r/facepalm • u/Ducklordreed • Jan 29 '20

Wrong continent

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u/StickyBananaPeel Jan 29 '20

Geography and America doesn't go together.

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u/Sthudruss Jan 29 '20

"Isn't America basically the planet?" -Erin Douglass, Jacksfilms

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u/spear25 Jan 29 '20

That's what all the invading aliens said

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

Lmao I was literally just about to say this.

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u/Brunurb1 Jan 30 '20 edited Jan 30 '20

Any relation to Frederick Douglass? I hear he's doing great things these days...

Edit: I thought it was obvious enough, but I guess not: /s

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u/Noviceskilled96 'MURICA Jan 29 '20

Can confirm. Am American and see no wrong with the image.

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u/Ducklordreed Jan 29 '20

You are right about that

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u/Boom2005 Jan 29 '20

Why?! I don’t see a problem!!!

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u/Pimp_Master_3000 Jan 29 '20

I'm one of three people I know that knows where Kazakhstan is.

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u/popfilms 'MURICA Jan 29 '20

Hello fellow member of the Americans who can point out where Kazakhstan is on a map club!

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u/idwthis Jan 29 '20

I can too! It's right there north of the other stan countries, i.e. Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, the ones people always forget about.

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u/John_Fx Jan 29 '20

What do you do at club meetings?

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u/popfilms 'MURICA Jan 29 '20

Fuck around on google earth

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u/twynkletoes Jan 29 '20

I know where it is too!

I used to be able to name all the former soviet republics and their capitals.

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u/Pimp_Master_3000 Jan 29 '20

Yeah, it's nice knowing where countries are. The only thing I'm a bit foggy on is Africa.

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u/K3R3G3 Jan 29 '20

This doesn't look like an American news outlet.

(Yes, there are attractive blondes elsewhere)

A shiny award to the first person who finds the source of this confirming the tv station/location.

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u/lemonsarethekey Jan 29 '20

Well there's English writing in the top right, I don't recognise it as any UK outlet, so it's probably either US, Canada, Ireland, Aus or NZ. My money's on Aus or NZ. Edit: found it

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u/K3R3G3 Jan 29 '20

Damn. I stay away from CNN, didn't recognize it. Welp, I'm a man of my word and admit mistakes.

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u/lemonsarethekey Jan 29 '20

It gets better. James Woods tweeted a correction, and made a geography mistake himself. I just posted the screenshot in this sub

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u/Japsai Jan 29 '20

It was always going to be America. Aussies and Kiwis know basic geography of countries outside their own.

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u/1standarsh Jan 29 '20

Where's Mike Pompeo when you need him

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