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“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness

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You know that moment when you say something and quickly realize that that was a stupid thing to say? Well, some people never come to such a realization.

Be it an incorrect fact proven wrong by oh, so many sources, a theory that they picked up who knows where, or a thing that simply makes no logical sense, these people hold on to their truths with teeth and nails, even if they’re met with counter arguments; or ridicule, for that matter.

Some of such truths were recently discussed by redditors, who were asked about the dumbest things someone’s ever said to them with complete seriousness. The stories they shared ranged from foolish to unbelievable, so if you’re curious about how senseless some people can get, scroll down to find them on the list below. Happy scrolling!

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#1

COVID isn't real. Damnit, I worked in a hospital during COVID. DO NOT TELL ME COVID IS NOT REAL. And especially when I am sick for 10 days with.

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#2

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I'm sure I've heard something more dumb but someone once said to me, "Snakes aren't animals. They're lizards."

When I told him that snakes and lizards are both reptiles and reptiles are animals he said, "Clearly you haven't done your research."

I have a degree in biology.

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#3

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness My aunt (who was pushing 40) wondered if she needed to worry about prostate cancer, since her grandfather had it.

This is the same aunt who insisted that the Dutch are from Denmark. When I told her the Dutch come from the Netherlands she was like "no, sweetie, those are Neanderthals!".

bittyberry , ALINA MATVEYCHEVA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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314points

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#4

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Visited a historic site with a friend, when the guide told us it was Neolithic, older than Christ, she was shocked that people existed before Christ. She’s a nurse.

My_Name_Is_Amos , Mehmet Şimşek/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#5

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Lad I used to know when we were 17 or so once said he knew someone who could run a mile in one minute. When I called b******t, he said "how tf would you know?", so I said he'd have to be running at 60mph. He then asked me how I knew that, so I said well if he could run a mile in one minute, that means 60 miles in 60 minutes, therefore 60 miles per hour. He then said "that's not how it works". Bless him.

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#6

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I went to see a Dr. for my neck issues. She was asking me questions. She asked about my commute to work. I said I did have a long commute. My neck would bother me while driving. The Dr. told me, in all seriousness, when traffic is stopped on the freeway get out of the car and walk around the car as many times as possible to stretch. 🤔 walk around the car while stopped in freeway traffic. I never had another appointment with her again.

Szaborovich9 , Oleksandr P / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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277points

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#7

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness "Okay well if the earth is round, then how come Australians don't fall of?"

Then she looked at me with a sufficient smirk like she just debunked centuries of science.

Greenie1O2 , Catarina Sousa / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#8

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Old co-worker of mine:

"Nowadays 12 year old girls get abortions because they think it will make them popular!"

He was a f*****g idiot.

ElboDelbo , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#9

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Knew a girl in high school who thought chipmunks were baby squirrels. While not the most outrageous thing to think, when we all told her that wasn't the case, the teacher told her that wasn't the case, the internet told her that wasn't the case and an encyclopedia from the library told her that wasn't the case, she refused to believe it. She even went so far as to lie about having a pet chipmunk that grew into a squirrel. I wonder how she's doing these days. Oh yea she's in the United States House of Representatives. Figures.

justaguy826 , Gowtham R/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#10

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Worked on an animated movie as a group project, had this discussion;

“Can you take a look at the credits and check that it’s correct?”

“Yeah it looks good except you put me and Dave on character design. I did character design and Dave did the backgrounds. If you can fix that it’s all good.”

“So credit Dave for the backgrounds? Like this?”

“Yes, and remove him from character design”

“Why?”

“Because he didn’t design any characters, I designed every character on screen.”

“But he drew a boat.”

“Yes, but it wasn’t a sentient boat, and it was in the background. So it’s part of background design.”

“But he drew a plane.”

“It was also not a sentient plane. Characters are the things that are alive.”

“I seriously don’t understand what you want me to do.”

“Remove Dave from character design, since he didn’t design any.”

“That doesn’t sound fair.”

“Hi Dave, did you design any characters?”

(Dave) “No, you did all of them, remember?”

“See, Dave didn’t design any characters can you please remove him from character design”

“Ok, if it’s that important to you🙄”.

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#11

I had a roommate once who was, to put it nicely, not the brightest. Once we were ordering from a takeout place and she asked, "what is goat meat?"

My friend and I stared at her, confused by her question. "It's goat" we answered.

"No, but like what animal does it come from?"

"Goat."

"But like, pork is from pigs, beef is from cows, what is goat meat from?"

" A GOAT"

"no, but like..."

You can imagine the rest of the conversation. My friend and I still laugh about this, years later. Not the stupidest thing she ever said, but definitely my favorite.

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#12

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I used to work at a CONCRETE dam. I've been asked 3 different times if it is a man-made dam while looking at the dam.

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#13

"You're not really disabled tho"
Just cause you can't see my disability right away, I can function fine day to day and am not in excruciating pain 90% of the time, doesn't mean I'm not physically disabled.
Like the bones in my arm are fused together since I was born, I was never able to turn my wrist and it affects about 90% of movements I make with my hand ... Sounds pretty physically disabled to me 🤷‍♀️.

