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The_unconservative_one's avatar

When you read or hear stuff like what's in this link, do you mourn the death of intelligence in our society?

Asked by The_unconservative_one (1124points) April 2nd, 2009

Ever since the last 3 Presidential campaigns, I have been thinking that the American public seems REALLY stupid. I thought I had seen just about all there was to see, until this.

http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/19063789/detail.html

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eponymoushipster's avatar

living in or around orlando is like a constant mindrape.

that woman is probably the mayor or something. honestly, a lot of people there are truly dumb.

lillycoyote's avatar

That’s pretty scary, that a person that has been issued a license to drive can’t get out of her own car.

upholstry's avatar

i wonder if she didn’t have a cell hone, if she’d have figured it out?

The_unconservative_one's avatar

@casheroo The story itself was bad enough, but did you read the comments? AOL users have to be the most idiotic, brain dead, jackasses on the internet.

The_unconservative_one's avatar

@eponymoushipster , Wow, these people aren’t helping the image of the South are they?

The_unconservative_one's avatar

@eponymoushipster I know right? I generally don’t like to stereotype but this woman fits the stupid southerner stereotype to a tee.

eponymoushipster's avatar

it’s not even southerner. it’s just the general ignorance that is abiding in florida.

augustlan's avatar

@The_unconservative_one‘s link, lol4rl

@casheroo‘s link, WTF is wrong with people?!? Reading about that made my stomach turn.

The_unconservative_one's avatar

I first had a clue that Floridians may be a little…“thinking impaired” after the 2000 Presidential elections. That image of the cross eyed guy examining a “hanging chad” sticks in my mind.

SuperMouse's avatar

Florida in general scares the heck out of me. I have noticed over the years that if there is a bizarre news story odds are very good it came out of Florida. The next time you are watching the news and hear about something truly, truly unbelievably weird take note, it probably happened in Florida.

The_unconservative_one's avatar

@SuperMouse I will have to start taking notice of that.

eponymoushipster's avatar

florida is america’s wang – homer simpson

asmonet's avatar

One time, I waited an hour for a locksmith to come open my door as I’d locked my keys inside. When he showed up, he started in trying to open the door when we both realized at the same time the back window was all the way down already on the other side.

Serves me right for cleaning the fuck out of that car for once. I refuse to clean it now on principal. My car is gross, but I always know when the window is up at a glance.

Damn it.
You may all now laugh at me. :)

asmonet's avatar

Enjoy your moment. >:)

augustlan's avatar

@asmonet I don’t even know what to say, girlie! :D

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

If our parents raise stupid kids, and then those kids grow up to have their own kids, where does it stop? Is there even a bottom where the stupidity stops? Will we all be a bunch of grunting baboons like Tim ‘the tool man’ Taylor on that now canceled (thank Evelyn) TV show Home Improvement?

It boggles the mind.

The_unconservative_one's avatar

@evelyns_pet_zebra The election and reelection of GWB, only further descended us into stupidity.

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