I like to drop in to see what the knuckleheads are whining about.:MOJE_whot:

I agree completely. There are numerous threads I don't read. I guess my browser is defective and doesn't inflict me with arguments over dog poop.

Now that is very true.

It's their drug of choice. A lot cheaper for them than going to the pharmacy for their anti-depressants.

Too bad the mainstream media doesn't have your opinion.

This may be embedded in human genes from the Anthropological far back TRIBAL time. If someone is not recognized as MY tribal member they're the "stranger" and may try to kill ME. So, I must run back to my tribe and organize a HUNT for the "stranger". Today we have a very large, but unwieldy TRIBE called the United States and a smaller tribe called Florida - and those tribes disagree and function differently. And within Florida, we have various ethnic TRIBES. Depending on the real or perceived threat from some other TRIBE, we retreat to one of our other convenient TRIBES. The anthropological pressure within us may often overcome our modern logical ideas. It seems like an internal tug-of-war!

I have conservative values but I also value your comment. I agree with you about the value of civil debate.

If that's me, I like my three rolling on the floor laughing little men, so don't expect that to change. As far as "idiots" go, my IQ is 179, so, in comparison, who do you think I consider the "idiot"?????

You have the ability to create an uplifting post that others will contribute to....

give it a try

Wow!!!!! What a story!!! Thankfully you saw the light!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Why would I give a positive review for a Contractor or Restaurant that is below average.
I’ve been out of the BUBBLE for 3 months and don’t miss the food at all actually most restaurants do the bare minimum of food it’s not about the quantity but the quality.
Tipping wages and hourly minimum wages are almost twice what is paid in The Villages YET Restaurant price are lower I have not found a $16 hamburger yet.
Grocery store prices are less than Publix, WD and WalMart only price more expensive than in TV are liquor if it’s not on sale!

Absolutely right !

I guess its OK that when someone states that something another one is doing, and it's annoying, and that first person comes back with...too bad, I like it and will continue...hummm....selfish???? Doesn't take a high IQ to figure that one out. In addition the fact that you state your actual score...again..hummmm???
(There are many,many people in TV with equally high IQ's- yet I've never heard one brag or post about it)
I think the intelligence shines when one figures out the flaw .

"There are many,many people in TV with equally high IQ's-yet I've never heard one brag or post about it"


Yeah, I found that to be pretty strange/weird also. Particularly given my own 197 - per WAIS. lol

If you don't like it, don't read it. And I posted it in response to the idiot that called me an idiot. If you don't like that, don't read it either.:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

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Be sure to return and share the results. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Unfortunately, there are some here that would score in the single digits:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Half of us villagers cant remember what we has for dinner last night yet we give out medical advice, offer opinions based on fantasy and complain about it all .

When you mix senility and the internet this is what you get .

Amen!

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This thread reminds me of Crash Bandicoot.

Don't forget about those who believe simple longevity, automatically equates to being smarterer. lol

All I know is that the opinions and mindset of many posters I have encountered on various threads on TOTV is not indicative of those I have met in the Villages community for the short time I've been here (spring 2021). Maybe it attracts all those high IQ types who need a place to pontificate? (I'd leave a ROLFL emojii if I could *wink*).

Seriously, though, the old adage is true - "opinions are like a****les, everybody's got one". If reading viewpoints on controversial subjects irritates or upsets you, don't click on any hot-button topic threads. Initially, I only used the forum for advice, referrals and information but then got sucked into The Dark Side, haha.

Exactly, I don’t recall a single thread with a ambiguous title that could have accidentally have sucked someone into reading something they find upsetting.

That us exactly what this forum is for.....to read it, like it, dislike it or make comments....I make my own choices. Ty

Likewise:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I agree, but don't you think posts like the one above, helps make it unbearable? We'll get through it though. Try sticking to the posts that interests you, then you won't have to complain.

One other thought on vaccines, if our parents or grandparents hadn't gotten the vaccines in 1918 and/or the 50s and 60s, those who refuse the vaccine today, might not be around now to complain, because they wouldn't have been born, if their grands and parents died from being unvaccinated.

Ummm, okay, but that argument has flaws. My parents lived through an era that was rife with polio and the vaccine didn't come into use until the 1950's. Summer was high season for the spread of that disease and kids were told not to go to public swimming pools, lakes, rivers, etc. but there were no mandates or heavy-handed actions like there are nowadays and polio was a highly contagious killer or could cause serious disabilities. My dad knew a child who died of it and I know someone who was affected but recovered.

The things they are vaccinating everyone for now were considered normal, childhood illnesses like chicken pox, mumps, measles. It's overkill on the vaccines. Not to mention things like Hep A and B, the former of which my doctor told me had to be given now because of all the foreign food service workers that had it and were infecting people.

The old days were a different time with most people in America on the same page when it came to public health and there wasn't the distrust of government like there is now. I remember getting vaccines when I was young, including small pox that left the round mark on your arm, and no one ever objected or gave it another thought.

Having said that, there was some controversy over the polio vaccine especially the Sabin one, I believe. It killed and injured a lot of children because there some some defect or contamination in the manufacturing process. People then became wary of getting it and there was a government-sponsored campaign to allay fears.

Bravo! Well said! People get stuck in their own "rightness", how boring!!!
 

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Be Nice, it’s free to post….
 

Yet, you are here reading and posting, it’s a free site for folks that use it to post as you take that luxury and use it at free will. The owners of the site pay for it with advertising dollars, from businesses that advertise, i.e. the coffee guy that you referred to. Use some common sense and realize they’re paying for your pleasure. Don’t attack the advertisers, unless you’re willing to pay to be on the site, and after referencing your posts obviously you wouldn’t pay. Smarten up and be nice. Your negative opinion should be kept to your negative self. Have a nice day, If you were nicer to people, you’d spend less time on your computer. Don’t ruin it for the rest of us.

Which you?

Do not know who you are referring to but when advertisers insult and ridicule people who ask questions about what they are selling, while posting misleading ideas, they deserve what they get.

Site would be much better if ignore list made posters invisible. Far too many comments like the dreadful Villages news.

Don't read it

It is not a big deal
 

Just remember:
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179 - wow. 25 points higher than Michio Kaku and considerably higher than Albert Einstein. Very impressive.

Hmmm, you would be required to pay for the full results. However, it states I was impressive and that I finished the test in 12m 58s which is faster than 97% of people tested. My strongest category is Visual Perception where I scored higher than 99% of people tested.

I’m taking the results with a grain of salt since they may be floating my boat so I will pay for the complete report. Well, I am smarter than that.:icon_wink:

Haha, you're right. They want you to pay. I got - Impressive! You completed the test in: 6 m 7 s
That's faster than 97% of people tested.
Your strongest category is Pattern Recognition where you scored higher than 99% of people tested.

Yep, told me the same thing.

All this talk about high IQ's has me wondering if The Villages has a chapter of MENSA?

Yeah, makes one wonder how many people already sent their money in for the results.:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: I must be at least as bright as Golfing Eagles, henceforth the rolling on the floor icon. :icon_wink: