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Have your parents ever said something so unhinged that you’re just left standing there like🧍‍♂️? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Mine hit me with the “We're spending all this money on you now so you can’t grow up and say we didn’t spend money on you when your were a kid.”

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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Reading through this I totally get why the world is the way it is.

Most people are actually really fucking dumb.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fifty percent of people are dumber than the average. Of course a much smaller percentage are REALLY effing dumb.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Think how stupid the average person is, then realize half the people are more stupid than that"- George Carlin

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's a plurality of people clustering around 100 though, which is why it's the baseline IQ.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The silent majority.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For some reason the conservatives in the UK are really keen on pointing out that the "silent majority are with [them]" on their policies. However, originally that phrase referred to the dead so it all sounds a bit strange when you keep that in mind.

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