chevysoldier Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 People are so dumbhttp://blink.htcsense.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=19109149 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted February 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 My six year old daughter knows this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 It's all untrue everyone knows that the world revolves around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 And the Earth is flat. I see it every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 I am not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 I say it all the time, most people are idiots, mainly because their mental priorities are out of whack not because they are incapable of learning/retaining the knowledge. They don't know who the vice president is, where Afghanistan is located on a map, or how many oz in a gallon but they're quick to tell you how many wins x sports team had 10 years ago and what year x movie came out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 One reason why? 14% of U.S. adults can't read21% of U.S. adults read below a 5th grade level63% of U.S. prison inmates can't read19% of U.S. high school graduates can't read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Remember, HALF of all people are below average intelligence. That is what makes it the average. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Interestingly, we discussed this topic in a course on historical scientific revolutions in college. Since all motion is relative to another object, there are theoretical models of the universe in which this is possible. Though, I doubt that is the reason that many people responded that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sounds like we should train 1 in 4 people how to walk into an ocean but not to swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 One reason why? 14% of U.S. adults can't read21% of U.S. adults read below a 5th grade level63% of U.S. prison inmates can't read19% of U.S. high school graduates can't read So in essence, it is a a total breakdown of the American family and family values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) So in essence, it is a a total breakdown of the American family and family values.Not really related, but probably true. Literacy has never been all that good.Even these percentages of illiteracy are probably an improvement over the past. It's sort of like looking at the total number of horse buggies or horses. The total number is higher now than ever before. We just don't see it. So the total number of literate or moral families is probably higher now than ever before. We just see the opposite higher amounts. All factors of an increasing world population. And we don't even see that now, since the USA is close to a stable population. edit: I can add that it would be nice if colleges taught a basic Reality 101, and explained the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Sun is a star, and the Earth is not flat... Things like that. (Yes, I know it's part of grade school and high school education, but apparently students aren't listening.) Edited February 17, 2014 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 So in essence, it is a a total breakdown of the American family and family values.I was going to say something similar. Along the lines of 1 in 4 parents are asshats. I know what revolves around what, my parents were not asshats. And my kid knows..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnone Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Knowledge and family values don't belong in the same conversation. Please stop!Not everyone is lucky enough to have intelligent parents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 The earth is flat, 911 was an inside job, and jesus loves me.... jus sayin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) I work in a retail home improvement store a woman walks up to me with about 10 fiberglass driveway markers in her hand and asks why are these pointy on one end. Another woman is looking to buying a portable air tank I show her a 10 gallon tank and tell her it will hold 100lbs of air she says that is to big I can’t pick up 100lbs Another woman (I’m starting to see a pattern here) buys a 20 foot extinction ladder I take it out to her car there is no way it is going to fit in her car so I tell her she will need to get someone with a truck to pick it up for her She calls me a dumbass and she will load it herself so I watch her drive out of the parking lot with it sticking out of her back windows like and airplane wing If I had time I could fill this page up with stories like this. Edited February 19, 2014 by HeavyDuty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie14 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 HD stories aren't always enough. Photos of a ladder winged vehicle would be great. Kind of like the photo that has made its way around the internet of a VW car with a bunk of plywood stacked on the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I work in a retail home improvement store a woman walks up to me with about 10 fiberglass driveway markers in her hand and asks why are these pointy on one end.Another woman is looking to buying a portable air tank I show her a 10 gallon tank and tell her it will hold 100lbs of air she says that is to big I can’t pick up 100lbsAnother woman (I’m starting to see a pattern here) buys a 20 foot extinction ladder I take it out to her car there is no way it is going to fit in her car so I tell her she will need to get someone with a truck to pick it up for her She calls me a dumbass and she will load it herself so I watch her drive out of the parking lot with it sticking out of her back windows like and airplane wingIf I had time I could fill this page up with stories like this.Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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