Should We Waste Time Trying To Make Things Foolproof?

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

http://jitterygt.wordpress.com  made a comment on one of my posts that “The creativity of stupidity is also endless”. And so it seems to be.

Stupid people are always finding new ways to do stupid things. I don’t think I would go so far as to call it creative, though. Most of it happens by pure accident rather than design. 

Now I have to point out at the start, that this blog post is not about things that are done to assist those in society who have some kind of disability. Everything that is done in that regard to make life a bit easier and things more accessible is to be encouraged and applauded. This blog applies specifically to those who could get out of their own way but because they are too lazy and/or obtuse, won’t!

So the question today is, and it’s a good question that hardly anyone bothers to ask or tries to answer, “Should we have to waste time, energy and resources pandering to the idiots in society?”

In other words should EVERYTHING have to sink down to their level? Should the rest of us normal-ish people be deprived of a better and simpler existence just because some people seem to be incapable of living their lives without doing themselves harm?

I vote NO, we shouldn’t pander to them. Not in the slightest.

In the dumbed down society that we are increasingly being forced to live in, and that the even dumber politicians encourage (probably so that the majority of people don’t develop the skills to see the hash they are making of everything), far from questioning the consequent waste of time, energy, and resources, they continue to make more and more rules to cater for the intellectually challenged.

Think about the consequences for a moment.

How many labels do we have on jars and cans and elsewhere that really don’t need to be there? Do we really need a label on a packet of nuts telling us that the packet contains nuts? Do we really need a label telling us that hot coffee is ‘hot’ or that iced mocha is ‘cold’?

How many otherwise productive man-hours are wasted each and every year trying to figure out what dumb thing some moron will do with a particular product?

I know the whole waste of time phenomenon has been spurred on in many cases because of spurious and unnecessary law suits by lawyers who aren’t smart enough to set up a proper law practice and by judges who are so out of touch with reality that they should be thrown out of court for not doing the same with these foolish lawsuits.

Then we have the bureaucrats weighing in. With nothing productive to do themselves, except to make our lives more and more intolerable, they dream up new rules and regulations to make business more uncompetitive and ordinary peoples’ lives more complicated.

And it’s all a waste of time. No matter what rules are invented and what precautions are taken it is a law of the universe that morons will find a way round them and hurt themselves anyway. Some of them have even walked into the signs put up to warn them about walking into signs.

So we should NOT waste time trying to make things foolproof because the fools have proved time and again that it’s a waste of time!

Let’s aspire to learn more and be smarter, instead of dumbing down to the level of those who don’t give a damn anyhow!

End rant. Have a cup of coffee – mind, though, it’s hot!

Here;s a few examples of the type of nonsense that goes on:

Suitable for outdoor use.  Found on a rain gauge.

Warning: High in sodium.  On a salt cellar.

Remove wrapper, open mouth, insert muffin, eat.

Use like regular soap.  On a bar of soap.

Simply pour the biscuits into a bowl and allow the cat to eat when it wants.  On a bag of cat biscuits. 

Instructions: open packet, eat nuts  on a packet of nuts

Do not use as an ice cream topping  on Hair colouring

Warning: do not attempt to swallow  on a Mattress

Caution: contents may catch fire  on Matches

Some assembly required  on a 500-piece puzzle

The appliance is switched on by setting the on/off switch to the 'on' position  on a Kettle

Product will be hot after heating  on Bread Pudding

Warning: May cause drowsiness  on Sleep Aid

This ice may be cold  on an Ice drink

Instructions: Put on food  on Ketchup

Do not open here  on the Bottom of a Cola bottle