Have you ever asked yourself: “Why are people so dumb?” Be it because of the way they behave in public, the way they drive, or the way they put themselves, intentionally or not, in harm’s way, some people really possess the ability to make fellow human beings roll their eyes in disbelief or sigh in frustration.
Of course, someone might say, “Let people do dumb things if they don’t learn from their own mistakes,” but the thing here is that it is often other people who suffer from the consequences. Unfortunately, one stupid action may lead to a whole bunch of disasters, but the person responsible for it won’t even realize the damage. That’s not to say that smart people never make mistakes, but most of the time, they learn not to repeat them.
Users of AskReddit shared their opinions as to what things exist only because of other people’s stupidity — to either prevent its consequences or, sad as it is, to take advantage of dumb people. They voiced a lot of interesting, thought-provoking points of view. Do you agree with this list? Is there anything else that, in your opinion, exists only because people do dumb things? Share in the comments.
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"I know a lot of people say warning labels, but let's be honest... Warning labels have probably never stopped stupid people from doing stupid things. They're just there to protect corporations from getting lawsuits."
Funny how years back approving product labels for mass production was part of my job. Seems old times are still haunting me.
Load More Replies..."The belief that vaccines cause autism."
Well in my opinion you are better off than the people who say vaccines cause autism. Being autistic is often nothing compared to being an idiot.
Load More Replies...It's been reported that there is a higher than average proportion of research scientists on the spectrum than in other walks of life. So technically, autism causes vaccines.
My sister believed the anti vax schpeal, didn't allow my nephew to get vaccinated, he was diagnosed with autism 6 years ago
You know, the doctor that published that study was intentionally misleading and eventually lost his medical license for his nonsense. Sadly, the harm was already done.
I thought he was the one that died of "suicide" with 2 shots in the back of his head in a public garden...I could be wrong though. I do know this situation happened in regards to some kind of vaccine before all the cov vax hype.
Load More Replies......and even if it did: is seeing them dying from measles/polio/whatever such a great show you'd risk it to avoid dealing with autism?
Load More Replies..."Peanut allergy warnings on jars of peanut butter."
I hope not, but the other? I know folks stupid enough they would eat a food item they are allergic to because they cannot read
"Expiration date on salt. It’s been in the ground longer than time itself. Regulations on food have required an expiration date. That pure salt that was mined out of the earth is not going to go bad sitting in your dry goods pantry."
expiration date on a bottle of water... its for the packaging apparently.
Like bottled water, the expiration is for the container. Those containers can actually get mold growing in the box depending on where it's stored.
I have benefited from these expiration dates. My local shop sold electric bulbs for half the normal price because they were running out. They had a one year expiration day from packing!
I don't use salt much, and still have a container that I bought in the 90s
"'Wearing this costume does not enable you to fly.' - tag on a Superman Halloween costume."
Odds are it was added to the tag after someone already tried to fly... ... .. .
Load More Replies...My cousin thought his Spiderman sneakers would allow him to climb the walls. He was like 2.
They may not be able to achieve controled flight, but they can still " fly/free fall/glide " depending on the weather conditions and of how high they jump.......
"People who genuinely believe 5G is bad and that coronavirus is fake."
Can you imagine similar people a hundred years ago? Many things appeared back then, but there was no internet where like-minded people would come together and discuss their extreme views.
Yes, there have always been sceptics, deniers and conspiracy theorists, but they wouldn't have got the platform previously that the media, and social media in particular, enables, so crackpot ideas weren't so widespread.
Load More Replies...I remember first hearing that 5G was responsible for Corona virus. I giggled, assuming it was a joke. Went in to work and heard people talking about it like it might be true, I did not have a clue how to respond.
My head manager at my old retail job had these beliefs. Dude was otherwise a cool guy, tbh the nicest and most approachable of all the managers, but he was NUTS. If it was a slow night he’d stand there and tell me about all of the bad things 5G did to your body. Then he’d pull out his phone and go on Facebook… XD He also believed that “radio waves” caused the Great Flu pandemic in 1918, because he claimed “the radio” had just been invented that year - thus OBVIOUSLY it caused the Great Flu. I couldn’t even bring myself to explain to him that radio had been invented in the 1880s-1890s.
Load More Replies...That annoys me, folks thinking Covid is fake. I caught it at the beginning of the pandemic, and I have long Covid.
I don't believe that 5G is bad, but I do know that we also cannot just say it isn't and leave it at that. That's not scientific. By the facts and technological measurements we have right now, we have no data to suggest that 5G could be bad. So FOR NOW, as far as we know, 5G is fine. But that doesn't mean it is indeed fine. It can always happen that research advances technology and we uncover a side of 5G that is indeed bad, and has long time effects we cannot know yet. We should always base our decisions on what is known so far, thus for 'believing' that 5G is bad without proof is definitely stupid. But let's not fall into the opposite extreme and make science into some sort of religious dogma, that cannot be doubted. Which is a worrying tendency I see more often nowadays
"Influencers."
