Stupidity 101

Yes. I’m working on book about Life Skills. At the end of each chapter the author kindly puts review questions for key concepts that the student should have learned (which is another way of saying “Things any moron should know, buy you’re apparently too stupid to pick up”). The questions are along the lines of. . .

“When faced with a situation where you wake up naked in a corn field wearing only KISS make up and holding A Swinger’s Guide to Des Moines should you:

A: Sew a makeshift outfit out of Corn Silk

B: Claim Alien Abduction

C: Find your car and eat everything in the ash tray. Then call the police.

D: Chalk it up to youthful indulgence.

E: Pray that when you regain your memory you’ll remember that you are on the basketball team so that the situation won’t seem out of the ordinary."

I’m not sure what my point is. Maybe it’s just general curiosity. Curiosity about whether or not this sort of behavior is learned. And if it is, does the Y offer classes?