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40 People Share The One Question They Got That Was So Dumb, They Thought The Person Must Be Joking, But They Were 100% Serious
They say there are no stupid questions. Well, that depends on the setting. If it's a classroom full of eager-to-learn minds, then it might be true. But if we're talking about a conversation between two colleagues in front of the coffee machine...
So in an attempt to disprove this old saying, a now-deleted Reddit user asked everyone on the platform to share the dumbest things people have asked them. And they succeeded: the comment section was flooded with ridiculous submissions, stemming from ignorance in subjects like geography, religion, and the human body. Continue scrolling to see our hand-picked selection of the funniest ones!
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#1
About 25 years ago I was explaining time zones to a 20ish year old intern at a large scientific agency. She wasn't getting it, so i got an orange I brought for lunch and used it as the Earth.
Me: Ok, pretend this is the Earth. The sun only shines on one side, so it's day on approximately half at any given time. Now since the Earth rotates (as i spin the orange)...
Intern: So wait. Hold on. So you're saying the Earth is round?
I wish i was joking.
#2
"If you're an atheist, why don't you go around killing people?" I'm worried now that there are people out there who would just casually kill, but don't because they're scared of hell.
#3
Why are you spying on me?
I was working in a call center for Dish Network and a guy called in, very upset. He wanted to know why Dish Network was spying on him. I tried to let him know that we were not in fact spying on him. Which he countered with, "if you are not spying on me then why is there a camera in the damn box?" "Sir, a camera? There is no camera in the receiver" I respond. "Yes there is" he screams "I know there is because I can see everything happening in my room on the TV right now."
I sat there and pondered that statement, trying to figure out what was happening. I asked, "sir, is your TV off right now?" In the background I hear the clear sound of a TV being turned on. I then said, "sir, that is called a reflection. Is there anything else I can help you with?" He hung up.
#4
Why do we need farmers when we have supermarkets. Heard this in real life and blew my mind
#5
Before I got married my doctor asked me...
Doctor: Are you sexually active?
Me: yes
Doctor: Are you married?
Me: no
Doctor: Then how can you be sexually active?
Otter 2 years ago (edited)
I once switched doctors, because she kept promoting veganism. It wasn't offensive or anything, not like this a*****e's question, she just showed insufficient respect for my right to choose how I live.
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Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago
Run, don’t walk to the clinic director and get this antediluvian moron retired.
ispeak catanese 2 years ago
Grumble, that was perfect. I haven't heard "antidiluvian" used in so long!
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Pam Page 2 years ago
We were admitting my daughter to the hospital for a stem cell transplant (Ewing's sarcoma). She was bald, had had 7 rounds of chemo, 6 rounds of radiation, and 1 major surgery, and the admitting physician asked me if my daughter "knew she had cancer". She was 10 years old and not an idiot. I demanded another doctor.
Rens 2 years ago
I nearly choked from this comment! Thank you for the laugh x
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Okokok! 2 years ago
Oh mei... I really have sympathy for you, ladies. Always being confronted with these kind of double standards would really drive me crazy. One could think that nowadays we should be a lot further, open-minded, and more tolerant... but it feels like history repeating itself and every step forward in getting freedom, tolerance, and equal treatment, we, as society, kind of move backwards 2 steps and getting more stubborn, intolerant, and misanthropic. (or, misogynistic)
Ozacoter 2 years ago
You just need good memory or money not brains to get most university titles. I have met so many stupid phds...
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JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
Why was her marital status any of his business? One's marital status has ZERO to do with medical issues.
Anne Edwards 2 years ago
Not entirely true. Many spouses can be a real pain in the ar$e.
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Jackie Nettleton 2 years ago
This is why religion should stay out of medicine when ever possible (last rites and other such circumstances aside) it leads to so many of these encounters. Of course this is just my opinion but it would make the issues around abortions about the medical and personal circumstances the priority not the religious beliefs of people.
Micah Chips 2 years ago
"I broke my leg!!" "Don't worry, I'm a doctor. Are you sexually active?" "What does that have to do with my leg?" "I don't know. I just thought you were cute." "Awww..." ~TikTok [[idk if that's where it's originally from, but it's a tiktok audio.)