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#14

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness “I didn’t think you’d really leave. You don’t just divorce someone because they are a bad husband.”

- My ex. I got tons of dumb one liners from him!

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#15

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I work at my husband’s auto repair shop. After discussing next steps with a customer, I told them their gas light was on. They sighed and said, “great… how do we fix that?”

My response was dead silence. I was trying to determine if they were messing with me or not. They realized during my silence with the look on my face that they just needed to put gas in the car. They are one of my favorite customers now and they certainly keep me on my toes!

chaos_punk , Erik Mclean / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#16

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness When I was still in the restaurant industry, someone ordered a turkey burger, medium rare. I explained that we have to serve the turkey burger fully cooked, due to it being poultry.

“But it’s a burger.”

“Yes, but it’s a patty made out of poultry.”

“So why is it on the burger menu?”

“Well, it even says on the menu that our turkey burgers are cooked well done.”

“But your burgers are cooked to order.”

“Yes, our beef patties are cooked to order. Turkey burgers need to be fully cooked.”

She begrudgingly relented. Then complained to my then-manager that I’m an idiot.

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#17

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness An old ex, when I confronted him about his clashing outfit, told me he doesn’t know because he isn’t a fascist… I asked him what he meant, and he said “you know, someone who is into fashion”.

My dad couldn’t stand him and thought this was the funniest joke ever.

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#18

A woman told me: "I understand boys better than you do because I have 2 sons and you don't."

I'm a man.

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#19

During the peak of the Covid pandemic, one of my parents set me aside to express how "concerned" they were about me at work because I might get brain damage from wearing a face mask.

One of my siblings works at a dental office, and they've been wearing face masks at work for years.

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#20

*Don't ever do that again! If you blow your nose while on the toilet and while on your period, your organs will fall out of your b******e and vagina and you'll die.*

Said to me by my mother the first time I got my period. I had the flu at the same time. Ripped TP off the roll and blew my nose. She wagged her finger in my face and told me the above statement.

I'm 29 now. Still waiting for my organs to fall out of my b******e or lady bits. I figure it's gotta be any day now, right?

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#21

When my oldest step daughter was 15, I picked her up after her sport practice. I asked if she felt good after such good exercise. She said yes but then complained that she should've got a shower before I picked her up. I didn't understand. She said "well now that my sweat dried on me, my workout won't make a difference."

I drove in confused silence for a minute and then started giggling.

"Wait, do you think that your body reabsorbs fat through your sweat if you don't shower quickly enough?" I finally managed to ask.

She also started to laugh and admitted that's what she thought and that now that she heard it out loud, it made no sense.

We talked about biology the whole trip home. She's in her 2nd year of nursing school now and acing her classes. 🥰.

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#22

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness My gf once asked me why I believed in reindeers. She thought they were magical creatures like dragons or unicorns.

GustavoAlex7789 , Barnabas Davoti / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#23

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness A coworker (a morbidly obese fellow) said that he didn't need to do cardio because he drank coffee and energy drinks. Because those things made his heart beat faster, and that's all that cardio is, he doesn't need to exercise.

Completely and totally serious to the point that he absolutely could not understand why people waste their time running, bc energy drinks exist.

WatchTheBoom , Andrew Neel / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#24

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness My cousin once asked “where do astronauts land when it’s only half a moon?”.

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#25

Atheists worship the devil.

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#26

My great uncle continually says "Gay people will raise gay children."

Last time he said it, I said "Oh absolutely! Because straight people ONLY raise straight children right?"

He stopped talking about it now.

The best part?

He has no idea my Mum is gay, and she raised myself and my brothers alone. My father is a POS. 🤷‍♀️.

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#27

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness “how was i supposed to know the strawberry açaí had strawberries in it” after giving it to somebody allergic to strawberries.

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#28

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Working in the meat department of a large grocery chain:

"What's the difference between a fresh and a frozen turkey?"

"Is......is this a trick question?".

chizzle91 , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#29

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness That he didn't believe Africa was real.

Sea_Lingonberry3865 , Nothing Ahead / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#30

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Mom once told teenage me that getting an internal ultrasound meant that a robot took my virginity. I think she cried over this, IIRC.

anon , Pavel Danilyuk/ pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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175points

Bernd Herbert 3 months ago

This whole virginity thing needs to stop asap!

242points

Basko 3 months ago

Working on it...

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Evolbeky 3 months ago

I heard that the ancient Egyptians didn't even have a word for virginity, as they acknowledged sex as something people do and enjoy and not a shameful thing (it was a YouTube video by a specialist, but she read hieroglyphics and everything so I believe her)

12points

Lisa Ross 3 months ago

Especially since it mostly applies to women only

4points

Chelsea McKee 3 months ago

I think everyone is entitled to their own sex life, there is nothing inherently wrong with not engaging in sexual activity. People lie about their sexual history, about receiving tests, about d***s they've used. I mean you shouldnt be an a*****e to those who responsibly or otherwise engage in sex, but there is nothing incorrect about being a virgin.

