294 The Five Laws Of Stupidity If you don't have time to watch the video here are the Cliff Notes: Law #1 Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. Law #2 The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. Law #3 A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. Law # 4 Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. Law # 5 A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. People are divided into 5 categories and ET posters could probably be lumped into the same categories. The Intelligent poster: The poster who offers ideas and opinions that benefit both himself and others. The Bandit: The poster who offers ideas and opinions that benefit himself at the expense of others. The Helpless poster: The poster who is trying to benefit others but doesn't know enough to help themselves. The Stupid poster: The poster whos opinions and ideas are detrimental to themselves and others. The Ineffectual poster: If you don't fit in any of the above categories this ones for you. “When you’re dead, you don’t know it. The pain is felt by those around you. The same is true for stupid people.”
"Law # 4 Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals." If that is the case I would say the Non-stupid are .... stupid as well. BTW IMO lists are stupid and forgettable. Whoever looks at them again after they've read them once?