Micah Chips 2 years ago
See also: "Eloise, I must tell you something." "Tell me." "I've learned to know of a woman who's come to be with child." "Is it a lady or a maid?" "It's a maid." "I didn't know any of your maids were married...?" "She's not married." "She's not married?! How does a woman come to be with child if she's not married?" "I don't know." "Well, you need to find out, so it doesn't happen to us!" ~'If I Were A Man' from The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (Barlow and Bear)
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Cory Tollman 2 years ago
Prostitute/Gigolo is another good answer. Add some something extra to it by saying you work as one. "I'm sexually active as part of my career choice".
Random Anon 2 years ago
The immature, petty savage part of me would be screaming "Ask your mom".
debrina blackmoon 2 years ago (edited)
Hmm- Anyone: "Do you speak [Spanish]?" "Yes." "Are you [Mexican]?" "No." "Then how can you speak [Spanish]?"
Sharon Jackson 2 years ago
Why are both women in the photo smiling, since the one on the right probably has bladder cancer. Poor choice of stock photo, Mr. Panda!!
Deb Linboe 2 years ago
Having a degree does not make you smart. Healthcare is full of these people.
Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago
Okay, there is that old joke. Doctor asked a married man, "Are you and your wife sexually active?" Patient replies, "Well I am, but usually my wife just lies there."
Cory Tollman 2 years ago
I think a silent raise of the hand would have been order, or maybe be more specific and ask it masturbation counts as "active" or not.
#6
I used to be a tour guide in a cave and one summer we had a running contest among the guides to see who could get the dumbest question. Keep in mind, we only accepted questions from adults for entry into the contest. Some of the finalists were:
"Is this cave underground?"
"Will the stalagmites bite me?"
"Are the steps natural?"
"What time is the 4.30 tour?"
And the winner: "Does the water go all the way around the island?"
#8
one of my best friends came to visit me in the hospital when i had my baby. i was laying there with my newborn and there was a banana on a tray next to the bed. he asked, “has he had lunch yet? is that for him?” everyone in the room just cackled so hard that i almost felt bad
#9
I'm half Inuit. In 6th grade I did a social studies project on Inuit people/lifestyles. During my presentation, I brought up the fact that I'm half Inuit and pointed out different things my grandmother was teaching me. A boy in the class the goes "how can you be an indian?? I thought they were like.. extinct"
#10
Someone asked me why I have a dark skinned baby if I'm white and couldn't comprehend how it is possible that my daughter is mixed race
#11
Was in a maternity class with my wife. One of the husbands was an endless source of amazing comments. My favorite was while on the topic of breastfeeding. “So do you just poke holes in them or what?” There was a very long, very shocked pause from the instructor before she explained it to him.
#12
"Do you work here?"
No, ma'am, I just... felt like stealing a work vest and working this shoe pallet for giggles.
#15
Repairing the scanner scale at a grocery store. I have the scale out of the checkstand, on it's side, bottom removed from the scale, one of the circuit boards removed from the scale and placed on the conveyor belt, I have JUST removed the board that the spinner part connects to (that spinning mirror thing in the bottom of the scanner scale), and someone walks up to the checkstand, places items onto the conveyor and asks "Are you open?"
I should be allowed to throw things at people this dumb.
#16
Working on a tourist sightseeing boat on the ocean in Alaska. Person asks me what elevation we are at. I look down at the ocean and back to them and say, about 10 feet
#17
“Who is the man and who is the woman”in regards to a relationship between two gay men.
#19
I had the neighbors by for a quick chat a few years ago, and we happened to be standing by our goat pen, we had three at the time. For whatever reason, people don't really see goats as pets, and I'm often asked about their purpose, are they meat, etc.
Well, this guy asked if I milked them. I explained that they're all retired breeding males.
He followed that up by asking again if we milk them, and was so affronted by the look I could not help giving him that he left in a huff. I didn't mean to be rude, but I definitely looked at him as if he were an idiot and he was smart enough, at least, to figure that out.
#20
I was having a disagreement with a customer in the workplace. At one point she said “why would I be arguing with you if I was wrong?”.
I mean….what do you say after that?
#21
When people notice one of my tattoos "You know they are permanent Right?" Like sh*t I had no idea, if only I had known you before I got it
#23
In retail "Where is the paint in this stupid store? I was sent down here and they lied! " "Right behind you (literally dozens of paint cans 8 feet behind her) " "No they're not!" I walk past her and put my hand on the can, took her a good 10 seconds of ranting to accept the paint was infact there.
#25
This is second hand from a diving guide in Bermuda: "how far do you have to dive to get under the island?"
#26
What can I take for internal bleeding?
Answer: Hospital man. We’re just a f*cking pharmacy, not a trauma unit.
#27
I have been asked and witnessed stupid questions but I am struggling to think of a good gem.
All I can remember is, "how does the paper get to the other fax machine?"
I tried explaining fax machines merely scan a copy and the image travels through wires and it prints a copy but they weren't getting it.
Another one, a girl was offering me soy sauce and I reminded her I am allergic to soy. "Oh. There's soy in soy sauce?"
#28
After trying to pull my hair off:
Stranger: It's not a wig!?
Me: Uhhh no, it's my hair
Stranger: I thought maybe it was a wig because of cancer or something.
#30
A friend of a friend found out during a party that I was serving in the US Army Reserve asked me if I had ever killed anyone.
Sigh
No, I'm not combat arms and I've never even deployed.
Seriously stop asking ANY service member this stupid ass question unless you want a stupid ass answer back.
#31
Once my mom had to have part of a lung removed due to cancer. Afterwards, the doctor showed us the imaging that showed the remaining cancer spread through the rest of her lungs, which we already knew about. My dad asked him why they didn't remove all of her lungs.
#32
“What was it like to grow up in a third world country?” My step grandmother the first time I met her after moving to the the US from Canada...
#33
”Why don’t they schedule New Year’s Eve so that it’ll always be on a Monday?”
#34
"Continents would float away if they weren't anchored down, right?"
Edit: This was asked by an 18 y/o girl in a top-level secondary school.
#37
I worked at an ice cream store and someone came in, looked at the ice cream cone I was handing to someone then looked at me and asked "what kind of soups do you have"
#40
A lady asked if the bubble lights on the Christmas tree were "filled with colored champagne."
What do you think ?
Ringer15345 2 years ago
have inherited depression I get "what do you have to be depressed about". then I always have to explain that's not how it works
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
I get that all the time too with my anxiety. People will be like well what do you have to be anxious about to stop worrying. Great idea like I haven't tried that before.
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BORKADYMUSIC 2 years ago
Yeah, I have adhd and on top of that I’m socially anxious, so I often say things I don’t mean/that make no sense when I’m flustered, thanks for pointing that out :D
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
My dad: "Are you sure you don't want to just be a nurse or a teacher?" (Yes, he said "just".) That sticks with me after thirty-plus years b/c he repeated it so often. I still find I grind my teeth if I think of it. "Just a nurse, just a teacher" is bad enough, but it was in context of "I want to be a doctor or a forest ranger" statements I'd make.
ZAPanda 2 years ago (edited)
what is your dad? Fortunately mine was a mechanic, so when he asked me this s**t I said yes so I don't end up being like you. That was the last time he asked.
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Dan St John 2 years ago
My Ex and I were driving over Donner Pass on a four-lane highway and went by the monument. My wife said she didn't know about the Donner Party, which I thought was strange as she was valedictorian of her high school. So, I proceeded to tell her the story of the Donner party and how they were stranded and ended up cannibalizing each other and when I finished, there was a long pause and then she said, "Why didn't they just follow the road out?" I thought the covered wagons and date would have been the first clue about roads.
Katchen 2 years ago
Not defending the road comment, but is the story of the Donner Party widely taught? I’m from California and learned California history in 4th grade. I don’t remember if the Donner Party was taught in regular US history, or just in California history, the way Sutter’s Mill and Junipero Serra are taught in California history but maybe not American history.
