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Rebekah 2 years ago

That's rather sweet.

9points

Troux 2 years ago

Oh man that's a punch to the gut.

7points

Lexi Jensen 2 years ago

The same thing happened to me, only my teacher quit...

0points

Sarah Berkner 2 years ago

I don't remember when I learned teachers get paid, but it never came as a surprise to me. I have to believe some of your classmates knew it already.

0points

Sarah Alizabeth 2 years ago (edited)

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Kayjunmoon 2 years ago

I remember thinking that my teacher lived at school.

11points

Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)

I was teaching college-prep math to a classroom full of no-effort, bad-attitude seniors. One of them half sneered at / half complimented me by saying "Why isn't someone like you doing something important?" Really surprised, I answered, "You guys' futures are not important?"

9points

Jessica Bower 2 years ago

So many teachers are expected to raise kids too... They are the heros without capes.

6points

Tahani 2 years ago

Just a brainfart.... i hope...

6points

Clarf 2 years ago

When my now 13 year old was in kindergarten, the aide in her classroom was helping her zip up her coat to go home. My kid looks the aide in the eye and said "Mrs. S., where do you work?"

4points

Jenelle Jarvis 2 years ago

My friends daughter who I babysit along with her brother said me one time aren’t you lucky you don’t have to go to work everyday and you just get to stay with us instead!! Lol I told her I was super lucky I got to stay with them all day instead 🥰

2points

Great Mushroom God 2 years ago

Well you have your work cut out for you.

1point

Sparkle_Queen 2 years ago

🤣

0points

Jessica Cain 2 years ago

OH MY GOD. I can't

0points

Tyler 2 years ago

flashback to kindergarten when I found out that teachers don't live and sleep at school

0points

Ygbfsm 2 years ago

I saw my kindergarten teacher at the grocery store (yes, I was IN kindergarten at the time). I was amazed, shocked even. I guess I thought they just stayed in the supply closet. C'mon, I was 5.

0points

Jynxiecat 2 years ago

It is very disconcerting as a child when you see your teacher out in the wild

0points

Andy Hinds 2 years ago

If you want to see stupid questions on a daily basis then go to Quora. It's as if the people who use it have never heard of Google or other search engines.

0points

Pam 2 years ago

I'm an ESL teacher and it's not a surprise when people ask "you only teach or you work as well?". So adorable.

0points

Isaac Harvey 2 years ago

How can we trust that he's not being paid to say that, though?

0points

Shyla Clay 2 years ago

I remember being utterly shocked in first grade to see a teacher drinking from a water fountain.

0points

Stephanie Wittenberg 2 years ago

Just, wow.

0points

SykesDaMan 2 years ago (edited)

Was it a question or a remark on the quality of the teaching? Something like "You call this work? Even if it were free you'd be overpaid"

0points

throwawayventing2018 , Jason O'Halloran Report

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong American: "Do you have airplanes in South America?"

Me: "No, I got here swinging on vines that hang from our trees"

Final score:

383points

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Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 2 years ago

Good answer!

138points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong “Don’t you find it stupid that Obama is the only president without a last name?”

bjv2001 , dcblog Report

Final score:

373points

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Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 2 years ago

This made me laugh so hard!

200points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Boss: "Could you print out that file, scan it, and email it to me?"

Me: "I could just email it to you."

Boss: ...

-SkaffenAmtiskaw- , Jamison Judd Report

Final score:

364points

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Vic 2 years ago

And that's why he's the boss...

155points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Going through the border -- from Canada into the U.S.:

Border Guard: "What's your citizenship?"

Me: [hands over passport, which notes my birthplace as Vancouver, British Columbia] "Canadian."

Border Guard: "No, what's your citizenship?"

Me: *louder* "I'm Canadian."

Border Guard: *yelling* "What's your citizenship?!"

Me: "I don't know what you're asking me!"

Border Guard: "Where were you born? Was it Colombia?"

Me: "British Columbia is a province in Canada."

Border Guard: *waves me through*

joceyposse , Tom Purves Report

Final score:

352points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

Is you’re a border guard on the Canadian border u should probably be remotely familiar with Canadian provinces

371points

vBHSW , http://underclassrising.net/ Report

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong “Are you gay?”

“No.”

“Why?”

Hm I don’t know Jerry, just not feelin’ it today.

Final score:

347points

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Cheesenacho 2 years ago

That was an awesome answer! Just funny!

141points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong My friend once asked, “What if they made a sea world but instead it’s centered around the land?”

I responded with “So basically, a zoo?”

Legitimate_Luke , [MGM] Report

Final score:

320points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

Nooooo. A land world!

169points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong My wife at the time saw the headline “Buffalo buried in 5 feet of snow” (I don’t remember the exact measurement). She asked “Why don’t they just dig the poor guy out?” There was a picture of the city under the headline.

gjhobso , Maciej Report

Final score:

314points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

🤣🤣🤣I’m literally crying laughing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but hey, at least she cares about animals

230points

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong What nationality are you?

