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45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Her: “I think the law that requires you to wear a seatbelt is sooooo stupid. My body, my choice.”

Me: “Well what about your five-year-old son? You wouldn’t want to hurt him if he was riding with you, right?”

Her: (shrugs) “When it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go.”

Me: “Really? That’s how you feel about that? I mean...why even look before crossing the street, if ‘When it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go’?”

Her: “Actually, I usually don’t look when I cross the street.”

Gween_Waynjuh , Benny Lin Report

Final score:

251points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

Why do these people even exist?

176points

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It "The spork is the devil's utensil because it's the amalgamation of masculine fork and feminine spoon, trying to blur gender lines in society."

-eDgAR- , Dan Moyle Report

Final score:

249points

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Susan Green 3 years ago

I knew it! I always knew those things were evil!

147points

Social psychologist Vanessa believes that the best approach is to focus on the error, not the person, so that they don't feel under attack. This is especially useful if we have to correct an authority figure or somebody that we look up to.

"It’s best to focus on the specific error, and to point it out in a way that simultaneously affirms the person’s broader positive identity, and potentially also normalizes making mistakes. For example, you could say something like, 'Some of the smartest people I know make that same mistake. I used to make it too, but then I discovered that this is actually the correct information…' That way, you can make the correction in a way that saves face for the other person," she explained.

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It I went on a date about 6 months ago with a girl who was really into astrology. I had asked if she wanted to eat at a certain restaurant and she said no because of something in her horoscope. I explained to her that some guy that works for the local newspaper wrote that, or at best some guy writes for a ton of newspapers. She got really mad and we had my favorite conversation to think about

Her: “that isn’t true only an astrologist can write horoscopes.”
Me: “it’s not like every publication has an astrologist on their payroll” Her: “it probably comes from a group of astrologists. It’s science and it’s illegal to lie about science, they would revoke that astrologist’s license” Me: “his what?”

No 2nd date.

LilVic10 , Sjensen~ Report

Final score:

248points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

She believes in astrology. Were you actually expecting for her to be smart?

142points

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It I heard a person say, 'I don't want to swim in the ocean because I might get pregnant by a sperm whale.'

Subliminal_Rose , Chris Dodds Report

Final score:

242points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

The sperm whales were named for spermaceti, a waxy substance that is found on their heads.

128points

Subliminal_Rose , Rafael Castillo Report

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It ‘You’re twins? No you’re not. You can’t be twins if you don’t look alike. ’

Ma’am we’re fraternal.

Final score:

236points

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Emo Sloth 3 years ago

*sighs*

46points

All_Lines_Merge , Robert Couse-Baker Report

How we approach things when we hear somebody say something that's blatantly wrong depends on the goal that we're trying trying to achieve. Naturally, we'll do things differently if we're trying to make the speaker aware of what's actually correct and if we want the audience to know if the speaker said something incorrect or even inappropriate.

"Of course, the more publicly and bluntly we correct someone, the more face-threatening, and therefore embarrassing it is for them (and, really, for everyone involved). So, if you are primarily interested in correcting the speaker, it probably makes sense to do it in the least embarrassing way—in private, and diplomatically," Vanessa pointed out that discretion can be a virtue in this case. However, this gentler approach doesn't always fit.

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It "Math isn't real. Like if I said 2+2=5 it would be true."

This was from a nursing student.

Final score:

233points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

oh god.

67points

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Someone said that Adam and Eve were white because they had seen pictures.

Sadaisy , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

231points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Just like the white Caucasian Jesus born in the middle east?

58points

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It I sat next to a girl in bio who got 40% on our first test. She seemed quite pleased and said that now she only needed to get 40% again to have an average of 80%.

besterluca , F1Digitals Report

Final score:

227points

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Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 3 years ago

Did she fail maths as well?

191points

"There are times when we want to make sure the people exposed to the speaker’s comment know it is incorrect. For simple factual errors, it probably makes sense to publicly, but politely, note the error, so that the audience is able to focus more on the substance of the correction than on how the correction was made," the social psychologist told Bored Panda.

"However, if someone says something blatantly offensive, that’s when it can be okay to stop worrying so much about protecting the speaker’s face and saving them from embarrassment, and move towards more bluntly speaking against a statement in order to defend those who may have been offended or hurt by a comment and more forcefully ensure others won’t emulate it."

