Comments on: A Nation Of Idiots? http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/ "The Most Hated Blog On Wall Street" Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Editor http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-964 Editor Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:07:18 +0000 http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-964 Thanks for the comment Anonymous. Funny that you mention the movie "Idiocracy," considering I just saw it a couple of days prior to you mentioning it. For those of you who never heard of the film, "Idiocracy" is a dark comedy by Mike Judge ("Office Space") starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph ("SNL"). From Wikipedia: "The two main characters sign up for a military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and they awaken 500 years in the future. They discover that the world has devolved into a dystopia where marketing, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism run rampant and dysgenics have resulted in a uniformly stupid human society. Despite its lack of a major theatrical release, the film has achieved something of a cult following with its anti-corporate message and savage satire of the way in which the mass media caters to the basest of human instincts." Thanks for the comment Anonymous. Funny that you mention the movie “Idiocracy,” considering I just saw it a couple of days prior to you mentioning it. For those of you who never heard of the film, “Idiocracy” is a dark comedy by Mike Judge (”Office Space”) starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph (”SNL”). From Wikipedia:

“The two main characters sign up for a military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and they awaken 500 years in the future. They discover that the world has devolved into a dystopia where marketing, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism run rampant and dysgenics have resulted in a uniformly stupid human society. Despite its lack of a major theatrical release, the film has achieved something of a cult following with its anti-corporate message and savage satire of the way in which the mass media caters to the basest of human instincts.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-952 Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:24:54 +0000 http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-952 See the movie "Idiocracy" to see our immediate future. The movie takes place 500 years from now, but seems more like barely around the corner except for surnames being the makes of cars like a "Mr. Lexus". See the movie “Idiocracy” to see our immediate future. The movie takes place 500 years from now, but seems more like barely around the corner except for surnames being the makes of cars like a “Mr. Lexus”.

]]> By: Editor http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-845 Editor Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:00:14 +0000 http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-845 I have to hand it to the young lady for continuing on, with a good sense of humor I might add, despite the audience and little munchkin man snickering at her. It doesn't appear that she is what Ms. Jacoby would call an anti-rationalist. I'd be curious to see what kind of environment she came from and the priority that was assigned to education... I have to hand it to the young lady for continuing on, with a good sense of humor I might add, despite the audience and little munchkin man snickering at her. It doesn’t appear that she is what Ms. Jacoby would call an anti-rationalist. I’d be curious to see what kind of environment she came from and the priority that was assigned to education…

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-840 Sunshine Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:02:53 +0000 http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-840 Jefferey Fox? could get in trouble for being a sexist. The truth is men have shorter attention span :-) Anyway, I thought she was cute to say she heard about Turkey. Hungary triggered her memory of Turkey. Honestly, I didn't know Hungary is pronounced same as hungry. Jefferey Fox? could get in trouble for being a sexist.
The truth is men have shorter attention span :-)

Anyway, I thought she was cute to say she heard about Turkey. Hungary triggered her memory of Turkey. Honestly, I didn’t know Hungary is pronounced same as hungry.

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-839 Sunshine Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:49:55 +0000 http://www.boom2bust.com/2008/02/19/a-nation-of-idiots/#comment-839 • In 1982, 82% of college graduates read novels or poems for pleasure. By 2002, this had shrunk to 67%. --Wow, I feel honor to belong to 33% category. I read a lot, but not novels or poems. • In 1982, 82% of college graduates read novels or poems for pleasure. By 2002, this had shrunk to 67%.

–Wow, I feel honor to belong to 33% category. I read a lot, but not novels or poems.

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