*canadian*

No, i mean, what nationality?

*ummm, do you mean heritage? Polish I guess*

No no, listen, na-tional-ity

*I don’t know what you’re asking?*

Whispers: Nationality, like, are you white, black, etc?

*just look at me, I’m white as snow, and that’s not nation...*

Cool I didn’t want to assume anything.

billbapapa , Dumphasizer Report

Final score:

312points

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Scotira 2 years ago

What??? One thing is painfully obvious: You can't argue with stupid. 🤦‍♀️

233points

#10

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Having a conversation about traveling.

Me: I’ve always wanted to road trip up to Alaska and see the northern lights

Her: (looking at me like I’m a moron*) oh yeah? How are you going to drive to Alaska??

Me: in my car...

Her: You can’t DRIVE there

And then I realized she thought Alaska was an island... I had to explain to her that although Alaska and Hawaii were always in little boxes next to the mainland of USA maps that doesn’t mean they’re both islands.

10 years later I married her...

Drewkin13 , Jay Cross Report

Final score:

306points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

Awwwww that’s hilarious and sweet. I could definitely see how someone could think that if they never learned/realized it

141points

#11

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong My eyes are two different colors, and the question I'm most often asked about them is , "Did you know your eyes are two different colors?" I'm amused when someone asks me whether I see different colors out of each eye, or - even better - whether I "see in 3D."

MelilDeMolihua , Keith Kissel Report

Final score:

288points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

Sometimes I am shocked at humans own stupidity

197points

#12

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Isn’t it a shame unicorns went extinct?

This person was an adult and thought unicorns exists during medieval times.

laughing_cat , ebrkut Report

Final score:

286points

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Remi 2 years ago

What I really miss are the dragons. Daμn all those pesky knights that killed them off. /j

249points

#13

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong (I used to work at a bakery) a customer once asked me:

"When the bread isn't warm anymore, that means it's not fresh anymore, so I can have it for free right?"

-_- "no"

Bcause789 , sylvar Report

Final score:

270points

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Vic 2 years ago

When the bread goes cold.. you can buy it with cold hard cash..

185points

#14

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Not anything super mind-boggling, but I worked as a server at a infamous "Italian" restaurant during college. Here's my interaction with a guest one evening:

G: "I'd like to order the spaghetti with marinara sauce, but can I get fettuccine noodles instead?"
M: "Sure thing."
G: "Oh, and I'd like to please substitute the marinara with Alfredo sauce. And please add chicken."
M: ".... I would have to charge you for the chicken Alfredo, then." (Note there was a few dollars in price difference between the two dishes, Alfredo being more expensive).
G: "But I ordered the spaghetti with marinara."

I legitimately had to argue with this person for few moments as to why I couldn't magically substitute out the entire entree for a different one with no price difference. Guest ended up being super crabby for the remainder of the time and I'm fairly certain didn't tip at all.

architectmillenial , MattCC716 Report

Final score:

263points

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Scotira 2 years ago (edited)

I'd like to order Pizza Margherita, but could you please substitute the dough with Filet Mignon and the tomatoes with noodles and the mozzarella with cream sauce? Ahhh, and the basil with some fresh veggies? 😇

271points

#15

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong A coworker at the library was asked for aerial photos of the Colosseum in Rome.

Before it was in ruins.

enfanta , Philip Kahn Report

Final score:

246points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

I’m sorry I can’t today🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I just can’t🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣this is too funny

134points

#16

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong "So Trump is our president, right? Does that mean he's in charge of our state or the whole world? Sorry but I've never understood this whole president thing..."

This was asked to me by a fellow high school senior... in civics class.

dogfobia , Matt Johnson Report

Final score:

244points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

If Trump was in charge of the whole world I would choose death. trump-phre...bebc73.jpg

259points

#17

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong A girl asked me if honey came from bears. I’ll never forget it.

GxRandy , Don Hankins Report

Final score:

242points

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mulk 2 years ago

Yes! All you need is a milking machine you put on mama-bear... *I'm out*

105points

#18

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong my own sister asked me how we were related to my grandparents

noahtherichman , Jan Vlugt Report

Final score:

238points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

No one will ever know.

113points

#19

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Not me, but overheard someone asking a restaurant server "Your coupon says it's valid 7 days a week, does this include weekends?"

ihatepeasoup , Joe Lanman Report

Final score:

237points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

Y….yes. I think it does.

114points

MightyBobTheMighty , Michael Spiller Report

#20

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong My stepmom once asked if islands float around in the ocean.

My brother burst out laughing, and I just looked flatly at my dad and said, "You married this woman." We still give her grief about it.

Final score:

233points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

The response is perfect!!!!