#10

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It That I can’t be Jewish and German at the same time.

I told this girl that from my mom’s side I am Jewish (we’re not that religious though and my dad is Catholic) and that my mom was born in and is from Germany. Then she said that I and my mom can’t be German and Jewish because the Holocaust wiped every Jewish person from Germany and Europe out. Every single jewish person. I was thinking Has she never seen or heard a video from a Holocaust survivor? Bruh Also to top it all off so to say this girl was Jewish.

Cheshire_Cat8888 , Sarah Report

Final score:

214points

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River Webb 3 years ago

so she doesn't exist?

83points

CoolBeansMan9 , Kelly Sue DeConnick Report

#11

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It My coworker asked my boss, 'Can I have Monday off? It's my anniversary.' My boss responded, 'You got married on a Monday?

Final score:

210points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Hahaha... I think if you gave him about 5 minutes, he would realise his error

104points

#12

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It NASA makes up everything about space in order to convince us the earth is round, so the world governments can keep the hidden civilizations at the edge of the world a secret.

Not even kidding with that, my friend 100% believes that

slothbarns7 , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

204points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Flat earthers are hilarious.

142points

Most issues that involve spilling silly verbal drivel are based on two things. The first is fairly simple—some of us (me included) speak before we think and end up sharing our unfiltered, honest opinions on things. Sometimes, those opinions can show our huge gaps in knowledge, as well as the importance of slowing down.

The solution to this is simple (i.e. simple but not easy because it requires a bit of soul-searching): teach yourself to have more patience. Relax. Think. Listen. Don’t rush to open your mouth. The second aspect, however, is much more complex and harder to tackle because it’s all to do with a lack of education. And that particular puzzle takes a while to solve.

The keys to educating yourself and filling in knowledge blindspots are dedicating the time needed to actually learn something new and keeping your mind open to new information. You really can’t learn something new that you think you know, so a certain level of humility (while still staying scientifically skeptical of everything) is always a plus.

#13

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It A girl in my eighth grade geology class once said that the oceans were so polluted because the dirty animals wash themselves in it.

Stiffmeister24 , Antony Stanley Report

Final score:

196points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

If you start thinking about what animals do in the oceans, washing themselves wouldn't worry me all that much compared to... you know

39points

#14

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Overheard some lady saying her daughter isn't allowed to watch youtube any more because thats how people track you. She got this information from facebook.

HawaiianFlower34 , StockSnap Report

Final score:

196points

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FloridaMan 3 years ago (edited)

my mom bans youtube because its a "waste of time" well its the only thing that keeps me going

73points

#15

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It It was night at summer camp and when I turned on a flashlight during a storm this guy started yelling at me to shut it off because, apparently, light attracts lightning.

Noesk , Carolina Ödman Report

Final score:

194points

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Tara Brooks 3 years ago

Beam me up lightening

91points

Some knowledge blindspots will go away when you start engaging in new activities, whether it’s reading new books, watching unseen movies that you’d never even glance at before, or even meeting interesting people outside of your social circle.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to having the right attitude. Staying curious, driven, and open-minded is one thing, but you also have to embrace the possibility of failure. And not just failure—embarrassment, too. Anything worth doing or worth learning will inevitably mean that you may find yourself getting embarrassed because you might lack knowledge. But if you learn to use that feeling to your advantage, you can pretty much be unstoppable.

#16

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It The TA for one of my classes in college said his parents didn't let him watch Veggie Tales as a kid because 'vegetables aren't supposed to have souls.'

crapenvelope , VeggieTales Report

Final score:

189points

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Tara Brooks 3 years ago

That mom: “Neither do Vegans” 😏

118points

#17

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It My friend said, 'You're trying to tell me that our sun is a star? What are all those other things?' I proceed to show her an observable universe’s size comparison video. She said, 'Humans can’t look that far, I can’t even see the moon sometimes.'

arsyeira , Kyle Pearce Report

Final score:

183points

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River Webb 3 years ago

time to get some new friends

103points

#18

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Someone said that birds are mammals because they have meat.

JugOfVoodoo , Phil Fiddyment Report

Final score:

182points

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

bit off topic but that bird is damn cute

281points

Earlier, I spoke about with researcher Vanessa about embarrassing knowledge blindspots,. "We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed," Vanessa told Bored Panda.

"Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, 'Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,' which is embarrassing,” she shared.

#19

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Watching a sunset on the ocean one day when a late teens person asked me why the ocean doesn't put the sun's fire out.

dosta1322 , Mohamed Malik Report

Final score:

178points

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

And how come my facepalming isn't causing you to go unconscious

116points

#20

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It a girl once told me she was a Vegan... But due to her medical condition she was required to eat meat which she did.. but still considered herself a Vegan.

Macroc0sM , David Pursehouse Report

Final score:

176points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

She's a Vegan that eats meat

95points

#21

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It A girl from Florida once told me 'because Australia is upside down, left is right and right is left'. I am Australian and told her she was right and not many people know that!

idontknowimlost , Steven Penton Report

Final score:

169points

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Marianne 3 years ago

Fun fact: When I went to Australia, I was surprised and delighted to realize that the moon is mirror-inverted compared to European perspective.

72points

NowhereManDE , Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar Report

Embarrassment, fortunately, has its positive aspects. If we embrace it, we’ll be better liked than if we try to pretend that nothing shameful happened or that we didn’t make a mistake. That works when we say something incredibly dumb, too.

“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you,” Vanessa explained.

#22

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It That rabbits come from eggs.

Final score:

163points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

Yes because the easter bunny hides eggs on easter therefore they come from eggs

82points

FrostedRavenclaw , Wikimedia Commons Report

#23

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Someone told me the South Pole is hot because it's the south.

Final score:

161points

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Pieter K 3 years ago

And it's gonna rise aggen!

16points

#24

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It I was walking in a very popular, touristy park in the city I live in. There is a totem pole at the edge of the park that is very nice. While walking past I was asked by someone "Where can I buy seeds to grow one of these trees?" (person points to the totem pole) I said "It's a totem pole... They're carved from a tree. You can't grow them yourself." The person was flabbergasted.

bubba_gump_26 , David Stanley Report

Final score:

154points

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Vic 3 years ago

You missed an excellent business opportunity!

108points

TuffCriminal18 , David Martyn Hunt Report

“So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react,” the expert highlighted that, in a very meta way, we shouldn’t ever be embarrassed about being embarrassed.

#25

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It “Do you guys ride horses to school?”

I’m from Houston... apparently my friend from New York thought all Texans had horses

Final score:

151points

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

city kids, they grow up sheltered ;)

66points

#26

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It There was a kid at my school who said his mom didn’t let him watch SpongeBob because she 'didn’t want the gay spirits in the house.' A few years later, he told everyone he was a furry so I don't know what changed over that time.

PM-ME-YOUR-STOMACH , Nickelodeon Report

Final score:

145points

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Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago

Not all furries are gay... *referencing to myself*

38points

#27

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It My ex wife (wife at the time) came home late, said she had a flat tire and that her and her girlfriend were able to put the spare on (I taught her that) then she said there was something she didn't understand. She said she saw a screw in the tire and wanted to know that if the screw was in the top of the tire, why was the bottom flat.

Tool_Time_Tim , Marufish Report

Final score:

141points

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Tambot 3 years ago

That explains why she's now your ex-wife.

79points

“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect that embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in."

#28

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It An ex tried telling me that his therapist assured him that it was MY sole responsibility to remain in a relationship with him to keep his sanity in check.....i obviously disagreed. Im not your personal prescription.

Rosie_skies , dankueck Report

Final score:

136points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Dïckhead.

62points

#29

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It That the biggest number was 1,000

hastagyashtag , jakeandlindsay Report

Final score:

135points

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FloridaMan 3 years ago

me: 1,001 Everyone: *CONFUSED SCREAMING*

168points

#30

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It A friend in high school told me he didn’t take the SAT because he heard it’s easier the second time.

ImReallySorryMom , F1Digitals Report

Final score:

134points

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

I don't think that anytime soon will be easy for him to take the SAT

72points

But what about you, dear Pandas? What's the dumbest thing that you've ever heard anyone say aloud, ever? What do you think the best way to react to idiotic statements is? Should we ignore them completely or should we confront them? Diplomatically? Head-on? Not at all? Share your thoughts below.

#31

me: it's unfortunate that it's cloudy tonight, so we can't see the stars.

friend: "ohhhh, so THAT'S why you don't see the stars sometimes"

Apparently she thought only some nights were starry because of the Earth's rotation or something.

mildost Report

Final score:

133points

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Ty Stratton-Quirk 3 years ago

I fear for humanity, sometimes...

