Most people are extremely stupid

I started realizing this at 21 when I entered the work force.

With the Trump epoch, I realize now how Germans were seduced by Hitler.

When we elected an orange used-carsalesmanesque grifter to the highest office in this country.

The 2016 election did it for me. I'll never see U.S. Americans as mentally competent again. They are weak-minded, irresponsible and immature.

Most post on the DL.

On Wheel of Fortune, the wheel is heavy and you are able to adjust your spinning speed to avoid "bankrupt" and "lose a turn". Yet people are oblivious, and you are able to see where the wheel will stop if you watch it on the wide-view shots.

So many people have accumulated over $10,000, or they are spinning the wheel when there are lots of letters in the puzzle, great opportunities, and they land on one of these spaces which makes them lose. Amazing!

The average IQ is 100, which is pretty mediocre.

When I became a manager and realized that the people working for me couldn't come up to the level of performance I expected. But I didn't realized how much of the country was stupid until Trump came along and his large following did their best to destroy patriotism, as they were mired in hatred.

Regan !

Definitely Trump. And it still goes on.

Excellent!

[quote] Regan !

Donald Regan, Treasury Secretary and chief of staff under Ronald Reagan?

R6 is Bill Hicks

I’m thinking of purchasing a kevlar vest for commuting.

That’s group stupidity and I might just go along with it.

I was a senior in high school. Sitting in "anthropology" class ("Nacirema," anyone?) All of the sudden, a thought occurred to me: "All of these people in this class will have jobs someday. Someone will hire them and pay them to do something.

I found that thought troublesome and reassuring at the same time.

And please choose a profession that matches your IQ.

Anyone who admires Dump and thinks he was the greatest president ever gets my vote for stupidest person on the planet.

Roger Ailes and Roger Stone worked in the Nixon WH. They learned how to weaponize low information voters, and manipulate people into voting against their own interests.

Yes, the 2016 election followed by covid still has me stunned. As if that wasn't frightening enough, along came the QAon crowd. That was about the time that I decided to never leave my house unless absolutely necessary. Just think, they want him back in the WH again.

We have been safety getting vaccines all of our life. Suddenly, during the only global pandemic of our lifetime a bunch of complete idiots decided vaccines not only weren't safe, but the evil plot of the " deep state" to commit genocide. Just. Just no words.

Example from today. I ordered a delivery. I put instructions that were easy. Meet me at the gate next to mailbox ####. It is not a house.

So, the woman who looked to be about 40 and was a native English speaker, had pulled into my neighbors driveway about 2 acres away. I asked her by phone to drive to my gate after telling her it wasn’t my house, and I told her I didn’t think it was proper to receive the order in the neighbors driveway. She then asked me- “Do you want me to leave it here at your house?” Right after I told her that. The directions said not a house. I asked her to at least come to my driveway. She continued acting confused. This person was driving on the roads.

"Just think, they want him back in the WH again."

They still think Trump created the Obama economy he was coasting on for 4 years. And that Biden is responsible for higher gas prices and inflation.

And that Donald was sending them $1,200 checks from his private account.

A 2024 Donald would be vastly different than a 2016 Donald. And he knows it. And when all his legal bills are paid, he will break the sad news to his adoring fans that he must stop his campaign due to, "The sickest, most disgraceful witch hunt in the history of the world!".

R22- We all know if he gets to the WH again he will never leave and will become what he desires to become more than anything else, a dictator. When he dies in office another Trump will take his place. I honestly thought i wouldn't mentally survive his first term in office. I still remember the overwhelming relief when Biden won. But he has never gone away. How much more can we take? Now we have to fear DeSantis. It's too much.

Some of the posters on data lounge

Can not or will not look up from the mobile phone. Electronic pacifier

R24- Yes? What about them?

when Trump was elected but the most devastating thing was realizing that we had some really really dumb people running our gov't.

What's equally depressing is that many people who are NOT stupid are cynical, lazy, and extremely selfish. Often less helpful to society than stupid people.

[quote] Most people are extremely stupid

R28 raises a valid point. Sometimes I’m more pissed off about smart sociopaths, who get ahead because they have no conscience. That goes beyond politics too, because I’ve met MAGAs with more 1-on-1 humanity than some pretentious Lear Jet Liberals, the MAGAs we’re kind they just happened to be dumb enough to buy Trump’s fairytales.

