Observations that make you lower someone's I.Q.

[The Lizard]

DISCLAIMER: Everone's got different tastes and life experiences of course -- and I do believe the old adage that "You can't judge a book by its cover." I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be quick to think me a relative idiot because of the way I dress or because I don't understand vector calculus or (more likely) because I enjoy Godzilla movies and the occasional comic book superhero.

That being said, I've found that there are certain visual clues that - for better or for worse - make me personally jump to negative conclusions about a person's level of intelligence, education or naivete. The person in question might be very smart for all I know, but after I see certain things I find I often assume the worst.

In no particular order, here are a few things that I interpret as "warning signs":

- Bookshelves full of romance novels (mostly re: women)

- Rear of car plastered with bumper stickers (especially political ones)

- Consistent misuse of "your" and "you're" in print

- Car stereo loudly playing country music

- Tattoos directly on breasts (female) or buttocks (male)

- Obsession with a particularly overexposed "mainstream" celebrity (eg: Brad Pitt or Pamela Anderson)

- Online forum thread titles starting with "Hey you guys..."


Those are just a few that come quickly to mind. If you fit into any of those categories, no offense -- you'll get over it.

 

[The Lizard]

Perhaps creating a thread that everyone ignores is another subtle sign of stupidity that I've missed until now.

 

[Noon]

- people who find the crazy frog hilarious

- people who say they 'don't get' the matrix, after all the exposure it's gotten surely it couldn't be made any clearer for you!

- people who like Bridget Jones

ah, it feels good to be an intellect snob

 

[CyberFaust]

ah, it feels good to be an intellect snob

cheers

 

[Kyalesyin]

-People who find 'cringe' movies like Date Movie funny.

-People who can't leave the house without fourteen layers of makeup, a manicure and a push-up bra

-People who don't understand simple words, like 'citing' or 'subtle'

 

[CyberFaust]

people who think "dude" is a stupid word

people that think europe is a country not a continent

most blondes

people that think comics are for kids

 

[The Chairman]

-People who find the Scary Movie series, Date Movie, Norbit, most Michael Bay movies, Epic Movie and various other pointless, witless, mindless comedies remotely funny.
-People who think people like Ashton Kutcher, Beyonce, Jessica Alba, Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and various other actors have any talent whatsoever.
-People who think bands and artists such as Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Blink 182, Sum 41, 50 Cent, James Blunt, Eminem, Rihanna, Fall-Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Nelly, Shakira, Justin Timberlake and various others make good music.
-People who deliberately insult or other people's religious or political beliefs for the sake and with the intent of being hurtful.
-Normal sized women who are under the impression that "thin is in".
-People who think that IMDB is the "end-all, be-all" site for movie trivia, news, information and quality.
-People who side with Heather Mills in the Paul McCartney divorce trial (yes, there are people who believe this. I know some of them.)
-People who impede on others' personal beliefs and freedoms for the sake of their own.
-People who think gays are immoral.
-People who accept everything given to them without either examining the facts or getting them from a legitimately reliable source.
-Fanboyish attitudes towards certain films and tv shows (Batman Begins, Star Trek).

 

[CyberFaust]

i like IMDB, it's not the best, but for finding a title and info on a movie who would want more?

 

[Calvin]

Are we supposed to list first-glance visual clues, or simply actions we find to be stupid? I think the former would be a more interesting topic, since the latter's been done to death.

 

[Flexo]

Perhaps creating a thread that everyone ignores is another subtle sign of stupidity that I've missed until now.

Dude, I think you just drove everyone away with the last observation.

Online forum thread titles starting with "Hey you guys..."

You callin' Sloth stupid, boy?

 

[Speedball]

-People who find the Scary Movie series, Date Movie, Norbit, most Michael Bay movies, Epic Movie and various other pointless, witless, mindless comedies remotely funny.
-People who think people like Ashton Kutcher, Beyonce, Jessica Alba, Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and various other actors have any talent whatsoever.
-People who think bands and artists such as Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Blink 182, Sum 41, 50 Cent, James Blunt, Eminem, Rihanna, Fall-Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Nelly, Shakira, Justin Timberlake and various others make good music.
-People who deliberately insult or other people's religious or political beliefs for the sake and with the intent of being hurtful.
-Normal sized women who are under the impression that "thin is in".
-People who think that IMDB is the "end-all, be-all" site for movie trivia, news, information and quality.
-People who side with Heather Mills in the Paul McCartney divorce trial (yes, there are people who believe this. I know some of them.)
-People who impede on others' personal beliefs and freedoms for the sake of their own.
-People who think gays are immoral.
-People who accept everything given to them without either examining the facts or getting them from a legitimately reliable source.
-Fanboyish attitudes towards certain films and tv shows (Batman Begins, Star Trek).

