Willful Idiots

Don't be a jive turkey...

No one likes to be called an idiot, sometimes the evidence is so overwhelming there is no choice but to apply the label.... The internet is a place for people to consume information, to communicate, to participate in commerce and to safely be idiots. I say safely because for the most part there is no fear of retribution if you happen to run afoul of someone's sensibilities. Talking trash to people on the internet is the new thing. I don't even have a problem with these internet gangstas set trippin', it makes for a little light entertainment....no, it's the dumb ones I shall not suffer.   Facebook is the shit right? Everyone you know has a page.  I see people putting all their business out there for the world to see, arguments, (those are hilarious), pictures, quotes, videos; a treasure trove of content.  You can tell a lot about a facebook user by the type of posts they have.  I saw a pretty funny one yesterday, "dat bich got 1 mo time to disinfect me...." WTF? I read it three times. I understood the trend of purposely misspelling words, it's a cool thing to do that, I imagine.  One word stood out...disinfect...it was spelled correctly but in this context it made no sense... Did she mean disrespect? This can't be. No one can possibly be that dumb.  I let it go, not everyone got high marks in reading and comprehension, its just a fact of life. I was discussing this topic with a friend of mine just today, nothing makes her fly into a rage faster than people that make up words and use them like they read it in the pages of the Mirriam-Webster. then give her the gremlin-eye because she uses proper diction and syntax when speaking.  I believe the word was "worster", this non-word was an ill designed attempt to add emphasis the the word "worst".  True, not everyone paid attention in school but this is bordering on willful stupidity. There is no excuse, this is not the 1950s you had the option to stay your ass in school.  All this talk of stupidity reminds me of a story I heard: It seems a man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote, "This iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he was not the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stick up note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said "OK" and left. The Wells Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. Stay in school children.