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I'm American and I don't know where Ohio or Germany is.
I’m American and I don’t know where Oreo is.
It's probably in your local supermarket no?
A correct answer is:
In my belly.
Also American. I know where Germany is because I've had buddies from Germany, which made it useful information. Ditto Romania, Nigeria, and South Korea. I will remember X country when there is something of personal significance about it and apparently not before.
I don't know where Ohio is and will never learn, because there is nothing IN Ohio, and they know there's nothing in Ohio because they're still LYING ABOUT THE AIRPLANE.
I've been studying scientific communication recently and something that's quite striking is how much easier humans understand and remember information when it's attached to something meaningful, such as through a story.
Your comment feels like an example of that kind of thing. I process geography in a similar way, so what you describe is pretty relatable to me
There are two things in Ohio. Kings Island, and Cedar Point, though both are close enough to other states that Indiana could annex Kings Island, and Michigan could annex Cedar Point, but then they'd have to take Cincinnati and Toledo respectively and ain't nobody got time for that shit.
Tell me you're from Best Carolina without telling me you're from Best Carolina
The only reason to know where Ohio is is to avoid going there
...how?
It's the chonky one in the middle.