Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

Non Sequitur

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  1. yyyguy

    yyyguy said, 3 months ago

    like the difference between intelligence and wisdom.

  2. Fairportfan2

    Fairportfan2 said, 3 months ago

    Actually - stupid is refusing to cure your own ignorance.

  3. madKanga

    madKanga said, 3 months ago

    Not sure I agree with her definitions. People not only have the information available, they know it.

    Like people who send $50 to collect the “money they have for sure won” - even when their friends have told them it is a scam; or the people who send money to help transfer funds out of Nigeria.

    Stupid more than ignorant, I would say.

  4. rayannina

    rayannina said, 3 months ago

    It’s not that more people today are stupid – it’s just that they have more opportunities today to display it.

  5. iamtxmilady

    iamtxmilady said, 3 months ago

    I agree with y’all.

    Ignorance - the lack of knowledge

    Stupidity - the refusal of knowledge

  6. ejcapulet

    ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

    Then there’s “stupid as a lifestyle choice”. I only wish I was joking. I’ve heard “I don’t need to go to no fancy college, I know everything I need to know.”

  7. grapfhics

    grapfhics said, 3 months ago

    There are more of them, period.

  8. Richard

    Richard said, 3 months ago

    Plus which, you cannot reason with an idiot.

  9. Bdaysuit

    Bdaysuit said, 3 months ago

    the word “gullible” comes to mind.

  10. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    If ignorance is bliss, I believe America is becoming the most blissful nation on earth.

  11. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 3 months ago

    Everyone knows,
    That the world is full of stupid people,
    I got the pistols and I need the pesos,
    Yeah,and that seems fair…

  12. Desultourist

    Desultourist said, 3 months ago

    The theory of gravitation has never been proved.

  13. fschubertrj

    fschubertrj said, 3 months ago

    Stupidity borderlines evilness…

  14. dewrite1

    dewrite1 said, 3 months ago

    ya can’t fix stupid - Ron White

  15. Ji2m

    Ji2m said, 3 months ago

    Stupid is believing what politicians tell you without double checking for yourself…

  16. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    If the circumstances were temporary , it would be hilarious .

  17. wdgnas

    wdgnas said, 3 months ago

    i thought gullible was spelled with two l’s. i’ll wait while you look it up.

  18. algurka

    algurka said, 3 months ago

    The whole argument starts off wrong with her answer to his question about “people really more stupid today.” Her answer, “People haven’t lost that,” is not an answer. If they’d lost that, they would be less stupid.

    If anything, people ARE more stupid because their inability to learn (to use her explanation) has grown. People can’t spell even with Spellcheck, for example.

  19. chairump

    chairumpGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Ignorance can be cured … stupid is forever

  20. Richard

    Richard said, 3 months ago

    Gull-a-Bull, (Bugs Bunny said it best)

  21. vexatron1984

    vexatron1984 said, 3 months ago

    I’d say ignorance breeds stupidity and that ignorance breeds like rabbits!

  22. GrinsToYa

    GrinsToYa said, 3 months ago

    You’re stupid if you can’t understand what’s going on and ignorant if you keep going along with it…. brings to mind politics and religion.

  23. zonkerpirate

    zonkerpirate said, 3 months ago

    Oh you mean the guy on the news that yells the loudest isn’t always right?

  24. Dora Dingle

    Dora Dingle said, 3 months ago

    If everyone was more intelligent and less ignorant (or stupid), would that make the world better?

  25. RoadTrip3500

    RoadTrip3500 said, 3 months ago

    I think Mom has it right in her definitions… ignorance = root word “ignore”… one is presented with facts and chooses to ignore them.

  26. Josh 1360

    Josh 1360 said, 3 months ago

    Maybe. Then people will start making better decisions instead of poor ones. Then we’ll have a much better economy.

  27. pswhitlark

    pswhitlark said, 3 months ago

    I wouldn’t be too sure that these idiots in Washington wouldn’t want to find a way to tax us for our use of gravity. They’ve already working on ways to tax everything else.

