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50 Times People Heard Someone Say Something So Blatantly Stupid, They Just Had To Share It Online
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We’ve all been there — times we said something so dumb, we wished the ground would just swallow us up. After all, even the brightest of us are not immune to making mistakes as they are an inevitable part of human nature. Just think of all the naive hopes, faulty assumptions, and plain wrong opinions we carry with us throughout our lives without questioning — everyone is bound to have their brain.exe stopped working moments.
So a few months ago, Redditor Xlh883dragster decided to help us come to terms with our collective idiocy and show that blunders can strike us at any time. They reached out to fellow members of 'Ask Reddit' with a question: "What’s something you’ve heard someone say that was so incredibly, mind numbingly stupid that you’ll remember it the rest of your life?"
The thread immediately became a hit as hundreds of people offered a glimpse into other people’s embarrassing moments, both funny and relatable. Scroll down to enjoy reading through these entertaining responses, upvote your favorite ones, and be sure to tell us all about the stupidest things you’ve ever done in the comments! Then if you’re keen on even more stories of people acting silly, check out our earlier piece right here.
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#1
Someone asked me how the guy that donated his heart to me was doing.
joop 3 years ago
My uncle died and my aunt said that a year later ppl called her and said: Can I talk to Sid? You have to call heaven, she said.
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Penny Lost 3 years ago
"Well, if there is ever a zombie apocalypse, you'll be safe, so there is that."
Laura Lawson 3 years ago
His donor could still be alive! A friend of mine is one of the few living heart donors in Aus. She had cystic fibrosis & needed new lungs & liver but her heart was fine. Surgically speaking, it's much easier to transplant the heart & lungs as a unit into the body than removing just the lungs & having to transplant the new set into her body and heart. So her healthy heart didn't go to waste, it was donated to someone who needed it! Granted this doesn't happen often as all of the elements have to align perfectly, but it does happen, probably more often than we think. The moral of this story? BE AN ORGAN DONOR! Even if you think you are too sick, there is always a way to help. 👍😀 (BTW, my friend's story was in a magazine so I don't think she would mind me telling her story)
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#2
Friend: "I've always wondered how goats grow into deer in the wild but stay goats at the farm."
Me: "Ayo what the f**k?"
Friend: "I know, crazy, right? With ponies at least you can see them grow into horses but the goats??"
Bouthaina Van buuren 3 years ago
Right?? i always find it crazy how lizards grow into alligators too
Mistiekim 3 years ago
Goats are transformers and make that fun sound when changing into a deer
Jack and Coke 3 years ago
Mention Transformers and get an upvote from me. Roll out!
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DC 3 years ago (edited)
I think I might grow into a Gorilla soon. Facial hair is becoming a pest since my shaving machine broke down (and instead of repairing it, I just screamed at it and go angry), and I suddenly feel a craving for excessive amounts of banana when I walk by them in the fruit aisle and am hungry while shopping, plus I always loved to climb stuff. Yeah, might happen.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
..and that is a double whammy, backing up one wrong claim with another wrong claim, wow.
Susanne B 3 years ago
Why do you say "almost" I don't see any real difference between those two statements
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My wife's Grandmother was on her death bed in 2015, right around Christmas. I was scheduled to work that Christmas Eve... she took a turn for the worst that morning and I was told we'd all better get to the house quick. Tried to call my manager, no answer, left him a voicemail. I called the manager on duty and said I'm sorry it's just not happening today I have a family crisis. Duty manager said absolutely no problem. Called their manager too to ensure I covered all my bases. They both said take all the time you need. Was supposed to work the weekend after too. No problem, we'll get you covered. She died that Sunday.
Get back to work Tuesday. My own manager comes to my desk, he's pissed at me. Why didn't I show up for work those days? I told him the situation, told him I'd called everyone to ensure I was covered. His response? "Well, you should have planned that better". This is the only time I've ever seen my cube mate, this mild mannered Iranian I'd worked with for years, get upset. He leapt out of his seat, grabbed my manager by his arm and dragged him to his office. Apparently the shouting match went on for some time, I was too busy sitting at my desk with my jaw on the floor processing what he just said.
That manager was an a*****e. My coworker is one cool dude. I never got an apology, but I note he was fired for unrelated reasons a few months later so f**k him.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
What is it with employers thinking that people should plan a death in the family to fit around the work schedule? I've seen several posts on several articles on BP where managment is berating an employee for not giving proper notice to use bereavement leave. Either they are utterly incompetent or an absolute a-hole,complete with swollen hemeroids, bleeding,festering pustules, and dingleberries hanging in profuse numbers.
John Whick 3 years ago
The queen is still living because she has her schedule to fulfill
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Anna Snorrepot 3 years ago
my mum chose euthanasia last year because of ALS. The doctors were to come to our house on Tuesday to do that. On Sunday I said something about things we still had to do, because…" well… we are on a deadline here." She laughed her head off! :D It broke the tension and we could laugh and remember funny stories. And we could talk openly about the weird practical things you have to organize in such a case. And about Wednesday… and after that.
WoopieDoopie 3 years ago (edited)
I am sorry you had to go through that. I sincerely hope that you are okay in this process of learning to live without your mother. She will always be with in your heart.
Load More Replies... Minath 3 years ago
I had a similar thing happen, I collapsed and needed emergency surgery I was able to call my manager to let them know and explained I probably wouldn't be in work for two months. Manager told me it wasn't convenient for me to take time off work and could I rearrange the surgery.
Alexander Mathisen Ekeli 3 years ago
Planning the death of a family member is actually illegal in most places
tom qwerty 2 years ago
i had to read your comment twice before i realised what you meant
Load More Replies... Izzy_ 3 years ago
What a jerk! I lost both of my grandparents within the last 3 months. I come back to work after being out for 10 days. My coworker says "thank god your back. you don't have any more family left? Right?" WFT!!!?? Next day says during a conversation "yeah, it was tough, while you were out having drinks and partying..." needless to say I am currently looking for another job.
Cheryl Rosenblum 3 years ago
My 80 yr. old Dad was set to have quadruple bypass surgery in another state. I asked for one day leave to travel there - surgery was on a Friday so I'd leave Thursday night, spend the weekend, and be back at work Monday morning. This was a corporate salaried position. Not like my one-day leave needed someone to cover. My Manager threw a fit because I didn't have enough vacation time accrued yet for one day off. My Dad could have died on the table and she didn't care that I'd never be able to see him again. ( He's now 90 and doing well!) *itch!
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Plan a family death?! WTF? Yes, the timing may suck from a schedule point of view, but wtf is wrong with the managers/bosses who do this sh*t? It's not the old movie Logan's Run where you kne Carousel was coming....
Reviewer UK01 3 years ago (edited)
I've had something very like this with a university placement and they failed me because I "should be taking medical appointments in my own time" and "should have let them know earlier". I was going through some really difficult health stuff and assumed when I said "I've had some worrying symptoms and I've called my consultant and he wants me to come into hospital right away" they'd understood that what was going on was "I might die this afternoon" but apparently I should have died on my own time with more notice. Fortunately, not writing this as a ghost.
becck 2 years ago
I had a similar situ during nursing school. I needed my ADHD meds refilled via appt since it’s a controlled drug, and the only appt available was during a class time I could easily get notes for after. My prof denied me an excused absence, telling me to “schedule these things better.” Like, schedule running out of the meds I need to get my degree better? I replied that I would need to go to the appt whether it was excused or not, as without my meds I would be unable to function. Still denied, by a NURSE. I made eye contact with her as I stood up to leave for my appt in the middle of class and as I walked out the door.
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Wondering Alice 3 years ago
I worked in IT consulting in the late 90's. One morning having a working breakfast with a firm's IT department, the guys were having a full on b***h about their manager. Nothing to do with me, so I was ignoring them. Until one guy says 'that guys been useless for a few months now, ever since his wife died'. I yelled a bit louder than intended, what the hell is wrong with you all. My boss was called to be told I had an attitude problem.
We managed to get in touch with Redditor Xlh883dragster, Brad, who was kind enough to have a chat about his thread. When asked about what inspired him to start this conversation in the first place, he told Bored Panda he’s not 100% sure where it came from. "It was just one of those things that kind of materialize or occur randomly in your consciousness. However, I have been binge-watching (and re-watching) 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' recently, so that could have had something to do with it."
Brad explained these popular sitcoms have put him in this weird frame of mind. "[It] has me thinking about ordinary day-to-day things that happen to me or random thoughts that streak through my mind in the context of 'Hey, that would have been a funny scene in Curb' or 'That would have been a hilarious Seinfeld character', followed by the respective theme song playing in my head," the Redditor added.
When asked about the avalanche of replies his thread received, Brad said it felt good to put something out there that many people connected to. "I definitely didn’t expect it to get the response that it did," he added. "But was pleasantly surprised (and slightly mortified at the thought of trying to read all of them) when I started to see hundreds and then thousands of replies flooding my inbox."
#4
Banning abortion will stop abortions.
Alexia 3 years ago
For anyone interested, please search on youtube for "Children of the Decree". It's a documentary that shows what actually happened in Romania when abortions were banned by the communist regime back in 1966. How many women died trying to get an illegal abortion. How many were mutilated and traumatized for life. How many children were abandoned in horrific orphanages, how many families were destroyed. Everyone should watch it, including the so-called "pro-lifers". It's here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZJ-IV8Et0
Karen Grace 3 years ago
They're not pro lifers, they are forced birthers.
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Vera1 3 years ago
It’s not even really anti-choice either. It’s pro-‘punishing women by every means necessary’. (I’m aware not just women can get pregnant, but the GOP doesn’t even acknowledge that either)
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Jessica Julian 3 years ago
I love when they hand out lists of the anti-abortion candidates at polling places...gives me a succinct list of who NOT to vote for...
tragicaltales 3 years ago
Even if your argument is that it’s “killing an innocent human being,” would you rather have one innocent human being killed through safe abortion or two killed through unsafe abortion? And don’t say none, because not allowing someone an abortion doesn’t mean they won’t get one one way or another.
No Name 2 years ago
And you'd be shocked how often the choice really is between 1 death and 2 deaths. 1 in 8 pregnancies comes with a life-threatening comorbidity, and it's a testament to modern medicine that the lifetime mortality rate from childbearing is no longer 50%.
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Rosanna Jackson 3 years ago
Oh look a gaggle of forced birthers not providing health care, family funds, affordable housing, affordable daycare or anything else to support the forced birth. Sit down and eat some chicken with me, just let me crack them and beat them and scramble the chicken first.
Rabbit-Of-ill-Portent️ 3 years ago
We're going to see many many cases of women bleeding out from trying to have an abortion at home.
#5
Substitute teacher told me the moon is bigger than the sun that's why it blocks the sun during an eciplse. Was in grade 4 I argued with her.
Skara Brae 3 years ago
Here in arizona, the state government has cut teacher salaries so drastically that they are quitting in droves, and almost no competent teachers are willing to be hired. The governor decreed that students currently enrolled in college are eligible to be public school teachers. It's horrifying to think how difficult it will be for students to succeed in a career in the future. It's like watching a building collapse from the inside.
Telmo Belo 3 years ago
My 4th grade teacher said the clouds were stationary and it was the earth that moved. I asked "What about on a windy day when the clouds are moving really fast?" "That's the earth that is moving faster that day."
Haha names who needs them 3 years ago
Ok, been waiting for this. Had a teacher tell me that the gravity is weaker on the moon than on earth because IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM EARTH. Oh no, not mass, it's how far it's from earth ;-; And of course that falling stars are actual stars, I read the facts when I was four or five in a book for children. Meteor showers still meteors though And that dear people, is why science shouldn't be one subject, but biology chemistry and physics
Anna Snorrepot 3 years ago
pft, the moon is smaller than a coin! Calvin's dad showed us, you can cover the moon with a coin.
Julie Zugz 3 years ago
All she had to say was the moon APPEARS bigger because it is closer. A model of the solar system would have solved this.
#6
That Darwin was half right and that black people evolved from monkeys but white people were the descendants of Adam and Eve.
The same guy went on about what an idiot his heart doctor was because he was Indian. Yeah, that guy is dead from a heart attack now. Oh well.
Elin Calliel 3 years ago
Aand that guy has now also discovered that you don’t get racists in heaven.
Doug 3 years ago
Actually, no one evolved from monkeys. Ourselves and other apes have a common ancestor that we all evolved from.
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
Yes, and many will still cling to the whole god/heaven/hell/devil, etc. fantasy/sci-fi stories. Nofucks for downvotes.
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Deborah Harris 3 years ago
I'm confused, we all know that God looks like Morgan Freeman ( yes I know he looks like God this is tongue-in-cheek) and that Adam was built in Gods own image, so wouldn't we all be direct descendants of a gorgeous black man :p
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
George Burns played God in the "Oh God" series of movies in the '70's. I do like Morgan Freeman's better, though. I expect that God would be okay with having Mr. Freeman fill in if God ever wants to go on vacation.
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debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
Well, idiots do give me quite an immense headache.
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Electra Complex 3 years ago
New type of guy: Guy who believes in both evolution AND creationism, in a racist way
As you’re scrolling through this list, you can’t help but feel entertained by the dumb things that inevitably leave our mouths. While it makes for some cringe-worthy material, we humans seem to always feel intrigued by these stories.
Brad shared a few reasons people are drawn to devour stupid things others overhear. "First is, it’s funny. I found myself laughing out loud at several of the quotes that were posted. Some were just absolutely hilarious. It’s the whole concept of Schadenfreude — laughing at others' misfortune. We do it because laughing makes us feel good."
The other explanation we enjoy reading about these moments is that it offers us comfort and makes us feel slightly better about our own embarrassing blunders. After all, they represent a certain universal truth — we all sometimes hold false hopes and wrong beliefs that are hilariously stupid. "It’s a little bit of a confidence boost, and also something you can relate to as a fellow traveler. Some people might think 'Thank god I’m not the only one who thought or said the same thing' or 'Whew, at least I know I’m not the dumbest person on Earth!'"