105points

#21

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong If penguins need water to survive, doesn't that means they're fish?

synalgo_12 , Neil Turner Report

Final score:

226points

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Remi 2 years ago

We're all fish! Good to know 😂

244points

ieatpotatoesforlunch , Kevin Gill Report

#22

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong What’s the biggest planet on earth?

Final score:

224points

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James Edwards 2 years ago

Uranus.

343points

#23

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong I was weighing a patient, and she asked me if it measured in Celsius.

Jamochajon , PebblePicJay Report

Final score:

205points

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

When I get weighed at the doctor's office, it says "One at a time, please".

147points

#24

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Had a customer ask if she could pay her bill over the phone. I asked what kind of credit card.... cash. She wanted to pay cash over the phone.

busykim , Jacqui Brown Report

Final score:

205points

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Vic 2 years ago

Say yes and calmly explain to her directions to get to your office..

86points

#25

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong On a ski lift

"At what elevation do deer turn into elk?"

TheFatherIxion , Rob Lee Report

Final score:

204points

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That other Panda 2 years ago

What even-

118points

#26

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong How long did it take you to drive from Australia - *to America*? I've been asked this twice.

I wish I could say I had a witty response, but my brain froze as it tried to compute the stupidity of the question.

*ETA: No offense to Americans, just these two particular idiots. I've lived in the U.S. most of my life.*

ecodrew , Nathan Hughes Hamilton Report

Final score:

203points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

Nobody tells the Americans about the secret Tunnel between Australia to Hawaii to LA under the ocean.

170points

#27

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Is Cherry Vanilla Coke made with cherries and vanilla mixed together, or is it made with vanilla cherries?

*vanilla cherries???*

anon Report

Final score:

202points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

Ah yes! They grow on vanilla cherry trees

117points

YoungMozartinaGoKart , Kevin Dooley Report

#28

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong “Does Halloween ever fall on Friday the 13th?”

Took my buddy a few seconds combined with our WTF stares to realize what he had just asked

EDIT: My bad everyone. Didn’t even consider the fact that other countries don’t celebrate Halloween. ELI5 Halloween is a set holiday that always falls on October 31st

Final score:

185points

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Zero 2 years ago

Sadly, this makes the rounds from time to time and people fall for it. "OMG, Halloween falls on Friday the 13th this year! It only happens ever 666 years! Scary!"

127points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#29

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong My cousin bought a map from a nearby fancy store for tourists. After perusing it for no less than two hours, she asked me, "How does this north-south stuff work? The side I'm facing is north, right? And if I turn right, north also turns right, no?"

She was 20.

small_big , Anthony Report

Final score:

183points

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Vic 2 years ago

Her head was pretty empty up north..

115points

#30

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong If you had a heart transplant, would your memories go away?

Doffy-Mingo , Josey Report

Final score:

179points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

This is actually kinda sweet

170points

#31

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong I used to work at Disney World and a question I would get on the daily is "What time is the 3 o'clock parade?"

AlexVanderspek94 , Kevin Gaudin Report

Final score:

179points

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Yakisoba 2 years ago

2:60 pm

263points

#32

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Was asked to a friend of mine who worked in a book shop.

"Excuse me. Do these stairs go up?"

Draculasmooncannon , kanonn Report

Final score:

178points

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Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 2 years ago

No, they only go to hell. Sorry.

157points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#33

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong Do you actually believe in dinosaurs?

Victor_Saltzpyre , David Kryzaniak Report

Final score:

167points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

I’m sorry do I what?

98points

#34

“Do you see in panoramic view?”

I’m Chinese...

verigud Report

Final score:

166points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

Well that’s rude

191points

#35

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong I wear a headscarf, and someone once asked me if I had ears.

airbenderx , Beverley Goodwin Report

Final score:

165points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

Are they confusing you with Van Gogh ?

94points

#36

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong When I moved back to Florida from Scotland a girl I was hitting on at a bar asked me how long a drive that was.

Kilen13 , Tobias Begemann Report

Final score:

159points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

"Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro, donuts on your lawn..."

76points

#37

When I was in America in 2012, a man asked me, completely seriously, if we had cellphones in Norway...

anon Report

Final score:

157points

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any rei 2 years ago (edited)

It's even more funny if that question comes from a country not making it into the top 10 of standard of living to a country that is at the top.

115points

#38

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong I used to be a high school college prep teacher. One semester, I had quite a number of students who said they wanted to become surgeons. So one day I showed the class a neat video of a surgeon slicing open a grape with a scalpel and then stitching it back up with this new, technologically advanced pair of robotic arm things. The video was met with many oohs and aahs, and when it was over a hand shot up. I’ll never forget her question.
“What was wrong with the grape?”

