Comments on: American Anti-Americanism – Perpetuating the all-American Stereotype

By: D

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:48:48 +0000

“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 )

By: g2-caa87f8fc37351ba64c2633199d02dd3

g2-caa87f8fc37351ba64c2633199d02dd3 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:39:00 +0000

Um. Yeah. Canada's at 99. *yawn* You might want to read this. Just a heads up.

By: Sulbirness

Sulbirness — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:42:54 +0000

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.

By: virgomonkey

virgomonkey — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:03:56 +0000

Aaah. That DOES make sense.

By: JM

JM — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:54:39 +0000

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).

By: virgomonkey

virgomonkey — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:36:45 +0000

@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...

By: eksith

eksith — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:26:35 +0000

@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.

By: wickle

wickle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:58 +0000

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.

By: eksith

eksith — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:01:53 +0000

Woah! She’s back!!

By: zontarthemagnificent

zontarthemagnificent — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:07:09 +0000

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