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Our Dumb World
- 166 statements
- 31 feature instances
- 9 referencing feature instances
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| Our Dumb World | label |
Our Dumb World | |
| Our Dumb World | page |
OurDumbWorld | |
| Our Dumb World | comment |
Our Dumb World is a mock world atlas written by The Onion. It contains a section on every country on Earth, plus some places that aren't countries. It's a Spiritual Successor to Our Dumb Century. | |
| Our Dumb World | fetched |
2023-06-07T18:44:49Z | |
| Our Dumb World | parsed |
2023-06-07T18:44:49Z | |
| Our Dumb World | processingComment |
Dropped link to HollywoodAtlas: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
| Our Dumb World | processingComment |
Dropped link to HollywoodTeenager: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
| Our Dumb World | processingUnknown |
HollywoodTeenager | |
| Our Dumb World | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Our Dumb World / int_21d70919 | type |
Crapsack World | |
| Our Dumb World / int_21d70919 | comment |
Crapsack World: Essentially how every country is presented, especially in the sections for Africa and the Middle East. | |
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Our Dumb World / int_21d70919 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_222dc873 | type |
Black Comedy | |
| Our Dumb World / int_222dc873 | comment |
Black Comedy: The entire book. | |
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| Our Dumb World / int_295087bf | type |
Non-Indicative Name | |
| Our Dumb World / int_295087bf | comment |
Non-Indicative Name: The section on North Macedonia focuses largely on the fact that the nation doesn't actually have much in common with the Macedonia Alexander the Great ruled (most of that land is now owned by Greece), and consequently spends most of the section treating it as the Shoddy Knockoff Product version of Greece. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_295087bf | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_295087bf | |
| Our Dumb World / int_33f095a8 | type |
Jaded Washout | |
| Our Dumb World / int_33f095a8 | comment |
Jaded Washout: Greece is depicted as a nation-scale version of this—after having been a center of culture and philosophy, it now spends most of its time raising its kids, worrying about how to pay the bills, and grumbling about how it doesn't have time to do that kind of stuff anymore. | |
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| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Our Dumb World / int_33f095a8 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_36a2827b | type |
Tragic AIDS Story | |
| Our Dumb World / int_36a2827b | comment |
Tragic AIDS Story: The page on Botswana makes note of its sky-high rate of HIV infection, and describes it as a country that, after finding out it had AIDS, got its house in order and became a legitimate Third World success story. (Swaziland, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky.) | |
| Our Dumb World / int_36a2827b | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_36a2827b | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3d2c6d30 | type |
Skewed Priorities | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3d2c6d30 | comment |
Skewed Priorities: India cares far more about helping Americans set up computers over the phone than fixing their own problems like pollution and malaria. | |
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Our Dumb World / int_3d2c6d30 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3ea462d7 | type |
Take That, Audience! | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3ea462d7 | comment |
Take That, Audience!: The introduction contains "A Note to Barnes & Noble Browsers" bashing people who read the book in the store without buying it. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3ea462d7 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_3ea462d7 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3f3498f1 | type |
The Team Wannabe | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3f3498f1 | comment |
The Team Wannabe: Categorized under the Middle East, Turkey's page is titled "Totally Out Of This Atlas Section As Soon As The EU Accepts Them". The country denies its Muslim majority and genocidal history solely because it wants to be considered part of Europe. | |
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| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Our Dumb World / int_3f3498f1 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3fba06fe | type |
"Far Side" Island | |
| Our Dumb World / int_3fba06fe | comment |
"Far Side" Island: The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is said to be one of these. | |
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Our Dumb World / int_3fba06fe | |
| Our Dumb World / int_40cbee83 | type |
Wretched Hive | |
| Our Dumb World / int_40cbee83 | comment |
Wretched Hive: South Africa is noted primarily for its extremely high crime rate. The description begins by pointing out that the claimed rate of one crime happening to South Africans every 17 seconds is "nearly impossible to verify, as everyone in the country has his or her watch stolen every 12 seconds." | |
| Our Dumb World / int_40cbee83 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_40cbee83 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_4881cda1 | type |
Ãœberwald | |
| Our Dumb World / int_4881cda1 | comment |
Überwald: Romania is portrayed this way, with the page's subtitle reading Bram Stoker's Romania. | |
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Our Dumb World / int_4881cda1 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_7089d02e | type |
All Germans Are Nazis | |
| Our Dumb World / int_7089d02e | comment |
All Germans Are Nazis: Germany is portrayed as a nation struggling with an addiction to mass-murdering Jews, though it doesn't remember anything that happened between the years 1939 and 1946 for some suspicious reason. | |
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| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Our Dumb World / int_7089d02e | |
| Our Dumb World / int_74c1b6f4 | type |
Flyover Country | |
| Our Dumb World / int_74c1b6f4 | comment |
Flyover Country: The American Midwest is described this way. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_74c1b6f4 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_74c1b6f4 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_7b2118c5 | type |
Bait-and-Switch Comparison | |
| Our Dumb World / int_7b2118c5 | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Comparison: The entry for Idaho seems like it's going to talk about the state's potatoes, but instead it talks about the "famous Idaho iron ore": | |
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| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Our Dumb World / int_7b2118c5 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_978937d6 | type |
