Online Group Shares 50 “Terminally Stupid” People Showing How Dumb They Really Are
We’re all guilty of having done something dumb in the past. Things that sometimes keep us awake at night or make us cringe in the middle of the workday. Remember that idiotic thing that you did way back in middle school that made everyone laugh at you? Yeah, let’s spend the next four hours obsessing over it and imagining how things couldn’t have gone worse and how everyone’s probably still laughing at you. However, getting some perspective can set us free.
That’s where the r/TerminallyStupid subreddit, an online community with just over 121k members, comes in. The group documents the times when “terminally stupid” people were “dumb in a way that threatens their safety or someone else’s.” And the things they post are most likely miles worse than anything we’ve ever done.
We’re featuring some of their best pics, so grab yourself some popcorn and get ready to dive deep into the abyss that’s known as human stupidity. We hear that, much like the universe, it’s thought to be infinite.
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I See You're As Intolerant As You Are Stupid
Still, the fact that someone is writing in a foreign language is no reason to alert security. This was dumb on so many levels...
How Could Someone Even Begin To Think This Is How It Works?
We Make Changes That Don't Need To Happen:
The subreddit is fairly fresh. r/TerminallyStupid was founded in late February of 2019 and will be celebrating its third birthday in less than two months.
If you’re planning on becoming a member of the community, then you should keep the rules the moderators set out in mind. First things first, the content that you post has to match the spirit and direction of the subreddit itself. “Any post that does not have some terminally stupid person in them will be removed. This does not include posts about the subreddit itself,” the moderators explain that things have to be relevant.
*facepalms*
Flat Earth
To Destroy A Giant Snowman
Meanwhile, even though at the core of the subreddit lies the desire to poke fun at people who do really dumb stuff, the moderators still care about those people’s privacy. On that note, all names have to be blurred or scratched out so that they’re not readable. The same thing applies to license plates.
The only exceptions are public figures and famous people who we, obviously, know and can comment on their behavior openly as much as we like. However, this doesn’t mean that the focus should be on politics. “Please, No politics. This subreddit is not going to devolve into a fight between the left and right. Users found to be in violation of this rule will be banned,” r/TerminallyStupid’s mods warn.
We Are Always Eating Things We Shouldn't
This Employer
Well That Sucks
Could you imagine going through pregnancy, risking your life giving birth, tearing yourself hole to hole, sacrificing sleep, time and money...all for your kid to turn out like this. Reason #288 why I prefer cats to kids.
lol it's called investing, not sacrificing. You don't have the mindset for being a healthy parent :P
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I had the opposite happen to me. I wore my a 5 pointed pentagram to work and someone asked me if I was Jewish. I said no. Then he angrily asked why I was wearing the star of David.
Some counties(maybe for different departments, idk where) have 5 or 7. :)
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I bet the there's a lot of Jewish people saying no she's not one of ours thank goodness
It's totally cool.. really , not a problem dude ... Seriously, it's only a TATTOO . permanence should always be a spur of the moment knee jerk decision
A star with six points is a hexagram (if you want to say it in Greek).
Well if she exes that bottom triangle, she'll have her 5 points.
A star of david comes without the circle, that's a hexagram, a symbol of witchcraft
What a waste of (leg) space... I'd be running to get a cover-up. [There's nothing wrong with the design of either a Star of David or a pentagram, but the quality of that tattoo is atrocious!]
Well, the upside is, it can be covered up pretty nicely by a professional artist.
If they can't even spell 'tattoo" why did they think they could do it?
On the plus side, cover ups and removals are a thing. The downside is you put this on the internet.
I have a few stick n' pokes on my wrists and hands, they are an ugly reminder of a beautiful time.
Previously, I interviewed Vanessa Bohns, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University. We spoke about embarrassment, knowledge blind spots, and how we should react when we make big blunders.
"We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed," Vanessa explained to Bored Panda what happens when our perception of how great we think we are doesn’t match reality.
Am Does Not Exist In The English Language!
Hmm...
Wow, Just Wow
Believe me this happens it really does - stupid but very entertaining!
"Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, 'Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,' which is embarrassing,” the expert said.
It’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to embarrassment. In fact, it can be a very positive force. That is if we react accordingly.
Many Of Us Are Still Figuring Out This Whole Reproduction Thing
Food Can’t Fly
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“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you,” Vanessa said.