76points

#32

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Someone told me that John Lennon was, in fact, the first president to be assassinated.

Dame_Mort , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

131points

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FloridaMan 3 years ago (edited)

no john lennon was the first lemon to be eaten everybody knows that

79points

#33

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It That the post office doesnt ship mail to the Netherlands because you can't send physical mail to Hell. Just wanted to mail a postcard to my family in Eindhoven.

FaultySky , CeresB Report

Final score:

131points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Schools should replace the pledge of allegiance or national anthems with that episode of the animaniacs (Yakko's world song)

55points

sylvantic 3 years ago

schools should stop it with the pledge of allegiance. i'm not going to pray to a flag. and what's with that "under G-d" line? keep religion out of schools except for educational purposes, please. and then they get all mad when you don't say it or sing to the anthem...

7points

Harlow 3 years ago

YES

1point

Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 3 years ago

United States Canada Mexico Panama...

0points

meow point1 3 years ago

Maybe they're confused because Minecraft has a hellish dimension called the Nether? Still stupid though.

12points

Xylle Flora 3 years ago

That reminds me of that time Fundy said "This is the Nether it's my territory" or something like that cause he's from the Netherlands

4points

Dark_flame 3 years ago

So stupid. Everyone knows Hell is in Norway.

12points

Daria B 3 years ago

No, it's Greece (Hellas). ♡

5points

Robert T 3 years ago

Can't be. I've been and it's in Poland. They spell it Hel though. I've been on the Road to Hel and the Train from Hel. :D

2points

Leslie Donsen 3 years ago (edited)

Hell in the Cayman Islands

0points

$copper-fractions avatar$

Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago

Helmond, in NL, means mouth of hell.

3points

Fieke Engelen 3 years ago

That is true. I was born there

0points

Iapetos 3 years ago

Ah, because Nether is the "hell" of Minecraft.

3points

Intrigued Panda 3 years ago

Dang! I wanted to send a letter to my Piglin friend!

1point

Ragnhild Nilsen 3 years ago

Well, Hell has a small church and a railway station, but the post office closed some years ago. You can send letters and parcels from the grocery store though. ;) Hell, meaning slope, is a place in Norway, close to Tronheim. Hell-postk...11-png.jpg

2points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 3 years ago

Netherworld, Netherlands... Same thing. **NOT!**

2points

Max 3 years ago

I can see the logic. It's not correct, but I can see the logic. (Nether means 'beneath', so the Netherlands could be the lands beneath, i.e. Hell.)

2points

Haunting Spirit 3 years ago

Why is our country Hell? :O

2points

Seabeast 3 years ago

There are towns called Hell in both Michigan and Norway. So you can go to Hell and back.

1point

Autumn 3 years ago

Guess I'm off to the Netherlands then

1point

Gabe Betke 1 year ago

I'm FROM the Netherlands

0points

Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

Pardon?

0points

Lukyan Terdal 3 years ago

I send physical mail to hell all the time. It's how I communicate with my therapist.

0points

Henry Russell 3 years ago

there is a place in the netehrlands called hell

0points

Ericka Hokkanen 3 years ago

Yes you CAN send mail to HELL- Hell, MI Zip code 48169

0points

Among Us 3 years ago

Er... Minecraft?

0points

WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

Eindhoven is near a city called Helmond which translates to Hell's Mouth.

0points

Cathie Withington 3 years ago

But Hell is in Norway.

0points

Loes 3 years ago

That explains why my package from abroad hasn't been delivered yet. I'm Dutch...

0points

Hypogryff4 3 years ago

whoah there guys why don't you talk to hades about this

0points

cookie panda 3 years ago

i smell Minecraft players... (ngl i thought the netherlands was the literal Minecraft nether until i connected the dots in 3rd grade)

0points

MandaPanda 3 years ago

At first I thought it was gonna confuse Netherlands and Neverland and then I read "Hell" and I became the meme of the dude laughing and then his face falls.

0points

Jamison Sybrandy 3 years ago

I find this offensive because my grandparents came from the Netherlands

-2points

#34

A teacher told me (and the rest of my class) the Earth was flat something like 25 years ago when I was in high school.

