It’s a false premise. What happened is that the internet allowed all the village idiots, who were previously contained and ridiculed in their own villages, to connect with each other and become more confident in their idiocy. The internet is a support group for morons.
And I often wonder how many “actually smart” or at least “productively smart” people actually stay away from the internet either because they’ve got better things to do, intuit that it’s full of idiots, or are just busy and preoccupied with all the “smart” things they’re doing.
It’s a false premise. What happened is that the internet allowed all the village idiots, who were previously contained and ridiculed in their own villages, to connect with each other and become more confident in their idiocy. The internet is a support group for morons.
I’m stealing this.
And I often wonder how many “actually smart” or at least “productively smart” people actually stay away from the internet either because they’ve got better things to do, intuit that it’s full of idiots, or are just busy and preoccupied with all the “smart” things they’re doing.
Perfect description of lemmygrad.