Are people thicker these days?

[City Raider]

Deliberate disinvestment in education creates a generally thicker public that is generally easier to manipulate. I'm an old cynical twat though.

 

[BigOscar]

I don't think so, I think we're just being more exposed to idiots and they are being celebrated now instead of mocked. In the past they wouldn't let an idiot on TV, now they're all over it and it's seen as ok to be thick.

 

[Ska Blue]

Welcome to the smartphone generation where respective devices have bigger and better memories than the operators.

Get kids to go out, play & discover things with their mates.

 

[idahoblues]

The transfer forum seems about the same as before

 

[JULES]

Are people thicker these days? well they are defo fatter, especially kids

 

[Zubrman]

Welcome to the smartphone generation where respective devices have bigger and better memories than the operators.

Get kids to go out, play & discover things with their mates.

Whilst driving trains in the South East, I often see passengers standing too far along platforms for the length of the train. I drive in, stop at the required stop point, release the doors and wait for all the people getting on and off. Invariably those who are not alert to the arrival of their train are staring at /listening to / talking on their mobiles.

Smart phone / dumb person.

At least they can use it to look up the time of the next train.

 

[Zubrman]

And the people who look at the destination of the train on the departure board, look at the destination on the front of the train and then come to my window and say, "Is this train going Ashford?"

"It's going to Ashford," I reply through gritted teeth.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

So basically trains in the south-east don't have enough carriages or tannoy announcements

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The question from the OP can be answered categorically in one word: Trump

 

[BimboBob]

The question from the OP can be answered categorically in one word: Trump

Bit unfair.

I'd change that to: Americans.