How to Tell the Difference Between an Idiot and a Moron
Posted by admin under: Main Dec 22
It seems Daniel Rothman’s video experiment below has been regarded by at least one chafed blogger pup as “deeply insulting by ordinary people” and showing a “profound contempt” for them. According to this blogger, it is pandering and condescending, treating consumers as idiots, morons, and retards.*
Well, rather than purporting to speak for consumers like this chap, we thought it better to just ask folks what they think. Well, what do you think?
PS: The blogger also accuses the video creator of having stolen from this Dylan piece. Gee, we thought it was stolen from silent films (and Kris Berg’s stick figures).
*Those with IQs between 51 and 70 were called morons by the psychiatric community. Morons had adequate mental skills to do menial tasks and communicate with others. Imbeciles, those with IQs between 26 and 50, never progressed beyond the mental age of six. The lowest on the mental ladder were the idiots, whose IQs ranged between 0 and 25. Idiots had poor motor skills, could barely communicate and did not usually respond to stimuli. The term “retard” is a slur on the mentally retarded. The terms dolt, doofus, numbskull, ignoramus, nitwit, nincompoop, knucklehead, dimwit and dumbass were not classified by the psychiatric community because they crossed every IQ level and everyone knew who they were anyway. (Source for official mental classifications: Mental Floss: What’s the Difference)
Source: How to Tell the Difference Between an Idiot and a Moron
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