To clarify here, I don’t feel like I’m significantly smarter than most people, but I feel like people have a hard time doing any sort of thinking about stuff. Especially when it comes to verifying “facts.”

  • @jjjalljs
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    405 months ago

    I think the average person isn’t very bright. And that’s okay. Most of us don’t need to be discovering new maths or creating new works of art.

    But anyone is going to perform worse when they’re stressed, distracted, afraid, hungry, or similar. A lot of people, that’s their daily life. Something like less than half of americans can afford a $1000 surprise bill. You’re not going to see anyone’s best showing when they’re worried about feeding themselves tomorrow.

    Incidentally, republican policies suck and make more people scared, angry, and financially insecure.

    • @CheeseChief@lemmy.world
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      35 months ago

      I’ve seen a $2 and a $100 bill and even had a few, but where’d you get a $1000 bill? I’ve never seen one of those.