Are Americans especially stupid or does it just seem that way? Sometimes I think so, but maybe they’re more easily manipulated because they’re more religious and intentionally poorly educated.

[quote] MAGAs we’re kind

R32 *were … but you already knew that.

When Liza Minnelli won an Oscar and a Emmy. Too me, she is the character she played on "Rent A Cop". Worthy of a Razzie and nothing more.

I wish I had some insights to add, OP, but I’m extremely stupid.

I haven’t seen many, if any, kind MAGAs.

The popularity of Tiktok.

I agree, OP. look at all the gays REALLY into the dumbest thing on earth, horoscopes!

Blathering on and on as if it makes any sense at all! Idiots.

Or all of the people into sports.

Most people are stupid and a waste of time

Can you please explain the question?

So r38 what's your sign?

1976, when I saw the classic skit on SNL.

When I realized half the people in the country have an IQ below 100.

R31 I think we're harder on ourselves.

First grade when I finished the math book for the grade before anyone else in the class had made it to halfway and the teacher didn't know what else I should do.

R43, are you also R29?

My eye que is 125

R47 I’ve got R 29 blocked. Sorry if I repeated. I was amazed it hadn’t been posted already in this thread!

It was the 2004 election that finalized it for me ; I could kind of understand the very close 2000 court-decided results, but after four years of the country watching a truly dumb, lacking any semblance of intellectual curiosity, POTUS, I simply was stunned in ‘04.

R50 crazier yet is that compared to Trump, the Bush days seem tame.

Are the 100 IQ posters trying to be funny? Or do they not know how that works?

Most every time I check the DL

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Dramatic Syphilis increases among gay men in the 1990s. After dramatic lowering of syphilis Dx in the 1980s.

I work with one. He's not only stupid but has a tiny attention span. So, when combined, it makes him remarkably inept.

He should have been fired long ago, but management act like it's too much effort so nothing ever happens. I just find it remarkable that he's been paid tens of thousands over several years for doing a tiny amount of work and no one seems to care.

R43, meet R29.

Trifecta of stupidity:

*Trump supporters

*COVID deniers/antivaxxers/QAnon

*People continuing to support Trump now

Do these idiots who plan on voting for a republican - any republican - not understand that we will lose our democracy? What do they believe will happen to them when we lose SS, Medicare, disability? Are they actually stupid enough to believe they will be treated differently? Have they ever studied any history at all? It is incomprehensible that in this day of instant information at ones fingertips these people remain so woefully ignorant. I have began to see them as less than human, almost like some hybrid breed of vicious cattle.

Just review the threads/posts made on DL in the last 12 hours: all the extreme stupidity you might care to see—in this one lounge.

Ohh so many instances OP.

Morbidly obese people everywhere who are proud of their extreme fatness.

Americans who still think there's a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

Americans who elected Biden because they thought he would be better than Trump. Americans who elected Trump because they thought he would be better than Obama. Americans who elected Obama because they thought he would be better than Bush... or just because he was black.

The 4-times vaccinated who are still getting Covid and can't see they were lied too.

The Covid conspiracy theorists who can't see they were lied to as well.

People who think there's a grand purpose to their pathetic existence.

Tiktokers.

So many instances OP. So many instances...

lied to, not lied too.

And the extremely stupid award of 2023 goes to.......(drum roll, please):

R61.

Congratulations, R61. It took a lot of effort, but you are indeed the stupidest person in the world.

I didn't quite call it stupidity, but in grade school I thought classmates were being untruthful when they said they didn't remember things that had been explained in class. I mean we all heard the teacher say it, you were there . . . and later I realized they weren't lying.

Why do you think I'm the stupidest person in the world R63? Explain.

r65 I'm not r63 but no one was ever told they wouldn't get covid if they got the vaccinated. They were told that if they got vaccinated and got covid it probably wouldn't be life threatening. The vaccine was to prevent the disease from being at it's worst.

We see on SM and some famous people who are proud to be fat or at least try to come across that way but I don't know a single person that is over weight and proud of it.

There is a difference between Democrats and Republicans. The Democrats stand for a lot of good things. Republicans only stand for bad things and for the ultra rich.

I don't know what country you live in but Biden is a gazillion times better than Trump. Just about anyone would be better than Trump. I can't even believe I have to say this. Every Democrat elected after a Republican Was better.

And I am sorry that you can't see that there is a reason to our existence.