#7
A flight was delayed due to snow on the runway, a woman complained saying “damn it this happens every year, why don’t they put a roof over the runway or something”.
v 3 years ago
That would definitely be some badass piloting skills to be able to thread the needle and land under a runway roof.
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David Martin 3 years ago
I was at the airport once, waiting to board, and there was a minor delay. I heard a woman at our gate loudly sighing and groaning into her phone, complaining about the situation, and then says "I don't get it, there's four employees at the counter just standing around doing nothing, why don't they just let us in?" I was tempted to point out to her "Because there's no frickin' airplane out there for us to get into yet!"
Molon Labe 3 years ago
It would cost a bundle, but they could heat the runway. As they make repairs, install a below grade, hot water system.
Mac1948 3 years ago
Why don't we just have all the passengers carry umbrellas and open them upon take off?
Susan 3 years ago
This comment reminds me of a time when I was hiking at a waterfall and overheard a woman saying to her companion "They should cut down these tree so that they don't block the view" We were in the forest.
Purple Gerbil 3 years ago
She sounds like everything that is wrong with the world
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
In some places in Colorado and Alaska they sometimes have heated sidewalks/streets. I know people who have heated driveways. I wonder why airports don't take advantage of this? I mean, I know it's probably not cost effective but they have to pay all these people to shovel and de-ice the runways so you think it would offset it just in labor expenses and time lost/delay costs.
v 3 years ago
On top of what Idaho said, maintenance on any particular section of heating grid would require the runway be torn up. I'd be willing to bet that one maintenance action would cost as much as, if not more than, the initial installation.
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Ray Martin 3 years ago
That's just silly. What they need to do is to install those train snow ploughs on the front of the planes.
#8
One of my college roommates wandered in while we were watching JAWS. It’s the final 15 minutes. The shark is tearing the Orca apart. It comes to the scene where the shark heaves itself up on the stern, the roommate says,
“It’s pretty neat how they trained that shark to do that.”
Dear reader, he was serious.
Katy McMouse 3 years ago
I spent a good chunk of my young life believing that actors really had amputations, if the part called for it. Thanks, Dad.
Emmydearest 3 years ago
They couldn't write " no animals were harmed in the making of this picture". Fortunately the shark was a fast learner and a good actor so they didn't need to repeat the scene for many times so by the end they only had to kill 12 orcas. Fun fact: the orcas had to sign a weaver in their contract: legally they couldn't sue the production if they got injured while filming.
Julia Mckinney 3 years ago
Bruce for the win!! (just in case people don't know what I'm talking about- the Jaws SFX crew nicknamed the mechanical shark Bruce)
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Yup, they named him after Spielberg's lawyer at the time, Bruce Ramer, lol!
Load More Replies... Markus Weiler 3 years ago (edited)
"Gary Larson" comes to mind, where a shark crawled onto the beach
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
The reason the shark had so little screen time was because they couldn't get it to work right. Jaime H. (can't spell it) owned the company hired. Several of the myth busters worked on that shark. It turned out to be a good thing, as the movie was so much more ominous the way they ended up doing it.
#9
How do dogs in China learn Chinese. He was under the assumption that dogs just naturally spoke English.
Monday 3 years ago
Wait...your German Shepherd speaks English? Is he an immigrant?
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Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Had a coworker told me about her trip to Puerto Rico, at the beach there was a dog trying to steal her daughters sandals, she kept telling it to stop, let go, what are you doing, ect.. then the owner yelled something to him in spanish and he let go and ran off, she said a light just went off in her head
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
She should have just tried no that's the same in Spanish as in English. When I got my chihuahua he understood Spanish. We've taught him English but sometimes when he won't listen I have to say it in Spanish and he will. He will not listen still if I tell him to sit. But he will sit automatically if I say sientate.
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Jake stenhouse 3 years ago
Side trivia fact: How people in different countries describe the sound of a dog bark changes though. In chinese it’s wãng wãng rather than woof woof
My O My 3 years ago
Trivia fact two: animals in different regions do "speak different languages"
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Sue Denham 3 years ago
An easy misunderstanding. Dogs can speak in all languages but can only read in English.
Hades (but good) 3 years ago
i read somewhere that depending on the country dogs can have different barking accents... or i might be wrong
LoudMansLover 3 years ago (edited)
Ha! When we lived in our first house, these three little chihuahas would always get loose and roam in the middle of the street. I was terrified because I love dogs, so I always tried to talk to them. They would look at me, but not listen - and though two wanted to greet me the pack leader always called them back. She was a tough little girl! It kept happening until I found out the family there spoke Spanish, so the next time they came around I spoke to them accordingly ...annnnd they looked shocked that the lady was suddenly making sense! LOL. They eventually fixed their fence so the doggos were ok and stayed safe at home, too.
Red Hair Blue Soul 3 years ago
Glad I have an American Pitbull Terrier. No language barrier that way /s
Moreover, these stories can "teach people that we all say a lot of dumb things, and may have incorrect or false beliefs, but it doesn’t mean you’re uneducated or stupid, and shouldn’t be labeled as such," Brad added.
"There’s a phrase I like, and that’s 'Common sense is learned'. No one was just born with common sense, it's not innate. It’s built through experiences and everyone’s are different, and we all followed a different path to get where we are today. So what’s common sense for one person isn’t necessarily for another."
#10
New girl at work...she was horrified that we eat the eggs that come from our chickens. She insisted store bought were normal good eggs. She then really blew my mind when she said she doesn't eat chicken, so she only buys "hens". She about had a panic attack when I explained hen is just lady chicken. Very sheltered
M Kawai 3 years ago
Didn't You know eggs are plucked off vines and you mine chicken nuggets? Eggs from vines, nuggets from mines, there you go!
Lara Verne 3 years ago
One lady at work was shocked when she learned that our coworker have chickens and eat their eggs. She thought that store-bought eggs are somehow cleaner and healthier.
No Name 2 years ago
Store bought eggs are often bleached, so they can be less risky to handle if salmonella is endemic where you live. But if you wash your eggs and hands thoroughly after handling and cook the eggs through, it shouldn't be a problem
Load More Replies... Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
Ah doi. Why have I been surprised with these. The title told me what I was in for yet I am stunned by the level of peoples stupidity or naivety
Violet Jensen 3 years ago
I had a coworker who owned hens who thought roosters were a different species and insisted her egg laying hens were boys
H.L.Lewis 3 years ago
People who don't eat eggs because they are potential chickens. Nope. They just ovulate 20 times every month. And it takes a rooster to fertilize them. So, no rooster, no chicks. Just a great source of protein. Or vegans who won't eat eggs from chickens humanely raised, allowed to free range during the day, and locked up from predators at night because if they went out to eat at a restaurant they might eat eggs from an egg farm where the hens are kept in cages. I was vegetarian for over 20 years. I never once forgot that when i went out to eat and accidently ordered a burger.
#11
I used to work as a paralegal and had to fight with Social Security when they accused my clients of fraud. Got on a call with an agent who insisted my client was faking the disability her daughter had. The daughter died of the disability and it says it on the death certificate. The agent told me it wasn't enough proof.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
This sounds normal for governmental incompetence and bureaucracy.
Margaret Hooper 3 years ago
I was told by social security that, since my income for the previous year was $0, I earned too much to be eligible for help.
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
How in spicy fresh fuckedup hell does THIS work?! Yeah, it was the same for us, already being way under the poverty level when trying to get our Medicaid and EBT food assistance back until it was automatically approved for the pandemic.
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Andi 3 years ago
Unfortunately in UK it is not medical practioners that assess for disability benefits but just 'trained' individuals and its done by a private company that, basically, has to save as much money for the government as possible. so many horror stories, but always go for an appeal as about 60 - 68% of appeals are successful. This itself shows how shocking the system is, but there is currently a drive to bring down the number of successful appeals - it is a hidden abomination ....
Kris 0412 3 years ago
Have a friend who got some sort of financial case almost denied. Don't remember what exactly, but the reason they gave him was that the document his doctor wrote to support his case (it's relevant, I'm just bad at explaining rn) wasn't stamped correctly. Now to the juicy part. My friend's doctor wrote another letter. He'd put no lid on his sassiness when he pointed out that "the stamp is not legally required." If they planned on insisting on a stamp marked document then they should also add an adress, so he knows where to send the bill for his new stamp. The old one wasn't readable anymore and he would be damned if he was gonna waste money on a new one. "Just for this document. Btw, I still ztand by what I said in the previous document." Apparently someone didn't know that the rules of the stamp has changed.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I've heard of this ----- too often. SocSec gave my dad disaiblity a few weeks before he died of cancer. He'd applied 10 months ealrier. They insisted he didnt' have pancreatic cancer "that bad".
KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
As a paralegal myself, I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Social Security Administration only ever hires morons.
#12
I had this friend I met for lunch once after not seeing her for a while. She said, "I never see you. I miss you." I told her that I've been working a lot and that I've worked 9 days straight. She goes, "HOW? THERE'S ONLY 7 DAYS IN A WEEK!".
Haha names who needs them 3 years ago
Honestly though, sounds as if she thought OP said 9 days a week or something, everyone has brain farts, so don't feel superior
Hades (but good) 3 years ago
well... you exist for more than a week, see, and... someone help me explain this
Brad stressed that while these replies represent some hilariously painful things people voiced out loud, he guaranteed that many of them were said by intelligent people. "Just because someone says (or does, for that matter) something really dumb or absurd, doesn’t mean they are stupid or ignorant."
"My advice for anyone that made the list or has said things that still make them cringe and haunt their memories to this day is just to say — Welcome to the club! We all have our moments. Everyone’s brain farts. The smartest among us think, say, and do some really dumb things, so don’t ever let yourself or anyone else make you feel bad, stupid, or less than," Brad said.
#13
A girl in my high school said that of she and her hypothetical husband had undesirable face features that they didn’t want to pass on to a child (like a bumpy nose) one of them would just plastic surgery before conceiving a child. When I said that with her logic if both me and my partner chopped off our index fingers our child would be born without index fingers. She said that wasn’t the same thing. We were 17 at the time. I still think about that, 18 years later.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
If the dad is circumcised then the child should come out circumcised right?
Chewie Baron 3 years ago
Hmm, what colour hair do I want my hypothetical child to have? Better get a few colours to dye my hair with before I decide.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
This is a reasonable mistake for an ignorant person to make. Until the 1930s, most scientist continued to argue whether the Lamarck's Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics was true or not. The chromosome theory of inheritance didn't show up until 1902. Until biochemical experiments could demonstrate the molecule/gene that caused a trait, it was just a guess. The Soviets still taught it until the 1960s (called it Lysenkoism after Stalin's chief biologist). It was a political decision to reject science (like Trump and COVID) due reoccurring failing crops. It was the ability to finally test genetics and discovery of DNA that finally put a nail in the coffin. Side note - It is coming back under the leadership of a Russian geneticist called Lev Zhivotovsky.
Pieter LeGrande 3 years ago
If we both eat vegetables only, we should have kids with 4 stomachs like cows.
Cuppa tea? 3 years ago
She was right. If one or both parents are idiots, the kids will be too.
#14
When I was 17, I casually mentioned to one of the high school nurses that I didn't want to have kids until I was at least 25, and she told me that by the time I was 25 it would be "too late" to have my first baby and I should have two kids by the time I was 20. She then called the girl who got pregnant at the beginning of freshman year "the smartest girl in town" because she was the same age as me and on her third baby. I remember it so well because it was the last time I ever saw her. She apparently told the other nurse about the conversation, and the other nurse was so revolted that she reported her to the school board, who then transferred her to the elementary school (which she then got fired from for calling a girl's clothes "slutty".)
SheamusFan1987 3 years ago
Why the hell was she even posted in schools to begin with???!!! Sounds like she shouldn't even be a nurse to begin with, either!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I was having a hard time in high school because of a lot of undiagnosed conditions but I had a school counselor tell me that perhaps School wasn't the right place for me. I dropped out and then got my diploma at the local community college. But what's sad as I found out that she did the same thing to my friends sister and she never went back for her diploma. Isn't the whole point of a school counselor to keep you there?
Load More Replies... Nicky 3 years ago
Our college nurse was ordering 10,000 condoms for the infirmary and the salesperson asked her if it was for personal or institutional use.
Deborah B 3 years ago
My response to that would be "Sir, I am impressed by your stamina. I do not share it; the condoms are for the campus medical clinic."
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Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
"you're dressing slutty" and "have more babies" These 2 things should not come from the same person yet they seem to do it all the time
Katie Andrews 3 years ago
As someone who NEVER wanted kids, I'd have gone from there straight to the principal's office, then told my parents, and everyone else, to get her removed. A freshman on her THIRD baby was a victim of statutory rape and grooming, and that is HORRIFIC.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
That kind of reminds me a teacher of mine lol, though his case wasn't stupidity it was just a fast tongue and a " typo " so, latin bases languages don't have the " it " only the " he and she" só every single word is either masculine or feminine, and he had the thing of calling his students of " puto " which in Portuguese means kid ( just kid, unlike the Spanish version of the word ) só One day in class a girl was talking to him and he imidiately says She was right but since She was a girl he used the feminine of " puto " which is " puta ", the problem here lol, is that " puto " means kid, but " puta " means whore...
Memere 3 years ago
As soon as I saw 'puto' in your comment I *knew* where it was going, haha!
Load More Replies... Julie Zugz 3 years ago
Jesus, imagine telling high school girls to start having babies ASAP. What a nut. Even 25 seems too young to me
Rylosalex 3 years ago
my social studies teacher back in high school told the entire class to have kids when they are in their 30's.
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
What in the actually F!? How long had she been at that school and why TF did they transfer her to an elementary school?!!?! My god!
