There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong
We live in a curious world, and there are a couple of questions that every human would be absolutely thrilled to know the answers to; where did we come from, how many universes are there, and is there a plan for us, or is the future yet to be written?
"There is no such thing as a stupid question" – a common phrase that suggests that just because one person may know less than others, they should not be afraid to ask questions, even if they sound rather odd.
“What is the dumbest question someone legitimately asked you?” – this online user took it to one of the most well-liked Reddit communities to find out what kinds of foolish questions the online members have gotten. The post has received nearly 35K upvotes and 31.4K worth of entertaining comments.
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One day one of my students said “Ew, I have to work today.” To which I replied, “So do I.”
He looked at me and asked, honestly, “Oh really? Where do you work?”
“Here...I work here...right where I am standing. I don’t do this as a service to your parents.”
I remember that as a topic of discussion in 4th or 5th grade. It started out as what do you want to be when you are older. Then, someone asked the teacher to answer, too. All hell broke loose as we realized that she wasn't there just because she loved us.
I was teaching college-prep math to a classroom full of no-effort, bad-attitude seniors. One of them half sneered at / half complimented me by saying "Why isn't someone like you doing something important?" Really surprised, I answered, "You guys' futures are not important?"
So many teachers are expected to raise kids too... They are the heros without capes.
My friends daughter who I babysit along with her brother said me one time aren’t you lucky you don’t have to go to work everyday and you just get to stay with us instead!! Lol I told her I was super lucky I got to stay with them all day instead 🥰
American: "Do you have airplanes in South America?"
Me: "No, I got here swinging on vines that hang from our trees"
The list of things Americans think others don't have is scary. You know what we actually don't have? Debilitating medical debt and school shootings.
Ooh i was once asked if i have to avoid a lot of piles of elephant dung on the road, when I was walking, on the way to work. I worked for America Online, in billing and what I learnt is, expect severe cussing for no fault absolutely or be ready for such queries. One chap also asked me to fix his laptop even though he was calling me to fix a billing issue. He said you are Indian right, you must know, you guys have taken our tech jobs. I quit three months later!
Facepalming over Ugly American comment. I swear the rest of us aren't like this! Really!
Sometimes I wish we could use vines in Brazil. The transit is a mess lately
Load More Replies...When our German class visited our partner school in Indiana back in the 90's that's exactly what students and teachers asked. They were surprised we knew about color TV, cars and rock music lol.
Yes. I used to surf gators, but I'd rather avoid the rush hour.
Load More Replies...“I would say “no I drove here in my taco truck and crossed the ocean on a raft that only held me and my stuff, then I hid in a box and got delivered here.” Actually no I wouldn’t because people would believe me.” -My friend from Chile
“Don’t you find it stupid that Obama is the only president without a last name?”
I'm not American and I know his full name, Barack Hussein Obama... dumbfukistan problems...
This is why there's been chaos for the last 6'ish years. These dumbasses voted. They won't shut up with spreading all their dumbfuckery either.
I still love the fact the people who are against Obamacare are all in favor of the ACA (if you get it, you get it).
Yes, Barack is just a random word that they have decided to call him. Well done!
Boss: "Could you print out that file, scan it, and email it to me?"
Me: "I could just email it to you."
Boss: ...
As one manager said: "I hire smart people and stay the f**k out of their way."
Load More Replies...The boss wants an image file, not a document file Easier to claim they didn't alter it later I have completed two, original signature required by law, forms and submitted them as "fax" by printing the form, filling it out, then scanning it and submitting the image file. It sounds silly, but occasionally it is actually required due to regulations Don't second guess. The boss asked for a scan of the document, not the original. Easier to claim "not altered" when he only had a scan of the printed copy making alterations much more difficult.
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Going through the border -- from Canada into the U.S.:
Border Guard: "What's your citizenship?"
Me: [hands over passport, which notes my birthplace as Vancouver, British Columbia] "Canadian."
Border Guard: "No, what's your citizenship?"
Me: *louder* "I'm Canadian."
Border Guard: *yelling* "What's your citizenship?!"
Me: "I don't know what you're asking me!"
Border Guard: "Where were you born? Was it Colombia?"
Me: "British Columbia is a province in Canada."
Border Guard: *waves me through*
Is you’re a border guard on the Canadian border u should probably be remotely familiar with Canadian provinces
US Border patrol = firearm technician. No need for these fancy geography educations.
Load More Replies...Maybe this was a test for you. He was trying to trip you up because if you were a terrorist you might have freaked out and blown yourself up.
What's the test if you're more in the drug "industry"?
Load More Replies...I heard a story where someone from New Mexico tried to order something from a catalog and was told they only ship to the US
I am from the South Eastern US and I know more about Canada than that border guard.
Well heck. We've got Government employees who don't know that New Mexico is in the USA.
*facepalm* No wonder it's so hard for Americans to move to & get citizenship in Canada.
I have had no issues with this, but I have also looked at a map of North America before.
Load More Replies...as in border patrol is stupid in theory (I don't really agree) or that it's stupid in execution (I really agree)
Load More Replies...Dear Pandas, if you are talking about the country it is called COLOMBIA, not Columbia. We are not Columbians we are COLOMBIANS. We’ve been through this several times in other posts. Thank you 🇨🇴
“Are you gay?”
“No.”
“Why?”
Hm I don’t know Jerry, just not feelin’ it today.
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Load More Replies...*whips on dark sunglasses, taps invisible earbud* Alright, we're clear. This is Rainbow Seven, Rainbow Seven. I'm in. 잡채 is 20 feet away, I repeat, 잡채 is 20 feet away. I'm closing in. Rainbow 3, Rainbow 3, are you in sight of the tanghulu yet?
Load More Replies..."Why?" is now my second favorite response to such things, right behind "You don't know that."
"Hey, you're kinda cute ngl" "Sorry I'm not into boys" "You don't know that" if I was hetero I would finish that conversation just cause it sounds hilarious
Load More Replies...As a lesbian I get told I haven't "had the right penis" and that's why I like women. So apparently if I ever got said penis I would magically become straight. Good theory. I admire the penis confidence if nothing else.
