Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
I was sure this was a parody, and this woman was an actress. Scary. (Yes, darling, France is a country.)
Not only is this a real woman, name of Kellie Pickler, Wikipedia actually has Ms. Pickler graduating from a North Carolina high school.
So...what do you have to do to graduate high school in America these days, prove you have a pulse?
via Appleita
jesus christ, how did she even get as far as she did?
And I thought the babbling miss america was the dumbest blonde on TV
lujlp at December 23, 2007 1:33 AM
It's the closing line "he's tricked me" that gets me. What exactly is going through her mind at that point?
Norman at December 23, 2007 3:48 AM
What exactly is going through her mind at that point?
About what's going through Lucy's at any given moment.
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 4:26 AM
Don't be so hard on Lucy. Who, exactly, is having herself catered to and cared for, free, simply for being?
I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but it appears that some humans have a disease, or perhaps an allergy, to thinking. It's work, or so they "think", and so they don't want to learn or think at all.
What do you have to do to graduate? About the same things as to run for office: age.
Radwaste at December 23, 2007 5:02 AM
I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but it appears that some humans have a disease, or perhaps an allergy, to thinking
I don't know what they do for fun.
Lately, I've been thinking about thinking. Satisficing, for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 5:42 AM
And about "cognitive distortion": Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 5:43 AM
Sorry. "Cognitive dissonance." More on it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 5:45 AM
"Cognitive dissonance"
In popular usage, it can be associated with the tendency for people to resist information that they don't want to think about, because if they did it would create cognitive dissonance, and perhaps require them to act in ways that depart from their comfortable habits. They usually have at least partial awareness of the information, without having moved to full acceptance of it, and are thus in a state of denial about it.
At last!! I finally know that THIS is what my ex-husband suffers from! o_O
Flynne at December 23, 2007 8:35 AM
Its what 90% of humanity suffers from
lujlp at December 23, 2007 9:22 AM
Still, she did have that Melanie Griffith "Bonfire of the Vanities" thing going on...
eric at December 23, 2007 10:05 AM
Amy. There's a simpler way to put this: ROI. No one will take action they do not see as rewarding. Some can realize that sacrifice now leads to great rewards later, but an awful lot don't.
It's a bigger stretch to examine how one thinks, as you have determined already. It's not popular, even among cognoscenti - perhaps they think it's settled, or a minor issue. See forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=92553 . But the bulk of people DO have constant problems with realizing that what they think is not reality, even if they are "good people" - it only approaches it to some degree. That's why we have so many problems with laws, just to name one thing.
Radwaste at December 23, 2007 12:14 PM
Thanks, Rad -- good stuff.
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 12:29 PM
I'm sure she'll be on the Today show come Monday morning to explain to all of us silly, mean people that she was just 1) overwhelmed 2) really, really, uhh *giggle* like nervous! 3) was unable to think straight.
Fucking idiot.
Gretchen at December 23, 2007 12:51 PM
I'll be doing a live remote from The Republic Of Cranberry Sauce.
Amy Alkon at December 23, 2007 12:54 PM
Maybe Miss South Carolina will know what to do about this.
Yeah, that never gets old...
Clinky at December 23, 2007 4:26 PM
Just in case anyone thinks America has an exclusive on idiots, check this out.
Note the audience's votes. And these ain't kids.
Splashman at December 23, 2007 11:19 PM
This kid is great! Smart, knowledgeable, polite, makes a good impression. -- Eh? What do you mean, "She's a birdbrain"?? "SHE"?? What "she"? -- Oh, yeah, now that you mention it and now that I looked at the video clip again, I see there IS a female contestant, too. Heh, I learned long, long ago to ignore blondes....
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