"Warning signs on chainsaws that say "do not attempt to stop blades with hands or genitals"."
Ok so I can use my nose then. Or maybe my ears? Good old-fashioned medieval punishment for stupidity :D
Preventing lawsuits from people that don't realise that a hand is quite more fragile than a pine tree. Or those who use chainsaws with clogs and thin trousers. Yes, clogs, I came across one been at a time with this safety equipment...
It should also say do not attempt to start with blade and bar between your legs!
Beginnerer wrote: "The belief of a flat earth." BATTLEHOOG replied: "This is by far my favorite conspiracy just to laugh at just cause like.... why? Who would lie about that?! What is there to gain from people thinking the earth is actually a globe?!"
Some think that there is a wall of ice and that there are land on the other side that is concealed from the rest of us. Others have all kinds of ideas wrapped in word sallad. This is a good debunk/debate on the topic if you ever thought the earth was not a spheroid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-7vs0BkLE&t=10s
In a few videos, The Click says he wants to pay a group of flat-earthers to find the edge to film it.
Load More Replies...Not only that the earth is flat, but it is covered by a dome. Just like the tv show. He also won't call me because the prefix of my phone # is 666.
"Wealthy televangelists."
Arghhh! It's despicable how much money they make off lying to people.
"Measles. In 2000, measles was nearly eradicated, but then anti-vaxxers brought it back to popularity. I should mention it was nearly eradicated in the U.S.A. Measles is still very prevalent in other places around the globe."
I find the anti vax issue only slightly amusing because a few years ago you couldn't enroll your kid in school unless their vaccination card was up-to-date. We literally had no choice. I remember when I was 12, back in 1984, standing in line with the other girls in my grade to get a German measles vaccine.
And now people are faking those medical reports in order to send their kids to school because I guess their principles don't extend to lying. I swear to god if my baby died of measles or some other disease because your little timmy was too precious to get vaccinated but you also didn't keep him out of public places with babies, such as the public park with me and my 3 month old, where he, as a non-symptomatic carrier of measles, now infects my baby and kills her.... I would literally kill the mother. I consider what she did premeditated murder, honestly. If you don't want to vaccinate your kids, then they don't get to use public services like public school and public playgrounds, parks etc. To be with the public, we have to follow some public rules. You aren't allowed to stab people, you aren't allowed to walk around naked and violate health codes...and you need to be vaccinated to commune with the rest of society. If you don't want to then you don't get to live with the rest of us.
Load More Replies...I had both kinds of the measles when I was little. Back then they only had a vaccine that would lesson the symptoms of the disease but not prevent it. I was the first born so I was the one that brought home all of the childhood diseases from school and infect my siblings. My poor mom!
I'm almost 70, measles, chicken pox, etc., were considered 'normal' childhood illnesses. It's a wonder so many of us survived.
Load More Replies...I have a solution for antivaxxers, drop them on an island and wait for them all to perish from some disease that everyone is vaccinated against
Edit: hit the wrong button. I worked with many patients who had normal IQ's and were considered normal at birth but then got measles. That was that.
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"The disclaimer on a microwave that says "you can't dry your cat in this". Some women killed her cat that way."
You Cannot put any living thing in a Microwave Oven to dry it.The water particles that make up 90%of them will get too excited!
There are unfortunately worse things that have been cooked in microwaves. Please take my word for it and do not Google it, I beg you.
The cat maybe, but there are other things that are true. Mental illness can make you do despicable things.
Load More Replies..."The warning label on my scooter. “Caution: object moves when used”."
Oh well I didn't know that thanks! *proceeds to get hurt by commencing a game of catch with the scooter*
"Reality TV!"
Some Reality tv is also like Jerry springer. People like to be able to say "at least i am better than that person." The rest is as fake as wwe.
"The ban on Kinder eggs."
As I understand it, it's not Kinder eggs per say. Just no toys/stuff embedded in food?
It isn't 'embedded in the food', isn't it in a capsule?
Load More Replies...The food and the toy are kept separate down the middle of the egg. Don’t know if it was always this way. If not, that was indeed a choking hazard.
No, that's a different product. The original one (Kinder Surprise: two chocolate half eggs with a plastic capsule in the middle) and the other version (Kinder Joy: two plastic half eggs, one with chocolate cream, one with a toy) are sold next to each other in Europe. Choking hazard is apparently not seen as realistic by usually regulation enthusiastic European authorities.
Load More Replies...Toys in Kinder surprise are on plastic egg shell, that itself is inside chocolate egg. So to get to toy, you have to unwrap it, split chocolate egg in half, op-ed egg shell. They are like this since day 1, although the opening of the egg containing toy has changed.