You can buy one online pretty cheaply. Don't forget to buy batteries, though.
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My friend once asked, “What if they made a sea world but instead it’s centered around the land?”
I responded with “So basically, a zoo?”
yeah, instead of orcas, they have elephants jumping through hoops and flipping through the air
Load More Replies...I heard a conversation where somebody said something like “What if there was a video store but for books?” and his friend said “Um.. you can borrow books for free at a library…”
Reminds me of a quote from the Good Place (written on a note), "Giant mini donuts, not regular donuts, Dave can explain"
(Back when Netflix only mailed tangible DVDs) I once told my friend it would be so cool if there was a Netflix for books. She looked at me and said, “So, a library.” 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I mean, a glass tube right through the environments would be kinda cool.
My wife at the time saw the headline “Buffalo buried in 5 feet of snow” (I don’t remember the exact measurement). She asked “Why don’t they just dig the poor guy out?” There was a picture of the city under the headline.
🤣🤣🤣I’m literally crying laughing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but hey, at least she cares about animals
Em, you're making me laugh! Good day for you on BP, huh?
Load More Replies...Honestly, I would have said that as a joke. My dad and I still always ask why someone is selling a perfectly good lawn/garage.
In related news, the country commonly known as Turkey has petitioned the United Nations to be recognized by it's official name of "Turkiye". Part of the rationale was to distance itself from the bird.
Also the fact that turkey is an insult in the UK (and maybe other English speaking countries too)
Load More Replies...Even if it was the animal and not the city, I seriously doubt 5 feet of snow would even faze it. Those things are freaking massive!
ooh, thank you so much! I never knew it was a city and was very confused 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...But the picture of the buffalo on this text caused me to take a minute to figure out what you're talking about!
What nationality are you?
*canadian*
No, i mean, what nationality?
*ummm, do you mean heritage? Polish I guess*
No no, listen, na-tional-ity
*I don’t know what you’re asking?*
Whispers: Nationality, like, are you white, black, etc?
*just look at me, I’m white as snow, and that’s not nation...*
Cool I didn’t want to assume anything.
Yes but at least stupid still appears to respect the person they are talking to regarding their ethnicity. If stupid doesn't ask then stupid can never become educated
Load More Replies...I mean as a young child in elementary school we confused nationality, race and heritage but then again we also thought cooties was a thing
“Didn’t want to assume anything” I’m all for that but would you not want to assume that a dog is a dog for fear of it being a *gasp* cat and be offended? lol🤣🤦♀️
The cat would be very offended and you might lose your life...
Load More Replies...that's race or ethnicity (which are different, but either could fit the context here)
What frightens me the most is that they procreate.
Load More Replies...I'm Asian and someone told me to leave a BiPOC Committee because I wasn't a person of color.
Nationality, ethnicity, and race. All different. Why do people think they’re the same?
Having a conversation about traveling.
Me: I’ve always wanted to road trip up to Alaska and see the northern lights
Her: (looking at me like I’m a moron*) oh yeah? How are you going to drive to Alaska??
Me: in my car...
Her: You can’t DRIVE there
And then I realized she thought Alaska was an island... I had to explain to her that although Alaska and Hawaii were always in little boxes next to the mainland of USA maps that doesn’t mean they’re both islands.
10 years later I married her...
Awwwww that’s hilarious and sweet. I could definitely see how someone could think that if they never learned/realized it
I don't see how any adult person wouldn't know this. I just can't.
Load More Replies...It is frightening the gaps in education. But then, how old was she when she said this?
She probably never got taught about Alaska as a kid, give her a break, nobody comes out of the womb smart, we’re technically all born stupid, and we have to get taught certain stuff as we grow older and not everyone gets taught the same things growing up, she was just uniformed, that’s all I’m saying
Load More Replies...I have no clue what c**t down voted you, but here's an upvote to get you a net 0
Load More Replies...That's adorable. But I do have to wonder how she passed 7th grade geography!
My eyes are two different colors, and the question I'm most often asked about them is , "Did you know your eyes are two different colors?" I'm amused when someone asks me whether I see different colors out of each eye, or - even better - whether I "see in 3D."
I see stupid people...and they're every where...
Load More Replies...I fell and chipped my front tooth when I was little, and it happened to be my adult tooth so I was stuck with it. The chip was like 25% of my tooth, taking out a whole corner. I’m not kidding you, the number of people who asked me if I knew my tooth was chipped was ridiculous. I finally started responding with “*gasp* When did that happen??!!??” I was so happy when a dentist finally got a fix to actually stay on the tooth when I hit college age.
I sometimes get told 'you're very pale' and can only respond with 'AM I????' in tones of utter shock. I often wonder if they think I've never realised. People do like to state the bleeding obvious.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry, but I'd have to look at the person asking me if I knew my eyes were 2 different colors and 😳 "What? What are you talking about? They are not. My eyes are both blue." "No, really. One eye is blue and the other is brown" 🤯 :" WTF? They were both blue this morning! Oh no! I remember this happened to my cousin right before the eye that turned brown exploded! " Meeeowww. I wouldn't be able to resist. Ok, ok. I understand if you down vote me.
Once I had two colleagues (all 3 of us in our thirties) laugh at me when I talked about how we can see in 3d because the eyes see in two slightly different angles and the brain "composes" the 3d image out of these two. We went through the same academic process in the same country where you learn this in junior high at the latest...
One eye may be blue, but I seriously doubt the other one is red, so no. No one is born with eyes that are actually like built-in 3D glasses.
But that's not the point. We all see in 3D regardless of eye color don't we?
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Isn’t it a shame unicorns went extinct?
This person was an adult and thought unicorns exists during medieval times.
What I really miss are the dragons. Daμn all those pesky knights that killed them off. /j
Dragons are still around. There is a secret society dedicated to raising them. Analog magazine had a special article that revealed this secret years ago.