(EDIT: Haha okay so people keep saying she was kidding, and the joke just went over my head since I’m old. Wouldn’t change the fact that it was a dumb question. Now I’m 99% sure she was being serious. That or she’s so good an actress that she committed to an entire semester of low grades and embarrassing questions and her friends having to explain things to her and her chuckling embarrassingly at her ditzy self. Now, I said ditzy. I don’t believe any of my students are even a little bit “dumb”. But the question certainly was, and I can with good conscience call it that since on many occasions she spent the entire time talking with her friends only to look up halfway through and just toss her input without gathering much context. In this case she looked up and saw people randomly operating on a grape.

Also, no, she wasn’t blonde. She had black hair. No, English was not her first language (which I’m sure contributed to her lack of focus in the class). Yes she passed the class because she was, in fact, a good kid and quite smart. Just needed a bit of help. She’d make a great surgeon someday if she tried.

Guacaceratops , Mingo Hagen Report

Final score:

153points

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

Well what wrong with the grape?

189points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#39

One of my good friends builds computers. He sold me the components of his old desktop and he brought it over to my house so he could transfer them to a new case for me and then build his new computer. It was taking a while and my mom was agitated that he was there so long and asked "is what you're doing even legal?"

ThirdWorldPelican Report

Final score:

141points

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Madison Connor 2 years ago

No....yes....no....yes, yes it is legal. Oh wait, it isn't. OF COURSE IT IS LEGAL.

63points

#40

Is that an uppercase "space bar"?

jiaco Report

Final score:

136points

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Madison Connor 2 years ago

Yes, yes it is.

67points

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#41

Watching a documentary on dinosaurs in class once. Girl sitting at table in front of me turns around as the documentary is playing.

“Hey... they didn’t have cameras around when there were dinosaurs... right?”

I just turned to my friend and we both started laughing. Good times, I miss geology.

FalsifiedHero Report

Final score:

39points

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Pollywog 2 years ago

Only the upper class dinosaurs...... They were quite expensive back then!!

29points

#42

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong I had an American ask me if California was a state.

PlanetOut , Peter Kaminski Report

Final score:

36points

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Lissa Mackenzie 2 years ago

No, it's a landing pad made by the aliens responsible for the pyramids in Egypt

32points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#43

There’s No Such Thing As A Stupid Question But These 40 People Online Just Proved Everyone Wrong When did dragons go extinct?

poo_in_my_new_jeans , MelkiaD Report

Final score:

36points

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Remi 2 years ago

Blame the knights - again

33points

#44

Used to be a radio DJ and had a feature called the 80s at 8. Someone called and asked what time it started.

Edit: You’re just going to have to trust me that people knew it was sometime in the PM hours.

milomcfuggin Report

Final score:

36points

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Best behave.... 2 years ago

A second after 1979......

28points

#45

When PT-Cruisers first came out, the very first one my mother saw was a black one.

She actually thought it was a Hearse for children or midgets.

I'm not making this up.

scottiebass Report

Final score:

34points

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Hilary Mol 2 years ago

I knew what a PT Cruiser WAS when it came out, but my first thought was that it looked like a hearse for really short people.

23points

#46

Wasn't that building destroyed on 9-11?
She was pointing to the Prudential Center in Boston.

deadpoop69 Report

Final score:

29points

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Emerald Ocean 2 years ago

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️This kinda makes me mad. Thousands dies that day and there is even a whole mermorial!

18points

GreyMatterDisturbed Report

#47

After handing me a 50 cent coupon and me explaining the finally cost was 2.50.

Well damn how much was it before the coupon?

... 3

Final score:

29points

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Henry Russell 2 years ago

well if i take the 5 plus the zero then divided it by the derivative of 2 multiplied by the reciprocal of pi now divide by the 2 x infinity to the second power times 57 and now i put that into the reciprocal .....

12points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#48

Why do you care if I know your reddit handle if its anonymous?

Petwins Report

Final score:

21points

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Little letitia 2 years ago

Your reddit handle us your username the name people can search you by so if you have a reddit account that you use anonymously then you would tell someone your handle therefore: stupid question 😉

9points

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What do you think ?

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Helena Hattingh 2 years ago (edited)

😂🤦🏾‍♀️ whenever I went overseas people love to show me how a microwave works, and ask me seriously if a lion gave me that scar 😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♀️ I live in Africa

37points

Monday 2 years ago

I've had a few people surprised that I have access to the internet....I live in South Africa.

23points

Everything is fascinating. 2 years ago

We used to know a dude from Africa when we were kids, sorry forget which nation, he had tribal scarring on his face, but he used to tell us kids it was from a lion.

7points

Queen fhk 2 years ago

Some Americans be like are you from islam?? you are part of that country? seriously Islam is not a place it's a religion buh kinda surprisingly funny 🤣😅

7points

Corrsfan 2 years ago

Haha so relatable! I had people ask me how I learned English so fast if I had only been in the States a few weeks. It was more conceivable to think I became fluent in a whole new language in 2 to 4 weeks than that I spoke the language before I got to Passport Control

4points

Jihana 2 years ago

My brother once asked me why they only make tea from plants and not meat. I answered: they do, it's called soup.