As an European, Kinder eggs can be dangerous in certain conditions, if you use the hand to Open the toy's cápsule there is no danger at all, but a kid that uses his mouth ( and kids are stupid and they can do that, God knows i did lol when i was 6 or 7 ) cand indeed swollow half of the capsule and choke, there are cases of that happening, granted its only 14 repórted cases all Over the world, but still 14 children died due to a Kinder surprise.
As a kid, we used to make "bombs" from those plastic eggs. Pill of bicarbonate and drop of water, throw it up in air and watch explode. Harmless fun.
Load More Replies...The yellow capsule holding the toy is big enough that any kid takes a bite of it is going to immediately realize they can't eat it. If a kid is in danger of this, that specific child shouldn't be around any small object in the first place.
justinwatt wrote: "'Do not eat contents' on a claymore mine." tylerchu replied: "WWII (or maybe Vietnam?) soldiers actually did eat bits of C4 occasionally because it would give them symptoms mimicking that of the flu, which they’d use to get out of combat."
The more "modern" version to get out of combat or combat training is to eat large amounts of liquorice.
"Warning labels that say to not use the hairdryer in the bathtub."
A kid in my school died from this. Except it was their phone.
Load More Replies...I've never understood this one. Who would WANT to use their hair dryer while they are still bathing?? How does that even occur to someone?
"The name X AE A-12."
May sound stupid, but the only reason I know how to pronounce this is because of Kingdom Hearts where they talk about the Key Blade (X-Blade)
Why the downvote? Here, have an upvote to balance the troll
Load More Replies..."Low fat food. The reason low fat food became popular was because people wanted to get slim and decided to believe the lies that fat makes you fat instead of the truth being that sugar has a major impact on your weight. So when you buy low fat food with extra sugar to add the taste lost by the fat, then you are actually eating food that is worse for you than the regular stuff."
Like when someone says they ate a ceasar salad for lunch because they are watching their weight. Sure, as long as you only eat the lettuce with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Saturated fat increases cholesterol, so reducing it helps keep levels healthier.
That depends. Eggs contain fat, but it does not contribute to bad cholesterol.
Load More Replies..."Let's not get on a tangent about the topic of TV ads for prescription medication, but recently (last couple years) they started adding a sentence in the commercials: "Do not take trivexica if you are allergic to trivexica." What happened to make that a thing that they need to mention now? Why the hell would anyone knowingly continue to put a drug in their body if they knew or realized they were allergic to it? Answer: people are stupid. I get that it's to protect them legally, but it's mind blowing to me that it needs to be said even to do that."
I find it odd that there are TV ads for medication. Not something you really see in the UK.
They really are. I have never gone to my doctor and said "hey do I need X"?
Load More Replies...How would you know if you're allergic to the medication, or even one of its ingredients, if you've never taken it before?
No,They are not stupid! Look Carefully.The labels in the fine print should wise you up.We The people are now willing Lab Rats!
"Noisy AC/Vacuum Cleaners/other devices. Its possible, easy actually, to design most of the noisy things you find in an average household in such a way that its not noisy. However, studies found that people are idiots and will return perfectly functioning devices because they're not making any sound."
I'm always put off by my new computer cause I had an ancient one that just roared when it turned on. I'm very happy with how quiet my new one is
Same here, next step for me is a SD drive, I hate the sound the HD makes.
Load More Replies...As a misophonic, yes, yes, and yes! The only thing that I actually want to make noise is my keyboard, some nice clicking is a must.
"Warnings on hammers saying this object can cause damage if you strike yourself."
That hás been a known fact. Since the XIII century, when knights would use hammers to bash other knights on the head....
Oh dang . . . I just found out about this. Well. Imma go try it.
Load More Replies...I've never seen that on a hammer or the price sticker.
Load More Replies...Commenter No. 1 wrote: "The Darwin Awards." alx924 replied: "My favorite is the gasoline truck driver. When they get back to the yard, they would fill the tanks with water to evacuate the leftover fumes. It was late at night and he wanted to see how full his tanks were, but he didn’t have a flashlight to see into the tank. But he did have a cigarette lighter. You can see where this goes."
In South Africa, there was a story about some guys hijacking a tanker that they thought carried fuel but when getting it back home they discovered it was a "honeysucker" which sucks out the contents of septic tanks. I always imagine queues of people lined up with Jerry cans or cannisters.
It's like looking down the barrel of a gun because it won't fire. People who should know better do that too.
Commenter No. 1 wrote: "The emoji movie." VereDiz replied: "Having watched it, I firmly believe it was the product of Columbia pictures going through Pixar's trash and finding an initial concept for Inside Out."
I liked 'Inside Out'. As a person who is bipolar, I could especially relate to Sadness and Joy.