Brand X | |
| Our Dumb World / int_978937d6 | comment |
Brand X: Central African Republic is presented as a generic store brand version of an African country, with pictures of people wearing black-and-white African garb and selling generically-labeled products. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_978937d6 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_978937d6 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_a5096c48 | type |
Joisey | |
| Our Dumb World / int_a5096c48 | comment |
Joisey: Portrayed as as a place full of rude people telling others to mind their own business. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_a5096c48 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_a5096c48 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_ad32ad70 | type |
Egypt Is Still Ancient | |
| Our Dumb World / int_ad32ad70 | comment |
Egypt Is Still Ancient: Parodied. Instead of a country that people live in, Egypt is described as a bunch of exhibits scattered in museums throughout the world. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_ad32ad70 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_ad32ad70 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b3230549 | type |
419 Scam | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b3230549 | comment |
419 Scam: The first page of Nigeria. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b3230549 | featureApplicability |
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| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Our Dumb World / int_b3230549 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: The part on Minnesota is titled "Land of 10,000 Retards" and consists of over-the-top bashing of the state. Additionally, unlike the rest of the Midwest, Minnesota is classified under "The Bullshit States" along with Alaska and Hawaii. It should be noted that The Onion was founded in Madison, Wisconsin. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
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| Our Dumb World / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
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Our Dumb World / int_b53077b3 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: The section on Italy claims the country rudely stereotypes other cultures by loose generalizations, then derides all Italians as "greasy, filthy womanizers". | |
| Our Dumb World / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_b707726f | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cbe3d017 | type |
Damned by Faint Praise | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cbe3d017 | comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: The Republic of the Congo constantly remarks that at least it's doing much better than the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with only half as much civil war and a slightly less rampant AIDS problem. Tunisia supposedly treats women more fairly than in other Muslim countries... which means they are abused and tortured slightly less often. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cbe3d017 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_cbe3d017 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cd8e3cc8 | type |
Retroactive Legacy | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cd8e3cc8 | comment |
Retroactive Legacy: The cover of the book lists it as its 73rd edition. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cd8e3cc8 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_cd8e3cc8 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cef6a167 | type |
Second Place Is for Losers | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cef6a167 | comment |
Second Place Is for Losers: South Korea's section, titled "#1 at Being #2", describes the country as tragically not being the best at anything, beaten in every aspect by a different Asian country. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cef6a167 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_cef6a167 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cf6ce348 | type |
Porn Names | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cf6ce348 | comment |
Porn Names: Hungary, portrayed as solely devoted to making porn, goes by "Gary Hung" in the business. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_cf6ce348 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_cf6ce348 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_d346d7e8 | type |
Mail-Order Bride | |
| Our Dumb World / int_d346d7e8 | comment |
Mail-Order Bride: This is portrayed as Ukraine's sole export and a booming industry. | |
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| Our Dumb World / int_d4b34379 | type |
Lightbulb Joke | |
| Our Dumb World / int_d4b34379 | comment |
Lightbulb Joke: Poland's section has many of these, among other jokes bashing Polish people. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_d4b34379 | featureApplicability |
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| Our Dumb World / int_dc2f86b9 | type |
Argentina Is Nazi-Land | |
| Our Dumb World / int_dc2f86b9 | comment |
Argentina Is Nazi Land: Argentina's entry describes it as this. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_dc2f86b9 | featureApplicability |
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| Our Dumb World / int_f93d8d52 | type |
Girlfriend in Canada | |
| Our Dumb World / int_f93d8d52 | comment |
Girlfriend in Canada: On the map of Canada, there's a spot marked as "Location of supposed girlfriend from camp". | |
| Our Dumb World / int_f93d8d52 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_f93d8d52 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Our Dumb World / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Many Countries in Africa have a person named Mtumbe Ngoube. | |
| Our Dumb World / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
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Our Dumb World / int_f9f2c33 | |
| Our Dumb World / int_fabd6906 | type |
Everytown, America | |
| Our Dumb World / int_fabd6906 | comment |
Everytown, America: The entire state of Ohio is described as this. | |
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Our Dumb World |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Always Second Best / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Egypt Is Still Ancient / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
419 Scam / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Interchangeable Asian Cultures / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Teenage Wasteland / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
There Are Two Kinds of People in the World / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Tragic AIDS Story / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
Universally Beloved Leader / int_a58241ed | |
| Our Dumb World | hasFeature |
All Girls Like Ponies / int_a58241ed |
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