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minus-squaresirscooter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down4·21 hours agoI have to quote St Carlin “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
minus-squareStormy@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down29·20 hours agoWell, fuck me. People think they’re clever with that line outside of reddit too.
minus-squareVespair@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoI don’t think people think they’re being “clever” when they reference that quote
minus-squarenotwhoyouthink@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoYah and just like Reddit, Lemme also has folks like you who must quip the obvious to feel smart. Snark doesn’t carry online the way you want it to.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·17 hours agoWow, it’s rare to see proof of a statement in the very next comment.
minus-squarerhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·6 hours agoGetting tired of cliche comments means you’re stupid now?
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 hours agoIt’s a Carlin quote, not a “cliche.”
minus-squaresirscooter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·20 hours agoIt just give me a point of clarity in a crazy world. When people are being daft I just like to remember, probablity wise, I’m probably verbally fighting with a moron and morons are good at being dumb.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoThey drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoProbability wise, stupidity is not necessarily a normal distribution.
I have to quote St Carlin
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
Well, fuck me. People think they’re clever with that line outside of reddit too.
I don’t think people think they’re being “clever” when they reference that quote
Yah and just like Reddit, Lemme also has folks like you who must quip the obvious to feel smart.
Snark doesn’t carry online the way you want it to.
Wow, it’s rare to see proof of a statement in the very next comment.
Getting tired of cliche comments means you’re stupid now?
It’s a Carlin quote, not a “cliche.”
It just give me a point of clarity in a crazy world. When people are being daft I just like to remember, probablity wise, I’m probably verbally fighting with a moron and morons are good at being dumb.
They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Probability wise, stupidity is not necessarily a normal distribution.