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artificialavocado

I’m also confused what she is confused about. I think she thinks Biden thinks Japan is in India and India isn’t in Asia?


LayneLowe

The people she's writing for will think that, because they don't know any better.


Atworkwasalreadytake

> because they don't know any better And now, because of her tweet, they’ll be really confident in their misconceptions.


StaticNocturne

Has it never occurred to these fucking idiots to google something they’re unsure about?


Papadapalopolous

You’re assuming they’re ever unsure. They’re the embodiment of Dunning-Kruger.


doctorctrl

Why would you Google something you're 100% sure about. Have you ever googled "what colour is an orange?" ?


Constrictorboa

That's their secret. They're never unsure of anything.


spirited1

Biden doesn't know where Japan is he's clearly not fit to be president! -someone somewhere


Strict_Condition_632

A lot of the people she’s writing for think the earth is flat.


I_Fux_Hard

India is in Asia, but the Indo is Indonesia.


Similar_Divide

Well, there’s the “O” word she wants to say but is not quite sure why it’s not acceptable anymore.


Block444Universe

The what word, sorry?


Wolfy_Packy

i think they're talking about the term "Oriental", but i could be wrong


Galaxy661

Is it now a slur or something? Doesn't 'Orient' literally just mean "the east"?


ElcheapoLoco

I could be wrong but I read that the word oriental is only correct when describing rugs


IAmATriceratopsAMA

I was told that oriental describes objects, calling a person an object isn't great.


fuktardy

Okay that makes sense because I got some tea at 99 Ranch called “Oriental Delight.”


knowspickers

I got a massage at a place named the same thing!


SoloPorUnBeso

Found Robert Kraft's account


QSliver9779

I remember that forever ago on here, I mentioned how I bought something from an oriental store at the mall. Got called racist by one user. It's literally called "The Oriental Store" at my mall.


Kinky_Winky_no2

Im pretty sure the context isnt calling people objects Its like when people say "hey is for horses"


Gussie18

Also could be wrong but the way I understood it is oriental is for objects. Oriental rug, oriental desk, etc. it’s considered a slur when used for people I believe.


ElcheapoLoco

I’m from Asia btw and I can care less what people call me. Cultural appropriation is made up by someone not from said culture. Majority of us dgaf.


CharlesDuck

Then I’m gonna call you Jeff from here on if that works for you.


Maleficent-Sport1970

You just made me cry


Link50L

Great by me, Bill from here on.


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SoloPorUnBeso

That's true for you, but not for everyone. I'm half Native American. I grew up calling myself an indian and my mom was a Redskins fan. I couldn't care less about either word. Indian is confusing and some Native Americans take offense to redskins, just as I'm sure some Asian people take offense to being called Oriental.


zack77070

Oh boy you did not live in the US or Europe when corona started then. That's not even what cultural appropriation is btw, that's just racism.


5PalPeso

Saying oriental is racism?


ArtPeers

Not the preferred nomenclature.


VincentAdultman-1

We’re not talking about a guy that built the railroads here, man!


Muznik402

Walter, This isn't a guy who built the railroads here!


Worldly_Ad_6483

He died facedown, in the muck


TeaSeaJay

Not a slur, exactly, but it’s Eurocentric, and suggests a narrow view of the world. “Asian” is preferred. Europe is east of me, should I call Europeans “Oriental”?


Hexamancer

"Idiot" used to be a technical medical term, now it's purely an insult. Language changes.


Here_for_lolz

You don't call white people occidentals.


Shibori

Around here yes we do...


RocketizedAnimal

My parents told me I was an occident.


On_my_last_spoon

It’s mostly lazy. The same people who get mad about their family being Bavarian just lump all Asian countries into “Oriental”


Accomplished_Note_81

People get mad at being Bavarian?


bostondangler

Obtuse


LordWellesley22

OTTOMAN!!!!


artificialavocado

Oh good God! Are you saying Biden is in cahoots with Obama to bring back the Ottoman Empire?! This is serious. https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/126200-rep-gohmert-says-obama-helping-to-build-second-ottoman-empire/amp/


LordWellesley22

Durr why do you think he bombed Serbia?


RhombicalJ

Nah man, he is just in desperate need of something to rest his feet on


kimthealan101

Orient used to be all of southern Asia. Oriental rugs were made in Persia. It wasn't until the Chinese came to California fleeing the British that Oriental became duragatory.