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Don Williams 2 years ago
In Germany, a U.S. Army soldier saw another soldier in a different uniform and asked him where he was from? The second soldier said he was from Canada. The U.S. soldier said "Wow, it must have taken you over a week to drive here, right?
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 2 years ago
I've told this one before: We're watching a film in a college oceanography class. There's a scene of a humpback whale and her calf swimming along, when one of the students suddenly asks, "Wait a minute - is this **underwater**??!!?"
Chich 2 years ago (edited)
"Before trying chemo are you going to give cannabis a chance?" No f***wit, I'm not.
Saico Hipe 2 years ago
You know, I love smoking (and eating) cannabis/THC, and it pains me every time a moron like this furthers the stereotype of cannabis users being so stupid. Cannabis will not cause your f*cking cancer to go into remission. It can do wonders for some folks' appetite after they've had chemo and feel nauseated, but it is not the absolute miracle panacea that so many people believe it to be (nor does it HAVE to be in order for its use by responsible adults to be acceptable).
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
"Is cuckoo a bird? Are you sure? That's a type of clock!" Yes I'm sure a cuckoo is a bird and, wait for it, the clock was named after it!
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 2 years ago
"You don't need to wear a bra right?" I told him I definitely did and he was so confused. Apparently he thought I was completely flat chested and I had to prove him wrong by holding my shirt tight on my back so you could see easier. He was so shocked. I mean, I wear looser shirts but you can still tell I'm not flat. I just have a smaller chest.
Alethia Nyx 2 years ago
Overheard at the chemist just this afternoon: the chemist is explaining to Grandma that toddler Grandson's antibiotics need to be taken 30 minutes to an hour before food, or 2 hours after. Grandma asks "oh, we were just going to go for an ice cream straight after this, does that count as food? Its just a little one." Chemist "err yes ma'am, it does"
Jo Choto 2 years ago
Some of these are completely idiotic, I agree. But I have many, many years of teaching and librarianship and other kinds of education behind me, and I have learned that the education system has failed so many people that they don't even know what they don't know. I have never treated anyone as stupid for not knowing something. I have seen so many people considered failures that they are too scared to ask or find out, because they don't think they are smart enough. I worked with a 9 year old who was about to be sent to special ed. Turned out he missed nearly a year of early school because of illness and was never given any reading catch up. In three months he was a straight A student. I had a 45 year old employee who wouldn't read anything and insisted on being told everything verbally because he had been told he was a lousy reader and dumb. He loved westerns and raunchy stuff, so I bought him a Louis L'Amour book. 25 years later, he reads at least two library books a week.
Betty Reese 2 years ago
My partner who is an executive director for a major company was talking to his his boss who is the GM & CFO about rehiring an employee who failed a drug test. They were going to rehire him because the company policy changed and they were no longer testing employees for THC since it was now legal for medical use in our state. They spent months in meetings making the decision to stop testing for THC. While discussing rehiring this employee the GM asked him what THC was and if it was cocaine.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Wow! He screwed himself over. If you're going to use at least know what you're putting in your bodies!
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Nadine Debard 2 years ago
One evening at a bus stop, I was in my 20's and wore a long black coat and I was putting my black leather gloves on and this random guy asked, very concerned and a bit scared: "Are you a secret agent?". He thought I was Jennifer Garner in ALIAS.
meowgie catster 2 years ago
Wait which math class do you have? Oh wait you sit right behind me in math.
Tu Lam 2 years ago
I had to explain to someone that even with a surge protector, they will loose power in a black out. On a work trip with co worker who says because it's raining I needed to pull over and wait for the rain too stop. No one drives in the rain. Had someone tell me their color printer isn't working. I told them you don't have a color printer, she pointed at her color monitor. Today had a user demand I log in as her to fix an issue. I told her I don't have her password. She was still confused why I couldn't log in as her. Had a co worker who refused to use the driver that came with the scanner, instead he used another installer that wasn't compatible. Then had the nerve to tell me my instructions don't work. Then he lied and said our other coworker told him to use the wrong installer.
