Human idiocy, just like our creativity, knows no bounds. Whether it's a temporary brainfart or something more severe, it seems that we always find a way to push the limit.
And you couldn't find better proof of this than the subreddit r/facecpalm. Created all the way back in 2009, this online community describes itself as "a gallery of inexplicable stupidity" and currently has over 6 million members constantly looking for new 'artworks' for its 'collection.'
Over the years, they have collected plenty of examples of people making a complete fool of themselves both online and in real life, so we thought it would be interesting to make an exhibit, featuring the most memorable ones. Continue scrolling and enjoy!
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Well You're Not Wrong
It Is Insane
We reached out to the people who look after r/facepalm and one of them agreed to tell us more about the community.
"We moderate according to Reddit's content policy and that means that most of the comment moderation we do is to remove bigotry and racism," they told Bored Panda.
"The subreddit's community is fine, for the most part. A lot of people come here to have a laugh at whatever silly thing is being posted and that's ok."
What About Nurses Who Wear Them 8 To 10 Hours A Day
In Fact, It’s Happened 7 Times
You can see a lot of different themes on the subreddit, and the mod said they can change quite fast. "[What's popular] really depends on what is on people's minds at the time. Currently, a popular topic is the insane lengths people go through to deny the facts about Covid."
But there's a way to determine what we can expect from r/facepalm. According to research, people see actions as stupid for three primary reasons: the actions reflect a foolhardy level of risk, an absent-mindedness and lack of practicality, or an impulsive lack of control.
So even though the word 'stupid' sounds subjective, scientists have discovered that people are very quick to identify it.
"People don't spend time on judging if something is stupid or not," study researcher Balazs Aczel told Live Science. "It comes instantaneously, and as our results showed, they have high agreement. If one person calls something stupid, there's a high likelihood others will do the same thing."
The First Women In The Epitome Of Stupid
This is inhumane on so many levels.... Please never ever say things like this... these days, even babies get raped... old women are getting rape... the fact is a sick mind can do such a thing and will think of any excuse possible...
You Can Still Breathe Idiot
"Let's Spend 10 Grand On Jewelry"
Scientific Name = Poison
Pssst. Daniel... Maybe read first before posting stupidity
Load More Replies...Did you know that dihydrogene monoxide is found in huge amounts in every person's body, absorbing too much of it can kill you, there is much of it in every lake and and river that was tested, and its gazeous form causes severe burns?
And EVERY SINGLE PERSON who has been exposed to it dies.
Load More Replies...Would have been much better if he hadn't lied at the start of the post. He called it out as the standard vaccine composition then changed it to apple at the end. It would have hit harder has he simply asked "which of these chemicals would you want in your body" and then identified it as apple.
Load More Replies...Anti-vax, aka their family should have died out in the medieval ages where their scientific knowledge seems to have stopped. With progressive times come progressive science if you can't embrace it prepare to die out
Make it easy for them. Get them all together and let them walk off the edge of the earth (-s)
Load More Replies...All these morons who say they don't know what's in vaccines are quite happy to eat food bought from fast food outlets!
You might want to avoid the seeds, though--they do have trace amounts of cyanide.
In high school we did a project to illuminate people on how knowing what you’re signing is important. Got 300+ signatures from students, faculty, and parents voting to ban dihydrogen monoxide due to its effect on people and the number of deaths related to it each year…. It’s water people.
Lets not even get started with the fatal dangers of di-hydrogen monoxide...
But… wouldn’t injecting apple be a bad idea? Rather than eating it? Please, no hate- I’m fully vaccinated and boostered, and glad about it. Just wondering.
You're right. It would be bad to inject the constituents of an apple into your arm.
Load More Replies...I never did understand Chemistry when i was growing up. I had a whole sh* t-ton of things to deal with. I am filled with admiration for the people who look at the elements.