Rylosalex 3 years ago
I hope that nurse is questioning the comments that she gives and to keep stuff like that to herself
Load More Replies... Flying Panda 3 years ago (edited)
I need to process this. This sociopath called "smartest girl in town" who is actually a KID who is the mother of 3 babies at the age of 20. And she called an elementary school kid's clothes "slutty." She sounds like the wife of a sex cult leader who lure vulnerable teens for her manipulative husband's sick fetish. I'm sorry to have taken my opinion to next level but this is extremely disturbing because I've been researching and writing my discoveries about these cults and shits recently. Now I'm suspicious of every sweet talking stranger.
#15
My friend once turned around to me and said "i don't believe in oxygen".
Gemma jones 3 years ago
i went to uni and the person i lived with didnt believe in gravity she just thought it was God who controlled everything, she was very religious, lol i wouldnt mind however, but she was studying biology at the time im like you need a refund
Michael Largey 3 years ago
He didn't believe in oxygen because obviously his brain wasn't getting any.
While it looks like there's no limit to dumb things people end up saying aloud, it's also true to our brilliantly foolish actions. As Balazs Aczel, an associate professor at ELTE University in Budapest, and author of the study What is stupid?: People's conception of unintelligent behavior, explained to us in a previous interview, people use the label "stupid" for three very different types of actions.
"We call the first category 'confident ignorance'. In these actions, people's confidence tends to exceed what their skills or knowledge would allow," the professor told Bored Panda. "In other words, they think they know how to do risky things, and they do it. For example, they go bungee jumping with their home-made gear, such as a metal cord."
#16
At KFC one woman was surprised to learn that Buffalo wings were made of chicken, she actually thought that buffaloes had wings.
Also, a couple of people thought that islands float.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
To be fair, there are such things as floating islands, just a tiny minority of them in specific conditions. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_island)
Momma Panda 3 years ago
Ok, so I've lived my whole childhood on an island, that had a bridge to connect it with the land. It's a long bridge, 1400m. And it's visible from the big city that I moved to when I went to college. In the city I have met a 21yo guy, who never knew that the bridge existed. He lived in the apartment with a view at the bridge. When he realised it is there (and that he can see it) he said "yeah, it would float away, if the bridge wasn't there!" For reference, we live in Croatia, with aprox 1200 islands. And none had float away. At least not yet.
Ansi 3 years ago
Maybe they didn't float away because they would be lonly and miss their island friends? 😯😉😃
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
I also thought that buffalo wings were buffalo meat....but I figured they just used meat from the shoulder blades. I was also 9 years old at the time and had never actually ordered them before.
María Hermida 3 years ago
Kids often believe strange things, it's fine. The name is stupid! But an adult that thinks it's actual buffalo wings should not be allowed to go anywhere without proper supervision.
Load More Replies... Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
Of course islands float. That's why islands near major cities have bridges to keep them attached to the mainland. A statement from one of my kids (who was around 5 at the time) as we were crossing the 59th Street Bridge from Long Island to Manhattan, which is, by the way, also an island.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
An earlier post in this same gallery asked where cows come from. They are buffaloes that had their wings removed.
Tony James 3 years ago
Once, and only briefly, I convinced my sister that buffaloes had wings - tiny ones that covered their whole body, and it was the flapping of the wings that caused the clouds of dust when you see a buffalo stampede. I swear she bought it for about 15 seconds.
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
They would need all those, and grow more as they do! More convenient than just having two huge wings, because if one is torn off, each is replaced, like shark teeth! Oh, and I guess these are good for cooling off without flying, too.
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
The picture is correct that it is a water buffalo, but the reference is off. Buffalo, NY is named for the American Bison.
María Hermida 3 years ago (edited)
In Spain some supermarkets label the trays of chicken legs and thighs as "chicken hind legs". It kills me!
#17
My boyfriend's dad said the vaccine was full of aids and shards of glass.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
And for people who think it contains a tracker I always say you have one of those already and you carry it willingly with you everyday it's called a cellphone
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
How big does he thinks the syringe is? Also, can something be only 'half full' of AIDS?
Benita Valdez 3 years ago (edited)
Well you can powder the glass but at that point it won't be shards. And when you're filling the syringe you fill it half way with glass and then the other half aids
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Yeah, the R inn RNA stands for Raxacoricofallapatorius!
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 3 years ago
You know when you read or say ::facepalm:: but you don't actually do it? It's like when we say 'lol' but we don't necessarily laugh out loud. I read this and facepalmed, then thought about how many times in the past 5 years I have literally facepalmed. It's just....so many times and it's kind of sad. How do we fight this kind of stupidity? How do we stop them from voting? How do you argue with the guy who doesn't believe in f*****g oxygen?? It's just so depressing.
LH25 3 years ago
To Molon Labe, you don't seem to realize the site you posted isn't really proof. From that site " Reports are not proof of causality." It gets it's information from the VAERS site. That site is all self-reporting, IE anyone can post there. From that site "VAERS is not designed to determine if a vaccine caused a health problem"
Rabbit-Of-ill-Portent️ 3 years ago
That's just absolutely ridiculous. Everyone knows that the vaccine turns you into a flaming homosexual /s
#18
"Breastfeeding your child is so gross! You're basically teaching it to have sex!" Said by a 21 year old woman
Queen fhk 3 years ago
Boobs are originally meant for breastfeeding thats why it's called the MAMMARY GLAND, I wish some people would use their brains
Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
I wish some people HAD brains capable of thinking.
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Shayda 3 years ago
As a mom who has breast fed. It is not arousing in any way, shape, or form. It's satisfying to release the pressure building up and to feed your baby, so cute. But yeah then they start pinching and THEN they start growing teeth! The baby doesn't care what it's drinking out of lol.
Jan Bowyer 3 years ago
Let us not forget the agony of lactating anytime ANY baby cries near us. NOTHING at all arousing about that, I assure you.
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Reminds me of a "man" who was frothing at the mouth, absolutely enraged at a neighbor for breast feeding their baby. This idiot complained to the HOA...who told him to knock it off before they ALL filed a police report. Dude claimed the neighbor's are all "evil" and "sluts" and "immoral" for exposing themselves to him! He's a "born again Xtian" and is trying to avoid temptation! Mind you, this person was in their OWN house. This creep just happened to look over from his place to theirs and they walked by an open window. (Regardless, people should be able to breast feed anywhere. It's not and never was a sexual act.)
The second type of "stupid" happens due to absentmindedness. In this case, people have sufficient knowledge to act rationally, except they don't monitor their actions. "Whenever we turn into auto-pilot, we risk doing something very irrational. A good example is a professor who was so engaged in a deep conversation with his colleagues at his home that when he went to his bedroom to get a book, seeing the bed he got into his pajamas and went to sleep," Aczel explained.
The third kind of stupidity is "lack of control". "Here, people know how to do things right and are aware of their actions, they still make that mistake," he continued. "Impulsivity and short-term emotions can make us act against our best thinking. In heated conversations, we can easily lose control. Overindulging in food or drinks can also seem stupid the day after."
#19
My sister once asked if something was spelled right. As I was looking, she said "it must be right, there isn't a red line under it." She was hand writing on paper. I'll mock her forever for that one. Also, when I was drunk, I once said "I'm quite short for my height."
Robert T 3 years ago
It anoys me profusedly that there are kno red lines unda the txt I type on BP.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
That is down to your browser. I've just typed in 'crappydappy' and it has a lovely red wiggly line under it.
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
My sister still mocks me for the momentary brain fart I had once. I had been working a lot, got out of my car past midnight, and thought all the stars had gone gone dark for a moment. Then I realized I had just blinked and wondered how the hell I had just driven home safely
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
To be fair, it's easy to get used to tech in this regard. I HAVE found myself unconsciously doing the "ctrl+z" motion with my off hand while drawing on paper...
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
I had a teacher once that every time you asked how something was spelled he would say "d-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-r-y".
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Did anyone ever say if I knew how to spell it to look it up I wouldn't need a dictionary? My teachers used to say that stuff too but sometimes words do not spell like they are sounded out.
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Jon Steensen 3 years ago (edited)
Just because THEIR ARE not a READ line under it DON'T mean that ITS right. That sentence would e.g. pass a spell check, but still have five words that was "splet" incorrectly.
#20
The sky is blue because it’s reflecting the color of the ocean. There are many things wrong with that, starting with the fact that WE ARE IN KENTUCKY.
JJ 3 years ago
Well, in many parts of the world it's usually grey, probably because of roads ... /s
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Alexander Wasil 3 years ago
the ocean is blue becuase it is reflecting that wavelength of light, (blue), that comes from the sky
Michael Largey 3 years ago
Kentucky is "The Bluegrass State". So the sky there must be reflecting the grass.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 3 years ago
…actually, the ocean is blue because it’s reflecting the sky…
Jojo Dancer 3 years ago
WE ARE IN KENTUCKY explains it. Moscow Mitch has seen to it that Kentucky ranks like 48 or so in education
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
I want to go to the Kentucky ocean. I bet they have some interesting sealife there.
#21
That men have one less rib than women because, you know, god made Eve from Adams rib so, naturally, ALL men have one less rib. (Just typing this makes me feel stupid.)
Deborah B 3 years ago
Actually, we got taught this in Sunday school and for several years I believed that this was how archeologists etc determined the sex of skeletons.
Jill Rhodry 3 years ago
Yep, and that, biologically, the reason for the extra rib was to protect the womb when pregnant.
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
So I have 2 extra ribs than the average person (bilateral cervical ribs) so what does that make me? Am I a super woman or alien or something? Just curious. (I am biologically female and the dr said its a birth defect but we all know doctors lie/s)
ctsbathory 3 years ago
This can be classified in "lies the church told me" . Seriously when its been proven wrong you would think they would adapt to advancements in science but nope-never.
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
It's not certain that it was a rib in the myth. The word is used multiple time to mean wall or side in the Hebrew Tanakh, but that is the only time it's used in a human context.
Mario Strada 3 years ago
Not unusual. Especially in very religious communities in the USA. Dr. Bart Ehrman has a lot of similar stories from his classes (university level), including the few students that are convinced the Bible was written in English.
Pieter LeGrande 3 years ago
Yep, I kind of believed this without thinking much about it. Eventually got a girlfriend who let me count her ribs.Disappointment and bliss at the same time.
Amber Suttle 3 years ago
I say that all the time, but just as a joke..people actually that every guy is norn with one less rib? Ridiculous
When asked why we find a sense of satisfaction in witnessing someone else act foolish, Aczel explained it brings us both sorrow and joy at once. "The entire entertainment industry is built on people's desire to watch other people doing something very stupid. One possible answer is that when we watch others' stupid actions then we feel superior, we can easily think that we are not that dumb. Watching stupid actions also simplifies the complexity of the world temporarily: nothing is more obvious than the stupidity of a stupid act. Feeling superior and easing our brainwork is very pleasing for humans."
#22
A guy i knew thought that bones were made of wood.
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
And teeth aren't even bones. https://www.livescience.com/33130-why-are-teeth-not-considered-bones.html
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My friend once thought Aloe Vera was some European model who was hired for every cosmetic commercial because they would always say the product name and then “with aloe vera” as they showed models in the back dancing or washing their face or whatever. He thought she was one of them.
I believe the direct quote was something to the effect of “it’s crazy how she gets hired for literally every single commercial”.
This was in like 1995.
Local foodie 3 years ago
I understand if it’s a child who came to this conclusion but an adult?
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
As someone who grew up in the 90's, before the internet, someone could just tell you something and you would believe them because there was no real way of proving them wrong.
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Tara Dawn 3 years ago
This is me at 13 w/the term elbow grease. Genuinely thought it was a cleaning product that I couldn’t find!!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Me as an American kid reading British books wondering what an Alsatian was? I figured it must be a type of dog that they only have in Europe that I've never seen LOL.
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
And how is that all the Catholic crosses are made by this company called INRI? Does they have the monopoly for making all the crosses in the world? And another one: how come that singer called Feat. collaborates with so many artists?! He's surely extremely talented, but I've never even seen his face!
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My sister and I have similar jobs in education, we live about 5 hours drive from each other. One time I was visiting and some of her colleagues were round. I asked if anyone had some advice on a kid I was struggling with. One woman said "you will have to call ed phyc" I told her I had, but there was a long waiting list. My sister says it is ridiculous to expect Eddie to have to drive 5 hours to deal with this, and it's ridiculous only one person in the country can do the job. Everyone goes quite, a woman says they had all thought my sister refering to the ed phyc as "Eddie" was her humour, not that she thought it was an actual name. ( ed phyc, is the term everyone uses for educational psychologist)
#24
I once had a professionally licensed Chiropractor in the State of California - San Luis Obispo (Hi Laura!) tell me that the Sun is a Planet. She could not be swayed in her opinion, so I purchased a National Geographic map of "Our Solar System", had it framed and made a gift of it to her. That ended our association.
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
I'm sorry, but believing that the sun is a planet is no dumber than believing that you can cure cancer by cracking somebody's back.
Pheline 3 years ago
Imagine waking up one morning and discovering you’re a chiropractor. Worse- you have an office manager who calls you "Doctor"- not "Doctor Bleh", just "Doctor". I read the curriculum for chiropractic skool- a lot of stuff on marketing your practice.
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Pieter LeGrande 3 years ago
Should have asked her what a "planet" is. By definition they revolve around a star. So hard to argue the sun is a planet - if so what does it revolve around.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago (edited)
There is much quackery in the chiropractic field where some practitioners completely ignore science. There is also demonstrable benefits for many conditions but that doesn't forgive those members who choose to reject evidence.
Phil Boswell 3 years ago
I have a feeling that according to the original definition of planet—when folks still thought everything revolved around the Earth—the Sun was, strangely, indeed a planet. Laura, however, does not have the luxury of living back then so she is, sadly, indeed an idiot.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
May I have one, even if I know the sun is a star? I'd love to hang out in my studio.