Leona V. 2 years ago
Not a dumb question, but a puzzling statement from an ex-coworker. She was a college grad, normally pretty well informed, but when another lady said she was going to Chile on vacation, the Puzzler said “Ew, no, I couldn’t stand being in a jungle like that.” I didn’t bother breaking it to her.
Robert Thompson 2 years ago
Can I add to this: Just about every third question that a customer asks the service industry. I have too many examples to start listing them.
Devil's Advocate 2 years ago
First thing I learnt as an instructor was there are no stupid questions. People might know loads of things you don't, but not understand something you think is just plain obvious. Many of these though are just people being condescending c***s because someone didn't understand something that they probably should, but had never learnt about.
Suzi Gauthier 2 years ago
My evil stepmother's car overheated & she drove it home. My dad was being impatient & wanted to spray it with the hose to cool off the hood so he could open it. She snarled, "but that would just make steam." She was a teacher.
Dan Eastwood 2 years ago
>“Do the chicken lettuce wraps have chicken in them?” That might be a fair question, depending on the restaurant.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Mr garrison on South Park says "There are no stupid questions just stupid people."
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
Oh Lord, I haven't laughed this hard and long in ages. Needed to go and get tissues.
bxttery_bxby 2 years ago
I have a few. My two favorites are: 1. "Is a bat an insect?" 2. *talking about Tom Holland* "He's from like, England right? Isn't that where Canada is?"
Louie Cooper 2 years ago (edited)
Okay, I have two. First- when I was 17 I had a friend (15 years old) come over to my place from youth group. She walked up the hallway and said, "do you know where the toilet is in this house?" Not "where is the toilet". DO YOU KNOW. No, I've lived in this house my entire life, but I've yet to find it... Second: my mother and I ran into our old (retired) family doctor while having coffee. He treated my brother and myself as kids, my parents and my grandparents- and went to church with my grandparents. He said "and did you know that Barbara [last name] died a few years ago?" Barbara was my grandmother. Yes, yes we were aware...we kind of planned the funeral for her that you attended...
Alasdair Cruickshank 2 years ago (edited)
My wife once asked me why male dogs have nipples. She later figured out what she had said and asked me why I didn't just laugh at her.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
I lived on the back road to Disney World. Just three houses on the road. People would constantly ask me how to get to Disneyland. Go back the way you came. Get on I-4 towards Orlando. Head north until you get to Georgia, then turn left and drive until you hit California, then follow the signs. These idiots would drive THROUGH my yard and come pound on my door while people with them tried to steal my oranges. There were exceptions...and I would be nice, sometimes.
memyselfandI 2 years ago
I did a group AMA thing a few days ago for students to ask adults questions, and one of the questions was “how do I get a girl fried”. Not girl friend, girl fried. The answer was to start with some spelling lessons.
Claire the Bear 2 years ago
I once forgot how to spell "who" and walked around my house yelling "H-O-O... HOO.. no..". my poor family probably thought I was possessed by an owl :D
Ellen Tonge 2 years ago
I was buying kitty litter and the cashier asked if I had a cat? I answered “No, this is for my company coming to dinner tonight!”
Scotland's-Favorite-Gay 2 years ago
Back in sevenths grade we were reading Hound of the Baskervilles, and we had too write a paragraph on why the books were so popular at the time, and one bloke said “ well, most of the Sherlock Holmes books seem to be mysteries” and I hit my head really loud on the table
Cali to Michigan 2 years ago
I had a girl friend ask me twice what the difference between Mexico and New mexico was.. I knew it was time to cut ties
Melanie Linehan 2 years ago
During one of my phusicals my doctor says to me, "You do realize that you are over weight?" I said " Dr. S...I am fat, I am not blind." It's the first time I ever heard him laugh.
phil blanque 2 years ago
Well, we laugh, but all in all this is more than a little disturbing.
