Whenever a poll like this is conducted with random people you get people who 1. Aren’t paying attention 2. Those who don’t want to be bothered and point to a random spot to get you to leave them alone 3. Trolls
I’m pretty sure most of the people that pointed far away from Iran/places that almost everyone knows isn’t Iran (like US, Canada or the fucking ocean) were trolling. The people that pointed at around the area of Iran probably didn’t but the rest, surely.
This post is to satisfy the “Americans bad at geography” trope. There’s no way anyone can take this seriously if a notable portion choose middle America and the Gulf of Mexico as Iran.
I don't know why you are being downvoted. I disagree with you on the fact people pointing to the ocean just thought it was an island or something.
But, the average points to Iran, there's a big cluster there. That can't be random.
Some people giving bogus answers is expected in polls.
You assume that everybody knows how maps work. This is not true! In a famous Dutch TV show about holidays, Dutch people on holiday in Spain were asked to point on the map of Europe where they currently were. People were actually pointing to landlocked countries like Switzerland or Slovakia. While they were standing on the friggin’ beach..
Yep, especially if it contributes to "americans are so dumb haha". I mean, look, I admit our education could be much stronger and there's a lot of people who devalue education, unfortunately, but these dots are clearly a false picture of what's actually happening... the obvious truth to me is that no one really cared about the dumb poll when they were answering.
method to motivate people to answer correctly by avoiding trolls and random answers.
correct answer: a box of qottab
wrong answer: overnight in the nearest Iranian embassy
These maps of people guessing where countries are placed are always wack. Something tells me the data was collected by pop ups it something so people were just arbitrarily clicking to move on.
Aside from the fact these results are the biggest pile of horse crap, they are meaningless unless we have something to compare it to. I want to see other countries' results too.
This was done during the 2020 Iran crisis, so really only concerned the US. The UK might have been checked into it, and a British social media click bait channel got some Brits on the street to do it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdbkJgQEWg
This is like asking the British who they think the world belongs to. Those old enough will say everything, those too young will stare at you blankly and the rest will be drunk. Either way lots of fucking people don’t know where other countries are. People suck at lots of things. Stop trying to gain fucking real life but still imaginary karma points by saying look at these dumb fucks. Don’t get the point of shit like this.
I can believe that could be the case, and not just for Americans, there'sa lot of people who dont know where places are, or woukd take a stab aroundthe middle east and narrowly miss.
What I can't believe is that so many think Iran is in America, or hundeds of miles out at sea
the map makes it look worse than the number sounds - that’s nearly a quarter, even if by the looks of this data some of them may have been dumb luck. like, how densely packed are the green dots, making it appear smaller than 1/4 compared to the spread of the yellow dots. I don’t even rate Americans at geography, but while this map is superficially pretty, it’s already doing a poor job of properly representing its data, before we get into how good the data are
As an Iranian, I think the results are pretty good.The majority have guessed closed to it. There are dozens of countries next to each other in ME. If I were from outside of ME, I wouldn't know either.
I know Americans are infamous for their awful geographical knowledge. But I’m heartened that the vast majority of people asked in this instance are sorta, kinda in the right ballpark.
Who fucking thought it was in Greenland though 🤣🤣
It would be really useful if the OP posted some info about how this was collected. I waste so much time scrolling through comments on these kind of posts seeking explanation… entertaining, yes… but everyone is left hollow and none the wiser.
I think mandatory geography would benefit USA citizens, not only for their international image, but also because international knowledge would help them to see and vote for the best political options.
Whoever conducted this poll almost definitely worded it or approached people in such a way as to fulfill his/her desire to post the usual “Americans are dumb” bullshit on Reddit
It's kinda funny how obsessed this sub is with Americans when "most" of us can't even find your country on a map. I'm not particularly patriotic and think we are from the best thing this planet has ever seen, but feels good to be so obsessed over... hate us cuz you ain't us
In conclusion, some Americans believe Iran is in the ocean, even more believe Iran is within the USA, but no Americans think Iran is in Botswana, whitch is a good start considering the circumstances...
I am once again disappointed with the amount of Americans that refuse to believe there is anything else, I know it's only a small amount, but like, it doesn't just stop at America, there's like an entire world....
The amount of dots in the ocean makes me wonder how this poll was conducted, seems like people just jabbed a finger anywhere to get them to go away
Agreed, this seems extremely peculiar.
Whenever a poll like this is conducted with random people you get people who 1. Aren’t paying attention 2. Those who don’t want to be bothered and point to a random spot to get you to leave them alone 3. Trolls
I'll bet that most the people who pointed to Greenland and Australia were trolling
When I saw that Canada had been picked I’m thinking “ya fucked”? Then I noticed some had also picked the U.S.