However, doing stupid things is simply a part of being human — often by mistake but sometimes by wish. "Why is it so tempting to get silly sometimes? The writer John Steinbeck says: 'Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.'"
"Perhaps, acting smartly is very tiring and, occasionally, we have to take our leave from the control of rationality. It might be even adaptive to do that but only if we find the line between being silly and doing something really stupid," Aczel concluded.
#25
Pretty much anything believers of almost any conspiracy theory say. Whether it be Qanon, Antivaxx, climate change denial, flat earthers etc...there are some real f**ken dumb ppl out there
Mistiekim 3 years ago
Wait…is this just a conspiracy theory not to believe in other conspiracy theories??
Monday 3 years ago
Wait...are you implying that there could be a conspiracy theory about not believing in conspiracy theories that's making us believe more conspiracy theories??
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kool mudkips 3 years ago
I certainly don't dwell on conspiracy theories but neither do I discount them all. There is a long list that have been proven correct. Some are obviously ridiculous but others aren't so concrete. Q, flat earth, climate denial, are obviously nonsense but there are some less ridiculous ones that have been proven true over the years. Usually to do with our government. Such as Watergate being tied to Nixon, multiple separate people planning Lincolns assassination, the existence of the Italian Mafia was a conspiracy theory. The Iran Contra Affair was at first a conspiracy theory. Polio vaccine contamination of 50s and 60s, the fixing of the 1919 world series, alcohol was poisoned by the government during prohibition, testing of drugs and cancer causing chemicals on children, inmates, and mentally r******d people during the 50's by companies like quaker oats. I'm certain there are others I'm not thinking of.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Very true. I once had a conversation with my therapist when she asked me if I believed in conspiracy theories. I told her not The crazy ones that everyone else does but there are conspiracies out there of course there are. All that's needed are two people working to do something together and they are conspiring. Also the ones you have mentioned of course. I think my therapist was satisfied that I wasn't nuts.
Load More Replies... Katy McMouse 3 years ago
I used to feel bad for people like this, whom I thought were just uneducated. 2020 knocked the empathy right out of me.
Kate Jones 3 years ago (edited)
I can get on board with someone who thinks the gov't is lying to them or whatever. I think it's silly but at least I understand it. It's been proven they have lied, usually about military operations, in the name of national security. But these crazy qanon anti-vax flat earther people are the ones I just think we should shoot into space or something. They believe, at the same time, that the government are so sophisticated and brilliant that they are able to conspire to pull off a massive diabolical plan to lie about things and they have snake people running the world and major crazy conspiracy stuff, but also the gov't are so horrifyingly dumb they can't figure out their email and are incompetent and stupid and shouldn't run the country and can't get anything done and leak information all the time and can't tie their shoes. And they can't see how crazy that is.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
We can't shoot them off into space. They don't believe in space! 👩🚀
Load More Replies... enohPilivE 3 years ago
Anti-vaxx are the worst. And it all started with fraud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield?wprov=sfti1
Paddling Panda 3 years ago
Just this weekend, a guy compared Covid to AIDS/HIV. Even when others explained that they are transmitted in vastly different ways, he doubled down on his ignorance. It was both entertaining and alarming at the same time.
Beck 3 years ago
Not hating on christians, i used to be catholic, BUT..there is a site called Christian Forums. Please, just go to it. Conspiracy theories are throughout it.
#26
“You’re just gonna have to hold it like it’s your period.”
BlackPanda Is My Name 3 years ago
The pros and cons of being either a boy or girl are equal to me, but I'm glad I'm a boy just because I'll never have to deal with periods. Please don't downvote me, I'm not being sexist
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Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
What is it with dudes thinking that women can hold back their period flow and/ or choose when it happens? I always thought that was a generally understood fact. Educate yourselves guys. A little bit of knowledge can save alot of embarrassment.
Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
Search me.... I have never met a guy who believed this. I guess it directly corresponds with competent sex ed.
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Eline 3 years ago
Aaah...periods...when i was in high school, mine were very painful, and i couldnt practice sport. I went to see my teacher , to warn him that i clearly was in pain because of my periods, and wont be able to run. His answer: "AGAIN? You cant use this excuse every month, if you want to lie, do it right. " i cried while i was running with my friends.
Jan Bowyer 3 years ago
This is the result of religious politicians outlawing sex Ed in schools. It's not all about your intercourse, you self-righteous morons
Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
Things like this make me wonder why the majority of women aren't lesbians. I mean, I would 100% understand someone swimming against the current of their actual sexuality in order to avoid this kind of thing.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I feel that if sexuality could be chosen and if lesbians werent discriminated many women would prefer a female SO
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If I could hold my period, I would hold it until I could loose it upon certain misogynistic idiots. They'd give me my pads and Midol free *then*, I bet. With chocolates.
#27
That wearing a face mask mid pandemic meant that I support the Taliban/the suppression of women in Afghanistan and want it the same in my country.
Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
No, silly. if you support things like tyranny, banning women's rights, and the suppression of voters, you wear a MAGA hat or join the Republican Party.
Pieter LeGrande 3 years ago
Nah, they are mainly surgical masks; means you're practicing to be be a surgeon.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
I personally know someone who tried to make this same point on Facebook. That wearing a mask is a form of suppression like they do to women in Islam. We don't talk much anymore.
ctsbathory 3 years ago
As if! anyone saying that actually cares about what has happened to the women of Afghanistan!
#28
Coworker couldn’t figure out why Alaska was cold and Hawaii was hot because “they’re next to each other on the map”
Dragons Exist 3 years ago
For non Americans, maps of the US usually have Alaska and Hawaii in the bottom left, instead of having the entire continentent + half the ocean
The weird one 3 years ago
Oh my gosh. Ok I’m in 8th grade and I kid you not, kids in my class thought Alaska and Hawaii were near/under California. I had lost all hope for this generation. 🤦♀️
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
I think this is a legitimate teaching point, not one for mockery. On the rest of the map, every state is right next to its neighbors so it is reasonable to assume Alaska and Hawai'i are located on the same map in the correct locations. Maps are all misleading until you know how to read it correctly. How many posts have been on BP reminding people that you can't travel from NYC to LA in one day by car?
sonofabass 3 years ago
Anyone else looking for Hawaii on the map in the picture? Why is it missing?
No Name 2 years ago
This map might predate Hawaii. It was annexed in the 50s
Load More Replies... Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago (edited)
A coworker, who has a job with great responsibility, upon hearing that I was going to Alaska on vacation in August (from the Midwest US) "Is it winter or summer there?" I laughed because she had to be joking, and then explained it's in the northern hemisphere so also summer. A couple of years later I went to Iceland and we had the same conversation. Three years later she looked positively insulted when she asked the same thing before my trip to Norway and I laughed to her face. Some smart people are so very dumb.
#29
Grade 11 Law class in high school the teacher was talking about different bills the government implemented in history, bill of rights for example
30 minutes into the lesson the girl next to me raises her hand and asks the teacher “who’s this bill guy we’ve been talking about”
The whole class burst out laughing and the teacher was struggling to keep it together as well
Furmama0501 3 years ago
"I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill."
IamMe 3 years ago
That song immediately started playing in my head as I read that, too. 🤣
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Who Panda 420 3 years ago
We had a girl in school who wrote her paper on the 16th chapel. Instead of the Sistine chapel she never lived that one down.
#30
When I moved to Texas from Hawaii *multiple* people asked me how long the drive was.
Elle Turkow 3 years ago
I’m really sorry but I promise we aren’t all idiotic trump supporters who think the earth is flat
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Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
Granted, some of them must have been facetious. It's the sort of thing I'll say to mess with a friend.
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
That's as good as when I tell people I'm from Texas, and they ask, "Do you know so-and-so?" Oh, yea, got any idea how many people there are in Texas and how BIG Texas really is?
Luna 3 years ago
Hey I went there awhile ago to meet a friend… do you know Amanda?
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#31
We have a rightwing politician here in Australia who shot to fame as an independent that pandered to the worst xenophobic instincts of conservative voters in her maiden speech to parliament. In an interview with 60 minutes she was asked what she thought about Euthanasia - a hot button topic at the time - and her response????? “I don’t mind as long as they stay there!”. To no one’s surprise it cemented her place amongst ill educated rightwing voters and allowed her to start her own political party.
John Whick 3 years ago
Her name is Pauline Hanson(not the one from tennis)and she(a fully white person) said to an aboriginal group that she was indigenous to Australia since she was born here and her opinion matters just as much as theirs when it was about whether people should climb on Uluṟu video here https://m.facebook.com/news.com.au/videos/pauline-hanson-tells-indigenous-australians-that-shes-indigenous/3096560777066359/ there is also running joke in Australia that people saw her dressed up as a ghost months before Halloween(saying she’s kkk)
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Brivid 3 years ago
I think I was in college before I understood that it was euthanasia and not the youth in Asia. I really didn't understand what the youth in Asia were doing that was so upsetting.
Load More Replies... M Kawai 3 years ago
We have one like her here in the US! Marjorie Taylor Green! Our Georgian "peach tree dish!"
Memere 3 years ago
Make that two - Lauren Boebert. The Colorado Cuckoo Gun Nut. Her husband has just recently been caught harassing the neighbors & they called 9-1-1.
Load More Replies... Jill Rhodry 3 years ago
Same said poli was asked if she was xenophobic, her reply: Please explain.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Something Australians and we in the US have in common: stupid anti-immigration white politicians mouthing off while every indigenous person in the country is giving them the finger.
April Morris 3 years ago
Are you sure she's in Australia? She sounds just like MTG and her fat mouth and zero brains. I'm stunned that anyone believes either of them.
Colin Matthews 3 years ago
Ah yes-That glorious combination of fish and chip grease, red hair, xenophobia, stupidity and stubbornness masquerading as a human... Know just who you mean.
Terri Johnson 3 years ago
She's a nice 'un. It's the pits that morons like her and MTG exist in politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson
#32
Fellow student in a philosophy class.
"Evolution doesn't make any sense. How could monkeys evolve into humans in 2000 years since creation?"
Paula Pattison 3 years ago
No-one, not even the most fundamental religions, believes creation was 2000 years ago. Was he saying that creation happened at the moment of Jesus' birth?
Beck 3 years ago
They actually think it is 5000 to 6000 years old. This dude was just extra wrong.
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
If you take the Bible literally (please don’t!), the Earth was created in 4004 BCE, making it 6026 years old. My question is, how could humans devolve to such a crippling level of stupidity as this person’s fellow student in only 6000 years?
Bee she/her 3 years ago
The Bible isnt to be taken literally, my personal faction (UMC) had drilled that into me
Load More Replies... Nathaniel 3 years ago
Why is the middle figure in the pic holding a dagger? Is he going to mug the guy in front?
Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
He wasn't even aware that in the Christian religion thwrenis a time before the birth of Jesus that is the topic of most of their bible??
Jessica Julian 3 years ago
My HS Honors and AP Biology teacher had an excellent answer to this type of questioning, that I have used when confronted with the same type of questions. It starts with asking how time is defined...all which uses the sun, correct? Well then, when was the sun invented, according to the Bible? In most cases (yes, we're aware there are several versions) it was the third day. So, before the third day, how long was a day, without the sun to tell...? It could be a few of our hours, or a trillion years...So, that is why the Earth is significantly longer than previously thought. Is it true? Who's to say...but it worked well at shutting up protests...
#33
During a foreign language class, when learning the names of different countries... Someone stopped the lecture and asked why this language we were learning, made up names for different countries. Why can't we just use the real names like Germany, Japan etc. Total silence. Then 10 minutes of the entire class trying to get this person to understand that Germany is not the name of Germany in German. That all these country names they know are all English "made up" names for those countries. They did not comprehend.
Confounds me to this date as this person was not from an English speaking country.
Monday 3 years ago
To be fair it is kind of weird that we made up new names for countries. We could have just stuck with whatever it was called in it's native language. It's not really much harder to remember "Deutschland" or "Nihon" instead of Germany and Japan.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
There are often very good reasons for calling a country a different name from the one used by that country. It has been suggested that 'Japan' came about by successive mishearings, and trying to make sense of them. With Germany, the Romans called the people who lived east of the Rhine, the Germani, and added an 'a' to the end to make it mean 'the lands of the Germania. It's an old, old word for the peoples who have lived in that area. 'Deutschland' means 'the land of the people'.
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Christof Irran 3 years ago
I once got myself down-voted big time here on Bored Panda when I pointed out that residents and citizens of Wien (the capital of Oesterreich) DO NOT call their city "Vienna." So, go ahead, do it again.
Lillukka79 3 years ago (edited)
My pet peeve is Florence. Firenze isn't that hard, and much more beautiful.
Load More Replies... Kadhem Alabdulmuhsin 3 years ago
This is a valid point, though. We should call countries the way their people call them as much as possible.
Mario Strada 3 years ago
One of the most hysterical country names is Greece. Greeks don't call their country "Greece", they call it "Hellas". When Rome started copnquering the Italian peninsula, the first group they encountered was a Greek colony that called themselves some version of "Greek". As they continued conquering the south of Italy and then the Greek mainland they kept calling everyone that spoke the same language "Greeks" even though they tried telling them they were not Greeks but Hellenics. It stuck anyway, even in mainland Greece.
julie son 3 years ago
Laura Ketteridge's explanation is the correct one. Most of the countries' names came in use long ago, when most people never travelled farther than their birthplace. Europe heard of Japan form Marco Polo, who only heard of the 'Land of Japan' in China. "Giappone" (pronounced approximately Japone) is how an Italian heard the Chinese version of Nippon. From there on each country pronounced it the closest to their language rules...Therefore, in the context of history, the idea that if you should just make an effort to learn the native pronunciation is naïve. Marco Polo never even met a Japanese person, let alone somebody tagging along insisting "No, you are still not getting it right!" I for one would be happy if nobody would say eye-talians, as I always feel the need to ask "Oh, you mean people form Eye-taly?"
hanginwithmygnomies 3 years ago
*ahem* *cough *cough* I am so stupid, because I also thought that Germany was Germany to everyone, except I knew that in Spanish, the names are different.
