So tonight I got involved in a conversation with another employee and some costumers. The girl I work with said, "What is the Golden Gate Bridge? I have never heard of it." She is a college graduate too. How many of you knew what the Golden Gate Bridge is and where it is located before you read this thread? It shouldn't take a 4 year degree is history, geography, or engineering to know what this thing is, right?

6/14/2010 11:29:24 PM

its on full house

6/14/2010 11:29:51 PM

i think technically she's correct

6/14/2010 11:30:15 PM

dude, its a gold bridge with a big gate.

6/14/2010 11:30:21 PM

^^^ This and I knew the answer to your questions.

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 11:30 PM. Reason : -]

6/14/2010 11:30:39 PM

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"its on full house"

Yeah seriously, if she grew up in the 80s there's no excuse not to know it

6/14/2010 11:31:08 PM

I'm not falling into your silly little trap.

6/14/2010 11:31:16 PM

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"its on full house"

6/14/2010 11:31:48 PM

theres a huge west coast bias.

I'm pretty sure there are many like here.

I'm also pretty sure many more dont know what griffith park is or the tar pits or joshua tree mt whitney or Yosemite

6/14/2010 11:34:32 PM

Whatever happened to predictability?

6/14/2010 11:36:04 PM

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"I'm also pretty sure many more dont know what griffith park is or the tar pits or joshua tree mt whitney or Yosemite"

I'll give you everything but Yosemite. If you don't know Yosemite, you didn't pay attention in history class. You're also missing out on one of the best parks in the country

6/14/2010 11:36:11 PM

its on full house

6/14/2010 11:37:09 PM

the milk man the paper boy and evening tv

6/14/2010 11:37:34 PM

You miss your old familar friends BUT waiting just around the bend...

6/14/2010 11:38:12 PM

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"theres a huge west coast bias. I'm pretty sure there are many like here. I'm also pretty sure many more dont know what griffith park is or the tar pits or joshua tree mt whitney or Yosemite"

do you know what bias means?

6/14/2010 11:38:39 PM

Everywhere you look...

Everywhere you go...

6/14/2010 11:38:39 PM

there's a heart a hand to hold on to

6/14/2010 11:39:28 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fI_jdOrYPc

6/14/2010 11:40:22 PM

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"do you know what bias means?"

LOL beat me to it

6/14/2010 11:41:21 PM

^^^maybe not.

but you know what I mean.

6/14/2010 11:42:36 PM

Maybe they are biased towards their own region and feel that it's not important to know about other regions?

6/14/2010 11:43:13 PM

Magneto moved that shit w/ his mind

6/14/2010 11:43:53 PM

A LIGHT IS WAITING TO CARRY YOU HOME


EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK

6/14/2010 11:44:38 PM

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"I'll give you everything but Yosemite. If you don't know Yosemite, you didn't pay attention in history class. You're also missing out on one of the best parks in the country"

giving me all of those is a lot. enough to prove the bias.

what are you talking of sequoia? i think everyone knows death valley.

greatest state by far. I mean floridas not even close. No other state is even close.

6/14/2010 11:46:30 PM

shut up sarose

6/14/2010 11:47:16 PM

Alaska is more beautiful if that's what you're asking.

6/14/2010 11:47:19 PM

^^^What the hell are you talking about?

Someone is a little intoxicated tonight aren't they?

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 11:47 PM. Reason : ]

6/14/2010 11:47:19 PM

Honestly, the tar pits kinda suck.

It's really cool in theory, and then you get there and it's just... not impressive.

6/14/2010 11:47:49 PM

Yeah, well if you don't know what Fort Macon is then you're a totally idiot!

6/14/2010 11:48:38 PM

^^^ They're just trying too hard with the trolling tonight, that's all.

^^ Agreed. I was underwhelmed.

[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 11:49 PM. Reason : s]

6/14/2010 11:49:24 PM

fine dont give me the tar pits. but what natural phenomenon are in nyc and venice thats so much better?

6/14/2010 11:49:57 PM

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"A TOTALLY IDIOT"

6/14/2010 11:50:27 PM

Ummm Central Park?!?! That is the most natural and beautiful thing in this country. Gah, stop trolling!

6/14/2010 11:50:57 PM

I don't think Central Park can count as a natural phenomenon

6/14/2010 11:52:02 PM

Well what about all those natural underground tunnels? I mean they were perfect for all the subways to run through.

6/14/2010 11:52:45 PM

I think a city in the water can though

6/14/2010 11:53:11 PM

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"theres a huge west coast bias. I'm pretty sure there are many like here. I'm also pretty sure many more dont know what griffith park is or the tar pits or joshua tree mt whitney or Yosemite"

The tar pits are in LA, but they aren't all that well known compared to other things like the White House, Golden Gate Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Disney World, etc. Even uneducated people should know where these things are.

This isn't the first time I have met someone who didn't know where a famous land mark was located. On September 11, 2001 I was working at Crossroads Ford in Cary and a guy I worked with pulled up in a car and said, "What's the Pentagon?" I said, "It's the largest government building in Washington DC." He wasn't the brightest person I have ever met.

6/14/2010 11:54:17 PM

why do some mountains look like presidents?

6/14/2010 11:54:27 PM

^Miracles! I think God knew that those men would be big someday so he decided to make mountains look like their faces.

I wish a mountain had my face on the side of it, then I would know that I'd be loved someday.

6/14/2010 11:55:47 PM

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"a guy I worked with pulled up in a car and said, "What's the Pentagon?""

6/14/2010 11:56:01 PM

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"NATURAL PHENOMENA"

oh shit, now we talking about MIRACLES






[Edited on June 14, 2010 at 11:57 PM. Reason : MIRACLES]

6/14/2010 11:56:55 PM

The pentagon is something that Wiccans use to worship the devil.

6/14/2010 11:56:57 PM

The Golden Gate is the opening to San Francisco Bay. Named because most of the people and materials for the 1849 gold rush came through it. The bridge spans it. And yes, I would think it would be part of a basic cultural literacy.

6/15/2010 12:00:07 AM

thats a pentagram, dumbass

6/15/2010 12:00:08 AM

funny you say disneyworld in that list when the original disney is in anaheim. everyone would probably tell you orlando on the east coast.

perfect example.

6/15/2010 12:00:42 AM

haha SILLY! A pentoGRAM is a five sided object. A good example is that really popular government building outside of DC.

6/15/2010 12:01:37 AM

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"funny you say disneyworld in that list when the original disney is in anaheim. everyone would probably tell you orlando on the east coast."

Disney World is in Orlando

6/15/2010 12:08:15 AM

DISNEY LAND BITCH

6/15/2010 12:08:57 AM

But where did Michelle get lost in that two part episode of Full House?

6/15/2010 12:09:45 AM

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"funny you say disneyworld in that list when the original disney is in anaheim. everyone would probably tell you orlando on the east coast. perfect example."

That would be Disney Land in California and I have heard Disney World is better.

6/15/2010 12:10:13 AM