Newwwwp.

"I'll still take myself against the average American in that regard."

I was in London during the Atlanta '96 Games and hoo, hoo, hoo boy are you wrong.

I repeat myself:

Economies of scale, so to speak.

I spent a weekend in Montreal and maybe 1 out of every 10 people I talked to had the foggiest notion where my city (Atlanta) was located.

Yeah. Agreed.

Honestly, yes. As should everyone else who doesn't. (Which includes Oliver and you know it. But sitting ducks, much easier.)

Government of the nation-state =! People of the nation-state

The fact that a group of y'all seem unable to come to grips with how many goddamn people live in the USA is proving my point splendidly, thanks.

Florida, maybe. Orlando might be pushing it. "It's in there somewhere" would be your most common response.

If we're doing that comparison, then it should be "can Americans find the entire continent of South America on a map of the world"? Which: Yes.

Please return those goalposts to their original, upright position.

Please. They'd get NYC (maybe. I've seen many people even screw that one up) and LA and…well, that's probably it.

"and yet Americans"

Dammit, Americans! Why aren't you better at rote memorization?

Jahlil Okafor's a pretty cool dude.

Back to feuding with R-Truth!

New York. Cultural epicenter, folks.

They put a shitload of mayo on their subs. That's the calling card, more or less.