3points

TheReader19 3 months ago

Bob B, I think your comment comes under penel code 5 section C. T.M.I. Thank you and have a nice day

2points

Chris Davis 3 months ago

No worries, I'll help eliminate it

-1point

Kangaroo 3 months ago

Right, humans are so weird

-1point

David 3 months ago

Then I'm a right whore (apparently). I've had two colonoscopies. Even worse, I paid them to do it. The shame. /J

33points

Rinso The Red 3 months ago

Naw, everyone knows butt-stuff doesn't count

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ColdSteelRonin 3 months ago

No, you're a John. You paid to be violated

6points

Clark Kent 3 months ago

Medicare paid for mine. We should have Medicare for all, universal healthcare like other nations.

0points

María Hermida 3 months ago

Men obsessed about virginity are creepy; but *women* obsessed about other women's virginity...!!! FFS!

22points

BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

As far as I know this is all a religious thing. I don't know any men who are obsessed with the concept of virginity. With my own kids, I would like them to wait until they are mature enough to understand the consequences of their decisions. But this idea of purity is something I only care about for my drinking water.

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Upstaged75 3 months ago

WTF??? That woman needs serious mental help.

5points

Robert T 3 months ago

"Oh no, my Rampant Rabbit did that earlier". ;-)

4points

Jude Laskowski 3 months ago

Her mom probably also thought unmarried girls should not use tampons for the same reason.

3points

WubiDubi 3 months ago

A sonographer with a sonic screwdriver. Or did you get Dr. Who?

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Regina Holt 3 months ago

"Doctor Who" not Dr. Who

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Dusty's mom 3 months ago

I had an impacted hymen. A surgeon opened it in an operation. Did he take my virginity? There are women whose hymens were broken while riding bicycles. Did their bikes take their virginity? Good grief!

2points

Chelsea McKee 3 months ago

That's... Really uncomfortable that she thinks medical professions are interacting with a patient, specifically a teenager in this scenario, with sexual intent. The act of losing your virginity is actively engaging in consensual sex with another appropriate party.

2points

Sand Ers 3 months ago

And here as I read it I thought it was Mom winding up a gullible teenager.

2points

Boots 3 months ago

I should not have laughed at that, but I did. Snort-laughed, at that. And virginity is a social construct created to oppress, manipulate, and shame people (mainly women) for decades. Not unlike organized religion...

1point

Danish Susanne 3 months ago

From what I have heard it comes from the idea that a young girl is her fathers property and when he sells her to another man her virginity is proof that she is not damaged goods

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Bob Brooce 3 months ago

Hope she never found your vibrator.

1point

Jan Moore 2 months ago

I had an internal ultrasound, most humiliating exam I ever had and I had my first vaginal exam at age 11 due to really severe cramp and the doctor told me all I needed to do was have a baby. By the way my Mom and other doctors said the same thing. They all lied.

0points

Vicki Perizzolo 3 months ago

Good freaking gawd

0points

Susan Raskin 3 months ago

your mother was misinformed or absolutely nuts

0points

Gracie Mae 3 months ago

i remember a friend telling me when i started my period that if i used tampons i wasn't a virgin anymore...

0points

Cybele Spanjaard 3 months ago

Mum...

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somnomania (she/her, queer) 3 months ago

there's no excuse for other women being this uneducated to their own offspring

0points

Richard Smith 3 months ago

These days robots can do about anything.

0points

Ormond Otvos 3 months ago

I've done my best to stamp it out...

0points

Michelle Randazzo 3 months ago

For the love of stupid!

0points

brittany 3 months ago

my bio mom would not let me use tampons bc she believed the tampon would steal my virginity, despite the fact i had been SA'd long before i hit puberty and she knew that. apparently that didn't count bc i wasn't having monthly bleeding there yet so i was still intact. not how that works, mummy dearest. not the brightest crayon in the box.

0points

kansasmagic 3 months ago

This is dumb and hilarious.

0points

Miles Mawyer 3 months ago

0points

Jerome Lenovo 3 months ago

" what will my imaginary friend say ? "

0points

marianne eliza 3 months ago

Another Red state education.

0points

Piwakawaka 3 months ago

Whelp. Better not have a smear test done!

0points

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Dill 3 months ago

No. The virginity thing is a social construct. The hymen has a reputation for being an indicator of sexual activity — like a seal-like covering that blocks your vagina — but it usually has no connection to whether a woman has had sex. In reality, it's soft and elastic and doesn't necessarily block your vaginal opening.

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#31

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness Someone told me that drones were an extreme security threat, which is a fine argument to make (as long as you have the evidence to back it up), but then he instantly followed up with the comment: "But how do the spies *fit* inside the drones? These drones have to be pretty big to fit the people inside." This had me dumbfounded.

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#32

Pointing at a photo of a cave in the distance I took in Israel. "In that cave they found the 2000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls."

My friend "Were they still alive?"

Me befuddled, "Were who still alive?"

"The squirrels. The Dead Sea Squirrels. ".

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#33

You should give every guy that approaches you a chance even if you aren't attracted to them because you might learn to love them. As a woman that is the right thing for you to do.