Load More Replies...And the Fairies and Elves but they might just hide from us when we are walking through the forest.
Load More Replies...When you consider that we have platypus, giraffe and narwhal on this planet, unicorns don’t seem so far fetched!
But but but... we have sea unicorns which are narwhals... why not have land unicorns as well?
Narwhal horns we're big money in medieval/Renaissance days. People bought them as proof unicorns existed. Poor narwhals 😢
Load More Replies...Well, Walt Disney had pictures of them in Fantasia along with winged horses and cupids.
A girl in my class wrote a whole book about how Noah forgot to put them on the ark
(I used to work at a bakery) a customer once asked me:
"When the bread isn't warm anymore, that means it's not fresh anymore, so I can have it for free right?"
-_- "no"
Hey, with the current upward trend in food prices, I can't blame her for trying.
OMG...I so hate customers like that at the movie theater. They want the "fresh stuff" coming out the popper even though they were in line and literally saw me dump the previous batch. But that's not "fresh". I get it, but damn, don't say fresh as the other stuff is automatically stale once a new batch is popped. SMH
Almost right, sir. When the bread cools to room temperature, that means that anyone can remove it from your table and take it over to theirs. We know you won't mind - since you feel it isn't fresh anymore.
Not anything super mind-boggling, but I worked as a server at a infamous "Italian" restaurant during college. Here's my interaction with a guest one evening:
G: "I'd like to order the spaghetti with marinara sauce, but can I get fettuccine noodles instead?"
M: "Sure thing."
G: "Oh, and I'd like to please substitute the marinara with Alfredo sauce. And please add chicken."
M: ".... I would have to charge you for the chicken Alfredo, then." (Note there was a few dollars in price difference between the two dishes, Alfredo being more expensive).
G: "But I ordered the spaghetti with marinara."
I legitimately had to argue with this person for few moments as to why I couldn't magically substitute out the entire entree for a different one with no price difference. Guest ended up being super crabby for the remainder of the time and I'm fairly certain didn't tip at all.
I'd like to order Pizza Margherita, but could you please substitute the dough with Filet Mignon and the tomatoes with noodles and the mozzarella with cream sauce? Ahhh, and the basil with some fresh veggies? 😇
"And you will notice that other server no longer works here."
Load More Replies...I'll have the chicken dinner....but could you please substitute the chicken with a lobster?
I also worked at an Italian chain and had this same nature of request a few times. It was always obvious that they were trying to pull a fast one to save a couple bucks on their pasta, and simply pathetic to watch them believe that they - not the server - is the keen expert on the menu items and pricing.
Spoiler: somebody that ludicrously cheap is never going to tip the waitstaff anyway.
But they thought they're the first to come up with such a brilliant hustle! You just crushed their shining moment!
Worked at a pizza place years ago... Had a customer ask for a small cheese pizza, but with the sauce on the side, not on the pizza. So I hollered out for an order of cheese bread (which is technically what she ordered) Very slowly, like she was explaining nuclear fusion to a brick, the lady says "No, dear. I said 'cheese pizza, not cheese bread. I just want the sauce on the side for dipping' . . So I asked her 'Ma'am, do you really want me to charge you $7.99 for a pizza when what you asked for is actually our $4.99 cheese bread? Because It's feel guilty charging you more than I should.' . . 'You must be new at this, sweetheart. I know what I'm asking for, so just get it done. ' . . So I holler "Scratch the cheese bread. Make a small cheese pizza, no sauce... Sauce on the side. ' . . To which the guy on the line hollers back 'So, cheese bread? ' . . Long story short, I considered the $3 difference a stupidity upcharge and didn't feel ask guilty as I should have
When Karen demands to pay more, it's polite to allow her the opportunity.
Load More Replies...We used that book in a daycare I worked at. The final day, we made stone soup. It was horrible. Not even the kid that ate everything would eat it.
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A coworker at the library was asked for aerial photos of the Colosseum in Rome.
Before it was in ruins.
Librarians all have stories like this. I was told a child was doing an assignment on a famous person and needed a photo of the person as well as newspaper articles from during the person's life. Her famous person? Jesus. Took a very diplomatic couple of minutes to persuade the mom that this might be somewhat difficult. Also had a parent ask for books for her child on "the world war." When I asked "first or second," she seemed stunned and said "There was more than one?" Yup, still need libraries and trained staff to save people from themselves. And no, not everything is on the internet.
I worked in Niagara Falls for several years. Most common question was ‘what time do you turn the falls off at night?’ That was usually followed by where does the water come from. I’m not here to teach you science or educate you on the Great Lakes and the water cycle.
Load More Replies...A computer generated reconstruction image, maybe. But, even though the residents of Mt Olympus could do many amazing things, taking aerial photographs wasn’t one of their strongest skills, so they pretty much avoided it.
When I worked in a bookshop, I had a customer looking for photographs of Lincoln's assassination. It took several go-arounds before they would believe me that, in 1965, there weren't a whole lot of photojournalists on the scene during a play.
Um, 1865, I think. Might be a typo there. :)
Load More Replies...I am also a librarian and can confirm this is a real question. Also, if I can print photos of the Egyptians building the pyramids. Photograph, not drawing.
"So Trump is our president, right? Does that mean he's in charge of our state or the whole world? Sorry but I've never understood this whole president thing..."
This was asked to me by a fellow high school senior... in civics class.
If Trump was in charge of the whole world I would choose death. trump-phre...bebc73.jpg
Don't minimize that this MFer can skate back into the WH, overturn any and all investigations against him and his buddies like before, implode NATO, and start sending troops and American business back to Russia. That was literally the plan if he hadn't effed up COVID. If a Republican gets back into the WH, they will make sure that they never, ever leave. VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION BECAUSE OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
Load More Replies...On behalf of the united states I apologize for the stupidity of a majority of our people.
Apology accepted, but to be fair to yall it was only about 51% of you - not REALLY a big majority.
