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BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has accidentally insulted its Facebook followers by revealing a version of a new website which wasn't yet ready for public consumption and in which it referred to its social media followers as 'saddos.' The same website also features a picture of the Queen, described as the Pakistan hockey team. File this one under 'a really bad day at the office' for one web developer."
Makes plenty of sense if you aren't a complete fucking moron.
It's pushing to expect Americans to know there is another side of the world.
And even if they do, it's pushing to expect them to know where is the other side of the world.
One that hath name thou can not otter
Isn't that where all the Commies live?
No, that's where they are born. They come to live to America to subvert it. ~
wlel if you feel the need to deefnd fcaoobek, then prhpeas you are a sddao
The depressing statistics for the amount of (USA) Americans who hold passports makes the stereotype that Americans know little of the world outside their borders somewhat defensible. Certainly my peer group in Europe, who regularly move all over Europe and often to Asia or Africa, are much more active travelers than the same generation in the US.
I don't know why this was modded Flamebait. If the recent healthcare debate has taught us anything about our country, it's that Americans are purposely ignorant of the rest of the civilized and developed world, and have no interest in educating themselves on successes outside of their own country.