I had never heard of a flat earther at that time and I remember thinking how much of an idiot the person was and questioning with my classmates how that person was supposed to teach us anything.

billbapapa Report

Final score:

130points

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chi-wei shen 3 years ago

Some 40 years ago my female English teacher sometimes told us jokes and one of them was "there are only 2 universal truths: 1. men are smarter than woman and 2. the earth is flat." At that time it was a good joke but meanwhile, I have actually heard people talking about the earth being flat and I doubt she would tell that joke again.

38points

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

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

#35

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It "Why are people Canadian?"

sithwonder , Laurel L. Russwurm Report

Final score:

125points

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Tom Susala 3 years ago

I agree, if more people WERE Canadian, we'd all be treated more nicely

9points

itti-bitti-kitti , Studio Sarah Lou Report

#36

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It My step sister told me we should see the PG-13 movie because PG meant 'pretty good.

Final score:

124points

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Tara Brooks 3 years ago

Does R mean REALLY good?

121points

#37

Someone once told me they saved the internet on a floppy disk. They actually saved their dial up connection shortcut, but they truly were convinced that it contained the whole internet.

timetraveller1977 Report

Final score:

120points

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Charles Hill 3 years ago

Now that's compression for you

63points

#38

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It Someone once asked me, 'When is 9/11 again?' I didn't know if they were joking or not so I laughed. They were serious.

OfficialAzif , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

112points

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Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 3 years ago

Maybe they got the dates mixed up because Americans write it differently..? Idk, sorry.

58points

#39

Someone pointed at my glucose monitoring device and asked, 'Do you have diabetes in your arm or is it in your stomach?

sugargrasses Report

Final score:

112points

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River Webb 3 years ago

do you have a brain in your head or is it nonexistent?

117points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#40

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It The root word of infant was "infinite", therefore, infants have infinite wisdom.

She_Likes_Cloth , Brian Hart Report

Final score:

112points

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River Webb 3 years ago

*promptly tries to decode a babies incomprehensible babbling*

65points

#41

My friend thought

New Jersey was tropical and warm year round

Hot dogs were made from stray dogs

Tupac killed bob Marley

Elephant ear from the fair we’re real elephants

When John McCain died she told everyone in government class that joe Biden just died

Among many others

Hawkhigh36 Report

Final score:

112points

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Susan Green 3 years ago

This is rather overwhelming.

52points

#42

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It 'It's not an MLM, you have to pay for those and they are illegal... I only paid £50 to get started'

xCLJx , Jernej Furman Report

Final score:

110points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

Why are you joining a MLM?

25points

#43

She didn’t tell me but her daughter. A little girl asked her mother why the polar bears wouldn’t go in the water. We were at the zoo and it was a sunny day about 50degrees outside.

The mother responded. “Because it too cold for them honey”.

CallNotTheGods Report

Final score:

110points

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Ty Stratton-Quirk 3 years ago

Daughter: "Well, why don't they wear swimsuits then?"

35points

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

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

#44

That direction can’t be north because it’s diagonal and north has to be in a straight line. What?

drdoom Report

Final score:

109points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

The amount of people who can't understand this is astonishing!

30points

#45

A friend heard somewhere Mr Roger's was a sniper and he got a new tattoo for every kill. That is why he wore a sweater.

midwestbob Report

Final score:

101points

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Susan Green 3 years ago

This is sad.....I always thought he was so nice. I guess you just never know.

45points

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#46

Me, a Deli Clerk: "Would you like a slice of cheese, sir?"

Said Sir: "No thanks; I'm driving."

Wat.

DarkroeNinbot Report

Final score:

45points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Well, perhaps dairy causes him to have diarrhea, which is not good for someone driving.

44points

#47

This guy I know told me that he honestly thought Jesus was attached to the cross with a staple gun.

Myrron_life Report

Final score:

44points

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Eslamala 3 years ago

That's actually pretty funny

18points

#48

45 Of The Dumbest Things People Said Without Even Realizing It “Pumpkins aren’t natural, because they last too long”

I then explained the concept of skin and how long jack-o-lanterns last compared to an unbroken pumpkin, and you should should have seen the look on her face

robertbreadford , Rob Larsen Report

Final score:

44points

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El muerto 3 years ago

well pumpkins are not completely natural...they are domesticated plants and are very different from their ancient ansestors...so in a way, she is right

8points

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

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

#49

My Dad once told me that shooting stars are caused by global warming.

