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L0oniX

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42. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you ...the American Idiot:

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Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:29 PM

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The Results Are In: America Is Dumb and on the Road to Getting Dumber [View all] xchrom Jun 2014 OP

There is a deliberate aspect chervilant Jun 2014 #1

Those in power always used religion to keep the masses afraid, superstitious, and ignorant. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #20

Indeed, chervilant Jun 2014 #39

The better to take your money, my dear. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #2

I keep telling you, Idiocracy is actually a documentary. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #3

Indeed, but even I am surprised by how dumb America is...this pisses me off randys1 Jun 2014 #28

it's the dark age barbtries Jun 2014 #4

That is a good description, sadly. (nt) PotatoChip Jun 2014 #10

yikes marmar Jun 2014 #5

i's a tad alarming. xchrom Jun 2014 #6

Proof kokobell616 Jun 2014 #7

I don't think The Learning Channel call themselves that anymore. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #32

The Patron Saint of Stupid: GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #8

We need something like a Dumb Ass Report Android3.14 Jun 2014 #9

My co-worker was proud of her ignorance. no_hypocrisy Jun 2014 #11

If "common sense" was really all that common hobbit709 Jun 2014 #12

I have worked in health care for 40 years. 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #36

Humans and dinosaurs did (do) inhabit the Earth simultaneously. dawg Jun 2014 #13

Only if you regard birds as 'dinosaurs' blackspade Jun 2014 #17

They are a branch of dinosaurs that did not go extinct. dawg Jun 2014 #22

You missed my point. blackspade Jun 2014 #26

I didn't miss your point at all. dawg Jun 2014 #29

I'm not disputing that birds are descended from the Dinosauria Clade blackspade Jun 2014 #43

Birds ARE avian dinosaurs. longship Jun 2014 #35

Only 28% trust scientists!!? That downright depressing. johnnyrocket Jun 2014 #14

Personally, I think the 28% number is too high. dawg Jun 2014 #24

I'm actually surprised 1/10 understand what radiation does to the human body Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #15

Does "mess you up" count? dawg Jun 2014 #25

That could certainly be why it's so low. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #27

Radiation is difficult to understand, because it messes you up in at least four different ways MillennialDem Jun 2014 #30

Unbelievable. blackspade Jun 2014 #16

Obviously a certain segment is..... whistler162 Jun 2014 #18

Well this explains the idiots. mikeysnot Jun 2014 #19

The dumbing of Americans Thespian2 Jun 2014 #21

Ding ding ding. They always complain about indoctrination MillennialDem Jun 2014 #33

^^^this^^^ Creating a permanent underclass that will NEVER fight them. freshwest Jun 2014 #40

BINGO bongo. nt laundry_queen Jun 2014 #44

Thread is pure garbage from a logical view Leme Jun 2014 #23

I've never trusted the 1 in 5 believe the sun revolves around the earth question MillennialDem Jun 2014 #31

One of the things that feeds this trend LWolf Jun 2014 #34

In the thread about Ralph Reed's appearance on Bill Maher's show... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #37

I believe that, literally, every time I find myself driving somewhere. flvegan Jun 2014 #38

Dinosaurs & humans still inhabit the earth simultaneously. Here is proof... Elwood P Dowd Jun 2014 #41

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you ...the American Idiot: L0oniX Jun 2014 #42