"Never wrestle with a pig, you both wind up muddy and the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
-Curt On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 09:35:06 AM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I don’t engage, as I often want to. It’s like the old adage of "bringing a gun to a knife fight” as they’ll just spew silly things back at you. I just chuckle and move on. -D > On Mar 17, 2023, at 9:30 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > It also, for some reason, allows them to think they're smarter than they are. > This is the Dunning-Kruger effect in action, the dumb people are completely > unaware how dumb they are. > > I also find that the older people think they're smart just because they're > old. "Well I have experience." they'll say, my reply is often "You write like > a 5th grader who is in the remedial class..." > > -Curt > > > On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 09:27:15 AM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > I think the tell is that they were outraged about McDonalds. That’s a > giveaway for the demographic right there. > > I think your point is well taken, it’s unlikely that the number of dumb > people has increased, it’s just that they’re more visible. Facebook just > compounds the problem, as it gives them a place to gather. > > -D > >> On Mar 17, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It's hard to disagree. In reality though I think dumbness has always been >> the standard, it's just a lot easier to see/experience more dumb people per >> day now than it was in the past. >> >> Does everybody have a local Facebook page? The one for Winchendon is full of >> the dumbest people I've ever seen. During our recent major snowstorm power >> was knocked out for pretty much the whole town. People were outraged that >> McDonalds wasn't open, what were they going to eat? >> >> I suggested that most of them would do well to skip a few meals. Somehow >> that didn't land me in Facebook jail... >> >> -Curt >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 09:42:01 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> In all seriousness, I really believe people are becoming more and more >> stupid by the day. It’s actually concerning how dumb the general population >> seems to be these days. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Mar 16, 2023, at 8:19 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> You should try buying wheels! >>> >>> If you’re lucky people are smart enough to put the size, but rarely, if >>> ever, the offset. Trying to get the offset from someone who barely knows >>> what a wheel is can be trying at best. >>> >>> I’m trying to find a set of 18” staggered “sport” wheels for the CL600, and >>> it’s to the point where I’m just about ready to toss in the towel and just >>> buy a set on eBay from a seller who knows what they’ve got. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Mar 16, 2023, at 9:13 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a trailer for sale on Fakebook. Very first lines of the ad mention >>>> if you see ad it’s available. As usually I get flooded with is this >>>> available. I even put in that ad that I will not respond to these. I have >>>> probably 30 is this available messages and 2 actually real messages. >>>> Normally I do not respond to these at all but Fakebook has buttons the >>>> seller click so I just click “yes, are you still interested?”. Can just as >>>> well send back this stupid message as quick as not sending anything at >>>> all. Most don’t respond. Have had a few reply with simply yes. Some have >>>> replied no. 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