34points

René Studer 2 years ago

This is not stupid but kind of funny. When I visited San Diego, California some guy asked me if I was from Kansas. I‘m Swiss and my accent is pretty close to a german accent. We were both drunk at that time and apparently my drunk swiss german accent sounded midwestern to a drunk guy from california.

24points

T5n 2 years ago

I work at a brewery. I’ve had multiple people come in, read the tap handles connected to the taps, and then ask if we had beer. Not a specific type of beer just beer in general.

14points

Lisa H 2 years ago

"Nope! Just fizzy apple juice!"

12points

Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago

Only fizzy alcoholic starch water.

3points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I'd blame tv for that, especially if they have only just reached legal age- almost every scene in a pub will have the character simply ask for a beer, no brand, size, whatever.

2points

Lisa H 2 years ago (edited)

I'm pescatarian and whenever the subject comes up, I get asked what religion that is. I get that it is not nearly as well know as being a vegetarian, but still.... EDIT: I understand that this isn't the world's dumbest question, but it does get old.

13points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

darn now i have to google this...i'm intrigued

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Tell them it's like a rastafarian, but your dreadlocks smell stinky.

0points

James Pasquini 2 years ago

Then someone who eats nothing but grapes is called a wino?

0points

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

In highschool health class we watched a video about a woman who contracted AIDS and became a major spokesperson on behalf of others with the condition. The teacher added that she died in [year] and I, wanting to look like the smart kid who was Actively Participating In Her Studies, asked "what did she die of?" When everyone stared at me with "dude, seriously??" looks on their faces (teacher included) I tried to save myself by defensively adding "Well you never know; she could have been hit by a car or something!"

11points

Stoopham McFernybabes 2 years ago (edited)

Actually not a stupid question. A person doesn’t die of AIDS, they die of something that AIDS prevented their body from fighting.

22points

LoveMyJordy 2 years ago

Wife of a doctor asked if there were rivers in California. I live in Alaska... tons of misconceptions especially that it is not part of the US, cold all the time, we have penguins, people don't live here...

9points

3 AM 2 years ago

Well, ya all live in them igloos, don'tcha?

1point

H05 2 years ago

College bf once called me up to ask why the "salty little meat blocks" I had brought over were making him so thirsty. Moron hadn't gone shopping and was eating bouillon cubes I left after making dinner for him. SMH

9points

Memere 2 years ago

Oh, that brings back a childhood memory of seeing my grandma's jar of bouillon cubes & thinking they were a special kind of sugar cube. I got one out & ran outside to gobble it down, anticipating a blast of sugary goodness in my mouth. Wow, that stuff is so nasty, I was spitting & washing my mouth out for at least an hour!

8points

BWC 2 years ago

I had a gf that insisted that her odds of winning keno were better during happy hour because, if more people are in bars playing keno then the odds of someone winning were better, therefore...

8points

Jccaidc 2 years ago

I was in Texas once during US Thanksgiving. Being Canadian I told a girl that we have it in mid October, earlier harvest etc. She looks at me and asks, 'when is Canadian Christmas then?

8points

Colleen Hilker 2 years ago

A guy I dated once insisted - INSISTED - that my Thai ex was from Taiwan. When I said he was from Thailand, and that it's a different country, he disagreed with me because he had never heard of it. "Well, what do they call people in Taiwan, then?" He thought he would stump me with this question. "Taiwanese," I replied. I went to a diverse high school. He didn't. He still didn't believe me. Never saw him again, so for all I know, he still believes his own made-up version of Asian nationalities.

7points

Mondo Cane 2 years ago

I swear some people have just enough brain cells to not s**t themselves

7points

3 AM 2 years ago

Oh boo. You made me think of Drumpf.

1point

Geoff 2 years ago

From my wife: "Do whales surface at night?" Well, I'm no expert, but they need to breath so I'm going to go ahead and say yes. I will never... EVER... let that go.

6points

B.Nelson 2 years ago

Young man yelled at a computer lab at high school, "how do you type roman numerals on the computer?" The kid was in the top 10 of his class and got 4 and 5's on every AP exam but lacked almost all common sense. He also asked why we learn French if the only country they speak it in is France. Had to explain Canada to the kid.

6points

censor 2 years ago

Er... not only France. Any French colony, like Congo, Zaire, Mali, Mauritius, etc,

8points

Zero 2 years ago

"Here's your sign."

6points

Lisa H 2 years ago

Awesome reference 😆

2points

Casey McAlister 2 years ago

One of customers complained that he was told the task will be completed in 48 hours, while in fact it took us two whole days to finish it.

5points

3 AM 2 years ago

Like the guy who thought that a fortnight meant a night spent at a fort.

1point

Joybug 2 years ago

Now this leaves me worried for humanity.

5points

Steve Raddish 2 years ago

There’s no such thing as a stupid question. Just stupid people who ask questions.

