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
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
Grown Adult Doesn’t Understand How Rainbows Work
“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
I know a guy named Trevor, i see him in my town from time to time. I enjoy talking with him. Next time i see him, he will wonder what is so funny.
Load More Replies...I once met a girl whose mother told her to shower only, never bath or swim or the water would go through her navel and drown the baby. The girl had been raised by her eccentric, reclusive mother and homeschooled. I have no idea how she managed to meet the baby's father.
It's not dumb to think dumbass people like this could actually exist...you must not live in the US
Load More Replies...Friendly reminder.. .even if this is fake me..people like this are real... The do exist and they vote lol
That poor woman... So many systems have failed her if she can carry a fetus without having any idea of how that works or how to protect everyone involved. There are so many basic facts that would help her here... That water doesn't soak into, and then drip out of, your internal organs when taking a bath; that the baby is already swimming in amniotic fluid, that it's difficult to get water to go upwards if you're in the shower... I just feel bad that she's so uninformed about her own body
I feel awful for her too. It's possible she has learning difficulties or has grown up very sheltered and knows absolutely nothing about her own body. She really needs help, not ridicule.
Load More Replies...This has to be fake, there's no way someone went 5 full months without washing themselves.
Oh but it is. I have distant family that used their tub for dirty laundry and storage. Yes it was the only tub, no they didn't shower elsewhere, and yes you could tell by the smell. I don't know how often they bathed but I do know going six months without for them was just normal. Very sad situation.
Load More Replies...Trevor might not make it after he's born either. He does have you for a mom, after all.
If you haven't showered in 5 months... Godzilla wouldn't touch you! LOL
How am I supposed to know if her husband has or has not touched her in months?
You don't. Where do you think the expression 'nine months of stink' came from?
This and the one where the obgyn had to tell a woman that the baby didn't eat sperm. She called in saying she was too sick to have second and wanted to make sure the baby wouldn't starve. Her husband had lied to her to get her to sleep with him when she didn't feel like it it. Lol
Nothing really "lol" about it though... its sad that he forced her to have sex like that.
Load More Replies...i want to believe this is fake and people just playing around online - but then sometimes i watch reality tv and think this is real - very very real. and absolutely sad. Can you ikagih ever being in a situation where you had to choose to save this person or the lady who thinks squirrels are reptiles ....
Take your stinky ass to the shower and god help your child cause you beyond ignorant
This is why parenting should be taught before you have one. Your baby lives in fluid take a shower it won't drown had 5 kids showered when I wanted to all 5 are alive talk to your doctor. PLEASE.
I can only hope she is going to the doctor, but maybe not. You would think the doc would notice the smell.
This is having a baby? It needs to be neutered, it’s not capable of being a parent to a bloody pet rock let alone a human baby.
I hope the daddy's gene pool is strong enough to overcome this pathetic influence.
If you don't bathe for 5 months even someone who loves you may not want to touch you.
I feel bad for that baby... his mom is the stupidest person in the world no wonder the father doesn't wanna touch her anymore.
How is it possible no one taught them anything growing up. Including their current doctor.
I fear for Trevor for entirely different reasons. Seriously though, proper education is vital, especially when it involves reproduction.
I swear this is poor woman was told an old wives tale myth by a family member. My mom used to have a water bed she would lay me on until she read in, either a book or magazine, "babies shouldn't be on water beds because they can't swim and may drown."
I sense a religious based “sex education” (abstinence) program somewhere between the lines. If this is real, It’s just sad, especially knowing the baby on the way. This person can’t even take care of themselves.
Ok, I hope this is a joke, or little Trevor is and has been way smarter from Day 1-also can't blame the husband.
Wear one of those giant ikea bags. Just cut a hole in the bottom and step through the armholes. Water can't pool in bag and you can wash up so baby doesn't get some nasty germs from what hasn't been washed on a regular basis. Nothing worse than a kid busting through all that has gathered there.
I think someone skipped middle school sex ed. Go talk to your doctor ASAP.
This is why mandatory sex ed should be a thing. And for those too stupid to understand it, injected contraceptives. These people vote, okay.
Luckily for her, getting knocked up didn't really require many brain cells....
If she hasn't showered in 5 months, her husband deserves kudos simply for staying in the same house!
The doctor that has to deal with her vagina during the birth is not going to have a good time.
I was just thinking the same thing! Sadly in my ob/gyn office they have a sign that asks people to not only refrain from smoking and putting on perfume before their appointment, but also to shower and maintain good personal hygiene. I shudder to think about what the doc had to endure in order to make this sign a necessity.
Load More Replies...There should really be a common sense test before people are allowed to reproduce...
Aaaggghhh! The smell! That poor husband! 🤢🤮 The poor doctor having to deal with her rank and her stupidity
If she hadn't touched water in months, she'd be in hospital with any number of issues, so I call BS/troll/clickbait/bad joke on this one.
Gotta be fake right? Wouldn't she have mentioned this "fear" to her OBGYN? What does she think the child is swimming in now? Her husband ain't touched her but didn't tell her why? Smdh!
How did this person make it to adulthood? Its cringey but its scary that someone that doesn't understand basic human body functions will be caring for & raising a child.
You don't wash soon that baby gonna come early because of the smell - DAMN!
Please put a plactic (sic) bag over your head when you take a bath.
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.
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.
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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