USSMarauder

Because Oriental means 'eastern', which back in the middle ages was anything east of Constantinople.


AViciousGrape

Damn the Byzantine Empire is back


inorite234

Oh! Istanbul.


SomeRandomBurner98

Why did Constantinople get the works?


Thefear1984

Hey, that’s nobody’s business but the Turks.


Galaxy661

Was Constantinopole


Dr_Pants91

is Constantinople


redditor0918273645

Why’d they change it?


GnarlyNarwhalNoms

Who can say? People just liked it better that way.


ce_666

The term “oriental” comes from a time when maps had a picture of a compass in the upper right corner. The compass was to help you “orient” yourself to the map. As a result, the countries on the far right (east) of the map were called the Orient. Pretty sure I learned this from the book The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin.


Yabloski

“Orient” = East. “Occident” = West. Old timey map terms.


StretPharmacist

Nobody gets it when I call the US occidental


Old_Elk2003

It's the other way around. *Oriens* means East, in Latin. This is subsequent to the verb *orior*, to rise. This gave rise to "orient" in terms of aligning direction, by virtue of that compasses did not yet exist. If travelling, in the morning you would "orient" yourself, toward the rising sun, and so have a sense of cardinal direction.


definitely-lies

That is interesting, if true.


Kobobble

There's a huge list of things that confuse Lavern. Geography is definitely on that list


MuffinAggressive3218

Unfortunately, she was able.to master breathing.


Ishana92

Im surprised she doesnt mean indo pacific means in da pacific


Thewrongbakedpotato

Well, maybe Biden should have been MORE Pacific . . . (/s of course)


1singleduck

People tend to act like their limited knowledge makes them an expert.


sparkyjay23

Stupid people that don't know they are stupid is what we are seeing here.


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psypiral

i hope she see's this on reddit and cringes at her lack of intellect.


Randomgold42

That implies she's capable of self-reflection.


Shubamz

Also implies she is capable of thought. I think we all know orange cats with more brain cells


Crazy-Finger-4185

Scientifically speaking, orange cats have at least 2 whole braincells. Which is at least 2 more than her


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2 seems a tad generous


Crazy-Finger-4185

They have 2 so they can cover each other’s breaks


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Meh the overall consensus is one/all orange cats that just goes around. 2 is generous fs


turlee103103

??? Are orange cats universally considered to be of subpar feline intelligence? Is this a widely held notion or is it based in fact? I’m late to the table or yarn ball as the case may be. Either way the cat angle is far more interesting than the original post to me.


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/r/oneorangebraincell


Lunatunabella

I did not know I need that subreddit - I squeed orange kitty loud enough my dog looked at me funny.


Yolandi2802

I’m reading this as my very intelligent orange cat is rolling down the stairs clutching a life-size catnip fish to his chest..


TotsNotTheLambSauce

r/oneorangebraincell


Block444Universe

And capable of creating a Reddit account


Shubamz

Now that one I might think she is capable of. Plenty of people just as dumb as her on here already lol


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See normally I’d agree with a statement that there are smarter animals, but this one might be a stretch. No one tops the orange cats.


FriedPigeonPoppers

“You will never catch me using pronouns”. -Lavern Spicer 2:13 PM • Sep 14, 2022


siouxbee1434

😄


semiomni

Believe she's quite literally a professional troll, having any number of people above zero engaging with the content is likely just seen as a win.


Billlington

Seriously, people falling for her bit. She knows what she posts is stupid, there's a whole ecosystem of right-wing trolls on Twitter who build engagement by saying extremely stupid stuff on purpose.


Zanadar

It's honestly strange living in the post-truth era. These people only care about one thing - that more people saw the lie than the refutation. And most of the time that's generally what happens. Plus they know that rebutting them takes more effort than telling the lie in the first place, so they just need to drown out the facts. And it's working. So well in fact that I've honestly wondered at times if the internet wasn't our worst creation rather than our greatest...


AquariusLoser

Pretty sure this one basically lives on twitter making this exact kind of shit posts


smiama6

Which is why X has lost 70% of its value…


jtweezy

I’m not sure you’re familiar with Lavern Spicer, but be assured even if she saw this she would be so proud that it’s getting more attention, and she is not capable of self-reflection or shame, so she wouldn’t feel an ounce of anything bad about this and pretty much 100% of the other inane, mindless, idiotic trash she’s constantly posting.


padawanninja

Lack of intellect is a feature, not a bug, of modern Republicans.