This was said to me on Reddit when I stated that I won't date Conservative/Republican men. I was accused of bullying and hate speech and a bunch of butthurt men reported me. I almost lost my account. 😡🤬😤.

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#34

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I had a female co-worker who got really upset when Prince Harry got engaged to Meghan Markle. When I asked why, she said it was because she wanted to be a princess. I laughed, because that's a very silly thing for an adult to say and I genuinely thought she was joking. She just looked at me dead in the eyes, super serious, and said again "I wanted... to be... a princess!"

We all lived in a country very far away from the UK, and she had almost a 0% chance of ever meeting Prince Harry.

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#35

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness "No need to worry about lead contamination in our drinking water - we boil it before we drink it." - my boss at an office based in an old Victorian school building in the UK

😬🫤.

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#36

"People are not mammals. Dogs are mammals and I am not a dog. I don't walk on four legs or have a tail. Therefore I cannot be a mammal."
She was serious. I couldn't convince her otherwise.

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#37

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness "Oh, it's like winning the lottery"

After she find out i got a widow's pension after my husband died.

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#38

I had a tooth crack in Afghanistan. Dentist f****d up the patchwork, 2 months later my root abcessed into my sinus. Incredible, unique pain. Emergency flight to a base with a dentist. They pull the tooth, which caused a hole from my mouth directly into my sinus. Took 3 weeks to heal. Dentist didnt give me a single post op painkiller. I spent all night sobbing in pain bleeding all over my shirt. Before going in the next day, the dentist stopped at my billet, sees me in a blood soaked shirt, eyes sunken and red from crying and pain and asks in complete seriousness "howre you feeling."

Bad, captain. I feel bad.

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#39

Mom heard on the news that Mars was going to be close enough to Earth to see with the naked eye.

A couple of evenings later she pointed up at the sky and said, 'Is that Mars?'

'That's the moon, Mom.'

'Are you sure?'

'Very much so.'

She's not suffering from dementia. She's just oblivious.

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#40

"Alcohol is so toxic to teenagers that, even a sip, gives them Toxic Shock Syndrome" - driving instructor.

That's the mildest dumb thing that was said.

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#41

Well, Jennifer, you're Black but you're not "Black." You're educated and you have class.

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#42

I used to have a friend that was convinced that if he stretched his a*****e enough he'd develop the ability to photosynthesize. He claimed thats how original humans survived since there's no food in Africa.

Apparently it's a whole thing some people believe. People are wild.

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#43

A family member ordered lobster at a non-chain non-seafood restaurant in Southwest Ohio. She didn't enjoy it because it "didn't seem fresh."

"Yeah... This was probably trucked in from somewhere near the ocean."

No s**t, Sherlock. Those Ohio River lobsters are hard to come by. We have to outsource.

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#44

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I had a high school student, in an honors level class, once ask a question (I don't remember the exact context) "...so is that why you stop, drop, and roll when there is a fire?" She was legitimately surprised when I told her that "stop, drop, and roll" was for when YOU are on fire, not just when there is a fire.

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#45

I am adopted. I had a co-worker who expressed surprise that I have contact and a relationship with my adoptive brother because “you’re not natural brother and sister.”.

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#46

After I got sexually assaulted- ‘okay but if the roles were reversed, what would you think?’ Or ‘okay but why did you let it happen?’ Like- HUH?

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#47

A co-worker was bitching about the government helping people with healthcare, asking why they couldn't work for it like he does.

When I asked what about disabled people, or unemployed people who couldn't find work, or people already working 2 jobs but couldn't afford their meds, he replied, "Why do they have to live?".

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#48

I tried to plan a festival with someone.

I said we had to follow the alcohol laws in our country if we wanted to sell alcohol. She said that was stupid and unnecessary because who would shut us down. Turned out the venue refused to rent to us unless we followed the law. Who would have guessed?

I also tried to explain to her that we couldn’t take money we were given to use on equipment and use it for a pizza party. She asked why not. I said because it’s embezzlement and illegal. I had to explain that to her 5 times.

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#49

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness “A major in psychology is so smart for job interviews because you can read the minds of people interviewing you.”.

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“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness I asked someone how tall he was & he said, “5 foot 12 inches”. I chuckled but he didn’t mean it as a joke.

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#51

Not to me, but my 10th grade history teacher insisted to our German exchange student that they celebrate thanksgiving in Germany. Like the American holiday. She wanted to know what their traditional meal was and I wish to god I was making this up. Sylvie was just like no no we don’t celebrate that and our teacher looked like a deer in headlights nodding and going yes you do! That was 20 years ago and I still think about that.

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

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#52

"There must have been something really wrong with you or your parents for them to give you up for adoption...so I don't want you hanging with my daughter anymore".

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#53

A friend of mine said I should have kids because "You get a ton of money back in taxes."

Well. I do believe all the things that kids cost through the year is a lot more money than your tax refund.

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#54

I had a bad argument with my then girlfriend which led to our breakup when she insisted that Jesus Christ was white? What’s her rationale? Her father had a framed painting (likely a poster) of a bolnd haired and blue eyed Jesus. No amount of reasoning could persuade her. That was the last straw which led to me seriously reevaluating my life decisions and what I wanted in a partner intelligence and education-wise.

