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Devolution

This morning, as I was eating my breakfast, a commercial came on TV that advertised a service wherein one could text the word "Yo" to the number on the screen to receive trash-talking tips one could use on one's friends. You know, like "Yo mamma so fat, when she sits around the house, she really sits around the house". Definitely worth the 75 cents per message that your mom and dad will be charged on their next cell phone bill, right?

I have never officially ascribed to the theory of devolution; that is, that the human species has reached its pinnacle and is in a complete state of decline. However, I can see its appeal, and I do occasionally look for evidence of it around me. The aforementioned commercial is a fine example. In viewing such evidence, I have, over the years, come up with a theory as to why devolution might occur. Basically, it's because stupid people tend to breed a lot. Think about it. How many of the dregs from your highschool dropped out before graduation to spawn? How many of those people are still racking up the welfare cheques and Maury Povich "Joe is....NOT the father" moments? And how many intelligent, successful couples do you know who have waited and waited to have a child, only to find that particular window of opportunity had been slammed shut when the time was finally "right"?

Well, it would seem that I was not the only person to look around the world and think that something was seriously f*cked up. Mike Judge, creator of Office Space and Beavis and Butthead, seems to have agreed with me. Either great minds think alike, or our gene pool really has gotten so shallow that original thought it no longer possible. At any rate, his new movie Idiocracy nicely sums up exactly what I have been thinking for a long, long time. Basically, that our culture and society is going down the toilet because the lowest common demoninator is circling the drain.

As far as movies go, I hardly think Idiocracy would ever have been an Oscar contender. It's hardly as biting a critique as Office Space was. And sadly, it is one of those cases in which the people who could really benefit from seeing this movie never will do so. But it should probably be required viewing during high school dropout exit interviews, if such things even exist.