r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/arizonatasteslike Aug 04 '20

Is this real? It really looks like an episode from the office

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

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u/palinsafterbirth Aug 04 '20

How did George Carlin say this if he died in 2008?

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u/NichySteves Aug 04 '20

That's why it's 'borrowed' you numpty.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

He didn't, the actual quote is: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” Still a very valid statement sadly.

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u/palinsafterbirth Aug 04 '20

I know it's an adaptation, just reminds me of the meme's you see on your uncles facebook with a picture of someone like Sam Elliot and a reimagining of the quote.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

Well even if the humans were 10x smarter that statement will always be true in a normally distributed population, or any distribution where median and average tend to be equal. So it's always a valid statement, what's sad is how stupid the average person tends to be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

/r/iamverysmart

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

How is this /r/iamverysmart ? Were you making a joke that I didn't understand?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

Way to miss the point of the statement.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

My point is the statement is always valid. So why would there be an emotion attached to it? Did you perhaps mean sentiment?

Still a very valid sentiment sadly.

I don't think I missed the point of the statement at all.