[coldtea]

Well, sorry, if I offended you, but really, do you feel "personally insulted"? Because I made a pretty generic argument in both cases.

Is there a better definition for a moron than that of someone who shares "simplistic ideas"?

Come to think of it, isn't "simpleton" a synonym for moron?

So, yes, "sharing ideas" makes you a moron, if the ideas are moronic (as it often happens with quoted "wisdom"), or they consist of soundbites that have been shared to death (as it also happens more often than not).

How else would you call the guy in the office that emails everybody the same BS hoaxes, "funny powerpoints" and "inspirational quotes"?

[Dylan16807]

Oh I'm not offended, but let me explain how I read the comment string. At first you were insulting the people that vapidly shared quotes. Then I questioned if that actually made them morons. Then you said that the very act of conflating 'vapid quote sharing' with 'sharing ideas' marked a person as a moron. I was the person conflating those two, not the people you were originally insulting. Doesn't that make it a personal insult? If I misread something please do correct me.

Anyway I would say that a moron is someone that is stuck at the level of simple ideas, not just someone that indulges in simple ideas from time to time.