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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: GalileoAce on May 08, 2007, 09:43:59 PM
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I was in the bookstore some months ago, and I saw a book called "The Tripumh Of The Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense.", I thought it sounded interesting, so I read the blurb, which is as follows:
The airheads are winning. We live in an upside-down world where celebrity matter more than substance; correct spelling is less important than knowing how to do PowerPoint; bright maths and science students go into investment banking so they can make truckloads of money; and small girls seriously regard a trashy hotel heiress as a role model. We have an American president who gets Sweden and Switzerland mixed up and Australian politicians who spend millions on spin doctors while schools and hospitals go begging.
The age of the airhead has one message. Commonsense doesn't pay off. If you're smart, be smarter: play dumb.
Shelley Gare has been writing about the rise of airheadism for almost a decade. When she first spotted that airheads were soaring like hot-air balloons, she thought she was seeing things. She was so, like, wrong.
How did the airheads win? What were the rest of us doing?
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How did the airheads win? What were the rest of us doing?
we were busy not viewing them as a serious threat.
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How did the airheads win? What were the rest of us doing?
we were busy not viewing them as a serious threat.
The meek shall inherit the earth.
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Did you see Nathan Barley (UK comedy series)?
The first episode was called Rise of The Idiots or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Barley)
it was quite funny
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The meek shall inherit the earth.
The rest of us will have moved on to the stars.
/cheese
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
No, the moon is the place where all brains are situated in brain-bank cities; the real brains. ;D
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
No, the moon is the place where all brains are situated in brain-bank cities; the real brains. ;D
Just so it's food.
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
No, the moon is the place where all brains are situated in brain-bank cities; the real brains. ;D
So why are you still here?
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
No, the moon is the place where all brains are situated in brain-bank cities; the real brains. ;D
So why are you still here?
Seems obvious.
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The stars are made of cheese?
I thought that was just the moon.
No, the moon is the place where all brains are situated in brain-bank cities; the real brains. ;D
So why are you still here?
Seems obvious.
It certainly does, I'd just like him to answer that one. :laugh:
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I know I was supposed to be watching an entire planet for signs of decaying intelligence but I totally spaced, sorry.
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I will always love Airheads. http://youtube.com/watch?v=z9_SBSnMyy8
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You guys don't know what "on topic" means do you? :P ;)
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You guys don't know what "on topic" means do you? :P ;)
No; please define. In detail.
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I'd be worried if people did stay on topic! :o
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I like the topic of Capricorn
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I just had a ham sandwich.
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I just had a ham sandwich.
MMMM, I want one now. :P
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I had two for breakfast. 8)
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I just had a ham sandwich.
MMMM, I want one now. :P
Fuck, I'm half drunk, and I could use food. Any food.
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/me throws food at Calandale. :)
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Cool, I didn't know this place had a /me function.
/me likes.
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/me throws food at Calandale. :)
Mmm...food. I've got to wake up in 4 hours.
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Shouldn't you be asleep first? To actually wake up I mean...
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I'll get there. Maybe. Who cares?
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You?
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I guess. The important thing is that I be sober.
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i was supposed to keep an eye on it too but i got distracted by those flat boobies.
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All boobies distract me. I don't even have to see them. Just the idea is enough ...
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All boobies distract me. I don't even have to see them. Just the idea is enough ...
what were we talking about again?
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Airhead Supremacy
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PMS elle
Please do not tell me I am going to get a pimple tomorrow. You can reveal my entire technical set-up and what kind of underwear I've got on.
Just please don't tell me I am getting another pimple tomorrow.
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PMS elle
Please do not tell me I am going to get a pimple tomorrow. You can reveal my entire technical set-up and what kind of underwear I've got on.
Just please don't tell me I am getting another pimple tomorrow.
Would it be OK if I told you you're getting another pimple tomorrow?? ::) ;) :laugh:
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Is the rise of the Airheads theory now the reason why WP gives me the shits?????
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Is the rise of the Airheads theory now the reason why WP gives me the shits?????
Hey, it did that to me, when I first started posting there.
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I knew it wasn't right when I spent way too much time in the Adult Thread...and only occasionally visited the quiz one when it was sex related.
Not that I have a one track mind.
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I pretty much limit myself to the
adult, haven, and dating threads,
with a brief patrol otherwise. Used to
look at everything, but it bores me now.
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Yes. Although I think I've said it before, when I first went to WP and read the women's thread I almost didn't join because it was just too mainstream shit that I could hear at work if I wanted to.
I'd much rather swap meaningful stories.
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Or meaningless banter.
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Meaningless banter??? Yes, it appeals...
but as I've said before, I have no desire to talk about periods, asshole men, or children...just to name a few.
That women's thread just blew my mind heaps.
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You should have it blow your nose first.
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You should have it blow your nose first.
Why??? So you could lick it???
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You should have it blow your nose first.
Why??? So you could lick it???
Aw, geez, did I mention that to you already?
No, it was a reference to a stone's song.
Came from McJ's thread, and it just fit.
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No, I think from a WP thread I recall you doing it...
Memory of an elephant...often against my will! :plus:
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Better the memory than the nose
(I guess - I actually kinda like their
trunks, but it would draw jokes).
As to nose licking (ah, I remember telling you
about aspirating dog's too) it's not really a fetish
though; mainly I did it to my psycho ex, because
it bugged the crap out of her. Though, I certainly
did it to anyone else I was close enough to. My wife
got so used to it, she accidentally licked some other
girl's nose, sort of at random. :laugh:
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Paris Hilton is prof that th airheads are taking over.
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Paris Hilton is a prof?
Speaking of which, I saw someone who
looked like an overweight version of her.
Not going anywhere with this, just a
curious point.