NotANaziIWasJustBornIn1988@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-squaremessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?NotANaziIWasJustBornIn1988@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square281fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down5·11 months ago“think of how stupid the average person is, and then think half of them are dumber than that” So heavily overused.
minus-squareNotANaziIWasJustBornIn1988@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·11 months 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-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·11 months agoThe people saying it aren’t usually in the half they think they are, either.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months ago95% of people think they belong to the top 5%.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoYeah but I actually am, right guys? …guys?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoOf course you are, buddy! Now go play with your crayons while the grown ups talk.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months 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-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months ago“Half of them are smarter than that!” Doesn’t have the same ring to it.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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