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

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#55

That the Golden Gate Bridge connects North-America and Europe. Yeh.. don't even ask.

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#56

"I dont believe in dinosaurs"

"But . . What about all the dinosaur fossils people have found?"

"Obviously people buried them to be found!".

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#57

“The cost of living hasn’t changed since the 90’s.” Coming from my father who has spent nearly 30 years and counting in finances, insurance, and fund management + housing.

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#58

“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness My elderly mother told me that 90% of Wisconsin is covered by cement.

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“You’re Not Really Disabled Tho”: 50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Said In All Seriousness When Nelson Mandela died a radio station in Milwaukee stated that the president of Africa has died.

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#60

“You could cure your diabetes if you just eat an all fruit diet”.

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#61

"I don't plan on having an accident."

My dad's rebuttal when we told him we were taking his drivers license away because he had cataracts, decline in vision distance (he refused to wear the prescription glasses we bought him), and he had significant neuropathy in his right foot. He was 75 years old.

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#62

Ex-husband did not believe that the Grand Canyon was carved out by the Colorado River.

He didn't believe that a river could carve through rock like that.

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#63

I’m using a story I just posted to another thread because it’s perfect for this:

I was 11 & my sister was 9. We had just moved to a new town & were with my mom at the local big box superstore. My sister had to use the bathroom, and with us being new in town, of course we had no idea where it was. We stopped a manager to ask, “Excuse me, where are your bathrooms?”

I s**t you not. This was her 100% serious answer:

“We don’t sell bathrooms.”.

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#64

I had a friend who told me that women pee out of their vagina.

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#65

I was once told by a Math teacher that there was no such state as West Virginia, only Virginia. He did this in front of the whole class of 9th graders and made fun of me. This was before smartphones. The next day I took my parent's atlas that we kept in the car to school and laid it out on his desk at the pages for WEST VIRGINIA. I wanted to say "Who looks stooooopid now?" but I did not. He said "Fair enough." Idiot.

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#66

A coworker was once talking to me about flu season & how everyone was getting very sick lately & it was "starting to feel like the zombie acropolis".

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#67

Which one is closer, the Moon or China?

-- My old Neighbor.

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#68

Friend says: I am voting for George Bush because he's Christian.

I reply that John Kerry is also a Christian.

Silence.

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#69

When I was working at Staples, a lady asked me if we had printers that print. I wish I was kidding.

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#70

"Wait are Islam and Hinduism the same thing?" We were in the 2nd half of a year long comparative religion class on Hinduism and Christianity.

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#71

A couple I knew told me they went a picked out a labrador puppy from a pure hunting line and then couldn't figure out why the dog was so insane. They told me because all their friends they knew who hunted were fat and lazy they figured thats what the hunting line meant.

I still think about and feel awful for that poor dog. They live in a condo and turned to a prong collar to try and deal with things instead of spending time teaching the dog a job it so desperately needed.

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#72

Traveling 200 miles through Mexico about 30 years ago via bus at nighttime and the driver never turned his lights on! I sat just a few seats behind the driver and as it was a moonlit night, he could somehow navigate the white crushed rock roads all nite without any headlights at all. I was white knuckle frozen all night for this trip and didn't dare to fall asleep. When we got to the bus station in Guadalajara in the morning I asked one of the other bus drivers why a driver would drive with no lights at all; he looked at me like I was dumb and said " To save electricity, of course.".

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#73

Having a dog and raising a child is the same thing. This person has neither.

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#74

When I was working in accounting, a co-worker came into my office waiving an original invoice, screaming at me and demanding why it wasn't paid. Uh, no Gina (fake name), I haven't processed it for payment if you have the invoice in your hand. Took a few explanations for her to understand. I had many run- in with this person with similar issues.

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#75

When I first got my drivers license. Guy looked me dead in the face and asked if I wore glasses. While I was wearing them.

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#76

Working at a sushi place in Luxembourg. A customer asked me if the fish was local. How??

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#77

I worked in a deli one summer vacation when I was in high school. Bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll with salt, pepper, and ketchup (BEC SPK) is a Long Island staple so I took a lot of those orders. SPECIFICALLY, we had a small form customers would fill out to indicate how they wanted their eggs, what kind of cheese, etc.

Someone ordered a sandwich and they circled pepper where it said "salt & pepper".

I rang the guy up after the sandwich was finished and he sat down to eat it. He came up to me, handed me his form, and said he ordered his sandwich with peppers but he didn't get peppers.

I had to explain to him the pepper in salt & pepper refers to the spice and not the vegetable.

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#78

Back in 2020 while I was watching last airbender for the first time on Netflix my dad asked me why I like cartoons so much. I told him because they're fun and a good escape from reality and his response "this generation is soft the world isn't that bad" and mind you this was like 2 weeks into lockdown and covid.

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#79

My friend insists that he ran faster than Linford Christie but only for 3 seconds.

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What's the dumbest thing someone’s ever said to you with complete seriousness?

reuben kift 3 months ago

This was PAINFUL to read.

