"We asked folks to identify Iran on an unlabeled map. 28% of them got it right."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

[Renew Deal]

1. That's better than I expected.

[onenote]

2. That's a lot more than I would have thought.

I would've guessed 3 percent.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Somebody put it in Ireland?

[Dennis Donovan]

4. That was Eric

[empedocles]

6. . . .

[Delmette2.0]

15. Sweden!!??

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. That's another puzzler.

West Africa is a wide miss, as well.

[Wabbajack_]

26. Some people put it in the US

Like really?

SOME have to be trolling right?

[Delmette2.0]

32. I missed those.

I hope they were just trolling.

[Victor_c3]

29. What about those who placed it in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea?

Are there people who are so clueless as to get the land and water masses of the map confused?

[greatauntoftriplets]

34. Yes, apparently.

[Mister Ed]

5. Betcha our president couldn't find it on a map.

He'd draw it in with a sharpie later, though.

[MineralMan]

7. Which dot was Trump's?

[JHB]

11. Cornwall

[MineralMan]

12. LOL!

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. OMG!!!!

Doc Martin's an Iranian terrorist in disguise??

[sinkingfeeling]

8. OMG

[Sonny Mirviss]

9. August 5, 1964

The morning after LBJ's "Gulf of Tonkin" bullshit speech, our H.S. football coach, who was also a geography teacher, had no idea where Vietnam was on a map.

All he knew is that us guys could kiss our asses goodby with that moron in the White House.
Unfortunately for too many of my teammates he was right.

[lpbk2713]

10. Several guessed Spain.

Some even chose the Mediterranean Sea.

We're in a lot of trouble.

[Leith]

13. And France, Great Britain, off the coast of Sweden?!

My favorite ones were those in middle of the Mediterranian.

[RockRaven]

14. I'd be interested to see data sets like this sorted by political affiliation, age, religion, etc.

[dalton99a]

16. Several correctly identified Iran as an island.

[Dennis Donovan]

17. It's an island in a sea of US forward bases

[jcgoldie]

19. Pretty impressive some folks put it in the English Channel or the Irish Sea...

Wonder who those guys voted for in 2016...

[Wabbajack_]

24. It says party and age not a factor

Income and education level are, however.

Though only 38% of college grads got it right. Like....ugh.

Gender was apparently a factor, 38% of men got it right, only 20% of women.

Race was not mentioned.

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. Only 38% of people with college degrees got it right. Something is wrong with college degrees.

It's not as if it's only just hit the news; it's been a major part of American news for 40 years.

And Democrats did worst out of the 3 political groupings. Shameful.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. So?

[Wabbajack_]

22. As a fellow who looks at maps all the time

I'm not surprised cause I heard this thing before.

But I can't understand why everyone doesn't look at maps.

I even love maps of places that aren't real!

My brother had no idea where Delaware was. He thought New England.

[Dennis Donovan]

23. Big Google Earthling here

[Wabbajack_]

25. Hi!

I'd be pretty surprised if I wasn't a small child the last day I went without looking at at least 1 map.

Of course I have a world map on my wall. Out of date. Someone gave me a new one, UNLAMINATED!

[IcyPeas]

27. Iran is huuuuuge.

[Dennis Donovan]

28. Check this out:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/19-maps-that-will-help-you-put-the-united-states-in-perspect

[BSdetect]

30. Have you heard about Dumbfuckistan?

[Vogon_Glory]

39. Dumbf*ckistan? I thought we already lived there

And if that isn’t the US’s official name yet, it will be when Putin or his successors incorporates us into the Russian Federation.

[Newest Reality]

31. Oh, come on now,

I thought everybody knew that it's on the MOON! You just have to look closely. No brainer.

[Runningdawg]

33. I was always good at geography but I gotta say sometimes all those "stans" give me fits

[Dennis Donovan]

38. I'd have trouble with the stans, except the one we've occupied for 19 yrs.

[whopis01]

36. Oh - that's where it is? I thought it was in the English Channel.

Seriously - that has to be a joke, right? No one could possibly have thought Iran was in the English Channel, right?

[Vogon_Glory]

37. The truth is appalling and horrifying, but I remember the map from Hot Shots

Where Iran had been renamed “A Very Hard Place.”

We might be living in a dystopic nightmare, but we need our laughs when we can get them.

[DeminPennswoods]

40. A little different interpretation

Those who picked the Romania/Greece area, they got the approximate shape and size right. The ones who picked Iraq and Afghanistan at least were close and knew Iran is in the middle east.