People with that mentality? OP will accuse you of eugenics, or genocide or something....
Idiocracy in the United States of America?
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Similar theme, the simpsons predict Kamala's purple outfit and pearls, the government deficit left by Trump, and Tom Hanks speaking on behalf of the government.
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'The Simpsons' seemed to get it right again -- by predicting part of the inauguration
Users on social media couldn't help but wonder at the latest coincidence between Vice President Kamala Harris' outfit during her inauguration and Lisa Simpson in an episode from 2000.
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This is often the case with people who 'feel' language, rather than listening to the specific words chosen. I remember my sister once saying 'I listen for key words, and tone of voice...', and I knew we would never be able to communicate beyond a basic level.
I've done some amateur stand up comedy, and originated many jokes, often risqué material, offensive not many, but not to some. The funniest jokes, that evoke true laughter, rather than a Mona Lisa smile, are often right on the edges of good taste and blasphemy, but not over the edge. There shouldn't be subjects that are sacred cows, taboo as humour topics.
Really good jokes often mean one thing on one level, and something very different on a level understood only by a few, or plainly imply something, without stating it outright, providing 'plausible deniability' Her's an example, one of my own jokes that I tell only in select company: "I had anal sex once, and that neighbour kid will never knock my garbage can again". For comic timing, there's a specific pause after 'once', and the word 'my' is noticeably stressed. Some people are horrified, because they 'felt' I sodomized some little kid for committing a prank, but this is really just two unrelated statements that happen to be in the same sentence.
Many people get angry when you tell a joke in their presence that they don't understand, but other people do. Sometimes they think that you are insulting them.
Some people are too stupid to just stay quiet when they don’t understand something so they act “offended” with self righteous indignation because they believe (believe because they can’t think) it will make them appear more intelligent.
These “special” people can be found everywhere, and exist in every gender, race, culture and political persuasion and have been with us from antiquity to our present day and will continue to annoy or entertain (depending on your opinion) us in the future.
Everyone knows at least one idiot like this.....and if you don’t.....it’s you!
(Trigger warning: This comment was written with humour in mind and if you cannot detect the humour, please ask the nearest non idiotic adult to explain it to you while maintaining appropriate social distancing)
Not at all. Its a cautionary tale of how stupidity and blindly following the loudest and most obnoxious on media outlets makes one an idiot. I doubt it ever gets banned.
Posts #'s 4, 9, 15, 16, 28, 30, 31, 35, 39, 51, 55, 123, 125, 148, 201, 204, and 223 in the Jokes of the Day thread are also my own original material.
One of my own jokes, that's also on topic: People today are less intelligent than they used to be. I blame in vitro fertilization. All sperm are not created equal. I see a huge difference between one who wins a race against tens of millions of competitors, and one that gets a participation trophy for being present when the gun went off.
On a more serious note, the Wikipedia article IQ Classification is an interesting read, particularly the section about "deviation IQ"
Previously, IQ scores were measured by how well an individual scored on an IQ test, the amount of time spent on the test, and their age. With deviation IQ, the average score of the people taking the test is considered to be 100, with about 60% of people having IQ scores in the 85-115 range.
Suppose that one million people took an IQ test with 100 questions in 1971, and 60% of them answered 45-55 questions correctly. Fifty correct answers would correspond to an IQ of 100. If one million people took the same test today, and 60% of them answered 40-50 questions correctly, 45 correct answers would be considered an IQ of 100, whereas that same number of correct answers would have given an IQ score of 85, fifty years ago.
Another of my jokes, on topic: Americans are so stupid; watch any movie or TV show, and they're like, 27 years old, and still in high school. Rizzo in that Grease movie high school? Thirty-four years old, and still in high school! That four years older than Arnold Horshack, when he graduated from Welcome Back, Kotter, or Luke Perry on 90210.
On a more serious note, the Wikipedia article IQ Classification is an interesting read, particularly the section about "deviation IQ"
Previously, IQ scores were measured by how well an individual scored on an IQ test, the amount of time spent on the test, and their age. With deviation IQ, the average score of the people taking the test is considered to be 100, with about 60% of people having IQ scores in the 85-115 range.
Suppose that one million people took an IQ test with 100 questions in 1971, and 60% of them answered 45-55 questions correctly. Fifty correct answers would correspond to an IQ of 100. If one million people took the same test today, and 60% of them answered 40-50 questions correctly, 45 correct answers would be considered an IQ of 100, whereas that same number of correct answers would have given an IQ score of 85, fifty years ago.
Another of my jokes, on topic: Americans are so stupid; watch any movie or TV show, and they're like, 27 years old, and still in high school. Rizzo in that Grease movie high school? Thirty-four years old, and still in high school! That four years older than Arnold Horshack, when he graduated from Welcome Back, Kotter, or Luke Perry on 90210.
You must give credit where it is due. And it is due to me!
I'm glad that thread has legs.
