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Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
1. It is so depressing to think
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 06:55 PM
Mar 2013

that there are millions of people out who don't even recognize the stupidity of such comments. #1 is just mind boggling.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
17. I was thinking that also
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:40 AM
Mar 2013

I am amazed at the shear level of ignorance displayed there. Its very sad to think that this is the new normal.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
18. There is something about American education that is very unsettling.....
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 12:09 PM
Mar 2013

every generation becomes less educated K - 12...and even college graduates are dumber than rocks when compared to the previous 1 or 2 generations. My father, for example, read books in high school that I wasn't assigned until a college lit course.... When I saw what my children were being assigned to read, I was appalled!

Initech

(100,080 posts)
5. My personal favorite was:
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 08:28 PM
Mar 2013

"God damn it!!! Just totalled my car. Worst day ever!!"

10 minutes earlier:


"Driving with my knees! woooooot!!!"


Gee I wondered how that happened?

Ptah

(33,032 posts)
6. I like Columbo's remark:
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 08:30 PM
Mar 2013

My ears pop in an elevator. As a matter of fact, I don't even like being this tall.

 

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)
8. Well, number 11 is easy - SHE TOOK A DUMP!
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 08:46 PM
Mar 2013

You can lose five pounds or more that way.

That's one of the reasons I think bathroom scales are silly other than for weighing shipping packages.

 

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)
14. Homosapiens are destroying the american family!
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 05:39 AM
Mar 2013

Next thing you know they'll be demanding equal rights.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)
16. #9 reminds me of all the dolts claiming the Olympics couldn't be 3000 years old
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:27 AM
Mar 2013

"How can they be 3000 years old when it's only the year 2012?" yadda yadda.

Sure, you take any site with hundreds of millions of users and you'll find some, ah, gems, but every now and then I'll see a trend that makes me question my decision to teetotal...

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