Sorry for being uneducated, but can you please explain what Bipolar is? I haven't heard of it that much! ^^
Load More Replies..."Labels that say "Allergy Advice: Contains X" on packets/bottles/whatever, where X is the only thing in there. Like "Contains Nuts" on a packet of peanuts."
Well, peanuts [is] not nuts. It's a legume. So not so nuts... to print that on the bag. Edit: spelling [ ]
My latest bottle of acetaminophen had a warning label, "contains acetaminophen". Duh.
"Nigerian princes who need money."
And who ask random people to help, instead of someone they know...or a bank. You'd think royalty would have connections.
Oh come on now! The Nigerian prince I just sold everything to had his house burn down along with his phone. He got a new phone and God told him to dial my number as I am the chosen one. He’s not fake, you can’t argue with god /s
Load More Replies...Also lawyers telling you you're the sole heir to an enormous sum of money from some mysterious relative five times removed
Is this reference to the scam email that floated around years ago?
"There is a job where people rub dirt on clean potatoes because some people think clean potatoes are sprayed with toxic chemicals. Dirt gives them a more ‘natural look’."
If I don’t get my dream job, I can hopefully get hired to do this
The silliest part of this is, that potatoes are almost without any dirt, if they are taken up in fair weather.
"Protests against a deadly virus."
I think it was more in protest of the ridiculous way the governments handled lockdowns.
The thing my weird family member told me when he waved a moldy onion in my face.
Protests during a pandemic: "Go to protests when you want to meet the virus, the crowds are really harmless."
I did not have to protest to catch covid, I got it for the second time when I went for the vaccine and meet the crowds queuing.
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"‘I am not a Robot’ verification, the Imperial system of measurement and squashy ducks."
Verifications, I thought that was for spambots and such? Imperial it's not the most usefull, as for someone use[d] to SI units. But leave the ducks out of this :)
We don't measure weird... Y'all measure weird!!!! Now where did I put my sinkhole measuring mini van?🤣🤣🤣
""Gluten Free" on bottled water."
I am a dental hygienist and even toothpaste needs to be labeled gluten-free for folks with Crohn's disease. It never even occurred to me that this needed to be a thing until I had patients who really suffered. They need to know that everything is gluten free. Who knows if bottled water has been processed on the same machinery that is used in part to process something containing gluten? Just like something that doesn't contain nuts may have been processed on the same machinery that did process nuts or in a factory processing nuts at one time.
Yes, thank you! I have to be able to read literally every label I come across for this. People have no clue how often gluten is hidden in our foods, and I can't accept anything from anyone without a label, which makes them think I don't "trust" them or that I'm being unkind. Actually, Janet, I don't feel like being in debilitating pain for a week thanks to your chocolate.
Load More Replies...What do you do with Gluten Rich water? Dump it in the drain after cooking Noodles !
"War."
yes. YES. y the heck does this exist anyway? we humans are weird.
"When you can’t enter famous tourist attractions because people vandalized the site with their names."
Looking at you Chinese 13 year old kid at the Egiptian 3000 year old ruins...
Yes, that made me physically ill. What a mindlessly stupid thing to do.
Load More Replies..."Large scale pollution. A few animal turds here and there aren't so bad. Millions and billions of gallons of human waste, landfills and oceans full of plastic, discharging all types of contaminants into the atmosphere daily in huge quantities, etc. We're the only organism stupid enough to destroy our home for a piece of paper with a number on it. All other organisms live without it. It's dumb how dumb we are."
We just bought a 100yo farmhouse with a steep ravine behind it. In the past 3 weeks we've pulled out broken windows AC units, 8 tires, a car roof rack, a refrigerator door (wtf?), enough broken glass for a house full of windows, used oil filters, an old ringer-style washing machine, rolls of barbed wire, countless broken tools, and myriad other garbage. The farmers who have lived here *literally* treated their own home like a landfill. Humans are disgusting trash and we ruin EVERYTHING. I'm so embarrassed of my race, country, and species.
Nonsense. Put enough of any animal in the same place and they will make a mess. Any pair of animals produces one pair of adults able to reproduce. Think of how many dead/starved/diseased rabbits/foxes/deer that represents! We figured out how to keep more than one child per person per gen. alive and have not yet figured out how to deal with the results. For 100K +++ years each little tribe was fighting to have a better chance of survival by increasing in number. Any other concern was trivial. 10-20 K years ago we got good enough at it that we started wiping out other species but it was slow, we barely noticed and it seemed unimportant. An island with a bunch of animals that were easy to slaughter seemed like winning a prize. We barely noticed the negatives until 2-3 hundred years ago. Over my lifetime (born 1960) problems continue but some progress has been amazing! The Great Lakes! Wolves! Eagles! American Buffalo! Many others. Look on google earth at NW China!
