Do you have adblock enabled?
 
If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.

(US Magazine)   The Dunphy's son on Modern Family, who is portrayed as an idiot, has an IQ of 150 and just graduated from high school at 13 years old   ( usmagazine.com) divider line
65
    More: Interesting, Modern Family, Nolan Gould, Ellen DeGeneres Show, high schools, Justin Timberlake, Emmys  
•       •       •

7382 clicks; posted to Entertainment » on 12 Oct 2012 at 11:14 AM (5 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook   more»



65 Comments     (+0 »)
 
View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest
 
KatjaMouse
2012-10-12 11:17:11 AM  
After reading that he seems like he would be a really cool nephew to tote around.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 11:17:27 AM  
You mean to say that actors are not the same people as the characters they portray?

Colour me shocked.
 
cefm
2012-10-12 11:19:00 AM  
To be fair, most moderately intelligent middle-schoolers could also graduate from highschool at age 13 if all they have to do is take a test and read some books.
 
factoryconnection [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 11:21:26 AM  
He isn't portrayed as an idiot; he's portrayed as a 7th-grade boy that likes gross things, dangerous things, while being fairly devious but caring.

The next thing you're going to tell me is that Eric Stonestreet isn't gay! Come on, Subby!
 
factoryconnection [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 11:23:03 AM  
"Sitar center?" LMAO. This kid is funny.
 
KatjaMouse
2012-10-12 11:24:06 AM  

factoryconnection: He isn't portrayed as an idiot; he's portrayed as a 7th-grade boy that likes gross things, dangerous things, while being fairly devious but caring.


Then there's the occasional implication that he's the kind of kid that probably shouldn't leave the house without a helmet. He's basically the DJ of this show.
 
Shadowtag
2012-10-12 11:24:14 AM  
What's the old adage about having to be smart to play stupid? Oh, it's that.
 
Mr_Fabulous
2012-10-12 11:27:35 AM  
The Dunphy's son on Modern Family

Dunphys'. Plural possessive.

I'll bet he's smart enough to know better than this.
 
RandomAxe [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 11:27:43 AM  
cefm: To be fair, most moderately intelligent middle-schoolers could also graduate from highschool at age 13 if all they have to do is take a test and read some books.

Yep. But studies generally suggest that it's not a smart way to go. Our culture is really, really bad at fostering precocious kids.

This particular kid is in showbiz and probably wouldn't have any kind of normal school experience anyway, so I'll give him a pass on the skipping-grades thing.
 
robertus
2012-10-12 11:29:43 AM  
317am.netView Full Size
 
Zombie DJ
2012-10-12 11:31:52 AM  
"You should try to watch a sunset at least once a day."
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2012-10-12 11:34:07 AM  
Modern Family?

Please. That's SOOOOOOO 2010.
 
Halstread
2012-10-12 11:34:37 AM  

Shadowtag: What's the old adage about having to be smart to play stupid? Oh, it's that.


Wait, does it work in reverse? Harrison Ford seems to be "stupid" in any interview I have seen of him, however, he sures does pull off "smart" in roles.
 
PluckYew
2012-10-12 11:36:29 AM  

Gordon Bennett: You mean to say that actors are not the same people as the characters they portray?

Colour me shocked.


This...

ACTING How does it work?
 
Carth
2012-10-12 11:40:01 AM  
How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.
 
rugman11
2012-10-12 11:41:05 AM  

Zombie DJ: "You should try to watch a sunset at least once a day."


"When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all, like, whaaa?
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2012-10-12 11:41:32 AM  

Carth: How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.


Potato.
 
shabu
2012-10-12 11:49:30 AM  

Jim from Saint Paul: Carth: How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.

Potato.


Potatoe. There, fixed that for you...

/// I want to be Phil Dunphy when I stop growing up. 'You only get one chance at a first impression. I recommend Julia Childs, because she's easy to do...'
 
Uncle Pooky
2012-10-12 11:51:38 AM  

factoryconnection: He isn't portrayed as an idiot


Yes, he is. The show has made that pretty clear.
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2012-10-12 11:51:43 AM  

rugman11: Zombie DJ: "You should try to watch a sunset at least once a day."

"When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all, like, whaaa?


"Old black women make the best iced tea"
 
Wellon Dowd
2012-10-12 11:58:09 AM  

Mr_Fabulous: The Dunphy's son on Modern Family

Dunphys'. Plural possessive.


Phil is commonly known as The Dunphy, like The Dude in The Big Lebowski.
 
Wellon Dowd
2012-10-12 12:00:14 PM  
And Ariel Winter isn't flat-chested.


i.imgur.comView Full Size

i.imgur.comView Full Size
 
Hebalo
2012-10-12 12:11:25 PM  
Dance until your feet hurt,
Sing until your lungs hurt,
Act until you're William Hurt.
 
Dr. Q Alias
2012-10-12 12:12:42 PM  

Carth: How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.


What's spacial reasoning? Is that like astronomy?
 
KatjaMouse
2012-10-12 12:16:26 PM  
I hope a print of this book lands in the ABC store.
 
wellreadneck [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 12:20:46 PM  
Has Honey Boo Boo been tested?
 
billybobtoo
2012-10-12 12:24:26 PM  
Big deal Mine's 166, and I'm still on food stamps.
 
dmac1964
2012-10-12 12:25:58 PM  
You can tell alot about a person from his biography.
Marry someone who looks sexy when disappointed.
Always look people in the eye, even if they're blind. Just tell them "I'm looking you in the eye".
If you ever get pulled over for speeding, tell them your spouse has diarrhea.
 
Lee's_Austin
2012-10-12 12:30:39 PM  
He and Ty Burrell are comedy gold, IMO.
 
doczoidberg
2012-10-12 12:32:13 PM  

Wellon Dowd: And Ariel Winter isn't flat-chested.




You can take a seat over there...right next to me.
 
spill_thrill
2012-10-12 12:45:28 PM  

Dr. Q Alias: Carth: How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.

What's spacial reasoning? Is that like astronomy?


Like sports and stuff. Or riding an ATV
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2012-10-12 12:46:16 PM  

dmac1964: Marry someone who looks sexy when disappointed.


See?! Like that!
 
RockNStroll
2012-10-12 12:49:04 PM  

Carth: How about this. When he can tell me the implications of testing 3 standard deviations above the mean for an IQ test and what that means for spacial reasoning vs deductive reasoning I'll believe he is as smart as his publicist says.


Did you mean spatial reasoning?
 
7th Son of a 7th Son
2012-10-12 12:49:28 PM  
Good god, Ariel Winter is only 14.

FOURTEEN.

and yet I'd still motorboat the hell out of those tits.

/no need to have a seat, I'm already over there.
 
dmac1964
2012-10-12 12:51:24 PM  
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail.
 
OhioUGrad
2012-10-12 12:56:01 PM  

7th Son of a 7th Son: Good god, Ariel Winter is only 14.

FOURTEEN.

and yet I'd still motorboat the hell out of those tits.

/no need to have a seat, I'm already over there.


Is that also her characters age on the show? I know the older sister is in college now, but is her character a freshman in HS now?
 
Jim from Saint Paul
2012-10-12 12:59:15 PM  
The last time the internet truly went wacko over an underage girl it was Lohan.

Don't go full Lohan people.

Go full Hayden though. Save the fapping, save the world.
 
uberaverage
2012-10-12 01:22:44 PM  
I used to not like his character, but now I think he's one of the funnier things on the show.
 
factoryconnection [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 01:38:32 PM  

OhioUGrad: Is that also her characters age on the show? I know the older sister is in college now, but is her character a freshman in HS now?


She was a freshman when Haley was a senior. The 8th-grade graduation fiasco was the closer for the season before last.

rugman11: "When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all, like, whaaa?


That was another LOL. I love this show.
 
PluckYew
2012-10-12 01:47:58 PM  

billybobtoo: Big deal Mine's 166, and I'm still on food stamps.


Mine's eleventy + amillion + infinity :p
 
farkingismybusiness [TotalFark]
2012-10-12 02:40:42 PM  
What is the square root of 64 Lilly?

8.

What is the square root of this potato?

8.

Congratulations. You have a parrot.
 
halfof33
2012-10-12 02:43:48 PM  

factoryconnection: That was another LOL. I love this show.


Phil Dunphy: Okay, huddle up everybody. Your mother's right. She's the quarterback of this family and we need to protect her like Blind Side did.
Luke Dunphy: She just said that mom was Blind Side.
Phil Dunphy: She's confused. Blind Side was the black kid who played Tight End.
Alex Dunphy: Offensive Line.
Phil Dunphy: Sorry, African-American kid.
 
Smackledorfer
2012-10-12 03:10:42 PM  
Genius and already rich. Thanks a lot, God.

/mostly kidding.
 
Bag of Hammers
2012-10-12 03:15:15 PM  

doczoidberg: Wellon Dowd: And Ariel Winter isn't flat-chested.

You can take a seat over there...right next to me.


Me too, good god she looked good in that last ep

img005.lazygirls.infoView Full Size
 
Honest Bender
2012-10-12 03:15:41 PM  
Being super smart seems really awesome until you realize that you're trapped on this rock with morons. Seriously. It's like Idiocracy every day for me.

/Drugs help.
 
Uncle Pooky
2012-10-12 03:28:25 PM  

halfof33: factoryconnection: That was another LOL. I love this show.

Phil Dunphy: Okay, huddle up everybody. Your mother's right. She's the quarterback of this family and we need to protect her like Blind Side did.
Luke Dunphy: She just said that mom was Blind Side.
Phil Dunphy: She's confused. Blind Side was the black kid who played Tight End.
Alex Dunphy: Offensive Line.
Phil Dunphy: Sorry, African-American kid.


If you ain't White, you ain't right!
 
digistil
2012-10-12 04:03:17 PM  
FWIW, while (only possibly; depends on the instrument) incredibly high, an IQ of 150 doesn't graduate high school below the age of 16 (and even then it's mostly a handjob to the parents that force such an event). That said, an idiot savant graduates as soon as they've finished reading the books.

/This is assuming we're going w/ the IQ of 155 being the highest measurable (+99.999%)
//If we're using one of the pussy tests that near 200 as a top IQ, 150 is considered just above average
///Standard deviations, not raw scores, should be reported for IQs
 
Barricaded Gunman
2012-10-12 04:11:55 PM  
The little no-dialogue moment where Cam discretely notices that his shirt matches their curtains was pure comedy genius.
 
meanmutton
2012-10-12 04:51:07 PM  
Next thing, you're going to tell me that Neil Patrick Harris isn't a medical doctor.
 
thisiszombocom
2012-10-12 04:59:37 PM  
But he's Hispanic. That can't be right.
 
jjorsett
2012-10-12 05:03:39 PM  

Honest Bender: Being super smart seems really awesome until you realize that you're trapped on this rock with morons. Seriously. It's like Idiocracy every day for me.

/Drugs help.


Wait until it's a jury room. That's when you want to cut your wrists.
 
Eternal Virgin
2012-10-12 06:06:48 PM  
I have an IQ of 140 and I feel like a moron
 
star_topology
2012-10-12 06:44:17 PM  
I almost made a post about Manny (assumed it was him based on the characters) lolz
 
Scrotastic Method
2012-10-12 07:02:42 PM  
How do these child actors get away with testing out? Is that a CA thing? I wanted to test out and start college when I was in my early teens, but my state wouldn't let me until I was 16...since I was already a senior when I turned 16 I just rode it out and graduated.

/school was 25 miles from home...sucked not being able to drive.
 
elvindeath
2012-10-12 08:09:39 PM  
High IQ is overrated. It makes it more painful to watch the idiots line up and vote to push this country down the economic toilet because they want nice things but don't want to work for them. It's painful to watch Idiocracy become inevitable reality on a daily basis.
 
meanmutton
2012-10-12 08:29:21 PM  

elvindeath: High IQ is overrated. It makes it more painful to watch the idiots line up and vote to push this country down the economic toilet because they want nice things but don't want to work for them. It's painful to watch Idiocracy become inevitable reality on a daily basis.


imgs.xkcd.comView Full Size
 
Gough
2012-10-12 08:55:45 PM  

Halstread: Shadowtag: What's the old adage about having to be smart to play stupid? Oh, it's that.

Wait, does it work in reverse? Harrison Ford seems to be "stupid" in any interview I have seen of him, however, he sures does pull off "smart" in roles.


Harrison Ford dropped out of RIPON for chrissakes!

/Old saying in the upper Midwest: "If you can't go to college, go to Ripon." At least that became the saying after it was clear that Milton was circling the drain.
 
Smackledorfer
2012-10-12 08:58:57 PM  

elvindeath: High IQ is overrated. It makes it more painful to watch the idiots line up and vote to push this country down the economic toilet because they want nice things but don't want to work for them. It's painful to watch Idiocracy become inevitable reality on a daily basis.


Derp entitlement derp
 
halfof33
2012-10-12 10:04:25 PM  

elvindeath: High IQ is overrated. It makes it more painful to watch the idiots line up and vote to push this country down the economic toilet because they want nice things but don't want to work for them. It's painful to watch Idiocracy become inevitable reality on a daily basis.


Clever reference to "idiocracy," genius.

Oh look elvin thinks he is smart, and therefore from the entire history of arts, land iterature makes a snide reference to a "b" movie that is the absolute favorite of the basement dweller crowd. Let me guess all the jocks who used to bully you work in the produce section where you pick up your lettuce after seven and half hours in a cubicle.
 
I can't get the cap off!
2012-10-13 01:35:59 AM  

cefm: To be fair, most moderately intelligent middle-schoolers could also graduate from highschool at age 13 if all they have to do is take a test and read some books.


He may or may not be very smart, but this story doesn't swing it one way or the other.

It isn't uncommon for young actors to do the same thing. It has to do with the logistics of a shooting schedule, not IQ.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark]
2012-10-13 03:25:42 AM  

7th Son of a 7th Son: Good god, Ariel Winter is only 14.

FOURTEEN.

and yet I'd still motorboat the hell out of those tits.

/no need to have a seat, I'm already over there.


photos.teenplanet.orgView Full Size
 
Ready-set
2012-10-13 03:53:21 AM  
As a guy with a 154 IQ I can say: what a friggin' idiot.

/College at 17
 
myusernameisariddle
2012-10-13 08:18:37 PM  
me no like that won gi with ibrowz
 
Barricaded Gunman
2012-10-13 08:44:12 PM  
Eternal Virgin: I have an IQ of 140 and I feel like a moron

Ready-set: As a guy with a 154 IQ I can say: what a friggin' idiot.


Jesus, Ready-set, that's really uncalled for.
 
pinchpoint
2012-10-14 09:01:47 AM  
Unimpressed:

3.bp.blogspot.comView Full Size


/hawt
 
Displayed 65 of 65 comments

View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest

Redisplay/refresh comments
This thread is archived, and closed to new comments.

Continue Farking

If you like these links, you'll love

TotalFark

More Farking, less working

learn more | sign up

Report
On Twitter

Report
Top Commented
Top Commented ▼
Javascript is required to view headlines in widget.

  1. Links are submitted by members of the Fark community.

  2. When community members submit a link, they also write a custom headline for the story.

  3. Other Farkers comment on the links. This is the number of comments. Click here to read them.

  4. Click here to submit a link.
Report