FreeziePoop Report

Final score:

44points

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jayson dowdle 3 years ago

the stars are melting and falling down obviously

4points

#50

"Can I get it medium-well?"

After ordering a chicken sandwich

Tails_of_Nine Report

Final score:

44points

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ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

NOOOOO!!!! STOP!!! NOT STEAK!!!!

18points

#51

"How can people believe in evolution when men have less ribs than women?!"

Lolerskates69 Report

Final score:

42points

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Jon S. 3 years ago

Just for clarity, men and women have the same number of ribs. I remember being taught they had a different number at school (although not by the biology teacher)!

19points

#52

Are the Greeks from Ireland?

Paras529 Report

Final score:

39points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

No, we're from Fireland, because it's pretty hot in the summer

31points

TwoPointsOfInterest Report

#53

My slightly insane boss said that she can’t drinking water without a drop of orange juice because it ‘breaks the water down’. It had to be orange juice as well, not orange squash!

Final score:

39points

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Sista of the moon 3 years ago

What????

7points

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

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#54

im half asian so i got asked once "do you guys have birds in x country?"

CarelessIdea Report

Final score:

38points

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River Webb 3 years ago

do you guys have brains in your heads?

20points

#55

"Sour isn't a taste."

What?

literallyatree Report

Final score:

37points

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Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago

What is it then?

12points

#56

While jogging with my friend in the morning they said, 'I am so slim because I follow a diet of hydrocarbons that my doctor recommended me.

Alfredoxrocks Report

Final score:

36points

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Susan Green 3 years ago

It’s true though, before I started eating hydrocarbons, I was overweight.

13points

#57

"Calories don't matter."

This was said to me by a co-worker after I told them I lost over 70lbs by, you guessed it, counting calories.

Dual-Screen Report

Final score:

34points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Yes, calories count!

4points

#58

10 or so years ago when I was arguing over the pronunciation of a word with my brother, he told me "the dictionary is wrong!"

maleorderbride Report

Final score:

33points

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Yeah, you heard 3 years ago

Not that stupid. For example, my dictionary says that bath and hearth rhyme; they might rhyme for people in the south of the UK, but not for northerners. I imagine US and other dictionaries have similar issues: they are attuned to only one accent, so are 'wrong' for some of us.

8points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#59

Alaska was an island

Mike_the_Merciless Report

Final score:

30points

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Tara Brooks 3 years ago

I blame American maps...

25points

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

There's too much stupid in this world

21points

Mrs_ Possum 3 years ago

I met someone once who thought that the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the route from Australia to New Zealand, and that you could walk over to New Zealand for the day.....

12points

Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago

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Kimberly Hennessey 3 years ago

I was born with 1 blue eye and 1 half blue half brown eye. People say to me all the time "Do you know you have brown in your eye?

11points

Holly Allen 3 years ago

Please tell me that sometimes you respond with screaming and grabbing your eye

9points

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago

The joys of sectoral heterochromia. I was born with the same thing, but one is brown and the other is half blue half brown. The questions from. "Do you know your eyes are two different colors?" "Do you know your eye is split into two different colors?" "Did you know your eye is half blue?" Why, yes, yes I did.

2points

Irma 2 years ago

Im a very short person in a land of giants. The amount of times i hear 'youre really small'. As if they had to tell me that and i never noticed before. I usually respond with 'really?! Yea now you mention it.........'

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Hubby has that, gets same thing. Like, no, after 50-odd years, he never caught on?

1point

Angie Falzarano 1 week ago

Oh I get something like this too. I have a black spot in one of my irises kinda like a black freckle (not my pupil) and have had people stare at it and then say do you know you have black spot in one of your eyes. I think being 65 i might have noticed it by now.

0points

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

I sometimes have to explain to people that gender is a social construct and has nothing to do with biology. Looking at you, CowboyHank.

5points

Aliquid A 3 years ago

In French and Spanish and many other languages, objects have a gender. A car in French is feminine, "une voiture", doesn't mean it is biologically a female (in Spanish it is masculine) -- For hundreds of years the word "gender" only referred to this use of grammar. Eventually it started being used in English for describing "masculine" or "feminine" behavior. Again, not about biology, just 1950s sorts of cultural things like "being a provider is masculine, being nurturing is feminine". Then one day, someone like CowboyHank didn't like saying "what sex is that child", because "sex" is also a naughty word... and people like Hank don't want to say naughty words in polite company. So they decided to say "what gender is that child". Even though that's not what the word meant.

4points

Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago

I disagree, but okeydokey

-2points

A.B. D 3 years ago

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

I'm aspergic, I F#ck up the majority of the time. I genuinely don't mean to offend. But I do speak my mind. Oh yeah, it's got me in trouble many times. Life is a delicate balance.

4points

Harper 3 years ago

Florida cashier would not let me buy a soda with California quarters because "we don't take foreign money here".

2points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

I try not to be angry or offended by people who are clueless. I just try to gently give them the opportunity to learn. I'm sure for some of them, it's not their fault they don't know better... Obviously there are others who are just stubborn. But some are also in an environment that forbids knowledge

2points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Sometimes it's really hard to avoid being snarky.

4points

Irma 2 years ago

It was the year 2014. When we buy alcohol here you give them your license or ID card. They type your date of birth in the register and the register tells you if the person is of legal age. She thought the date of me getting my license was my date of birth... which was 2012. And told me i wasnt old enough..... Ma'am.... do i look two years old to you...

1point

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

I knew a girl that told me the following: 1) The Taliban was like the Afghani Pentagon, 2) "contact high" was when smoke clouded up your contact lenses, and the best one 3) Buddhism is a branch of Christianity. Each one put the pause into me.

1point

Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

So many can't understand alcohol percentages... They think if they drink a 750ml bottle of 40% alcohol it'll get them as drink as a 375ml bottle of the same alcohol because they are both 40%. And this is the sober shopping for the alcohol. This actually hurt my head trying to remember this. ..

1point

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Former co-worker: "Sea scallops are cut from fish cheeks using a cookie cutter." I literally couldn't convince her that scallops are actually animals. — Overheard in a waiting room: "Black squirrels are the offspring of grey squirrels and black cats." *headdesk* — Could we please have the ability to make paragraphs in our comments?!

1point

Anita Rapp 3 years ago

There once was a fishing industry problem with fake sea scallops being sold. They were being cut cookie-cutter style from non-scallop fish.

0points

Dorian Reeves 1 year ago

I am very pale. Someone once asked me ‘do you never go outside to stay so pale?’ We were outside at the time.

0points

August Stanley Sukenik 2 years ago

Overheard at the zoo- Little girl: "look mommy, otters!" Mommy: "no honey, those aren't otters. Otters can't swim." There was a large sign that clearly stated that the animals in question were, in fact, otters. *Facepalm*

0points

KaZ Akers 3 years ago

I was watching the Miss All American Girl competition on television one night. One contestant was asked to name one of the two countries that border the US. She said “Spain?”. You just can’t make this stuff up. I guess the contestants expected to only be asked about what goes on just within the US borders. Or on Instagram.

0points

Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 3 years ago

The 5 stages of reading this article😮😒☹😳🤡

0points

Red Ruffensor 3 years ago

I worked in a bar once that had live music. A new guy started up, and after a few nights he said to me, "You know, that band isn't very good, they just play the same bunch of songs every night."

0points

David Buchan-Terrell 3 years ago

Bloggers Must realize their posts are seen by the world and often don't leave a good impression of Americans.

0points

Amanita muscaria 3 years ago

My sis thinks that when characters in a movie die, the actors actually die in real life & more...

0points

Laura Nicole 3 years ago

When your 18 yr old sister yells out "What's a queef?" In the middle of the shopping centre

0points

Misha Writer 3 years ago

Most recently, I went the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. The person checking me out says "I see you have another script scheduled to be filled tomorrow. Do you want to wait for it?" I told her "I'm not planning to stay over night, so no thank you." She face palmed herself. Years ago, we had a car die at the gas pump. We'd filled it up, and then nothing. I went in to tell the clerk inside that the car was dead and we had called AAA but they'd be half an hour or so. "If you could just move it away from the pumps that would be great" I asked him if he expected me to push it out of the way. It took a few seconds for the reality of what he'd said to kick in. He face palmed.

0points

David Taylor 2 years ago

What kind of tank are you driving that can't be pushed?

0points

Kira Flash 3 years ago

I could only read half of them. This is deeply unsettling!

