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I'd like to start a podcast about how stupid Americans are becoming

Posted by $ Abaco 5 days, 19 hours ago to Entertainment
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I'd work in suggestions and interviews by experts so that people can learn how to be less stupid. But, a lot of it would be stories about observations I made, guests made, included with plenty of laughter about it.

Last week I sat and watched a crew of young people try to make cheesesteak sandwiches and deliver them to the correct customers at a local sandwich shop. They struggled so bad that I was almost driven to tears. These people have no chance... They are nice. Just in trouble. Was telling a buddy to sit in his car at the local Walmart and watch people try to navigate it and park their cars. Yesterday my wife went into a dollar store to get a balloon for my mother in law's birthday. They couldn't do it. They blew up one with the wrong number, stumbled around in circles. I sent my daughter in after almost 15 minutes to see what was going on. A minute later they came walking out with my wife empty-handed, talking angrily waving her hands around with my daughter trailing behind. I thought, "uh-oh". My wife was so mad that the manager told her to never come back. Seriously...I laughed so hard I almost had to pull my truck over and walk around. I howled.

A while back I did start to write a book about this phenomenon and it became too dark...staring into the abyss. Maybe writing it with positive mental/neurological health input could be easier. But, the podcast would never run out of stories. There is evidence linking mRNA vaccination to a plethora of neurological disorders, which is why I think I'm noticing this more. Of course, having such a podcast could result and threats and be dangerous one's health. You know you're over the target when you start getting the flak.

Was listening to a Tom Woods podcast this morning walking the dog and his guest used the term, "high IQ weirdos" and I thought..."Is that me?" My IQ came in pretty high when I was a kid, making them realize I wasn't stupid (I'm not so sure about that) but that I was bored with school. That's my daughter, really. My college education was a very good one - engineering, philosophy, economics. It probably saved me. I've changed my mind on some important topics....Something I think is unique to the 15%ers I reference.

Would this podcast get deplatformed and censored? I saw a clip of a podcast on LinkedIn where the three hosts laughed about people naming their kids "Alakazam" and things like that....giving me this idea.


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  • Posted by rhfinle 4 days, 20 hours ago
    Abaco, you're right on track, but I don't know about the "becoming" part. We've always been there. George Carlin, the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, said, in 1990,
    "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
    I have a line that I use frequently to test the intelligence of supermarket cashiers, who hold up my milk carton and ask, "Do you want this in a bag?"
    I reply, "Gawd, no, if you take it out of that carton and put it in a bag, it'll be all over the place."
    99% of them just stare at me with a blank expression.
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 4 days, 20 hours ago
    I wonder if the people who needed it, the most, would understand it, but certainly I'm not saying it shouldn't be tried.
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  • Posted by Exitstageright 4 days, 20 hours ago
    Abaco, I would reference and endorse it. I would think you wouldn’t have to do much research to find offerings, it is, after all, a target rich environment.
    I have a ranch in the Texas Hill country, and two of my access gates has a 4 digit code. The vast majority of the under 35 just give me a blank stare when I tell them it is the founding year of the Republic. Most of em just ask “can you text the number to me?”.
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  • Posted by JakeOrilley 4 days, 23 hours ago
    Staring into the abyss is always an exercise in restraint - to easy to stare too long. As Nietzsche says - don't stare too long into the abyss less the abyss stares back at you - or that is close.....

    In this case too much time spent looking and observing the stupid, how much would rub off, how soon?
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  • Posted by mccannon01 5 days, 1 hour ago
    I think it has something to do with the taxpayer funded public "learing" and indoctrination centers, not to mention massive immigration no longer needing to assimilate. I normally don't listen to podcasts, but put up a link to yours and I will check it out for sure. I enjoy your posts here in the Gulch and I'm sure I'll enjoy a podcast authored by you.
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  • Posted by JohnRandALL 5 days, 9 hours ago
    Look at the comments when Johnny from Watters World goes out on the street and asks simple questions of people on the street ..... apparently, the average person is dumb as sh*t. No basic knowledge of politics, geography, or American history. Frightening. But I think your idea is great!
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  • Posted by freedomforall 5 days, 11 hours ago
    You would be following in the footsteps of some fantastic writers/commentators, for example Mark Twain and H. L. Mencken.
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  • Posted by VetteGuy 5 days, 16 hours ago
    You are right - You would NEVER run out of material. Keeping it light-hearted (rather than just sad and depressing) might be the bigger challenge!
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