The Dumbing Down of America

So…Watching modern media these days has led me to conclude one thing.

Man we’re getting dumber and dumber as time goes on.

With shows like Survivor, Real Housewives of and whatever other tripe is popular on TV these days, I can only conclude that modern media of this country is playing to the lowest common denominator.

Except for Spongebob Squarepants.

Yes, Spongebob is actually one of the more intelligent shows on TV these days. Even though on the surface it’s one of the more shining examples of stupidity out there, when you dig deeper you find interesting layers of intellect buried beneat (way beneath) the surface.

The even scarier part is that some of the best tidbits of intellect come from Patrick…

Quotes like:

(after spongebob draws a jellyfish with a “magic pencil”)

“It’s two dimentional and your perspective leaves a lot to be desired.”

and:

“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.”

Even spongebob gets into it with lines like:

“He was just a two-dimentional creature trying to fit into our three-dimentional aquatic world.”

I still say that nothing is nearly on the scale of the likes of “Bugs Bunny” and the other Warner Brothers wonders of my day and age.

But it’s not bad in the grand scheme of things.