Dear xen,
In a desperate attempt to restore what little faith I had in the world, I am writing you this very important letter. I do not want to offend or confuse you, but I only really have control over the former, as the latter is clearly an integral part of what you makes youÂ… well, you.
You should thank RWA for bringing this situation to my attention. You should know that he and I often disagree, but his vigilant monitoring of the board for new lows in stupidity should be applauded. Without him, I would not have known that you, xen, were reaching for a new bottom. I realize I may already be too late, but I have to try to help.
I am not sure how this thread came to a discussion of economics, market structure and formation, and government regulation, and after careful consideration… I do not care. xen, there is no easy way to put this – you are retarded. I entered your posts into my “Economics IQ Tester” and the results are irrefutable. If you knew any less about economics you would actually create a black hole of knowledge, likely only consuming your intellectually feeble ideas; this is not why I was compelled to write to you, though. Your stupidity is on a level that I have never encountered before – it simply dwarfs the proverbial “bag of hammers”. According to my very precise calculations, when you think, you may actually make other people dumber. Knowing the possibility exists that your black hole of anti-thought could consume the reasonable thoughts of your colleagues and neighbors and render them retarded as well, I could not sleep with a clean conscience.
The first thing you must do is to stop talking. This will greatly reduce the spread of your imbecility to others. And second, although the challenge will be great, the reward is beyond your current, limited imagination, trust me – you should read a book. Please read “in your head”, not by moving your lips and whispering, as this will greatly reduce the effectiveness of my first suggestion. The book I suggest you read is Principles of Economics by Gregory Mankiw. I do not suggest this book because I think it is a good introduction to economics, but because it is the heaviest, by mass, of the introductory texts with which I am familiar. So if all else fails you can use it to beat yourself from your current semi-comatose state into a state of complete vegetation.
I hope that my letter finds you well and good luck.
-elephant
