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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 2:06:09 GMT
Husband brother's lady friend actually asked if beets grew in the ground!
And didn't know that walnuts grew on a tree
And that spinach grew as a plant in the ground.
She is nearly 70.
OMG. My husband started rolling his eyes. My brain hurts just thinking about.
So how do you deal with a really uninformed person?
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 17, 2016 2:08:26 GMT
 I usually don't deal with people that damned dumb. Wow, unbelievable!
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Post by cindyupnorth on Oct 17, 2016 2:18:49 GMT
Where did she think beets grew? on trees? from a beet tree? LOL
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Post by jenjie on Oct 17, 2016 2:18:58 GMT
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Post by hop2 on Oct 17, 2016 2:22:20 GMT
Ummmm, beets are a root vegetable? How else would a root vegetable grow??
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Post by flute4peace on Oct 17, 2016 2:27:05 GMT
I had a college room-mate whose mind was blown when she found out I worked at the dairy farm where we actually MILKED THE COWS. She was a city girl & didn't know milk came from cows. She thought it just came from the store. Eggs too.
She also found it fascinating that I had to go in the mornings & feed the calves.
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Post by freecharlie on Oct 17, 2016 2:29:20 GMT
I wonder if at that age, she wasn't exposed to where food came from other than the store.
We don't eat beets, my kids may not have a clue where they are from
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 17, 2016 2:31:46 GMT
I'm shocked that a 70 year old wouldn't know this. Someone (a lot) younger I can believe might never have been exposed to gardening or a farm, but someone born before the rise of processed, packaged foods does surprise me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 2:32:47 GMT
I find it hard to believe a 70 year old is so clueless. At her age I'd be wondering if she was having an onset of dementia. I have run into people under 30 who have no idea where the food comes from prior to appearing in the grocery store.
In high school (rural area, all of us were farmers kids) We had a girl move in from Chicago. At 17 she had no idea where eggs and milk came from. My class had a grand time spelling out the details for her. Once girl claimed to think pepperoni was a tree fruit (but I sort of think she said it for the attention)
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Post by flute4peace on Oct 17, 2016 2:37:16 GMT
I find it hard to believe a 70 year old is so clueless. At her age I'd be wondering if she was having an onset of dementia. I have run into people under 30 who have no idea where the food comes from prior to appearing in the grocery store. In high school (rural area, all of us were farmers kids) We had a girl move in from Chicago. At 17 she had no idea where eggs and milk came from. My class had a grand time spelling out the details for her. Once girl claimed to think pepperoni was a tree fruit (but I sort of think she said it for the attention) She must have been my roommates sister |
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Post by Why on Oct 17, 2016 2:40:29 GMT
I'm a shocked that a 70 year old wouldn't know this. Someone (a lot) younger I can believe might never have been exposed to gardening or a farm, but someone born before the rise of processed, packaged foods does surprise me. I am the same age as that lady and while I do know those things I can assure you I did not grow up without processed food. I grew up near Santa Monica California in the 50s and my mother only bought canned vegetables, American sliced cheese, and frozen orange juice. I admit I probably only know that walnuts grow on a tree because a neighbor I had years ago had one in her yard that dropped them in my yard. I have never bought a walnut so I hadn't thought about it. I don't eat beets either but if I thought about it for more than a few seconds I could have passed that test  |
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Post by M~ on Oct 17, 2016 2:52:38 GMT
My oldest sister, and I quote, " I have Used the N-word in the past and I will probably use it in the future, but I don't consider myself a racist." Or, last week's gem, "I'm not a homophobe, I don't hate black people."
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 17, 2016 3:01:21 GMT
I'm a shocked that a 70 year old wouldn't know this. Someone (a lot) younger I can believe might never have been exposed to gardening or a farm, but someone born before the rise of processed, packaged foods does surprise me. I am the same age as that lady and while I do know those things I can assure you I did not grow up without processed food. I grew up near Santa Monica California in the 50s and my mother only bought canned vegetables, American sliced cheese, and frozen orange juice. I admit I probably only know that walnuts grow on a tree because a neighbor I had years ago had one in her yard that dropped them in my yard. I have never bought a walnut so I hadn't thought about it. I don't eat beets either but if I thought about it for more than a few seconds I could have passed that test I didn't mean to imply there was no processed foods a nearly 70 year old would have at home during childhood, but stand by my shock that someone this age wouldn't know more about where fruits and vegetables come from.  I'm flashing back to the Jamie Oliver show a few years ago where the school kids could not name basic produce other than apples and potatoes. |
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Post by River on Oct 17, 2016 3:58:00 GMT
I don't think not knowing things make you dumb or stupid.
Lack of knowledge of a particular subject is simply ignorance of that subject only and should not imply over all intelligence. What's common sense for one person is different for another.
There's also cultural norms, ways of life, areas of expertise, all of which are different for everyone.
A born and raised country person and city person are going to know vastly different things.
There's things like you mentioned, but often grammer and spelling is ridiculed the same way. People are labeled dumb or stupid when they mess up in that area.
Jumping off my soap box now...continue on with what I think was supposed to be funny.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 4:14:35 GMT
I don't think not knowing things make you dumb or stupid. Lack of knowledge of a particular subject is simply ignorance of that subject only and should not imply over all intelligence. What's common sense for one person is different for another. There's also cultural norms, ways of life, areas of expertise, all of which are different for everyone. A born and raised country person and city person are going to know vastly different things. There's things like you mentioned, but often grammer and spelling is ridiculed the same way. People are labeled dumb or stupid when they mess up in that area. Jumping off my soap box now...continue on with what I think was supposed to be funny. The is usually my thought when these kinds of things come up. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 4:19:18 GMT
To answer the question, no dementia, she really is a post.
