Stupid People+Simple Questions=Face:Palm

noimssays...

Meh. Ask me to name 3 people associated with Kim Kardashian and I'd give you equally stupid answers. You could argue that it's just as important to know in day-to-day life.

Different people, different lifestyles, different definitions of stupid.

Jerykksays...

These videos are pretty stupid. Geography is largely irrelevant to most people's lives and therefore qualifies as trivia. It's like asking someone how many bytes are in a kilobyte or how many bits are in a byte except that's actually relevant since knowing those things will help you see past the marketing BS of ISPs and hard drive makers.

Different people know different things and someone isn't automatically "stupid" because they don't know random facts that serve no purpose in their occupations or daily lives.

halfAcatsays...

If you've never heard of the Indian Ocean, you probably don't have much interest in the world as a whole

Jerykksaid:

These videos are pretty stupid. Geography is largely irrelevant to most people's lives and therefore qualifies as trivia. It's like asking someone how many bytes are in a kilobyte or how many bits are in a byte except that's actually relevant since knowing those things will help you see past the marketing BS of ISPs and hard drive makers.

Different people know different things and someone isn't automatically "stupid" because they don't know random facts that serve no purpose in their occupations or daily lives.

Chairman_woosays...

I bet you can still spell "EYES" though

noimssaid:

Meh. Ask me to name 3 people associated with Kim Kardashian and I'd give you equally stupid answers. You could argue that it's just as important to know in day-to-day life.

Different people, different lifestyles, different definitions of stupid.

Syntaxedsays...

Um, so, your supposed to not know simple world geography, but Kardashian BS is fine?

Jerykksaid:

These videos are pretty stupid. Geography is largely irrelevant to most people's lives and therefore qualifies as trivia. It's like asking someone how many bytes are in a kilobyte or how many bits are in a byte except that's actually relevant since knowing those things will help you see past the marketing BS of ISPs and hard drive makers.

Different people know different things and someone isn't automatically "stupid" because they don't know random facts that serve no purpose in their occupations or daily lives.

Syntaxedjokingly says...

Pfffft, so people have the in-exusable right to not know their own home planet's most simplistic geography, unless they live in a specific part of the world.... WHAT?!!!!

worthwordssaid:

the division of the oceans is pretty arbitrary and not very useful day to day - people know the pacific vs atlantic side of their island

Syntaxedjokingly says...

Lets say for a minute here that you are right. If someone lives in London, its useless to know that they also live in Britain? Humans have the best developed brains on Earth, and your saying that all information is useless trivia, unless it correlates to someone's little bubble of daily life?

WOW, I am gonna go forget everything I know...

Jerykksaid:

These videos are pretty stupid. Geography is largely irrelevant to most people's lives and therefore qualifies as trivia. It's like asking someone how many bytes are in a kilobyte or how many bits are in a byte except that's actually relevant since knowing those things will help you see past the marketing BS of ISPs and hard drive makers.

Different people know different things and someone isn't automatically "stupid" because they don't know random facts that serve no purpose in their occupations or daily lives.

newtboyjokingly says...

Speciest! ;-)
What are your criteria for 'best developed brains on earth', and what actual studies have been done to prove the hypothesis that humans actually excel over other species?
If you look at just the unexpected (but totally foreseeable) repercussions of our actions, it would imply we aren't the most developed, and certainly not the most thoughtful or cautious.

Syntaxedsaid:

...Humans have the best developed brains on Earth....

worthwordssays...

i think the objection is the implication that not knowing something equates to stupidity. You could pick any subject that is seemly simple or fundamental - such as the flags of the world, currencies - all that crap I was forced to memorise at school rather than understanding WHY we have different currencies etc.

Your strawman of london in britain is not a useful example and I hope I don't have to explain why.

>>all information is useless trivia
where on earth did that come from? I'm just saying that the ocean is one big body of water and memorising the different demarcations them is not actually very useful to most people. If you know it then good on you but if you don't - you are not by definition stupid.

For the record. I was taught Antarctic Ocean not southern so i would have failed according this silly man

Syntaxedsaid:

Lets say for a minute here that you are right. If someone lives in London, its useless to know that they also live in Britain? Humans have the best developed brains on Earth, and your saying that all information is useless trivia, unless it correlates to someone's little bubble of daily life?

WOW, I am gonna go forget everything I know...

Jerykksays...

That's a pretty terrible analogy. Knowing where you live is relevant information to most people since it affects many aspects of our lives and is information we routinely have to provide. The names of all the oceans is useless information to 99.9% of people.

Syntaxedsaid:

Lets say for a minute here that you are right. If someone lives in London, its useless to know that they also live in Britain? Humans have the best developed brains on Earth, and your saying that all information is useless trivia, unless it correlates to someone's little bubble of daily life?

WOW, I am gonna go forget everything I know...

Syntaxedsays...

E. Y. E. S. = EEEEEEEEYEEEEEESSSSS = Stupid

Oceans are meaningless then aren't they?

The fact is, these people are obviously dumb. Five oceans, seven continents, One planet, a few major cities, isn't that much to remember(those aren't included in this video, but they are simple as all bloody hell). As for flags, don't see a reason to memorize many of those myself. Currencies, maybe if you travel often. But oceans? My God.

worthwordssaid:

i think the objection is the implication that not knowing something equates to stupidity. You could pick any subject that is seemly simple or fundamental - such as the flags of the world, currencies - all that crap I was forced to memorise at school rather than understanding WHY we have different currencies etc.

Your strawman of london in britain is not a useful example and I hope I don't have to explain why.

>>all information is useless trivia
where on earth did that come from? I'm just saying that the ocean is one big body of water and memorising the different demarcations them is not actually very useful to most people. If you know it then good on you but if you don't - you are not by definition stupid.

For the record. I was taught Antarctic Ocean not southern so i would have failed according this silly man

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