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So, in other words, if it interests you, it's fair to quiz someone else about it, but if it doesn't interest you, it's not fair to quiz you about it.

• tjoff 14y ago
  Do you want me to quiz you on the provinces of Sweden? Oh, you don't find that interesting? Well, hardly anyone outside Sweden probably does. Pointless knowledge.
  • waterlesscloud 14y ago
    Most people could name a grand total of one city in all of Sweden. Just not on people's radars the way the US is.
    • tjoff 14y ago
      I'm happy as long as we are not confused with Switzerland, but you missed my point. Is the state that large US cities reside in on (foreign) peoples radars?
      • waterlesscloud 14y ago
        San Francisco and Los Angeles are in what US state? Dallas? Miami?
        • hnriot 14y ago
          San Francisco and Los Angeles are in different states :) Just ask anyone...
          • cutie 14y ago
            Alta and Baja.
          • anamax 14y ago
            > San Francisco and Los Angeles are in different states Only San Franciscans think that. The folks in the rest of Northern CA know better. The real dividing line in CA runs north/south. SF and LA are on the same side of that line.
  • kbolino 14y ago
    To paraphrase Richard Feynman: you're not right; in fact, you're not even wrong. No I don't find Swedish cities interesting. But I did not start quizzing you about U.S. cities. If you started quizzing me about Swedish cities, then it would be fair for me to quiz you about American ones. The issue of cities is irrelevant; the concept at discussion is "turnabout is fair play." The guy who asked about Zurich wanted to show how stupid Americans were by trumpeting his culturally specific, regionally biased knowledge. To show how this was just snobbery, an American did the same to him. It doesn't matter if you don't think America is interesting; that's not what this is about. Note: I actually like Europe; I'm just trying to prove a point.
    • tjoff 14y ago
      You guys might honestly think that it is easier to put a large US city in a state rather than pinpoint it on a map. I don't think most foreigners would agree. My interest in America isn't in any way related to my interest of the states within America...
      • kbolino 14y ago
        "I don't think most foreigners would agree." That is my point, in a nutshell: the knowledge is relative.