#idk geography is dirt-boring to me

[murderenjoyer]

Hate it when euros are like "pfft dumb american I bet you can't even locate Liechtenstein on a map."

But if you told them to point out a state that isn't Texas, Florida, or California on a map suddenly its different.

If you tell them to point out Mali on a map suddenly it's different.

If you tell them to point out Cambodia on a map suddenly it's different.

If you tell them to point out Brazil on a map suddenly it's different.

When Europeans act all smug about being worldly and well-traveled, they're talking specifically about traveling in Europe, north america, and a little bit of east asia. They snub Americans for "thinking America is the whole world" while simultaneously ignoring anything outside of Europe.

It isn't a knock against one's intelligence to not have an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire planet's geography. Nobody does except people whose special interest happens to be geography (my son is like this for example, he can point out basically any country, as well as identify basically every country by their flag). It is NORMAL to not be familiar with every country in a foreign part of the world. There is literally no reason that anyone should be expected to be able to point out every single one of the world's almost 200 countries on a damn map.