I wish I was a Moron! (Extreme vanity)

Skooz | 11.01.01 | Skooz

[Harrison Bergeron]

Thanks. You saved me the trouble of writing the very same rant. I remember back in high school, the stupid guys got all the girls. Then in college, the education majors always seemed to have time to hang out in the SAC watching TV. Then when I started my engineering career, the guys on the production floor who still had lockers and came and went to the sound of a bell always seemed so carefree. And all these people had friends and family who loved them, just like me, so I never even had the luxury of feeling smug or superior to them.

But it's hubris, pure and simple, to think of our everyday working knowledge of politics and world events as a "burden," or ourselves "enlightened." If you read Sowell's Vision of the Anointed, this is, ironically, exactly how liberals see themselves. But more often than we'll ever know, some senator or highly placed executive somewhere sees you or I go about our daily routines, or reads one of our FR posts and says to themselves... "Ya know, this guy has it made. Not a care in the world."

[Samwise]

No. You change verb tense when you use "if" or "wish."

[ChemistCat]

Best vanity I've ever seen, including my own. My friend Janis calls me an "information junkie" and says it's pretty much pathological. The fallout from the Clinton years, the election, and now War2K have all taken turns twisting my nervous system into billions of Gordian knots.

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I have just added your Ecclesiastes verse to my AOL autoresponder, with this note at the end: "Go ahead, increase my sorrow; leave a detailed message."

[4CJ]

LOL - but that's only temporary.

Skooz, if you really, really want to be a moron, please send all your money for my booklet. Freepmail me for the address. Once I get all your money I promise you will feel like a moron for a long, long time.

Honest ;o)

[znix]

Hang in there pal.

Knowledge is power.

[The Man Upstairs]

I wish I was a Moron!

I am the djinni of the lamp.

If you truly wish to be a moron, just rub me...

And I'll add three points to your IQ.

[browardchad]

Good points, and thanks for the link, Terriergal -- interesting.

I don't think its basic intelligence that causes the problem -- it's having opinions, and being passionate about those opinions -- traits not held in high esteem in our society. Maybe the current world situation will change that a bit, as what we're facing slowly sinks in over time...if it's not too late.

[Mr.E]

Well? Who is the Moron?

[JoeSchem]

Most people don't want to spend time on Higher Questions. They'd rather fish, garden, and golf. It's not a question of intelligence, it's a matter of self-involvement.

There are two types of people with an interest in politics: people who are on personal power trips (the ultimate in self-involvement) and people who are truly unselfish and care about what's best for society.

I notice that many people involved in politics never want to look at religious or supernatural matters, so it works on that level, too.

The Cydonia Files.

[verity]

Need new glasses. At first, I saw the word "Mormon."

[The Duke]

Hey, if you find a cure let me know...

[mercy]

A fellow phishphreak will understand this. I caught myself yesterday bemoaning the fact that I had left my radio headset at the hotel as I gazed out at a Texas Gulf wading grounds I had never explored before. I mentally slapped myself as I finished my preparations next to my 4-wheel drive parked on the beach ten feet from the lapping waves. By the time I was a mile or so out into the waist deep water stalking my usually unconqerable prey .... I was no longer thinking about 'current events' . Ah to be alive again if for only a few hours.

[seams2me]

At the Red Robin diner the other night, I got a coaster with my drink that said "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?"

[RayeHawk]

It was a call-back to the all the maroon (misspelled moron) posts.

this thread had me ROTFLMAO!

[Garrisson Lee]

Why do you think so many people like drugs? Look, it could be worse. My father-in-law reads a couple of papers every day and watches every news show, and is always yelling about how the republicans are destroying the country and their "agenda" has to be stopped. Now, there's a moron.

[Samwise]

Don't you just hate it when someone doesn't get your jokes? Take my husband, please....

[RayeHawk]

Take my husband, please....

Why? is he cuter than mine? *grin*

[OWK]

I wish I was a Moron!

Done.

[Skooz]

Thanks for the kind words. I fully expected a maniacal flame-a-rama when I posted this, but I found the opposite to be true. Thanks again.

[Gasshog]

I wish I had some

Cheese