Except for MCR not making good music. I like 'em, but I like other stuff more, like the band in your avatar. They make MCR look like, well... they make them look like crap.
And the fanboy stuff, I guess I'm stoopid

 

[The Chairman]

Except for MCR not making good music. I like 'em, but I like other stuff more, like the band in your avatar. They make MCR look like, well... they make them look like crap.
And the fanboy stuff, I guess I'm stoopid

I hate MCR. They're as emo as they come and "Wlecome To The Black Parade" is one of the most depressing and annoyng songs I've ever heard.

And The Beatles make most bands look like crap. The only that don't look like crap compared to them existed in or around the same era as them, with a few exceptions.

 

[Majik1387]

- People who think the term 'Your mom' or 'Your momma' are funny

- People who know the English language but do not understand if someone uses grammar and spelling properly.

- People who say they're fans of a character but constantly mispell the character's name. Mostly Rogue.

- Gaybashers/homphobes/People who find homosexuality immoral

- People obsessed with overrated, overexposed and untalented celebrities and so-called actors.

- People who consider rap music. It's really not, guys.

- People who say they're fat, when they're not, and they're serious about it.

- Fanboyish attitudes towards certain films and tv shows (Batman Begins, Star Wars).



Lat one stolen from ANTHONYNASTI but edited

 

[Manic]

Hey! Beyonce has plenty of talent. As a singer. Not necessarily as an actress or songwriter (hell, even some of the songs she buys suck), but she's a good vocalist.

 

[Majik1387]

I didn't name any celebrities

 

[The Chairman]

Hey! Beyonce has plenty of talent. As a singer. Not necessarily as an actress or songwriter (hell, even some of the songs she buys suck), but she's a good vocalist.

No she doesn't?

Her voice is clealry dressed up by tons of digital trickery. Stripped of it all she couldn't outsing Bob Dylan. Hudson slaughtered her at The Academy Awards.

 

[Speedball]

No she doesn't?

Her voice is clealry dressed up by tons of digital trickery. Stripped of it all she couldn't outsing Bob Dylan. Hudson slaughtered her at The Academy Awards.

Beyonce doesn't sing, she screams.
She's one of the worst "artists" of our day.

 

[Manic]

While Hudson is a much better singer than Beyonce, Beyonce is still good. She's been shown singing live. She's been shown singing on a sound system that hasn't been what I like to call "J.Lo treated." Just because she's had her voice reverberated on a song or two, that doesn't mean she's not capable of holding a note.

 

[Hades]

I've learned not to judge people at all anymore.

I don't know where it happened, but somewhere my mind just automatically stopped judging, or maybe it was caring altogether.

OOooh...except...except.....

Spoiler

people who pop their collars up. GOD DAMNIT I HATE THAT

 

[The Chairman]

While Hudson is a much better singer than Beyonce, Beyonce is still good. She's been shown singing live. She's been shown singing on a sound system that hasn't been what I like to call "J.Lo treated." Just because she's had her voice reverberated on a song or two, that doesn't mean she's not capable of holding a note.

I still don't think she's talented at all. She has a decent voice at best, ntohng compared to Christina Aguilera or Aretha Franklin.

 

[Majik1387]

OOooh...except...except.....

Spoiler

people who pop their collars up. GOD DAMNIT I HATE THAT

That looks good on some people though.

 

[The Chairman]

Beyonce doesn't sing, she screams.
She's one of the worst "artists" of our day.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt.

And her songs are annoying anyway. Especially "To The Left, To The Left..." crap.

 

[The Lizard]

Are we supposed to list first-glance visual clues, or simply actions we find to be stupid? I think the former would be a more interesting topic, since the latter's been done to death.

I meant first-glance visual clues. Assumptions you just can't help but jump to when confronted with certain things. Like...

- A thirtysomething adult with a large DVD collection of anime that's clearly intended for 12-year-old Japanese girls

- T-shirts or bumper stickers with supposedly hilarious slogans that hinge on simplistic concepts like transposing letters and words (eg: "Life's too muckin' fuch!", "I'm not as think as you drunk I am!", etc)

- Use of the word "irregardless"

 

[Manic]

Bald white men in their 20s with bushy mustaches.

 

[The Lizard]

You callin' Sloth stupid, boy?

I don't remember Sloth starting any lame forum threads in Goonies, so no.