What Should We Do With Our Stupid People?

Fukuyama

Here we are, in the midst of a recession and our nation appears to be filled with stupid people who are educated by MTV, TV3, Tabloids and Gerry Ryan. I ask, what should we do with our stupid people? All they're doing is filling up jobs or sapping away the States resources, thus fueling their own stupidity.

I'm not talking about dim people or anything. Just people who are, and never will be, any use to anyone else but themselves. A little pre-post story here:

I walk into the living room, laptop in hand to check my Email. Sister is watching Gok Wang or whatever his name is strutting fat people around. I just roll my eyes, say nothing.

An ad break.

She changes channels to MTV - The Hills is on. Christ. My sister makes some remark about one of the characters. I reply "yeah, too bad it's all fake".

She was shocked, outraged. "No it's not" she retorted. We argued, me being half flabbergasted and speechless having believed that everyone just kinda knew it was fake.

When I began presenting indisputable evidence it actually seemed a bit of her died. Clutch at straws she did, but to no avail. A few Internet searches and she was crushed.

I was dismayed.

People, my sister included, who worship Gok Wan, The Hills and whatever 'rent a gob' TV presenter or glossy mag need to be slowly rounded and 'shooed way'. It's for the good of the nation...

I find it;s mostly women who fall in behind all of this glitz and glam muck. From the age of around 12-55 they all seem to be hooked on The Hills, XFACTOR, Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity etc.... But I'm sure there are men too.

I'm seriously pissed that THIS is what society has been reduced to. Never going to be any use to anyone.... :mad:

Mint Sauce

hold on to them, who else are we going to laugh at

but i would make them carry out an IQ test before applying for or buying anything, could save alot of time and hassle later

galwayrush

We normally elect them ,:rolleyes:

Fukuyama

irish-stew wrote: »

hold on to them, who else are we going to laugh at

but i would make them carry out an IQ test before applying or buying anything, could save alot of time and hassle later

Laughing at them is funny, right until one of them pipes up "wah r u lafen at??"... you'd think they'd guess. But nope.

What is funny though is to ask them why they like all that stuff. You can almost see the cogs turning, wires short-circuiting and empty filing cabinets in their brains being torn through as they desparatly try to fathom an answer.:o

99.9% of the time you get "'Cos I do!"
:rolleyes:

Mr Benevolent

galwayrush wrote: »

We normally elect them ,:rolleyes:

True, based on one qualification - popularity :eek:

All they're doing is filling up jobs or sapping away the States resources, thus fueling their own stupidity.

I see Godwin's Law being invoked soon.

OP, if you're not guilty of any of the sins you stated above then why are you posting on AH? Shouldn't this be in the Philosophy forum? This thread is now in the running for both 'Most Illogical Thread' and 'Most Self-Important OP'. Get down from there before you hurt yourself.

Fukuyama

Confab wrote: »

OP, if you're not guilty of any of the sins you stated above then why are you posting on AH? Shouldn't this be in the Philosophy forum?

So maybe I am guilty a little... I think everyone has leafed through a mag or a tabloid whilst in a waiting room and took interest in how somebody comically pissed themselves at the grammies or whatever ... But then we put the "newspaper" down and get over it.

I'm talking about people who will bring up a celebrities love life or whatever in a conversation. "OMG! Did you hear about..."

"No and I don't care either"

It's sad and pathetic when half the women in the country have so little going on that they feel the need to read 85% lies about other people. The worst thing is that "journalists" who write this crap soil their industry and feel Jordan's new tits is of more importance than Irish troops being hailed as heros for quelling civil unrest in Kosovo and saving lives or natural disasters.

Karl Hungus

Dean0088 wrote: »

What Should We Do With Our Stupid People?

I don't know, get them to post threads on After Hours for our amusement? Boom boom!

Fukuyama

Dean0088 wrote: »

feel Jordan's new tits

Thought I might as well quote that before somebody else did ^^

Bet ya to it AH!

brendansmith

Speed bumps?

Joey the lips

Just leave them to post stupid questions on boards.

