A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything.

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Re: A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything

Post by Elessarina » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:44 am

klr wrote: Seriously though, many people in my experience have more than enough brains, but just don't seem to want to improve themselves intellectually. :lay:

But.. why should they want to?

I had a discussion with someone once.. can't recall who about Tolkien and he went on and on and on a bout how Rolkein wasted his great intellect and talent by writing The Lord of the Rings etc..

But that's what Tolkien wanted to do..

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Re: A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:12 am

Look! It's a boy. And he's got a horse's head. It's horse-boy!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/nor ... 401345.stm


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Re: A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything

Post by Pappa » Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:30 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Look! It's a boy. And he's got a horse's head. It's horse-boy!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/nor ... 401345.stm


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Re: A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything

Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:13 am

No-one who spends an appreciable amount of time hanging about here can really, with a straight face, accuse others of wallowing in the lowest common denominator.....

What does hypocrisy taste like, seriously?
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Re: A depressing insight into the dumbing-down of everything

Post by JimC » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:18 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:No-one who spends an appreciable amount of time hanging about here can really, with a straight face, accuse others of wallowing in the lowest common denominator.....

What does hypocrisy taste like, seriously?
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