Was The Pet Rock Our Turning Point?

[lligrd]

If not, when did American stupidity begin?

[quartz]

1. Credit cards.

[grannie4peace]

2. around the time bill was getting his rocks off with monica--

that gave the right wing everything they needed to shame americans into servitude. that was when i saw things start changing ... i love bill--if he was squeaky clean, no one could have touched him....but that's all water under the bridge!!!!!

[MrModerate]

3. Spiritulism. 1860s-1880s. There had been revival crazes before . . .

But this was the first time the sorcerers maintained they had actually *revived* anyone.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Ron Popeil, and the Pocket Fisherman. Or maybe Vegomatic.

http://img.photobucket.com.nyud.net:8090/albums/v84/thebigjig/tonygazelle.jpg

[ixion]

5. well, historically speaking...human beings have always been

pretty freakin' stupid.

To Quote Kurt Vonnegut:

"Just because we can read and write and do some math, that doesn't make us the Master of the Universe."

[Indenturedebtor]

6. Hah we don't have a monopoly on virtue or vice

Humanity is a mess. We're just a particularly out there sort of mess heh.

[lligrd]

7. And Then We Voted For One

Yet, we wonder what happened.

[Mabus]

8. It's always been with us

Unfortunately, thanks to liberals before us, America enacted safety regulations. As a result, the morons aren't removing themselves from the gene pool as quickly as they did before.

[RagAss]

9. The Disco craze.....

Specifically, "Disco Duck"..... that's when the culture bottomed out !

[caledesi]

10. Yep. NT

[carlyhippy]

11. We didn't start the fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP0APvTSMMw

[burythehatchet]

12. Ginzu Knives

They foretold the Chinese takeover of our food prep.