“So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react,” Vanessa said that we shouldn’t feel embarrassed about feeling embarrassed. In fact, trying to hide our embarrassment can actually backfire on us.
I Love Reptiles, Too...
Just Give It A Snorkel
Just Don’t Buy It?
Free healthcare should be a human right, not a way to profit from misery.
“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect of embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in,” she said. In short, owning up to having done something downright dumb and incredibly stupid by embracing our embarrassment is the mature, emotionally healthy way to react. Trying to hide the fact that we messed up, however, won’t win us any friends.
Brexit At A Whole New Level
Locked Out
Jesus....
This Guy
Wow. Just Opened Themselves Up For All The Jokes
I swear, every time I read these kinds of things, some of my brain cells commit suicide :(
Excuse Me Ma'am...that's Not How That Works...
Dumba**
"Just sitting here.....eating popcorn....cell phone in hand with 9-1-....already punched in..."
15 Idiots Decided To Park On A Frozen Lake During 45 Degree Weather
Damn Bumbledoofus
Free
I would like to think that behind the grey boxes it says "ninjas". Damn ninjas stealing condoms. Yep. I'm going to go with that.
No Matter How Unsafe It Sounds
Oh America
we in the UK celebrate the 4th of July as the day we banished you from the empire
This Idiot Who Was Going Over 80mph With They’re Dog Not Secured To The Back Of The Truck. I Called The Nhp On Them. It Was Scared To Death. I Was Afraid I Was Going To See A Dog Smear On The Side Of I-80
Everything Is Food To Us:
This Guys Asking The Important Questions!
No sir you must upgrade to a compatible windows ten mouse pad which costs 50% more!
Just So Wrong In So Many Ways....
We Take Dumb Risks
I Have No Words
And thank God the rest of us have freeways to hold the diseases at bay! /s
We Have No Idea How To Stay Healthy
Some anti-vaxxer once said to a friend of mine "I won't take the vaccine. I'd rather die healthy" like wtf!!
Kids And Their Cell Phones
Mind Blowing
We Are Powerless To Things That Look Like Chocolate
Grown A** Man Got His Finger Stuck In The Wall At Chipotle
My Brother Put A Chopping Board Under The Pizza To Catch The Stuff It Drops
Friend Of Mine Started Their Day Off Poorly
We Confuse Syrup And Sanitizer
Wondered why I had the urge to lick my fingers after sanitizing my hands!
We Are A Little Too Eager To Play With Mysterious Substances
"I accidentally broke my thermometer and this liquid came out. It's so fun to play with !"
I'm calling shenanigans on this one. That's far more mercury than you'd get in the average thermometer.
Where Is Gordon Ramsey When You Need Him
Ice Isn’t Real And Snow Is Made Of Chemtrails
Painted Himself In A Corner
Wasn't Paying Attention While Painting And Drinking Tea, Guess Which One I Just Took A Sip Of?
Never Bake Cookies In A Crop Top
I don't see how this one belongs here. It's an accident, and the poster is fully aware of the silliness of it.
Note: this post originally had 93 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
I'm not sure how many are stupid, how many are (bad) jokes, and how many are just cases where we all have that "brain fart" moment. That said, my one friend homeschooled her kid so brilliantly (note: sarcasm) that he's a flat-earther. In the US Air Force.
so he's never noticed the curvature of the earth at 40 000 feet? weird.
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Admitting ones own stupidity is the most intelligent thing one can do.
Azam is admitting their stupidity yet i still do not believe they are intelligent
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Some people really just haven't heard the life lessons the rest of us have. Case in point a flatmate at my first flat, whom I found trying to pry her stuck toast out of the toaster with a solid metal butter knife. Honestly it was so on the nose I thought she was pranking me for a split second then I saw the toaster elements were on 🤦♀️ she was ok, I screamed and thankfully she jumped but dropped the knife (I didn't scream on purpose)
I have been told since I was a child to never put metal in the toaster, and I always took it to heart. And yet every single freaking time something gets stuck in the toaster, I grab a fork or knife and get about an inch away from sticking it in there before I suddenly remember and stop myself. All of us are complete effin' idiots sometimes.
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The nice thing about reposts is, we can take them back out and enjoy them again next year. Many of these are quite traditional by now.
