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[Graknorke]

Maybe it's that most of us are insufferable pricks! 

The insufferable prick slashes the naming box with the xswordx
The spinning part sails off in an arc
The naming box has been struck down!

[Mr Space Cat]

Maybe it's that most of us are insufferable pricks! 

Well, I can say that a bunch of the common denominator can be a bit insufferably annoying at times, yeah.

Woo, niches!

[Hubris Incalculable]

To be fair, it seems much of the "stupidity" of average people in high school is not a direct result of their intellect, but rather a lack of motivation to do anything above the minimum and barely scrape by.

"Study for the test? Nah, I'd rather update my Twitterbook and Instaface with my buddies for three hours and gossip about celebrities and other less important stuff."

 "Actually do work in this class? Nah, this ten question worksheet about material we have in our notes is too much work. I'd rather text my beloved significant other about what illegal stuff we'll do at the party tonight."

Different priorities, different mentalities, different perspectives, different maturities. The question is whether any of these people believe they can actually get through a college the same way they're working through high school or if they're perfectly ok with graduating and working right off the bat. If they want to go to college and expect themselves to graduate through the same scraping-by then that's a sign of ignorance and naivety. Otherwise they probably know what they're doing, no matter how stupid it might seem to outside parties.

I can forgive people for being idiots in high school. When they carry that idiocy forward into their adult lives that drives me insane. Seriously. There are only like... 4 people (including me, no hubris intended) of my age group (~20) at my work who actually act like adults.

[frostshotgg]

"Hacked"
Why are there so many people who actually believe hacking is a thing? Why the fuck did Hollywood have to invent such a stupid idea. There's guessing passwords and taking steps to find out someone's password. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Devling]

"Hacked"
Why are there so many people who actually believe hacking is a thing? Why the fuck did Hollywood have to invent such a stupid idea. There's guessing passwords and taking steps to find out someone's password. Nothing more, nothing less.

What would you call it then?

[Putnam]

Forcible acquisition of sensitive information.

[Slayerhero90]

Or fasing.

[Devling]

Replacing fake words with other fake words.
Science. 

[Frumple]

Replacing fake words with other fake words.
Science. Language. 

FTFY

Fake word has got to be some kind of paradox statement, really...

[frostshotgg]

I'd call it stupid people clicking on things they shouldn't click on.

[Devling]

Or Spcottsco.

That kinda sounds Lovecraftian.

Sp'cot'tsco ftaghn.

[Putnam]

I'd call it stupid people clicking on things they shouldn't click on.

That'd be phishing.

[Graknorke]

"Hacked"
Why are there so many people who actually believe hacking is a thing? Why the fuck did Hollywood have to invent such a stupid idea. There's guessing passwords and taking steps to find out someone's password. Nothing more, nothing less.

It does exist though. Just because it doesn't really get done doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

[Flying Dice]

"Hacked"
Why are there so many people who actually believe hacking is a thing? Why the fuck did Hollywood have to invent such a stupid idea. There's guessing passwords and taking steps to find out someone's password. Nothing more, nothing less.

It does exist though. Just because it doesn't really get done doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

The real annoyance is when idiot reporters people don't bother to note the difference between hackers and crackers.

[ed boy]

To be fair, it seems much of the "stupidity" of average people in high school is not a direct result of their intellect, but rather a lack of motivation to do anything above the minimum and barely scrape by.

I would reckon that the majority of it is due to peer pressure. For whatever reason, being smart is believed by most people to be worse than the alternative, and studies have shown that people will happily abandon their previous beliefs to fit in.

"Hacked"
Why are there so many people who actually believe hacking is a thing? Why the fuck did Hollywood have to invent such a stupid idea. There's guessing passwords and taking steps to find out someone's password. Nothing more, nothing less.

Because hacking sounds cool. If hollywood introducted their villan as a master phisher, lots of people just wouldn't consider them a proper villain.