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
In some Spanish countries they want call me Miquel, not Mickie. I have a partnership with a Costa Rican named Jose. I call him Jose, not Joe.
#34
Went to a friends house and saw his carbon monoxide detector by an open window. I asked him why it was there. “The smoke detector said ‘get to air,’ so I moved it so it would stop going off!” I don’t know how that guy’s still alive…
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
I can kind of sympathise. One time my parents carbon monoxide detector went off. My dad said the batteries must be low, we couldn't make it stop, so took it out side so as not to wake my mum while we tried to get the batteries out. Luck for us - and very luck for my mum- a dog walking neighbor suggested our complete lack of common sense might be down to a bit of carbon monoxide. He pushed passed us and opened all the windows. He was right. We had somehow forgotten the reason for alarms.
HalcyonVampire 3 years ago
I'm glad you had a neighbor who actually cared and helped you out! Where I live, nobody would ever help anyone.
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Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Following directions is often misleading. Fresh air will, after all, will lighten the carbon monoxide, clear out the smoke and inspire the flames.
#35
My ex wife and I had a one hour argument - her insisting that 10:30am was in the afternoon. Started with her saying "we need to go at 10:30". Me: "I thought you said it wasn't until the afternoon?" "It is in the afternoon. 10:30. You know... later on." ME: "Afternoon doesn't mean later on... it means AFTER... NOON!" (arguing ensued). I still think about it all the time.
SheamusFan1987 3 years ago
Sorry OP, but I believe there and then, she should already have been your ex. If she wasn't already...
tw 72 3 years ago
Yeah, for his sake, her becoming an ex was probably for the best.
Load More Replies... Wuttf 3 years ago
Hey now, this is one of the few words I understood immediately when learning English 😭 I'm still traumatized over "civil war". Like, I'm sorry, do Westerners aggressively have tea or something? I was SO confused. My poor ESL teacher tried so hard to explain, too.
Mariam Kutuusa 3 years ago
Right,I never too this day UNDERSTAND this,what in the world is civil about a war
Load More Replies... Diolla 3 years ago
Well I was in a place the other day where they say "bonsoir" (good evening) anytime after noon... And have never heard of "bonne matin" (good morning)... But at least none of those expressions had the word "noon" in it.
IamMe 3 years ago
When I was a child I thought a.m. stood for at morning, and p.m. for past morning. Even then, I knew that afternoon meant after noon.
Fenchurch 3 years ago
Similarly as a child I thought BC meant Before Christ and AD meant After (his) Death... Made sense to me.
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#36
A flat earther say Australia isn’t real , that it’s just made by the media to cover the fact the earth is flat .
Just me, myself, and I 3 years ago
My heartfelt sympathies to all you Australians who just found out you don't exist.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
If I'm a paid actor posing as an Australian, then where's my damn paycheck? They totally stiffed me!
SCP 4666 3 years ago
So then Hugh Jackman was an actor before he became an actor? 🤔
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SoozeeQ 3 years ago
I want to ask a flat earther to explain how Russia is only 4 kms from Alaska, if the earth is flat? 🤯🤯
Mistiekim 3 years ago
Exactly! No other place can kill me just by looking at an insect or walking.
Load More Replies... Karen Grace 3 years ago
If the Earth were flat cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.
Heather Talma 3 years ago
Excuse me, have to go tell my internet friend that their home country is made up.
#37
A professor at Belmont once told me that cars could never run on electricity, because there are no electric components of a car.
I wasn’t sure where to go from there.
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
yeah probably one of the first cars without headlights and a model that needed to be hand cranked in order to start and haven't updated their would view since then.
Load More Replies... TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
He's right lol, we all know that spark plugs and heating plugs work with coal.....
Jon Steensen 3 years ago
The spark plugs don't run out of electricity, as they are powered by a magnet flying past a coil, which is driven by the engine. For that reason you can "push start" the older models of cars, even if the battery is completely dead. the heating plugs are only nessesary in diesel engines, and hence you wouldn't find them in a gasolin car.
Load More Replies... Diolla 3 years ago (edited)
Not very unusual. Some academics ar highly specialized people who know everything about a very narrow subject. They can be so absorbed by their intellectual work that they do not know about the most mundane things. Edit: I am not a professor but am one of those intellectual types. Just learned 2 days ago how a car wash works. Am 56.
Monday 3 years ago
Though that is certainly true, how did they get to the point of being a professor without clicking that lights run on electricity.
Load More Replies... Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
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Robert Hernandez 2 years ago
How was this fool able to become a prof. Certainly he can't be tenured.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
I would think a professor would have a more well-rounded knowledge base. Modern I.C. cars need an electrical battery to start.
Ambry Petersen 2 years ago (edited)
At one time there were no electrical components to cars. The oldest models had no headlights or radios or windshield wipers. (Some didn't even have windshields) all of those nice things were added later and proved advantageous. Although electrical cars still come with thier own set of problems.
#38
Once when I took a class trip to Washington DC we went to a museum and saw a reenactment of something featuring George Washington on a big screen. While we were watching it I heard two girls from the front row. One of them asked the other, "Is this real footage?" And the other then replied, "No, if it was real it would be in black and white."
Bruce willsmouth 3 years ago
Conversation heard in a bar in Paris once, thirty years old guy trying to impress on young gall, talking about the twenties : "this era was quite mad you know, people were in black and white and that wasn't upsetting them at all!"
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
...to be fair, if it was that old it definitely wouldn't be in colour
Savannah Finn 3 years ago
but she could have been saying that if it were a real picture it probably would have been in black and white because they didnt have color cameras then.
tamèreestchaude 3 years ago
When I was a young child maybe about five or six I asked my great-grandma If she was alive when color was invented . my dumb child brain thought that since pictures were in black and white back then, that everything was in black and white.
#39
Met a nursing student who more or less believed the cure to cancer was "pretending like you don't have cancer."
BlackestDawn 3 years ago
Well, they can certainly "make it" into a grave.
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Really 3 years ago
There is more to this than meets the eye. My wife, GRHS, died from breast cancer at 39 years. The oncologist told her/us that yes she has cancer but LIVE whenever you can like you do not. Do not dwell on it. Enjoy what you can when you can. Live for your baby so he will remember a happy mother. It was hard in the latter stages but she did her best.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I had a friend that was 21 years old when she got cancer. The doctors didn't tell her what it meant when it spread to her lymph system. I knew but I really think the doctors were just trying to give her a chance to fight more and spend more time with her young daughter. It's usually when you give up that you start getting worse but I don't know how I feel about this. I would hope my doctors would always tell me the truth.
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Celeste Grant 3 years ago
I was once told my (incurable) cancer was totally curable, I just didn't believe I was worthy of being cured??? I was told by the same individual that if I stopped my regular chemo my cancer would "get the message and leave" but that keeping having treatments woke up the cancer cells.... this person (a friend of a friend on Facebook) then told me I was a drain on NHS resources and that if I hadn't been cured after a few years I should be refused any more care because it was unfair on others who hadn't had their "quota" of money from the NHS. I blocked him and friends tore him a new one...
No Name 2 years ago
Jfc, was your ex friend an American health insurance mogul?
Load More Replies... TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Ahhhh the placebo effect, there are reported cases ( reported by medical associations ) of it working i believe some of those cases involve câncer remitions, however, i don't think pretending not to have it Will work lol.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
That's how most of us in the US deal with not being able to afford healthcare; just pretend it's not there and maybe it will go away. Honestly it's not even the cost of healthcare. During a catastrophic health crisis, you can't afford the cost of living. You can't afford to seek treatment because you can't afford to quit your job or take time off to deal with it. I know so many people, myself included, who don't go for regular checkups out of fear they'll actually find something and then you can't pay rent or utilities, can't afford to pay your bills or can't continue working in general. I know that sounds insane, because it will just end up costing more later if you put it off. But I honest to God hear a lot of people saying things like, "we all have to go sometimes," or, "it's harder to live destitute than to just go ahead and die." It's really sad that we don't have a safety net for people. I see people working 10 hour days while also on chemo because disability doesn't cover a lot.
Tamra 3 years ago
It's truly appalling. I believe my father in law let himself die from heart disease, because he didn't want to leave his wife with medical debt.
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Jonie 3 years ago
My son had a "friend" who told him his autoimmune disease and subsequent kidney failure happened because he didn't pray enough to be healed. As his mother, I ran her a$$ out of the hospital room. How dare her!
Kate Jones 3 years ago
This stuff drives me insane. I understand you believe in whatever you believe in but to say someone had an illness because they weren't religious is ...if there is a God, you're going to hell. A friend of mine is gay and he had gotten covid at the height of it in 2021. (I also got in for a few days, thankfully it was milder for me.) His religious mother who basically disowned him when he came out as gay told him he got Covid because he's gay. That he needed to 'come back to the lord'. I just wanted to punch her in the face.
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Technically, she's correct. If you ignore it, you'll definitely die from it, and your death will also kill your cancer.
#40
conversation i once had with a grown woman: her: 'the sunset is pretty this morning' me: 'you mean sunrise' her: 'oh. what's the difference?' i thought she was joking. she was not
Nicky 3 years ago
In high school on New Year's Eve we walked down to the beach to wait for the first sunrise of the new year. This was in California.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Well, you could still watch the sun rise, you just turn around and look away from the ocean.
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Mark Walsh 3 years ago
We should really call it an Earth Spin or something like that to avoid confusion
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
One of my teachers actually used the phrase earth spin.
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Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Aye laddie, After sail'n the seven seas we all noticed that one person's sunrise is another's sunset. Open thy mind, please.
Sibeansalad 2 years ago
But really since we are on a rock hurtling around a sun in a black abyss with no up or down, there basically is no sunrise or sunset.
Audrey Rasmussen 3 years ago
Close enough, they look very similar, or actually do they look the same or just similar....
Pink kitty 3 years ago
I remember watching a documentary (can't remember the name though) where the guy says 'The best time to film the sunset is in the evening'
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
Does she also think the sun travels around Earth??? For doubters- https://journeynorth.org/tm/mclass/SunriseSetAns.html#:~:text=But%20it%20appears%20to%20rise,the%20sun%20is%20moving%20west.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
A filming company filmed the sunrise and just ran the tape backwards to get the sunset. In the footage, all the birds were flying backwards.
#41
“Well, just listen better!” That was said to me by my teacher… im deaf
Nathaniel 3 years ago
WHAT A STUPID PERSON THAT TEACHER WAS. I AM TYPING IN CAPS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE DEAF PERSON SHOULD THEY READ THIS COMMENT.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
I was accused of "just never learning my colors properly." No, lady, I'm colorblind not stupid.
Linda Constantine 3 years ago
I have no sense of smell. A friend once said ‘I bet if you really tried, you could smell things. I asked her if she said that sort of thing of blind people…’I bet if you really tried, you could see’. She just said, ‘that’s different’. 🤦🏼♀️
Caleb Wright 3 years ago
oh yes, i will make myself not deaf for a goddamn minute just so I can listen to your boring lesson!
Sandra Gloyste 2 years ago (edited)
That's when I pull my hearing aids out and say, "wow, even the receivers on my hearing aids can't process the cognitive dissonance coming out of your mouth. You might want to see a doctor about that."
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It goes right along with "if you don't hear something, put your hand up and ask". Not sure that's how not hearing works, but thanks to the 30+ people who've said this to me during my education years
Awkward lady 3 years ago
I had "you could hear if you really want to", yeah, cos I have nerve deafness!
Sandra Gloyste 2 years ago
Reading lips/faces/body language isn't uncommon for the HOH and Deaf. I'm HOH, loss is moderate-severe, depending on what Hz (frequency), the decibel (loudness) level has to reach 45 - 56 before I can hear that specific frequency / range. Depending on the environment, conversational speech can be 40 (example: keeping your voice low while talking to a coworker in a cubicle) to 60 (busy restaurant) decibels. My most severe loss is in the 2K-4K frequencies. I don't have the background knowledge of the Deaf individual that shared this, however, I can speak for myself. I've had hearing loss since early childhood. I was born with normal hearing, though I have a genetic trait - smaller Eustachian tubes - which makes me more susceptible to fluid getting trapped, and can then lead to ear infections. I had chronic ear infections, and tubes put in several times in early childhood. I learned to read lips before I could really speak.
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#42
A girl in middle school thought that trees flapping created wind rather than the other way around.
Lyone Fein 3 years ago
People get confused about cause versus effect in regard to many things.
#43
That dogs don't have brains.
Jul Chv 3 years ago
They don´t. They run on cuteness and people calling them "good boys/girls".
Lorraine Woollands 3 years ago
I get the feeling that even if dogs don't have brains, that they will still have more than the person who said this
Minath 3 years ago
We once had a Saluki, we regularly questioned whether he had a brain or not. He once hurt his paw and limped around for a bit, unfortunately he forgot which paw he had hurt so each time he got up he limped with a different paw.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
I get the biggest kick out of puppies who've finally caught their tails, frozen with the tail in their mouth, trying to figure out what they're supposed to do next.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
They can't have if they keep trusting in humans :( ......and of course they have brains and souls and the power of healing us with their unconditional love ...so there :P
Michael Largey 3 years ago
The source of this rumor is the fact that dogs love and obey humans. Now, cats, on the other hand, ...
#44
“I live at 438 Cattle street. Remember it like 4 plus 3 is 8 cattle.” “What?!” I still remember that address
Chloé-Louis Beaugrand 3 years ago
Plot twist, they always knew it wasn't right but this way no one forgot their address (proof you still do)
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
One of my mom's on-the-spot mnemonics to teach me capital cities was "In Czechia there are many beautiful castles, and the horses there are Prague". I have no idea what it means. She has no idea what it means. But I definitely remember that the capital city of the Czech Republic is Prague.