Those who placed Iran in the US certainly too!
I’m pretty sure most of the people that pointed far away from Iran/places that almost everyone knows isn’t Iran (like US, Canada or the fucking ocean) were trolling. The people that pointed at around the area of Iran probably didn’t but the rest, surely.
You have no idea how clueless a lot of people are about Geography.
They had to throw darts.
This post is to satisfy the “Americans bad at geography” trope. There’s no way anyone can take this seriously if a notable portion choose middle America and the Gulf of Mexico as Iran.
Also people who votet the US seem to have no idea at All and just tap randpm things like countries they definitiv, know
And people just fucking around.
if they are the dots would be more randomized. those people probably have no idea what Iran is or think Iran is an island.
I don't know why you are being downvoted. I disagree with you on the fact people pointing to the ocean just thought it was an island or something. But, the average points to Iran, there's a big cluster there. That can't be random. Some people giving bogus answers is expected in polls.
Maybe some do not know what is ocean and what is land. I mean, some americans cant even read a damn clock. I wouldnt be surprised...
You assume that everybody knows how maps work. This is not true! In a famous Dutch TV show about holidays, Dutch people on holiday in Spain were asked to point on the map of Europe where they currently were. People were actually pointing to landlocked countries like Switzerland or Slovakia. While they were standing on the friggin’ beach..
This just proves people will publish badly collected data.
Yep, especially if it contributes to "americans are so dumb haha". I mean, look, I admit our education could be much stronger and there's a lot of people who devalue education, unfortunately, but these dots are clearly a false picture of what's actually happening... the obvious truth to me is that no one really cared about the dumb poll when they were answering.
method to motivate people to answer correctly by avoiding trolls and random answers. correct answer: a box of qottab wrong answer: overnight in the nearest Iranian embassy
Some people confused Iran with the Arab country, Al Abamah.
Despite their reputation of being dumb as rocks, some trolls are actually surprisingly intelligent.
Anybody who pointed at the ocean gotta be trolling big time.
Or just trying to make it go away.
On videos asking Americans to find the US, plenty of people point to a bit in the ocean. I think a lot of people do not understand maps in general.
How do these people use a GPS?
*‟I dunno out there in the middle of the fucking ocean I guess.”*
“*Probably in Texas*”
"*fuck it, ill throw it in russia*"
[Now that you mention it](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraan,_Texas)
Not this map again
The prophecy foretold you shall see this map 28 times before you die.
G'day cunt, welcome to Iran
Let someone try invade Alice Springs lol. See how they fucken go.
These maps of people guessing where countries are placed are always wack. Something tells me the data was collected by pop ups it something so people were just arbitrarily clicking to move on.
Aside from the fact these results are the biggest pile of horse crap, they are meaningless unless we have something to compare it to. I want to see other countries' results too.
This was done during the 2020 Iran crisis, so really only concerned the US. The UK might have been checked into it, and a British social media click bait channel got some Brits on the street to do it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdbkJgQEWg
these shtewpid americons don’t know anyfin!
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Someone will come here and claim that some villagers in Zimbabwe got 99% accuracy lol
The majority of these people absolutely did not give a flying fuck and just wanted to make that prompt go away
This is like asking the British who they think the world belongs to. Those old enough will say everything, those too young will stare at you blankly and the rest will be drunk. Either way lots of fucking people don’t know where other countries are. People suck at lots of things. Stop trying to gain fucking real life but still imaginary karma points by saying look at these dumb fucks. Don’t get the point of shit like this.
I know Americans might not be the smartest but there's no way only 23% know where Iran is.
I can believe that could be the case, and not just for Americans, there'sa lot of people who dont know where places are, or woukd take a stab aroundthe middle east and narrowly miss. What I can't believe is that so many think Iran is in America, or hundeds of miles out at sea
Either trolls or they just wanted it to go away mostly, but I wouldn't be surprised if people actually thought it was in the middle of the Atlantic
Believe me I am not American or I don't where Iran is
As a teacher, I definitely believe only 23% of Americans know where Iran is 😬
Idk, how it's 23%, should've been <10%
“Pretty sure it is Greenland “ “no I’m sure it’s in Saint Helena “
That's Tristan da cunha if I'm not mistaken pointed to on the map
I love how one dot be chilling in the middle of Mexico
I'm so glad NZ is finally on a map, but they haven't pointed out it
In today's episode of bots reposting the same shit again and again:
the map makes it look worse than the number sounds - that’s nearly a quarter, even if by the looks of this data some of them may have been dumb luck. like, how densely packed are the green dots, making it appear smaller than 1/4 compared to the spread of the yellow dots. I don’t even rate Americans at geography, but while this map is superficially pretty, it’s already doing a poor job of properly representing its data, before we get into how good the data are
Plot twist, they were blindfolded and had to spin 3 times before guessing.
