What makes one a social moron?

[osho]

This topic might have been raised by somebody or not. I have the curiosity to know it in detail. Moronic behaviors are common and all of us maybe a bit moronic, uncomfortable at certain social gatherings though outwardly and ostensibly we try to cover up what we are to look more presentable and high-heeled.

[cafolini]

Just a bit? Not too much? ROFLMAO!

[osho]

Just a bit? Not too much? ROFLMAO!

What does that mean?

[cacian]

osho a moron for me is someone who is not sure what is going on in life in general. 'Social' in this context may not accompany the word moron I feel. An ex moron sounds better. At least it gives hope to all that there would be reformed moron LOL
I mean let's look at this emoticon :beatdeadhorse5: would you say this is an image of a moron? I thought for a minute a horse was for riding but then it is now for eating but this this emoticon really takes the moron.

Ok to answer your question what makes a moron?
I would say lack of lucidity and endeavour.

[YesNo]

This topic might have been raised by somebody or not. I have the curiosity to know it in detail. Moronic behaviors are common and all of us maybe a bit moronic, uncomfortable at certain social gatherings though outwardly and ostensibly we try to cover up what we are to look more presentable and high-heeled.

Here's something from the Bhagavad Gita, 2:55-57, that could be used to define what a moron is not, Eknath Easwaran translation:


They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart. Neither agitated by grief nor hankering after pleasure, they live free from lust and fear and anger. Established in meditation, they are truly wise. Fettered no more by selfish attachments they are neither elated by good fortune nor depressed by bad. Such are the seers.

Being uncomfortable at a social gathering might be a kind of fear.

[stlukesguild]

I'm not certain where you get the notion of being a "moron" or exhibiting "moronic behavior" with regard to a social setting. It would seem to me that your ability to circle and socialize comfortably within a given social circle has much to do with your own sense of self-esteem and your experience or degree of comfort within a given social setting. One might feel completely at ease within a group of academics with degrees in the arts... but be wholly ill-at-ease at a gathering of lawyers, doctors or engineers. It would be rare that an individual comfortable with socializing at gatherings of the highest socio-economic level are going to find it just as easy to fit in a a biker bar, a gun show, or a convention of Trekkies.

[tonywalt]

We always get into defining words or re- defining words.

[Sancho]

^Well, words change meaning over time. In early 20th century English, moron had a quasi-clinical meaning. It was used to describe a certain level of mental retardation. Morons were higher functioning than idiots or imbeciles, which were also gradations on a mental retardation scale. Naturally those words worked their way into casual usage as insults. Or as Bugs Bunny said so well, "What an embezzle. What an ultramaroon. Ack ack ack."

Geek is another word that has changed meaning over the past 50 or 100 years. A geek used to be a sideshow freak, someone who'd bite the heads off of live chickens, someone with a peanut head and a thick neck. Now it usually means something like - nerd. A guy with a big forehead, thick glasses, and a pencil-thin neck; someone who's more comfortable with his computer than he is with girls.

[osho]

^ someone who's more comfortable with his computer than he is with girls.

This is what is happening now and people are doing everything virtual - love, sex and everything and the gape amongst people is widening