What has become of this world?

Has idiocy become the order of the day?

Has intelligence taken a holiday?

I made a mistake. I turned on the telly, seeking respite, and encountered incredible stupidity.

I'm not a smart man. I have never claimed to be one. We, some of us, consider ourselves to be an "evolved species".

HAH! That's a fucking joke.

Excuse me, boys and girls. I'm pissed; in every sense of the word.

Zen is shocked (shocked!) to discover stupidity on television.

In answer to your implied question Mr. Clown, I consider us a highly evolved species. When you consider the sheer number of permutations we have undergone since we first mutated from our primal ancestor - which was probably something like a bacterium, but duller. Along the way we have developed such supreme wonders as a gut, a spine and earwax. Our livers and lights alone are worthy of nonstop awe.

Morevover, I would bring to your attention the fact that humans alone, among all the creatures on earth, have brought our evolution to such a fever pitch as to allow us to possess unlimited amounts of stupidity. No other animal can lay claim to a tenth as much stupidity as we. It took several million years of evolution to achieve this.

Of course, if you mistakenly view evolution as a force for good, rather than as a force (such as gravity) that merely exists and has measurable consequences, then you might understandably be disappointed in the development of human stupidity to the pinnacle on which it now stands. But don't blame evolution. It merely sorts and sifts, then sorts and sifts again and again an again. We humans merely were sifted through a peculiarly shaped hole in the mesh.

If you seek consolation for the idiot mark that mars us all, consider that we humans also invented distillation. It makes up for a lot.

I have some comments about your post, Mr. Aimless, but I can't think of them right now.

Dammit Man! This thread was intended to be about ranting, not reason!

Regarding the notion that humans invented distillation: That may very well be true but fermentation is an act of God (Or at least some Angel with a sense of humor.).

Shoot. 'Round here, we jus' suck on a spigot at the bottom of a silo until them goats get to lookin' real cute an...

(ZEN! STOP IT!)

Well Aimless ruined my day. He's just too damn logical! Oh, well...

*Assumes 'Orphan Annie' counternance, clasps hands, addresses the audience and...Sings! "Tomorrow, Tomorrow! I love you, Tomorrow!"...*

To make up for ruining your day, here's a romantic hint. After a good tug at the silage, use logic on the goats. They eat it up.

Zen: All men are stupid. Socrates is a man. Therefore I am Socrates, stupid.

Goats: Naaa-aa-aa!

Don't talk to me about goats...

You're just bitter about the alimony.

On the plus side, no other species (that we know of) are posting here.

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Just like the female mosquito does not buzz maybe the other species post but you just cannot see them......

Hmmmmmmmm????

Well, thank God for that. It's hard enough as it is, what with the rain and the chronic tonic shortages.

cronic tonic = pot shot ?

No, juniper jumper.