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[Flying Dice]

From what I've seen, most human problems tend to derive from human intelligence.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

i'd disagree, but we'd probably fight about what is a problem and what isn't and which take precedence over the others.
actually, that sounds fun. let's do it!

[Mini]

We (as a species) already do, it's called politics.

[Hanslanda]

From what I've seen, most human problems tend to derive from human intelligence.

The clash of intelligence against instinct, more like.

[Loud Whispers]

I generally go with the idea of "A person can be intelligent. People, on the whole, are stupid". Especially in mobs. Even smart people in a mod end up doing very stupid things.

Rule 1: People are a problem

-The solution to this problem is more people.
-The solution doesn't always make things better.
-So add more people.

[FearfulJesuit]

Today I am the subject of this thread. I rarely speak much English at all these days, but I am in English class at school, now, because my classmates wanted me to take English with them, and because the alternative is high-level Spanish, which I might be able to scrape by in, but would rather not have to struggle through.

I decided, more or less on a whim, to affect a Deep South accent, because it amused me highly and because, well, it'll only show up in English class and nobody will know the difference. Now everyone, including the teacher, believes it to be my honest-to-god American accent, and I'm stuck sounding like a Charleston cotton baron for the rest of the year. I dee-clayuh, if I'd actually thought about this for more than five seconds...

[MagmaMcFry]

Today I am the subject of this thread. I rarely speak much English at all these days, but I am in English class at school, now, because my classmates wanted me to take English with them, and because the alternative is high-level Spanish, which I might be able to scrape by in, but would rather not have to struggle through.

I decided, more or less on a whim, to affect a Deep South accent, because it amused me highly and because, well, it'll only show up in English class and nobody will know the difference. Now everyone, including the teacher, believes it to be my honest-to-god American accent, and I'm stuck sounding like a Charleston cotton baron for the rest of the year. I dee-clayuh, if I'd actually thought about this for more than five seconds...

You could try having a different accent every week or so. S'not like there aren't enough awesome-sounding accents to go around.

[FearfulJesuit]

Today I am the subject of this thread. I rarely speak much English at all these days, but I am in English class at school, now, because my classmates wanted me to take English with them, and because the alternative is high-level Spanish, which I might be able to scrape by in, but would rather not have to struggle through.

I decided, more or less on a whim, to affect a Deep South accent, because it amused me highly and because, well, it'll only show up in English class and nobody will know the difference. Now everyone, including the teacher, believes it to be my honest-to-god American accent, and I'm stuck sounding like a Charleston cotton baron for the rest of the year. I dee-clayuh, if I'd actually thought about this for more than five seconds...

You could try having a different accent every week or so. S'not like there aren't enough awesome-sounding accents to go around.

I can actually pull a Southern accent off very well, though, since I grew up down South. It's very difficult for me to realistically do anything outside the US and Canada, for the following reason: in the western US and much of the Midwest, the words "cot," "caught," "bother" and "father" all have the same vowel. I can distinguish the cot and caught ones if I'm being careful, since although I do have the same vowel in all four of those normally I can still tell the difference. There are some other things, too, but I don't have as much trouble with them; this is the main problem.

Outside North America, however, except New York City, there are three vowels distinguished, and I can't remember how they're split up, nor which words have which. Not that Brazilians know this!

[Valid_Dark]

Friend A: Hey, can you watch a cat for me for a little while?
Friend B: Sure I guess, but my internet is kind of slow.
Friend A: No, I mean, like.. a real cat.

[MaximumZero]

Today I am the subject of this thread. I rarely speak much English at all these days, but I am in English class at school, now, because my classmates wanted me to take English with them, and because the alternative is high-level Spanish, which I might be able to scrape by in, but would rather not have to struggle through.

I decided, more or less on a whim, to affect a Deep South accent, because it amused me highly and because, well, it'll only show up in English class and nobody will know the difference. Now everyone, including the teacher, believes it to be my honest-to-god American accent, and I'm stuck sounding like a Charleston cotton baron for the rest of the year. I dee-clayuh, if I'd actually thought about this for more than five seconds...

You could try having a different accent every week or so. S'not like there aren't enough awesome-sounding accents to go around.

I can actually pull a Southern accent off very well, though, since I grew up down South. It's very difficult for me to realistically do anything outside the US and Canada, for the following reason: in the western US and much of the Midwest, the words "cot," "caught," "bother" and "father" all have the same vowel. I can distinguish the cot and caught ones if I'm being careful, since although I do have the same vowel in all four of those normally I can still tell the difference. There are some other things, too, but I don't have as much trouble with them; this is the main problem.

Outside North America, however, except New York City, there are three vowels distinguished, and I can't remember how they're split up, nor which words have which. Not that Brazilians know this!

Put on a Yooper accent! That's a shitload of fun, too.

[misko27]

I affect a slight Irish accent to my regular speech when I get bored. I got pretty good at it after a while, so I can do it to mess with people.
 
I'm going to try what fearful did next year. Just, Irish accent. And then, middle of year, BAM.

[Graknorke]

Why does every living thing have eyes?

I need to come up with a way to just lock my screen to the top of a Youtube page, I think these comments are making me stupider.

[Mr Space Cat]

...you get used to it after a while.

It helps to try and read everything in a sarcastic tone of voice, so it's not people actually being stupid, but people sarcastically sounding stupid. Then they actually seem slightly more intelligent.

[Doomblade187]

'are you fucking BLIND to whats going on in the world? you cant SEE the installing of a total police state and that the leaders are fucking CORRUPT and dont give a fuck about you and want to enslave you? keep living in the fantasy land buddy.'

I gave him the point of the corruption, since it seems half the governments seem to help the corporations, and not the people, but his point was that the corruption was CLEAR EVIDENCE A NEW WORLD ORDER IS BEING ESTABLISHED!!!

It would probably be easier to run the world from behind the scenes, anyway. Less publicity to worry about.

[Karnewarrior]

There's no spelling without the letter 'A'.

I would like to disehgree. Simple modificehtions cen ehlter little while still ehllowing spelling lehrgley legible. Spelling without the letter 'E' would be fer more difficult.