# 35 people more wrong than me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555 "2014-06-11T18:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/21 "2014-06-11T19:25:18Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > tomb? I don’t get it? See, I can leave out significant parts of quotes too. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/22 "2014-06-11T19:35:57Z")
Question 7 is a perfectly sensible question, since Brazil is a country with more than one major city in it. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/23 "2014-06-11T20:00:00Z")
It should be “more wrong than _I_”. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/24 "2014-06-11T20:40:12Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Question 7 is a perfectly sensible question, since Brazil is a country with more than one major city in it. Well, OK, smart guy, is it being held out in the country or in a city? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/25 "2014-06-11T20:52:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, OK, smart guy, is it being held out in the country or in a city? A [city](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil,_Indiana), silly. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/26 "2014-06-11T20:56:30Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > [The 35 Dumbest Things That Have Ever Happened](http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/we-cant-have-nice-things) But are they more _consistently_ wrong? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/27 "2014-06-11T20:57:49Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > But are they more _consistently_ wrong? You assume that’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/28 "2014-06-11T20:59:26Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Okay, snark aside, what’s wrong with #7? “Where’s the 2014 Brazil World Cup going to be held?”. In Rio? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/29 "2014-06-11T21:01:47Z")
The [World Cup is being held in multiple cities](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQyCkwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3De3W6yf6c-FA%26feature%3Dkp&ei=kMOYU-P2BsGzyATi_ID4Aw&usg=AFQjCNGJWju5OGUSl-mtx9iOqCmeedUb8w&bvm=bv.68693194,d.aWw). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/30 "2014-06-11T21:23:43Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > In Rio? That reminds me, how the hell can a whole city dance on the sand? Do they have a lot of earthquakes there? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/31 "2014-06-11T21:36:02Z")
At the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/32 "2014-06-11T21:36:05Z")
I loved #12, Robby’s rough night. Don’t put my grandpa in a comma! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/33 "2014-06-11T21:44:44Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Question 7 is a perfectly sensible question, since Brazil is a country with more than one major city in it. And bigger than the continental US. It’s almost as “stupid” as asking where some event in the US is being held. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/34 "2014-06-11T22:25:02Z")
Don’t worry, Adaher. I thought it was funny. You have much More self awareness (when you choose to) than many of the other posters on these esteemed honeypots. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/35 "2014-06-11T22:46:20Z")
Okay, in case some people don’t get it, the Olympics are held in a city, the World Cup is held in a country at many location. In the case of Brazil, some of them are thousands of miles apart. The locations are Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, Recife, Porto Alegre, Natal, Cuiaba, Curitiba and Manaus. So, asking where the Brazil World Cup is being held has a legitimate answer. While the question could have been worded slightly better, its inclusion on this list shows a lack of knowledge by the person who compiled it. Sorry if the explanation meanders, just like that river twisting through a dusty land. Please carry on making fun of adaher 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/36 "2014-06-11T23:13:19Z")
It doesn’t show a lack of knowledge on the part of the compiler. It shows an assumption on the part of the compiler that people understand how World Cups work, which isn’t really that odd. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/37 "2014-06-11T23:34:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It doesn’t show a lack of knowledge on the part of the compiler. It shows an assumption on the part of the compiler that people understand how World Cups work, which isn’t really that odd. Isn’t it the opposite? If people understand how it works, then the funny fails. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/38 "2014-06-11T23:59:19Z")
Number 4 is even a meme, called [hotdog legs](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hot-dog-legs). The idea is trying to figure out whether you are looking at hotdogs or legs. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/39 "2014-06-12T00:37:00Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Isn’t it the opposite? If people understand how it works, then the funny fails. It’s only funny if everyone except the person who posted the tweet understand how it works. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-people-more-wrong-than-me/690555/40 "2014-06-12T02:13:19Z")
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