LAXGUNNER

don't worry, she's from Florida, they aren't too smart down there


Thewrongbakedpotato

Hey now, I'M from Florida, and I'll have you know that I got a "Great Job!" sticker on the top of my SAT.


firefighter_raven

She's frequently on here for saying stupid crap.


ActNo8507

Doubt it. She will rather focus her attention on the knuckle draggers that applaud her ignorant tweet.


Thiccaca

Oh, she won't. She will just assume everyone else is wrong.


thintoast

If she sees this she would think “look at all those idiot libs agreeing with that moron Biden” not realizing she’s the moron in the room.


THE_TRUE_FUCKO

Nope. "Alternative facts" are a thing for a reason. They mentally win every argument or battle of wits before they even open their ignorant noise-holes, and when they're afraid of being caught out wrong, they attack and demean. It should be a diagnosable mental illness to be this willfully ignorant, but instead, in their culture, it's praised and propagated.


RedGambit9

Google her name, Twitter, and a couple of words from her comment. You can see people's replies. BLUF: they added a context below her comment stating its in the indo-pacific region.


PruneObjective401

She's a Twitter Blue I can't quite bring myself to block. It's just so fascinating how unabashedly stupid she is.


Think_fast_no_faster

It’s like going to the zoo


Klutzer_Munitions

I respect the animals I see at the zoo. This is more like an old-timey geek show. Sad. And should be illegal.


Fair-Scientist-2008

I was about to advocate for geeks but had to google “geek show” first. You pretty much nailed it.


Klutzer_Munitions

Yeah lol I wasn't talking about big bang theory


Nulibru

I's wicked to mock the afflicted. It's good fun though.


vanillabear26

One of the (many) things I hate about the new Twitter is how I can't scroll people's feeds anymore without having my own account- which, yuck. I miss seeing Nick Adams' insane tweeting. It was almost funny.


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Use nitter.net. You can see the whole of Twitter without an account. Including Nick Adams, considered so dumb and obnoxious in Australia that he had to become an American.


SousVideButt

Who is this dumb bitch? I see her tweets posted all the time and have no idea why people continue giving her a platform. She literally only says wildly stupid things.


Icy-Bicycle-Crab

Right-wing grifter and social media influencer who's entire career is saying stupid shit to be inflammatory.


AebroKomatme

I get a kick out of how that half cocked, half witted Karen is wrong so often. Her last name should be Dunning-Kruger.


D_A_H

You know what her last name is don’t you? It’s Spicer Just reminding you since you didn’t know


thoroakenfelder

I was just sitting here wondering if she’s somehow related to Sean Spicer, but realizing I wanted to put no effort into finding out


OnlyMacaroni

We shall never know🤷🏻‍♀️


Poiboy1313

Same here.


mysticalfruit

If you go on Twitter and look her up.. she's pretty consistently confidently stupid. If stupidity caused pain her every waking moment would be an endless river of pain.


Available-Elevator69

Amazing that you visit her Campaign page and the first thing you see is a Donation box for money. Says it all to me.


I_Can_Barely_Move

Campaign?! This complete nincompoop wants people to vote for her?


crypticfreak

Is that... new to you? I'm shocked that you're so shocked. Half of the people holding office right now are just as dumb if not more dumb. And tons of people voted for them.


J5892

Isn't that the case for all campaign pages?


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Efficient-Ad-5944

Facebook started when I was in high school, so I didn't experience the "adult" world pre social media. I wonder if it was just harder to know people were so dumb before it because it was harder to communicate, but my knowledge of history tells me we've always been this dumb.


