trunks1022 on Apr-15-2007 19:33:

where in the world is carmen sandiego?

Posted by Subey on Apr-15-2007 21:25:

quote:
Originally posted by trunks1022
where in the world is carmen sandiego?

Your supposed to say, "All the geography I ever learned was by invading Kamchatka"

Posted by iced_donuts on Apr-15-2007 21:29:

quote:
Originally posted by wizniz
PULP VICTIM FTW lol

haha thats what i tought this thread was about

Posted by Fast Turtle on Apr-15-2007 21:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Yan
ZA WARUDO!!!1

JUUUU-RRRRRUUUUU-CEEEEEE