Still wonder why?

[titanic3]

There's always going to be dumb people, I see them everyday.

I personally use "text language" with my friends, and I don't think I'm dumb, hopefully you guys don't think I'm dumb either. But if I started to use SAT vocabulary word with my friends, I doubt I would have any friends after a week.

On the other hand, I'm not going to use text language on this forum, because I know my audience are *mostly* mature/well educated people.

A few of my friends are very smart, smarter than me, but they can't seem to know when to use the proper style of speaking/writing. And besides, it's high school, which is more or less a joke (excluding SATs), when college comes, I'm sure the smart and the dumb are going to be weeded out, and the smart-but-still-act-dumb people (like the friends I described), are going to learn the proper way to present themselves, and everything will be sorted out.

[gyrene81]

titanic, i work at a large private university...i see reasons every day to have my doubts. you and your friends are most likely part of the 10% of the student population who can actually tie their shoes, let alone add numbers without a calculator. unfortunately, intelligent people reproduce in limited numbers...the dumb ones reproduce like mice. do the math...

[titanic3]

Dumb people produce nothing, as long as there is a percentage of smart people alive and kicking, we'll get through the next generation.

I promise to take care of you Gyrene when you retire, with my taxes.

[F22RaptorDude]

If all the retarded people in the world suddenly died i'm sure the worlds population would be cut in half, shame we have to waste our resources

titanic, i work at a large private university...i see reasons every day to have my doubts. you and your friends are most likely part of the 10% of the student population who can actually tie their shoes, let alone add numbers without a calculator. unfortunately, intelligent people reproduce in limited numbers...the dumb ones reproduce like mice. do the math...

I was actually discussing that topic with my friend, I don't understand why people do it when times and resources are becoming more difficult to come by, and people in other places that have severe food shortages still having more and more kids

[Tigger29]

The door you unlocked on the car probably wont help much. Most automatic locks also disable the ignition.

That's pretty much incorrect.  While it is true that some "aftermarket" alarm systems won't enable the ignition, fuel, and/or the starter until the system is disarmed (which usually involves unlocking the doors) I have yet to see this to be the case with a factory FOB (remote) system.  Even in that email she said that she did not have an alarm.  Most cars these days read a binary code that is transmitted by the ignition key itself to determine whether or not to allow the vehicle to start - but this would be in the key itself and not the remote.

While I'm sure this 'viral' e-mail is false it's still quite possible that a lot of it actually happened.  I've seen some pretty stupid people in my day!

[DaCoon]

Adding to my earlier post.... if sense is so common, how come so few actually use it?

While i my be a GED graduate, I'm not dumb by any stretch.  I have learned in my 42 yrs of life reasoning and problem solving skills. There isn't very many tasks or jobs that I can't learn in a short amount of time. Mostly because I apply myself 110% to learning new skills and trades as the need arises.

    to all those that can and do.     

[FireDrgn]

Forwarding your emails to a forum??

The door you unlocked on the car probably wont help much. Most automatic locks also disable the ignition.


All funny... even funnier had they really happened.

they  may be fake        why add anecdotal evedance                        My vehicle starts fine I can lock the doors with the remote unlock with the key and still start the vehicle.     Just saying     

[FireDrgn]

 .. next time you go to a restaurant order plain tea.. there is a good chance they only have sweetneed and unsweetened tea.

[curry1]

If all the retarded people in the world suddenly died i'm sure the worlds population would be cut in half, shame we have to waste our resources

I hate people who use the word "retarded" out of context.  You know how bad you sound when you say that?

[guncrasher]

.. next time you go to a restaurant order plain tea.. there is a good chance they only have sweetneed and unsweetened tea.

sure go to los angeles, go into any restaurant and ask for sweet tea, they probably will tell you they dont have it, but order ice tea instead, pretty sure they have plenty.  or go to the south and if they ask you if you want sweet tea, just say, sure but with sweet and low, they will give you that confused look.  or even better ask for splenda, most likely they will tell you she dont work there.

does anybody on the east cost know what weak sauce means?  or how about a bar-bq  it has different meanings in los angeles or in the south.


semp

[RufusLeaking]

A colleague once asked me for the conversion factor between British metric and German metric.

I told him to multiply by one.