  28. ronaldmundy

    ronaldmundy said, 3 months ago

    No, Fairportfan2
    Ignorance is not realizing your stupid.
    Ignorance can’t be “cured” either. If something
    is explained to you, it doesn’t mean you’ll
    accept it or comprehend it.
    God, they’re everywhere! Wanna buy a bridge?

  29. brewwitch

    brewwitch said, 3 months ago

    Einstein had good quote on the subject, too (appropriate because of the tax on gravity usage):

    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

  30. Avolunteer

    Avolunteer said, 3 months ago

    When the people with higher intelligence levels are smart enough to not over re-produce, but those of lower intelligence breed like rabbits (and many times get paid to do it ie: pogey/welfare) then yes, the world is dumbing down. and the “news” that tries to find conspiracies even where there are none just to try to boost their ratings sends us farther down that spiral.

  31. CogentModality

    CogentModality said, 3 months ago

    How soon they forget, Wiley. Harken back to yesterdays strip people.

  32. runninanreadin

    runninanreadin said, 3 months ago

    “You can’t catch stupid.” - Jo Carter (Eureka)….I’m not so sure. The question remains: Is it possible to slap the stupid out of the people? (Not that you WANT to…you really HAVE to…lol)

  33. Mxyzptlk

    Mxyzptlk said, 3 months ago

    Sometimes, a stupid person with good intentions is more evil than someone deliberately trying to be evil.

  34. locoboilerguy

    locoboilerguy said, 3 months ago

    Beware of stupid people in large groups.

  35. Varnes Picard

    Varnes Picard said, 3 months ago

    Ignor- ance is a choice, coupled with lazyness..

  36. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Darwin was wrong. Intelligent people practice population control. The gene pool goes down. When we artificially support the non-productive breeders, the gene pool also goes down.

    We have a holiday coming up where it would be possible to take the leaders of the non-productive and throw them in active volcanoes. No this is not Halloween, it is election day.

  37. gbwooden

    gbwoodenGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Like the bumper sticker says, “My kid can beat up your honor student”.
    Many people put a premium on ignorance. So, stupid is bred, but ignorance is fed.

  38. jml58

    jml58 said, 3 months ago

    The intelligence on the planet is a constant.

    The populace is growing.

  39. plus4

    plus4 said, 3 months ago

    Is this related to Calvin’s parents forgetting to pay the gravity bill? (You have to have seen the appropriate C & H to get this.)

    Lewreader - You’re on the right track there. People are *de*volving!

  40. Dry

    DryGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    wndwrthg, I believe you are right!

  41. jack75287

    jack75287 said, 3 months ago

    By the number of post I say Miller is on to something. I am so happy I am ignorant and not stupid or is it the other way around. Or am I both.

  42. DevXIII

    DevXIII said, 3 months ago

    The sad thing is I can just picture Glen Beck saying something like that..

  43. Digital Frog

    Digital FrogGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Yep - It’s like the one football? player that, when asked “Are you ignorant or just apethetic?” replied, “I don’t know and don’t care”.

  44. DirtyDragon

    DirtyDragon said, 3 months ago

    Hat tip to today’s special guest star, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Loon-MN).

  45. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    all you can do is shake your head …..the whole point of this cartoon is lost when somebody claims , apparently seriously, that the big fat idiot is the source of sanity and righteousness

  46. yyyguy

    yyyguy said, 3 months ago

    “never argue with an idiot. people watching might not be able to tell the difference.”

  47. Ji2m

    Ji2m said, 3 months ago

    Cap & Trade is a way of taxing the air we breathe…

  48. Iwa Iniki

    Iwa InikiGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Just remember that I am a genius.

  49. Trebor39

    Trebor39 said, 3 months ago

    If you don’t believe idiots abound then turn on the TV and just listen.

  50. kat827618

    kat827618Genius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Priceless cartoon!

    BTW:

    Stupidity: Inability to learn/lack of intelligence.

    Ignorance: Willful or incidental lack of knowledge.

    Denial: Refusal of valid knowledge.

    Wisdom: Ability to use knowledge for constructive purposes.