Originally written by Carlos Mencia for FHM Magazine.
People are getting stupider and it's making me crazy. It's mental laziness more than anything else. If it was plain stupidity - like they're just so dumb they don't get it - it might be OK. But People can do better, they're just not trying.
Every day I drive by this sign for a dry clear that reads, "Open seven days a week. Sundays too." Every time i see it I'm like, "Is this some kind of joke that I'm not in on? Am I the only idiot who doesn't get it?" So, one day I went in and asked the owner about it. He said, "Look, when I first opened the place, the sign read 'open seven days a week', bt so many people came in and asked about Sundays I had to put on the sign." Idiots!
Meanwhile, everything in this country is slowly being dumbed down to cater to the stupid. We have newspapers like the Los Angeles Times being written at a sixth grade reading level. Look at our president! He never got higher than a C average in school. How are you supposed to tell a kid to get better grades? He'll say, "I got C's, bitch. I could be president!!"
Here's the solution: First, we need to exercise the minds of our young. When I was a kid, we had Schoolhouse Rock. You didn't know you were learning from it - you just sang along, then you'd be in school like, "Oh my god, I know how a bill becomes a law!" But, look what kids have today - SpongeBob. "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?" Nobody, dick. There are no pineapples under the sea, and there's no squirrel with a breathing apparatus either. It doesn't work that way.
Secondly, we need to tell kids when their stupid. Nobody tells them anymore. They go through school being told they're smart and special. In Little League, we give them trophies when they lose. They have no incentive to work hard because they're rewarded for mediocrity. From now on, first place should get a trophy and second place gets a tiny trophy with a little cup on it. Third through fifth places get a ribbon, and everyone else gets to go and think about how much they suck.
As for the rest of us, we need to educate ourselves. Look up big words like "soliloquy" and "gymnasium" in the dictionary. Stop turning on the news and believing everything it tells you. Ask questions. Don't be intellectually lazy. Think.
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sorry for the long read.