38points

Lotekguy 3 months ago

The worst part is that all of them have the same vote as the rest of us.

33points

Winnie the Moo 3 months ago

And they get to have kids to raise…!

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bas vdlaar 3 months ago

Yeah? Being stupid makes you less human? Or that a technocraty works better? The reason a democracy works best is because power corrupts, to the stupid and smart alike.

1point

Gracie Mae 3 months ago

and sadly, they walk among us & probably breed

0points

Mike F 3 months ago

So much wasted oxygen.

19points

Dream 3 months ago (edited)

Last night I was asked by a maga: "If the libs win, what type of masks are they going to force us to wear all day?" I said: "The same masks you wore to hide your faces on 1/6" This is his brain: If they make us it's communism! When we do it, it's patriotism!

8points

somnomania (she/her, queer) 3 months ago

i'm so distressed, one of the counties that applies to NYC has just banned facial coverings unless they're medically or religiously necessary, because of too many masked protesters making people feel unsafe, or something like that. my parents and i have been masking since covid started, and we haven't gotten any transmissable illnesses since then, because of our distancing and hygiene practices. i have a great double-layered fabric mask that i got from redbubble, with pastel monster teeth on it, that i love! it's not the masks they're against, it's the notion that they should care about other people.

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Douglas Tucker 3 months ago

Miseducation, misinformation, disinformation, pranking, outright lies, and/or continued failures in doing your homework of simple researching is responsible for the bulk of these "dumb beliefs/statements". It is one thing to be educated after opening your mouth and saying something very questionable, but to continue to repeat your questionable belief(s) is STUPID and problematic.

8points

Jaguarundi 3 months ago

"It's not possible that you should have PTSD just because your husband died." He died while driving the car, I had to stop the car from the passenger side, call 911, pull his lifeless body out of the car, start CPR, then drive myself to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, then drive myself home. Yeah, a very pleasant Sunday drive indeed.

7points

Phil Green 3 months ago

Is that the same moon that we've got? We are in the southern hemisphere and they were from the US.

7points

geezeronthehill 3 months ago

I was with a group of re-enactors demonstrating life skills from the 1700s; blacksmithing, hand stitching, etc. Groups would come through to watch. One fellow gestured to the campfire where we were cooking our evening meal and asked "Is that a real fire?"

4points

Cassie 3 months ago

"Is this real?" - We were watching a cartoon with anthropomorphic animals. Also, I (pale, blonde hair, blue eyes) have had this conversation several times now: "Where were you born?" ;"Japan." ; "But you don't look Japanese." ; "I'm not Japanese." ; *visible confusion*

4points

Robert Palmer 3 months ago

Guy once argued with me no one had ever been to the moon. Literally says he never heard about it. Called Ready Reference (before internet ) library info phone line and argues with reference person.

4points

Anne Home 3 months ago

As an atheist I have learned to say: Satanists are christians too, they are just the ones cheering for the away-team

2points

Sami-Jo Ross 3 months ago

My pop legitimately believed that drinking water with ice in it would freeze your insides and kill you. But only water. He also believed that fireflies and lightning bugs were two different animals. My dad, meanwhile, legitimately believes that wasabi root is extinct and that all wasabi is just green horseradish...I sent him a photo of a sushi chef who grated fresh wasabi on a sharkskin grater, and my dad said it wasn't real wasabi.

2points

Ken Schroeder 3 months ago

About 90% of the wasabi in the U.S. IS green horseradish. It's not extinct, but it's definitely not easy to get.

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TheReader19 3 months ago

I'm the first to admit I'm a pretty dumb person. But some of these, were just soooo dumb I couldn't even understand the dumbness. And believe you me; it takes a lot to out idiot me. Made me look like a whole Einstein.

1point

Natty Tempest 1 month ago

A fine argument for eugenics...

0points

H C Premium 2 months ago

We sold single small and large dog treats at a gas station and they were put into these small wooden boxes on the bottom of a display case. One of the girls who were helping stock the shelves, dropped one of the bisquits on the floor and proceeded to ask me what to do with it...... Ummmm, put it in with the other dog bisquits?

0points

Pam Wood 2 months ago

While playing pictionary the word was pentagon. I drew one, she did not get it. When she learned the word she said I should have drawn a swastika because then she would have know it was in Russia.

0points

Paul Curtiss 3 months ago

taking a photo of a full eclipse with a flash--that should work eh?

0points

ERpaton 3 months ago

When I told my ex that what he'd just said was 'Freudian' he asked what I meant. I said "Wait, you don't know the term Freudian - as in Sigmund Freud?" He replies "Oh yeah, sure. the guys with the tigers".

0points

AMaureen Dance 3 months ago

I don't know if it's the dumbest thing, but once at Christmas, my sister, who was hosting, suddenly announced "Everybody likes my stuffing best, because I don't put a lot of s**t in it." First off, she uses a boxed stuffing. It's not that people like it, it's just that nobody hates it. Also, I was not asked in this survey. Neither was my 11 year old daughter, apparently, who turned to me and said, "Mom, I like your s****y stuffing better." She's 36 and we've called it my s****y stuffing ever since.

