So it was probably the last time we would ever be in that classroom, having a lesson again. Alright. I'm sad. That was a great classroom, if you don't count how there were always sweet wrappers around my desk every time some other idiot class used it. The last words I said in that room were "Oh, you mean sodium is only displaced if you're using a mercury cathode? Right." Looking back, there could have been a lot of better things to say.

And so we've all basically said goodbye to the school. From now on, the school is only an examination hall. It is no longer ours. We are candidates for a government exam. Three short weeks later, not even that. Oh well. I've actually been thinking about it for quite a while, so it doesn't feel so bad. Guess I kinda saw it coming. Or maybe it's just because I know it's not goodbye yet. We still have to plough through three weeks. We're still a class. And then there's also our graduation ceremony. Funny, you know, since "graduation" is derived from "gradual", but I see nothing gradual here. It's a huge leap, seeing as that moving to a new school is never, for lack of a better word, gradual.

And anyway, I've just realised that I might as well forget about online gaming after the O's. Thanks to my modem, which frankly, sucks. My download rate fluctuates, some days really fast, others not so. I cannot have this kind of instability. That box is a scam. My old Linksys worked way better. Mio sucks, period. I'd link the thread on Stomp, but it's too full of idiot-speak for me to agree with. I mean seriously, we know that there are a lot of loud, dumb people on the internet, but you don't have to try to be the best. What scares me is that most of them aren't trying. Stop saying "change to starhub", because it's not a feasable option. Idiots. Singapore is full of them. But my point is, Mio sucks, and if you do so much as use Youtube regularly, consider a different service.

But then, whatever. I'm going to buy a new game. Offline. Online communities are total crap anyway. The only way to stay sane in an online game is to avoid interaction at all costs, thus losing the whole "online" part of it. Sure, there are some good people, but that's like saying "when you fall into a snake pit, some won't bite you." Meaning, of course, that the rest will. Faith in humanity at risk. Gah. They can all go squabble and fight amongst themselves as much as they like, but I'm leaving those hellholes behind. I'll be entertained alone, thank you, by genetically engineered lunatics, a shotgun, and plenty of water.

I just don't have the heart to stay on topic right now. I mean, one specific topic. "I hate idiots" is too general. And every time I get on the subject I can't resist listing all their different breeds.

Oh, and I have a theory. I think I know why the world seems to be getting dumber, and more asshattish.

It's got to do with natural selection. We've all learned that in a developed country, work oriented people marry later, and have less children. Now, I'm going to make the assumption that all work oriented people have 3 digit IQs. All non-work oriented people have less. So here's how it goes:

Intelligent people are more ambitious, focusing on their goals in life, be it getting rich, starting a company, or designing something big. Intelligent people know what their strengths are, and work on them. There are 9 types of intelligence, but I won't bother listing them. These intelligent people put work first, procreation second. Thus, they marry later and have fewer kids. Older genetic material leads to poorer development. Basically, their kids aren't as fit as you'd like them to be. Then the work-oriented ones teach their children by example. Their kids become work-oriented too, and the cycle continues. In this way, the number of work oriented people diminishes over time, and even those from non-work oriented families that have a change of heart can't make up for the falling numbers.

But that's not all. Those with less real-world talent and self control(the idiots) are have less control over their natural instincts. So they go make babies. Idiot parents produce idiot babies. The cycle continues, and soon idiots outnumber non-idiots.

The people who think they're really awesome, but are actually making themselves look stupid, are the idiots. Now, just try and recall your most recent uncontrolled social gathering. Meaning that anyone could be there. Now, how many people annoyed you?

And there will come a time when people with any shred of logic left will refuse to procreate, for they do not want this mistake of a species to degrade itself any further. With that, I leave you with a picture to emphasise my point.



-Joe