Fukuyama

Joey the lips wrote: »

Just leave them to post stupid questions on boards.

So that's how it is...

biko

He changes channels to MTV - Professional Wrestling is on. Christ. My brother makes some remark about one of the characters. I reply "yeah, too bad it's all fake".

He was shocked, outraged. "No it's not" he retorted. We argued, me being half flabbergasted and speechless having believed that everyone just kinda knew it was fake.

When I began presenting indisputable evidence it actually seemed a bit of him died. Clutch at straws he did, but to no avail. A few Internet searches and he was crushed.

I was dismayed.

People, my brother included, who worship Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and whatever 'rent a gob' TV presenter or glossy mag need to be slowly rounded and 'shooed way'. It's for the good of the nation...

I find it;s mostly men who fall in behind all of this glitz and glam muck. From the age of around 12-55 they all seem to be hooked on TNA, Top Gear.... But I'm sure there are women too.

Xluna

I can see where you're coming from,the intellectually and culturally challenged are breath takingly dull but I can't relate to you being upset that they'll never be of any use to anyone. If someone wants to live a different lifestyle to me I don't care. It's none of my business. I'm not bothered if they contribute to society or not.

Pherekydes

Dean0088 wrote: »

I ask, what should we do with our stupid people?

Didn't you know? They run the government, our banks and our development companies.

And there's so many of them that they keep being reelected by other stupids.

caseyann

You share genes

kowloon

Contributing to society isn't a direct function of intelligence.
Some of the greediest, self centred people I've met have been smart ad driven careerists, ready to step on anyone on their climb to the top, and they're not doing it for society.

Biggins

Seen the original question and was going to say "stick them in a state building in Dublin" - but the one I was thinking of, is full up of them already.

Bummer!

bazza1

We can see them on the Oireachtas Report!

caseyann

Biggins wrote: »

Seen the original question and was going to say "stick them in a state building in Dublin" - but the one I was thinking of, is full up of them already.

Bummer!

And they are richest,Funny maybe been stupid pays after all

Armin_Tamzarian

Never fear OP, as we speak everything is going according to plan.
All across the country stupid people are being herded onto trains and shipped off to the camps.
We'll show them, just like we did the Jews.

bonerm

We're already doing exactly what we should be doing with them. Keep them at the bottom distracted by their McJobs, concerned only with the basic human bodily requirements, as well as relationships, potential relationships and what time their favourite tv show is on.

It's a perfect arrangement.

Dubs

Nobody else thinks the OP needs to get off his high horse?

ejmaztec

Confab wrote: »

I see Godwin's Law being invoked soon.

Yes, I think there's a strong possibility that you could be right on this.

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

Never fear OP, as we speak everything is going according to plan.
All across the country stupid people are being herded onto trains and shipped off to the camps.
We'll show them, just like we did the Jews.

:pac:

ChocolateSauce

We could do with them what we did with the Jews.

Give them their own nuclear-armed state and see what happens.:p

Biggins

Dubs wrote: »

Nobody else thinks the OP needs to get off his high horse?

He can't even get on till Cowen gets off it.

1nk3d4L1f3

Dean0088 wrote: »

We argued

How did it make you feel, having an arguement with a stupid person?

OutlawPete

Ahhhh, sure most of them are pretty

veryangryman

Dubs wrote: »

Nobody else thinks the OP needs to get off his high horse?

No, he speaks the truth. Hills/Cardasians/whatever..their fake accents makes me want to punch someone. I have to leave the room when its on to stay out of prison

mardybumbum

Use them as compost.

opinion guy

Soylent green is PEOPLE ?!?!?!?!:eek:

Co45

Dean0088 wrote: »

Here we are, in the midst of a recession and our nation appears to be filled with stupid people who are educated by MTV, TV3, Tabloids and Gerry Ryan. I ask, what should we do with our stupid people? All they're doing is filling up jobs or sapping away the States resources, thus fueling their own stupidity.

