Osama Who? And why is it so good he died?

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PIRATENEWS

Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:30 AM

Nit Twits

Clueless teenagers flood search engines to ask: 'Who is Osama Bin Laden?'

It has been an end to biggest terrorist manhunt in recent history.

But it seems that as well as the millions of people who celebrated Osama Bin Laden's death, there were a few who were more than a little confused.

The internet was flooded with searches from confused teenagers under the age of 17 asking the desperate question 'Who is Bin Laden?'

Scores more turned to Twitter to pose the question, before they were quickly embarrassed by other users for their lack of knowledge.

One youngster wrote: 'Who is Osama Bin Laden and why should I care?'

Another added: 'Is he famous?'

A young Twitter user wrote: 'Who is Osama? And why is it so good he died?'

Bizarrely, the eight most popular search term from Yahoo! was 'How tall is Osama bin Laden?'

The figures give a revealing insight into the lack of current affairs and general knowledge among teenagers.

Critics will use the evidence to suggest that young people are spending too much time on 'frivolous' pursuits instead of studying.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383379/Osama-Bin-Laden-Clueless-teen
agers-flood-search-engines-Twitter.html

Quote:
"There was a survey done in America asking people if they could remember year that 9/11 took place. And get this, 30% of the people polled couldn't remember that it was 2001. "
-The Chasers

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:08 AM

Ah, there's hope for humanity after all...

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

WISHIMAY

Thursday, May 5, 2011 2:13 PM

I'm sorry, you aren't talking about Justin Bieber or Mariah Carey's babies, so you've already lost the attention of %50 of the population...and of the other half, %25 of those can't remember little things like feeding their kids or taking a shower or paying their bills...soooo, what were we talking about again?

TWO

Thursday, May 5, 2011 2:44 PM

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
These James Madison quotes hint at why the USA is troubled.
"Uh, who's James Madison?" asks man on the street.

OLDGUY

Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:51 PM

Osama !!! yeah yeah!! hope n change! Osama gonna buy me a new car !! and pay my light bill !

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, May 5, 2011 4:17 PM

This is all entertaining, but it's a hoax. I just tried to find said teens. I think this mock up was made by some guy. The only references to it on twitter are to this story.

The posts are real, but the screenshot is not, not even a search result. He searched for these far and wide to find them. The girl who asks who osama bin laden is isn't even a teenager, and oh yeah, this is what she posted after that: Θανάσης Βέγγος αν και αυτοδίδακτος κατάφερε να and then she goes on in that vein. That would be because she's also Greek. Should I feel dumb because I didn't know who Θανάσης Βέγγος was? Apparently, he was famous, and he died, and she's very sad about it.

The "people are getting stupider" is on the list of MSM/NWO/TPTB conspiracy propaganda myths being broadcast for a long time. I would think that PN would be on to that one by now.

g2g, OK, l8rz, Kthxbye ^..^

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

WISHIMAY

Thursday, May 5, 2011 4:40 PM

Come to Indiana hon, I'm sure I know some of those people! Or Kentucky,or Missouri, there are still many places in this country where banjos play and dipsh$ts roam...

Read the really bad news, the things most people don't wanna look at, and you will know the truth-not only about America, but humanity...

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, May 5, 2011 4:59 PM

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Come to Indiana hon, I'm sure I know some of those people! Or Kentucky

Hey!

Quote:

Read the really bad news, the things most people don't wanna look at, and you will know the truth-not only about America, but humanity...

I have, I've posted much of it here, but no one wants to know.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

TWO

Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:53 PM

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
This is all entertaining, but it's a hoax. I just tried to find said teens.

The "people are getting stupider" is on the list of MSM/NWO/TPTB conspiracy propaganda myths being broadcast for a long time. I would think that PN would be on to that one by now.

The fact that huge numbers of kids are passing through American school systems and not learning basic literacy means that districts need to check to see if the kids are learning anything at all.

There is an underestimation of the extent of really bad learning outcomes. Take this report ( http://cbsdetroit.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/basicskillsreport_final.
pdf ) from the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund which notes “that 47% of adults (more than 200,000 individuals) in the City of Detroit are functionally illiterate, referring to the inability of an individual to use reading, speaking, writing, and computational skills in everyday life situations” and also that “within the tricounty region, there are a number of municipalities with illiteracy rates rivaling Detroit: Southfield at 24%, Warren at 17%, Inkster at 34%, Pontiac at 34%.”

Did all these people go directly from being babies to adults without passing years and years in school? Are there 60,000,000 Jane & Jayne Cobbs in the USA?

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

WISHIMAY

Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:21 PM

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Originally posted by two:

Did all these people go directly from being babies to adults without passing years and years in school? Are there 60,000,000 Jane & Jayne Cobbs in the USA?

Kids who have people do homework for them is X %
Bad Homeschooling is X %
Mental disease is X %
Appathy is X %
Undiagnosed reading disorders is X %
Retardation is X %
Low I.Q. is X %
Can't or don't want to be taught is X %
= yep, it is that bad...

Eating healthy is one thing, somebody needs to tell Michelle Obama reading lasts a lifetime...
I'd rather we be country of fat and intelligent than skinny dumbasses, any day...

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