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Most people I meet seem incredibly dumb.
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I consider myself of average intelligence. I perform well in school but I doubt any universities will invite me as a guest speaker anytime in the present. Anytime I go out in public I feel more and more like Luke Wilson in Idiocracy. I am aware that there are at least some semi-intelligent people in this world but the number of dumbed down individuals I meet almost everyday is starting to become alarming to me. Most seem to be only concerned with money, drinking, and getting laid. I party whenever I have the free time…but for god sake does anybody balance out dumb fun with gaining knowledge anymore ? I think being dumb has now become trendy, and more people with slightly above levels of intelligence are becoming outcasted. People call others “Geek” and “Nerd” like it’s a bad thing, ignoring that it is the geeks that develop the cell phones and computers you use so you can lyke totlly txt ur frendz witout eva goin outcide da houze xoxo ;-)…I could be wrong, but these are only my personal observations. It seems like voluntary stupidity is growing like a virus and the larger it gets the more I lose hope in this generation…Can anybody else relate ?
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Comments (15)
Yes. I feel your frustration, but you're also probably sort of a dick.
I agree with what you're saying and believe it's true.
Unfortunately ignorance is bliss.
Intellectualism isn't all there is to life. Other people prioritize other things. Everyone looks stupid from your own point of view because you judge them from your own standards, which automatically makes you awesome and everyone else retarded. Just get out of your head.
I think it was Einstein that said "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
But seriously, there are a lot of stupid people out there. There always have been, and there always will be; I don't think its getting worse.
Yes, I feel the same way. People I meet can just be total idiots. They just don't get it.

and for god's sake, I HATE "txt talk". <_<
I own up, i'm an intellectual gnat with relatively little erudition and little absorbtion of general knowledge (good retention -- to be fair) Clever I ain't and I know it -- so when I meet young professionals or scientists even who know less and appear to have less curiosity than even I -- man i could be getting a little depressed..
The problem is people have no ambition or goals other than the ones you have mentioned. I don't get it either, it's like everyone who is settled down and isn't into the party scene is referred to as a nerd. I hate that.
Hitler probably felt the same way. Just kidding. People are pretty stupid. I include myself in that generalization. Lots of people think I'm this really serious skinhead leader or something. Obviously my profile is supposed to be a joke like Bruno or something. The average person on the Internet cannot figure this out.
Pretty much this.
Yeah so many people seem so asleep and don't know what's going on and don't know much of anything. It frustrates me more when these people have jobs while I've been unemployed for nearly a year! I've found myself being more knowlegable about products in stores than the associates, yet they're the one with the job! Grr!
who has more kids... the intelligent one developing your cellphone, the university professor or the dumb guy at the corner sleeping with every dumb girl... and here goes evolution!
It's cool to be stupid. People are smarter now than they used to be, that is important to remember, but it is also important to remember that it wasn't so effing cool to be stupid before now.
Find people with your own values. You are talking about values not intelligence.
Dude, I like what you wrote down.

Just be yourself, try to develop your own values, range of knowledge etc.

The 'dumbf*uck virus' just keeps on spreading for a while, dont pull a muscle by getting too worked up.
Too bad this was last May [the post].

Intelligence turns me on. DOES ANYONE WATCH THE NEWS ANYMORE?? Even the 2 min. every hour on the radio will keep ppl from being complete idiots...

so, how old are you, and what are you wearing? ;)

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