Load More Replies...I think he needs more than a one-off Civics class. Did you guys not get taught this in American history as well as history in about 7th grade? Was he always slow? If he is a high school senior, he can vote in the next presidential election. That is truly scary.
Sure, cuz the US is the whole world... And not just one country being full of itself.
Well listening to the majority of them it seems as if they learn it that way.
Load More Replies...Does everybody still hate Trump? EDIT: How many of you still like Biden?
A girl asked me if honey came from bears. I’ll never forget it.
Doesn't it come out of a little plastic bear? And not a plastic bee?
Now I want bee shaped honey dispensers. Gotta have at least one where the honey comes out of the bees mouth, though. None should come out of it's poor behind.
Load More Replies...I can never understand all these people who go through life completely half-conscious and who absorb no information about the world. They seem barely human to me.
How old was the girl. If she was little it would be a cute question. If she was older it would be embarrassing.
my own sister asked me how we were related to my grandparents
When I was around that age I was convinced people could only have one child (I had no siblings), so I refused to believe my mother and my aunt were both my grandmother's daughters. I wholeheartedly believed my aunt was lying and just didn't want me to meet her real mother.
Load More Replies...My sons keep asking if their beloved granny is really my mom as well…
Not me, but overheard someone asking a restaurant server "Your coupon says it's valid 7 days a week, does this include weekends?"
No, it doesn't. It says "7 days a week", not "7 days a weekend". Honestly, don't people ever pay attention in school?
I used to be unaware that my childhood had been around extremely immature and abusive people, so I remember being 19 and visiting France and being really scared about going through the metro turnstiles with my ticket even though everyone else was, because I was so used to being singled out and scapegoated that I was consciously afraid that if I tried to use my new, valid metro ticket I'd be manhandled and taken to french jail. My point is some people aren't stupid so much as they are apprehensive and sometimes they just need to make sure.
I think this explains my co worker. She could be very competent but she seriously lacks confidence :(
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My stepmom once asked if islands float around in the ocean.
My brother burst out laughing, and I just looked flatly at my dad and said, "You married this woman." We still give her grief about it.
believe it or not - i was once told this same thing by my son
Load More Replies...I cant wait for the movie about Japan crashing into the west coast.
I sadly was one of those people for the majority of my life... I always used to wonder why people didn't get sucked under but then beaches didn't make sense....
Load More Replies...When I was in school, we had a teacher who said Antarctica is the world's largest iceberg. She also said it stays at the bottom of the world because it is extremely heavy.
A US congressman once was concerned with deploying too many troops to one side of Guam because he feared it might make the island flip over.
Dr. Dolittle sank Spidermonkey Island. That was shortly before he met the Great Pink Seasnail and flew to the moon on the Luna Moth. https://www.littlefox.com/hk/supplement/org/C0001362
We live in an area where our water is full of limescale. It's alright to drink but we go through a lot of kettles because of the build up. So one day I went with mum to get yet another kettle and she insisted we get one that was about €40. I told her she was mad to get one at that price as it would only be a few months before we had to replace it and that one for half that price would be just as good. She looked at me and said "€40 is not that bad". I said "it is for a kettle that won't last all that long" she replied "well it's cheaper than the more expensive ones". Yes mum, most things are cheaper that the more expensive ones. She never lived that one down.
When the scale builds up boil a cup or two of vinegar. Repeat a few times if necessary, but if done as routine maintenance a single boiling every month or two will solve the problem. Also clean drip coffeemakers by substituting vinegar for water. Vinegar is the foodsafe version of Lime Away limescale remover.
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If penguins need water to survive, doesn't that means they're fish?
If you consider anything that lives in water as a fish, and anything that descended from fish as a fish, everything is a fish. So it becomes a meaningless concept, and there's no such thing as a fish.
I'm so glad I can finally reveal my true identity... blub blub blub
Sooo plants are also fish along with like basically every animal and human on this planet? Wonderful scientific discovery…..🤣
So my dog and three cats are actually fish? Of course, dogfish and catfish. I should’ve known. Silly me. (/s)
I reckon you'll be a right good 'un, once you're trained up a bit.
Load More Replies...Hey, California just classified bees as fish in order to let environmental laws that cover fish apply to bees as well... So I guess anything could be a fish if you're in the right court!
What’s the biggest planet on earth?
They say you can fit 62 Earths inside Uranus. 63 if you relax a bit...
69 if you are feeling extra kinky.
Load More Replies...Now we're asking the right questions the boys in Washington don't want to answer.
I was weighing a patient, and she asked me if it measured in Celsius.
When I get weighed at the doctor's office, it says "One at a time, please".
I thought the same thing! Was going to geek out over squirrel color genetics then I saw your name and....well...😅
Load More Replies...No mam, it's the temperature of the air between your ears that we measure in Celsius.
Had a customer ask if she could pay her bill over the phone. I asked what kind of credit card.... cash. She wanted to pay cash over the phone.
About 30 years ago, I worked in an ocean resort doing condo rentals. A group of girls wanted to rent a place to stay after high school graduation (minimum age to rent was 21, but some owners were OK renting to 18-20 year olds). I made their reservation, told them their deposit amount, and asked if they had a credit card. They said no, so I told them they could mail us a check, and gave them the deadline for us to get it. The following day they called back. They got the receptionist, and asked her for our fax number. She thought they were sending a copy of something we requested they send us. But no, they were faxing us their deposit. Not a picture of the front and back of a credit card (still safe to do in those days), but pictures of the cash they were using for their deposit. One picture of all of it, and a couple more pages of pictures of each individual bill, with a note telling us to apply it to their rental. We had to call and tell them sending pictures of money just wasn’t the same as the real thing.
I once tried to send a hotdog to my grandma via the phone, I was eating lunch when they called and as part of the conversation they asked if they could have some. Difference between me and OP is I was 4 and realised after the initial smush into the receiver it wasn't going to work.
On a ski lift
"At what elevation do deer turn into elk?"
