Sheer Ignorance Is NOT a New Style Of Panty Hose.

Stupidity comes in droves. The walking undead. The societal breakdown because people can't be bothered and figure ignorance is always a good copout. An example?

Well, traffic always works. There's this intersection near by that has an obvious left turn only lane. When painted, no one ignores it. One or two people may get the deer in the headlights look, but most people appear to be observant. But the paint is faded, the sign really only says "Left Turn Signal"...

So a few people park in the lane and the light turns green. They don't move. The traffic behind them gets irritated and honks their horn because the idiot in the Green Suburban is going straight.

This same moron has been commuting through this town for 10 years. He's always known that lane was strictly for a left turn. Today, he's in a hurry and he notices the paint is gone indicating the left turn only clause. Traffic is a good 50 yards back, so he jumps into the left lane with one goal: To cut out a bunch of traffic and make better time home from work. If he's stopped by a police officer, he can just claim he didn't know.

This is just an example of how people are becoming more and more self centered. Sure, traffic is an easy example but you can spot this kind of mentality everywhere. In the store, at the amusement park, at the car show. People using ignorance as an excuse to do what normally is simply un-acceptable.