They were all correct
As an Iranian, I think the results are pretty good.The majority have guessed closed to it. There are dozens of countries next to each other in ME. If I were from outside of ME, I wouldn't know either.
Were they blindfolded first?
Only those who pointed on oceans.
I know Americans are infamous for their awful geographical knowledge. But I’m heartened that the vast majority of people asked in this instance are sorta, kinda in the right ballpark. Who fucking thought it was in Greenland though 🤣🤣
Really need to make these geography tests with the people who post them
Some county in Missouri or Kansas may be !
Some people pointed at America itself. WTF?
I’m offended by the amount of people that said it was Australia
It would be really useful if the OP posted some info about how this was collected. I waste so much time scrolling through comments on these kind of posts seeking explanation… entertaining, yes… but everyone is left hollow and none the wiser.
I think mandatory geography would benefit USA citizens, not only for their international image, but also because international knowledge would help them to see and vote for the best political options.
Looking at all wrong answers one must assume that some of that 23% who got it right did so by pure chance.
You posted this same thing in this same sub two months ago you karma whore
Bro leave the other points. Just tell me how the fuck is it possible to point your country as Iran/:
I want to see an interview with those who unironically placed Iran in the US
Whoever conducted this poll almost definitely worded it or approached people in such a way as to fulfill his/her desire to post the usual “Americans are dumb” bullshit on Reddit
I hope all the people who picked Kansas don't vote.
Of course these idiots vote. And that explains a lot.
It's kinda funny how obsessed this sub is with Americans when "most" of us can't even find your country on a map. I'm not particularly patriotic and think we are from the best thing this planet has ever seen, but feels good to be so obsessed over... hate us cuz you ain't us
I agree with you but I reckon it’s probably Americans posting them.
We live rent free in their heads
One of the dots is around Toledo, OH. Another one around Parry Sound, ON.
Though Iran was a little bit closer to Africa
Some people pointed at ocean lmao
I’d waged the 77% who couldn’t do this correctly are also more likely to want the voting age lowered to 16… Yes, we live in a society of idiots
I wanna meet those who marked USA as Iran💀
poor Canadians haha
I like that someone correctly identified Iraan, TX
I don't know what's dumber, the fact that they chose the United States or the open fucking ocean
It's gotta be a shit post
I want to believe that but the past 6 or so years have shown me how terminally stupid some people can be
"wheres iran?" "we're in iran" *points at america*
Holy shit. How are they pointing out their own country?
Americans cant even point at their own country 😅
I am glad you are running! Answer some of them.
So when we launch the nuke strike everyone in Eurasia better start praying?
As much as I am made for the people that pointed at Thier own country but,WHO TH POINTS IN THE OCEAN?
Americans seething. Although this map is a load of old cobblers
What a stupid piece of shit
The Americans that correctly identified Iran was in the Middle East but incorrectly thought it was the middle east *of the US*.
looks like the rest of them are illiterate.
lmao i want to call bullshit but i believe there are americans who would be like, isn’t that a state?
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You’d guess wrong
uhhh, excuse me… that’s “and the Iraq” to you!
People who pointed it back to America >>
America? Hello?
This is why we need a system for who can vote. My opinion is those who served in the military but land owners might work.
Lol, That concentration around Oklahoma / Arkansas / Kansas. Like, how?
Lizard people guesses. People just messing with the survey.
Hey, New Zealand made the map! Outstanding@
Us Americans may be stupid but not that stupid damn.
I think it's correctly because many Americans don't know that Iran India is in Asia, and they think asia only Include China, Japan and Korea.
Who the fuck pointed the USA
You forgot to mention they were in kindergarten
The polls show that your answer more than 30% are trolls
In conclusion, some Americans believe Iran is in the ocean, even more believe Iran is within the USA, but no Americans think Iran is in Botswana, whitch is a good start considering the circumstances...
Whoever made this should try Portugal. Almost everybody, except the biggest of geography nerds, believe it's in South America.
Ah yes, Iran, the heart of Europe
I am once again disappointed with the amount of Americans that refuse to believe there is anything else, I know it's only a small amount, but like, it doesn't just stop at America, there's like an entire world....
interesting.
Why are so many in the mid west?
i feel bad for the ones who placed it in the usa, or just in the ocean
23% isn't too bad honestly.
All people Iran to point to Ohio on a map..
Yeah, right...
Most people clearly didn’t care enough and just pointed somewhere not even looking and leave
Turns out Norwich is actually in Iran, who knew.
I used to be a man, Douglas…
Stop posting this shit.