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Marge_Innavera:

--- Quote from: injest on March 02, 2008, 04:49:22 pm ---so what I dont' understand with this show "Who's Smarter Than A 5th Grader" is why do the 5th graders know this stuff and the adults don't? I would assume that the adults knew this stuff when they were in the 5th grade but by the time they are college aged, all that knowledge seems to have disappeared...

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I watch that show regularly, and some of the questions, my first reaction is often "OMG I learned that (X) years ago" but never had an occasion to use it.  I've just never had a need since high school days to figure out how many 'factors' any given number has.

But some of the ignorance of basic facts is mind-boggling, such as with one contestent who wasn't sure what ocean bordered the US west coast. Jeff Foxworthy is sometimes pretty blatant, and funny, in letting contestents know when they're in over their heads.

Artiste:
Boy you made my day already!


--- Quote --- me? vote?? in a primary???

no way! that is for losers...

*Jess runs out really fast...*
 
 
  
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You made me laugh, and laugh, and laugh... happily!

Love your sense of humolur, chère madame (dear lady)!!

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Concerning the suject of dumb and dumber, when I was at a meeting in Detroit City, a teacher told me that the system (education) does NOT want anymore kids to be educated! And he was not joking! He told me some rasons for that!

That was years ago... and I am still in shock!!!

Hugs!

forsythia12:

--- Quote from: susiebk on March 03, 2008, 12:27:26 pm ---I seem to remember hearing about a poll where people were asked what whether Barack Hussein Obama should be punished.  The overwhelming response was "Absolutely!".  Now, Obama may rhyme with Osama, but the similarites end there.  Funny, but not really!



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yes, that's just one example of people not really knowing what they're talking about.
here's a video about people jumping on 'the bandwagon' without even knowing what they're really saying.

delalluvia:

--- Quote from: injest on March 03, 2008, 12:51:18 am ---the article I referenced above is more than a little biased but the thought behind it I do agree with. There is a set of the community that no longer sees a need to grow up and become a contributing member of the community.

We are so obsessed with leisure we forget that we have to work first.....that nothing comes without a cost
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Agree.

I am always so disappointed when I see or read or hear about these kind of polls.

Has anyone here on this board ever been polled? Stopped in the street or called and asked such questions?

I get so frustrated.  I know these things!  My friends know these things.  Not everyone is stupid.  But no one ever asks us.  I wonder how these poll takers choose the people they ask.  TV shows I'm not worried about.  They're rigged just like everything else.  They choose some people because they're smart and others because they can't chew gun and think at the same time.

Marge_Innavera:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on March 03, 2008, 08:02:34 pm ---Has anyone here on this board ever been polled? Stopped in the street or called and asked such questions?

I get so frustrated.  I know these things!  My friends know these things.  Not everyone is stupid.  But no one ever asks us.  I wonder how these poll takers choose the people they ask.  TV shows I'm not worried about.  They're rigged just like everything else.  They choose some people because they're smart and others because they can't chew gun and think at the same time.
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I often wonder how poll takers choose their subjects too.  At least one talk show host, Sean Hannity, regularly uses "polls," with questions such as "who is Vice President?" and "name three Supreme Court justices", but they're always aired to illustrate how dumb 'liberals' are, so what is actually aired on the show is more than a little, um, selective.

The only things I've ever been polled about were consumer products.

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