mommykink to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-square236fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?mommykink to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square236fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilink17•1 year ago“think of how stupid the average person is, and then think half of them are dumber than that” So heavily overused.
minus-squaremommykinkOPlinkfedilink16•1 year agoThis was actually the quote that inspired this thread. I love George Carlin but I hear this all the time online and I hate it
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilink15•1 year agoThe people saying it aren’t usually in the half they think they are, either.
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYeah but I actually am, right guys? …guys?
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilink4•1 year agoOf course you are, buddy! Now go play with your crayons while the grown ups talk.
minus-square@VieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilink-1•1 year agoAnd I would think that a good 95% of that 5%, who don’t think they belong in the top half, actually do belong in the top tiers.
minus-square@slackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink8•1 year ago“Half of them are smarter than that!” Doesn’t have the same ring to it.
minus-square@starman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoHalf of the people who unironically use this quote are in the exact half he’s making fun of
“think of how stupid the average person is, and then think half of them are dumber than that”
So heavily overused.
This was actually the quote that inspired this thread. I love George Carlin but I hear this all the time online and I hate it
The people saying it aren’t usually in the half they think they are, either.
95% of people think they belong to the top 5%.
Yeah but I actually am, right guys? …guys?
Of course you are, buddy! Now go play with your crayons while the grown ups talk.
And I would think that a good 95% of that 5%, who don’t think they belong in the top half, actually do belong in the top tiers.
“Half of them are smarter than that!” Doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Half of the people who unironically use this quote are in the exact half he’s making fun of