stupid people and evolution
 

here's an ethical question for you all.

Is our society right to recall "dangerous" toys, put crawl zones (15mph is crawl to me) around schools, and require all kinds of other protections for stupid people or are we impeding evolution.

I mean if you are a middle school kid and you can't cross a street without a crossing guard handholding you, then you probably will not contribute much to society.
We have a crossing guard on an intersection with traffic lights! WTF! I knew how to properly cross at a traffic light at age 5. you push the goddamn button and wait for the little green man to pop up, then you walk!


what do you guys think?

too many idiots

I believe this world would be alot more fucked up than it is, if we did'nt have rules. (though there are some pretty retared rules out there)

I'm not talking about rules.
I'm talking about like how they have recalls for anything that is remotely dangerous if you don't use it right and everything has to be so "safe" that even a complete deadhead will nto be able to injure themselves.

what next, dull kitchen knives so bad cooks don't cut off appendages?

maybe a chain saw that doesn't cut so people can't accidentally cut off their own leg.

Well I agree with Darwin, survival of the fitest has been shaping this world for millions of years, who are we to think we are gonna change this.

What pisses me off about my country is that we feel that we have to save people from there own stupidity. This goes for adults, children are a different story expecially if they have a "parent" who can't tie there own shoe, they need some protection from the idiots walking/driving the streets.

you wouldnt believe how many idiots I see everyday at a grocery store.....americans really are stupid

[quote="Old Reliable":2a5f0]you wouldnt believe how many idiots I see everyday at a grocery store.....americans really are stupid[/quote:2a5f0]

considering that apparently 11% can't locate the PACIFIC OCEAN!

reminds me of Marine Biology class back in High School. We had a project where you had to create a "fish" based on facts about it's habitat (ones that live near reefs are colorful, open ocean dwellers are sleek for swimming etc.)

We also had to trace a map and mark the locations the teacher gave.
The other kids were so stupid, they couldn't find some of the simple locations, so finally with the teachers blessing I went to "The Big Map" and started pointing out locations to whoever came up.

What's interesting is that the others were amazed, like I was explaining rocket science or something, while to me this was just facts I picked up through my interest in WWII and wargaming, in other words, nothing special.

Fuckin A! People are stupid these days....It's not restricted to the states...There are heaps of morons over here too, and I suspect the rest of the world...I hate all the warnings people need these days....WTF? On a bottle of methelated spirits..."Don't pour in asshole" ...Shit like that gets posted over everything these days, its because one moron does something stupid then files a lawsuit against the company, claiming its their fault for not warning them....What the fuck? I think it works the same way with other things too...

The ability to sue, makes people dumber. eatthis:

Nothing's changed since the prehistoric era: two or three individuals of the
group are responsible for most of the work while the rest are along for the
ride, looking like they do something when really if they were made outcasts
from that moment on, they wouldn't be self-sufficient and would ultimately
die.

IQs don't really matter much: although 95% of people have intellectual
quotients between 80 and 130, 68% between 90 and 120, only a select
few actually make a difference with their creative genius: we "could" say
that THEY are the anomaly, although I'm sure we can all agree this is what
we should be aiming for: intellectual development.

Too bad most people stop thinking after high school, if even there...

most people don't even make it out of high school...

it all started with the parents who read those "how to treat your kid books" my parents never read that mind rotting shit. people who read them now worry about EVERY damn thing their kid goes around. If the kid coughs one time the mother freaks out. Fucking "how to care for a kid" book hake:

The problem comes from the children's lack of curiosity, which I strongly
believe is affected by how the parents delt with the children in their early
days: when you ask them why the sky is blue or any other seemingly
stupid question and they can't seem to give you an adequate answer, I
think you get turned off and stop asking, thereby putting a stop to your
"sponge days" of sucking up knowledge. Disney and fantasies like Santa
don't help either: some people never outgrow this phase...

*/me looks down at richard simmons t-shirt*

"HE'S NOT REAL! MY GOD, WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE....AAAAAARGH!"

*/me rips up shirt and runs away*

...It's not just stupid people, it's smart lawyers...
everything has to labelled to fuckwit level because the biggest fuckwits sue for the biggest payouts.... eek:

Stupid people and evolution you say?
http://www.darwinawards.com/

¨1980s, South Carolina
A parachute instructor was videotaping the lessons he was giving to a group of trainees. He had attached the video camera to his helmet so that it would capture the entire day of instruction. The group of enthusiastic beginners went up in the plane, and the instructor led them through preparations for the jump.

When they reached the jump site, the students and instructor jumped from the plane, tape still running. A few minutes later, the instructor realized that he had been so focused on preparing his trainees for the jump, which needed to be perfect for the sake of the videotaped lesson, that he had forgotten to strap on his own parachute.

All but the last ten feet of his fall was recorded by the camera. The very last part of the tape was destroyed by the impact.


How much would that suck?

that guy's stupid, one of his students should of saved him

That is a scary thought.

I wouldn't want anyone that absent-minded teaching me how to jump out of a plane.

from Darwin awards site:


" (July 2002) This story was told at a symposium dinner, by two Austrian pathologists who work together in Germany. A deceased male was brought to them for a post mortem. He had suffered severe head trauma. According to police reports, the man wanted to see how a German World War II hand grenade was constructed. His curiosity led him to clamp the grenade in a vise, and cut a thin band around the center with a circular saw, so that he would be able to crack open the two halves. Unfortunately, the man cut a little too deep, and detonated the grenade. The pathologists stated that the man had very little brain material when he was brought to them; however, they were not sure if that was a result of the explosion!"


damn saw n00b.
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EDIT: and here we have a chainsaw n00b

" (January 2002, Croatia) A Croatian was killed while trying to open a hand grenade with a chainsaw. He wanted to retrieve the explosive to make firecrackers for the New Year’s holiday."

