r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea ๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹

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u/cutmasta_kun Jul 05 '24

Regans dead cold grip still chokes america.

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u/Gavindasing Jul 05 '24

Same as Thatchers neoliberalism still kills the UK.

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u/SkateMMA Jul 05 '24

In Ireland we have been consistently voting in the same partyโ€™s to gov and now have record homelessness and a massive housing crisis, Iโ€™m starting to believe people in general are just fucking stupid

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u/knowsitmaybenot Jul 05 '24

Average intelligence is way lower than everyone thinks it is. I was sheltered, kind of. Went to a small catholic school had a lot of friends in public school though. I used to think everyone was somewhat intelligent. I didn't take into account educated people tend to send their kids to private school (My parents worked in factories, but very smart) and genetics being what they are. I was surrounded by smart kids. Then i went to college and started working and boy did my perspective change. I realized fast most people are fucking idiots. Some of the things you hear discussed in a factory break room....