Too stupid to recognize the difference between need and want.
I think this is a far better assessment than the poor thing put forward in the article. This has more to do w/ lack of wisdom than $.
Nobody NEEDS a sofa.
How sad.
I'd love a new sofa and loveseat, but I can't afford it right now - so I live with the old stuff.
And that's OK - I'm not rich and I'm not embaressed by that - I work hard and scrimp and save, and that's OK.
Exactly. Low IQ folks must have an instant gratification impulse that exceeds their ability to calculate total cost and then weigh value. Similarly, when I recall instances of driving at night and seeing pedestrians who imprudently run across traffic, far too close to oncoming traffic, I assume these are low enough IQ folks who cannot judge the closing speed between the oncoming traffic and where they are (as well as overestimating their sprinting ability.) I’s love to see a plot of pedestrian fatality rate by IQ decile. Stupid people do a lot of things differently.