the drop in it's rating is a sign of the times
just saying.
shareWhat? That we're wallowing in a sea of Trumplethinskin believers?
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A sad sign of the times.
shareIf it can't be contained in a word balloon (or a tweet), it can't be meaningful. In some ways, I pity this new generation. In its rush to re-define itself, it's willingly given up everything that makes human thought substantive. That has to be tragic, not only for those of us who are older, but for those who are young and desperately in need of genuine substance.
The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.
In some ways, I pity this new generation.What diptard blahhmemories doesn't understand, it's the younger folk who rated 2001 ASO higher than his pack of old geezers did. An ounce of research first in the ratings breakdown would have shown him it's old farts like him that prevents it's rating from climbing higher than 8.3. Once again, we get to watch blahhmemories stick his foot in his big mouth.
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The youth of today are the most intelligent overall in the history of the world, leaving us oldsters swimming in the swamp, gasping for air and sillily wagging fingers.
"gonna throw, my raincoat in the river...gonna toss, my umbrella in the sea"...Sammy Turner.
Be sure then to give today's crushed-by-the-old youth plenty of lovely nuts this Hallowed Hollow Weenie. They're going to need plenty in the coming wars, the coming turmoil, the darkest times now not lurking but arriving.
shareThe youth of today are the most intelligent overall in the history of the world, leaving us oldsters swimming in the swamp, gasping for air and sillily wagging fingers.Boomers: "Sorry for the gargantuan mess we left, Millennials. Good luck in cleaning up our mess.
The good news: we Boomers inherited the Silent generation's foundation - the last known responsible generation. Oh sorry, I meant that was good news for us, not you."
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informatio theory equation
Here's a little datapoint for the 'smartest generation ever' to tuck away and lookup on their ipad someday:
Roughly one in six thousand of you knows how the most basic necessities like electricity and refrigeration work. Not even curious. Notice the price of fixing those things going up? And even if the repairman tells you honestly what's wrong, you won't be able to tell if he's ripping you off because you won't understand a word.
I've apologized to friends 1/3rd my age for not stopping the world from getting the way it is. I knew it was happening and how, but I was that one in six thousand and we few weren't enough to stop it.
Thus we see that mass stupidity has a terrible price. And there isn't "an app for that".
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Notice the price of fixing those things going up?I see. You think increase in cost of living/wages/inflation has nothing to do with that? Are you suggesting that with literally every item/luxury/necessities surrounding us, we have witnessed an increase in price over many years due to rising COL/wages, but no, when it comes to repair, that has nothing to with it's rise? If it wasn't for stupidity, repairs would be the one and only expense in our lives that would have remained at the same low price? Is this what you're suggesting?
And even if the repairman tells you honestly what's wrong, you won't be able to tell if he's ripping you off because you won't understand a word.And that is different with any other generation how?
I guess I missed my required Boomer's training courses I supposedly was scheduled for like refrigeration, auto mechanics, heating cooling systems, medical/anatomy training, video/audio/communications electronics schematic reading, and various other mechanized/electric powered infrastructure of my daily life. Were all these courses government funded available to the boomer tax payers back in the 70's or something? I'm really ticked I missed them. Are you suggesting you are fully trained in all of the above?
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Oy. Read your own specious argument. General defense of ignorance, devolving into specific ignorances.
No government programs, just an interest in and lay knowledge of the things we're dependent upon and surrounded by our entire lives. Yes, all those things you listed, more, and professional in some. That's why it's difficult to fathom the proportion of adults lacking so much as a splinter/shard/glint, not just of knowledge-- a great deal of which is available for the googling-- but the curiosity to even WONDER.
And that 1/6000 estimate? That's among 'educated' people. Figure in all adults and it becomes ~four times worse. Passive dependency is OK in circumstances, like when one can afford "people to do that". Or if the question is "how can you tell when a politician is lying?". (A: his mouth is open.) But we're supposed to be navigating the bus by choice of lies, without the ability to distinguish among them.
That's whence the mess. Not a generation, the entirety of bulk population not knowing their ass from a golf course and perfectly content to have it so. Ah well, we can always just say "we're being manipulated" and be correct about one thing.
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own specious argumentIf you want to see a much better example of specious argument, read your previous post.
No government programs, just an interest in and lay knowledge of the things we're dependent upon and surrounded by our entire lives. Yes, all those things you listed, more, and professional in some. That's why it's "difficult to fathom" the proportion of adults lacking so much as a splinter/shard/glint, not just of knowledge-- a great deal of which is available for the googling-- but the curiosity to even WONDER.lol! "difficult to fathom" Someone bought some mechanic books, actually read them, and now wants to brag, me thinks.
Welllllll, aren't you *SPECIAL*! Looky here folks, we got ourselves here a Jack of All Trades! He's an expert in all infrastructure mechanization surrounding us. Mr. Handy Man! And he thinks EVERYBODY should be that way, he just finds it "difficult to fathom" why we are not. ;)
Which of course most are not, which he created his own twisting of topic just to throw the accusation of "mass stupidity" at a generation. He's so clever!
Listen up Mr. Handy Man. When it comes to plumbing, I don't know sh** from shinola. I do have a training/education that produced an impressive six figure salary. I take that impressive salary and hire flunky's who have filled their garage with Mechanics Encyclopedia like you for $20 an hour to fix my toilet.
So...it really has nothing to do with "mass stupidity". I simply have no interest in learning the fine art of toilet diving. I'll leave that to you.
If you charge me $75 for a $45 dollar job, thereby "ripping me off" as you mentioned earlier, once you fixed my toilet, I'll even kick in a twenty dollar tip just to expedite your toilet stinky ass out of my house.
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Hey, SFMZone, you sound like me. I'm debt free and own my home and cars. When I need plumbing work or home and car maintenance, I hire a 'professional' to do those things. These 'professionals' usually look like they may have stumbled over a discarded manual while residing under a local overpass. Eventually I get lucky and get the job done, though. Everything is on stilts here in the swamp and sometimes it's difficult to get 'professionals' to show up. They complain about 'gators.
"gonna throw, my raincoat in the river...gonna toss, my umbrella in the sea"...Sammy Turner.
Sounds like you're living the good life and easy access to a delicious plate of crawl-fish.
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Stilts? Maybe we should presume you are 'really' in Venice, Italy, and having problems with the waterhole it sits on. Maybe phone up Kubrick's old assistant Emilio, who Kubrick had working 23-hour days. Get him to deliver pronto in his sporty Italian auto all the Ravioli, cappuccino, and cornetto, in exchange for his fave hazelnuts, to fill the fridge, and then worry about the plumbing.
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The drop in its rating! Its (his, hers, its). It's=it is. I assume English it's not your first language. Neither it's mine.
Going back to the post, it's idiocracy, we are going head first.