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[TonyBrown]

People believe all sorts of stupid stuff. It's only recently that they've been allowed to see the truth. And a lot of them have rejected it in favor of blind faith. Crazy, but it's apparently human.

more importantly (or maybe thankfully) they are voicing their opinions online for all to see

[Vagus]

more importantly (or maybe thankfully) they are voicing their opinions online for all to see

The ones the truth hurts gather around the lies. 

[BrewerGeorge]

more importantly (or maybe thankfully) they are voicing their opinions online for all to see

Not sure where I heard it, but I recently read that the internet lets all the village idiots gather together, and none of them think they're idiots because they are all idiots.

[TonyBrown]

Not sure where I heard it, but I recently read that the internet lets all the village idiots gather together, and none of them think they're idiots because they are all idiots.

problem with it is that the idiocy spread to vulnerable people that aren't by nature bat shit crazy but can be easily influenced. 

[bdutton]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt", Abraham Lincoln - Twitter @honestAbe

[Stains_not_here_man]

problem with it is that the idiocy spread to vulnerable people that aren't by nature bat shit crazy but can be easily influenced.

My mother in law is like this. She's not crazy but she'll listen to whoever argues most forcefully

[TonyBrown]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt", Abraham Lincoln - Twitter @honestAbe

social media gave idiots a megaphone to the world.  like i said, not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

 

still convinced that the megaphone has contributed heavily to the political divide we have now.

[BrewerGeorge]

My wife's getting a lot of these crazy stories from Russell Brand.  She's still in the 'telling me about it because it's ridiculous' phase, but I also get the impression that if I went "Yeah, and...." then proceeded on a rant about how it was fishy, she'd be all in.

[Vagus]

I feel as though there's a bigger story behind the "everyone is stupid" angle. Its a concept most embrace but don't really dissect. Sure, there's always someone doing something we can armchair as stupid (maybe this post is an example) but the average person is smarter than you in some areas, and dumber in others. I am smarter than George when it comes to planting hidden devices, and he is smarter than me in terms of developing coherrent arguements and probably nuclear physics. Me giggling that i hid a camera in his bedsheets and (he don even no) doesn't make him stupid. These people believing that the NFL guy died of the vax aren't dumb. They're missguided. They're *socially* limited (dumb) and are allowing their need to belong to cloud their judgement. 

 

imo

 

Let's do nake:

 

Im smarter than Nake when it comes to the urban dictionary. Nake is smarter than me at old chix.

 

 

Stain: weed. Me: alcohol (but only because he's got that ring rust going on)

 

Doobah: beer. Me: Doobah (i uhh, cant explain that one)

 

Tony: women, me: cannibalism (maybe). 

I could go on all day.

[Genesee Ted]

I’m an enigma wrapped in citra