So I went back to my old highschool for a band concert of my brother's
And lately they'd had an "international day" where they learn about lots of other countries and cultures and such, as well as decorate the school along that theme
I happened upon this flag ribbon decoration and I realized that this has basically every culturally significant country, according to America
For example, a American may know OF a country like say, Slovakia, and may even be able to point out out on a map, but they will likely have no idea what (if anything) HAPPENS in Slovakia
I thought I'd just share this to give a broader outlook on what Americans think about, to the world
All "culturally relevant" lands report in
Jackson Jackson
Apologies for phoneposting
Landon Cruz
Chili yes! We are finally relevant!
Aaron Nelson
>Slovakia hockey fans may have heard about it thanks to Chara >and may even be able to point out out on a map doubt that (and nothing embarrassing about that)
John Hernandez
What the FUCK america?
Robert Nelson
they just flipped the french flag sideways so it kinda looks like yours lmao
Connor Price
I'm disappointed to say the least.
Caleb Cox
Sorry guys
Although I think I saw a Belgian flag in there somewhere and if there's one thing I'm 100% certain of, it's that no one knows who fucking Belgium is and not the Netherlands (some likely think the Belgese are part of NL I'm sure)
Luis Collins
Its all Benelux to us
Tyler Clark
Dis
Oliver Morgan
Isn't Benelux their capital?
Joseph Phillips
Yes. Yes it is.
Lincoln Wright
See, it's been a while but I still remember something!
Jeremiah Bennett
...
Ian Turner
When I was staying in a hostel in Paris I chatted with a girl from Boston who thought that our capital was Rio De Janeiro and our anthem was "Don't cry for me Argentina"
Gabriel Reyes
If you can find Denmark on a map, I'd be surprised
Charles Campbell
>we're culturally relevant to the US ???
Ian Morris
...
Kayden Nguyen
>boston I'm so sorry you had to meet those "irish" people
Jace Sullivan
Kangaroos
Adrian Barnes
To be fair most people from any country would only know of countries mentioned in news and media or their ancestry plus a scattering of others I only have detailed knowledge because I looked at world maps and read wikipedia autistically and came here. I'm sure most here are similar.
Once I was with a group of university students doing a challenge to fill in countries on a map, doing central America and the Caribbean. Someone called out "Portugal!". Someone else goes "nah, that's in South America", to everyone else's agreement