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Thread started 01/30/06 10:13am

queen627

The Dumbing Down of America???

Maybe it is just my imagination but are people getting dumber by the minute?
The schools have lowered expectations of children.
CNN has short stories because people have short attention spans.
A progress trend to idolizing stupidity to the point
where being intelligent or smart would be frowned upon.
Is this done consciencly on unconsciencely???
Will having brains be the new type of Discrimination???
Sorry you can't have this job because you are smart enough to fill the application out without help in spelling your own name.
I ask this question who died and left the idoits in charge???

Any body out there in the universe with an IQ over 70????

LOOKING FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH....!!!!!
sorry if that was over your head...jump up and try to catch the point next time.
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Reply #1 posted 01/30/06 10:15am

mdiver

Bravo
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Reply #2 posted 01/30/06 10:20am

SammiJ

believe me, it's not just in the states

it's just cuz the states is a bigger influence in the center of this media circus is why we see it being so prevelant during the times nod


but stupidity runs rampant everywhere. nod

i can feel your frustration tho, that's for sure rose
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Reply #3 posted 01/30/06 10:25am

Anx

queen627 said:

Maybe it is just my imagination but are people getting dumber by the minute?
The schools have lowered expectations of children.
CNN has short stories because people have short attention spans.
A progress trend to idolizing stupidity to the point
where being intelligent or smart would be frowned upon.
Is this done consciencly on unconsciencely???
Will having brains be the new type of Discrimination???
Sorry you can't have this job because you are smart enough to fill the application out without help in spelling your own name.
I ask this question who died and left the idoits in charge???

Any body out there in the universe with an IQ over 70????

LOOKING FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH....!!!!!




i'm not gonna read all that hmph!
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Reply #4 posted 01/30/06 10:29am

Mercedes73

i hear ya Queen627 nod

it would seem to me as though it's becoming a crime to think for yourself.

think for yourself?....no no no!....can't have that and do you know why?

corporations make money off of those who can't(or won't) control their compulsions..taking the path of least resistance.

take the expedient way out now.....pay for it later.

unfortunately that's the mindset of some (if not most)nowadays.

P-A-T-H-etic. confused
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Reply #5 posted 01/30/06 10:35am

Tom

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I was flipping through the channels the other day, and end up at this show where theres a robot and a caveman dancing together doing some corny rap song, then I flip to the next channel and some guy is talking about bowel movements, baby poop and some pills he's selling to clean out your system, then I flip to E! and you know it's only a matter of seconds before they spit out some new stupid celebrity couple hybrid name... I'm paying $100 a month to see this shit?!....
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Reply #6 posted 01/30/06 10:44am

Byron

By what measure are you determining the country's collective I.Q.?...Technological advances? Breakthroughs in medicine? Space travel?...Or by the length of news segments on CNN?
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Reply #7 posted 01/30/06 10:47am

Anx

Byron said:

By what measure are you determining the country's collective I.Q.?...Technological advances? Breakthroughs in medicine? Space travel?...Or by the length of news segments on CNN?



i'm not going to read all that either. hmph!
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Reply #8 posted 01/30/06 10:51am

GaryTheNoTrash
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Hasn't America always been dumb? confuse
Klopf, klopf!

Wer ist dort?

Unterbrechende Kuh.

Unterbrech...

Muh!!!
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Reply #9 posted 01/30/06 10:52am

Byron

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Hasn't America always been dumb? confuse

In that case, would it be called the "Dumbing Up of America"??... hmmm
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Reply #10 posted 01/30/06 10:54am

GaryTheNoTrash
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Byron said:

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Hasn't America always been dumb? confuse

In that case, would it be called the "Dumbing Up of America"??... hmmm



From Salem Witch Trials to Intelligent Design...someone wants to keep America dumb for a specific agenda razz
Klopf, klopf!

Wer ist dort?

Unterbrechende Kuh.

Unterbrech...

Muh!!!
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Reply #11 posted 01/30/06 11:24am

littlemissG

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Look at what's most popular in the mass media, that's all the proof you need that America is getting dumber.

Reality TV? - These show feature people removed from the reality most of us know, deserted islands, dating contest, people throw together under one roof to compete for money. All 100% driven by personality, not brains.

Paris Hilton - Enough said

Local News - Most news cast are just thinly diguised commericals for any new event or business between reports on crime, the government and the economy.

The whole of american culture is geared more toward what you have,and what you look like than, what you know or what you do.
No More Haters on the Internet.
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Reply #12 posted 01/30/06 11:26am

LleeLlee

Is this thread about 9s?
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Reply #13 posted 01/30/06 11:31am

TMPletz


"Heh heh-heh heh...is she talking about us, Butt-head?"
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Reply #14 posted 01/30/06 11:37am

HelloHalo

littlemissG said:

Look at what's most popular in the mass media, that's all the proof you need that America is getting dumber.

Reality TV? - These show feature people removed from the reality most of us know, deserted islands, dating contest, people throw together under one roof to compete for money. All 100% driven by personality, not brains.

Paris Hilton - Enough said

Local News - Most news cast are just thinly diguised commericals for any new event or business between reports on crime, the government and the economy.

The whole of american culture is geared more toward what you have,and what you look like than, what you know or what you do.