Linnea Jacobson 2 years ago
Someone once asked me what half of 6 is, so I think I've got all these beat. And no, it wasn't a child. It was a grown-*** woman in her 40s. I honestly don't understand how she made it to that age. I would think someone that stupid would've long ago starved to death trying to find her way out her own front door in the morning.
Damitria 2 years ago
Contrary to popular belief we do not have a monopoly on stupidity. Our politicians and several wing-nuts who want their five minutes just make it seem like we do.
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Red Ruffensor 2 years ago
I was working at a restaurant with a floor show. A co-worker said, "You know, that band isn't very good, they just play the same bunch of songs every night."
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Saico Hipe 2 years ago
The dumbest question I've ever been asked was quite memorable, and appropriately came from one of the top 5 dumbest people I've ever known: my dad's 3rd wife. I was ranting a little bit one day about how much I hated cars/trucks of all sorts, and that if they all disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't shed a tear. She thought about it for a minute, and then said, "Well, I guess you'd have to move closer to the grocery store then, wouldn't you?" We all looked at her to see if she was joking and she was dead serious. "You know, so you wouldn't have to walk so far to get your groceries home!" I was 16 (22 years ago), and I will never forget that as long as I live. 😳
g90814 2 years ago (edited)
Her question/comment made perfect sense given your rant.
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Ringer15345 2 years ago
have inherited depression I get "what do you have to be depressed about". then I always have to explain that's not how it works
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
I get that all the time too with my anxiety. People will be like well what do you have to be anxious about to stop worrying. Great idea like I haven't tried that before.
Load More Replies... BORKADYMUSIC 2 years ago
Yeah, I have adhd and on top of that I’m socially anxious, so I often say things I don’t mean/that make no sense when I’m flustered, thanks for pointing that out :D
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
My dad: "Are you sure you don't want to just be a nurse or a teacher?" (Yes, he said "just".) That sticks with me after thirty-plus years b/c he repeated it so often. I still find I grind my teeth if I think of it. "Just a nurse, just a teacher" is bad enough, but it was in context of "I want to be a doctor or a forest ranger" statements I'd make.
ZAPanda 2 years ago (edited)
what is your dad? Fortunately mine was a mechanic, so when he asked me this s**t I said yes so I don't end up being like you. That was the last time he asked.
Load More Replies... Dan St John 2 years ago
My Ex and I were driving over Donner Pass on a four-lane highway and went by the monument. My wife said she didn't know about the Donner Party, which I thought was strange as she was valedictorian of her high school. So, I proceeded to tell her the story of the Donner party and how they were stranded and ended up cannibalizing each other and when I finished, there was a long pause and then she said, "Why didn't they just follow the road out?" I thought the covered wagons and date would have been the first clue about roads.
Katchen 2 years ago
Not defending the road comment, but is the story of the Donner Party widely taught? I’m from California and learned California history in 4th grade. I don’t remember if the Donner Party was taught in regular US history, or just in California history, the way Sutter’s Mill and Junipero Serra are taught in California history but maybe not American history.
Load More Replies... Don Williams 2 years ago
In Germany, a U.S. Army soldier saw another soldier in a different uniform and asked him where he was from? The second soldier said he was from Canada. The U.S. soldier said "Wow, it must have taken you over a week to drive here, right?
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 2 years ago
I've told this one before: We're watching a film in a college oceanography class. There's a scene of a humpback whale and her calf swimming along, when one of the students suddenly asks, "Wait a minute - is this **underwater**??!!?"
Chich 2 years ago (edited)
"Before trying chemo are you going to give cannabis a chance?" No f***wit, I'm not.
Saico Hipe 2 years ago
You know, I love smoking (and eating) cannabis/THC, and it pains me every time a moron like this furthers the stereotype of cannabis users being so stupid. Cannabis will not cause your f*cking cancer to go into remission. It can do wonders for some folks' appetite after they've had chemo and feel nauseated, but it is not the absolute miracle panacea that so many people believe it to be (nor does it HAVE to be in order for its use by responsible adults to be acceptable).
Load More Replies... DuchessDegu 2 years ago
"Is cuckoo a bird? Are you sure? That's a type of clock!" Yes I'm sure a cuckoo is a bird and, wait for it, the clock was named after it!