Terri Rickert 2 years ago (edited)
I am surprise it wasn't 4 plus 3 is 8 cows !!!!!!!! Since most people call ALL cattle "cows"... ......... even calves !!!!!!!!! See below next post #45 ....... baby cows !!!!!!!! heifers do NOT become cows UNTIL AFTER THEY GIVE BIRTH TO THEIR 2ND CALF !!!!!!!!!!!
#45
'It's really weird how cows developed udders so humans could drink their milk. How did that evolution come about?' - my brother, forgetting that baby cows exist
Followed by 'oh, well that understands it' when our mum explained
Christof Irran 3 years ago
I wonder who 'learned' them that phrase. It's great! I think I'll start using it, see what kind of looks I'll get from people.
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Robert T 3 years ago
Well you heard about the city boys who stumbled upon a pile of milk bottles and thought they'd found a cow's nest?
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
The late Duchess of Devonshire was speaking with a 10-year-old boy who had just seen a milking demonstration at the Chatsworth farm. "What did you think of it?" "It's the most disgusting thing I ever saw. I'm never drinking milk again."
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Sharron Lindsay 3 years ago
I often wonder seriously how did the first human start drinking cows milk (or any other animal milk except platypus milk, they don't have nipples).
Nia Loves Art 3 years ago
They saw calfs drinking it and were hungry so they decided to try some.
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Phil Boswell 3 years ago
I'm getting the impression that the brother was very young at this point…
Bookaday 3 years ago
Yah, that makes this seem understandable. And at least this kid knows what evolution is.
Load More Replies... Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
A lot of these showcase the phenomenon of human chauvinism - the belief that humans are fundamentally the center of existence and are superior to all. And that the universe is created to our species' needs.
Terri Rickert 2 years ago
AND HUMANS do NOT drink from the udder/teats on a cow. THEIR udders were developed to feed their calves NOT HUMANS !!!!!!!!!
Terri Rickert 2 years ago (edited)
BABY COWS DO NOT EXIST !!!!!!!!! A female bovine does NOT BECOME A COW UNTIL AFTER SHE HAS BIRTHED TWO CALVES !!!!!!!!! SO who is the IDIOT NOW NOT YOUR BROTHER !!!!!!!!
#46
In the 1990's I went into a store in Canada (where I live) with a $100 American bill. I bought a bottle of wine for about $13. When the woman working the register worked out the exchange rate (about 13%) she said 'oh, you get $100 back' and handed back the American $100 bill to me and said 'funny how that works' Back then I took it and left snickering... but I would correct the situation now if that happened, which I'm guessing never would again.
Jessica Bertram 3 years ago
that's a broke owner and a sweet but stupid register worker who shouldn't be anywhere near money. Unless she really WANTED to smash capitalism that day. 🥰
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Igor914624 3 years ago
Years ago, I went to a kiosk in the mall to buy some ties for work. I found 4 and took them to the checkout girl. She told me they were having a 10% off sale. So she counted up the ties and said "10% plus 10% plus 10% plus 10% equals 40% off". I didn't argue with her, I just paid cash and left. I often wonder what would have happened if I had bought 11 or 12 ties.
Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
Me, as a child in the 1970s in VERY upstate New York, with as many Canadian quarters in my pocket as American at any given time, 100% smugly sure that we once had a lady president...
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
That never happened to us using US currency in Canada, or vice versa. Drat.
Terri Rickert 2 years ago
So you STOLE THE BOTTLE OF WINE INSTEAD OF BEING HONEST & EXPLAINING !!!!!!!!!!
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Do return to that town and turn yourself in to the Mounties for receiving money that was not yours to receive. Repent through ten years of hard labor and worshipping something that does not exist. Or, go to the store and make amends.
Moff Jerjerrod 2 years ago
Cash registers there now if you put in $USD will use the exchange rate to give the right amount back in $CND. Pretty cool really. ATMs will also let you take out US or CA money too. I lived in ON for a while.
#47
SIL believed up to a very late age that meat was taken from an animal that was released back to the paddock to re-grow the missing piece. Then the cycle repeats
Icy_Question_4977 3 years ago
Ya, when I was 5, i thought that the reason why raw meat turns to cooked meat was because of the heat and when the cooked meat is stored in a cold place, it would turn back to raw.
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
Kids at five are pretty logical. Based on what you knew at the age of 5, that conclusion was logical, not dumb.
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Gemma jones 3 years ago
my dad told my sister that sheep have one leg shorter than the other so when it comes to bringing them at night he just rolls them down the hill. i swear she was like in her 20s when she realised this was lies. he also gave her welding goggles told her they were sunglasses and she nearly crashed the car wearing them lol
Monday 3 years ago
For us yes, for the animal no. Death is probably better than repeatedly having your flesh cut off.
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#48
Wait wait, Why have you been lying to me?! You said you were from Liverpool, not England!
SheamusFan1987 3 years ago
I kinda think dinguses like that will Always Walk Alone because of their ignorance...
Michael Largey 3 years ago
But don't tell someone from Edinburgh that they're from from England. Don't!
Jeweled Dragon 3 years ago
Me, who's from Liverpool, NY, who has to sometimes clarify that I am not from England
Terri Rickert 2 years ago
Americans are know World Wide for their ignorance about other countries. I was in JC Penny's one day a female shopper asked me if Australian's speak ENGLISH ????????
#49
A friend's boyfriend asked "What's roast beef made of anyway?" He was also a restaurant server. I told him "it's beef. Roasted". Cue surprised face then he laughed at himself. He wasn't the brightest.
David 3 years ago
Because people from countries other than England eat beef, and Yorkshire puddings are a British thing.
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Points for laughing at yourself. We all have those moments that our brain decides to take a break
Emiloy 3 years ago (edited)
An ex of mine thought there were pig logos at our local rib festival because everyone who went there ate so much! They didn’t realize that here our ribs were pork, not beef, and that’s how they explained that there were no pictures of cows anywhere. (Tbh it was a pretty cute mistake)
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
Telling a class of teenagers to think before calling other cultures wrong, that many things we do are wrong to them - I used example of how someone in India might view us eating cows. One girl said that was gross, no one eats cows. Classmate asked if she knew where a beefburger came from. Of course, she said - it comes from the shop.
Amanda Hunter 3 years ago
AKA a dead animal who's rotting carcass was cut up and set over high heat.
Purple Gerbil 3 years ago
My 60 something year old father in law only discovered what mozzarella was the other day 🙈
#50
I dont wear a seatbelt, because in the case of a crash it can give you burnings. Was also a car without an Airbag. So good luck.
John Dilligaf 3 years ago
that's those same people who won't wear a seatbelt because they think it's safer to be "thrown clear" of the crash SPOILER ALERT: It's not
Memere 3 years ago
A high school boyfriend of mine was crushed this way. He was thrown out when the car rolled & it landed on top of him. He left a wife & young son behind.
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago
In an open top car, not wearing a seatbelt can give you a permanent ejection.
Daniel O'Neal 3 years ago
When I was a kid (1970s/1980s), I legit remember hearing older folks say "it's better to be thrown clear of the car."
Load More Replies... BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I hate the no-seat belt wearing arguments. It's usually "My uncle so and so wore their seat belt and they were trapped in the car when it caught in fire. So we don't wear seat belts in my family." Yeah, I'm sure he would have lived through the initial crash without the seat belt...
Julie Zugz 3 years ago
I'd rather have a seat belt burn than a crushed skull, but hey, that just me.
Andrew Bridge 3 years ago
In a low speed bump the seatbelt really knocks the wind out of you. Although I'm pretty sure hitting the steering wheel would have hurt more
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
I know of many people whose injuries in a car crash were caused by their belts. I know 2 people who died in accidents from not wearing belts. Getting injured in a car crash is really sad, dieing because you don't use a belt is so wrong.
BasedWang12.2 3 years ago
Surprisingly, when the drunk driver hit us, if my dad had his belt on he would be dead. I on the other hand woulda been severely injured if I DIDN'T have mine on
#51
In my college there was a boy who asked what planet all these illegal aliens were from.
#52
A friend of mine looked at me. And in all seriousness asked. "Can you get a tan on a cruise ship? Since you know it's moving?" I asked her to explain what she meant. And she thought. That since the cruise ship was moving, the sun beams wouldn't hit the boat, since you know, it was moving. So the sun couldn't hit the boat.
#53
RACIST TRIGGER WARNING My old friend once said that black people were bread to be super humans, since they’re naturally more muscular than white people usually. And then she was like “all that work in the cotton fields did them favours” I wanted to stab myself in the ears
Jihana 3 years ago
Black people are bread? Pumpernickel I guess. I am more of a potato bread kind of gal.
Gemma jones 3 years ago
sorry to say this but hes not wrong, i saw a documentary with this athlete i forget his name i think it was something Johnson and he was looking at slavery and yeah white folk did breed Africans to make better slaves dreadful
JMil 3 years ago
Confusing misspelling of bred and "all that work" suggests there may be a misunderstanding of genetics (like some other posts here); however, this is a very real possibility. Don't have the source at hand, but this is certainly something I have heard suggested in academic circles.
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Tam StaR 3 years ago
*Me ignoring this racist stupidity to wonder what my bread type would be...* Probably a multigrain.
Waddling Land Fish 3 years ago
I’d be a potato bread because I have Irish ancestors
Load More Replies... Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
I saw "bread" and paused to question the many ways this could end so horribly wrong then continued to read and realised she meant bred
#54
A woman I used to work with (who was a staunch Christian) said that she wasn’t concerned at all with climate change and that CC activists were selfish troublemakers. I vehemently challenged this view by saying that the activists are only trying to get us to wake up because if we don’t address CC we will be destroying the earth, thus destroying ourselves and all future generations. She responded by saying “well, if the earth does get destroyed then God will just make it all again, so I’m not worried” I was rendered utterly dumbstruck by the stupidity and selfishness
SheamusFan1987 3 years ago (edited)
Perhaps God will make it again without her if it happens...Smh
Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
Next time tell her her deity is going to be mighty upset when he sees that humans did to the earth he left them in charge of.
thefaithfulspouse 3 years ago
Bible DIRECTLY says god is going to destroy those ruining the earth. He is upset.
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I just do not get their logic. "Pray for the dying man"...does god say " oof this dude has to die! Only 537 prayers went up for him. He needed 541 to live. So close!" And it always seemed to me that prayers are supposed to change gods mind. He has it made up in his mind that this guys had to die but let's pray and change his mind? And do they think devout Christians do not die? They think "if they believe an god they will be safe". How is that possible. Everyone dies.
Brooks Mitchell 3 years ago (edited)
christan here, prayers are never meant to ask for things, but the woman is stupid
Load More Replies... Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago (edited)
"it's all part of God's plan" if you're feeling bad just remember; you're an unwilling p**n in an unknowable plan by an invisible super being.
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
Alarmingly, this is a real attitude held by End Times theists, and they're quite happy to destroy the planet because Jesus is gonna fix it. I hate religion.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago (edited)
This makes me think of two different born-agains I worked with that drove recklessly. As in, I rode with each of them once and refused to ever get in a vehicle with either of them again. They both said they were unconcerned because, as Christians, God was keeping them safe.
#55
Not really saying something but my sister once text my dad to let him know he left his phone at home.
Richard Bailey 3 years ago
My fiancee was looking for her mobile phone while she was talking to me on her mobile phone. I like any good partner helped her with the 'search', offering suggestions where to check. Told her to call me back once she found it 😀
Beck 3 years ago
I have posted this here before...my mother about 15 years ago called someone from her cell. Her home phone rang, so she hung up snd jumped up to answer the home phone. They had hung up already. She sits back down, dials the number on cell phone and home phone rings. She hangs up..home phone stops ringing. Took her a minute to realize she was calling herself on the home phone instead if whatever number she meant to call. 😆I haven't mentioned this to her on a few years...might need to remind her about it today. Its is always a good laugh between us.
Lorraine R 3 years ago
Once read about someone who couldn't find their glasses and decided to call them so they would ring . . . then realized they didn't know the glasses' number.
MonicaChicagoGal 3 years ago
I was looking for my glasses until my husband told me they were on my head.
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
On one occasion I used my phone's flashlight to reset a circuit breaker, and then, with the phone in my hand, I looked to see where my phone was.
#56
“Wait but how did Jews exist before Jesus?” And “Vikings where real!? I thought they where just cartoons.” Same chick, mid thirties.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Asterix and Obelisk was one of the main reasons my brother wanted to learn German :)
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"Is your hair naturally long, or did you grow it out?"
Some black giirrrrllll 2 years ago
This reminds me of the tiktok I saw where one girl was surprised that hair grows from the scalp and not like from the ends. She was like "guys is there hair INSIDE OUR SCALP?!"
#58
I was addicted to inhalants at the time and told a buddy of mine. He suggested I quit and switch to meth. He's in jail now.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Yea.... That would be the advice i would definitly give you if we where in 9gag....
#59
I had a friend that thought that a rat was the female of a mouse and vice versa. It took me and hour to explain they are different species
#60
"they're Asian not Korean"
Monday 3 years ago
I hear it's a much better vacation spot than the country of Africa.
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AutumnSong2009 3 years ago
Love how lots of people forget that the rest of Asia exists. As an Asian myself (half Malaysian and half Chinese) I’ve had so many people go ‘oh, I didn’t know you were half Malaysian, I thought you were Chinese’
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I get the same c**p about being Spanish. In the US people think there is only Mexico, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic; they can't even remember Spain half the time. It gets annoying. And half the time I say the country, "where?" it's in South America, "oh your African? But you're so white". Yeah our education system sucks
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I remember being asked if I was Japanese or Chinese ( the only 2 Asian ethic group at the time)
Buttered Toast 2 years ago
I had a friend correct me once by saying, "He's Chinese, not Asian." I'm not sure where she thought China was located.