So,ok. I bought a soft dinner roll from a very overly priced shop other day. Is BREAD....had 20+ ingredients. Before you laugh,just check out the food you buy. Im fully vaccinated by the way
No, but I'm curious to see the syringe it would require. And I wanna know exactly which vein they're gonna use.
Load More Replies...This Is NOT the chemistry of an apple. OK? OK. " It's all BS and it's bad for you " ---- George Carlin (Also not what's in vaccines.)
My family hasn’t had vaccines for anything, and everything that everyone else has taken vaccines for, and many of them have gotten, we have not.
However, chemically producing the flavor of green pepper and adding it to a dish may make it taste like it contains green peppers, but you will never convince me that it is the same or that it is as healthy as the real thing.
They're not vaccine experts any more. Now they're foreign policy experts.
Anti vaxxers aren´t qualified. They may be just not trusting the pharma business, though. Based on previous evidence.
To be fair tho, (I am not anti vaxx. I am up to date on all my vaccinations) the thought of injecting [chemicals?] into your bloodstream is very scary for some people and I think it’s better to understand them rather then criticize them 😅
Hear hear. But it's easier to ridicule and hate people than accept that they are different and try to understand them.
Load More Replies...The list is missing dihydrogenmonoxid. If people refuse to have an intake of that stuff, they are basically committed to die of thirst.
I'd be like "whoa, whoa, slow down so I can research this" while I'm fiendishly googling how high all those things get you
The "apple vs vaccine" argument always gives me a chuckle. Just like the "Dangers" of Dihydrogen monoxide.
I have a long time friend, (20+ years) who lives in the American southwest, and swears he won't ever get the vaccine because of how his body reacts to things. No allergies, etc. but pre-existing conditions, supposedly. But he wears a mask everywhere, etc. I have 0 idea whether to believe him or not. My own body is weird and messed up with a lot of things, but vaccinations aren't one of them... it's so hard sometimes to listen to friends or family, and know if they're telling the truth or they're anti-vaxx...
Picking their nose when God was handing out brains and common sense!
Well greens over fruits. Dude said it was standard vaccine composition. How about objections to using other animals DNA in human vaccine. Has anyone rated the long term effect of mixing alternate DNA by injection vs eating. Wouldn’t it bypass the normal human defenses? Just because poison is sold doesn’t make it safe for human consumption!!! 😵🥴🤢
Also the oposite is valid: vaxxers are neigher qualified. The difference between vaxxers and anti vaxxers is in their trust.
How on earth does this even make logical sense as an argument. You just said "Look how stupid you are to not know the chemical make up of an apple! THAT's why people who don't want to take an experimental drug that has cause adverse reactions are stupid too!!" You sound r*tarded... no wait that's a insult to the mentally disabled... you're even dumber
I don't listen to idiots, I listen to more than qualified research scientists, immunologists, physicians, and Ph.D. in Physics and Chemistry, and over 57 of them say the vaccine is the bioweapon. Of course, those of you who only listen, and rely on the CCP owned, Communist Propaganda arm of this nation, the News Media, will believe anything fed to you by Fauci, Gates, Obama, the Clintons, Bidens, etc. Why do you think our country is turning into a sewer, and why do you think Covid cases had a huge spike AFTER THE VACCINES. I am 75, I refuse the shot because I don't trust this Regime, Fauci, or any of the Globalists involved with this Covid 19 serum and the fear-mongering after releasing it on the world. As one Research Scientist, a physician advised, no vaccine, take 5,000 of Vitamin D3, and your immune system will fight off the virus. Great advice, but no one wants to take advice from real physicians, only those that never practiced med, a pencil pusher and p**n for the Regime.
The willful ignorance, hateful politics, and sheer stupidity of this post makes me fear for the human race. And that it comes from a Trümpenmoron with less fluency in the English language than my 7yoa stepson I find terrifying. Grammar and composition are important, but facts and critical thinking are paramount. Here we have none. The "over 57 of them" says it all. Was it 58? Out of how many "qualified research scientists (who did the qualifications? The National Enquirer?) blah blah blah and Ph.D. in Physics and Chemistry (sic). Jesus wept. Where do these people go to school?
