Wow

[benlehman]

Watch Jared Diamond embarass himself. Albeit, this is 12 years old. Nonetheless, wow.

To clue in those playing along at home: China has considerably more linguistic diversity than Europe. Or, indeed, most other places on earth.

Note also how he taps into the "OMG China is a monolith that will eat us" fears of modern Americans.

Nice. Nice.

Comments

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

Indonesia and India are the same country; referring to both in the same paragraph is just confusing. Call it "Indonesianiana" (See also: Indiana.)

[heyunyi.livejournal.com]

Yes. This is true. When I was in India, I had a hotel clerk argue with what I put on the check-in form because it didn't match the information for the Indonesian visa that was in my passport. Clearly it's all just interchangable.

[evilmagnus]

There are only four racial groups in the world.
- White
- Black
- Hispanic
- Asian
I learned this from government forms and surveys, so it must be true.

[russiandude.livejournal.com]

Well, duh... Next thing you'll be telling me that everybody who picks "Other" is not deluding themselves.