Terminal Stupidity - The combination of three factors: Lack of knowledge, lack of wisdom, and lack of concern, that endangers the lives of individuals afflicted with the condition, or those around them.
All three factors must continue for a substantial period of time for an individual to be considered "terminally stupid." The condition is often characterized by the attitude contained in this phrase: "I don't know, it don't matter, and I don't have to care."
Terminal stupidity is NOT a natural condition. It is a condition chosen by an individual, group, or corporation - but it is not a permanent flaw.
If the afflicted person or group can be educated with facts; OR,
If the afflicted person or group can be informed by wisdom and experience; OR,
If the afflicted person or group can be made to understand how a specific situation or decision does, in fact, concern them;
THEN... They are not terminally stupid.
Simply being ignorant, inexperienced/unwise, or arrogant/hubristic (uneducated/uninformed, unwise, or uncaring) does not make someone terminally stupid.
All three conditions MUST be met.
All three factors must continue for a substantial period of time for an individual to be considered "terminally stupid." The condition is often characterized by the attitude contained in this phrase: "I don't know, it don't matter, and I don't have to care."
Terminal stupidity is NOT a natural condition. It is a condition chosen by an individual, group, or corporation - but it is not a permanent flaw.
If the afflicted person or group can be educated with facts; OR,
If the afflicted person or group can be informed by wisdom and experience; OR,
If the afflicted person or group can be made to understand how a specific situation or decision does, in fact, concern them;
THEN... They are not terminally stupid.
Simply being ignorant, inexperienced/unwise, or arrogant/hubristic (uneducated/uninformed, unwise, or uncaring) does not make someone terminally stupid.
All three conditions MUST be met.
"Those corporate fuckers are terminally stupid! Someone's gonna die thanks to their terminal stupidity!"
"That crazy hippie wannabe is terminally stupid, tying himself to the top of that tree. He's gonna end up dead that way."
"Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and George W. Bush were terminally stupid in deciding to go to war in Iraq."
"That crazy hippie wannabe is terminally stupid, tying himself to the top of that tree. He's gonna end up dead that way."
"Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and George W. Bush were terminally stupid in deciding to go to war in Iraq."
by Smitty's Monkey Wrench July 7, 2014
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I was on reddit earlier lurking posts and I stumbled upon this thread filled with nothing but herd-stupidity against the OP
by Shadou December 28, 2016
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George W. Bush isn't stupid because of his inability to speak. Rather, George W. Bush is stupid because he refuses to learn about policies, history, & public speaking.
Sources: Stupidity Documentary - Albert Nerenberg (Director) Rina Barone (Head of Research)
Go on YouTube and watch the BBC Documentary: Stupidity
Open your third eye
Sources: Stupidity Documentary - Albert Nerenberg (Director) Rina Barone (Head of Research)
Go on YouTube and watch the BBC Documentary: Stupidity
Open your third eye
by nicjam December 20, 2013
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by jeremy jackson March 30, 2008
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Did you hear about that user on the second floor who managed to force an Ethernet cable into a laptop's USB port? Fried the computer and it had to be replaced. I don't care who you are... that's some weapons grade stupidity right there.
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Since the stupid in our midst are breeding uncontrollably while the intelligent minority are dying out, one can easily predict that our stupidity will far outpace our technological progress within a few decades, and propel us back to the Stone Age or extinction with in a few centuries.
Since the stupid in our midst are breeding uncontrollably while the intelligent minority are dying out, one can easily predict that our stupidity will far outpace our technological progress within a few decades, and propel us back to the Stone Age or extinction with in a few centuries.
by sarcastic December 13, 2003
Get the Stupidity mug.The #1 reason political ads have basically remained unchanged for several years. Each election season candidates go on TV and, in a soft, dramatic voice, tell the viewers how much they love you, and how much they love your children, and how they want a wonderful future for you, and for your children, and golly, I want to be the one to do it. And the soft music plays in the background, while we watch a montage of images of children and elderly people. Then those who are the most gullible voters sit back and think, "wow, this person really must care about me and my children. I mean, listen to the music!"
So, without any careful study of the candidates, they vote them into office, and when the now elected official starts pursuing special interest paybacks and forgetting about you and your children, the voter is stunned and outraged.
The #2 reason is voting down party lines, regardless of the qualifications of the candidate. To flippantly vote for a candidate based on party affiliation is not only wholly irresponsible, but shows blatant ignorance towards the percentage of voters who attempt to educate themselves during election years. After all, we're trying to elect the least evil candidate.
So, without any careful study of the candidates, they vote them into office, and when the now elected official starts pursuing special interest paybacks and forgetting about you and your children, the voter is stunned and outraged.
The #2 reason is voting down party lines, regardless of the qualifications of the candidate. To flippantly vote for a candidate based on party affiliation is not only wholly irresponsible, but shows blatant ignorance towards the percentage of voters who attempt to educate themselves during election years. After all, we're trying to elect the least evil candidate.
The Erie County budget disaster so outraged the community, that voters put most of the legislators back into office the next election year. Um..., now wait a minute. That sounds like voter stupidity. When we asked a voter, he said "well, I'm a Democrat, and even though he is one also and he was equally responsible for this mess, well, I just voted down the party line, you see. Plus, his commercial said he really liked me and my family."
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