She wasn’t nearly hot enough to be that dumb.
I’m not going to mince words. Some people are stupid. Let me re-phrase that–some people are really stupid. How stupid? I’m glad you asked.
One of my new co-workers, who I will assume isn’t a member of MENSA, made an interesting statement yesterday. One that made me scratch my head and wonder how she ever got out of 4th grade.
I had to make a call to someone in South Dakota regarding a personal matter that they allowed to become delinquent several years ago. I left a message for this upstanding citizen, and then when I hung up the phone, I made a comment to my neighbor (a woman in her early 20’s). I said something along the line of, “People in South Dakota probably have a crappy enough existence without dealing with stuff like this.”
She looked at me with a look of complete sincerity and asked, “Is South Dakota a state?” I paused a moment, then said, “Uh. Yeah. It’s an actual state.” She proceeded to explain to me that she thought it was part of North Dakota.
I informed her that as far as I know, South Dakota has a governor , a flag and everything. She looked at me with a very innocent look and said, “Oh. I was never very good at history.” Allow me to pause a moment so that last comment can seep all the way in.
For the record, South Dakota being a state is something you would learn in geography, not history. In fact, it’s something you learn in third or fourth grade geography. If you don’t know that South Dakota is a state, you have no business having a job anywhere. Even the fry guy at McDonalds knows South Dakota is a state I’m not saying you have to be able to point to it on a map, but the knowledge that it exists as a state isn’t too much to ask. Is it?
I’d like to say that she’s the exception to the rule, but she’s not. The world is full of people who don’t know shit about anything. I don’t mind someone who knows they don’t know shit, but when they think they know shit and they don’t, it gets really, really annoying.
I went out with a girl once (and only once) who told me her goal was to visit all 52 states before she died. I paused for a moment and said, “52? You mean 50, right?” Her answer? “Silly. You forgot about Alaska and Hawaii.”
She then went on to ask if Hawaii was an island before it became a state. “I looked at her with a completely straight face and said, “No, actually. That was part of the treaty when they became a state. We blew up the land that connected it to California, so it would seem like a tropical island paradise.”
If this girl was really hot, I could have possibly ignored her stupidity, but she wasn’t nearly hot enough to be that dumb. I weep for the future of America. If these are our potential future leaders, the United States is going to be one fucked up place to live. Not as bad as I imagine South Dakota to be, but pretty bad.
If you like this (even if you don’t) check out Washing the Dishes over at JR’s Journey.
for the record, my existence in south dakota is far from crappy. one of the strongest economies in the nation, a housing market that isn’t total crap, and the ability to get somewhere without being stuck in traffic for hours on end. i’d say it’s actually a pretty great place to live.
I said “probably”. I’m glad you have a good existence. Seriously.
Just stumbled across your blog today and I keep laughing out loud at my desk while pretending to work… Love it!!!
This is great. I’m from Omaha, in the vast state of NE. With the amount of traveling I do, it’s comical how many people get a glazed, deer in headlights look on their face when I tell them where I’m from. “Now, I’ve heard of Omaha… that’s in the middle, right?” It’s a super good time.
Great post – great blog!!
Emily, Thanks so much for the nice comments. I was born near you–in Columbus. I moved to California when I was three, but I went to school in Seward for a year and my brother played football for the Huskers.
LMAO !!
Seriously? Look, give me ANYTHING!! Any characteristic or personality trait in existence, but I have no, none, zero, notta tolerance for stupid!!
Sends me; I’m tellin ya
Ok, apathy is right up there, but don’t you dare come near me with stupid
But as a Minnesotan, this was doubly difficult to digest.
<--------------- educated blond!! Cheers
WOW, reminds me of a guy I knew when I was in the military. It was right after we went back to the sandbox (Iraq) and once again the press was talking about if the government was going to reinstate the draft. This idiot, who was in the military went off for about 30 min, about how they weren’t going to draft him…I finally looked at him and told him to stop being stupid. No one was going to draft him, they already had him, so shut up. 2 weeks later he was sent to Iraq and he told me… Read more »
This is a perfect example of why secession is not necessarily a terrible idea. Just think of how how the national intelligence rate would rise (thereby improving our standing in the world in so many ways) if we could just gather these people in one state with a coastline. We could blow up the land connecting it to the rest of the country, creating an island (which is clearly not a state – pause to sigh, shake head, weep with frustration, lament our public education system, etc.) on which they could all live. It’s a win-win. Either they evolve into… Read more »
That girl needs a sign…..
I live the way Muse thinks! I tell my husband he is so smart for picking out such a good wife.
I loved this one! Good job, babe. I have my own feelings a lot of people don’t agree with, but the brain is the sexiest part of a person for me. I don’t care if you look like Ryan Reynolds, if you’re that stupid, your looks mean nothing to me.
BTW, you really got lucky finding yourself a hot chick who is also pretty bright 😉
Oh Jay this is sadly funny!….and these two will breed and it will go on and on…… I deal with this all day, yet never cease to be amazed at the level of stupidty. (http://straightupnochaser.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-dont-believe-in-gunsi-dont-believe-in.html) Back in my single days I worked at an airline. A pilot had asked me out. I refused to date pilots. But I gave up the 15th time he asked and said sure. We went to this bar that had trivia cards on the table. We sat with another couple and played while drinking. Out of the blue he says, “if I had known you… Read more »
So funny, so true! I was trying to pin point my favorite sentence but there is no way in hell I can, there are too many…. “The fry guy…. “, “….seem like a tropical island paradise”, …you mean 50 right?”… I Can go on and on and on!!!
Needed this laugh this early in the morning!!!
Okay, this is kind of funny, and I did laugh, but this is also more than sad. How can we call people educated, how can we let them graduate grade school and high school like this? It’s a sad statement about our educational system. Beautiful or hot people are allowed to be stupid for a longer period of time, but eventually people get bored with their lack of knowledge and move on. Ugly people are never allowed to be stupid. And what does that say about the rest of us?
Dude, this is SO funny! But it’s not… Because it’s sad… But it is… Because stupid is funny. I won’t be laughing when these fools are running this country… You know, the great country of South Texas of Mexico! (Ha! Too funny “Que”)
Still LMAO over here
Wait? There aren’t 52 states. Dang it, I bet it was Bush’s fault, he hid them with the other things he’s hiding to help himself make money.
I knew a girl in the Navy back in the mid 90’s that was dumber than that! She didn’t know where most of the states were, who Ben Franklin was or the Constitution. We then could not believe it so I and a couple of other people started to ask questions. She did not know where the civil war was found (or who fought it), she didn’t know that Pearl Harbor was in Hawaii (we were in Japan at the time), did not know who just about about any president was expect Bush and Clinton. We could not believe it.… Read more »
LOVE this! Your writing always puts a smile on my face and makes me laugh 🙂
And don’t feel bad… I once dated a guy whose favorite color was clear. Wait let me rephrase that… 16 years later his favorite color is STILL clear *sigh*
Thanks so much! The nice comments are rad…
I am amazed and truly afraid at this post. That is crazy!!! I wonder if she would have the same confusion with North/South Carolina? You could really throw her off with West Virginia since there is no “East” Virginia…. or is there??? You might want to ask Ms. 52 states about that one. Because you are gonna have to find 2 more states in there somewhere. Maybe she’s counting North AND South Texas. But if my physics serves me right, South Texas is in Mexico.
I’m so confused!
I went out with her 20 years ago. I shudder to think what she’s up to now…
Stop, you’re making me laugh and pee at the same time!
This from the girl who lives in the country of NM.
LIZ
OMG that is just sad so very sad! To bad the hotness doesn’t make up for the stupidity!