R66, YOU are the stupidest person in the world.

YES we were told we wouldn't get Covid if we got vaccinated. It is only later that they changed it to "you can still get Covid but it won't be as bad." You are proof that people have no memory whatsoever and can easily be manipulated by those in power. Everything else you wrote is so incredibly stupid (Democrats = good, Republicans = bad) that I'm not even going to argue with you about that because I get the feeling that your IQ is below 70.

r67 I suggest you don't ever rely on your feelings because they are wrong. Why are you so angry? Why are you taking it out on those you don't even know?

R61 is the textbook example of the stupidity of whataboutism, which is stupidity in the extreme.

Every day waiting in line while people figure out the self checkout registers.

Trump’s cult has similarity to this post-war German group. Even if he is not the next president, I fear we will have to deal with his cultists.

2016 was the ultimate year of stupid. Trump and Brexit. Pandemic only confirmed what we already knew - civilisation is on the decline, certainly in the West anyway.

Watching all the Progressives turn into Anti-Semites overnight during that whole ‘Free Palestine’ thing. It was like “what? That’s not what your far left club was saying 10, 20 years ago.”

So many people who had no clue what the fuck they were talking about just started rolling with social media posts because they saw other extremist liberals posting that bullshit. Total sheep.

R50 stopped me in my tracks. He's right. After 9/11 and other messes, we sat and watched John Kerry, a war hero, get "swift boated." Listed to NPR yesterday when they were talking about Robert Kennedy Jr. and his anti vax campaign, and it was very disturbing as they enumerated, with proof the number of times he outright lied about various studies and talked about him instilling fear in people making them believe vaccines would kill their children. If RKF, JR. has no moral compass, and he is spouting lies that harm, Where the fuck is the media's "moral compass? " Because they ought to be outhere blowing him up with facts. Demolish his ass. Destroy him.

The non-Chinese vaccines were extraordinarily effective again infection with non-Omicron and non-Delta variant, non-Delta COVID which was what was circulating when they came out. It changed because the virus mutated, not because anyone was telling you an untruth.

But you seem to be an expert on manipulation dear false moral equivalency troll at R67 so tell us more of your learned helplessness bon mots demonstrating how Democracy is a sham and Ed should just all stay home and not vote.

A lot of people didn't get stupid on t heir own. Too many people are too trusting of the information they're getting and they don't seem to apply any critical thinking skills, or even basic common sense.

R76 most Boomers get their news from posts and memes on Facebook

The 2016 election, then the pandemic. I couldn't believe how wilfully stupid people are. When COVID hit, people were hitting the fucking roof! You couldn't even explain something to them. Our county health department has a FB page, and the director shared every clear and accurate data point, infographic, explanation etc etc over that first year. Made concepts like "wearing a mask greatly reduces inhalation of this airborne virus" so fucking easy to comprehend, but people would just keep commenting "no it doesn't!" "I can still get it!" over and over. Just ridiculous.

Challenging the results put forth by scientists with PhDs with decades of study and or experience with dumbshit like:

"Wrong! I've done my own research!"

"Just do your own research to see WHAT THEY'RE HIDING!"

"This" one "study totally REFUTES everything science has been telling us!"

"My gut tells me..."

"Make this TikToker go viral!"

"What the msm and big pharma doesn't want you to see!"

In addition to the events already mentioned (Bush's 2004 re-election, Trump's 2016 election, and the response to COVID), I would add the popularity of Sarah Palin in the 2008 election. Yes, Palin was mocked by Tina Fey on SNL, and she ended up being a giant loser. But I was shocked by how many people praised her when she ran with John McCain and thought she was a breath of fresh air. Even the media seemed impressed by her, at least at first. To me it was painfully obvious from the outset that she and her family were dumb white trash and that she didn't know anything about anything. Her popularity helped pave the way for other stupid people to run for office.

Many are stupid

Sick of all of the lying RW dip shits on Twitter, I posted an article of Trump ADMITTING that he called his supporters/cult " disgusting". Nothing. So I RT it again. And again . All day. Nothing, not one response. The same with the court documents of the 13 years old that he raped. You will never get a response.

Like they conveniently and consistently ignore the $2b that Jared received from the Saudis, the shitton of patents Ivanka got from China, and that their Lard and Savior was Jeffrey Epstein's best friend (pictures GALORE!).