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 2 years ago
"You don't need to wear a bra right?" I told him I definitely did and he was so confused. Apparently he thought I was completely flat chested and I had to prove him wrong by holding my shirt tight on my back so you could see easier. He was so shocked. I mean, I wear looser shirts but you can still tell I'm not flat. I just have a smaller chest.
Alethia Nyx 2 years ago
Overheard at the chemist just this afternoon: the chemist is explaining to Grandma that toddler Grandson's antibiotics need to be taken 30 minutes to an hour before food, or 2 hours after. Grandma asks "oh, we were just going to go for an ice cream straight after this, does that count as food? Its just a little one." Chemist "err yes ma'am, it does"
Jo Choto 2 years ago
Some of these are completely idiotic, I agree. But I have many, many years of teaching and librarianship and other kinds of education behind me, and I have learned that the education system has failed so many people that they don't even know what they don't know. I have never treated anyone as stupid for not knowing something. I have seen so many people considered failures that they are too scared to ask or find out, because they don't think they are smart enough. I worked with a 9 year old who was about to be sent to special ed. Turned out he missed nearly a year of early school because of illness and was never given any reading catch up. In three months he was a straight A student. I had a 45 year old employee who wouldn't read anything and insisted on being told everything verbally because he had been told he was a lousy reader and dumb. He loved westerns and raunchy stuff, so I bought him a Louis L'Amour book. 25 years later, he reads at least two library books a week.
Betty Reese 2 years ago
My partner who is an executive director for a major company was talking to his his boss who is the GM & CFO about rehiring an employee who failed a drug test. They were going to rehire him because the company policy changed and they were no longer testing employees for THC since it was now legal for medical use in our state. They spent months in meetings making the decision to stop testing for THC. While discussing rehiring this employee the GM asked him what THC was and if it was cocaine.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Wow! He screwed himself over. If you're going to use at least know what you're putting in your bodies!
Load More Replies... Nadine Debard 2 years ago
One evening at a bus stop, I was in my 20's and wore a long black coat and I was putting my black leather gloves on and this random guy asked, very concerned and a bit scared: "Are you a secret agent?". He thought I was Jennifer Garner in ALIAS.
meowgie catster 2 years ago
Wait which math class do you have? Oh wait you sit right behind me in math.
Tu Lam 2 years ago
I had to explain to someone that even with a surge protector, they will loose power in a black out. On a work trip with co worker who says because it's raining I needed to pull over and wait for the rain too stop. No one drives in the rain. Had someone tell me their color printer isn't working. I told them you don't have a color printer, she pointed at her color monitor. Today had a user demand I log in as her to fix an issue. I told her I don't have her password. She was still confused why I couldn't log in as her. Had a co worker who refused to use the driver that came with the scanner, instead he used another installer that wasn't compatible. Then had the nerve to tell me my instructions don't work. Then he lied and said our other coworker told him to use the wrong installer.
Leona V. 2 years ago
Not a dumb question, but a puzzling statement from an ex-coworker. She was a college grad, normally pretty well informed, but when another lady said she was going to Chile on vacation, the Puzzler said “Ew, no, I couldn’t stand being in a jungle like that.” I didn’t bother breaking it to her.
Robert Thompson 2 years ago
Can I add to this: Just about every third question that a customer asks the service industry. I have too many examples to start listing them.
Devil's Advocate 2 years ago
First thing I learnt as an instructor was there are no stupid questions. People might know loads of things you don't, but not understand something you think is just plain obvious. Many of these though are just people being condescending c***s because someone didn't understand something that they probably should, but had never learnt about.
Suzi Gauthier 2 years ago
My evil stepmother's car overheated & she drove it home. My dad was being impatient & wanted to spray it with the hose to cool off the hood so he could open it. She snarled, "but that would just make steam." She was a teacher.
Dan Eastwood 2 years ago
>“Do the chicken lettuce wraps have chicken in them?” That might be a fair question, depending on the restaurant.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Mr garrison on South Park says "There are no stupid questions just stupid people."