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Post by anniefb on Oct 17, 2016 4:43:30 GMT
I'm a shocked that a 70 year old wouldn't know this. Someone (a lot) younger I can believe might never have been exposed to gardening or a farm, but someone born before the rise of processed, packaged foods does surprise me. This exactly. |
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Post by jumperhop on Oct 17, 2016 4:54:15 GMT
I love people like this. It always makes me feel better about myself.
Jen
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Post by Why on Oct 17, 2016 5:14:58 GMT
If you have spent your life in a large city environment it is quite possible you "might never have been exposed to gardening or a farm". I drove by some cows in a field once and planted one tomato plant that was devoured by slugs. Does that count?
Just kidding around here but I do see how it is possible.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 11:53:18 GMT
Wow. It must be great to know everything.
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 17, 2016 11:56:20 GMT
It really blows my mind that there are people who do not know this basic kind of information. Seriously.
How do I deal with uninformed people? I tend to roll my eyes and give them more information about said topic than they ever wanted.
Seriously. Knowledge is power.
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Post by secondlife on Oct 17, 2016 12:16:38 GMT
I grew up with people who in their whole lives never rode an escalator and had no idea how they worked.
Why would they know, if they had never been to a place that had an escalator? It made our science club trips to DC interesting some years, sure, but where I grew up you had to drive a couple of hours to go to a mall with two levels and a lot of people just didn't do that.
I am absolutely sure there are things I should understand but don't. I just don't know what they are.
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Oct 17, 2016 12:27:30 GMT
We don't know, what we don't know.
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Post by Merge on Oct 17, 2016 12:31:06 GMT
My daughters' first elementary school had a garden and the kids were involved in planting, tending and harvesting the vegetables. And then they got to eat them! One little girl said her mom had told her not to eat any of the vegetables at school because they came out of the dirt. She could only eat vegetables that came from the store.
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Post by genny on Oct 17, 2016 12:35:54 GMT
I had a college room-mate whose mind was blown when she found out I worked at the dairy farm where we actually MILKED THE COWS. She was a city girl & didn't know milk came from cows. She thought it just came from the store. Eggs too. She also found it fascinating that I had to go in the mornings & feed the calves. I knew someone in my early 20's that didn't know that leather came from cows. Your posted reminded me of that. She never said where she thought it came from. I think our response embarrassed her so badly that she wouldn't say. |
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Post by happymomma on Oct 17, 2016 12:45:05 GMT
Is she a good and kind person? To me that's what matters more than what things a person does or doesn't know.
So, that's how I'd "deal" with her.
People know different things. It might seem impossible to me that someone doesn't know some fact or another, but I guarantee that they know things I don't too.
I'd rather be around a kind person than one who is super smart but is not a good person.
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Post by joelise on Oct 17, 2016 12:46:56 GMT
My daughters' first elementary school had a garden and the kids were involved in planting, tending and harvesting the vegetables. And then they got to eat them! One little girl said her mom had told her not to eat any of the vegetables at school because they came out of the dirt. She could only eat vegetables that came from the store.  |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Oct 17, 2016 12:48:02 GMT
If you have only ever seen beets in a jar or package I can understand not being sure.
My sister who doesn't cook, is always amazed that I can pretty much identify any fruit or veg in the grocery store, including jicama and rutabaga.
She had no idea what either were.
But she knows a whole lot of shit about science and engineering that I can't even begin to understand.
Is it surprising yes, I would have been a bit taken back.
I find posts like this calling someone stupid to be mean spirited.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 12:55:05 GMT
I grew up with people who in their whole lives never rode an escalator and had no idea how they worked. Why would they know, if they had never been to a place that had an escalator? It made our science club trips to DC interesting some years, sure, but where I grew up you had to drive a couple of hours to go to a mall with two levels and a lot of people just didn't do that. I am absolutely sure there are things I should understand but don't. I just don't know what they are. I can understand not knowing about things like escalators or elevators and many other things that are obviously not common in every part of the country. But not knowing where our food comes from? Don't they teach biology, even at the basic level, in schools? I can remember my DD's even in reception at age 4/5 learning the difference between fruit and vegetables and the different vegetables that grew under or above ground. It also wasn't confined to naming and identifying just British produce either. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 17, 2016 12:57:19 GMT
My daughters' first elementary school had a garden and the kids were involved in planting, tending and harvesting the vegetables. And then they got to eat them! One little girl said her mom had told her not to eat any of the vegetables at school because they came out of the dirt. She could only eat vegetables that came from the store. One of the coolest things my mother's Master Gardener group does is work with the elementary schools. Different groups 'adopt' a school and plant gardens and other landscaping projects that involve the children. The projects go on for years and years. It is pretty cool really. There is so much I don't know. Like gardening and plant stuff. That gene completely skipped me. My mom just relandscaped my front yard, top to bottom. Trees were pruned, bushes were removed completely, new plants planted. Then she left town for a vacation and told me to water. I have been texting her questions that she is probably rolling her eyes and laughing. Yesterday's started with it is raining, do I water tonight? Then it was it stopped raining at 8 am and was sunny the rest of the day, do I still skip watering? Then it was about a thousand pictures of a plant that is dying and me asking if I killed it? What do I do about it? And so on. And that was just one day. I would guess that there are all kinds of yard people here that are giggling at the silly questions, but as was said above, you don't know what you don't know. I am an okay smart person in some ways, but there is stuff I know nothing about because it isn't my thing. Laugh at me if you want, but try to find some compassion for a person who is at least asking the questions. Kind of shows that people are at least trying to learn something. |
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I usually don't deal with people that damned dumb. Wow, unbelievable!
