My cure for room temperature IQ's

[miles]

What if we paid stupid people $10,000 if they promise to disappear and never reproduce?

Think about it. No more mouth-breathing dumb kids in school. People driving 55 in the fast lane would only be a memory. The 50% who never vote will disappear. Sales of supermarket tabloids
would come to a screeching halt. John Rocker will be saying "You want fries with that?" Gary Condit will disappear. And best of all....naaaahhhhhhh. I'm not going there.

 

[Thomas Paine]

How much is that in Canadian?

 

[Cheyenne]

Beaver Bucks? $14,200?

 

[Problem Child]

Where would we put all the stupid people...in a van down by the river?

 

[shadowsource]

What if we paid stupid people $10,000 if they promise to disappear and never reproduce?

Think about it. No more mouth-breathing dumb kids in school. People driving 55 in the fast lane would only be a memory. The 50% who never vote will disappear. Sales of supermarket tabloids
would come to a screeching halt. John Rocker will be saying "You want fries with that?" Gary Condit will disappear. And best of all....naaaahhhhhhh. I'm not going there.

Wow. I never realized that people with money are never, ever stupid. They never went to Turner Field to see John Rocker. They only read classics. They always vote! And Gary Condit's so poor he'd selk his gonads for $10,000. Awesome. Please keep going, Miles. This one's electric.

 

[KillerMuffin]

I hear they keep migrating to the UK, PC darlin. You know, they do have that erotic iconic exhibit of the Iron Maiden, Thatcher. Man, I loved her. Now there was a brit with some balls and a take no prisoners attitude. She got things done.

 

[Laurel]

I hear they keep migrating to the UK, PC darlin. You know, they do have that erotic iconic exhibit of the Iron Maiden, Thatcher. Man, I loved her. Now there was a brit with some balls and a take no prisoners attitude. She got things done.

You ever see Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety"? There's a scene where Nurse Diesel (Cloris Leachman) pulls off her robe, exposing the leather BDSM gear beneath. That's what I always pictured Margaret Thatcher wearing beneath her old lady dresses. With a little whip tucked in her handbag.

 

[Harry Ballz]

$10,000

Duh..golly gee, I'll take some of that action..

 

[R Nitelight]

Couldn't we just turn up the thermostat?

 

[miles]

shadowsource

is a New York version of Peepee man.

 

[miles]

R Nitelight

Hell of an idea!

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

 

[shadowsource]

Re: shadowsource

is a New York version of Peepee man.

But I wear diapers so that no one notices.

 

[*Lazer*]

I would rather be in a room full of people with a collective IQ of 80 then spend time with some of the elitists it has been my misfortune to meet. Please pay my money to the pedantic asses, I have to endure on a daily basis. I like the simple folks. Because of the fearful intellect displayed on this thread I won't bother to use a little happy face.

 

[Harbinger]

What if we paid stupid people $10,000... ?

All of them? Nobody has that kind of money! Trust me, I just did the math.

 

[lavender]

 

[Harbinger]

Is this about IQ's or just plain stupidity? Because there is a difference. IQ might be described as a testable measure of certain intellectual skills. Stupidity might be described as taking your worst qualities and deliberately inflicting them on the rest of the world.

 

[shadowsource]

who shall cast THAT first stone?

Stupidity might be described as taking your worst qualities and deliberately inflicting them on the rest of the world.

By that measure...?

 

[Harbinger]

Re: who shall cast THAT first stone?

By that measure...?

I know! I guess we are all guilty sometime. Anyone that posts on the Lit BB excepted, of course....

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

Is this about IQ's or just plain stupidity? Because there is a difference. IQ might be described as a testable measure of certain intellectual skills. Stupidity might be described as taking your worst qualities and deliberately inflicting them on the rest of the world.

I somewhat agree - there is a difference between intelligence and wisdom, knowledge and experience, good intentions and good results.

STG

 

[SimplySouthern]

Being intelligent is a far cry from having common sense. I would say that someone with common sense fares better in this world than someone with intelligence.

 

[Samuari]

Being intelligent is a far cry from having common sense. I would say that someone with common sense fares better in this world than someone with intelligence.

Are the mutualy exclusive?

 

[shadowsource]

no comment

Are the mutualy exclusive?

 

[Laurel]

I don't like stupidity. In fact I have very little tolerance for it. However, I have far more issues with ignorance. There are some incredibly "smart" people by your standards who are incredibly ignorant in this world. And there are some very stupid people, by IQ standards who are quite wise.

And the most evil, vicious, conniving, downright fucked-up people I've ever known have also been among the smartest people I know. Unfortunately, their assholery is constantly getting in their way. They have to constantly change their circle of friends, because their brain is always inventing new & innovative ways to screw over everyone they know.

Great evil has been committed in this world by very smart people.

Stupid people, by contrast, generally don't ever get enough pull in the world to cause serious problems. They are often propped up by smarter people to take the fall for stupid, short-sighted decisions, but by definition stupid people don't have it together enough to, say, attempt genocide. Hitler was evil, but not stupid.

Find a way to pay off the assholes and I'll chip in to help them along.