Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

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yyyguy said, 3 months ago

like the difference between intelligence and wisdom.
Fairportfan2 said, 3 months ago

Actually - stupid is refusing to cure your own ignorance.
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.
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.
iamtxmilady said, 3 months ago

I agree with y’all.

Ignorance - the lack of knowledge

Stupidity - the refusal of knowledge
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.”
grapfhics said, 3 months ago

There are more of them, period.
Richard said, 3 months ago

Plus which, you cannot reason with an idiot.
Bdaysuit said, 3 months ago

the word “gullible” comes to mind.
wndrwrthg said, 3 months ago

If ignorance is bliss, I believe America is becoming the most blissful nation on earth.
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…
Desultourist said, 3 months ago

The theory of gravitation has never been proved.
fschubertrj said, 3 months ago

Stupidity borderlines evilness…
dewrite1 said, 3 months ago

ya can’t fix stupid - Ron White
Ji2m said, 3 months ago

Stupid is believing what politicians tell you without double checking for yourself…
Ronshua said, 3 months ago

If the circumstances were temporary , it would be hilarious .
wdgnas said, 3 months ago

i thought gullible was spelled with two l’s. i’ll wait while you look it up.
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.
chairump said, 3 months ago

Ignorance can be cured … stupid is forever
Richard said, 3 months ago

Gull-a-Bull, (Bugs Bunny said it best)
vexatron1984 said, 3 months ago

I’d say ignorance breeds stupidity and that ignorance breeds like rabbits!
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.
zonkerpirate said, 3 months ago

Oh you mean the guy on the news that yells the loudest isn’t always right?
Dora Dingle said, 3 months ago

If everyone was more intelligent and less ignorant (or stupid), would that make the world better?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.”
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.
CogentModality said, 3 months ago

How soon they forget, Wiley. Harken back to yesterdays strip people.
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)
Mxyzptlk said, 3 months ago

Sometimes, a stupid person with good intentions is more evil than someone deliberately trying to be evil.
locoboilerguy said, 3 months ago

Beware of stupid people in large groups.
Varnes Picard said, 3 months ago

Ignor- ance is a choice, coupled with lazyness..
Lewreader 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.
gbwooden 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.
jml58 said, 3 months ago

The intelligence on the planet is a constant.

The populace is growing.
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!
Dry said, 3 months ago

wndwrthg, I believe you are right!
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.
DevXIII said, 3 months ago

The sad thing is I can just picture Glen Beck saying something like that..
Digital Frog 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”.
DirtyDragon said, 3 months ago

Hat tip to today’s special guest star, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Loon-MN).
nighthawks 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
yyyguy said, 3 months ago

“never argue with an idiot. people watching might not be able to tell the difference.”
Ji2m said, 3 months ago

Cap & Trade is a way of taxing the air we breathe…
Iwa Iniki said, 3 months ago

Just remember that I am a genius.
Trebor39 said, 3 months ago

If you don’t believe idiots abound then turn on the TV and just listen.
kat827618 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.