Yeah I kinda like the reposts. A lot of people don’t but I still like them
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This makes me feel better about all the brain fart moments I've been having recently.
i always laugh at these, but i've had my moments as well: I've picked up a curling rod by the hot part, thought Vermont wasn't a real state and was made up for the movie White Christmas until I was there (13 years old), got onto the neighbor's roof and sat on the glass skylight with a crack in it (thankfully I didn't fall through), and thrown a glass Christmas ornament to someone who was not actually there (it was me, in a mirror. i threw a glass ornament to my own reflection. needless to say the ornament did not make it.)
I just love these- it brings out my sarcastic bent, my bitchiness, and I can be as stupid as you comments. thanks Bored Panda - More please!
sometimes it a case of receiving a poor education either through parents or the school system rather than stupidity
Who's dumber, the subjects of these posts, or the ones in the comments who apparently aren't bright enough to figure out that most of them are jokes or trolls?
Had a patient before, she is on her 30's. She told me that she is tired of coughing and don't like the taste of the phlegm. I told her to cough it out and spit it and she said that the previous nurse never told her that.
I've got mixed feelings about this post. First I want to really like and care about humans. Then I read this post and start to feel despair. Is this just bad education or genuine stupidity?
I'm pretty sure that I've been in online debates with most of these people.
I used to think gamma rays were something invented by Marvel and that they weren’t a real thing
So these customers intend to spend thousands on a new car (which probably took years to save, or will take years to pay back the loan), and you think it's stupid of them to shop around and take their time to consider their expensive purchase? You are, essentially, saying that impulse-buying would be the smarter move.
Load More Replies... I'm not sure how many are stupid, how many are (bad) jokes, and how many are just cases where we all have that "brain fart" moment. That said, my one friend homeschooled her kid so brilliantly (note: sarcasm) that he's a flat-earther. In the US Air Force.
so he's never noticed the curvature of the earth at 40 000 feet? weird.
Load More Replies... Admitting ones own stupidity is the most intelligent thing one can do.
Azam is admitting their stupidity yet i still do not believe they are intelligent
Load More Replies... Some people really just haven't heard the life lessons the rest of us have. Case in point a flatmate at my first flat, whom I found trying to pry her stuck toast out of the toaster with a solid metal butter knife. Honestly it was so on the nose I thought she was pranking me for a split second then I saw the toaster elements were on 🤦♀️ she was ok, I screamed and thankfully she jumped but dropped the knife (I didn't scream on purpose)
I have been told since I was a child to never put metal in the toaster, and I always took it to heart. And yet every single freaking time something gets stuck in the toaster, I grab a fork or knife and get about an inch away from sticking it in there before I suddenly remember and stop myself. All of us are complete effin' idiots sometimes.
Load More Replies... The nice thing about reposts is, we can take them back out and enjoy them again next year. Many of these are quite traditional by now.
Yeah I kinda like the reposts. A lot of people don’t but I still like them
Load More Replies... This makes me feel better about all the brain fart moments I've been having recently.
i always laugh at these, but i've had my moments as well: I've picked up a curling rod by the hot part, thought Vermont wasn't a real state and was made up for the movie White Christmas until I was there (13 years old), got onto the neighbor's roof and sat on the glass skylight with a crack in it (thankfully I didn't fall through), and thrown a glass Christmas ornament to someone who was not actually there (it was me, in a mirror. i threw a glass ornament to my own reflection. needless to say the ornament did not make it.)
I just love these- it brings out my sarcastic bent, my bitchiness, and I can be as stupid as you comments. thanks Bored Panda - More please!
sometimes it a case of receiving a poor education either through parents or the school system rather than stupidity
Who's dumber, the subjects of these posts, or the ones in the comments who apparently aren't bright enough to figure out that most of them are jokes or trolls?
Had a patient before, she is on her 30's. She told me that she is tired of coughing and don't like the taste of the phlegm. I told her to cough it out and spit it and she said that the previous nurse never told her that.
I've got mixed feelings about this post. First I want to really like and care about humans. Then I read this post and start to feel despair. Is this just bad education or genuine stupidity?
I'm pretty sure that I've been in online debates with most of these people.
I used to think gamma rays were something invented by Marvel and that they weren’t a real thing
So these customers intend to spend thousands on a new car (which probably took years to save, or will take years to pay back the loan), and you think it's stupid of them to shop around and take their time to consider their expensive purchase? You are, essentially, saying that impulse-buying would be the smarter move.
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