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This does nothing to alleviate my growing suspicion that the majority of the human species is not terribly bright.
by bovermyer 4y ago
This does nothing to alleviate my growing suspicion that the majority of the human species is not terribly bright.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoAllow me to confirm you're suspicion.
- djbusby 4y ago*your
- tjpnz 4y agoWell at least they're not electrocuting themselves to death like they were a few months ago. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40410809/fractal-wood-burning-dangers-alternatives/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40410809/fractal-w...
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoI used to think similarly, but I've come to assume that everyone has holes in their knowledge and many have trouble knowing where the holes are. It is kind of like learning a language and realizing - when your car breaks down - that you've not learned any of that vocabulary. These holes sometimes are in fairly practical places. If you simply don't know much about medicine and assume nyquil is safe - and at the same time, don't know much about how cooking changes things (chemistry, if only we taught it this way)... well, you get Nyquil Chicken. Nevermind that this person is intelligent in other areas of their life, this is where they found themselves. Also, youth. The youth (teens) have more holes and, as a cruel joke, more hormones.
- generalizations 4y agoGenerally speaking, half the population is of below-average intelligence.
- digitaLandscape 4y ago
- some_random 4y agoI know right, it's shocking how many people actually think this is a real thing. Can you imagine hearing about this or the tide pod challenge and just accepting it as fact without a second thought? Pretty sad tbh