Stoopid is as Stoopid does.
What Is Stoopid?
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I have always felt quite intolerant of stupidity, or people who may be what used to be termed slow, or mentally handicapped. And I guess this feeling was somewhat reinforece with being friends with a guy for seven years, (my best friend at the time) who not only had little patience with them, but he treated them disrespectfully, such as putting them down, lording it over them in a grand manner cos his brain was intact. It always struck me as somewhat of an irony tho, that this guy a paraplegic, and one of the leading campaigners here in Birmingham for equal disabled rights didn't extend the same courtesy to those who were less able in thinking or brain matters. I was never disrespectful to the folks who were challenged in that way, but wouldn't go out of my way, to assist them either. As A) my male friend would have made fun of me. And B) It always struck me that because of a past of long life brain issues and other factors which all aggravate the same organ, that I could've been just like that. And at one time did (wrongly)have the label of mentally handicapped. There but for the grace of God, go I. Some stark reminders hit just a little too close to home to allow us to stay in our comfort zone I think.
And yet, my hero of the movies is that great loveable chump, Forest Gump. Stoopid is as stoopid does, and over-coming all the odds. But, not an evil bone in his body compared to most of humanity.
And yet, as ones own body is attacked by several things combined in one desease and your head is full of neuro toxins which do affect cognitive ability, you find yourself losing abilities one thought one would take for granted for many years yet. And the fear of you may be actually be becoming on of the "stoopid" people of the world, is a fear that can't be shook. And yet, to be even intimated that someone thought you stupid even years and years ago, would be the one thing that would get the river of tears open. So, I'm after the definition, of what is stoopid. Its my quetion of the current time. I and I'm sure everyone can think of many forms of stoopid that is altogether different from the thing I am meaning here in the use of the word. But how one would one know if one is stoopid. you'd probably be stoopid to know!!
I don't know. Other people never think of people like me as stupid, yet this fear is just one of many that almost paralyzes at times, by the fear of what could happen. I remember seeing the poll over the years many times over, "If you could choose between losing your mind or losing your pysical ability which would you choose." No one chose to lose their mind. And yet Alzhemiers is on the increase in an ever increasing dangerous world to live in with any chance of staying healthy. I also saw a report the other day on the BBC site, that obese women stand more chance of devoping alzheimers and losing neurons. Another report said Chronic pain can make ones brain shrink. i am certainly not fat, but the pain is a factor.
This comes up from time to time, when I find through various reasons that simple tasks I used to take for granted now take great puzzlement and time to figure out how to. Computer tasks that once took 20 mins now are often a four hour job. And sometimes, trying to find answers, or understandingn about any particular thing, you have the intelligence and brain power to do it, yet all the bits of the brain involved to help you get to that place do not all kick into action together it feels like and you are left wavering with more questions than you started out with and nowhere near finding the answer you were after. Even a moment of ponderizing and one can't find the word you know so well. The few moments word blindness changes what you were ponderizing about and you completely lose the plot as well as the word, and when you find the word, teh plot don't seem to matter!
I'm not sure what the solution is, but the question is still, "what is Stoopid."
Forest Gump Quotes.
Bubba Blue: "You ever been on a real SHRIMP boat?"
Forrest Gump: "No - but I been on a real BIG boat"
Lt. Dan: "Have you found Jesus yet Gump?"
Forrest Gump: "I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him - Sir!"
Coach "Bear" Bryant: "Who in the hell is that?"
High School Coach: "That there is Forrest Gump, coach - Just the local idiot"
