asapiophobe

I’m not a logophile. This is a new-to-me term, but I do have the good sense to use Google to learn what I want to know. Words remain a mystery to me. In fact, it comes to no great surprise when I stumble upon a new one like asapiophobe, as this was the case yesterday.

There it was asapiophobe. What is asapiophobe? Ian Timberlake of Insanity is Just a State of Mind (blog no longer exists) wrote a humorous post on this. This piqued my curiosity, is asapiophobe really a word?

Timberlake’s claims everyone is looking for this word, yet coming up empty-handed. How can this be? I mean after all you can find just about anything on the net, right? I searched these online resources: Merriam-Webster, The Free Dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, Cambridge Dictionaries Online, Dictionary.com, and the world-wide web leading expert of all things (or so it seems) Wikipedia. All were a big flop! Asapiophobe yielded “No Results Found” each time, at every site!

Although it seems this word is not actually a word recognizable by these resources, I can say a lot of people suffer from this phobia. Have you noticed – the roll of eyes, smoking ears, steam rising from the head or the I’m so frustrated I can explode look? These are classic symptoms of asapiophobe. Why there are even websites dedicated to those who have a strong dislike toward the unintelligent…ahem… stupid. Like, Stupid People Piss Me Off or People Who Hate Stupid People.

You have your average stupid person roaming the streets. We meet them every single day. In the workplace, at school, on the interstate, down aisle three of the grocery store, in the elevator, … the world is crawling with them! The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity is something an asapiophobe learns to live with on a daily basis.

An asapiophobe knows the horrible things a stupid person does when multiplied by stupid people. Have you looked at Washington, DC? Do you honestly think it’s ever a good idea for the blind to lead the blind? Same goes here, stupid people placing bozos in office is the reason our country is in such a mess! *slap self on forehead*

The problem is stupid people don’t (a) know their stupid or (b) don’t care they are stupid or (c) don’t know or care they are stupid. The harsh reality of it is stupid people have been around since the beginning of mankind and will continue until the end of time. There is no escaping them! I can’t change the way a person’s mind operates and there is no sense in losing mine in the process. Instead, I’ll just have a few good laughs about their own in abilities.

Try….

Give them a choice.

Ask them to spell words like antidisestablishmentarianism or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

This one may be difficult but looking dumber than you actually sound.

Hurling sarcasm toward the intended idiot calls immediate attention to said idiot’s peers of just how stupid he/she really is. Try some of these…

Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you’d had enough oxygen at birth?

If you were twice as smart as you are now, you’d be absolutely stupid.

I don’t think you are a fool, but what’s my opinion compared to that of thousands of others.

You are living proof of reincarnation. No one could get to be so stupid in just one lifetime.

You’re so stupid you got locked in a grocery store and starved to death!

That man is cruelly depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.

Check out more insults for stupid people:

Stupid Insults
One Liner Jokes

Let’s face it, no one really likes stupid people. I know, I don’t. It makes no difference to me if asapiophobe is a word or not the term certainly applies to many of us, including myself.

Check out more Alphabe-Thursday ‘A’ assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class and I dare say, none of her students lack intelligence. In fact, they may fall into the asapiophobe category, too.

We all do stupid things from time-to-time. That’s normal and forgivable. My Thursday Two Questions are:

1. What is the stupidest thing you ever did?

Undoubtedly this is something I’ve blocked from my brain, as I can’t think of a “stupidest” thing. However, when it comes to mind, I’ll be the first to shed some light of my idiot moment.

2. What’s the one stupid thing someone else does, which drives you up the wall?

People do dumb things all the time but the one stupid thing that drives me bonkers is to see how society generally follow like little herds of sheep. They don’t know how to stand on their own or to think for themselves. You see this all the time – work, school, social situations, and playground. I’m not saying we can all be leaders, all the time. I’m just saying, we don’t have to be gullible.

We all need a cause to rally behind, granted it. Something we really believe in, as our founding fathers who fought in the Revolution against the British. The real trouble begins early on when we give up our right to think for ourselves and allow big government to worm itself into the complexities of our lives making it seem like we need them to micro-manage our entire life.

That’s why we hear so much, we need Government to do this, that, or the other. My philosophy has always been less government is better. Trust me, when a politician says he cares about grandma or our kids or health care, all this really means is I’m going to take your piggy bank, wallet, and future away from you in a blink of an eye. Politicians aren’t really stupid. They just need stupid people to believe their lies. Politicians simply don’t care.

BONUS question: Are you asapiophobe?

*This has been a blog hop presentation sponsored in part by Alphabe-Thursday and Thursday Two Questions.*

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