5points

Trish Smith 2 years ago

LMAO

5points

Liky K 2 years ago

My dad met a woman going to Syria that said "I can't wait to ride the camels to work." My dad decided to mess with her and tell her all about our valet guy who takes your camel to a special area to let it rest 💀

3points

Emmydearest 2 years ago

So I was helping a Bulgarian customer and we only interacted in english. At some point I said something in italian to a colleague of mine (I should mention that I'm italian and we were in fact in Italy). Well, the customer looked at me and said "oh you speak italian" "well, sure 😄" i said (duh!) and then they asked me "where do you come from? Bulgaria?" Uh? I mean, we are in Italy, I clearly speak italian, what do you think I'm from?! And don't you think that if I was Bulgarian I would addressed to you in our common native language?

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Nah, California.

0points

D20 Games 2 years ago

I grew up in Ohio. There use to be an amusement park there called Geagua Lake. We were in the car, on our way for a day of family fun. I sh!t you not, my step-sister asked, "What lake is Geagua Lake on?" My dad and I looked at each other and burst out laughing. She will never live it down.

3points

Claudia Delaney 2 years ago (edited)

Two questions I used to receive when I worked at a Turnpike Plaza. At Arby's -- "How many Chicken Fingers in a four pack?" And at the Starbucks -- when they asked what a frappuccino was, and I would say, "It's like a milkshake." And they would say, "Is it cold?". Oh, yeah, and I swear to God, someone once asked me what the difference was between our hot tea and our iced tea.

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

On a hot day, the iced tea feels better when you spill it on your crotch.

0points

Jccaidc 2 years ago

Was watching La Bamba years and years ago and my date turns to me and says, 'I think he's going to die in a plane crash later '.

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Woah, a psychic!

0points

TheGayBanana 2 years ago

A girl on my bus was talking about how the school teaching us evolution was stupid because it wasn’t real and they should be teaching us the story of Adam and Eve because if more people understand “the lords word” then we wouldn’t have modern problems like homosexuality and liberal indoctrination and microchips in masks and vaccines. Ladies and gentlemen, she said that with a straight face.

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

And remember, that if you get covid vaccinated, you hate Jesus.

1point

Jason Marin 2 years ago

I work at a Giant Eagle and many years ago, an old woman picked up a bag of Granny Smiths Apples. She was looking directly at the label on the bag itself and then she turns to me. Her: Excuse me? Me: Yes? Her: Are these Granny Smith Apples? Me: Yes. Her : Are they (price)? Me: Yes. In my head: Oh my goodness.🤦🏻‍♂️

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

If she then asked you where she could find a potato, you could tell "right on top of your neck"

0points

Mirabelle Skyrim 2 years ago

I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been told we have polar bears roaming the streets. I've even seen photos online. Odd that at the age of 58 I haven't spotted a single polar bear.

2points

James Pasquini 2 years ago

You're probably roaming the streets at the wrong time. lol

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

In first grade, we watched a movie about an Eskimo family. They lived in an igloo. I s**t you not.

0points

Bec McIntosh 2 years ago

And in Australia we apparently all have pet kangaroos that we ride to work lol

0points

Sebastián Alvarez 2 years ago

When giving my WiFi password to guests I like to see if they are currently paying attention or not telling one character wrong and after they complain not working ask if they "remember that numbers should be uppercase too"

2points

Kyndal T 2 years ago

Watching a discovery show about the oceans with my husband and in laws. We're about 30 minutes in when this woman stops like she's frozen and then says "but there's only one ocean!" I asked what she was saying and she explained to me in idiotically specific ways how the "ocean" was just one body of water. Mainly because they're all touching and therefore mixing with each other. "And you can't separate them". We all laughed so hard and I about peed my pants. I taught her about the oceans. Now I regularly ask her to name them. It's been goin for 15 years and I never get tired of it. When they added a new ocean to that list she was so mad. Lol

2points

censor 2 years ago

When I went to the states they couldn't place my accent because it was pre-Trevor Noah and pre-Charlize Theron. They were like,.... "London? New Zealand? ... Not australia, it's something else... um..." and then ... "OMG do you have lions in the streets??" sigh

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

Tell 'em no. You keep your lion in the garage.

0points

Bookworm 1 year ago

I'm from Spain. Sometimes I get asked " How long was the drive" and " Are you legal?" No Cynthia we put in our swimming suits and swam across..

1point

NY Redneck 1 year ago

Nephew(11): *banging on PC keyboard UP button while playing Minecraft* "Why can't I move?! My guy is just stuck and won't move forward, what do I do?!" *Still mashing UP button* Me: "Try moving left or right, not just forward." Nephew: *with an attitude*"How is that supposed to help?!" Me: "Well moving forward isn't working, just trying to help. Don't ask if your just gonna yell" Nephew: "Fine, watch!" *Stands up, moves one chair to his left and sits back down, slamming laptop onto counter* "See, how the hell was that supposed to help?!" Me: *presses left key on laptop. Fixed* Nephew:........ Me: *hugs him and walks away scared for his future*

1point

CosmicWolf1031 2 years ago (edited)

One person ask me if a was blind (I have grey eye color) I was like no are you though?

