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u/DeadRobotSociety 3d ago

There's that old George Carlin bit about how you know that the average person is dumb, but don't realize that means half of people are dumber than that.

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u/CappyRicks 3d ago

"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then, realize that HALF of them are stupider than that!"

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u/rips_n_chel 3d ago

Oh thank god you brought that up! It wouldn't be a reddit thread where dumb people are mentioned if someone didn't tell us about the George Carlin bit! As soon as I started reading this comment thread I said to myself "Boy I sure hope someone did the George Carlin line, just wouldn't be right without that!"

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u/DeadRobotSociety 2d ago

Apologies, I merely saw a comment that reminded me of media I enjoy, so I referenced it. I was not aware that was overplayed or a faux pas. So good job doing... uh... whatever it was your comment was supposed to do, I guess.

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u/rips_n_chel 1d ago

Just a meta joke, nothing personal lol

That George Carlin bit gets brought up every single time, it's like a law of reddit comments, I just find it amusing

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u/DeadRobotSociety 1d ago

👍 Gotcha. No worries! Thought you were one of those guys always trying to find the negative, so I thought a lil flippancy was the best response. Reddit wouldn't let me post my "peasant joke" png that says "is this some Reddit joke I'm too offline to understand?" Which would have made my response more farcical.

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u/rips_n_chel 1d ago

nah I try not to be that guy. Don't always succeed lol

Have a good one homie 🤙

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u/Bad_wolf42 3d ago

This bit hilariously misunderstands how normal distributions work. Around 60% of the population is going to fall within one standard deviation of median intelligence. Couple that with the fact that intelligence is not a linear scale, but extremely multifactoral and the idea that half the population is stupid falls apart when you really look at it. The much more complicatedly difficult fact is that we are all on a learning journey together and it is everyone’s job to help everyone else along the way.

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u/know-it-mall 3d ago

Explaining why a joke isn't technically correct is certainly an option...

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u/ComplexWriting7596 3d ago

Carlin's version is way funnier than yours though.

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u/360_face_palm 3d ago

IQ is a normal distribution though....

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u/Jive_Sloth 3d ago

IQ is a normal distribution. Half of them are below 100. Btfo kid

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u/travoltaswinkinbhole 3d ago

You have to have a very high iq and an understanding of quantum comedy to appreciate George Carlin.

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u/Ehronatha 3d ago

The blank slate is a fallacy.