Load More Replies...This is in no way the chemical composition of an apple, which is composed mostly of water, cellulose, maltose, fructose, starch (most is gone in a ripe apple, but some remains), various polyphenols, and tiny quantities of God knows how many other trace chemicals. There is a trace of ethanol in overripe apples (which makes apples rot); the various "-anols" are found in at most very low quantities and should be avoided in any higher quantites. Likewise, acetic acid (vinegar) is common in spoiling apples, so probably reacts with all those "-enols" to create the various acetates, including propyl acetate, in trace quantities, but again, this is hardly what an apple "is made of.
tHiS iS nO waY aN aPpLe! said guy online that recognised two words and thinks he's a scientist now because of it.
Load More Replies...It might seem unusual or even strange to investigate how people decide that something is stupid. But scientists love a challenge and researchers who study decision-making had no information, beyond anecdotes, as to how people decide whether an action is stupid.
So the team collected news stories and other online content that someone had described as stupid.
One example was a news story about a robber who set out to steal cellphones, but lifted GPS devices instead — and failed to switch the devices off, allowing the police to discover them (and him) immediately.
Next, the researchers invited 154 different students to gather examples of stupidity from their day-to-day life and read the stories, asking them whether each qualified as stupid.
The students (who were all Hungarian) then chose possible reasons from a long list as to why they'd decided each example would qualify for the label.
Hint Hint
Logic
Who Ever Runs That Station Is Dumb
"It harms everyone, but it harms some vulnerable people even more, so it is, worth it" is not stupid. Nobody is that stupid. That's just evil.
Now Your Own Decisions Belong To A Man You Haven't Met
This makes me very mad. Even after I had 2 kids I still had to fight to get my tubes tied because "what if you and your husband wan't more kids?" Grrrrr
The reasons fell into three categories. The first, dubbed "confident ignorance," is when someone tackles something high-risk without the required skills. The cellphone/GPS caper was a prime example of this kind of stupidity.
The next category was "absent-mindedness," which applied to situations where people knew the right thing to do, but for some reason weren't paying close attention. Aczel said one example would be walking out of the store without paying for your groceries.
The third kind of stupidity was described by a lack of control. It occurred when people knew they shouldn't do something but couldn't resist their impulse to do it anyway. Reaching for the third slice of cake when you know you'll get a stomachache later is an example of this kind of stupidity, Aczel explained.
I Get It Now
Ditto everytime I used the expression "avoid it like the plague." I was wrong. Shockingly, I've learned people don't avoid plagues.
Well Well Well... How The Turntables
I Wonder Why America Is So Unhappy?
As an america we need to learn and evolve from other countries example
She Didn't Deserve It
According to Aczel, stupidity is an interesting concept because it doesn't always track with intelligence.
Even people who possess a very high IQ can make extremely dumb moves. The research revealed that judging a behavior "stupid" reveals the observer's expectations of how someone should behave, he said. But the person doing the stupid thing might be operating according to a different set of expectations or goals.
Gun Ownership
Apparently Canada’s Healthcare Is Bad
It Was Media Control All Along
Checkmate
Clearly you havent been burdened with an over abundance of brain cells
On a more practical level, you might be wondering if any of this matters. But understanding why people call something stupid might provide better ways to call out dumb behavior, Aczel highlighted. For instance, it might be more helpful to tell someone they're being overconfident than that they're being stupid.
They’re Everywhere Man!
"Going Everywhere"
70,000 Covid cases came directly as a result of Donald Trump's rallies. We don't need propaganda, we have the votes.
They're Confused
Math Is A Myth
After the research, the team said they plan to concentrate on the cognitive mechanisms people use to monitor others' behaviors. One mystery, Aczel said, is the question why people find stupidity so amusing, a fact that drives more and more people to become members of r/facepalm.
