Is America getting stupider?

[mitchel]

*Warning*

Overarching generalization (that's probably true).

*warning*



Given: Smart people don't have a lot of children, say 1 or 2 per family. They know that children make them poorer so they choose not to have lots of kids.

Given: Stupid people have lots of kids because they suck at financial planning.

Then: Stupid people will have a much higher rate of reproduction than smart people. This then drives down the overall IQ of the nation.

 

[waffleironhead]

Based on your posts so far, I am going to guess you are from the large family of stupid people. Please stop posting and have no children.

 

[Juno]

where are you from, florida?

 

[randomlinh]

someone has been watching idiocracy

 

[Mikey]

America is not getting stupider, but its growth of intelligence is definitely slowing down. Just look at the economy and the education system.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
someone has been watching idiocracy

Based on the OP's other threads, I'll wager he's from a family of stupid people. How many siblings do you have, OP?

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
someone has been watching idiocracy

Agreed, the movie was hilarious but I think it's unrealistic in that it ignored genetic mutation (and that some regions are becoming smarter on average).

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

dumber?

 

[dr150]

Keep the H1B visas open. These smart immigrants will continue to bail out this country through their innovation and hard work.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

It's apparently a subjective topic...
Webster doesn't accept it but dictionary.com does.
Who knows (although I've been taught it isn't)?... It also goes against the "two syllable = more" rule.

 

[biggestmuff]

You're including yourself, right?

 

[gar3555]

Given the OP, I'm gonna guess that you just watched Idiocracy...there you go, take the advice of someone who made a cartoon called Beavis and Butthead...

 

[Lithium381]

in short, yes

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

 

[mitchel]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
someone has been watching idiocracy

I never saw it before or even heard of it until your post. Sounds like an interesting movie.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

It's apparently a subjective topic...
Webster doesn't accept it but dictionary.com does.
Who knows (although I've been taught it isn't)?... It also goes against the "two syllable = more" rule.

dictionary.com is made of stupid. The proper and definitive source to look up words is m-w.com, aka Merriam-Webster.

 

[BoomerD]

I found the OP's family movie...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117768/

 

[Colt45]

yes

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

It's apparently a subjective topic...
Webster doesn't accept it but dictionary.com does.
Who knows (although I've been taught it isn't)?... It also goes against the "two syllable = more" rule.

dictionary.com is made of stupid. The proper and definitive source to look up words is m-w.com, aka Merriam-Webster.

Am I incorrect since I didn't write "Merriam-"? I always referred to it as Webster... Hmm..

 

[TheBlackOut]

i smart u dumb..... were are mcdonalds? i hungary

 

[WildHorse]

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[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

It's apparently a subjective topic...
Webster doesn't accept it but dictionary.com does.
Who knows (although I've been taught it isn't)?... It also goes against the "two syllable = more" rule.

dictionary.com is made of stupid. The proper and definitive source to look up words is m-w.com, aka Merriam-Webster.

Am I incorrect since I didn't write "Merriam-"? I always referred to it as Webster... Hmm..

They've been Merriam-Webster since 1983.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

Well then if you use "more stupid" you have the problem of whether "more" is qualifying "stupid" as a noun or as an adjective. "Stupider" at least makes it clear that it's an adjective.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Is stupider a word? I always thought it was "more stupid"

It's apparently a subjective topic...
Webster doesn't accept it but dictionary.com does.
Who knows (although I've been taught it isn't)?... It also goes against the "two syllable = more" rule.

two syllables?

how about funner?