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
Oh Lord, I haven't laughed this hard and long in ages. Needed to go and get tissues.
bxttery_bxby 2 years ago
I have a few. My two favorites are: 1. "Is a bat an insect?" 2. *talking about Tom Holland* "He's from like, England right? Isn't that where Canada is?"
Louie Cooper 2 years ago (edited)
Okay, I have two. First- when I was 17 I had a friend (15 years old) come over to my place from youth group. She walked up the hallway and said, "do you know where the toilet is in this house?" Not "where is the toilet". DO YOU KNOW. No, I've lived in this house my entire life, but I've yet to find it... Second: my mother and I ran into our old (retired) family doctor while having coffee. He treated my brother and myself as kids, my parents and my grandparents- and went to church with my grandparents. He said "and did you know that Barbara [last name] died a few years ago?" Barbara was my grandmother. Yes, yes we were aware...we kind of planned the funeral for her that you attended...
Alasdair Cruickshank 2 years ago (edited)
My wife once asked me why male dogs have nipples. She later figured out what she had said and asked me why I didn't just laugh at her.
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
I lived on the back road to Disney World. Just three houses on the road. People would constantly ask me how to get to Disneyland. Go back the way you came. Get on I-4 towards Orlando. Head north until you get to Georgia, then turn left and drive until you hit California, then follow the signs. These idiots would drive THROUGH my yard and come pound on my door while people with them tried to steal my oranges. There were exceptions...and I would be nice, sometimes.
memyselfandI 2 years ago
I did a group AMA thing a few days ago for students to ask adults questions, and one of the questions was “how do I get a girl fried”. Not girl friend, girl fried. The answer was to start with some spelling lessons.
Claire the Bear 2 years ago
I once forgot how to spell "who" and walked around my house yelling "H-O-O... HOO.. no..". my poor family probably thought I was possessed by an owl :D
Ellen Tonge 2 years ago
I was buying kitty litter and the cashier asked if I had a cat? I answered “No, this is for my company coming to dinner tonight!”
Scotland's-Favorite-Gay 2 years ago
Back in sevenths grade we were reading Hound of the Baskervilles, and we had too write a paragraph on why the books were so popular at the time, and one bloke said “ well, most of the Sherlock Holmes books seem to be mysteries” and I hit my head really loud on the table
Cali to Michigan 2 years ago
I had a girl friend ask me twice what the difference between Mexico and New mexico was.. I knew it was time to cut ties
Melanie Linehan 2 years ago
During one of my phusicals my doctor says to me, "You do realize that you are over weight?" I said " Dr. S...I am fat, I am not blind." It's the first time I ever heard him laugh.
phil blanque 2 years ago
Well, we laugh, but all in all this is more than a little disturbing.
Linnea Jacobson 2 years ago
Someone once asked me what half of 6 is, so I think I've got all these beat. And no, it wasn't a child. It was a grown-*** woman in her 40s. I honestly don't understand how she made it to that age. I would think someone that stupid would've long ago starved to death trying to find her way out her own front door in the morning.
Damitria 2 years ago
Contrary to popular belief we do not have a monopoly on stupidity. Our politicians and several wing-nuts who want their five minutes just make it seem like we do.
Load More Replies... Red Ruffensor 2 years ago
I was working at a restaurant with a floor show. A co-worker said, "You know, that band isn't very good, they just play the same bunch of songs every night."
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Saico Hipe 2 years ago
The dumbest question I've ever been asked was quite memorable, and appropriately came from one of the top 5 dumbest people I've ever known: my dad's 3rd wife. I was ranting a little bit one day about how much I hated cars/trucks of all sorts, and that if they all disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't shed a tear. She thought about it for a minute, and then said, "Well, I guess you'd have to move closer to the grocery store then, wouldn't you?" We all looked at her to see if she was joking and she was dead serious. "You know, so you wouldn't have to walk so far to get your groceries home!" I was 16 (22 years ago), and I will never forget that as long as I live. 😳
g90814 2 years ago (edited)
Her question/comment made perfect sense given your rant.
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