Technically humans are a type of animal. Plus, if it’s wildlife waste, no issues there. It’s the amount of c**p from our pets that’s adding to the destruction of our planet. Meat eating animals s**t is more likely to harbour disease than those that don’t. Wildlife waste is an important part of balancing out the ecosystem. Seeds are spread this way, which allows new plants to grow easily.
"Apostrophes in plural words."
Oh, no! I have been doing that on words with no logical plural, like IP's or VPN's. But It is not my main language, so I assume I am excused...🥲
No apostrophes in plural words; apostrophes in possessive words (except its).
Except for possessive pronouns: his hers its theirs ours. But the contraction of "it is" does have an apostrophe. Another Helpful Hint from The Grammar Disciplinarian
Load More Replies...Stahlflittchen wrote: "The warning on my dad's old motorcycle saying "This is a motorcycle and only to be used as such."" Philip_De_Bowl replied: "I used mine as a ram once and it was pretty ineffective. It only left a small bump on the guys cars, but it totaled me and my bike."
Add more of a metal spike in front and back. Then try again.
Load More Replies...As someone married to someone in the insurance industry I hear this quote a lot! "There are 2 kinds of motorcyclists...Ones that have been in an accident and ones that WILL BE in an accident."
"Modern Politics. If we were smarter there would be a better collective decision making process."
Didn't Churchill say that democracy is the worst form of government... except for all the other forms?
Governments generally suck because politicians generally suck. Every single person of voting age should get a vote in a decision unless said decision is urgent.
Load More Replies...It's been like this for over a millennia. It's not just modern politics.
"Instructions on the back of shampoo bottles."
You know how it says "lather, rinse, repeat"? If you ACTUALLY followed those instructions, then you would use an *entire bottle* every time you showered. I'm somewhat surprised they haven't been sued by some idiot for that lol
The repeat was added to make people use more shampoo and increase sales. No other reason.
Load More Replies...But can I still drink the conditioner? I didn't the instructions on that bottle
Lather using the three drops recommended-How does that empty the bottle?
purpleflyingcow1 wrote: "Global warming." sybrwookie replied: "I mean, it doesn't exist because humans are dumb. It exists because we didn't know what we were doing in the Industrial Revolution. It thrives because humans are dumb."
I would look into how much money this actually generates on a yearly basis and you may get an answer that tests your belief.
Well, in a way science proves that the earth does have cycles of warming and cooling. We just made it worse!
"I used to love working on Health & Safety, it's almost a nature documentary on how little people think before something messes up."
For sure. I took a course in health and safety.... It f*****g left me paranoid, EVERY F*****G THING IS A HAZZARD deppending of how stupid the user is.
Breathing will kill you. It is very possible. Even looking at Bored Panda may kill you . . .
Load More Replies...Every time I read a caution label on something that contains a warning about an activity that never even occurred to me (like, "don't ingest tide pods", "don't use Comet Cleanser in your eyes"), I think, "that means in the past someone's tried it and now the company has to cover their a*s". It's incredible that companies have to do things like put warnings not to ingest cleanser or put glue on your skin- the people who invented the product probably assumed it would be used with a modicum of common sense. Never overestimate the intelligence of the public.
"The word "AMBULANCE" written in reverse on an ambulance. for those people that don't realize that the huge vehicle behind them, with the flashing lights and siren is, in fact, an ambulance."
hence the second bit, "the huge vehicle behind them" refers that to the fact that they see it in the rearview mirror (i think)
Load More Replies...Its might also be a fire truck, an riot Police interventivon van, a tow truck etc, thevfact it hás ambulance written at the front is to remember drivers to get out of the way.
But if a fire truck, or police van is behind you with their lights and sirens on, you're supposed to get out of their way, too.
Load More Replies...They don't always have lights/siren on? And why [show] not clearly visible, [so it's easy to read for all]? Edit [ ]
If they are not on blues and twos, why would you need to give way to them?
Load More Replies...If it's that close with the lights on,Why haven't you pulled over dirtbag!
"The "Do not eat" label on silica packets."
I had a classmates in third grade who found one in a package of seaweed and thought you were supposed to sprinkle it on and then eat it. Yes, it did have a do not eat label, and yes, she knew how to read.
Sometimes kids/teens see “do not eat” as a challenge it seems
Load More Replies...I've heard before that they're edible. Because they're included in food packages in the US they probably have to be. But they're a choking hazard. Which is why they have the label.
That got a nice chuckle from me. Thank you
Load More Replies...Nah this makes sense. 8 year old me would definitely have thought it was seasoning
Yet.. I really am tempted sometimes. This is a judgement-free zone though, right?
Wasn't there someone that did eat this to prove it was ok? Well, don't do it either way through.
I don't know but I can tell you that when my friend ate it as a kid, poison control told her babysitter not to worry and just make sure she doesn't eat more of them.