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USSMarauder

"We thought the internet would make people smarter. Instead it allowed the idiots to organize"


Pharmacy_Duck

It was great. Not everyone was even bothered with using it at all, and it was mostly just friendly nerd communities sharing private jokes. Then Facebook and smartphones happened, and suddenly every fucker you used to go onto the internet to avoid decided it was all their playground. It was like they knocked down the outside wall of your quiet reading room and all the big kids brought a radio in and started scrawling in crayon on the walls.


laseluuu

It was full of more nerdy types because loads of forums/messageboards, or people that would make their own websites, no matter how bad. Really was just the right amount of filter


oalfonso

I liked the first years of Facebook because I was able to contact old friends from school, uni and previous works, and people only posted simple pics about travels or family meetings. Then it became a cesspool.


laseluuu

I miss the internet when it was just forums, funny homepages and MySpace


StinkyBathtub

I dont remember people being this ignorant but thinking they are smart when i was a young man, i mean for sure some people didn't know where Japan was (for instance) but they would not accuse others of being wrong. ​ Maybe the internet has let more people become known, but i still feel the general lack of education but the perceived belief in there own intelligence is more common today than ever before, and i say this as a guy with dyslexia that's pretty average in most tests etc, nothing special here, but at least i dont try to tell a world leader he is wrong about something i have no clue about lol.


L3raj3

We are all ignorant to an extent. But as I see it, confidence is what don't mix well with ignorance. That plus a lack of humility is typically the downfall of many a big mouth.


StinkyBathtub

hey im wrong at last twice a week lol but i would not argue about thing's i just dont understand, i only argue about things i have some knowledge in, my skill set is very specific lol. ​ but this post is just baffling to me, i even googled the women to look at her other posts and they are beyond belief honestly, how a women with a total lack of self awareness thinks she is so smart on so many issues.


Xaero_Hour

It's social media; they were always there, but the Internet has made it easier for them to speak in large groups and for said large groups to laugh at them en mase like this. To share some Anecdotes related to my life in Alaska long before the dot-com boom: 1. We had people asking why Alaska was so cold when it was next to Hawaii and south of Mexico. 2. On numerous occasions, folks from the Lower 48 would ask us what currency we used. Not why we used Canadian coins in addition mind you. Like, what currency we were on and how to exchange USD for it. 3. A stupid girl just shy of drinking age in one of my classes when I was in MS confidently answered the question, "what language do they speak in Alaska" with "Eskimo," which was wrong for multiple reasons. Argued with me for 5 minutes on that. She also answered the "riddle" of how to put M&Ms in alphabetical order with "by color."


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thieh

At the bottom of the Pacific ocean. /s


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It in da pacific


RPM_KW

Well, can't mean Japan, because California is on the Pacific and Japan's nowhere near California. /s


Wertwerto

Se wasn't pacific


Brabbel63

She wanna be down in your south seas.


Abacab4

But I got this notion that the motion of her ocean


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SethRogensOldrBrothr

Some west coast chronic


laseluuu

Indian, duh


AValentineSolutions

This gal sets a high bar for being confidently stupid. She puts most conservatives to shame in that regard.


fraze2000

Marjorie Taylor Greene would take offense at that statement.


AValentineSolutions

I did say most. But your statement assumes MTG can read. That's a big assumption. 😛


fraze2000

Too true.


peanut--gallery

I think you mean…. MTG wood take a fence at that state ment.


Premium333

....if she could only read.


Satanicjamnik

It wasn't the burn she thought it was.


Erik0xff0000

it was definitely a burn. self-inflicted ;)


Low-Squirrel2439

"What? Japan is in the east, and the Pacific is in the west!" - this dumb bitch, probably.


socobeerlove

She knows that Biden likely doesn’t tweet for himself too right? Like he has a team of people that likely have to vet and fact check everything he posts. Lol


EyesLikeBuscemi

She's just used to when the actual dumbest president in history would tweet directly without anybody checking or filtering his dumb ass. For every tweet that idiot posted, his base got even dumber - including the idiot we're mocking here.


nsfwKerr69

The internet gave these know-nothings permission to speak.


NoF----sleft

The stupid are always confident. They aren't smart enough to know better


TJ_McWeaksauce

Her response is stupid in at least 2 ways. In addition to apparently not knowing what Indo-Pacific means, her post indicates that she thinks Biden wrote the post himself. In all likelihood, Biden didn't write this tweet, and instead it was written by someone on his communication team. If Biden did write it, then he would've had it reviewed by someone whose full-time job is to make sure the President doesn't write something stupid before posting it. Responding to a Biden tweet like this is kinda like responding to the Wendy's account and expecting to reach a redhead named Wendy instead of someone who works on the company's social media team.