R83- What is with their pathological obsession with Hunter Biden? What about cocaine Jr? Never have I seen such projection. When you confront them with evidence they just ignore it. They won't even argue with you.

R75 "It changed because the virus mutated." Yes, because that's what viruses do. You would think scientists would know that. How about taking care of your immune system instead of getting jabbed over and over for each mutation? But here I am replying to Elderlez with her gigantic hairy tits, butch haircut and her 300 pounds of extra weight. She hasn't had sex in 20 years because she can't find her damn clit buried underneathe all that fat. She got jabbed 10 times, just in case. She has no idea what fruits and vegetables are and how vitamins, minerals, probiotics and herbs protect your immune system far more effectively than any jab. She shops at Wal-Fart every Sunday afternoon, riding around in her government paid motorized FatCart for nutritious foods like Cheez Whiz, Doritos and DIET Pepsi. If she tries to stand up, her ankles will shatter into a million pieces.

Projection.

Well I do have a D cup. That’s one thing right.

Liar R87. You have a Z cup and your tits are covered in fur.

I feel that way when I ponder the popularity of James Patterson.

My observation is that TV news shows set the agenda. If they screamed as much about Jared and the $2B, as they did about Hillary and her emails that would affect public opinion. And they did their usual both sidesBS when it came to COVID coverage. To this day they are criminally underreporting all the $$$$ that was spent on ppploans, and on. Exploiting the pandemic for personal gain. There’s a book I want to read called Pandemic , Inc. All the politicians who got loans and had them “forgiven “

R90- The media is completely owned by the billionaires and Putin supporters. They report what they are told to.

Yes, R91, I agree, and those people know the media is a very useful, powerful weapon to influence public opinion.

[quote]YES we were told we wouldn't get Covid if we got vaccinated. It is only later that they changed it to "you can still get Covid but it won't be as bad." You are proof that people have no memory whatsoever and can easily be manipulated by those in power.

Talk about selective memory.

I couldn't believe some of the questions people were asking when the Titan imploded. One question on Twitter: " How long did they survive after the implosion?"

Most MAGAts are voting against their own interests. That's what floors me!

Where are Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, Huntley and Brinkley when you need them?

I used to believe that, too, r96, but have come around to the point of view that what MAGATs want most is to have someone below them.

R96- There are no words to describe how much I miss good, intelligent reporting. This wouldn't be happening right now if we still had an honest media. Fascism 101- control the message. We have been attacked from within and it has been happening for a long time.

[quote] Most MAGAts are voting against their own interests. That's what floors me!

I don't think they even make a connection between their vote and their interests. They don't think about issues or policies when they vote. To them, politics is pure sport, and they'll vote for the candidate who entertains them the most and hates the same people they do. They never really cared whether or not Trump built a wall, cut taxes, or repealed Obamacare.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

It's all you need to say, R100.

I've said this before:I had some neighbors back in the day who were active Tea PArty supporters. So active they campaigned on adjacent states for the GOP. The woman, proudly displayed her Sarah Pailin sweatshirt to me, proclaiming "I'm a Momma Grizzly!" I played dumb and continued to prune my roses. We were polite to one another, we talked about the weather, and always said hello. When her husband tried to engage me in a political discussion, I'd be dismissive and say, "Oh, I hate politics, it's all very confusing. I don't care for any politicians." Then I'd laugh and change the subject. (I worked for a U.S. Congressman for several years before he retired, but they didn't know that!) The one she was chatting with me about her asthma and how happy she'd be when she was eligible for Medicare, so she could get prescription drug coverage so she could afford her meds.

I so not believe that most people are extremely stupid. 'Stupid' is a clinical diagnosis on the same level as moron, imbecile & idiot. I do believe that a large percentage of people are quite ignorant. They are not interested in learning about anything they don't already know because they are also very arrogant and feel that if they don't already know about it then it isn't valid. That arrogance comes from the way our social system in this country has operated for many decades. Our politicians (mainly republicans) have been feeding the lie to people for a long time that there is no better place on earth than the US, and no people anywhere on earth as smart as Americans.

You nailed it! Arrogant is exactly what so many of them are. They do not want to know the facts and get quite offended and sarcastic with people who gently try to inform them. They actually shut you out. Very astute description their personalities and mond set. This is the first time I have had anyone describe them the way you did. You taught me something! Thank you!

Mind set^