America Is Getting Retarded

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America Is Getting Retarded

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Calm down, I'm talking about all the crappy things intelligent Americans have to deal with.

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micmac988, on 2/29/2008 5:03:03 PM
Total Posts: 166, Joined: 1/16/2007

This is why I believe Idiocracy is prophetic (2005)

If you've seen the movie, keep reading. If not, move along (or bear with me as I'll try my best to describe what's going on).

In the movie a man and a women are set for a human hibernation experiment that is only supposed to last 1 year. Through the foolishness of a high ranking military official, they are in stasis for 500 years. When they awake, things have changed drastically.

In the movie Idiocracy it shows a "case study" between the nearly impoverished and the well-to-do. The impoverished seem to lack common sense and have kids at a high rate while the well-to-do put off having kids because "the time isn't right". This leads to the "irresponsible" out populating the "responsible". The responsibilities in question is human population and educating the children. The "intelligent" are far out populate by the "average".

This leads to the earth being populated by morons.

How does this relate to our current world, and why is it prophetic?

Take a look at the current US President. Enough said. Look at the entertainment we're given in the US. Talk shows like Jerry Springer, Montel, and Maurry are the STANDARD for talk show entertainment. Primetime offers very little stimulus in the form of American Idol, Desperate Housewives, and that new show with the lie detector (you play right and you win $100k while sharing your dirty laundry with the world).

You don't even have to look at broadcast television for evidence. Just look at the video of 2 somewhat average looking girls claiming discrimination because they thought they were too pretty. If they're not an epiphany, I'm not sure what is.

We also have the case of lil showstoppah . A young girl of maybe 12 years old acting ghetto because ghetto is cool and hyped up by MTV and other outlets of such.

But why is Idiocracy prophetic? Because these few examples happen just about every minute of every day and these are the people who will one day be our doctors, politicians, business owners, and community leaders. As it is, the world, or USA, is run by "C" students. Is average good enough for for the Presidency?

So I beg of you, each and every one of you, READ A BOOK. Follow the news, not MTV. Slap someone who shows these traits and try to show them the error of their ways. Otherwise we'll be living in a world where plants are watered with a sports drink, everything will come with "BIG ASS something", and our couches will have toilets built right in to them so we won't miss a second of Ow! My Balls.

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ThisisJeff, on 2/29/2008 5:04:58 PM
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"the South is as dumb as you can get. If you look at the fact that says they are patriotic but proudly wave a confederate flag is a complete contradiction."

Yeah, I guess racism stops at the mason dixon line huh? This generalization you make is retarded. You actually say that everyone in the south is a patriot and proudly waves the confederate flag. Way to milk the popular anti-south jokes to death in a grossly cliche and stupid manner.

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Behemoth, on 2/29/2008 5:05:27 PM
Total Posts: 317, Joined: 10/30/2007

That's just the tip of the iceberg, dude. There are plenty of more reasons why America is becoming retarded.

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Maxw3ll, on 2/29/2008 5:11:42 PM
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I agree with you for the most part about text messaging. It's only useful if you're in school. Out of class, you hit the nail right on the head.

And I don't really see the Confederate flag as "Anti-American" but more of a symbol of stupidity. Slaves were as expensive as cars are now (proportionally). Only the rich had them, so all the idiots who fought for the Confederacy really weren't getting anything out of it, unless you disagree that slavery played a huge part in the cause of the Civil war.

I agree with you 100% about Dane Cook.

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jreny, on 2/29/2008 5:12:04 PM
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I just had a conversation with a customer that consisted entirely of grunts.... de-evolution is upon us!! <clutches bong tightly to chest>

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rawl, on 2/29/2008 5:29:38 PM
Total Posts: 938, Joined: 5/15/2006

First off, any trends you see in America will be global, we lead the way. Yes, America is getting "stupider", obviously because of liberals, but that's occurring everywhere.

Take England for example. The used to carry a stereotype of being very refined and educated. Chavs are doing away with that quickly. China is nothing more than a couple billion uneducated factory slave workers bathing in red bubbling rivers. As educated as people are in India, you have taxi drivers with PhDs, which doesn't exactly qualify as an efficient use of resources, might even be called "stupid".

Just face it, your little shit-fest rant epitomizes exactly what you describe, just swap text messaging for random toilet paper worthy blog drivel. You generalize shit as if you were an authority on them. The truth is you're just another retarded ass blogger who has an opinion and internet connection.

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Just checked his profile, he's a fucking musician. On top of being a possible liberals art failure / starbucks barista, he couldn't even figure out how to link his homepage correctly:

"http://http//www.myspace.com/ruleinsecrecy"

Talk about a being a fucking hypocrite.

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darkm47, on 2/29/2008 5:31:19 PM
Total Posts: 116, Joined: 9/30/2006

Hey don't worry. We'll be back to the Stone Age before something like Idiocracy can even take place. Although I would pay to see a real president have an entrance like in the movie.

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BillMurray, on 2/29/2008 5:39:02 PM
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@ThisisJeff

I see more Confederate flags in the south than I do in the north. Frankly, from my experience there are more narrow minded people and racist people in the south than in the north. I'm sure there are plenty of fine people from the south, but that's been my experience.

You know damn well there are more confederate flag waving good old boys in the south. It's complete crap that you're trying to deny that.

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nietz1951, on 2/29/2008 5:42:57 PM
Total Posts: 421, Joined: 9/25/2006

Meh.

Education rates are always increasing and testing improves every year. Americans are getting smarter.

The problem is everyone else is improving education even faster. 50 years ago, the US always topped international math and science scores, now we are at the bottom of the industrialized world.

But kids today still beat their parents on those same tests.

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rawl, on 2/29/2008 5:44:26 PM
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http://www.myspace.com/liferiot

OWNED.

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