The General Ignorance Of People

[Mermaid711 0]

The General Ignorance of People.

By myself.

 

What bugs me is the fact that people are getting dumber by the minute.

 

"Class, along with common sense are dead, darling. They traded white wine, pearls, and a private education, for a Corona, a myspace, and a tax-payed government schooling."

 

It bothers me that people are just getting so darn dumb. People who can type properly can't even spell things out right on the internet.

 

"LYK OMG MY MYSPACE iiS PiiMPiiER DAN YOURZ HOEZ!"

 

That just SCREAMS, "hey look at me, I'M STUPID!" or as the avarage person spells it, "H3Y L00K @ M3 iiM ST00PiiD!!!"

 

Sheesh.

 

And as for the stupid people who have adopted a false sense of intelectual supierority over others, they too, are in fact, stupid.

 

I hate the "Holier than thou" tone from stupid people.

 

Again, sheesh.

 

And the people who act like they know what they are talking about when they really don't.

 

And the people who refuse to go to school to avoid ignorance the best they can on the government funded schooling program provided. Sure I hate my algebra teacher and my band director just as much as the next guy, but your hatered for schooling and horrible teachers is not a reason why you get to slack off, and inturn, essentially live off of my budget when we are legal adults.

 

People are getting dumber by the day,

 

and how I wish it would stop.

[A200 0]

Some of my friends are extremely ignorant of common sense, and have no sense of reality at all. They refuse to drink tap water as they believe they are "upper class" and dont drink what the "commoners" drink. Completely rubbish. Instead, they have this big water thing from "Brita Water" and only drink that as water. I think bottled water is the biggest waste- its the same as tap water, but just but in a bottle and given a fancy name. Plus it always tastes terrible, tap water has a nice taste about it.Oh and I have to mention another friend who believes souly in MySpace and Facebook for communication- like, how dumb can you be? If you want to contact someone, do it via MSN, email, snail mail, phone call or just visit them. I dont trust MS or FB one iota, as I don't know what they do with our personal info, and who can see it.

[A donut 0]

You'll never get me on Myspace, Facebook or whatnot. I prefer face-to-face meets.I also agree with bottled water. The 99.99% you pay for that is basically the fancy packaging and advertising for that product.

[strange-garden 0]

Sure I hate my algebra teacher and my band director just as much as the next guy,

Aren't you supposed to be a girl? lol!!

[salamangkero 0]

I, like, really agree, like, y'know, totally

Some people have really strange outlooks in life. For example, when people find out that I have a website, they'd gush like it's the coolest thing on earth. Well, I have to admit, it is kinda cool somewhat to know how to build a website. Still, it irks me that they'd go, "Oh *BLEEP*, no kidding? Oh my gawd, you're so cool!" Okay, so maybe I should be happy about that one but the next one irritates me. "So, like, you have a Myspace/Facebook/Multiply account?"

"Uh... no."

"Oh, ah... uhm... I see... Heheh. That's cool." (read: Yuck, noob)

I dunno whether to feel pity, indignation or bemusement.

Just a while ago, I also came across a splendid forum thread that, of all things, rants about how people mispronounce words like it's a matter of grave consequence. Language, methinks, is a means to communicate and, really, it doesn't matter how you pronounce a word so long as you understand each other. In my opinion, anyone who claims to not understand a mispronounced word is as stoo-pid as someone who throws away toast on the grounds that they used margarine instead of butter.

Besides, language is pretty much dynamic and any language purist who insists on keeping words as they are should probably know well enough to use "hath" instead of have, "twa" instead of two, "auld" instead of old or "thy" instead of your. Sheesh, some people can be so shallow sometimes.

Oh yeah, over here, standards of beauty is still often based on the color of one's skin. Nobody likes to admit it (of course, nobody likes to look stoo-pid) but they're there alright, spurning their darker skinned lovers in favor of fairer skinned crushes. Sad, really.

[Se?or Maniac 0]

I have too agree people are acting ignorant, but it is not just that people are ignorant it is that people have little too no motivation to become educated. I can talk too many people whom I go to school with and partaking in a meaningful conversation is almost impossible. Anything that comes out of the mouth of anyone is just a copy of a biased opinion that was formulated by someone that was on TV, or that they had herd from their parents. Especially over homosexual unions. Many people say that because I oppose the union of "Gays", that I need too be more open minded, and many get all bent out of shaped when I tell that they are just as close-minded as me because they are on the other side of the fence. I guess too sum it up until people have a reason too become educated it will never happen, and that is a shame.

