Social Stupidity
Here’s an article from the New York Times by Anna Bahney that really boils my blood and has already generated a little buzz in the blogosphere. It’s not the article that angers me, I love the article. It’s the chowderhead subjects.
People have been stupid for years, so there’s nothing new there. What is new is the lightning fast way in which you can prove your stupidity to hundreds or thousands of people within seconds. And do so in a way that might never go away, bonus! Yes, the Internet is the recorded, megaphoned soapbox that morons around the world can now utlize for the embarrassment of us all.
I’m being harsh, but truthful.
Trevor Cook points it out, Denise Howell has an interesting take on it, and Slashdot weighed in for example. There’s not a lot of discussion about it, just traffic. The article pretty much says it all. It’s humorous, to the point, and pertinent. The most quoted part in blog postings I’ve seen from the article is this: