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Think of the internet as the Wild West. It’s a place to share whatever you think of virtually anything, post things that you want, and engage in stuff that interests you, all in the comfort of your home. And while it’s our go-to place for connection, news and information, communication and work, people are different and so is the content.

So this time, we’re taking a look at some examples of clueless people sharing questionable arguments, fake news, illogical conspiracies, and anything in between. Thanks to “The Stupid Police”, every little bit of dumbness spotted online gets busted, screenshotted, and shared on their Twitter page.

With 144.1K followers, “The Stupid Police” is dedicated to “posting the most stupid internet moments,” and it’s basically a wall of shame for any post which lacks good judgment and common sense.

Bored Panda reached out to the creator behind The Stupid Police Twitter page, which currently has 145.1K followers. “I was thinking about creating a gimmick account for a while so I went through and tried to think of ideas that haven't been done before,” they told us. “This included cross-referencing viral tweets to find a similarity, looking through subreddits and searching through memes to find common similarities.”

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The message is don't to meth, not don't do math

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, teachers spend most of their time having to babysit instead of, you know, teaching. Pretty sure most of the blame is on the parents, not us.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are teaching this kind of simple math in our primary schools, however they often pass kids along to the next grade without them displaying mastery of essential concepts they should have learned.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I flunked out of highschool Maths and even I know what "those signs" are and what they mean! Ye gods.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I should hope so. That's Grade 1 & 2 material. At least, "which is bigger". (Link) https://www.understood.org/articles/en/when-do-kids-learn-fractions

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hold up people!! Some people don’t get access to a good educations. That is not their fault. People are not born innately knowing everything! GEEZ

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why we don't cut funding to public education, people.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you could not get at least a C in math, please do not speak for the rest of us.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I finally figured out why these people say school is so much easier than it is. They probably are just guessing

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are reaching levels of stupid that shouldn't even be possible

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so, "what are those signs" she wrote... she's one who failed with burger, sure.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SOME people would rather show their lack of education than use Google search

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's sad, and scary because it feels like it's getting more common.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

these signs indicate that you should go back to elementary school...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where's that "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme???

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

4th grade !!? No wonder the US is in the toilet. Hard to post a l*nk here. https://www.understood.org/articles/en/when-do-kids-learn-fractions Just unwrap the above.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These people who dont understand basic math signs are the same that remoced the benches in nyc subway, ignorance leads to this crap

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The idea to create The Stupid Police came after its creator found “stupid Yahoo answers questions and stupid old tweets and I realized this was an unclaimed idea.” The instant success of the page can be attributed to the preparation which went before the page was even launched. “I didn't start the account with that, nor have I been posting that type of content because I knew they wouldn't go viral,” the creator said.

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What they did instead was compiling “a list of viral-worthy tweets which all went viral, resulting in the blow up of this account.”

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When asked if there’s a lot of dumb content surfing around on the internet, the creator of The Stupid Police confirmed that’s exactly the case. “I would say the main reason would be ignorance, but there are also people who want to feel special and do attention-seeking things,” they commented.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also didn't totally disappear since a case to two still crops up once in a while.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Curious - why doesn't anyone use thirds when telling time? "Third past eight" = 8:20 :P

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being under a rest is bad, but imagine being under two or even three rests! :O

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This must be the sequel to "drill your own headphones jack into your iPhone".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

here me out her, ik it sounds crazy but they turned the ice into LIQUID and poured it down the hole. crazy right?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It depends if it's wet with shower water or rain water, of course. And cold water or hot water. B

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