I like these videos., they make me feel smart.

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.

honestly, I could only answer 4 oceans, but TIL the "Southern Ocean" was defined in the year 2000.

I'll point out that they list the "Artic". I assume they mean the "Arctic".

I went and looked it up because didn't remember that one

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.

I think most people wouldn't be able to answer that question.

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

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

I bet you can still spell "EYES" though

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

E. Y. E. S. = Eyes

*Click, "That was easy"

Which one?...

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

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.

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.