Stupid People

Have you ever walked through a group of people and felt like you would never pass through to the other side alive? Yeah, this happened to me yesterday. I was exiting my French class and had to walk through a group of very material looking young women. I was hesitant at first, but I had to go on through. The first thing I hear is an unidentified sentence with that little upward inflection at the end of it. Like a valley girl/Long Island princess type inflection. Its the type of inflection used to form a question for a normal speaker. However used liberally by these young ladies in statements and exclamations as well...incorrectly. So I think to myself "Robert, don't listen to them, wahtever you do, they might hurt your brain and you might never recover!!" But alas, did I listen to myself? No. My ears honed in and I hear "When does the next daylight savings time come, like next week?" It's November 20. Daylight savings just ended. ouch! I think I just lost the ability to add simple numbers trying to think about that statement. So what do I do, I listen for a response. I hear "Yeah I know it gets dark at like 2 o'clock." I start to reach the end of the crowd, for a moment I feel as if I am beginning to black out. I just make it out of earshot and slowly begin to recover from the shock I had just endured. These people are in college. Even worse, they are old enough to vote. No wonder the world is going to the dogs. Just thought I would share my near death experience with you.