1point

Elizabeth Spalding 2 years ago

People ask me stupid questions because I'm a twin. They are harmless, but literally it happens ALL the time. Things like: Do you guys play tricks on other people? (Guys, people get twins mixed up all the time- why would this be a joke to us? Think about it...) if i hit you, would it hurt her? Where did you guys meet? What's it like being a twin? (We don't have a point of reference) If you guys are A and B, and you are A..that would make her B, right? Do you guys read each other's minds? Can you tell each other apart?

1point

3 AM 2 years ago (edited)

Where did you guys meet? Uh, in a very small place.Kinda humid.

0points

Jinxy 2 years ago

I work on tv shows/movies as part of the film crew. People come up to me when we're filming somewhere public all the time. They see all the gear and crew and our whole setup and they ask if it's a local production. Like.. they see me physically standing there in front of them and they ask if we're filming.. locally?

1point

James Pasquini 2 years ago

Just tell them, "No, we're filming via satellite."

0points

Rachel 2 years ago

My sister asked if a fat person would ooze fat if they got shot. She is now a nurse.

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

Well yeah. Just like if I shot you in the head, you would ooze mashed potatoes.

0points

Random Anon 2 years ago

This is why you need to pay attention in school. Not all the things you learn will be applicable in your life. But if you're going to live in this world, the least you could do is to learn more about it.

1point

Jenna Cumins 2 years ago

I worked in a bbq restaurant for 12 years and was asked twice, "what is the difference between ham and turkey?". I said (both times) ones a pig and the other is a bird and the 1 person that asked me said, "no really, what is the difference? There apparently is one, but what is it?". 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ They both looked to be in their 50s.

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

One's pink. The other one isn't. Trust me. I'm a farmer.

0points

Em 1 year ago

"Does the vanilla iced coffee have coffee in it?" It's been like six years and this is still one of my favorite customer questions.

0points

girlsrock4ever 2 years ago

The number of dumb Americans on this list is astonishing.

0points

Alan Constant 2 years ago

I used to live in London, Ontario in Canada. Many years ago a local cub scout troop hosted a group of cub scouts from Detroit, Michigan Michigan, about 120 miles away, and right on the Canada/U.S.border. They brought baseballs and baseball bats so they could teach the Eskimos how to play baseball, and at the border, they asked the customs officer where they could see igloos and asked him to speak Eskimo.

0points

3 AM 2 years ago

Eskimos? Oi dungedit.

0points

Alan Constant 2 years ago

I used to work takeout at a local restaurant. One night, a kid in his early teens walked up and was looking up reading our list of ice cream flavors we had. After a couple of minutes studying it, he asked "Does your ice cream contain dairy products?"

0points

Piper Ferrell 2 years ago

I don't live in a different country but I live on a farm and someone asked me if I ride horses instead of using cars. Yes Joe, I ride my horse to the local store 45 miles away and back. I also ride my horse to school and when I leave early, its not for a dentist appointment because of my screwed up teeth, I just need an excuse to go churn butter. Just because I live an hour out of town doesn't mean I'm living in the 1700's

0points

LSR 2 years ago

What a surprise, the whole range of u.s. imbeciles.

0points

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Helena Hattingh 2 years ago (edited)

😂🤦🏾‍♀️ whenever I went overseas people love to show me how a microwave works, and ask me seriously if a lion gave me that scar 😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♀️ I live in Africa

37points

Monday 2 years ago

I've had a few people surprised that I have access to the internet....I live in South Africa.

23points

Everything is fascinating. 2 years ago

We used to know a dude from Africa when we were kids, sorry forget which nation, he had tribal scarring on his face, but he used to tell us kids it was from a lion.

7points

Queen fhk 2 years ago

Some Americans be like are you from islam?? you are part of that country? seriously Islam is not a place it's a religion buh kinda surprisingly funny 🤣😅

7points

Corrsfan 2 years ago

4points

Jihana 2 years ago

My brother once asked me why they only make tea from plants and not meat. I answered: they do, it's called soup.

34points

René Studer 2 years ago

24points

T5n 2 years ago

I work at a brewery. I’ve had multiple people come in, read the tap handles connected to the taps, and then ask if we had beer. Not a specific type of beer just beer in general.

14points

Lisa H 2 years ago

"Nope! Just fizzy apple juice!"

12points

Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago

Only fizzy alcoholic starch water.

3points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I'd blame tv for that, especially if they have only just reached legal age- almost every scene in a pub will have the character simply ask for a beer, no brand, size, whatever.