0points

James King 3 months ago

"Wow, those cows are so ugly!" Said by a friend of a friend we were helping move when she saw some farmed bison in a field.

0points

Sara Harvilla 3 months ago

(Middle school teacher) A 7th-grade student asked when January 1st was. I said it was a week after Christmas. This did not help him at all. Turns out he did not know the months of the year in order! The whole class was shocked.

0points

George Tirebiter 3 months ago

I was in 8th grade in 1968, and our civics teacher focused her lesson plan on the presidential election. We had to cut out newspaper articles, watch news coverage, etc. This started in early September. A few months later, in late October after intense study of the political battle, a guy in the class asked, in all seriousness, "Is Humphrey Muskie one person?" The roar of laughter could be heard down the hallway. Even the teacher laughed.

0points

Liz Butt 3 months ago

Great comments. I'm sure I have said some pretty dumb things in my day so I'm not going to judge them for their stupidity. I had a good laugh.

0points

Maude Lin 3 months ago

Time to put birth control in the water.

0points

Dog Lover 3 months ago

I asked a shopkeeper once if he sold string. He said, ‘What’s that?’

0points

Littlemiss 3 months ago

According to my cousin it wasn't his fault he got his ex pregnant, he'd said he had a 5% chance of fertility issues after surgery and that it was no big deal. Apparently the child didn't need clothes, nappies, bedding, blankets, a carseat and the ex didn't actually need support etc. But he needed a $5000 tv to celebrate getting her pregnant.

0points

marianne eliza 3 months ago

It's painfully easy to spot the red state educations.

0points

CBolt 3 months ago (edited)

Well, pardon me, but having gone from kindergarten thru college in a red state, amazingly I'm a rabid & flaming liberal &, guess what, there are many, many, many ..... of us. Furthermore, there was absolutely nothing in my education that was an attempt to point me toward being "red' - or "blue," for that matter. Yes, some states' governments & local school boards have gone berserk - & they're not all red states - but it's unfair (not to mention ignorant) to paint with such a broad brush. Now, what state were you educated in?

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xolitaire 3 months ago

A friend of mine was convinced that tunas didn't exist and that the tuna you can buy was a blend of different types of fish

0points

Manic Mama 3 months ago

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0points

Liz The Biz 3 months ago

I once worked with a lady who didn't realise that cows and chickens are female, and she thought that bearded dragons breathe fire.

0points

William Gibson 3 months ago

Hens a re female, chickens can be both!

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Sand Ers 3 months ago

For a lot of these, I feel like asking “how many shots did you get in before the rest pulled you off?”

0points

reuben kift 3 months ago

This was PAINFUL to read.

38points

Lotekguy 3 months ago

The worst part is that all of them have the same vote as the rest of us.

33points

Winnie the Moo 3 months ago

And they get to have kids to raise…!

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bas vdlaar 3 months ago

Yeah? Being stupid makes you less human? Or that a technocraty works better? The reason a democracy works best is because power corrupts, to the stupid and smart alike.

1point

Gracie Mae 3 months ago

and sadly, they walk among us & probably breed

0points

Mike F 3 months ago

So much wasted oxygen.

19points

Dream 3 months ago (edited)

Last night I was asked by a maga: "If the libs win, what type of masks are they going to force us to wear all day?" I said: "The same masks you wore to hide your faces on 1/6" This is his brain: If they make us it's communism! When we do it, it's patriotism!

8points

somnomania (she/her, queer) 3 months ago

i'm so distressed, one of the counties that applies to NYC has just banned facial coverings unless they're medically or religiously necessary, because of too many masked protesters making people feel unsafe, or something like that. my parents and i have been masking since covid started, and we haven't gotten any transmissable illnesses since then, because of our distancing and hygiene practices. i have a great double-layered fabric mask that i got from redbubble, with pastel monster teeth on it, that i love! it's not the masks they're against, it's the notion that they should care about other people.

0points

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Douglas Tucker 3 months ago

Miseducation, misinformation, disinformation, pranking, outright lies, and/or continued failures in doing your homework of simple researching is responsible for the bulk of these "dumb beliefs/statements". It is one thing to be educated after opening your mouth and saying something very questionable, but to continue to repeat your questionable belief(s) is STUPID and problematic.

8points

Jaguarundi 3 months ago

"It's not possible that you should have PTSD just because your husband died." He died while driving the car, I had to stop the car from the passenger side, call 911, pull his lifeless body out of the car, start CPR, then drive myself to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, then drive myself home. Yeah, a very pleasant Sunday drive indeed.

7points

Phil Green 3 months ago

Is that the same moon that we've got? We are in the southern hemisphere and they were from the US.

7points

geezeronthehill 3 months ago

I was with a group of re-enactors demonstrating life skills from the 1700s; blacksmithing, hand stitching, etc. Groups would come through to watch. One fellow gestured to the campfire where we were cooking our evening meal and asked "Is that a real fire?"