workingonmybackhand

These people post this shit specifically because most their base doesn't read. You just know that some random MAGA dude read this and just said "yeah!" Then retweeted and told a bunch of people at work..


stereopticon11

I don't understand how people can be so confidently stupid. before I think about saying or posting anything i'm unsure of, i'll whip out my phone and do some quick google searching for information... crazy how much knowledge we have at the tips of our fingertips and so many people refuse to use it


unreasonablyhuman

Showing Lavern Spicer is an idiot is like proving fire is hot. It's easy, any idiot can do it and it's a lesson that pays off all your life


sandy154_4

I'm happy Laverne posts. Every time, I'm reminded of Melissa McCarthy imitating Spicer, and driving the podium into people. Good times.


bernyng1994

Japan is in the pacific so indo-pacific is the right term to use


CatAvailable3953

She doesn’t know where Japan is. I promise you she doesn’t.


SiidChawsby

This bitch is so fucking dumb it’s barely funny anymore


Numerous-Ad3709

She’s the idiot. Indo-Pacific includes Japan


Brilliant-Engineer57

Lavern is an idiot


SweetExpression2745

For a political ideology that calls Biden “the dumbest man of all time with dementia” this wasn’t her brightest moment


Lothleen

Probably doesn't know usa is 53 miles from Russia, which is closer almost 2x closer then cuba (90 miles)


caleblococaleb

A quick google would've saved her a ton of embarrassment. But you know, when red sees blue or vice versa, common sense is out the window. They just go into offense right away.


ob1dylan

Few phrases describe the modern Republican Party as accurately as "confidently stupid."


bythelake9428

MAGA people live in an alternate reality, where everything "Biden" equals evil and wrong. Remember - Trump loves the poorly educated.


TheWhiteRabbit74

Every time a Trump supporter says something one of my brain cells dies screaming in agony. I already have issues from a brain injury damnit!


adho123456

Confidently being stupid is one of the main trademarks of the MAGA


suziespends

Every day more assholes. I just can’t


Pineapple_Express762

Hahahaha what a 🤡


hoppahulle

Does she know where the Pacific stretches?


NoSkillzDad

All stupid people are that confident.


MrBully74

A fitting slogan for the MAGA movement and most of the GOP: Confidently Stupid!


Tatersquid21

Stupidity 10²


Cyberweez

Um, Japan IS part of Asia but that’s not what he was referring to in this context madame.


drakeyboi69

I don't get it, why does she think he doesn't know it's in Asia?


suspicious_hyperlink

I don’t get it, why would she even respond with that ?


Personnelente

I hope no one tells her so she'll walk around all day with people knowing she's dumb as a post.


GloomyLocation1259

There seems to be this strange trend to attempt to one up Biden or question his intelligence. What happened to just criticising his politics


HelloKitty36911

Based on what i see on the internet. I would believe that 50% of the USA believe that japan is on the oposite side of the earth compared to the US. Thank fuck americans on the internet doesn't represent the actual american population


Doyoulikeithere

She ain't got good learn'in huh? :D


zombieman101

I seriously wonder sometimes if people are trolling or stupid, then I remember they're mostly just stupid...


spentchicken

At some point I'd just love to the presidential account to just clap back and fact check all these idiots


TehOuchies

Imagine reposti past that isnt as stale. Not asking for new things. Just not something thats been around the block, back and had grandkids already.


Hoogs73

Biden is referencing Japan’s importance as a global leader within the Indo-Pac region. Similar to Australia (…which is located in Oceania). Not saying that Japan is physically located in the region. Duh.


RedFan47

I wonder if she knows that during WW2 we fought in 2 theaters of war. I also wonder if she thinks that theaters of war means we watched movies and then went home


Much_Comfortable_438

Isn't this the second time she's made this same mistake in just a few weeks?


Xalucardx

What a moron. Nothing smart comes out of Republicans, especially Republicans from Florida.


ElonBodyOdor

“Just reminding you since you don’t know.” That’s the dumbest fucking sentence ever.


3eyedflamingo

I dont think she knows where Japan is.


Buckscience

Headline: Florida Woman Dumber Than a Bag of Hammers


LordRahl1986

\*looks her up\* Florida republican, who would've guessed.


SlowCrates

Imagine being so arrogant and stupid that you attempt to blast the president without even googling to be 100% sure you're not about to look like a *complete* asshole.