"People want to watch other people doing something stupid as a source of amusement," he said. And it's hard to argue with that.
An 8 Year Old Shouldn’t Have To Do This
Yeah, How Dare He
Yes, shame on him for kissing and probably saying "I love you, I'm proud of you" to his son.
Just Your Average Pro Life Hypocrite
She is apparently answering her own question. She is not pro life, just anti abortion.
Cops Pepper Sprayed Their Own Senator Without Realizing He's An Authority Figure
For Me It Feels Weird To See 6:00 Instead Of 18:00
How Can People Break-Up For Such Stupid Reasons!
"Risk ginger grandchildren" - wtf. But a boyfriend who dumps his woman on command of his mom is a bullet dodged, no matter what.
Having A Functioning Circulatory System
No, perverts are criticizing women for not having the photoshop boobs they usually jerk off to.
Hospital Bill
Sorry Buddy, It's Not Christmas Yet
It's A Great Time To Be A White Debt Collector
It Is Pride Month
Slayed
“If Masks Were Necessary We Would Have Evolved One By Now”
But Nasa Uses The
Antivax Logic
The State Of The World
Most people make decisions unconsciously, because of feelings or bias or whatever is floating around in the depths of the brain... and then they look around for facts to validate a decision that's already been made without benefit of facts. This is why sane people make decisions that seem irrational, and it's also why the Universal Basic Intelligence Test is seeing whether a person will change their mind about something when provided with information that proves a previous decision or opinion wrong. Intelligent people change their minds according to the best information available, stupid people cling to stupid decisions.
Technically The Truth
High Iq Destruction
I know plenty of people who didn't learn a language, didn't read a poem and didn't memorize a fun fact ánd have no muscles to show for it.
Not A True Catholic!
It-It's Almost As If Services Become Easier With A Modernized World? And That Baby Boomers Laughing That Millennials Can't Use A Rotary Phone Is-Pathetic?
What If We Made An App That Would Endanger Lots Of Women?
Apparently There’s Something Wrong With Using A Stock Photo
Ah Yes, Chemistry
She has exploding, vagina-smelling candles. And people buy them. People are stupider than I thought...
Yoga>homeless People
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Load More Replies...I haven't even read this yet but I'm willing to bet that 80% of them are dumbass Conservatives.
I was wrong. I admit it. Only 70%. The rest are dumbass conservatives commenting.
Load More Replies...Is this a repeat of another BP post or three? I swear we've seen most of these before.
Most of these post are done by left wing liberals whining because not everyone wants to be exactly like them.
Such overt propaganda with no alternative views actually given any respect. You don't want to listen to any countering ideas because it doesn't fit your narrative. Well done you close minded fool.
Which one triggered you the most? Perhaps these hit a little too close to home for you?
Load More Replies...Well, Q-anon has a lot of followers so that makes them sheeple too, right?
Load More Replies...Because prevention is better than cure. Because natural immunity means that at risk population will get it and clog healthcare services. Yeah natural immunity worked for the plague too, millions of deaths later. Just get vaxed already
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Load More Replies...I haven't even read this yet but I'm willing to bet that 80% of them are dumbass Conservatives.
I was wrong. I admit it. Only 70%. The rest are dumbass conservatives commenting.
Load More Replies...Is this a repeat of another BP post or three? I swear we've seen most of these before.
Most of these post are done by left wing liberals whining because not everyone wants to be exactly like them.
Such overt propaganda with no alternative views actually given any respect. You don't want to listen to any countering ideas because it doesn't fit your narrative. Well done you close minded fool.
Which one triggered you the most? Perhaps these hit a little too close to home for you?
Load More Replies...Well, Q-anon has a lot of followers so that makes them sheeple too, right?
Load More Replies...Because prevention is better than cure. Because natural immunity means that at risk population will get it and clog healthcare services. Yeah natural immunity worked for the plague too, millions of deaths later. Just get vaxed already
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