[kobra500 1]

Well I have a bebo but I hardly use it... Reading that made me laugh though it's cheered me right up. and your in some respect right... and nice adding my thread into it... even a link - lol I'm sorry but i'm forever correcting people and half the time I don't mean to.. someone will get their tenses mixed up and i'll correct them automatically. It's sort of my OCD!And you complain that it shouldn't matter but meanwhile you wrote perfectly in that entire post. Look at it this way, people who speak properly come across more educated. They could have as little intelligence as the president of America but they're going to be more likely to succeed in say a business meeting, Possibly more than someone with a good cv but talks like he's never been educated. and truth be told people from other countries who are fluent speak English better than we do. Funny story to do with that: my dad had a friend from poland who told him that when he first came to England from poland he went to a bar. Anyway the guy sits down and is listening to some louts talking. After a while my dads friend who was fluent in English - Real English said to them 'what language are you speaking'. Lol and that proves how bad we speak our own language! And I understand mis-pronounced words I just don't like them.. and of course sometimes a mis-pronounce a word and if I do I want to be corrected so I don't do it in future. My Sisters all say Butta and i'm forever correcting them!

[elaks 0]

And the people who refuse to go to school to avoid ignorance the best they can on the government funded schooling program provided. Sure I hate my algebra teacher and my band director just as much as the next guy, but your hatered for schooling and horrible teachers is not a reason why you get to slack off, and inturn, essentially live off of my budget when we are legal adults.

L0L WUT? Didn't really get this paragraph..
But I completely agree on all the other points. My problem isn't with stupid people who try to act smart, at least they care about self image. No- I hate stupid people who are fine with their stupidity and actually use it to get friends. I think the private school system (Yup that's me) should start kicking out hundreds of pupils for getting low test scores and low grades.
I know there's a risk this will turn into an anti-wigger topic, but I agree with the MySpace thing. If white kids want to use words like 'Pimp' and 'Hoes' then they should probably think about what they're saying first.

- Pimps are in essence the scum of the earth. I cannot think of someone I'd rather see die than a pimp. They get money by selling female sex slaves that they've doped up to ensure loyalty.

- Whores are either women in terrible situations looking to make just enough money to scrape by, or they're foreign women who've been beaten up, drugged and made to sleep in a crack den when not having sex with greasy western.

Saying that you've sold your myspace page for sex, and then calling any internet user who views your page a sexual vessel doesn't make you sound that smart..

Good topic, if not a little hard to understand.

[Will.Allison 0]

Yes, the ignorance of people makes me angry as well. But not in the way you put it.
The slang you were talking about, that does not indicate ignorance at all. People use it because it is internet slang. If you go to England for a while(if you're american, that is), you will start using English slang. It's the exact same with the internet.

And as for the stupid people who have adopted a false sense of intelectual supierority over others, they too, are in fact, stupid.

By making this thread, doesn't that include you?
As for the schooling, people can avoid going to it because they know it is complete crap. Hopefully, this people will seek another type of education. This to me is the opposite of ignorance.
But, the people that avoid schooling because they don't care about their future, or even worse, the people who don't do anything in their classes and fail all of them, are truly ignorant.

[Spyda 0]

You don't have to be stupid to make spelling mistakes. I do it all the time when I am on my phone texting, or on Aim. You could be the smartest person in the world "n tlk liek dis"So really you can't assume that people are stupid who have bad grammar, they could be in a hurry, or not care about typing perfectly over the web.

[gisellebebegirl 0]

omg i found the perfect post for me! well this are things i hate.. they are mostly related to myspace but yea

 

I HATE

1.People who use OTHER PEOPLE'S pictures & say its them(thats pathetic, its obvious if you do & it just shows how many REAL friends you have)

 

 

2.People with all the crap in the profiles.. ok FIRST OF ALL, have u ever heard of a thing called "looking at your profile?" yea look at it & change it ifs its all alien slow/fat/retarded/weird/gay looking... learn to keep the sections width equal JEEZ

 

3.People who add SINGERS/WATEVER ok why are you adding them??? have u ever spoken to them?/gotten message/comment from them? if no:pathetic XD AND DONT TELL ME: BUT YOU HAVE SNGERS ADDED. becuz the ones i have added, unlike you people, i talk to/run fansites ok?