Some black giirrrrllll 2 years ago
I guess it's better than saying they're Korean, not Asian🤌🏼
#61
Hank Johnson, a senator from Georgia, testified that he was worried about all of the troops being sent to Guam, because the island may tip over.
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
True, but this guy is a Democrat, and I'm pretty sure we could add more than a few Dems to the list!
Load More Replies... Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
Oh, so he's one of those who believe islands float. So someone should get him to sponsor a bill to build and pay for a bridge to anchor it securely to the nearest mainland (regardless of the distance involved) before we send any more troops there.
Kelley Baltierra 3 years ago
Well he probably didn't want to mess up the antigravity that helps them float
Kat Hague 3 years ago
I remember when this happened, I also remember when one of the Congressman were asking a women’s health advocate “Could you swallow one of these pills that have a camera in it to examine a woman’s uterus?” And she had to explain to him that no sir your digestive system is not connected to your reproductive organs! One of the best burns ever
Upstaged75 3 years ago
You should look up the video on YouTube. It's hilarious. Everyone else if desperately trying not to laugh at him. And for everyone assuming he's a Republican - I'm sorry to disappoint you. ;) Stupidity knows no boundaries.
OneHappyPuppy 3 years ago
Something similar happened in my country. There was a huge fire going on for days in the capital city's dump yard - the ministry's head came on tv to announce "there is no fear of explosions because the dump yard is giving off white smoke - which proves it is just harmless hydrogen". Dude never made it past 7th grade chem class and/or never heard of Hindenburg...
#62
My friend asked me how much my electricity bill was for the lights on my car…
David 3 years ago
Great. But the assumption you can make here is that they didn't.
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago
Having the lights on actually reduces your fuel economy, so technically there is a bill!
Atero 3 years ago
Only if your car is electric... While with ICE there is a bill, it's not an electricity one as stated.
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#63
A woman in my office asked another woman if “The Martian” with Matt Damon was based on a true story and the other woman said she wasn’t sure.
Julie Zugz 3 years ago
I guess if you watch enough space-y science fiction, Mars doesn't seem so far away
Lara Verne 3 years ago
Yeah, and did you know Matt Damon ended on Mars after docking gone wrong?
#64
Beginning of high school, some kid argued with me that girls can't be straight, they can only be gay or lesbian. According to him, gay means liking men. So I say, "So you're telling me you're lesbian?" So he says, "No, only girls can be lesbian. Straight means men liking women, so I'm straight"
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
With men like this in the world, I can see why every women would want to be gay or lesbian.
#65
I was calling around grocery stores in Missouri looking for Tofurkey for Thanksgiving for a vegan girlfriend. I called one store, and the woman who answered the phone said, “Let me transfer you to the meat department.”
Before I could object, I was talking to some guy in the meat department. I told him I wasn’t sure I was in the right department, but I was checking if they carried Tofurkey. He said, “Oh, I think I’ve heard of that! That’s like.... the vegetarian part of the turkey right?”
Monday 3 years ago
I dunno if it's just because I'm not American but I didn't hear the word "Tofurkey" until I was playing Sims 4 in my mid twenties so I can kind of understand the confusion here.
#66
At the electronica dance party at Disneyland they had one of those laser shows where an actor bends the laser and this fully grown dude with the thickest yokel accent said “If theys real lasers how ain’t he cutting his fingers off?” It was so funny my family had to give up our spot by the stage so we wouldn’t laugh in his face
#67
My mom at an a&w/long john silver combo restaurant "what's the difference between the#2 on this menu and the#2 on the other one?"
Me "ones fish, the other is chicken"
Her "I know but what's the difference?"
M O'Connell 3 years ago
It's too bad all the Long John Silver's have gone to meet Davy Jones.
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#68
“Was world war 1 after world war 2?” This was in my English class as we were learning about historical contexts “So the reason we have satellites is to spin the earth around on its axis?” Said in year 8 science class when learning about the solar system
#69
A guy I work with was watching a show about the shroud of Turin. He said that they did a DNA test on the stains and that it was confirmed to be the blood of christ... And that his DNA was shaped like crosses.
Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
So that means that if it was confirmed to be Jesus's DNA, we also have his father's DNA on file?
Christof Irran 3 years ago
I once saw this cartoon that, in the first panel, showed Jesus dropping a hairdryer into the bathtub he was sitting in; and in the second panel it showed a church steeple with a hairdryer on top instead of a cross. I guess his DNA must also have taken on the shape of a hairdryer...
#70
When I was a kid I had an uncle tell me that dinosaurs and humans coexisted. When I tried to explain to him that wasn’t true, he told my parents I was arguing and being disrespectful with an adult and I got in big trouble.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
I hate hearing about asssholes like this.... and really get infuriated when the parents back it up.... should get a Darwin award, but for a child winding up parentless... though I know folks who would have preferred it that way
tw 72 3 years ago
In Sunday school, the pastor was questioned - if God created the earth in 7 days, where did the dinosaurs fit in? Answer: The 7 days were not like our days; they were very, very long. **sighs at religious indoctrination**
Waddling Land Fish 3 years ago
My belief is that the 7 days are a metaphor.
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My great aunt used to think that the sun and the moon were the same thing until my grandmother explained to her that they’re two completely different things 😀
#72
A girl in my history class asked if Nagasaki and Hiroshima were hot sauces…
#73
I knew this girl in highschool. She didn't eat meat, and she was allergic to most fruits. She would sometimes just eat from a grocery bag of spinach in class. One time someone asked her: "If you don't eat any fruit, aren't you worried you'll get scurvy?" And she said: "Nah, I brush my teeth."
Diolla 3 years ago
You know, vitamin C can also be found in vegetables. So the question itself was not too bright either.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Exactly what I immediately thought... and with spinach no less!
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The way my mother informed me that my brother and his girlfriend had broken up. "Oh, by the way, [GIRLFRIEND] is no longer with us." I called my brother to offer my condolences and ask about wake/funeral arrangements. He was baffled. "She's not dead, we just broke up, what are you talking about?"
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Reminds me of that gag from The Simpsons. "If only your father was still with us. But he left for work an hour ago."
zovjraar me 3 years ago
i did the same thing when someone called for an employee that no longer worked for us. i said, "she'd not with us anymore", and the person was like, "omg what happened??" now i say they don't work for our company anymore. whoops
Penguin2224 3 years ago
That is quite normal when talking about employees tho, imo
Load More Replies... SheamusFan1987 3 years ago (edited)
Honest mistake, could have been better phrased, but still funny nonetheless (Sorry OP's brother).
#75
“The Amish don’t get covid because they don’t have TVs. So I stopped watching TV.”
Chewie Baron 3 years ago
Depends on what you watch. I once watched one episode of Love Island. TV got chlamydia!
#76
One of my best friends was convinced that Sweden and Finland were the same country and that Iceland didn’t exist.
Jessi Lovely 3 years ago
One of my friends said, “is that a real place?” When I told her I was moving to Ireland. Literally thought it was a magical place where leprechauns live lmao
Juska Jylhä 3 years ago
Well, they used to be, but Iceland does exist (though it´s not made of ice)
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
To be fair, Finland was a part of Sweden back in the day. But I don't know what kind of crummy 18th century map they were getting their info from that's forgotten to include Iceland
Chewie Baron 3 years ago
Finland was once part of Russia, Sweden used to rule over Norway.
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#77
Someone thought light was an element in the periodic table during an interview
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Along with air, fire, and water..... but can't actually skewer this because I love D&D
#78
Why Mexico's Independence Day isn't the same as the US's.
April Morris 3 years ago
I overheard a woman talking to another about how upset she was when she flew to the UK the first week of July and the Brits didn't celebrate the 4th of July. 🤦♀️
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
Every year. Doesn't mean it's a holiday tho.
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I had a roommate that refused to believe that the earth rotates once per day. He insisted it rotated 24,000 times a day, and it was just so fast you couldn't see it. I thought maybe he got confused with 24,000 miles per day (like maybe how fast a point at the equator would rotate around the earth per day). But no. He said it was like when something is spinning so fast it's like a blur and you can't see the spinning anymore. 24,000 complete rotations per day.
Sharron Lindsay 3 years ago
No they just wait for their destination to come around again
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Julie Zugz 3 years ago
If that were so, how could we have photographs of the oceans and continents? They would all be blurry
#80
Mice lay eggs right?.........right?
#81
That all birth control is 100% effective so condoms aren't necessary 🥲
tw 72 3 years ago
Picture this: 4th year university - some guy is confident that the birth control pill is actually an abortion pill; it kills the fetus. 4TH. YEAR. UNIVERSITY.
Lorraine R 3 years ago
Birth control can prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum, so in that sense it can be considered an abortion pill.
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'women who have small breasts, it is because they have little milk to breastfeed, on the other hand women with large breasts store more milk than small ones'
-jack, 3th year of highschool
Trillian 3 years ago
A lot of people seem to think that is how it works. It's not. I have cup size A and I exclusively breastfed both of my kids for 6 months each. And they were both large and chubby babies.
Minath 3 years ago
I was an A cup, ballooned into a C and didn't produce any milk, it was kinda weird!
Load More Replies... BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Post partum helper told me once "Your baby isn't eating well because your breasts are too large. There isn't any space for milk." 1. That's not how boobs work and she should know. 2. My baby had a tongue tie. I have a tongue tie. It's genetic.
Nicky 3 years ago
My friend Patrick said he was in his 20s before he realized it was the letters in the bra size that mattered, not the number. Having a girlfriend with a 42A just meant she had a broad back.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Kinda still wrong. The cup size isn't standardized and a 28DD will have the same cup space as a 38AA. The cups are measured by how many inches the fullest part of breast is larger than the band size. So yes, the bigger the band, the larger the rub cage/back. But the letter is meaningless without the relevant band size
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Monday 3 years ago
and I should give up the idea of breastfeeding my hypothetical children.
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#83
A sous chef who made more money than me, a line cook, sincerely thought leaving a lid on a pot makes bringing water to a boil go slower because it "holds the heat down". I will refrain from repeating the other very horrible things this person has said.
gerry.garh 3 years ago
I'm unsure if the difference can be appreciated in a regular pot. Still, water under pressure boils at a higher temperature (the principle of the pressure pot), so if the heat is constant, it will take longer to boil. The benefit is that food cooks faster, so the total time is shorter, and the energy used is lower.
Judes 3 years ago
A standard pot boils more quickly if you keep the lid on because you're retaining heat in the pot and not losing it to the environment. Also, it's true that water under pressure has a higher boiling point, but this doesn't slow the cooking process because the cooking process really depends on the temperature, not whether or not the pot is boiling. In fact, food cooked under pressure will cook faster because the boiling point is higher so food can get hotter (this is how pressure cookers work).
Load More Replies... #84
I was in a sex ed class in college and we were discussing the anatomical features that a vulva possesses, including the location of the clitoris and how it is on the outside of the body, pretty close to the opening of the vagina. A girl stopped the class to inform us that that was incorrect, and that the clitoris was actually behind the belly button. I can still hear her. “It’s behind the belly button. Behind the belly button. Behind the belly button! Right?”
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
Why do blondes have bruises on their belly button? Because blonde guys are stupid too.
Jessi Lovely 3 years ago
Well the clitoris has the head peeping out but the whole thing does go inside and is pretty big. The “g spot” is basically the clitoris on the inside. I’m not sure if it extends all the way to the belly button 😂 but maybe she got some info confused
#85
My neighbor trying to make a case for America to reinstate the 18th Amendment. His reasoning? Alcohol is forced upon us by the Jews to keep us stupid and complacent.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
So the jews are responsible for the communion wine at catholic churches? I may have stumbled up a new conspiracy theory.
#86
In my freshman year of college, a biology professor started his semester with a speech about how science is how we explain everything in the modern world through experiments and peer review. A girl next to me had a smug look on her face and said, "If science can explain everything then why are people still doing experiments? Can't science just explain it? I mean just read a book." It took me a while to realize her wisdom and then it took me even longer to hold down my laughter.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Oof. In a college honors biology class, the professor was talking about some body process and this one girl starts questioning and saying "Well I'm different from other girls so my body would act differently so you cant say that at as a fact". The professor just looked at her and smiled and cut her off saying "the human body works the same way for everyone, you're not special because you identify differently on the outside"
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
Technically speaking, neither one is 100% correct. Depends on your genes.
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A former friend of mine once said her horse was born as a gelding (no testicles). She seriously thought animals are either born female, male or "castrated". I couldn't believe it 😂
Jenifer Bond 3 years ago
Male horses are never born with the testicles descended. Once they get older if the testicles still haven't dropped they are called ridgelings. If they experience pain from the testicles up inside them the vet removes them otherwise they live life as a rig...
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Sometimes only one testicle drops and is removed, and the vet somehow misses the second one still in the horse’s body. Those are also ridgelings! My (previous horse trainer) mama says every ridgeling she’s every worked with has been somehow even more tricky and temperamental than stallions! Not sure if that’s true or just her experience but I found it interesting.
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#88
"My son can't come back home from base because he refuses to get the vaccine." "Why not? It's just a vaccine." "Hmph! No it isn't! I'm a nurse, I know! They put all kinds of chemicals and stuff in there, and it killed someone a friend knew. Got the vaccine, then had a heart attack a week later!" Said to me by someone who 1. Definitely was not a nurse 2. At a laundromat where all the broke people in my town go 3. After she said her son had to get a bunch of shots to go abroad in the first place.
Monday 3 years ago
No no they may be on to something here. Two weeks after the vaccine my bad knee started hurting so clearly there's something bad in it! /s
Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
I think you're right. My phone died right after I got my first booster shot.