ANOTHER EDIT: n00b criminal owns himself:

" (7 March 2002, Colorado) When Gerald was pulled over by police for erratic driving, he decided it was better to flee from the stolen car on foot, rather than face possible jail time for a parole violation. This was the first of two successive mental lapses. Gerald’s actual thoughts are unknown, but *may* have been something like this: "The officers are only suspicious and alert now... I’ll make them hot, sweaty, tired, and angry by leading them on a wild chase through dark alleys and fields."

During the subsequent foot chase, Gerald attempted to dissuade officers from the pursuit by firing a 9mm Ruger semiautomatic handgun blindly over his shoulder. This was the second illustration of a potential mental deficiency. "Officers are running behind me. They have guns. I have a gun! They have eyes in the front of their heads, so they can see to aim at me. I don't have eyes in the back of my head, so I’ll fire wildly behind me and see what happens!"

Unfortunately, Gerald appears to have been one of those folks who can't chew gum and walk at the same time. Or at least he couldn’t flee and fire at the same time. While discharging the weapon over his shoulder, Gerald managed to shoot himself in the head with his own gun, bringing the chase to a sudden conclusion.

Four shots were fired, none by the officers, who found Gerald's pistol next to his fallen body. Gerald was transported to a local hospital where he expired the following day, thus removing a set of genes deficient in both judgment and coordination from the gene pool."

lol i cant back this up right now ill try to find it but did you know that like 90% of americans dont know the Prime Minister of Canada's name. It was on this site with a crap load of facts, there was a bunch of other funny ones, about Canada and the UK to.

I'm sure the people who have seen my picture know I don't look my age (17) and usually when I walk home past the school with crossing guards (yes at traffic lights too) I see some kid 2 years younger then me walk across and the crossing guard doesn't even care, I start walking no cars around at all, and she comesout so I can be safe

I always wanna strangle them.....I was ready to show my drivers licence.

Heh......one day in English class we were talking about William Golding's life and how he went through D-Day with the brits. My teacher asked if any of us knew what D-Day was, and i raised my hand....the teacher asked my what it was and i began this thorough explination about Overlord and thier 5 beaches....plus the average killed at each beach, and who landed where. Those 3 facts (which im sure are pretty simple to all of you) stunned the whole class. (Plus my teacher) Then it hit me, i found out that i am a rare breed in my school that knows about WWII.

[quote="crazY}{Orse":05db0]lol i cant back this up right now ill try to find it but did you know that like 90% of americans dont know the Prime Minister of Canada's name. It was on this site with a crap load of facts, there was a bunch of other funny ones, about Canada and the UK to.[/quote:05db0]

and? 90% of americans don't give a crap who the prime minister of canada is.

Americans are really stupid people, and this is comin from an American. I encounter way too many enraged people. I "cut someone off" on the freeway, and when I got off at my exit, he followed me and at the next stop light he got out of his car, cussing his head off, wanting to beat the shit out of me. I couldn't resist laughing at him. This was followed by him getting more angry and storming back to his vehicle and peeling out, only to be pulled over by a cop 1 mile down the road. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[quote:5d159]...the teacher asked my what it was and i began this thorough explination about Overlord and thier 5 beaches....plus the average killed at each beach, and who landed where. Those 3 facts (which im sure are pretty simple to all of you) stunned the whole class. (Plus my teacher) Then it hit me, i found out that i am a rare breed in my school that knows about WWII.[/quote:5d159]

Nerd.

jk biggrin:

Darwin Award- A police officer in Ohio responded to a 911 call. She had no details before arriving, except that someone had reported that his father was not breathing. Upon arrival, the officer found the man facedown on the couch, naked. When she rolled him over to check for a pulse and to start CPR, she noticed burn marks around his genitals. After the ambulance arrived and removed the man - who was declared dead on arrival at the hospital - the police made a closer inspection of the couch, and noticed that the man had made a hole between the cushions. Upon flipping the couch over, they discovered what caused his death. Apparently the man had a habit of putting his penis between the cushions, down into the hole and between two electrical sanders (with the sandpaper removed, for obvious reasons). According to the story, after his orgasm the discharge shorted out one of the sanders, electrocuting him.

...^^ yeah, that'll happen..... oOo:

hey look on teh bright side, knowing WWII stuff will make it that much easier to convince authorities that you're a legitimate collector so you can buy full auto Thompsons, BARs, MG-42s, etc.

O yea! The police will surely let a crazy WWII lover have a gun! oOo:

actually to be considered as a collector you have to convince them that you are indeed very much interested (aka obsessed) with that particular part of our history.

[quote="Sgt Stryker":87c10]actually to be considered as a collector you have to convince them that you are indeed very much interested (aka obsessed) with that particular part of our history.[/quote:87c10]

You just have to fill out the paperwork, sign over your search and seizure rights and pay the fee. Its not that difficult, as long as you dont mind signing away your rights and have $200 dollars laying around. And thats for class three weapons. You can buy semi auto versions of wwII weapons with only your drivers license and a clean background check.

[quote=JowShmoe]and? 90% of americans don't give a crap who the prime minister of canada is.[/quote:3b97c]
ya but you should at least know his name, thats just retarded. I bet you dont even know his name.

Sorry, but I dont know his name or reaaly care. I think it begins with a C. The time it would take to find out his name would be of higher value to me than actually knowing his name. I am not trying ot dis canada, i just dont care.

Jean Chretien