Well then, congratulations on discovering a trivial gap in another person’s knowledge.
Well that’s kind of the point of the thread, is it trivial or not? And beyond this is it trivial or not as an indicator for someone you might want to consider initiating relationship with.
My first post in this thread, which you quoted in its entirety, contained my answers to both of these questions.
I will blame media in part. They no longer plumb the wealth of past knowledge for their quotes and passages. It’s all present day consumerism. But many people are just not well read. Once when I was dining with our president (a magna cum laude from a premier university and one year older than me) in a Japanese restaurant, I commented on the fact that she was eating the soup ahead of the other dishes. She looked at me funny and said ‘but it’s soup!’
To be fair, she may have interpreted the question as which planet is most like the Sun.
Of course she was. Soup is an appetizer. One always eats the appetizer before the entree. If your entree is soup then you eat a smaller bowl of soup first.
Unless it’s miso soup which you take last. I mean, wouldn’t you want to wash away the sashimi taste with a light soup?
If you’re supposed to eat it last why do they bring it out first?
Miso confused.
Spoken like a true lamia. Hisssss…
The woman in the OP sounds just a bit dim. We had a bit of mythology in school but I learned most of it on my own–because it was interesting stuff. Then there was Wonder Woman, Xena & her Amazon pals–and the Central Asian women buried with warrior artifacts, very long ago. Who could have inspired Amazon stories–although they had both boobs & didn’t live in female-only cultures. Didn’t the Amazon River get its name from travelers’ tales about female warriors?
Of course, lots of very nice people don’t care about stuff like that. It isn’t useful. Conversation can be a drag, though…
IMO opinion, not knowing that Amazon also meant “lady warrior,” is forgivable. In today’s world, that has slipped to knowing the 3rd meaning of Amazon (behind .com and the river).
The fact that Carmen Miranda didn’t know of the famous Carmen Miranda astounds me, though. You’d think he would have been asked that question countless times. I met a new (younger guy) at work named Robert J. Fisher, and he went by “Bobby.” I joked that people must assume that he’s a heck of a chess player, and he gave me the blank stare. I know the spelling is different (Fischer), but still, was can’t believe I the first to bring it up to him.
But, in defense of the ignorant, I know a lot about a lot of things, but I know next to nothing about any video game (since Space Invaders) or Lord or the Rings and I have never seen a Star Wars movie. Video games, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, may not be considered “classics,” but I’ve gotten looks of derision when from folks who’ve had to explain to me who Han Solo was or what’s the deal with a Hobbit.
It was a bento box that included even dessert. At any rate, all sit-down Japanese restaurants I’ve been to serve all courses in one plonk.
I agree with pretty much everyone here, that everyone has gaps in their knowledge and it’s not a big deal. If you keep talking to her, you’ll figure out if not knowing about Amazons was a gap, or was representative of her knowledge.
This is also true. If she was interested in your explanation when you told her about Amazonians, that’s one thing. If she didn’t listen, or acted like it was stupid that you knew that weird bit of information, then that’s another. I know I have gaps in my knowledge, but I’d be interested in hearing information to fill them in, unless the person is being a jerk or condescending about it.