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Intelligence, it seems, is very expensive. It makes you work to gain advantage. It makes you pay to find success. It’s the law of supply and demand. To learn, one must also be willing to lose. The scarcity of human resources, Even in a world of eight billion souls, Requires that smart be given a price. Whatever is gained in acquired intellect Must be paid for in common currency. It must be exchanged in honest trade For worthless things like obsolete thought, Small-minded prejudice, childish superstition, And limiting, hidebound tradition. One can never get something for nothing. Everything needs to be earned. Everything comes at a cost. Everything. Everything, except dumb. Dumb is free. Dumb is free and abundant. Dumb is free and attractive. Dumb is free and easy. Free dumb. Free dumb all day long. Free dumb through the night. The supply of dumb never runs out. Get your free dumb here, folks. There’s plenty free dumb to go around. Free dumb yourselves into Thoughtless, trivial oblivion While watching The Price is Right. Ignorance is always in fashion In the land of free dumb. And though it costs us nothing, We’ll ultimately pay with everything. That’s just how the market works. Special discount in aisle five. Let free dumb ring!

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Date: 3/15/2023 2:48:00 PM
my mother always said, "you can't fix stupid" but what about free dumb?? I hope this was therapeutic for you?? enjoyed..
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Date: 12/26/2022 10:54:00 AM
Lol good one! dumb is free coz a good education is too darned expensive :)
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Date: 8/10/2022 12:54:00 AM
nice verse...especially the last play on words.....
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