I wouldn't say that.
What you've described is not so much common as boring. And while I know that this applies to the majority of my country's people, I would say it also likely applies to the majority of the rest of the people as well.

Dull people are everywhere, and it goes beyond socio-economics or nationality.

My own observation is that about 80% of humanity are idiots. This doesn't apply to IQ as much as attitude- most people would prefer not to think. I know engineers and lawyers and doctors who prefer to stay within their little comfort zone of familiarity, listening to the same music they listened to in their 20s and eating the same foods and watching TV in the evenings, rather than trying something new and different and discussing things outside of their immediate lives. I also know bricklayers and travel agents and secretaries who can tell you about things from Norse mythology to gardening to obscure bits of British history. There is no hard and fast rule.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 20 Oct 2008, 16:36, 1 reply)

You really are the voice of reason for B3ta
now go and run for president. I would vote for you, unfortunately i'm a convicted felon British citizen so can't.

You have 2 weeks.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 16:55, closed)

Hell no!
I'd probably end up firing 80% of the government and causing wars by telling people to pull their heads out of their asses and think. I would be a terrible president, because I'd make them do their jobs properly.

The real irony in this is that I'm the voice of reason, yet I call myself a loon...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 20 Oct 2008, 17:16, closed)