Load More Replies..."The lottery."
"About half of what a hospital does. Of course the side that deals with sickness isn’t there because we’re dumb, but the part that deals with glass bottles being stuck inside anuses is there because we’re dumb."
Wait...the hospital can help with that sort of thing? I thought I'd be stuck with buttweiser forever!
What about the 80-ish yr. old man who just had a WW II 8-inch long mortar shell removed? They evacuated the hospital.
Had a wife in EMS. Don't bother lying, they all know how it got there.
"Cults."
Less stupid people and more people in really bad places mentally. Cults prey on people who are going through hard times and need something to rely on
Yep. A bit over twenty years ago, I was part of a cult. It was great till it wasn't, and then I managed to get myself excommunicated.😁😁
Load More Replies...You could be a really intelligent and logical thinking person but if you encounter a smooth enough talker, your intelligence and reasoning are the tools they use to get you.
"Lets see: "dont stop on the tracks", "contents are hot", "straw paper can go in your eye". The list goes on and on!"
I've never seen the last one. I have however shot a few off the end of my straw into some eyes before. All involved were uninjured.
"All of IT jobs. As a programmer who's done some IT work before, I can safely tell you that 90% of the job is googling how other people solved the problem."
As someone currently in IT, I can verify this. There are a few things you do from basically muscle memory, but I would say at least 80% of my job is just googling for ideas on how to fix certain problems. As my boss likes to say, "Yes, but you know WHAT to Google."
IT jobs before Google were pretty much phone a friend. I worked briefly as a 'programer' in the 90's. What I actually did was turn up, work out what people wanted then phone around until someone else told me how to do it.
It doesn't sound dumb to me. Getting what help you can from others and giving them help is what society is all about.
Programmers: all the code can be found on the internet, already done. Or ask some smartass VR to write it for you. Whereas an IT guy mostly works on experience, gained with years of troubleshooting.
Commenter No. 1 wrote: "Daylight saving time." GosutoOkami replied: "The idea of Daylight Savings Time itself was not stupid when it was created. However, since the many advancements in technology and crop growth/yield since it was implemented, it has become unnecessary."
DST has always been stupid. Time changes have never impacted farming or crop growth. Plants don't care what time it is
Farmers always hated time changes. It was meant to have factories and office use daylight instead of electricity. Would have been better to adjust clock in and out for affected jobs, not the time for everyone!
Take a board and cut a piece off one end, then attach it to the other end to make it longer.
With Countries in multiple time Zones this still needed for trains and their scheduling!
"The Great Pacific garbage patch."
Education, better living conditions and laws are probably a good start?
I just read the other day that cruise ships are the biggest culprits.
Load More Replies...More stringent sensors on ships preventing dumping of sewage rich water with serious regs about dumping anything at sea that is Not bio-degredeable!
"Religion."
Religion, or faith more importantly can be a good thing, some Times i wish i had it ( not even kidding ), having faith can make life a bit better, like beliving that you're in the s**t right now, but God hás a Higher plan for you, is a lot better than knowing you're in the s**t right now, and well... Life's a b***h só f**k you.... Só yea religion and faith can be a good thing sometimes
There is a huge divide between faith and dogma. I agree with you. I do not question the existence of a supreme universal intelligence, God. I question absolutely every personality trait and religious dogma attributed to God though. I have my reasons for my faith I also have my reasons to question the value of others beliefs about the nature of God, anyone trying absolutes like "This is a sin and sinners go to hell" is just creating a God in their own image imo.
Load More Replies...Yes, there are some doctrines withing religion that need to get with the times (most denomination I've attended do evolve in relation to progress in culture etc) but religion is the way people make sense of the world. It may not make sense to you, but it does to many, you don't get a say on what others believe, just like they shouldn't try and force you to follow the same they do.
Faith is Good Religions not so-people do many good things because of faith,Only cause wars because of Religion!
I love how people think we know a lot about the universe, lol. In 1992, a new shark was found - it belonged to a subset of sharks 400 million years old and the actual shark they found was 400 years old when tested yet we had no idea it existed. No-one can tell me that it's 100% fact that there's no higher power; we cannot possibly know that, we are nowhere near advanced enough to say that with credibility
What always surprises me is how illogical some "believers" can be. Like those that claim that people of another creed are worshipping another god than their own, while at the same time claiming that there is only one god. To me that means, it IS the same whatever name you use.
The more you study any with an unbiased eye, the more you can see that it's all the same whether pagan or monotheistic. Creator God or leader of a pack of gods. It's all the same
Would be cool for an edit option but anyways, I just want to clarify that I was referring to the widely accepted religions. Not all religions.
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"You know those labels on buckets with an upside down drowning baby? Yeah, probably had to start using those for a reason."