Where does that belief even come from??? I can understand mistaking the two, but like-
Load More Replies...Yes, yes, they need to be pretty HIGH for that.
Load More Replies...unlike other ones, this one kinda makes sense. I know it's not, but I see the thought process.
Yeah, it's clearly just an inarticulate way of asking where deers' habitat ends and elks' begins.
Load More Replies...Considering people used to think that some birds turned into other birds for the winter (thanks Aristotle) this doesn't surprise me. Check out" The Constant" podcast for more history of getting things wrong.
Thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely check it out
Load More Replies...Even more interesting, at what elevation do chimpanzees turn into humans? And when humans go into space do they turn into superhumans?
How long did it take you to drive from Australia - *to America*? I've been asked this twice.
I wish I could say I had a witty response, but my brain froze as it tried to compute the stupidity of the question.
*ETA: No offense to Americans, just these two particular idiots. I've lived in the U.S. most of my life.*
Nobody tells the Americans about the secret Tunnel between Australia to Hawaii to LA under the ocean.
I’m American and I can tell you some Americans are fu king stupid as a bag of rocks
I have lived in America my whole life. Someone I met while traveling once asked me if it's true that all Americans are dumb. I said "no, but it's a large enough percentage that you're only likely to hear about the dumb ones." I once covered a presidential debate back when I worked for a radio station. I was sitting next to someone who writes for a paper in Africa who was talking to me about how the world views America. I told him that I have many of the same views, I just don't blame the country for the actions of the people in it! I could go on, but I'm getting depressed thinking about it!
No offense taken. There are plenty of Americans who don't know Australia and Austria are different countries...or where either of them is.
Is Cherry Vanilla Coke made with cherries and vanilla mixed together, or is it made with vanilla cherries?
*vanilla cherries???*
With the natural diversity of plant life and humanity's agricultural experimentation, that's not really a dumb question.
Vanilla is a type of orchid, a monocot. Cherry is a sort of apple, a dicot. Different classes of life. Crossbreed birds and mammals to try for a duckbill platypus, hey?
Load More Replies...vanilla cherries sound like they're a thing for some reason (and delish!)
“Does Halloween ever fall on Friday the 13th?”
Took my buddy a few seconds combined with our WTF stares to realize what he had just asked
EDIT: My bad everyone. Didn’t even consider the fact that other countries don’t celebrate Halloween. ELI5 Halloween is a set holiday that always falls on October 31st
Sadly, this makes the rounds from time to time and people fall for it. "OMG, Halloween falls on Friday the 13th this year! It only happens ever 666 years! Scary!"
oh that''s hilarious, i' m so gonna say that sometime
Load More Replies...Supposedly it always does in pub bistros in Australia!
Load More Replies...Sorry??? Plenty of other countries celebrate Hallowe'en! It came from Ireland and was known as Samhain...and the English invented trick or treating...
It came from Mexico the day of the dead not ireland
Load More Replies...Well, this year April Fool's Day fell on Friday the 13th....psst, go count how many Fridays up till and including that, if you need a hint!
I admit to wondering what was wrong with that question for a second.
I joked with my friend once and said Halloween was on Friday the thirteenth and he said "Oh, cool" Asked him if he noticed anything wrong with that sentence and he just stares at me with the most confused face and says "Uhh, no?"
My cousin bought a map from a nearby fancy store for tourists. After perusing it for no less than two hours, she asked me, "How does this north-south stuff work? The side I'm facing is north, right? And if I turn right, north also turns right, no?"
She was 20.
I have a PhD, masters, and bachelor's, and I'm a software engineer. I couldn't in a million years tell you where North is relative to myself at any given position 🤷♀
Not going to lie I am very directionally challenged as well. I could get lost going from work to home if I have to take a detour. However, at least I know that North, South, East and West doesn't change according to which way I am facing. I just don't know which way I am facing.
Load More Replies...I had to teach my MIL to read a map. She was 45. Some people aren't taught and with GPS, do not need to learn.
Left and right work that way which confuses the heck out of me. I can do North and South. I still confuse left and right.
Buuuut, if you turn your body 90 degrees to the left, the earth rotation also changes
My wife is 54. She thought North was always the way you face, regardless of which way you face. Yes....I know.....Thank heavens i didnt marry her for her brains!
These are the people you hear quietly mutter to themselves "Never Eat Sea Weed"
She was never in scouting, nor took any outdoors-type classes, nor had to locate herself on the planet. I bet she shares those qualities with many.
If you had a heart transplant, would your memories go away?
Yes, and now you have to leave your spouse and marry the donor's partner. Be happy together.
I did read that people who didn't like, example peppers, before the heart transplant, suddenly liked it, because the donor of the heart did. Weird and wonderful.
There is a strange change that takes over for some people who get heart transplants.
Load More Replies...Joke’s on us. Apparently, some might. Memory is distributed; more widely than first thought. https://owlcation.com/stem/your-second-brain-is-in-your-heart
When you feel feelings you can also feel a change in pulse/heart rate so there is a connection, just not in the way OP meant.
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I used to work at Disney World and a question I would get on the daily is "What time is the 3 o'clock parade?"
Such a popular question that Disney even sells a tee shirt that says "What time is the 3 o'clock parade?"
My friend called up the theater and asked what time was the 9 o'clock show. The response was 9:20.
That would depend on where you were in the park. Sure, it starts at 3:00 pm at the top of Main Street, but if you're at the other end it won't start *for you* until what - 3:15, 3:20?
Was asked to a friend of mine who worked in a book shop.
"Excuse me. Do these stairs go up?"
Translation from British English. "Do these stairs go to the next higher floor?" Perfectly normal and very sensible question in UK
But when would they ever not go to the next higher floor?
Load More Replies...Ever heard “Stairway to Heaven”? Let me accompany you to the top and I’ll help you to fly the rest of the way there. Yes, now you’re going to feel just a bit of pressure on your back…
Just take this stair and join the five passengers of the S.S. Minnow for a three hour tour, a three hour tour https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCYLbFxTpI
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Do you actually believe in dinosaurs?
