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comparing internet comments when americans can't locate a 2000 sq mile city-state with an unpronounceable name on a map in central eastern europe versus when europeans fail to understand the scale of a damn continent on the same map is some wild contrast ngl.
if you don't realize that a country which spans most of a major continent (which you have seen depicted next to your own continent on every world map for your entire life) is not the same size as spain or france, then the issue is much deeper than nationality.
Bullshit aside, I wonder how common this is in Europe. I'm absolutely not going to defend our (USA) education level, especially when we're working on one-upping 1939 Germany. But, I wonder if for some Europeans being actually blind to this sort of stuff (post is obviously a joke) it has to do with the density of Europe, or if it has to do with conflict being distracting or sustainability being fulfilling.
I think some people might be blind to the actual distance.
But it'd mostly have to be the older generations.
You can't exactly be blind to distances if you use Google Maps nowadays. It'd mostly have to be unprepared older folks or stupid youngsters.
It'd be an indication of intelligence more than being European. I'd NEVER go plan a trip without.... Checking the distances between attractions I want to visit?
But my aunt and uncle didn't when they came to visit me in France from their tiny island. For them 35 min of travel was impossible.