Index of Idiocy

Genius
IQ around 135 and up.
Smarter than over 99% of the population.
Famous people: Asimov, Oppenheimer, Hawking, Pirsig, porn star Asia Carrera and supposedly Sharon Stone.
Tv shows: rarely watch TV
Books: technical manuals, abstruse theory, peer-published items and journals
Job: theoretical physicist, engineer

Superior
IQ around 125 to 135.
Smarter than 95% of the population.
Famous people: Writer of Country of Cretins, most Libertarians and atheists, a few politicians like Ron Paul and Thomas Jefferson, Richard Dawkins, Bill Fleckenstein
TV show: History channel, National Geographic, Discover
Book: science fiction, classic literature, science fact
Job: doctors and surgeons, CEOs of well-run companies (TJ Rodgers, for example), CPAs and CFOs, computer programmers, bookies and some index options traders, many authors and fiction writers, composers

High Average
IQ around 110 to 125
Smarter than 85% of the population
Famous people: Bill Clinton, Clint Eastwood, Lisa Simpson, Warren Buffett
TV show: Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, South Park, Arrested Development
Book: obscure fiction, autobiographies, history
Job: owner of tech company, inventors, nurses, concert musician, architect

Above Average, Sharp
IQ 100 to 110
Smarter than 70% of population
Famous people: Tiger Woods, Cindy Crawford, Roger Federer, Gina Gershon, Bob Costas
TV shows: most HBO series, The Office, Seinfeld, Cheers
Book: Good books that are later made into shitty movies
Job: small business owner, some lawyers, good chefs, paralegal, college professor, charter boat captain, upper management at solid companies

Average
IQ around 100
Smarter than 50% of population
Famous people: Steve Martin, Ronald Reagan, Marv Albert
TV show: Friends, Two and a Half Men, Real Housewives of [fill in blank]
Books: Some best sellers, shit like DaVinci code and books by James Patterson
Job: Salesman, insurance agent, fireman, personal trainer, high school teacher, secretary, retail clerks, NFL quarterback

Below Average (Dunce, Nitwit)
IQ around 85 to 100
Smarter than 40% of population
Famous people: Donald Trump, Ted Kennedy, Jim Cramer. Also most of my grade school teachers and one-night stands
TV show: Wheel of Fortune, Let's Make a Deal, most reality shows, Oprah, The View
Books: Anything written by famous cretins about themselves with pretentious titles (Hillary Clinton "It Takes a Village" or John McCain "Faith of My Fathers"), most self-help books, romance novels
Job: bank teller, professional athlete, most TV newscasters, most journalists, police officer, most real estate agents, fast food worker over age 18, most soldiers, Wal-Mart greeter, bouncer

Cretin
IQ around 70-85
Smarter than 30% of population
Famous people: George Bush, John McCain, Barney Frank, Spike Lee, Nancy Pelosi, Homer Simpson, the guy who climbed into the panda cage at the zoo, most reality show contestants, the British royals, all hard-core Democrats and Socialists, Maria Bartiromo
TV show: all reality shows and specifically the ones with Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Hulk Hogan, Extreme Makeover, Anna Nicole Show
Books: Cretins are barely literate but enjoy People magazine, other gossip mags and whatever Oprah says to read
Job: Most politicians, rodeo clowns, Catholic priests, life coaches, psychics who believe their own bullshit, astrologer, stupid fuck at my local grocery store who bags the milk on top of the eggs, professional baseball player, IRS agent

Moron
IQ around 55-70
Smarter than 20% of population. Age equivalent of an 8 to 12-year-old child
Famous people: probably 10 to 12 members of U.S. Congress, several mayors of large cities (Richard Daley, Kwame Kilpatrick, Shiela Dixon), those two irritating cunts from that reality show - Heidi and Spencer something, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, O.J. Simpson
TV show: shopping network, infomercials, The Apprentice, quasi-sports like SlamBall or Arena Football
Books: functional illiterate...possibly the comics page
Job: unable to hold a job in private sector. Possibly toll booth operator or aforementioned mayor of a large city, reality show contestant, DMV worker.

Imbecile
IQ around 40-55
Smarter than 10% of population. Age equivalent of a 3 to 8 year old child
Famous people: Terry Schaivo and other vegetables on life support who make the newspapers, this short and bald asshole I knew back in Casselberry, Florida named Bunk
TV show: Sesame Street, anything with bright colors and repetitive jingles, stupid commercials
Books: none - total illiterate
Job: unable to hold job in private sector

Idiot
IQ of under 40. Severe mental retardation
Smarter than 5% of population. Age equivalent of toddler
Famous people: None. No wait, possibly that same Bunk guy after drinking 5 beers and doing a line of coke.
TV show: has no attention span for TV - is enamored with own fingers, toes and navel.
Books: none - total illiterate
Job: unable to hold job in private sector. Unable to care for self.

Box of Rocks
IQ of zero
Job: Projectile of choice for disaffected Palestinian youth


[Editors note: the broad term "retard" encompasses several of these more narrow descriptions. For example, you could lump morons, imbeciles and idiots all under the "retard" umbrella to some degree. Therefore, all morons are retards but not all retards are morons. It is a question of degree]