That's the whole planet. Darling. The World is dumb all together. America is not dumb. If anything it is the smartest country on Earth. To quote the great Smashing Pumpkins. 'The world is a vampire'. Indeed it is.
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Reply #15 posted 01/30/06 11:37am

littlemissG

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LleeLlee said:

Is this thread about 9s?

Yes.
No More Haters on the Internet.
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Reply #16 posted 01/30/06 11:40am

GaryTheNoTrash
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The average IQ of the USA is 60, but if SinisterPentatonic were to leave the country then the average would shoot up to 120
Klopf, klopf!

Wer ist dort?

Unterbrechende Kuh.

Unterbrech...

Muh!!!
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Reply #17 posted 01/30/06 11:44am

LleeLlee

Byron said:

By what measure are you determining the country's collective I.Q.?...Technological advances? Breakthroughs in medicine? Space travel?...Or by the length of news segments on CNN?



Outside of the states, popular opinion is that the States is a country which does not value or promote intelligent debate or culture.



This is the view and I blame 9s disbelief
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Reply #18 posted 01/30/06 11:44am

Muse2NOPharaoh

Anx said:

queen627 said:

Maybe it is just my imagination but are people getting dumber by the minute?
The schools have lowered expectations of children.
CNN has short stories because people have short attention spans.
A progress trend to idolizing stupidity to the point
where being intelligent or smart would be frowned upon.
Is this done consciencly on unconsciencely???
Will having brains be the new type of Discrimination???
Sorry you can't have this job because you are smart enough to fill the application out without help in spelling your own name.
I ask this question who died and left the idoits in charge???

Any body out there in the universe with an IQ over 70????

LOOKING FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH....!!!!!




i'm not gonna read all that hmph!


ROFLMAO! I miss you!
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Reply #19 posted 01/30/06 11:46am

sinisterpentat
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GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

The average IQ of the USA is 60, but if SinisterPentatonic were to leave the country then the average would shoot up to 120


correction 180

but i'll still whup you in a game of checkers. cool
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Reply #20 posted 01/30/06 11:47am

Muse2NOPharaoh

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

The average IQ of the USA is 60, but if SinisterPentatonic were to leave the country then the average would shoot up to 120



The average cannot possibly be 60! eek
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Reply #21 posted 01/30/06 11:50am

TMPletz

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

The average IQ of the USA is 60, but if SinisterPentatonic were to leave the country then the average would shoot up to 120



The average cannot possibly be 60! eek

That's pretty bad. I took one of those tests a couple of years ago and got a 140.
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Reply #22 posted 01/30/06 11:51am

gemini13

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

The average IQ of the USA is 60, but if SinisterPentatonic were to leave the country then the average would shoot up to 120



Please tell me that is not true! confused
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Reply #23 posted 01/30/06 11:51am

Byron

LleeLlee said:

Byron said:

By what measure are you determining the country's collective I.Q.?...Technological advances? Breakthroughs in medicine? Space travel?...Or by the length of news segments on CNN?



Outside of the states, popular opinion is that the States is a country which does not value or promote intelligent debate or culture.



This is the view and I blame 9s disbelief

lol...I do, too. mad

And speaking as a black American, I long ago gave up caring what "popular opinion" thought concerning the "truth" about anything...
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Reply #24 posted 01/30/06 11:56am

GaryTheNoTrash
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This is how dumb it is biggrin

---> http://www.tian.cc/2005/1...erica.html

FUCKING LUDUCROUS!!! (LUDICRIS for you Americans lol )
[Edited 1/30/06 11:57am]
Klopf, klopf!

Wer ist dort?

Unterbrechende Kuh.

Unterbrech...

Muh!!!
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Reply #25 posted 01/30/06 11:59am

gemini13

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

This is how dumb it is biggrin

---> http://www.tian.cc/2005/1...erica.html

FUCKING LUDUCROUS!!! (LUDICRIS for you Americans lol )
[Edited 1/30/06 11:57am]



falloff

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!

That's it! I'm buying myself an island, maybe I'll call it Iran. lol
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Reply #26 posted 01/30/06 12:00pm

sinisterpentat
onic

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

This is how dumb it is biggrin

---> http://www.tian.cc/2005/1...erica.html

FUCKING LUDUCROUS!!! (LUDICRIS for you Americans lol )



falloff

BTW, it's spelled Ludacris! rolleyes

















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Reply #27 posted 01/30/06 12:01pm

NightLight

I wanna say kiss my ...

but being a dumb American, I can't remeber if it's with one S or two


confuse





























Oh wait now I remember

Kiss my ass wink
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Reply #28 posted 01/30/06 12:06pm

TMPletz

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

This is how dumb it is biggrin

---> http://www.tian.cc/2005/1...erica.html

FUCKING LUDUCROUS!!! (LUDICRIS for you Americans lol )
[Edited 1/30/06 11:57am]

I believe I will go over to your country to find the most idiotic people there. I will then make a similar short film. thumbs up!
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Reply #29 posted 01/30/06 12:08pm

Anx

Muse2NOPharaoh said:



ROFLMAO! I miss you!


i'm not gonna read all that either!!!








ok, fine. i read it. and i miss you too!

now that i've read all that, can i please be an intellectual now?
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