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[+] 40 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 38 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I'm American and I don't know where Ohio or Germany is.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Also American. I know where Germany is because I've had buddies from Germany, which made it useful information. Ditto Romania, Nigeria, and South Korea. I will remember X country when there is something of personal significance about it and apparently not before.

    I don't know where Ohio is and will never learn, because there is nothing IN Ohio, and they know there's nothing in Ohio because they're still LYING ABOUT THE AIRPLANE.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    To be fair most Germans know where America is.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Yes this one is honestly a bit apples to oranges-ish, I can kinda understand though because Germany is about the size of a single US state.

    Though it's very hard to fuck up western Europe if you ever looked at a world map. Western Europe only has a handful of countries.

    Compared to a country of 50 or so states where only 3 have a memorable shape (California, Texas, Florida), one has a memorable location (Alaska) and NYC being a household name.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Includes Alaska but not Hawaii for memorable locations.

    Completely disregards Michigan for memorable shapes.

    Refers to NYC as a state.

    I'm starting to think you may be an imposter.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Hawaii is way further away from the US than Alaska I forgot it belonged to the US because of that, I am sorry if that offended anyone.

    I would consider Michigan a memorable shape if it wasn't cut in half. As someone that's not from the US, without specifically going out of my way to learn about Michigans shape I would have expected the shape that actually represents Michigan to be two different states.

    And yes, technically NYC itself isn't a state but honestly it's close enough to the actual name, that if I told natives I'm going to the state of NYC they'd know I'm talking about New York and am just being ignorant, and knowing where NYC is, most people could point out the state of New York on a map.

    And yes, I am an imposter because I am from Germany and not the US.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Hawaii and alaska are simply forgotten as states entirely, and in my experience the same goes for new mexico which blends together with texas and arizona.

    Seriously who the fuck thought it was a good idea to have a state called "new mexico" right next to a COUNTRY called "mexico"?

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  • [+] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    But they're still states. States are internal divisions and only meaningful within the US. From an outside perspective there are very few differences between states, nowhere close to the differences between different countries.

    Similar to how we don't talk about states or other divisions of china, even though there are probably divisions with more people than half of Europe.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why oh why did they get Arkansas right??

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    [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    the fuck is going on here

    Fake ass Euro not comprehending small and weird borders

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Every state looks the exact same

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    American on Germany: All states look like Bavaria.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    I'm just wondering how you mislocate "Virgin," yet somehow get West Virginia right.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Americans are very sensitive about you knowing which state they're from

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    As a resident of Oreo, I can confirm that my state is tasty as fuck.

    I imagine Minnesotans would take offense to being called “Texas 2”. In both climate and politics, it's the opposite of Texas.

    “Uh” and “Minne-sota” are the same state: Michigan. It's the only state whose land is divided by a huge lake spanning the entire state.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Is nobody going to mention the absence of Alaska?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Fucked up that I still don't know where Ohio is

    It's in the top right corner right?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This post does actually manage to get it with one of the like 10 guesses

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's the one next to "I crave cereal" right?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Honestly, that's how I feel about Kansas as well

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I love Oreo. We should have a state of Oreo.

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Mfw New York isn't even labeled on the map.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I was pretty good at maps in highschool but I forgot a lot of it and never got good at Africa. I have no trouble with the 50 states but I'm american so that tracks. I'm also decent at South America (central america is beyond me though), most of Europe, and Asia.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Probably did a better job than some Americans.

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