2points

Lisa H 2 years ago (edited)

13points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

darn now i have to google this...i'm intrigued

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Tell them it's like a rastafarian, but your dreadlocks smell stinky.

0points

James Pasquini 2 years ago

Then someone who eats nothing but grapes is called a wino?

0points

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

11points

Stoopham McFernybabes 2 years ago (edited)

Actually not a stupid question. A person doesn’t die of AIDS, they die of something that AIDS prevented their body from fighting.

22points

LoveMyJordy 2 years ago

9points

3 AM 2 years ago

Well, ya all live in them igloos, don'tcha?

1point

H05 2 years ago

9points

Memere 2 years ago

8points

BWC 2 years ago

I had a gf that insisted that her odds of winning keno were better during happy hour because, if more people are in bars playing keno then the odds of someone winning were better, therefore...

8points

Jccaidc 2 years ago

I was in Texas once during US Thanksgiving. Being Canadian I told a girl that we have it in mid October, earlier harvest etc. She looks at me and asks, 'when is Canadian Christmas then?

8points

Colleen Hilker 2 years ago

7points

Mondo Cane 2 years ago

I swear some people have just enough brain cells to not s**t themselves

7points

3 AM 2 years ago

Oh boo. You made me think of Drumpf.

1point

Geoff 2 years ago

From my wife: "Do whales surface at night?" Well, I'm no expert, but they need to breath so I'm going to go ahead and say yes. I will never... EVER... let that go.

6points

B.Nelson 2 years ago

6points

censor 2 years ago

Er... not only France. Any French colony, like Congo, Zaire, Mali, Mauritius, etc,

8points

Zero 2 years ago

"Here's your sign."

6points

Lisa H 2 years ago

Awesome reference 😆

2points

Casey McAlister 2 years ago

One of customers complained that he was told the task will be completed in 48 hours, while in fact it took us two whole days to finish it.

5points

3 AM 2 years ago

Like the guy who thought that a fortnight meant a night spent at a fort.

1point

Joybug 2 years ago

Now this leaves me worried for humanity.

5points

Steve Raddish 2 years ago

There’s no such thing as a stupid question. Just stupid people who ask questions.

5points

Trish Smith 2 years ago

LMAO

5points

Liky K 2 years ago

3points

Emmydearest 2 years ago

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Nah, California.

0points

D20 Games 2 years ago

3points

Claudia Delaney 2 years ago (edited)

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

On a hot day, the iced tea feels better when you spill it on your crotch.

0points

Jccaidc 2 years ago

Was watching La Bamba years and years ago and my date turns to me and says, 'I think he's going to die in a plane crash later '.

3points

3 AM 2 years ago

Woah, a psychic!

0points

TheGayBanana 2 years ago

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

And remember, that if you get covid vaccinated, you hate Jesus.

1point

Jason Marin 2 years ago

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

If she then asked you where she could find a potato, you could tell "right on top of your neck"

0points

Mirabelle Skyrim 2 years ago

I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been told we have polar bears roaming the streets. I've even seen photos online. Odd that at the age of 58 I haven't spotted a single polar bear.

2points

James Pasquini 2 years ago

You're probably roaming the streets at the wrong time. lol

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

In first grade, we watched a movie about an Eskimo family. They lived in an igloo. I s**t you not.

0points

Bec McIntosh 2 years ago

And in Australia we apparently all have pet kangaroos that we ride to work lol

0points

Sebastián Alvarez 2 years ago

2points

Kyndal T 2 years ago

2points

censor 2 years ago

2points

3 AM 2 years ago

Tell 'em no. You keep your lion in the garage.

0points

Bookworm 1 year ago

I'm from Spain. Sometimes I get asked " How long was the drive" and " Are you legal?" No Cynthia we put in our swimming suits and swam across..

1point

NY Redneck 1 year ago

1point

CosmicWolf1031 2 years ago (edited)

One person ask me if a was blind (I have grey eye color) I was like no are you though?

1point

Elizabeth Spalding 2 years ago

1point

3 AM 2 years ago (edited)

Where did you guys meet? Uh, in a very small place.Kinda humid.

0points

Jinxy 2 years ago

1point

James Pasquini 2 years ago

Just tell them, "No, we're filming via satellite."

0points

Rachel 2 years ago

My sister asked if a fat person would ooze fat if they got shot. She is now a nurse.

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

Well yeah. Just like if I shot you in the head, you would ooze mashed potatoes.

0points

Random Anon 2 years ago

1point

Jenna Cumins 2 years ago

1point

3 AM 2 years ago

One's pink. The other one isn't. Trust me. I'm a farmer.

0points

Em 1 year ago

"Does the vanilla iced coffee have coffee in it?" It's been like six years and this is still one of my favorite customer questions.

0points

girlsrock4ever 2 years ago

The number of dumb Americans on this list is astonishing.

0points

Alan Constant 2 years ago

0points

3 AM 2 years ago

Eskimos? Oi dungedit.

0points