Yes! Babies (toddlers) lean over buckets to see what's in them. Lean too far, fall in head first. Due to the small size of the child they cannot get out. Due to the water in the bucket they cannot cry out for help. This horror has happened way too many times.
Load More Replies...A human, Baby or otherwise can drown in three inches of water. An adult can dump the bucket, the small baby head down in it can't !
"Fake internet points?"
And one downvote gives you +100 points! Totally! 😁
Load More Replies...Commenter No. 1 wrote: “This is for external use only” Commenter No. 2 replied: "*puts Clorox container down*"
a certain toy I recently got had a list of things not to use as lubricant. hand cream, massage oil, soap, fair enough. but surely the list didn't NEED to include petrol and acetone
The problem with this warning, is that if needed, the word “external” may be to big of a word.
"Warning signs next to large waterfalls, cliffs, any other potentially lethal terrain."
Good if you have kids. Just a reminder to keep them away from the dangerous area.
Went to the Grand Canyon and watched a woman repeatedly ignore the warning signs to pose on a rock or something and have her kid take pictures of her😑
You are supposed to keep your kids out of danger Not the world around you!
"TV ads for water."
You can't drink the tap water in my country so water ads are the same as any other product ad
Agreed but tbf the way they CLEAN water is different. I'm allergic to sulfur so I can't drink Dasani because that's how they clean the water so there being different brands (and the info about them )helps . It literally burns going down btw..
Most water is bottled at the source-Some pristine looking city's water plant!
In the UK we've also had a long history of ads for tap water companies. Like "Severn Trent Water, we're the water people" age I never had as clue what was going on there. You don't have any choice about where to take your tap water from, so what's the advert for? Bizarre.
"Lawyers. Source: Am one."
Just because I don't know all the paragraphs of the law, or know how they should be interpreted, or know the practice of all legal cases. There are alot. The things I understand and use, I understand that someone can interpret it some completely other way.
"Debt consolidation companies. First hand experience: I was desperate due to my own stupidly and got myself into too much credit card debt when I was in my early 20’s. Looking for an out I called a debt consolidation company. They told me to not pay my credit cards that I wanted to compile for months until they got sold to a lawyer. Well once I ruined my credit. They took all those loans and tried to settle payments. After they denied. I had to go to court for each card and settle with a one time payment thusly putting a judgement on my credit report. It wasn’t until I was 33 or so that I actually fully recovered from it. TL;DR: Pay your bills and never try to exceed what you can’t pay out of pocket, that way when you do have an emergency you can afford it easier by using credit."
Paying cash instead of credit seems to be going away. Personally I only buy what I have cash for, and it's worked wonders for budgeting
I don't even have a credit card. I don't need one. If I can't pay for something now, I either save for it or forget about it.
Load More Replies...Don't overload yer A*s with debt stupid, especially High Interest Credit Cards!
I use my credit card for most purchases and pay it completely off each month. I get cash back and a great credit rating in return. I know not all people can do that especially with the current economy.
When I was young, anytime I used a credit card, I subtracted it in my checkbook like I had written a check. Then never went below zero and could always pay the card off!
Load More Replies..."Flammable tags on underwear."
I had a roommate once who went to light a fart and singed his underwear and butt hole.
I think it's because of how many people have died while smoking in bed or dressed for bed.
Load More Replies...People might set fire to their farts, and disappear in a great ball of flames
"Pyramid schemes, spam email, and pool gates."
Ask any parent who has lost a child due to drowning in a pool if pool gates(fences) are dumb. Says a lot about you.
I live in the south of France. Pools (or your entire property) have to be fenced by law. Otherwise stray dogs, deer, the neighbours’ kids could all wind up inside. Kids drown and dogs and deer can also wreck your pool trying to get out.
Load More Replies...How are pool gates dumb?? Clearly not written by a parent of small children.
"Password strength checks."
I would never know your dog's name. It must be strong.
Load More Replies...Follow the suggestions for them, Eight letters and two numbers say,-is that so hard?
"Pugs and bulldogs."
Not "dumb"? just for people who values accessories over well being of animals? Not applicable for those who adopts a dog from a shelter or similar though.
But brachycephalic dogs exist only bc people are dumb and breed brachycephalic dogs. The title suggests a list of things that only exist bc people are dumb.
Load More Replies...American Bullies, pit bulls and all brachycephalic dogs(and cats). Tail and ear docking. Some people have no idea what a Doberman actually looks like.
as a British woman in her 40s, that actually grew up with one, it was only a few years ago I realised Scooby Doo was MEANT to be a Great Dane.
Load More Replies...I feel so sad for brachycephalic breeds. dogs should have a snout, and eye sockets that fit an eyeball. I don't think health impacting deformities are cute.
Pugs and Bulldogs-Poor things Being bred with shorter faces.Don't they have a right to breather without difficulty?
