# Clueless teen Jeopardy contestant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090 "2011-03-01T19:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/21 "2011-03-01T21:51:46Z")
Aw, patriotism still exists in the world. That’s so quaint. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/22 "2011-03-01T22:02:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Perhaps I’m a bit hypersensitive, as I work in an industry (IT) that we just flat gave away to India to squeeze a few more bucks out of the bottom line. I don’t think India needs any tech help from us, thanks. The IT industry was the poster child for new capitalism - many people I know (possibly even yourself) rode the high salaries, and the options, and the spiralling stock prices. Well, welcome to old school capitalism. It hasn’t changed one little bit. If they can get someone to do the same job as you cheaper, they will. And they have. If you enjoy it on the upswing, you kind of lose the right to complain on the downside. Everyone thinks they are outsourcing proof right up until the time that Sandeep starts doing a better job for half the money. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/23 "2011-03-01T22:04:03Z")
Wow, maybe 86% of Americans really are this stupid and misguided. Time to start learning Cantonese I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/24 "2011-03-01T22:15:54Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Say, he didn’t mention anything about an upgraded Cherry 2000 did he? Nor the Cheney T-1000? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/25 "2011-03-01T22:37:48Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Aw, patriotism still exists in the world. That’s so quaint. Sounds more like xenophobia to me. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/26 "2011-03-01T22:37:54Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Nor the Cheney T-1000? Dear gawd…It’ll be weeks before I’m able to sleep now. Can you imagine? Hundreds? _Thousands_ of ill-tempered, pig-butt ugly, shot-gun wielding Dick Cheney cyborgs scouring the planet for political dissdents and pussies? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/27 "2011-03-01T23:02:05Z")
> [@villa](#): > > The IT industry was the poster child for new capitalism - many people I know (possibly even yourself) rode the high salaries, and the options, and the spiralling stock prices. > > Well, welcome to old school capitalism. It hasn’t changed one little bit. If they can get someone to do the same job as you cheaper, they will. And they have. If you enjoy it on the upswing, you kind of lose the right to complain on the downside. Everyone thinks they are outsourcing proof right up until the time that Sandeep starts doing a better job for half the money. No options, no spiraling stock prices. Just a workaday programmer in this business for 35 years. Sandeep isn’t doing a better job for half the money; he’s doing a really crappy job for half the money. But the first half of that statement is irrelevant to the CEO. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/28 "2011-03-01T23:40:31Z")
I thought this thread was gonna be about the [Pussy Furry](http://jezebel.com/#!5769822/teen-jeopardy-contestant-asks-what-is-pussy-furry) girl. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/29 "2011-03-01T23:43:00Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Sounds more like xenophobia to me. You’re right. Xenophobia is better. Sounds cooler, 'cause of the X! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/30 "2011-03-02T00:15:26Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > You’re right. Xenophobia is better. Sounds cooler, 'cause of the X! [hijack]Exactly! Xs make everything better. I am playing this one fighting game right now where you can activate a power-up called X-Factor. And you can do it while playing as the X-Men! It makes me Xtremely Xcited! Xcellent! Xxxxxxx! _foams at mouth_[/hijack] Ahem. Anyway, it’s not very nice of Trebek to disapprove of this kid’s dreams, considering he is a robot from the future. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/31 "2011-03-02T00:17:50Z")
Your love of the X is strong, **Autolycus**. Though I have to admit I stole that line from Futurama. (Not sure if you already knew that in which case, forget I said anything.) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/32 "2011-03-02T00:21:35Z")
Is there any xcape from this thread? ~hits the back button~ ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/33 "2011-03-02T00:21:53Z")
India has a huge population, many of whom are undereducated. The South Asian genius stereotype is based on a misunderstanding of a tiny minority–many of whom come to the West for education & opportunity (like the kid’s parents, I bet). Trebek was wrong, you are wrong, the kid knows what he’s talking about. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/34 "2011-03-02T00:29:37Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > I thought this thread was gonna be about the [Pussy Furry](http://jezebel.com/#!5769822/teen-jeopardy-contestant-asks-what-is-pussy-furry) girl. Me too. I wonder if she’s homeschooled. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/35 "2011-03-02T00:31:05Z")
Civilization as we know it will end because of ROBOTS!!! Who would have thought!!! Well, if we’re on Futurama… maybe Bender knew. But Bender lives a thousand years into the future… so of course he knew. Also, China may already have won. If only they weren’t so dead set on copying everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/36 "2011-03-02T00:55:44Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Aw, patriotism still exists in the world. That’s so quaint. > [@faithfool](#): > > Sounds more like xenophobia to me. There’s a difference? Hey, it’s 2011. Elections have consequences… :rolleyes: > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Can you imagine? Hundreds? _Thousands_ of ill-tempered, pig-butt ugly, shot-gun wielding Dick Cheney cyborgs scouring the planet for political dissdents and pussies? No, just their moms… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/37 "2011-03-02T02:14:40Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > India has a huge population, many of whom are undereducated. The South Asian genius stereotype is based on a misunderstanding of a tiny minority–many of whom come to the West for education & opportunity (like the kid’s parents, I bet). Trebek was wrong, you are wrong, the kid knows what he’s talking about. I don’t think I agree with you very often, but I’m 100% on board with that post. The OP is the clueless one here. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/38 "2011-03-02T03:51:27Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > No options, no spiraling stock prices. Just a workaday programmer in this business for 35 years. > > Sandeep isn’t doing a better job for half the money; he’s doing a really crappy job for half the money. But the first half of that statement is irrelevant to the CEO. To be callous, he is doing a better job from the point of view of the CEO, when you include the compensation levels. That’s capitalism for you. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/39 "2011-03-02T03:56:50Z")
Yep. Your enemies are American CEO’s, not the third world labor they exploit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090/40 "2011-03-02T05:21:44Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Yeah, I agree. That’s why I’m a teacher AND a nuclear physicist. Until we actually look, whereupon your super position collapses and we all wonder what the hell you’re bragging about, it being obvious that you are not one and taking a break from the other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-teen-jeopardy-contestant/573090.md?page=3)