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% of Americans who know who Messi is?

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  1. breathe-ez breathe-ez is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:02am)

    Ok, so my brother-in-law is a huge soccer fan and he thinks that at least 50% of Americans can identify or know who Messi is? I'm gonna say that the number is way lower than that. My guess is that at most 15% of Americans know who he is. I know there is no way to solve this argument, but I figured this would be a pretty good barometer. Ok OT just give me your best guess at the correct %. Thanks!
  2. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:02am) in reply to breathe-ez

    holy shit. you guys are both morons.

    it's less than 1%

    EDIT: that could identify him in a picture, that is

    prolly ~5% know who he is
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Aug 2nd, 2011 at 12:06 AM
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  3. OneM24 OneM24 is offline beer pong champion

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:03am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    Pretty sure Waco is right, if not then it HAS to be less than 3% fo sho.
  4. 36crazyfists 36crazyfists is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:04am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    50% of americans don't know who the vp is

    5% or less
     
  5. HeyNiceAscot HeyNiceAscot is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:04am) in reply to 36crazyfists

    Probably not 1%, but 15% seems high. 5-7% would be my estimate.
  6. JRoth15 JRoth15 is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:05am) in reply to HeyNiceAscot

    The way to solve it is to tell him he's a ruh-tard. 50% loooooool

    You could post on an American SPORTS forum, and you'd be lucky to get 50%
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:05am) in reply to JRoth15

    Yeah, it's definitely closer to 0% than 15 or 50.
     
  8. JRoth15 JRoth15 is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:07am) in reply to Luho

    In fact, you probably could have polled the crowd at FedEx Field last night, and you'd be lucky to get 75% who would have known who Messi was...
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:07am) in reply to JRoth15

    I've never heard of him.
  10. wantagolf wantagolf is offline Moderator

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:07am) in reply to MUPokerPlayer

    There was a ESPN poll question on Friday with Messi as one of the answers. I asked a guy who works for me, he is a big sports fan and did not know who he was. So i would say very few over all knows who he is.
     
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:07am) in reply to wantagolf

    i would definitely take the under at 5% if you show a picture of him in a suit and asked:

    1.) What is his name?
    2.) What sport does he play?
    3.) What country is he from?

    no way more than 5% of the US could answer that.
    Edited By: qjuice14 Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:08 AM
     
  12. whoMikeB whoMikeB is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:09am) in reply to qjuice14

    About 3.5%
  13. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:09am) in reply to qjuice14

     
    Originally Posted by qjuice14 View Post

    i would definitely take the under at 5% if you show a picture of him in a suit and asked:

    1.) What is his name?
    2.) What sport does he play?
    3.) What country is he from.

    no way more than 5% of the US could answer that.

    more like .5% for those questions

    dude, 1/5 of Americans can't locate our country on a fucking globe

    99.9% of women could not identify this guy... 5% of men, tops

    ~2% is the highest I am willing to go
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:09 AM
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  14. HeyNiceAscot HeyNiceAscot is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:12am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    What's the percentage of Mexican Americans that could answer this question?
  15. wantagolf wantagolf is offline Moderator

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:12am) in reply to HeyNiceAscot

    I'm an avid sports person and no way could i even pick him out looking like this. In his uniform on the pitch i could but not off the field.


     
  16. Justman Justman is online now

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:12am) in reply to wantagolf

    There are a lot of latinos living in the US. I am going to say a lot of them know who he is.
    Edited By: Justman Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:13 AM
  17. phish42O phish42O is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:13am) in reply to Justman

    what's soccer?
  18. kellykip kellykip is offline The Chosen One

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:14am) in reply to phish42O

    Way less than the number who knows who Cristiano Ronaldo is.
  19. LVpokerdealer LVpokerdealer is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:15am) in reply to kellykip

    Sadly, prob 1-2% of Americans...most Euro, South American countries....prob 20% +
  20. tommpat2000 tommpat2000 is offline Chief Asshat

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:15am) in reply to LVpokerdealer

    if you showed me that pic i would think it was brees
  21. breathe-ez breathe-ez is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:16am) in reply to tommpat2000

    Well this is certainly what I thought. My 15% was strictly for betting purposes with my brother-in-law. I knew the real number was lower. Now he's trying to tell me...."oh I meant the world"...lol!
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:17am) in reply to breathe-ez

    i'm part of waco's 99.9% of women who couldn't identify him

    i asked my husband and he knew he was, but only cause he plays that soccer game shit on the xbox
     
  23. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:17am) in reply to BlufferChic

     
    Originally Posted by breathe-ez View Post

    Well this is certainly what I thought. My 15% was strictly for betting purposes with my brother-in-law. I knew the real number was lower. Now he's trying to tell me...."oh I meant the world"...lol!

    does he wear a bib 24/7 to catch the drool?
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:17 AM
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  24. jerichoholic jerichoholic is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:18am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

  25. JRoth15 JRoth15 is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:19am) in reply to breathe-ez

     
    Originally Posted by breathe-ez View Post

    Well this is certainly what I thought. My 15% was strictly for betting purposes with my brother-in-law. I knew the real number was lower. Now he's trying to tell me...."oh I meant the world"...lol!

    tell him he's still a ruh-tard.

    i don't know what % of the world doesn't have internet/tv access, but there's not a chance 50% of the world would know who Messi is.
  26. Hallettcopta Hallettcopta is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:20am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    holy shit. you guys are both morons.

    it's less than 1%

    ^^^^

    who tf is messi

    edit: i also at first thought they meant messier
    Edited By: Hallettcopta Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:21 AM
  27. LVpokerdealer LVpokerdealer is offline

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:21am) in reply to Hallettcopta

  28. FenwayKing FenwayKing is offline The Well: FenwayKing

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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:21am) in reply to LVpokerdealer

    looooooooooool wow

    50% hahahaha

    thanks for the laugh, OP

    i say ~1-1.5%
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:24am) in reply to FenwayKing

    until he plays in the MLS or marries a famous women very few north Americans will have heard of him
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    Aug 1st, 2011 (8/1/2011 4:24am) in reply to TMLMS13

    videos impressive
     
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