Some ppl think that the earth is only a few thousand years old and that 'god' "planted" the dino bones to make it seem older. But if God is so great, why would he lie like that? Edit:source: I once went to a museum with some of our friends (very Christian) and they were telling me that the bones were all fake
Load More Replies...I had once a person in person attacking me for "believing in evolution". Creationists are wild, you cant argue with them bevause they wont listen to any reasonal arguments.
Yes I've had that argument on BP regularly..... I just give up
Load More Replies...My old pastor doesn't believe in dinosaurs. He says the bones were created by the government. It's not even him joking around, he legitimately believes this.
Just like many conspiracies: why woule the government do that? What's their point gain, etc? Are they washing trillions of dollars by funding archeologists? That doesn't even debunk any creationis theory so is just plain idiotic to make dinosaurs up!
Load More Replies...*facepalm* 🤦♀️We have literal proof they exist! It’s not a “believe” in them like they’re make believe
"I post, therefore i am" you're the lubing proof Cap!
Load More Replies...Yes, if they put their mind to it, they can achieve anything they want. Go dinosaurs, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Dinosaurs' positive thoughts! "No extinction. No extinction. No extinction."
Load More Replies...“Do you see in panoramic view?” I’m Chinese...
Well do you? I'm Indian, am I supposed to see with a turban filter or something?
No, just yellow apparently. https://matadornetwork.com/read/yellow-filter-american-movies/
Load More Replies...“Do just see pink, or is everything dark with your head all the way up your @ss?”
A kid in my chemistry class once was playing with a pen (he’s Asian btw) and the kid sitting next to him says “don’t poke your eyes out! I mean- it doesn’t really matter anyway, because you can’t see with those squinted eyes” the teacher then tells him that that’s racist and he cannot say that, the kid who had said it then replies “no it’s ok because I’m Japanese too” the teacher tells him “no you’re not”. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JAPAN. HIS DNA IS 96 PERCENT JAPANESE, he even has the same slitted eyes. People are weird 😒
"slitted eyes" I have pretty wide eyes but mooooooooooving on yeah it's bizarre there were some Asian kids in middle school who'd call me all kinds of slurs and people thought it was okay, even when the other people started doing it (like think of a blonde white boy with blue eyes calling me a- a thing).
Load More Replies...I'm just assuming here, but I'm really hating being American on this page.
I wear a headscarf, and someone once asked me if I had ears.
No, because Van Gogh still had one ear left, so was only half earless. (/s)
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What. The. Actual. F**k? How stupid do you have to be to ask someone who wears a headscarf if they have ears? I give up.
Well, the children of King Mongkut of Siam thought that their English governess, Anna Leonowens, didn't have legs like theirs because they were invisible under her hoopskirts.
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When I moved back to Florida from Scotland a girl I was hitting on at a bar asked me how long a drive that was.
Never in all of my internet perusing have I ever see anyone drop a Dead Milkmen reference. You made my day.
Load More Replies...My question would be "why would you move back to Florida from Scotland?" I'd stay there forever and buy a kilt.
You'd be very welcome- I'll even take you for a pint
Load More Replies...MY mother who is Scottish was once asked by an American if all the men in Scotland spent all their time walking the Highlands playing the bagpipes. He also thought that a Haggis was some kind of Scottish creature that was like a hairy Leprechaun.
Eh, it is - it isn't a leprechaun by any stretch, more like a small beaver type creature with whiskers and quite long hair on its head. Cannae get moving from the wee buggers everywhere
Load More Replies...We were visiting in Ireland stopped at a local pub and got into a conversation with a young man. Told him we were from Michigan. He was very eager and told us he had a friend in the US, who drove an 18 wheeler. He gave us his name and asked did we know him?
Actually, Scotland is an unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida.
Maybe she was thinking of Nova Scotia, aka New Scotland? Yea, probably not.
When I was in America in 2012, a man asked me, completely seriously, if we had cellphones in Norway...
It's even more funny if that question comes from a country not making it into the top 10 of standard of living to a country that is at the top.
Americans are 100% convinced that we're the greatest country in the world, have everything better than everyone else, and y'all want to be us. This is what happens when most Americans' concept of "international travel" involves a Disney cruise to the Bahamas. We're so embarrassing.
Load More Replies...You don't have to apologise for idiots, my dear. We all have them. I'm in the UK, ours are prolific.
Load More Replies...I think it was tin cans and a string if I remember correctly.😂
Load More Replies...No. In Norway they use ravens or pigeons depending upon the season.
Should of said, "Every household has a Gjallarhorn that we blow to alert the others".
I used to be a high school college prep teacher. One semester, I had quite a number of students who said they wanted to become surgeons. So one day I showed the class a neat video of a surgeon slicing open a grape with a scalpel and then stitching it back up with this new, technologically advanced pair of robotic arm things. The video was met with many oohs and aahs, and when it was over a hand shot up. I’ll never forget her question.
“What was wrong with the grape?”
(EDIT: Haha okay so people keep saying she was kidding, and the joke just went over my head since I’m old. Wouldn’t change the fact that it was a dumb question. Now I’m 99% sure she was being serious. That or she’s so good an actress that she committed to an entire semester of low grades and embarrassing questions and her friends having to explain things to her and her chuckling embarrassingly at her ditzy self. Now, I said ditzy. I don’t believe any of my students are even a little bit “dumb”. But the question certainly was, and I can with good conscience call it that since on many occasions she spent the entire time talking with her friends only to look up halfway through and just toss her input without gathering much context. In this case she looked up and saw people randomly operating on a grape.
Also, no, she wasn’t blonde. She had black hair. No, English was not her first language (which I’m sure contributed to her lack of focus in the class). Yes she passed the class because she was, in fact, a good kid and quite smart. Just needed a bit of help. She’d make a great surgeon someday if she tried.