4points

Cassie 3 months ago

"Is this real?" - We were watching a cartoon with anthropomorphic animals. Also, I (pale, blonde hair, blue eyes) have had this conversation several times now: "Where were you born?" ;"Japan." ; "But you don't look Japanese." ; "I'm not Japanese." ; *visible confusion*

4points

Robert Palmer 3 months ago

Guy once argued with me no one had ever been to the moon. Literally says he never heard about it. Called Ready Reference (before internet ) library info phone line and argues with reference person.

4points

Anne Home 3 months ago

As an atheist I have learned to say: Satanists are christians too, they are just the ones cheering for the away-team

2points

Sami-Jo Ross 3 months ago

My pop legitimately believed that drinking water with ice in it would freeze your insides and kill you. But only water. He also believed that fireflies and lightning bugs were two different animals. My dad, meanwhile, legitimately believes that wasabi root is extinct and that all wasabi is just green horseradish...I sent him a photo of a sushi chef who grated fresh wasabi on a sharkskin grater, and my dad said it wasn't real wasabi.

2points

Ken Schroeder 3 months ago

About 90% of the wasabi in the U.S. IS green horseradish. It's not extinct, but it's definitely not easy to get.

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TheReader19 3 months ago

I'm the first to admit I'm a pretty dumb person. But some of these, were just soooo dumb I couldn't even understand the dumbness. And believe you me; it takes a lot to out idiot me. Made me look like a whole Einstein.

1point

Natty Tempest 1 month ago

A fine argument for eugenics...

0points

H C Premium 2 months ago

We sold single small and large dog treats at a gas station and they were put into these small wooden boxes on the bottom of a display case. One of the girls who were helping stock the shelves, dropped one of the bisquits on the floor and proceeded to ask me what to do with it...... Ummmm, put it in with the other dog bisquits?

0points

Pam Wood 2 months ago

While playing pictionary the word was pentagon. I drew one, she did not get it. When she learned the word she said I should have drawn a swastika because then she would have know it was in Russia.

0points

Paul Curtiss 3 months ago

taking a photo of a full eclipse with a flash--that should work eh?

0points

ERpaton 3 months ago

When I told my ex that what he'd just said was 'Freudian' he asked what I meant. I said "Wait, you don't know the term Freudian - as in Sigmund Freud?" He replies "Oh yeah, sure. the guys with the tigers".

0points

AMaureen Dance 3 months ago

I don't know if it's the dumbest thing, but once at Christmas, my sister, who was hosting, suddenly announced "Everybody likes my stuffing best, because I don't put a lot of s**t in it." First off, she uses a boxed stuffing. It's not that people like it, it's just that nobody hates it. Also, I was not asked in this survey. Neither was my 11 year old daughter, apparently, who turned to me and said, "Mom, I like your s****y stuffing better." She's 36 and we've called it my s****y stuffing ever since.

0points

James King 3 months ago

"Wow, those cows are so ugly!" Said by a friend of a friend we were helping move when she saw some farmed bison in a field.

0points

Sara Harvilla 3 months ago

(Middle school teacher) A 7th-grade student asked when January 1st was. I said it was a week after Christmas. This did not help him at all. Turns out he did not know the months of the year in order! The whole class was shocked.

0points

George Tirebiter 3 months ago

I was in 8th grade in 1968, and our civics teacher focused her lesson plan on the presidential election. We had to cut out newspaper articles, watch news coverage, etc. This started in early September. A few months later, in late October after intense study of the political battle, a guy in the class asked, in all seriousness, "Is Humphrey Muskie one person?" The roar of laughter could be heard down the hallway. Even the teacher laughed.

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Liz Butt 3 months ago

Great comments. I'm sure I have said some pretty dumb things in my day so I'm not going to judge them for their stupidity. I had a good laugh.

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Maude Lin 3 months ago

Time to put birth control in the water.

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Dog Lover 3 months ago

I asked a shopkeeper once if he sold string. He said, ‘What’s that?’

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Littlemiss 3 months ago

According to my cousin it wasn't his fault he got his ex pregnant, he'd said he had a 5% chance of fertility issues after surgery and that it was no big deal. Apparently the child didn't need clothes, nappies, bedding, blankets, a carseat and the ex didn't actually need support etc. But he needed a $5000 tv to celebrate getting her pregnant.

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marianne eliza 3 months ago

It's painfully easy to spot the red state educations.

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CBolt 3 months ago (edited)

Well, pardon me, but having gone from kindergarten thru college in a red state, amazingly I'm a rabid & flaming liberal &, guess what, there are many, many, many ..... of us. Furthermore, there was absolutely nothing in my education that was an attempt to point me toward being "red' - or "blue," for that matter. Yes, some states' governments & local school boards have gone berserk - & they're not all red states - but it's unfair (not to mention ignorant) to paint with such a broad brush. Now, what state were you educated in?

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xolitaire 3 months ago

A friend of mine was convinced that tunas didn't exist and that the tuna you can buy was a blend of different types of fish

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Manic Mama 3 months ago

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Liz The Biz 3 months ago

I once worked with a lady who didn't realise that cows and chickens are female, and she thought that bearded dragons breathe fire.

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William Gibson 3 months ago

Hens a re female, chickens can be both!

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Sand Ers 3 months ago

For a lot of these, I feel like asking “how many shots did you get in before the rest pulled you off?”

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