There are several reasons why are we all so Smart, but after all the
smoke clears, we are still Pretty Darn Dumb.
How can I dare say such a thing? It’s easy. We used to know things
because we read about what we wanted to know about, we did research about what
we wanted to know about and we studied about what we wanted to know about. In
other words we actively took actions that resulted in making our collective and
individual selves Smarter.
Today we don’t have to do anything to become “smart” (note the
quotation marks on the word smart) because we have Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go,
Wikipedia and such to Look It Up.
In other words, we don’t know anything. We just Look It Up and then we FaGetAbout what we just Looked Up because we don’t have to clutter our minds with the Looked Up Information because, if we
ever need it again, we can Look It Up…again.
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Today I was stumbling about the Internet and I
saw a link with a picture of Walt Disney in it. Below his beloved picture were
these words…
Respected Historical Figures Who Were Actually Terrible People
I thought to myself, “Self, why
do they (whoever they are) have to go out of their way to make people we
respect sound like terrible people?”
I did click on the link and the promo for the link started.
Terrible
Walt was first and he was followed by Mother Teresa and that’s when I closed
out the link.
Do I have to know the bad or evil or perversion or nastiness about
everyone? I’ve decided I don’t. I’m content to just continuing to wallow in my “ignorance”
(note the quotation marks on the word ignorance).
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe: If you want to
be “smarter” than Smartfella you can copy and paste “Respected Historical Figures Who Were Actually
Terrible People” into a browser and have at it. If you do watch the whole clip, you may
consider yourself smarter than I am but will you be better for it?
Lagniappe
Another: Before I got out of the site completely I looked around and found
other similar links I don’t want to know about…
- 10 Geniuses Who Were Shockingly Horrible People
- 12 Insane DESCENDANTS of Famous People
- 10 Famous Historical Figures Who Were Perverts
- 10 More Historically Important Perverts
- Respected Musicians Who Were Actually Terrible People
- Respected Writers Who Were Actually Terrible People
- Geniuses Who Were Actually Terrible People
- 12 Actors Who Treat Fellow Cast Members Like Trash
The Internet is a
wonderful thing…Or is it?