So last year My 18 yr old niece saw me drinking a "Smart Water" and she legit, straight faced said, "Omg Tia! I love those waters! They work soooo good!" I said "yes it does, it keeps me hydrated." She responded with, "Oh yes! Of course it does! But isn't it awesome that you can just drink that and it makes you smarter! I would drink one whole big bottle of "Smart Water" just before I had to take a test or and exam! An I always got the best grades!" My teenage sons were in the room when she said it and I swear all 3 of us looked at each other and asked her to say it again. She repeats what she had just said, and we all just looked at her! Lol! My boys couldn't hold it together and busted out laughing. So as gently as I could as to attempt to not make her feel anymore stupid/embarrassed had to break the news to her that "Smart Waters" do not make you smarter when you drink them. She's now 8 months pregnant with her 1st baby smdh lol. 😬😳😱🙄
That's because they're not grapes. They're gooseberries.
Load More Replies...The DaVinci surgical robot. Amazing piece of kit. I've seen that video too.
One of my good friends builds computers. He sold me the components of his old desktop and he brought it over to my house so he could transfer them to a new case for me and then build his new computer. It was taking a while and my mom was agitated that he was there so long and asked "is what you're doing even legal?"
No....yes....no....yes, yes it is legal. Oh wait, it isn't. OF COURSE IT IS LEGAL.
My mum would be the same 😂 if it takes a long time and appears complexed it must be illegal!
I wouldn't call the mom stupid. Just confused. You can't for example transplant an engine from one car to another car without registering the changes to the relevant land transport authorities. Or in the case of iPhones, the components cant be swapped around, even within the same model. It wouldn't work. She might be thinking the same rules applies here.
You can here. You're allowed to do any kind of modification to your car that you would like provided that it's still meets the basic definition of street legal and that you do not remove certain pollution components. You need to tell the state absolutely none of this. Modifications that do not affect emission controls and basic roadworthiness standards are 100% your business alone. Even then your vehicle is only held to the emissions and roadworthiness safety standards of the year in which it was built. I guarantee if I want to my local motor vehicle department and told them I changed the engine in my car they would look at me and say something to the effect of, "Um... good for you why are you here?"
Load More Replies...This is not really so much stupid as a lack of understanding how something works.
Samsung is still on the run from authorities... it's been many years, and many fear that the police will never catch them in time.
Building it yes. What I'm putting in it...depends on your definition of "legal"
I got told off by a customer at an ISP I worked at because her computer performed an "Illegal operation" and she demanded to know why we were watching what she was doing on the internet. 🤷♂️
Used to work tech support, Internet was out so first question, what lights are on on the router? "None" "Unplug it and plug it back in" "No lights" "Check the power switch and toggle it to the other side" *Lights come on and later, Internet* Him: "so what was the problem? Another incident: Him: " I'm a network tech" Me: "unplug the Ethernet cable" Him: "I forget, which one is the Ethernet cable" (If you're a network tech, that's taught in the first networking/basic computer class)
This isn't exactly a crazy question for someone that doesn't know much about technology. There are actually a lot of technologies (at least in the us) that you can't open/ repair without breaking the warranty. Farmers deal with this with their farm equipment. They have to take it to a licensed dealer to repair it make modifications. The ice cream machine at McDonald's, it's illegal to buy a machine the runs the diagnostics needed to repair maintain it. And the list goes on and on. So, it's not out of the realm of possibility for you to swap components a machine you own and you are breaking the law at worst, voiding the warranty at best.
Is that an uppercase "space bar"?
The amount of sarcasm I put into my comment when I wrote it is hilarious
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Load More Replies...On one tech support call I took, I seriously had to explain to an adult who was "helping" his mom with the website I supported what the difference was between Shift and CapsLock.
Keep reading Bored Panda, and it won't be for long. Most of us have stories about stupid people we're dying to share.
Load More Replies...I thought of a context where this makes sense to ask though: Shift + Space selects the entire row of cells in MS Excel.
And don't forget the Italics space bar. Next week we talk about the Times New Roman space bar. see you then.
Watching a documentary on dinosaurs in class once. Girl sitting at table in front of me turns around as the documentary is playing. “Hey... they didn’t have cameras around when there were dinosaurs... right?” I just turned to my friend and we both started laughing. Good times, I miss geology.
Only the upper class dinosaurs...... They were quite expensive back then!!
To be honest, even if they had some.... What would remain of the said cameras or pictures more than 65millions year later? What will remain of our technilogy 65millions years after us?
Load More Replies...Well, they had daguerreotypes, but good luck getting a dinosaur to sit still for an hour.
I had an American ask me if California was a state.
No, it's a landing pad made by the aliens responsible for the pyramids in Egypt
and don"t forget the fact that they made stone hedge
Load More Replies...I live in West Virginia and, on more than one occasion, fellow Americans have admitted they didn't know WV was a state, or said, "I thought it was just western Virginia."
Some people don't understand that New Mexico is part of the USA. It's the "Mexico" that throws them off. (Lived there for 5 years)
I'm Californian.....I just can't......this........no, just.....whyyyyy???????
Why are people downvoting you??? (im californian too btw :) )
Load More Replies...one of the guys in my office recently threw out there "is Wisconsin a city or state?" No one answered him cause there was no way we wouldn't either laugh or call him a dumbass and then laugh
When did dragons go extinct?
The problem was dragons kept eating sheep and some rather fed-up farmers played knights to protect their livestock and before long everyone and his mother was into the dragon-hunting business 🤦♂️
Load More Replies...Watch the How to Train your Dragon trilogy... that might clear things up.
Used to be a radio DJ and had a feature called the 80s at 8. Someone called and asked what time it started. Edit: You’re just going to have to trust me that people knew it was sometime in the PM hours.
I wonder if they thought of that when they decided the time for the program? It was probably just for the alliteration, but I think this is cooler
Load More Replies...To be fair, one of the local stations used to play comedy clips which they called "The 5'o Clock Funnies." They were played during the 5 o'clock hour, but generally started sometime between 5:20 and 5:30.
