# Ever been shocked at what some people don't know? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416 "2012-03-10T22:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/861 "2012-05-30T18:26:17Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I’ve been asked “Where are you from?”, I answer and get a blank stare, then “But where your PARENTS from?” I answer and blank stare. They want to know my race but don’t have either the intelligence or social skills to ask that. Heh. There’s an Asian guy (I’m assuming Japanese) amongst the US Army soldiers Captain America rescues in that movie (set in WW2), and when Cap looks at him he doesn’t wait for the question - he says, in unaccented English, “I’m from Fresno”. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/862 "2012-05-31T22:32:27Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > My dad is the smartest guy I know, but he doesn’t know the planets in the solar system and doesn’t give a shit. YOU FATHER IS SHERLOCK HOLMES!!?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/863 "2012-06-01T01:43:12Z")
My husband is a smart man (he married me) so I was somewhat alarmed to find out he thought Washington DC was in Washington state. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/864 "2012-06-01T01:49:15Z")
My girlfriend once asked me where Kobe is. She’s Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/865 "2012-06-01T02:19:18Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > My girlfriend once asked me where Kobe is. She’s Japanese. And aren’t you _in_ Japan? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/866 "2012-06-01T03:25:09Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > And aren’t you _in_ Japan? Yes. To be fair, she was a bit tipsy, and she did then guess where it was in the general vicinity. Still though… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/867 "2012-06-01T04:43:12Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > My girlfriend once asked me where Kobe is. She’s Japanese. LA Lakers fan, is she? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/868 "2012-06-01T04:45:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > LA Lakers fan, is she? Naw, she’s a cow. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/869 "2012-06-01T11:53:09Z")
My daughter reported to me that two boys in her class who were reading _Dr. Jeckyll and Mister Hyde_ (but hadn’t yet got to the end) were unaware that Jeckyll and Hyde were the same person. She knew that before she picked up the book. Heck, I knew that before I read the book. It permeates our culture. It’s in Warner Brothers cartoons and single-panel comics and it’s essentially a frequently-used metaphor. But they didn’t know (seriously – not a put-on), so I spoilered it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/870 "2012-06-03T00:41:10Z")
I’m shocked by how often people who have been here for years don’t know enough to put threads about movies/books/music/food in CS instead of IMHO. The Cafe Society forum has been around for serveral years, and so are the posters who keep starting threads in the wrong forum. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/871 "2012-06-03T15:35:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > And they have no representation in Congress. But I presume they are taxed? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/872 "2012-06-03T15:38:15Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > But I presume they are taxed? They don’t pay Federal Tax on money earned in Puerto Rico unless they are employed by the Federal Government according to the Wiki article that I just read. The island gets tons of Federal aid though. ---
**Author:** ![PeriDoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@PeriDoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeriDoe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416/873 "2012-06-04T04:14:13Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I’m amazed at how many people think they’re supposed to leave seller feedback in Amazon product reviews. So a book is rated 1 star (poor) on Amazon because the only person who’s left a “review” was rating a seller who didn’t deliver or delivered goods that were worse than the described condition. Then you have the people who review the product in the seller feedback. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-shocked-at-what-some-people-dont-know/615416.md?page=43)