• @DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
    59•5 months ago

    Look, I’m not worried about the people that are UNinformed. I’m terrified of the MISinformed. They can pass these “tests” but still think the “elite” is Harris/Walz and not Trump/Musk/Murdock/Bezos…

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -3•5 months ago

      still think the “elite” is Harris/Wal

      Wait, a Midwestern governor and a Vice President aren’t “elite”? What on earth qualifies?

  • @DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    18•5 months ago

    What a dupe that guy is for believing there are known percentages for all those things… Plus even asking people if they know these things is going to cause some people to go learn them shifting the percentages immediately.

    • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      11•5 months ago

      And then there’s me. If I think the fastest way to get this person I don’t know to stop talking is by claiming I’m dumb…then suddenly I don’t know what color grass is.

        • @TheFriar@lemm.ee
          7•5 months ago

          lol I saw that post and I’ve been excitedly waiting for the opportunity to use it on some alpha bro. I’m straight giddy at the prospect

          • @lunarul@lemmy.world
            9•5 months ago

            That post made me wish for a second I knew people like that. Then I went back to being happy I don’t.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      It’s tiresome to see any kind of “X% of people don’t know Y” with no citation.

      You can just say anything and people will believe worse.

      Also no real analysis or diagnosis or probing of the info. Just a bland “heh, people are stupid aren’t they?” doomerism.

    • @whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5•5 months ago

      there is a logical explanation here, no?

      First they selected only people who failed, but still, they are seeing the same map as us?

      I don’t want to believe it’s legit! please! Are the maps in the USA shaped differently for them to be so confused, was there an all you can drink buffet behind?

      • @PunnyName@lemmy.world
        3•5 months ago

        Jimmy Kimmel’s show is filmed in the El Capitan in the heart of Hollywood Blvd. As long as the sun is out (and a few hours after), that street will be perpetually littered with people from all corners of the country, and the world. Choosing only 4-5 people out of the hundreds that pass by every hour is not a true indicator of reality

        Also, USA maps usually have the north American continent directly in the center:

        https://www.freeworldmaps.net/world/america-centric/america-centered-worldmap.jpg

        Nevertheless, those specific people are so fucking humiliatingly stupid, and yet they vote. So…

        • @Ravenson@lemm.eeEnglish
          4•5 months ago

          US citizen here, all the world maps the teachers had on the walls in school placed the North American continent in the top left, with the Prime Meridian running along the center or very close to it (sometimes things were adjusted a bit so that Siberia would be entirely on the right side of the map instead of straddling both edges). North American-centric world maps might very occasionally show up, but only in contexts where it made more sense to divide Eurasia than the Pacific.