I am so used to seeing stuff like this all over the web that I’m pretty much immune to it, but thought I’d share this with some of my readers.
How were these “tests” measured up in comparison with the other 193 country’s citizens? I have yet to see scientific proof anywhere how American citizens have proven to be the dumbest out of all 194 countries in the world. I debunked the ridiculous stereotype over here.
These ads above are made by Americans in America. They are made by clever Americans as the majority of non-American Facebook users are Americanophobic, and Americans know how to get their attention!!
Very clever. They know their users VERY well.
It’s no wonder why so many Americanophobic (not critical of the US government – there’s a BIG difference) groups on Facebook never get deleted despite user complaints.
Facebook would be NOTHING without all the Americanophobes and their American teenybopper mindless minions.
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Isn’t it more like “94% of Americans who have nothing better to do with their time than take IQ tests on Facebook get this wrong”?
It seems to me like that’s a very-different selector.
@wickle
Indeed. I the questions are stacked the same way a poll on engineering would recieve mostly wrong answers on a forum catering to biologists and visa versa.
Not that these questions are the least bit challenging, but the point is that it involves thought in a place catering to the absence of it. Of course the answers will be wrong.
@Virgomonkey
You really should stop confronting these people face to face if you’re still doing it. Exposure to industrial grade stupidity could be very bad for your overall health.
@eksith: I never left!!
Just some additional minutiae: I just discovered this. They used to say 34% of Americans got one of those ads right.
Interesting.
Ho hum…
I have to be the dissenting voice, since I work in online advertising…I can almost guarantee you that that ad has nationality as a variable, and depending on what country you have in your profile, you’ll see that “93.7% of Canadians”, “93.7% of Britons”, etc. Facebook allows targeting of advertisements by geography (and interest groups, age, etc.)
They do that because any sort of personalization/targeting tends to drive user response (i.e. makes it more likely you’ll click).
Aaah. That DOES make sense.
There is scientific proof from the people who take IQ test averages from all developed countrys, can’t remember their name… but anyway.
America has the lowest average IQ at 98 compared to the other developed countries of the world.
Um. Yeah. Canada’s at 99. *yawn*
You might want to read this. Just a heads up.
“Because of the Citadelle some have called (probably W. Churchill)QUÉBEC City the “Gibraltar of AMERICA.”" ( http://www.globosapiens.net/basia/slide-show-quebec–city—gibraltar-of-america.-1909.html )