I'm not talking about dim people or anything. Just people who are, and never will be, any use to anyone else but themselves. A little pre-post story here:

I walk into the living room, laptop in hand to check my Email. Sister is watching Gok Wang or whatever his name is strutting fat people around. I just roll my eyes, say nothing.

An ad break.

She changes channels to MTV - The Hills is on. Christ. My sister makes some remark about one of the characters. I reply "yeah, too bad it's all fake".

She was shocked, outraged. "No it's not" she retorted. We argued, me being half flabbergasted and speechless having believed that everyone just kinda knew it was fake.

When I began presenting indisputable evidence it actually seemed a bit of her died. Clutch at straws she did, but to no avail. A few Internet searches and she was crushed.

I was dismayed.

People, my sister included, who worship Gok Wan, The Hills and whatever 'rent a gob' TV presenter or glossy mag need to be slowly rounded and 'shooed way'. It's for the good of the nation...

I find it;s mostly women who fall in behind all of this glitz and glam muck. From the age of around 12-55 they all seem to be hooked on The Hills, XFACTOR, Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity etc.... But I'm sure there are men too.

I'm seriously pissed that THIS is what society has been reduced to. Never going to be any use to anyone.... :mad:

Eh d hills isnt fake its completly real!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: Who do you think you are thinkin ur better than every1?!??! :mad: Just cus u watch diff tv programes duznt mean yiur some kind of genus :eek:
Anyway I love da hills :cool:

El Siglo

It's a sort of catch-22, the problem is, humans have created this problem for themselves. Natural selection would dictate that stupid people should have been extinct or at least on the verge of extinction by now. They're not, they seem to be growing. This might be attributed to technological/scientific progress which allows these people to negate natural selection. However, for there to be progress, we need intelligent people, and intelligent people will invariably create ways of dealing with nature and thus they'll prolong the existence of stupid people. Need smart people, so we don't have stupid people - with smart people we'll have stupid people.;)
Putting it simply, we're fucked and we're going to have to put up with Gok, Glee, and God for a while longer.

AnonoBoy

opinion guy wrote: »

Soylent green is PEOPLE ?!?!?!?!:eek:

Ah for feck's sake - Spoiler tags man. Learn to use Spoiler Tags!

jd007

Dubs wrote: »

Nobody else thinks the OP needs to get off his high horse?

I found one of them!! :eek: Torches and pitchforks at the ready lads!



:pac:

Fukuyama

Co45 wrote: »

Eh d hills isnt fake its completly real!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: Who do you think you are thinkin ur better than every1?!??! :mad: Just cus u watch diff tv programes duznt mean yiur some kind of genus :eek:
Anyway I love da hills :cool:

I don't think I'm better than anyone. Nor do I think I'm some kind of genious.

I was just pointing out a very well known fact on a discussion board. People with a bit of cop on know The Hills isn;t real. It;s 'fake' on sooooo many levels. The number one clue should be the end credits with Script Writers and Casting Agents.... come on

Fukuyama

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

Never fear OP, as we speak everything is going according to plan.
All across the country stupid people are being herded onto trains and shipped off to the camps.
We'll show them, just like we did the Jews.

Emmm... I was thinking we just shoo them off to a school to tell them the hills isn;t real... but I guess that could work!! :P

Fukuyama

Dubs wrote: »

Nobody else thinks the OP needs to get off his high horse?

If by high horse you mean reasonable sanity and awareness of society...then no.

Fukuyama

mardybumbum wrote: »

Use them as compost.

pissed myself laughing when I read that

evolutionqy7

lmao at ur sis...not being sexist but most girls in their 20's are like that...got 2 house m8s here their as dumb as a cactus and the telly crap shows are their religion and educator

Fukuyama

Xluna wrote: »

I can see where you're coming from,the intellectually and culturally challenged are breath takingly dull but I can't relate to you being upset that they'll never be of any use to anyone. If someone wants to live a different lifestyle to me I don't care. It's none of my business. I'm not bothered if they contribute to society or not.

