30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They’ve Heard Come Out Of Someone’s Mouth

We’re always told by kind and caring teachers that “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.” And while this sentiment can be helpful in classrooms to ensure students feel safe, there comes a point in our lives where we learn that there actually are dumb questions. And we should probably keep them between us and Google…

One curious Reddit user recently asked others to share the dumbest things they’ve ever heard people say, and boy, did they deliver. From ignorant assumptions about history to blatant medical misinformation, there’s no end to what people will say stupid things about. Enjoy scrolling through these replies that might make you feel like a genius, and be sure to upvote the ones that make you facepalm!

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth That there's no difference between turkey and ham because "they both come from birds."
I guess pigs really do fly in their world.

JustForKicks36 , Сергей Орловский Report

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth "My chiropractor can cure autism with his bare hands and some essential oils." Too bad her chiropractor couldn't cure stupid.

Weedhopper24 , Karolina Grabowska Report

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280points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth This involves a conversation with a guy I used to work with who was trying to lose weight so he was cutting down on pasta.

Him : I've been doing pretty good, haven't had pasta in 2 weeks.

Me : That's awesome, what's that you got in your hand there?

Him : Mac and Cheese.

Me : I thought you said you haven't had pasta in 2 weeks?

Him : I haven't, this is Mac and cheese.

highfivesforgod , Tina Witherspoon Report

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267points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth I was microwaving some food, I hit the 1 so it would automatically cook it for a minute. My friend asked “Why did you put it in for a minute? I usually put mine in for 60 seconds”. I had to explain to him that it’s the same thing. We were in high school.

Gambit_Finale , Erik Mclean Report

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234points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth I was talking with a man from Pakistan and he asked me what my core beliefs were. I said my core beliefs were rooted in science and he responded with ‘OH SCIENCE, so all you care about is plastic surgery boob jobs.’ He took the entire field of science and labeled it as ‘boob jobs’.

Physical-Song-3898 , philippe spitalier Report

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth Was on the bus headed to class in Honolulu, a Southerner got on and asked the driver,

"Do y'all take American Dollars?"

The driver pointed at the American flag sticker on the window and with extreme exasperation said,

"You're in America."

revjor , Ant Rozetsky Report

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229points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth “How long does it take the meat to grow back on a cow when you shave it off?”

Bright_Ad_2848 Report

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224points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth *a new hire at the cotton mill that had dropped out of school to go to work*

"How long do we get off for spring break?"

TrailerParkPrepper , Wendy Wei Report

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213points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth Someone in our group lost a flip flop in a river, we watched it float down stream.

Another person in our group said to be patient because it’ll eventually do a full loop and come back.

herpaderp_maplesyrup , david ortega Report

Final score:

210points

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"Salmonella is only caused by salmon. You're a chef you should know that"

JoyIsDumb Report

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207points

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#11

30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth You can't get pregnant if you are on top

Content_Pool_1391 , Ömürden Cengiz Report

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#12

30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth I dated a girl who thought sea horses were the size of regular horses. She was so disappointed at the aquarium

hdycta-weddingcake , naomi tamar Report

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198points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth "I'm allergic to oxygen."

I asked if they meant to say 'oxycodone' and they insisted, no, they were allergic to oxygen.

dragonfeet1 , Eli DeFaria Report

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194points

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When I was working a customer service job a lady was verifying her serial number and said Z as in xylophone. My brain literally shut off for about 10 seconds.

TerrTheSilent Report

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193points

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#15

30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth “Well she never got pregnant before” after his gf got pregnant and after asking my friend why didn’t he use protection.

tuotone75 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

184points

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ShyWahine 1 year ago

Said the soon-to-be-parents....

72points

WindySwede 1 year ago

sexual education is so essential...!

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Nea 1 year ago

If only people were less obsessed with ‘are you trying for a child’ and more with ‘did you/we have the talk with our child’…

9points

Cricketgeeklol 1 year ago (edited)

Yes democracy! 👩🏼‍🎤 Let everyone have a vote. This is the first step to your child not being used when 'trying for a child' if they don't know how then they can't prevent,!

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ShaZam Beaubien 1 year ago

That poor child

6points

Andy Williams 1 year ago

Evolution in humans is at a dead end

5points

María Hermida 1 year ago

That seems to be a surprisingly widespread idea. I've heard so many people who are about to doing something stupid say "I've done it a hundred times and nothing happened". Great. Until they hit the jackpot and have a dreadful accident. Though luck!

