"Mom," my twelve-year-old daughter said. "Do you want to take the moron test?"
I tried not to laugh. "I don't think I need to take the moron test. We already know I'm one of those."
She handed her iPod to me. "Take it anyway."
I looked at the screen. "What am I supposed to do?"
"Follow the instructions. If you can't do that, you're a moron."
I suppressed a giggle and read the first instruction: Press the red button.
I did. Somehow I managed to do that correctly.
I was then given a series of tasks to complete - ordering the sizes of ducks from biggest to smallest, tapping colored circles, and adding numbers. Progressing through these tasks successfully, I was given the rank "average mammal." It was time for the next level.
"Tap the screen five times," it said.
I did. The iPod did nothing. "What's the problem?" I asked.
My daughter took the device from my hands. "You're supposed to tap it five times."
"I did," I said. "But it's stuck here."
She tapped it one more time.
"FAIL!" the screen blared.
My daughter threw the iPod on her bed. "Moron!" she shouted at it. "That's the dumbest test ever!"
Only because she failed, right?
ReplyDeleteHa! If Mama had failed, it would've been the most awesome test!
DeleteThere's a red button?
ReplyDeleteCrap.
Scary, isn't it?
Deletesounds like devil's machine that iPod, it does!
ReplyDeleteIt is. I try to stay away from it as much as possible!
DeleteI would have failed, too. Don't try it again.
ReplyDeleteI'm not planning on it!
Delete*LOL* I think it's the iPod's job to make morons of us all!
ReplyDeleteSecond time through is the charm?
ReplyDeleteI'm not even going to test that theory!
DeleteMaybe the ipod was the moron
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm thinking.
DeleteLOL I agree with Christine!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I personally think the test was moronic. (Is that a word?) ;)
DeleteHa! I won't bow down to the god of Apple! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are a wise man!
DeleteToo funny.
ReplyDeletePeople waste so much time playing games like that. There are too many other things to do!
DeleteHow funny. Some of those tests and quizzes are pretty whacky.
ReplyDeleteI would fail the test. I have trouble tapping with the correct force and speed.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Maybe that's my problem. I use piano technique on the iPod, and it never works. ;0)
DeleteLooks great. I too have undergone a test same like this in my training which made be fool.
ReplyDeleteI am certain those tests are less than accurate!
Deletelol, gotta watch those tests ;)
ReplyDeleteThey're tricky!
DeleteHaha :) That's awesome :) And yeah, I don't think I'd pass a moron test...unless it was to prove I was one.
ReplyDeleteSarah Allen
(From Sarah, With Joy)
You and me both. ;0)
DeleteMust admit my kids wouldn't even bother testing me, they know the answer! Popping in to say hello as a fellow team member for MJ :)
ReplyDeleteSuzanne @ Suzannes Tribe
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It seems like there is a sage lesson in here somewhere. I am just not certain what it is. Be careful what you do because the tester could turn on the testee at any given time? If you listen to the opinions of machines, does that make you a moron or genius? Or is it one of those eye-opening lessons for teens when you realize that technology isn't always right? Tests are for dummies? All of the above? None?
ReplyDeleteYou're making me think too much! My punitive mind can't handle it. ;0)
DeleteThat's awesome. I don't need an iPod to know that I'm a moron. I have a Zune. Therefore I failed before I even took the test.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Maybe you and I should start a moron club.
DeleteLOL!!! Oh, that's amazing. I totally need to find that one and put it in front of my hubby.
ReplyDeleteThat is funny, but you never have to worry about how you'd rate! We know you're not a moron. I don't think First Violinists need to worry! )
ReplyDeleteBut I'm a violist. Violists are notorious morons! ;0)
DeleteHmmm, it would appear that sometimes a test really IS defective.
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't be the operators, could it? ;0)
DeleteThank you! We needed that boost of confidence!
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