yes. lots of people are tired of it, but the people who talk like that are also probably people who would not see your message here.
I often turn the broadcast channel off, so I don't usually see that stuff anymore.
pfft...if u were l33t u'd unnerstan
perhaps its time for a translator that acts as a filter to change idiot text to readable text.
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I thought that was the purpose of the Darwin Awards.
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I had no idea that site existed but some of the stories are just insanely funny.
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The purpose of a Darwin Award is to honor someone who got killed because of natural selection. It's commonly misinterpreted to mean something it isn't. Natural selection says that favorable traits are passed on. Stupidity is not a favorable trait, and if you're so stupid you got killed, you got Darwin'd.
Contrary to popular belief, to be given a Darwin Award you have to have:
1) Been killed doing something really stupid. You were eliminated because of natural selection. Alternatively, "removed from the gene pool" by having become sterile. Death is the most common gateway, though.
2) Not passed on your genes to a future generation. It wouldn't be natural selection if you passed on your unfavorable traits (note the rule about kids is a little tricky, though).
It's not just for stupid people, and not just for stupid people who DIED. You have to meet all those criteria. The rules are a little flaky in places, but you can't win a Darwin Award just by being stupid, especially for something as weak as not knowing how to spell.
If you want more information, view the rules on the website.
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Too simple. I'd rather that it highlighted the misspelled words in big, red text, that required them to change it themselves before they could actually send it.
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Too simple. I'd rather that it highlighted the misspelled words in big, red text, that required them to change it themselves before they could actually send it.
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Broadcast would be much quieter. Especially if it didn't tell them how to actually spell the word. There are high school graduates out there with less than a 4th grade reading level. ...And they all find their way to the internet.
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Broadcast would be much quieter. Especially if it didn't tell them how to actually spell the word. There are high school graduates out there with less than a 4th grade reading level. ...And they all find their way to Atlas Park. Then they get distracted by AE farming spam and never leave Atlas Park.
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I thought that was the purpose of the Darwin Awards.
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The purpose of a Darwin Award is to honor someone who got killed because of natural selection. It's commonly misinterpreted to mean something it isn't. Natural selection says that favorable traits are passed on. Stupidity is not a favorable trait, and if you're so stupid you got killed, you got Darwin'd.
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I feel all good now knowing I have a toon called "Natural Selection"
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The purpose of a Darwin Award is to honor someone who got killed because of natural selection. It's commonly misinterpreted to mean something it isn't. Natural selection says that favorable traits are passed on. Stupidity is not a favorable trait, and if you're so stupid you got killed, you got Darwin'd.
[/ QUOTE ]Technically, Darwin Awards are to honor someone who removes themselves from the gene pool, so that they don't pass on their idiocy.
You don't need to have died, but if you lived, you need to have become sterile or gone vegetative. It's the "can't pass on your genes" part that is most important, not death.
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The purpose of a Darwin Award is to honor someone who got killed because of natural selection. It's commonly misinterpreted to mean something it isn't. Natural selection says that favorable traits are passed on. Stupidity is not a favorable trait, and if you're so stupid you got killed, you got Darwin'd.
[/ QUOTE ]Technically, Darwin Awards are to honor someone who removes themselves from the gene pool, so that they don't pass on their idiocy.
You don't need to have died, but if you lived, you need to have become sterile or gone vegetative. It's the "can't pass on your genes" part that is most important, not death.
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It's just the most often, death is the vehicle of non-delivery 
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The purpose of a Darwin Award is to honor someone who got killed because of natural selection. It's commonly misinterpreted to mean something it isn't. Natural selection says that favorable traits are passed on. Stupidity is not a favorable trait, and if you're so stupid you got killed, you got Darwin'd.
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I feel all good now knowing I have a toon called "Natural Selection"
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Too simple. I'd rather that it highlighted the misspelled words in big, red text, that required them to change it themselves before they could actually send it.
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Broadcast would be much quieter. Especially if it didn't tell them how to actually spell the word. There are high school graduates out there with less than a 4th grade reading level. ...And they all find their way to the internet.
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well duh, one of the only things kids enjoy and allow themselves to take from a day in school is how to access the internet and bypass education-only firewalls :P .
(Seriously, there are 6th graders I've heard of in my district who use proxy redirects to bypass the firewall and get to anywhere)
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well duh, one of the only things kids enjoy and allow themselves to take from a day in school is how to access the internet and bypass education-only firewalls :P .
(Seriously, there are 6th graders I've heard of in my district who use proxy redirects to bypass the firewall and get to anywhere)
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Worst part was, it was THESE people (the ones with a 4th grade reading level) who kept getting caught by my high school's network admin, forcing those of us computer savvy enough to actually find the security holes to keep finding others.
It got to the point where some of us carried a boot disk / XP disk around to remove Deep Freeze when the teacher's back was turned for long enough (A slower process, but ensured that THAT computer was security free for a month). And saved registry files to reverse the whole "you cannot edit any settings on this computer" thing.
Curse you Mr. Mogg! Why couldn't we have oblivious network admins like other schools in the district? >.<
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ppl jus don no how to spel nemor. i dun no bout ne of u, but i no 5 yo kids who cn tlk betr thn mos of da ppl in game now days.
ne 1 els get tird of seein ppl tlk in loc lik dis?
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