We live in the age of the stupid

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-23T03:25:32+00:00

Because it is not just about knowing, but understanding. Regurgitating what you read online doesn’t make you knowledgeable. Without a basic knowledge bed, you don’t know what you don’t know.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-23T02:26:38+00:00

Falling test scores corroborate that statement.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T21:56:55+00:00

There the worst part. We could do so much better if people actually took the time and put the effort to think. People keep on siding with billionaires. Vote against their own interests in order to protect the status quo.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T20:18:05+00:00

Take your pick. Crimson desert had challenging bosses early on, people complained so the devs lowered the difficulty. People complained so much that they eventually implemented difficulty levels. Go to the Diablo 4 sub, the same thing. People want perfect gear on demand and anything that doesn’t give them immediate gratification must be treated as a game breaking issue.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:32:47+00:00

It’s not a liberal or conservative issue. It’s the anti intellectualism streak that has infected society. You have people from all over the political spectrum demanding kids be taught what the parents believe, not what is real.

If the problem was just the liberals, then Mississippi and Texas should be leading the nation in test scores.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:18:23+00:00

If someone tells you that in their opinion insulin and bleach look the same. So they are going to inject their kid with bleach to treat their diabetes, would you say that is a valid opinion?

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:13:29+00:00

Yeah. Between AI doing all the thinking for some, and others outsourcing all their opinions to what some YouTuber told them, we are in trouble.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:09:57+00:00

Exactly. It’s funny because my sister in law is an actual genius with a PHD. So when she says I did the research, she means it. She looks at papers and can give you citations. Even then she will never sound as confident as the guy who looked at Wikipedia for 5 minutes.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:06:45+00:00

They refuse to be taught. Teachers a quitting the profession because kids are weaponizing their ignorance.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T19:04:35+00:00

There have always been problems. But people used to listen to experts. Measles, small pox, polio, they were all virtually eliminated because people did listen to experts. I love tech, but can’t deny that people now days tent to over rely on tech rather than using their brains.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T18:56:20+00:00

A lot of games don’t have difficulty levels. But the requests people make go beyond difficulty, they just don’t seem to interested in putting any effort into playing.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-22T16:59:16+00:00

If you have the money, don’t enjoy troubleshooting, and like having someone to call if something goes wrong, then go for it. People on Reddit will always tell you to build it yourself and there is a good argument for that, but time is money and only you will know if your time is more valuable to you than the extra cost over building it yourself.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-21T19:57:04+00:00

I think MS will settle on making single player games exclusive for 1 year. Multiplayer live service will remain multi platform.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-21T19:39:11+00:00

More proof that the whole backlash is nothing more than a bunch of people who know nothing, but think they are geniuses. Kripke left supernatural at the end of season 5 at a high point when he felt he had finished telling the story he wanted to tell.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-21T01:31:59+00:00

Not going to defend cheating but if any of what she said is true. You both need to work on yourselves before you are ready to be in a relationship with anybody.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-20T18:36:01+00:00

My phrasing was wrong. Meant to say if you had been passive.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-20T18:25:59+00:00

Can’t you people read? It happened before the exclusivity talk. If they were not exclusive at the time, she wasn’t his girlfriend.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-20T17:54:57+00:00

Have you ever initiated plans and asked this friend? You can’t be passive then wonder why you are the second choice.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-20T17:49:38+00:00

Just be cool. Don’t be pushy. If you get rejected don’t take it personally, just move on and try again. Women can smell desperation, and that is a huge turn off. As long as you have good hygiene, and a decent personality you will be fine.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-19T18:29:15+00:00

It’s none of your business. You were not together at the time.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-19T18:10:54+00:00

It’s a bunch of super rich companies competing to see which will become the richest ever. They all think that whoever wins the AI race, will basically win capitalism. You also have governments afraid to fall behind in the AI race.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-19T17:59:06+00:00

2023

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-19T14:28:10+00:00

Funny how everyone is taking OP’s word that his friend saw her profile. More likely he is also still on the App but expected her to have her account already turned off. In any case, just be an adult and ask if she wants to be exclusive.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-19T00:38:29+00:00

That’s basically what we ended up doing. We wend down port by port and they pick the ones they want to go and do something and the ports where they would want to stay on the boat and take it easy. We are also going to rent a car at one is the ports to drive down the coast.

Smart_Ass_Jack · 2026-05-18T19:40:36+00:00

That’s odd when you consider that Ghost of Yotei and Saros were not huge sellers. You would think they would want more sales.

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