When PT-Cruisers first came out, the very first one my mother saw was a black one. She actually thought it was a Hearse for children or midgets. I'm not making this up.
I knew what a PT Cruiser WAS when it came out, but my first thought was that it looked like a hearse for really short people.
An abomination of a car that is, thankfully not produced any more.
Load More Replies...Those things somehow manage to be both cute and ugly at the same time.
That's why I liked them. It reminded me of that episode of Gidget where she goes in on a hearse even before she can drive, and then signs up for auto shop, and sexist hilarity and hijink ensue!
Lol! That is so funny! My friend still drives his, they're a unique build.
Wasn't that building destroyed on 9-11? She was pointing to the Prudential Center in Boston.
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️This kinda makes me mad. Thousands dies that day and there is even a whole mermorial!
But if someone is younger than 25 or so, it isn't seared into their consciousness like it is for the rest of us.
Load More Replies...It is hugely memorable to us. We have failed in passing that on to the next generation.
“No, our government protected insurance companies from liability against 9-11 victims.”
Why would you get angry at an idiot? There's nothing there to be angry about. It's sad,
After handing me a 50 cent coupon and me explaining the finally cost was 2.50. Well damn how much was it before the coupon? ... 3
well if i take the 5 plus the zero then divided it by the derivative of 2 multiplied by the reciprocal of pi now divide by the 2 x infinity to the second power times 57 and now i put that into the reciprocal .....
I once had a customer thrust a $100 jacket in my face during a ‘50% off the marked price’ sale, demanding to know what the discounted price would be. 😳
Why do you care if I know your reddit handle if its anonymous?
Your reddit handle us your username the name people can search you by so if you have a reddit account that you use anonymously then you would tell someone your handle therefore: stupid question 😉
Wouldn't tell someone your handle* that was supposed to say!
Load More Replies...Don’t f**k with reddit...they have solved more cases then NCIS and law and order put together .
😂🤦🏾♀️ whenever I went overseas people love to show me how a microwave works, and ask me seriously if a lion gave me that scar 😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️ I live in Africa
I've had a few people surprised that I have access to the internet....I live in South Africa.
Load More Replies...This is not stupid but kind of funny. When I visited San Diego, California some guy asked me if I was from Kansas. I‘m Swiss and my accent is pretty close to a german accent. We were both drunk at that time and apparently my drunk swiss german accent sounded midwestern to a drunk guy from california.
I work at a brewery. I’ve had multiple people come in, read the tap handles connected to the taps, and then ask if we had beer. Not a specific type of beer just beer in general.
I'm pescatarian and whenever the subject comes up, I get asked what religion that is. I get that it is not nearly as well know as being a vegetarian, but still.... EDIT: I understand that this isn't the world's dumbest question, but it does get old.
In highschool health class we watched a video about a woman who contracted AIDS and became a major spokesperson on behalf of others with the condition. The teacher added that she died in [year] and I, wanting to look like the smart kid who was Actively Participating In Her Studies, asked "what did she die of?" When everyone stared at me with "dude, seriously??" looks on their faces (teacher included) I tried to save myself by defensively adding "Well you never know; she could have been hit by a car or something!"
Actually not a stupid question. A person doesn’t die of AIDS, they die of something that AIDS prevented their body from fighting.
Load More Replies...Wife of a doctor asked if there were rivers in California. I live in Alaska... tons of misconceptions especially that it is not part of the US, cold all the time, we have penguins, people don't live here...
College bf once called me up to ask why the "salty little meat blocks" I had brought over were making him so thirsty. Moron hadn't gone shopping and was eating bouillon cubes I left after making dinner for him. SMH
Oh, that brings back a childhood memory of seeing my grandma's jar of bouillon cubes & thinking they were a special kind of sugar cube. I got one out & ran outside to gobble it down, anticipating a blast of sugary goodness in my mouth. Wow, that stuff is so nasty, I was spitting & washing my mouth out for at least an hour!
Load More Replies...😂🤦🏾♀️ whenever I went overseas people love to show me how a microwave works, and ask me seriously if a lion gave me that scar 😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️ I live in Africa
I've had a few people surprised that I have access to the internet....I live in South Africa.
Load More Replies...This is not stupid but kind of funny. When I visited San Diego, California some guy asked me if I was from Kansas. I‘m Swiss and my accent is pretty close to a german accent. We were both drunk at that time and apparently my drunk swiss german accent sounded midwestern to a drunk guy from california.
I work at a brewery. I’ve had multiple people come in, read the tap handles connected to the taps, and then ask if we had beer. Not a specific type of beer just beer in general.
I'm pescatarian and whenever the subject comes up, I get asked what religion that is. I get that it is not nearly as well know as being a vegetarian, but still.... EDIT: I understand that this isn't the world's dumbest question, but it does get old.
In highschool health class we watched a video about a woman who contracted AIDS and became a major spokesperson on behalf of others with the condition. The teacher added that she died in [year] and I, wanting to look like the smart kid who was Actively Participating In Her Studies, asked "what did she die of?" When everyone stared at me with "dude, seriously??" looks on their faces (teacher included) I tried to save myself by defensively adding "Well you never know; she could have been hit by a car or something!"
Actually not a stupid question. A person doesn’t die of AIDS, they die of something that AIDS prevented their body from fighting.
Load More Replies...Wife of a doctor asked if there were rivers in California. I live in Alaska... tons of misconceptions especially that it is not part of the US, cold all the time, we have penguins, people don't live here...
College bf once called me up to ask why the "salty little meat blocks" I had brought over were making him so thirsty. Moron hadn't gone shopping and was eating bouillon cubes I left after making dinner for him. SMH
Oh, that brings back a childhood memory of seeing my grandma's jar of bouillon cubes & thinking they were a special kind of sugar cube. I got one out & ran outside to gobble it down, anticipating a blast of sugary goodness in my mouth. Wow, that stuff is so nasty, I was spitting & washing my mouth out for at least an hour!
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