[HD2 General] 4D3:
You are bang on correct, if you have ever read a book called "the bell curve" it will give you a good idea of what is going on here, this book is actually about intelligence and class divides, but the ideas apply here very nicely.

Firstly the book talks about "dilution of intelligence" EG:

(these are generalisations and i am not saying these are concrete rules but get my point across)

Scenario 1: you have 2 intelligent parents they will usually have 1-2.4 kids (averages-before i get some numptie saying "how do you have 2.4 children, if you do, you probably belong to scenario 2!!), which USUALLY turn out to be relatively smart and mirror or excede their parents in intelligence when they become of age. These kids then go on to do good education/jobs etc and in future life replicate what is normal to them, i.e. 1-2.4 kids who are smart.

Scenario 2: you have 2 below average/dumb parents and they (proved by Statistics) will have 3-8 kids, all of which mirror them, i.e. that are dumb and replicate what they are used to, i.e. dont aspire to education/jobs and "sit about." obviously there are exceptions to the rules but you get my drift - lets call these people chavs.

as you can see from these 2 scenarios, basic maths/stats will tell you, or lead you to see that there is a steady decline of intelligence due to the rate that "less intelligent" kids are generated.

the people who fall into scenario 2, or close to it are the kind of "Zombies" mentioned in the post im replying to. These people will have acquired an iPhone the day it came out, how is irrelevant, but they always seem to have the latest stuff regardless of money etc (different debate!!), they will have shown their friends, who, like sheep, want the same.

As these type of devices, i.e. HTC, get more public light BECAUSE of devices like the i-"wannabe a"-Phone, you get people essentially walking into shops and saying, (i have heard this many times!!)

Chav "I want a phone like the iPhone, but not an iPhone because all my mates have them"

Shop Assistant "Ok we have the HTC and it does......." (the dots are where the ears stop working on the chav)

Chav "OK ill take it"

then: chav opens box, phone looks sexy, turns on power and realizes that the device aint an iPhone and isnt geared up to be used by anyone, you need a bit of "INTELLIGENCE" to use the device, even finding the settings takes abit of working out the first time!!!

So they look on the web and find this site looking for help!!

It seems like the questions are getting dumber and dumber because they are!!

I have been saying for years that this is happening, there is stupid senseless people here, the questions ARE getting more and more stupid. There are stupid questions and more importantly there are incredably stupid people and MORE seem to be arriving here!!!

These people are real and i personally dont think they should get away with it. these people expect to have everything handed to them because they dont have the capacity to read, learn and understand.

They are not trolling, they are genuinely stupid!!

This is not a rant, this is a statement and it is completely coherent.

I vote that these people should be ridiculed and pushed away from here.

(please dont think i am pushing anyone away from learning new things, and i dont have a problem helping people with genuine problem but bashers/trolls and morons i have no time for!!)

MG