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Hey the day after the vaccine I fainted and knocked myself unconscious. Nevermind I was in the hot sun all day drinking alcohol, I still passed out the day after the vaccine and I never pass out (I usually don't drink outside in the hot sun either). Vaccine is totally to blame. Yup. No other rational explanation for it. 🤦🤷
Lara Verne 3 years ago
Well, one lady in my town said her elderly neighbour died because of vaccine. He was vaccinated more than year ago, and died last week.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
My favorite is the lady who claimed her boyfriend's shedding covid Vax caused her period to stop for months. The woman was in her 40s...
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
Was she sure the vaccine didn't make her pregnant?
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
I don't trust theatres: Lincoln went to a theatre and then he died. Too many knives are also bad: Julius Caesar was probably allergic to them because he died after being stabbed 23 times by several knives.
#89
I once had a co-worker tell me he wanted to eventually take some time off work so he could drive down to Africa and see the Lions... For whatever reason he forgot that South America existed and Africa was not connected to the United States in any way shape or form
Monday 3 years ago
Wait wait...so you're telling me I can't just take a road trip up to North America....dammit! /s
Cuppa tea? 3 years ago
Well, theoretically you can drive up through North Pole when is frozen, then onto Russia, down to Middle East and voilà - you are in Africa.
#90
"Wasn't the pledge that thing that killed half of Europe?" - a girl I knew from school "Humans actually have 306 bones in their bodies. Everyone always seems to be 100 off these days. Except me, of course." -a know-it-all, bratty kid who thought he was the smartest person in the universe even though basically everything he said was wrong.
Bored Person 3 years ago
Babies are born with around 306 but they weld together to about 100 less. Is he calling himself a baby?
#91
I work at a coffee shop. On a daily basis people will ask if we have hot coffee.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I get it but at the same time, I would order drip coffee from DD in Seoul and they'd always tell me it would take a few minutes since they didn't have any brewed. Literally every time. I'd order it because it was cheaper than Americano
Samantha Mannion 3 years ago
Seriously what is that about I work at dunkin and literally all the time lmao
#92
My dad is a violinist in the Cleveland orchestra. They were on tour in East Germany 15 years ago. So he's on a train talking to one of the other violinists about how crazy it is after all these years, there is still bombed out buildings that hadn't been torn down or dealt with since wwii. Then stereotypical blonde chimes in... "wait, wasn't Germany our allies in the war?" One of the stupidest things I've ever heard and I wasn't even there
#93
I had a friend of a friend in middle school completely believe and argue with me that mice ran the traffic lights. She really believed that mice went into the traffic lights and changed the color, that why you always saw mice around busy roads. And wheen I say middle school I mean 8th grade, 13-14 years old. She didn't have the best upbringing...
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure there's an imp running my phone. My settings keep getting changed.
Load More Replies... Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
This is kind of cute though. Poor girl for her up bringing I hope it got better.
#94
A former high school colleague asked how planets stay put if there’s no gravity in “the space”. She followed up with “and if there’s no friction wouldn’t the planets keep moving in space? So how did they stop in the perfect place to form life?” As you can probably guess, she was going for the “Proof God Exists” argument but wasn’t doing herself any favors with that reasoning.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
I imagine she was one of the people who couldn't comprehend orbits as "traveling at a given speed in a frictionless environment"
#95
I have a lot of birthmarks, some girl in high school pointed it out and said "oh, is it because you're mixed race?"
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
A girl in my school (can't remember exactly but we should've been 12-13) was absolutely adamant that the number of dark birthmarks/beautymarks/freckles on a white person was the number of black ancestors the person had 😶
#96
MLM's are the ideal investing strategy
#97
I work on trains 😅 I hear alot of stupid stuff but this was my top one yet. We got to a station and the signal ahead was on red light meaning stop or do not proceed bassically the same as traffic lights, not complicated to explain. Made a announcement "sorry for the delay, we are currently being held on a red signal and will be moving momentarily" we did 5 minutes later but got stopped at the next station. A couple were walking down the platform toward the exit I hear the husband/BF go "ah stuck at a red signal again" I acknowledge him and said "Yeh, red signal again" his misses looks me dead in the eye "whats a red signal?" I was stunned for a moment as I thought she was pulling my leg but she was seriouse. Her husband chimed in "you know, red means stop green means go" he said to her and we both saw she still hadn't sunk it in, he spoke again "like a traffic light" she took maybe 5 to 10 seconds but she gave a like "ooooo" as they kept walking down the platform..... All I could think in that moment was she rather having a blank day where your head not functioning correctly or she one of the people you thing 'how do you get up in the morning'
#98
My college educated friend said that her co-worker’s new baby had a “generic” disease. My other friend was waxing poetic about wanting to be a teacher. She said “I want to be the one teaching them that there are 24 letters in the alphabet!” And yes, she did go on to teach.
Nathaniel 3 years ago (edited)
We do not need Q and U, just use Kw, like it is kwiet here today. 24 letters only!
Gabby Ghoul 3 years ago (edited)
Funny thing, when I learned Spanish it had letters that aren't considered letters anymore but diagraphs instead.
#99
One of my classmates said, “why you speaking Mexican?”.
#100
When I had to fill out the form at the vets office I actually asked the difference between “breed” and “species”. In my defense it was the form to get her ashes back and I was distraught but yeah, still thinking about that…
Local foodie 3 years ago
You had a brain fart in the midst of grief. This is perfectly understandable
#101
An ex’s friend who was studying genetics at Uni and in the middle of preparing a report on their study of manipulating a frogs genes to make them glow in the dark stopped to ask us “What day is Christmas this year?” - not as in “On what day does Christmas fall this year” - as in “What *date* is Christmas this year?” They had a brain fart and thought that Christmas, like Easter, moved.
tw 72 3 years ago
I think spiders should glow in the dark, too. Easier to manage that way.
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Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
I absolutely cant stand that. So your telling me (according to Christianity) that the day Jesus was born is a set date but his death isn't? I could slightly see it the other way around but the way we have it now is absolute bullocks
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It's because we know they aren't the literal dates he was born and died. Easter is set based on the season of lent, which changes based on the moon that year I think. Christmas stays the same because of the periods of celebrating before it and the liturgical dates when certain bible stories are featured in the church calendar.
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My sister has very severe dyslexia. Once she asked me how to spell USB. I was dumfounded and thought she was joking. She asked again, how do you spell USB. I was like, yeah ok, its literally spelled USB as you say it. She freaked out and told me not to bully her for the dyslexia and tell her how to actually spell it. I started laughing and wrote it down on a piece of paper.. ill never forget the look on her face when she realised
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
Agreed. As someone with dyslexia mayself. We certainly can have similar moments where letters just don't match up correctly. I struggle hard personally with the J and G
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Marilyn Holt 3 years ago
yuessbee? Perhaps she has just heard the word and didn't realize it referred to the letters.
Patricia Healton 3 years ago
During troubleshooting the internet for callers I have had them ask how to spell abc
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
I used have a small side business as a web designer. A customer wanted an animated intro to the site, like a site-loader. So I sent them a link to look at the one I created and great- they love it. Then like 2 days later I get a message saying there's something wrong with the loader. So of course I go check it out right away- seems fine so I ask what's going on. They said they tried to show it to someone else but it wasn't moving for them. That it was frozen. I spend like 2 days trying to figure out if it was a browser issue, was a coding issue- can't figure it out. Come to find out they *printed* the loader page and were confused as to why it wasn't moving. ON PAPER. I was like "because this isn't Hogwarts." Even after I kindly explained it, they weren't embarrassed or like 'oh wow duh'. They were a little upset it wasn't working and tried to get a rebate on the service. That was the last job I took. I was getting burned out and that just made the decision to stop easier.
Den Ver 3 years ago
"Because this isn't Hogwarts". ... This is now in my arsenal.
Load More Replies... Daniel O'Neal 3 years ago
How about a certain someone who recently suggested that if you have solar power, your electricity will shut off at night?
Memere 3 years ago
I had to look that one up. Should have known it was that dumb blonde from Georgia!
Load More Replies... Bill Allen 3 years ago
At the post office, customer wants one stamp. I said that will be 49 cents. He hands me a dollar and as he is putting the stamp on his letter and I’m getting his change he says, “how much are stamps these days anyway?” As I’m sliding his 51 cents change over to him I say, “um, 49 cents.” He goes, “Oh, right.” Walks out giggling.
Injun Joe 3 years ago
When younger, someone told me not to play with my belly button because it's a stomach cancer risk. Imagine the laughter in biology when I asked teacher. But the teacher did say that was an interesting question. Being the naval and all. But hey, I didn't get picked on. Actually had a few after class that introduced themselves. I was new in town and what an ice breaker!
Den Ver 3 years ago
When I was very young, I was told that if I ate too many cucumber slices, "weeds would grow out of my ears" due to the large size of the seeds - which could easily be seen. I don't know if I thought it was stupid at the time, but I didn't believe it. I ate as many cucumbers as I wanted. When I woke up the next morning, weeds were covering my bed. Thanks dad.
Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago
Back in the day, sent a client a proof of artwork via fax. Her: It's supposed to be blue! Why isn't it the colour I chose?! Had to slowly explain that the ink in the fax machine was black. Winter, in the middle of a power cut in which the whole street was out, all staff standing in the foyer IN THE DARK trying to decide whether to close (1 hour to go), old man pops in for a photocopy. Co-worker: Sorry, but as you can see we have no power. Him: But I only want one! Had an argument with a client who INSISTED that 12.00am was midday; this was for an invitation for a gallery opening. Good luck with that! He finally saw sense, but, phew! I could go on. People are stupid ...
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My cousin moved to the US (we are in UK) in a time before internet. Her mum was sad how long mail took, my dad showed her how to use a fax. She sat down, wrote a long letter, popped in an envelope and faxed the envelope. My dad is tried to explain why it wouldn't work, but she said it was private and he had told her it worked like instant mail. So funny to watch my dad and his sister trying to understand each other.
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Rob Williams 3 years ago
I was in the USA in a gas station five or so years ago, a guy asked if I was from England, I replied yes, do you like Boxing, again yes, to which he replied do you know Rick Hatton (popular Brit boxer at the time) I said sadly no. The UK population is 67M lol
Haha names who needs them 3 years ago
I'd say most of these could have been brainfarts, or stuff like that. Like I thought we lived to the south of dublin while we actually live to the north- and I'm considered rhe smart one XD
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I used have a small side business as a web designer. A customer wanted an animated intro to the site, like a site-loader. So I sent them a link to look at the one I created and great- they love it. Then like 2 days later I get a message saying there's something wrong with the loader. So of course I go check it out right away- seems fine so I ask what's going on. They said they tried to show it to someone else but it wasn't moving for them. That it was frozen. I spend like 2 days trying to figure out if it was a browser issue, was a coding issue- can't figure it out. Come to find out they *printed* the loader page and were confused as to why it wasn't moving. ON PAPER. I was like "because this isn't Hogwarts." Even after I kindly explained it, they weren't embarrassed or like 'oh wow duh'. They were a little upset it wasn't working and tried to get a rebate on the service. That was the last job I took. I was getting burned out and that just made the decision to stop easier.
Den Ver 3 years ago
"Because this isn't Hogwarts". ... This is now in my arsenal.
Load More Replies... Daniel O'Neal 3 years ago
How about a certain someone who recently suggested that if you have solar power, your electricity will shut off at night?
Memere 3 years ago
I had to look that one up. Should have known it was that dumb blonde from Georgia!
Load More Replies... Bill Allen 3 years ago
At the post office, customer wants one stamp. I said that will be 49 cents. He hands me a dollar and as he is putting the stamp on his letter and I’m getting his change he says, “how much are stamps these days anyway?” As I’m sliding his 51 cents change over to him I say, “um, 49 cents.” He goes, “Oh, right.” Walks out giggling.
Injun Joe 3 years ago
When younger, someone told me not to play with my belly button because it's a stomach cancer risk. Imagine the laughter in biology when I asked teacher. But the teacher did say that was an interesting question. Being the naval and all. But hey, I didn't get picked on. Actually had a few after class that introduced themselves. I was new in town and what an ice breaker!
Den Ver 3 years ago
When I was very young, I was told that if I ate too many cucumber slices, "weeds would grow out of my ears" due to the large size of the seeds - which could easily be seen. I don't know if I thought it was stupid at the time, but I didn't believe it. I ate as many cucumbers as I wanted. When I woke up the next morning, weeds were covering my bed. Thanks dad.
Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago
Back in the day, sent a client a proof of artwork via fax. Her: It's supposed to be blue! Why isn't it the colour I chose?! Had to slowly explain that the ink in the fax machine was black. Winter, in the middle of a power cut in which the whole street was out, all staff standing in the foyer IN THE DARK trying to decide whether to close (1 hour to go), old man pops in for a photocopy. Co-worker: Sorry, but as you can see we have no power. Him: But I only want one! Had an argument with a client who INSISTED that 12.00am was midday; this was for an invitation for a gallery opening. Good luck with that! He finally saw sense, but, phew! I could go on. People are stupid ...
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My cousin moved to the US (we are in UK) in a time before internet. Her mum was sad how long mail took, my dad showed her how to use a fax. She sat down, wrote a long letter, popped in an envelope and faxed the envelope. My dad is tried to explain why it wouldn't work, but she said it was private and he had told her it worked like instant mail. So funny to watch my dad and his sister trying to understand each other.
Load More Replies... Rob Williams 3 years ago
I was in the USA in a gas station five or so years ago, a guy asked if I was from England, I replied yes, do you like Boxing, again yes, to which he replied do you know Rick Hatton (popular Brit boxer at the time) I said sadly no. The UK population is 67M lol
Haha names who needs them 3 years ago
I'd say most of these could have been brainfarts, or stuff like that. Like I thought we lived to the south of dublin while we actually live to the north- and I'm considered rhe smart one XD
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