 

4.People who post liek 4758421buletins.. example:10:25-i just had cereal 10:30 i dropped my spoon

10:30 i SO TOTALLY HAD A SPOON OF CEREAL

& there was a hair in it eww! REPOST OR YOU WILL GET RAPED BY AN ANGRY HORSE wearing a pink dress in 45751575145751 seconds! repost it now! this is no joke.. it happened to my friend..i mean wtf etc.. got it?

 

5.if you add someone, talk to them! jeez i mean dont just add them and dont talk to them that is RUDE!

 

6.dont put someone on your top that you've never talked to in your entire life and dont kno and or neever talked to , its fukin creepy!

 

7.chain letters jeez. look chain letters are NOT real! dont post one and see what happens, absoultly NOTHING! i've ignored over hundreds and look at me , im still alive and kickin! they're NOT real, you're not gonna find your true love and all that, thats just silly. also its against the policy terms on myspace and you CAN get deleted, simple as that.

 

8.every now and then someone posts a bulletin saying COMMENT MY PICTURES LOVE YA! ever heard of PC4PC (pic comment 4 pic comment). seriously COMMENT THOSE PEOPLE BACK! its annoying when you dont and you beg for pic comments. i honestly hate those bulletins, just if someone comments your pic DONT say THANKS FOR THE COMMENT!<3 jeez just comment them back its nicer

 

9.i hate when people look at your pictures but dont comment and leave you a comment or tell you at school saying, nice pictures you got there! its lke JEEZ COMMENT THEM! HOW HARD IS THAT JUST grr idk it pisses me off

 

10.dont post a BUNCH of new pictures all at once like 150 million pictures and tell people to comment them. jeez its like you're a fukin camera *BLEEP* or somethin. especially if you're doing the same pose and they all look alike. just pick ONE

 

10. h@t3 p30p13 wh0 t@1k 1ik3 th1s! or EvEN LyK DiZz or like...this...with..all...those...dots...its...like..a...never...ending...sentance... JUST TYPE NORMAL!!!

i meqan dude// HOW HARD IS IT TO TYPE NORMAL.. just for me

its freaking hard to type with all the numbers & the caps and lowearcaps gah!

 

11.i like people who i can actually have CONVERSATIONS with. not those cheesy whats up things that only end in nothin much just here bored. LAME

 

12.TAKE OFF THE CREDIT FROM HOT COMMENTS OR WHERE YOU GET YOUR VIDEOS OR LAYOUTS AND STUFF FROM! ITS ANNOYING! (not site small links, those are fine) BUT THOSE HUGE CLICK CLICK HERE HERE ima rape u links ya..

 

13.dont put those stupid surveys all over your page! those just annoy the hell out of me. just write some things from that in your about me and ta da! you have a about me! for those of you who dont and all you do is surveys jeez.

[Tunay 0]

