Is Netphoria smarter than the rest of society?

[Hillzy]

I have just been reading those Ashlee Simpson messageboards and I am actually scared by how retarded most of the people are on there. I know most of them are pre-teen pop listeners but still.
And why does being loyal to Ashlee Simpson seem to be so closely related to loving Bush and hating John Kerry? so many of them mention it. Bush has done so much damage to the US internationally and people just can't see it and I don't understand why.

So anyway, what I want to know is why does a Smashing Pumpkins message board attract a generally well informed and intelligent community compared to so many retarded messageboards out there?

[EXTRAVABONSOR]

an answer to this question would obviously be warped by perception, so i'll compnsate for it and rank netphoria in about the 80th percentile.

i also think 'well-informed' is a vast overstatement. well read i'd accet, but definitely not well informed.

[toyschoketoys]

i think netphoria is full of bright people. But alot of them are not as clever as they think they are.

[scouse_dave]

i've said a few times that i think the average netphorian is more intelligent than the national average...

[toyschoketoys]

wouldnt be hard in the uk would it now ?

actually saying that ....

[3Marlon3Brando]

well netphoria has averaged about 1550 on the SATs

[i_dont_live]

i reckon.

i mean, i have a bit of a rep here for being stupid.

but really, i'm not that dumb.

[Isle]

netphoria is a veritable miazma of gen-x retards.


actually i take that back, i just wanted to say miazma.

[i_dont_live]

Originally posted by Isle

actually i take that back, i just wanted to say miazma.

[GreenEggsNSpam]

This place has a bunch of smart people, and some are more clever and smarter than say the average person. but there are a lot of people that just think too much of themselves, and are not actually "all that"

People in general are fucking stupid anyways. At least I think so.

[Meursault]

i dont think its that netphoria is smarter, i think its that the average age on here is probably early 20's and the average age on that other board is probably 14-15.

that and the pumpkins fanbase was generally moody/angsty/pensive while id imagine a pop singer would attract a somewhat different crowd. tho thats not necessarily true, i mean, we did have the o-board's legion of idiots running around for a bit

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by Isle
netphoria is a veritable miazma of gen-x retards.


actually i take that back, i just wanted to say miazma.

Well you could at least spell it right, you're letting the thread down

[alexthestampede]

Originally posted by Hillzy
I have just been reading those Ashlee Simpson messageboards and I am actually scared by how retarded most of the people are on there. I know most of them are pre-teen pop listeners but still.
And why does being loyal to Ashlee Simpson seem to be so closely related to loving Bush and hating John Kerry? so many of them mention it. Bush has done so much damage to the US internationally and people just can't see it and I don't understand why.

So anyway, what I want to know is why does a Smashing Pumpkins message board attract a generally well informed and intelligent community compared to so many retarded messageboards out there?

just for the record, i love george bush and hate john kerry, i hate other countries, and i hate hippy beatniks

i dislike george bush. i hate john kerry. i hate the 2 party system

[alexthestampede]

i think we should have a prep bowl with the other message boards

Originally posted by alexthestampede
i think we should have a prep bowl with the other message boards

mvemsnup

or something like that

[Ensoul]

I get totally average grades, but I am still so much smarter than anyone my age, just because.

[Isle]

Originally posted by DeviousJ


Well you could at least spell it right, you're letting the thread down

i'm sure i spelled it right.

if i didn't, that's still how it should be spelled Zs kick ass

[Andrew_Pakula]

Originally posted by Ensoul
I get totally average grades, but I am still so much smarter than anyone my age, just because.

There is a difference between book smarts and street/real world smarts.

Many book smart, honor role type people I have met are extremely ignorant and naive with it comes to real world issues, like they are not even connected to reality, almost like living in a vacum so many of them live such close minded lives.

How does that saying go?
The A+ students always end up working for the C- students.

[toyschoketoys]

Originally posted by Andrew_Pakula



There is a difference between book smarts and street/real world smarts.

Many book smart, honor role type people I have met are extremely ignorant and naive with it comes to real world issues, like they are not even connected to reality, almost like living in a vacum so many of them live such close minded lives.

How does that saying go?
The A+ students always end up working for the C- students.

my wifes like this, she was the best student to come out of ur school for years, but shes not very with it.although she got a first in her degree from edinburgh it bugs the fuck out of me i am the opposite

[vanilla]

Originally posted by Andrew_Pakula



There is a difference between book smarts and street/real world smarts.

i was just going to post i'm more street smarts (common sense), than book smarts.
even tho i didn't get good grades in highschool. well, i was on the honor roll a few times. and the high honor roll once.

[Winnipeg_creg]

Originally posted by ******
i dislike george bush. i hate john kerry. i hate the 2 party system

ha ha don't be naive. What should replace the 2 party system? communism? Total anarchy because two hundred different parties are struggling for power and figting among themselves?. The 2 party system is the only system that doesn't lead to chaos, the empirical evidence for this is overwhealming.

[Rockin' Cherub]

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg

What should replace the 2 party system?

Democracy

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg


ha ha don't be naive. What should replace the 2 party system? communism? Total anarchy because two hundred different parties are struggling for power and figting among themselves?. The 2 party system is the only system that doesn't lead to chaos, the empirical evidence for this is overwhealming.

are you kidding me? diversity, you dont get this lesser of the 2 evils crap. more of a free exchange of ideas

Originally posted by Rockin' Cherub

Democracy

[alexthestampede]

Originally posted by Ensoul
I get totally average grades, but I am still so much smarter than anyone my age, just because.

i know what you mean.
calculus is a breeze to me because its all intelligence and no memorization, but rhetoric and history are just not worth my time.

i think that im the smartest person ive ever met. the rest are just dumb about understanding things and have moronic tastes. sooner or later if i talk to anyone that i think is intelligent long enough they disappoint me

[Blue*Carbonite]

No.

[ammy]

Originally posted by alexthestampede

i know what you mean.
calculus is a breeze to me because its all intelligence and no memorization, but rhetoric and history are just not worth my time.

calculus is all following formulas and memorization, what the hell are you talking about?

[alexthestampede]

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg


ha ha don't be naive. What should replace the 2 party system? communism? Total anarchy because two hundred different parties are struggling for power and figting among themselves?. The 2 party system is the only system that doesn't lead to chaos, the empirical evidence for this is overwhealming.

no, the two party system leads to people supporting a candidate who doesnt share many of their beliefs, and dumb polarization when it comes to just about every issue. people find which of the 2 parties is best for them overall and then support that party on all grounds, even against their beliefs, so that in the end they do better overall by getting this candidate and not the other.

anyway, as someone who holds almost no respect for their so-called peers, i think the idea of a philosopher-king is still the best, as unlikely as it might be with only human stock for a selection

[Winnipeg_creg]

Originally posted by Rockin' Cherub

Democracy

like the system they have on Cuba? I guess i'd rather go with "undemocracy" then. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion, but don't forget that the 2 party system is all we have to protect ourselves and our civil rights.

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