• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Yup.

    Gonna spend the rest of my life knowing I’m surrounded by fucking morons. And I’m not some genius. I had a typical public education. I guess the difference is I actually paid attention.

    Not a great feeling. Especially since that probably means things aren’t generally gonna get better. Can’t have a good society if it’s overflowing with dipshits.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 hours ago

      Gonna spend the rest of my life knowing I’m surrounded by fucking morons. And I’m not some genius. I had a typical public education. I guess the difference is I actually paid attention.

      Yep, I’m smart enough to know I’m not that smart. But I can at least look around me and go “This isn’t normal, right?”

      It’s a weird fucking curse to have. Smarter than the average American due to the decades of under-funding the education system. I know how to use a computer more than boomers and younger people stuck using machines locked down by corporations.

      Ask me to do a math question higher than high school level? I’m going to flounder. You ask me who was president in 1890 without looking it up, I probably know it. And I know that’s not exactly a flex, it’s probably overall better to know more advanced math than trivia, but it’s just how my brain works.

      And yet I’m still smarter than Trump and his cultists.

    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I’m in the same boat as you. I think I’m pretty middle of the pack. The bottom is filled with genuine morons.

    • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com
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      7 hours ago

      What’s the George Carlin quote? Something about how stupid the most average person you know is, then realize that 50% of people are dumber than that?