"Do not inject Lysol"
I've seen ppl drink this to get f'd up. They said it worked? F'n clowns.
Thank you for bringing up that ignorant person's name. I can't remember if he said to drink it or to spray yourself with it - equally stupid, but consider the source - and likely resulted in his cultish followers not getting the vaccines.
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"The companies that get you out of timeshares."
"Don’t know what it’s called but at the gas pumps the mechanism connected from the pump to the hose unlocks when people forget to place the nozzle back and drive off."
If by some chance I'm dumb enough to drive off with it still in my tank, I'd rather it disconnect and not blow up. Kinda weird this would be considered dumb.
They're not saying the disconnectors are dumb, they're saying they exist because people are dumb
Load More Replies..."Laws made to prevent marrying immediate relatives."
Shweeet hooooome abalmba *doodle dee doodle dee do* 🤠
Load More Replies...Anti Incest laws. Good Laws.Except when the couple doesn't know they are relatives-Then we pray!
Depends on what you, or the state, mean by "immediate." The liturgical churches generally have defined the "bounds of consanguinity ( having blood in common)" to delineate who can or can't be married in the Church. Outside that, you can still have, thru no doing of your own, an Uncle Daddy or Aunt Sister.
"Stay at home protests."
Er - Protist is at home. Would you like me to put them on the phone?
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"Ctrl z. Perhaps not necessarily because we are dumb, but we make mistakes."
Or just try something out? And it's just "happy little accidents" anyway :)
"Government, specifically Monarchs."
Why specifically monarchs? I would personally prefer someone whose entire life is dedicated to keeping a single entity alive as long as possible, then train their replacement to be just like them with diplomacy and battle tactics, just in case. When you look at the past few UK governments, monarchs don't seem such a bad idea.
especially monarchy. there IS no magic gold hat gene that makes people better and more important than anyone else. just MONEY. they're not better or more special than anyone else. just richer.
"Safety lids on medication."
Adults should know better than to leave meds where kids can get at them.
I have severe arthritis in my hands. I have to ask my grandson to get the lid off my specific pain medication. It’s a no win situation.
I can see the purpose if you have small kids in the house, but when you get to be old it sucks.
But, Pharmacies should be able to do this, easy off lids for seniors, If they can prove they have a lock box to keep others especially children out! And sell them the Lock Boxes if they don't
"School."
Dumb and young aren't synonyms. School is to educate people who could not know what schools will teach them purely because they're too young to know everything
Yeah, I really want doctors, mechanics, etc. who learned by watching YouTube.
Schools don't necessarily teach reedin,rytten and rithmetic now though.
"The meat and dairy industry."
Tell me you don't know anything about human agricultural history without saying you don't know anything, and you're a vegan
milk is murder, or alternatively, sheep should not be sheared. yes we breed them to produce wool faster than it falls off, but now there are a few to many sheep to fix that, so we keep them alive as long as possible.
Load More Replies...I'm thinking some people are not thinking - or are just confused as to what dumb means. Dumb has nothing to do with whether you agree with something or whether it fits your beliefs system or not.
Load More Replies...Milk and eggs are very inexpensive given their robust nutritional content (protein, calcium, vitamin A and D, etc). Historically, childhood development and adult health would be much worse if it were not for these products. Alternatives could suffice, but would make life more difficult for a great portion of society. I worry about environmental impacts and animal cruelty (problems we should work on and can be solved). I'm a proponent of cultured meat and I hope we get there in the future, but this comment is inane.
What is cultured meat? "I'd like my chicken to have an understanding of manners and languages, please"
Load More Replies...Eat grass all you want, leave me alone. No preaching. No 'educating.' I'm not forcing meat down your throat, even verbally. Even though humans evolved as omnivores, not vegetarians.
Not all of us are vegan and vegetarian regardless how trendy it seems to be these days.
Vegans don't realize, Science HAS proven plants communicate to protect themselves,Therefore they are Semi-Sentient-Take that Vegans!
How is milking a cow cruel? Doesn't it actually hurt them to not be milked? And even if it didn't, it's still not cruel to milk them, it doesn't hurt them..
Load More Replies...Maybe not because ppl are dumb, but ignorant: prescription labels that need to specify "by mouth" for pills bc some people will put them elsewhere.
Warning labels exist because somebody did it. Also things like having to hold the bar when you use your lawnmower.
What do I think? I don’t, all of my knowledge is from reading unverified Facebook posts and comments sections
Maybe not because ppl are dumb, but ignorant: prescription labels that need to specify "by mouth" for pills bc some people will put them elsewhere.
Warning labels exist because somebody did it. Also things like having to hold the bar when you use your lawnmower.
What do I think? I don’t, all of my knowledge is from reading unverified Facebook posts and comments sections
