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Originally posted by Brown Bear
Any society that has people like Dr. Phil who become famous as a result of giving simple common sense should start to question their intelligence. Dr. Phil is not a genius, his advice is the most simple and obvious stuff, but he has achieved god-like status because there are so many stupid people that can't figure out this stuff on their own. Very sad.
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Who's Dr Phil? Is he anything like Dr Nick Riviera (Hi Dr Nick!)? But seriously, since I'm not living in America, who is Dr Phil? Just curious really...
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Our grandparents were not this ignorant.
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Normally I would agree with you. In fact I'd say this is true in 4 out of 5 cases. BUT - I was VERY shocked to learn yesterday that my husband's great uncle (a man in his mid seventies) doesn't know his roman numerals. Not all of the older generation managed to get a better education then those being educated today. I really was surprised. I figured that roman numerals, like a basic comprehension of world geography, would be something that nearly everyone in the 'civilized world' would posess. The old fucker is an asshole but I never figured him to have THAT extreme sort of basic ignorance. Go figure.
