Awful Geography

[jakee 1,564]

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I still think that girl is talking to her friends about this guy who claimed to be from SA but he didn't know where it was. They are laughing at him.

If she knew enough about geography to know he was making fun of her then she was obviously only pretending she did not know where South Africa was. Why would she pretend that she did not know where South Africa was? She would have known for sure that it made her look like an idiot.

Besides which if Bertusgeert has a South African accent that also should have made it pretty clear to her that he is, in fact, from South Africa and that he was, in fact, making fun of her.

Make sense?





I mean come on, it's in the South of Africa for gods sake

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[mr2mk1g 10]

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Besides which if Bertusgeert has a South African accent that also should have made it pretty clear to her that he is, in fact, from South Africa and that he was, in fact, making fun of her.

I can't count the number of times I've seen a US show with an "Ozzy" using a Cockney accent or a "Brit" sounding like he just came in from herding sheep in the outback. I've seen the very same confusion with SA accents.

Hell, last episode of "Lost" I watched featured an Ozzy woman who sounded like she'd just stepped out of Mary Poppins. Felt she was about come out with "Shine 'yer shoes govna'?".

I've come to the conclusion that different Brit/Oz/SA etc accents are just recognized as "NOT AMERICAN" and then the audience takes a random stab at the first country that comes into their head where people speak English.

The accent is then henceforth assigned to that country.

[rehmwa 2]

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If she knew enough about geography to know he was making fun of her then she was obviously only pretending she did not know where South Africa was. Why would she pretend that she did not know where South Africa was?

It's a gag, the scenario goes like this (girl's perspective)- some dud from podunk is hitting on a girl and wants to impress her by pretending to have an accent and says he's a foreigner. Then he screws up his facts. Girl pretends she's impressed and then laughs about him behind his back.

Point? - Because she likes to feel superior to others by mocking their intelligence right in front of them. It's classy and makes one's mom proud of them. Just what he was doing to her. I don't 'really' think she was playing him, I just think his actions are a real dick move to the girl and just self serving to talk about how poor and stupid this group or that group is.

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[GTAVercetti 0]

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self serving

You are on a real big kick with this. So your post was to improve and help other people and not make you feel good about your own position?

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[rehmwa 2]

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You are on a real big kick with this.

Or, it's just really showing up a lot in the posts, lately. And I don't care if others improve or not. I just call 'em like I see 'em.

Do you see something out of line with some guy meeting a girl and then dicking around with her mind and laughing about it - and then posting it as an example of how an entire culture is poorly trained in geography?

Anyway, it's that uncontrollable urge to post when you see something really out of line - ahhh, the instant gratification is amazing. Don't deny it, you've gone there a bit yourself. But why focus on me? I'm sure your intentions are admirable, but I'm a hopeless case to try to improve - ask the wife.

I also think the number 49 is kind of neat.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[billvon 3,080]

>Do you see something out of line with some guy meeting a girl and
>then dicking around with her mind and laughing about it . . .

I've done the same thing, with a guy who claimed he was an F-14 fighter pilot. Asked him if he had to use one of those pressure suits since he was flying so high; he told me of course, all F-14 pilots did. Your blood would boil at 30,000 feet if you didn't have such a suit! I was amused.

[rehmwa 2]

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>I've done the same thing, with a guy who claimed he was an F-14 fighter pilot. Asked him if he had to use one of those pressure suits since he was flying so high; he told me of course, all F-14 pilots did. Your blood would boil at 30,000 feet if you didn't have such a suit! I was amused.

He lied to you -first-, so then you dicked with him, then you bragged online just now. And you make no extrapolation about his entire culture from that encounter - wherever he was from or color or religion or whatever. Other than people exagerate sometimes to try and look good.

The analogy would be if the girl bragged to Beerstugunt (sorry, spelling) that she was a geography whiz first, then he played with her. If she did that first, then I'm way out of line and will purchase the first round.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[GTAVercetti 0]

Admirable intentions? Me? Doubt it. Just making fun of you.

And making fun of someone for not knowing basic geography? WEll, I would have done it to her face first for sure.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[rehmwa 2]

I'm going to make a foil hat in tribute to Curevo Island.

But mine will be in the shape of a hershey's kiss, not a folded boat.


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[Nightingale 0]

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They say that only 10% of Americans own a passport, the things is, they say that as if it's a bad thing !

That really is a bad thing. I think everyone should always have a passport, even if you never use it. It can take over a month to get one, and there are a ton of reasons you might need one asap. For example:

Your sweetie surprises you with plane tickets to Tahiti...this weekend.

Your mom/dad/sister/brother/SO is travelling abroad, gets sick or injured, and you need to join them.

You find a great deal on plane tickets (I did...Ireland for less than $300 round trip).

Something happens and you need to leave the country (hey, it might happen).

I think the family emergency thing is the most important. It would be awful knowing someone you love is sick or injured, and you can't get to them because you don't have the right paperwork. A passport is good for ten years, and it is really no hassle to get one (yes, I did get mine after 9/11, and it still wasn't too much trouble).