I love where this is going :]I absolutely agree with everyone on this topic!People on Myspace usually spend most of their time on their site. I have one but i only go on it once ever 5 months cause i forget about it. Then you get those adds from people that are like fake porn stars. I mean come on seriously? only pervs and horny guys will add you. and i don't add just anyone. They have to be like my close family and best friends other wise. don't expect me to add you lol. Want to know how to spot a myspace *BLEEP*? if you click on their profile and see that they have more than 100 friends it SCREAMS myspace *BLEEP*. Oh and if they only have 1 fake looking picture yea no they aren't real, they don't talk to you, they just want to have thousands of friends because they don't have friends in real life.OH and i HATE when 9 year olds have myspaces it screams "RAPE ME 40 YEAR OLD MAN RAPE ME PLEASE". Come on, do parents have ANY common sense? Keep your child in check and make sure they aren't on stuff like myspace or facebook. its for their safety : Another thing i don't like about myspace is the fact that you atleast get your account hacked atleast once. it happened to me i don't know how the hell someone actually got my password. its like capitalized letters and numbers and regular letters combined. PLUS i just bashed on my keyboard when i did my password but meh. what can you do? anyways. i also hate when people post stupid surveys about themselves. who cares really. 1. What color are your eyes : blue2. do you like pie? yes3. who was the last person you smiled at? Hell i don't *BLEEP*ing know!!!Its gay things like that, that annoy me >.> and just because they are "bored" they do those surveys. Honestly if you are BORED go out and hang out with friends or go help your mom clean the house or Go cook a meal for your family. don't waste your time on a 150 question survey about random crap that isn't even important to other people.Oh and don't you love when people post bulletins like :for example: [subject] I[message] am really bored! hit me up and i'll give you my seven Dig yo!ugh that drives me insane!!! - it really does. i find it stupid and pointless just get to the damn point -.-And you can't forget those people that can't use proper english! ppl dat dun kno howz 2 spel rite bcauz dey 2 layz 2 spel lyke a normal person. i especially hate when people are like Oh Em Gee datz lyke Mi BaBi Rite der! or Datz mi n mi cuzin dnt we look Hawt! UGH YOU HAVE ENGLISH CLASS FOR A FREAKIN REASON!I also hate when people try to send me comments about "OMG i got a Macy's Card here at this site you should check it out ;DD because i'm a *BLEEP* and i don't get none!"I also hate when people send me invitations like "Go get your free iPhone, or Instead of an iPhone get a Wii! or a PS3!" YEAAAA!!! NO!! :)If i had a spam folder you know where all my messages and event invites would go to? STRAIGHT TO MY SPAM FOLDER! <3I also hate when girls hit on my fiancee on myspace. like "omg you are so hott! leave your gf and be with me cause i'm a skanky *BLEEP*" yea no he's mine thank you <3 thats why we are engaged *BLEEP*es!!!I have so much more but Eh lol i'll stop here for now x.x cause its almost 4 AM and i need to get up in about 3 hours!

Edited January 19, 2008 by Tunay (see edit history)

[kobra500 1]

I am well spoken however I sometimes use slang... its miss pronounciancions I hate rather than slang or spelling mistakes

[usedragon 0]

There was a forum I used to be a moderator -- users would post support in suggestions and topics in another sections. Even though, the forum rules states something and don't read. People who uses myspace needs to get a life. I mean is, people that attends to be on myspace for hours, adding people just to increase their friends numbers, posting things that aren't them should get a life. Myspace isn't everything you know!Slow pokes driving too slow!!!! Annoying as hell when changing next intersections, etc. DRIVE FASTER.People that knows everything or smarter than anyone else. Especially at school getting smart, thinking they all bad because they are smart. If you are smart, use it in a good way!!!!! hahaha

[sheepdog 10]

People are getting dumber by the day,
and how I wish it would stop.

I could not agree with you more. I am just flabergasted by the sheer stupidity of humanity at times. Watch the evening news sometime if you don't believe it. Thieves committing armed robbery right in front of servaliance camaras, people flying into murderous rages over someone cutting them off in traffic, then there's cyberbulling, what on earth is that about? How can you justify harrassing someone for no particular reason? What is the point? What does the bully get out of it? If it is a feeling of superiority, how can you feel superior to someone when the bulling your doing professes them to be a loser or what ever. It isn't hard to be superior to a nobody, so what's the point?

My biggest grip about stupid people though are the animal rights people. The vast majority of them have absolutly NO CLUE about anything pretaining to animals. They blubber on about how animals are killed inhumanly at slaughter houses, when in fact they have never set foot in a slaughter house. I have even heard of several people going on how cruel dairy cows are treated, these people were dumb enough to think that the cows spent their whole lives hooked up to a milking machine. It's a crying shame they can spout off that garbage yet never even realize what a cow dairy is all about. I read a web site on line once where some goof ball was describing how pups are transported to pet stores, she claimed that "some liquid" was forced down their throats to render them unconcious so they wouldn't bark, and then they were ricked up like cord wood in the back of a semi tractor trailer and shipped for days like that. What amazes me is that people are stupid enough to believe that kind of crap. Nothing could be farther from the truth, but they make up all this junk to futher their causes and stir up other ignorant peoples emotions. I can't believe how much totally unrealistic stories the animal rights people absolutly make up out of thin air. If people had the tiniest amount of common sense they would realize it couldn't possibly be true, but yet they fall for it hook line and sinker and those donations to PETA keep rolling in.