It's the fact that this culture which these people feed upon is taking over society that gets me:mad:

veryangryman

Co45 wrote: »

Eh d hills isnt fake its completly real!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: Who do you think you are thinkin ur better than every1?!??! :mad: Just cus u watch diff tv programes duznt mean yiur some kind of genus :eek:
Anyway I love da hills :cool:

Everything written there, the style, the context, the text speak screams of ~10 people ive met, and to be frank, its hard to take them seriously.

So i hope your comments were being ironic.

opinion guy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ah for feck's sake - Spoiler tags man. Learn to use Spoiler Tags!

Well see I've not even see this film. I don't even know what the reference is from. But I've heard it so many times that I know it. So given that level of cultural penetration I kind of think the spoiler tags are a bit moot, no ?
Oh plus I don't know the context.

Antbert

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

lmao at ur sis...not being sexist but most girls in their 20's are like that...got 2 house m8s here their as dumb as a cactus and the telly crap shows are their religion and educator

Did the dumb cacti teach you how to type?

Dunjohn

Antbert wrote: »

Did the dumb cactuses teach you how to type?

Cacti.

Antbert

Dunjohn wrote: »

Cacti.

Edited!

Co45

Dean0088 wrote: »

I don't think I'm better than anyone. Nor do I think I'm some kind of genious.

I was just pointing out a very well known fact on a discussion board. People with a bit of cop on know The Hills isn;t real. It;s 'fake' on sooooo many levels. The number one clue should be the end credits with Script Writers and Casting Agents.... come on

ROFL :D:D:DYOU really think they wud get away with dat :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
LOLZ i think you very naeev and should get your own cop on ;);)

Co45

veryangryman wrote: »

So i hope your comments were being ironic.

NO I WASNT TRYING TO BE FUNNY :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
:eek:

Antbert

Co45 wrote: »

NO I WASNT TRYING TO BE FUNNY :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
:eek:

Um... Can you go away?

Co45

Antbert wrote: »

Um... Can you go away?

No.

jd007

Co45 wrote: »

ROFL :D:D:DYOU really think they wud get away with dat :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
LOLZ i think you very naeev and should get your own cop on ;);)

You don't have to use so many smileys you know, this isn't bebo.

FlashGordon1969

Dean0088 wrote: »

Here we are, in the midst of a recession and our nation appears to be filled with stupid people who are educated by MTV, TV3, Tabloids and Gerry Ryan. I ask, what should we do with our stupid people? All they're doing is filling up jobs or sapping away the States resources, thus fueling their own stupidity.

I'm not talking about dim people or anything. Just people who are, and never will be, any use to anyone else but themselves. A little pre-post story here:

I walk into the living room, laptop in hand to check my Email. Sister is watching Gok Wang or whatever his name is strutting fat people around. I just roll my eyes, say nothing.

An ad break.

She changes channels to MTV - The Hills is on. Christ. My sister makes some remark about one of the characters. I reply "yeah, too bad it's all fake".

She was shocked, outraged. "No it's not" she retorted. We argued, me being half flabbergasted and speechless having believed that everyone just kinda knew it was fake.

When I began presenting indisputable evidence it actually seemed a bit of her died. Clutch at straws she did, but to no avail. A few Internet searches and she was crushed.

I was dismayed.

People, my sister included, who worship Gok Wan, The Hills and whatever 'rent a gob' TV presenter or glossy mag need to be slowly rounded and 'shooed way'. It's for the good of the nation...

I find it;s mostly women who fall in behind all of this glitz and glam muck. From the age of around 12-55 they all seem to be hooked on The Hills, XFACTOR, Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity etc.... But I'm sure there are men too.

I'm seriously pissed that THIS is what society has been reduced to. Never going to be any use to anyone.... :mad:

I'm not sure what your point is. Have not read entire thread so perhaps you elaborate later? What programmes are stupid and which are not can be a matter of opinion, but I grant you the hill is 100% vacuous . People often watch these shows as escapism and the majority of people are not interested in social issues-even thus who watch more nuanced shows. Even if they watch documentaries on say ,Global warming -it often changes nothing in their behaviour.
Even those who express opinions on politics often just make snap judgements based on personalities not policies. Anyway thats my piece.