3points

Alan Gale 1 year ago

She should have been on top, Duh!!!

1point

HungryPanda 1 year ago

The the world's sake, I hope they are terrified of ever doing it again.

1point

Tara L. 2 months ago

Sex Ed really needs to be taught in high school

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Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 1 year ago

hopefully the baby will be more intelligent. Doubtful though. "Stupid is as stupid does" to quote Mr Gump

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DrBronxx 1 year ago

Solid logic.

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Charles Burdine 1 year ago

What's the baby's name? "Oops"

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Jared Robinson 1 year ago

lol

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Elouise Kivineva 1 year ago (edited)

Oh cool, a test that tells you you are Finnish Finland_fl...66afc1.jpg

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Regina George 1 year ago

Oh wow

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#16

30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth "Its forbidden to smoke indoors now, but immigrants are allowed to live!"

She was dead serious.

I am hardly ever speechless, but that was one of these rare occasions.

Moedrynk , Kristaps Solims Report

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth A manager at my old job thought Alaska was an island next to Hawaii, because that's what it looks like on a map.

Also asked me one day if you could get an std from breathing the same air as someone with an std.

There were more but I can't remember the rest.

And this person was in charge...

DaveBelmont , Pixabay Report

Final score:

176points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth Asked for diet water on a plane

Icy_mane , Jonathan Chng Report

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133points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth I was solving a Rubik's cube and a guy asked me how many sides it has and if I can make them all blue

MrLambNugget , Olav Ahrens Røtne Report

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123points

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30 People Share The Absolute Dumbest Things They've Heard Come Out Of Someone's Mouth I dated a girl who thought “the hole in the ozone layer are where the space shuttle come through to land.”

Father_Bones , NASA Report

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123points

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Note: this post originally had 41 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

What do you think ?

Will Cable 1 year ago

The worry is that some of these people are in a position of power, the educational system has a lot left to be desired and WTF is wrong with these people, is sense a thing of the past!!!

11points

David A Paterson 1 year ago

You can't talk of "the educational system" because it's different in every country. In some countries, children only get minimal schooling, and sometimes not even on the American language! Common sense has never been common.

Darryl Martin 1 year ago

It's depressing that examples of human stupidity no longer surprise me. They worry me...but they don't surprise me.

Otis B Driftwood 1 year ago

The good news is that I no longer feel dumb. The bad news is that I had an aneurysm reading these stories.

Oerff On Tour 1 year ago

The scariest thing is that THESE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE

Jungle Empress 85 1 year ago

Things like these make me feel better about my own intelligence.

Ronnie Beaton 1 year ago

A guy I worked with last year, young, in his early 20s, and he was adamant that "the Jews invented taxes".

Pauline Perry 1 year ago

I work in an audiology clinic. We sell hearing aids. A client once asked me what the difference was between the battery operated and the rechargeable hearing aids. 😳

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

This is a joke, right? Stupidity knows no bounds.

sassawrasse 1 year ago

This is why I'm going back into teaching. The world needs me!

Thanks BP for finding such real examples of dumb. Only one wasn't dumb (it was deliberately stated ambiguously) and only one was due to a common temporary brain malfunction.

The Redhead 1 year ago

I work as a shipping clerk one of the rules is you must get a copy of every drivers license, or photo ID. Had a driver come in one day & flat out refused to let me make a copy of his license, so I had to get my manager involved (no ID no load). He argued with my manager saying we were going to steal his identity. Finally he handed over his military ID (retired). I looked at it and said "sir this has your social security number on it." He then said in all seriousness "if you were steal my identity from my military ID then it would be a federal crime." 🙄

Amelia Jade 1 year ago

Federal law prohibits unauthorized copying of the military ID. He should know that.

2points

Trisec 1 year ago

On some days, the dumbest thing anyone can say to me is "Good Morning". I'm awake. I'm at work. Day already has two strikes on it.

The Doom Song 1 year ago

Oh my lord. Are people actually getting dumber?

I think not. Well, I am, but that's a different matter.

Jaclyn Steinmacher 1 year ago

Three women are sitting in an OB office. One says "I was on top so I'm having a boy" Next one says "I was on the bottom so I'm having a girl" Last one starts sobbing uncontrollably "I...I'm.....having puppies!"

-1point

gerard julien 1 year ago

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Lemme get the lemons 1 year ago

If you don't mind me asking, why didn't you just type this emoji😂? This is an actual question I'm not trying to be rude

4points

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