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

Overheard during a birding outing, at a local beach. Looking at the birds resting, many who tuck a leg up under their bodies...“What happened to all of these birds they all have just one leg!! Did they all just have one leg get eaten”? We live in a special world.

0points

Jaguarundi 3 years ago

A coworker and I were reading newspapers on our break one day when he read an article about "ethnic uprisings" in Russia. He looked confused, then said, "I didn't know that there were any Black people in Russia?" He's an engineer BTW.

0points

Lutz Herting 3 years ago

A girl who was recently in Corona panic mode asked me if her fish can get a fever. I told her to watch out if the water starts boiling. She then asked me if there is fever medication for fish. I told her to try ice cubes. I still have no idea if she realized that I was joking...

0points

Flo 3 years ago

A question came up in a quiz asking what was the difference between still and sparkling water. My friend answered 'different volcanoes'.

0points

Grady'sRaider 3 years ago

An English business associate of my wife told her he was disappointed after his plane landed in Daton in February. Seems he got off the plane in shorts and sandals asking where was the beach?

0points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

To laugh to cry i don't know....

0points

Stille20 3 years ago

#16... that's as far as I made it before I had to tap out.

0points

Kimberly Hennessey 3 years ago

I have one eye that is half blue and half brown. My other eye is blue. People say this to me all the time: "Do you know you have a brown spot in your eye?" Yep. I have looked in a mirror idiots.

0points

River Webb 3 years ago

I have zero faith in humanity now

0points

SeidWolf 3 years ago

I think this is a perfectly fine example proving that humans have survived Too long..

-2points

Among Us 3 years ago

Says the human posting this.

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

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H Edwards 3 years ago

I think it's unfair to call them xenophobic (unless there was another reason to think that). There are still countries in Europe where it is not recommended to drink the tap water. In fact, although the water in some places is technically considered safe to drink, there can be high levels of a type of chemical linked to increased rates of bladder cancer. Spain is one of them.

4points

Dodo 3 years ago

There are a lot of countries in the world where you shouldn't drink tap water.

3points

David Taylor 2 years ago

Not xenophobic at all, it's recommended for tourists not to drink tap water in Spain and to stick to bottled water, I have a little place in Los Alcazeres and even the locals don't drink tap water.

1point

CowboyHank 3 years ago

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juice 3 years ago

well, gender is a social construct, and refers to one's self-identity. sex has to do with chromosomes and genitals. i think you've mixed them up

6points

Aunt Messy 3 years ago

That's because you're a f*****g moron.

6points

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago

No, I'm not actually. I took two semesters of psychology in college. We didn't learn every single gender, but that was one of the things that was ingrained into my brain. I loved psychology.

1point

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago

There's two sexes, but there's 72 genders. Sex and gender are two different things. Sex is assigned to you at birth. Gender is an identity and a construct. The definition of gender is "Either the two sexes male or female, but is more broadly used with those who do identify as male or female." Sex definition is "The main two genders and is based on their reproductive organs." They are two different things.

1point

soni w 3 years ago

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Kitty Luna Darrow 3 years ago

There's too much stupid in this world

21points

Mrs_ Possum 3 years ago

I met someone once who thought that the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the route from Australia to New Zealand, and that you could walk over to New Zealand for the day.....

12points

Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago

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Kimberly Hennessey 3 years ago

I was born with 1 blue eye and 1 half blue half brown eye. People say to me all the time "Do you know you have brown in your eye?

11points

Holly Allen 3 years ago

Please tell me that sometimes you respond with screaming and grabbing your eye

9points

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago

2points

Irma 2 years ago

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Hubby has that, gets same thing. Like, no, after 50-odd years, he never caught on?

1point

Angie Falzarano 1 week ago

0points

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

I sometimes have to explain to people that gender is a social construct and has nothing to do with biology. Looking at you, CowboyHank.

5points

Aliquid A 3 years ago

4points

Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago

I disagree, but okeydokey

-2points

A.B. D 3 years ago

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

I'm aspergic, I F#ck up the majority of the time. I genuinely don't mean to offend. But I do speak my mind. Oh yeah, it's got me in trouble many times. Life is a delicate balance.

4points

Harper 3 years ago

Florida cashier would not let me buy a soda with California quarters because "we don't take foreign money here".

2points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

2points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Sometimes it's really hard to avoid being snarky.

4points

Irma 2 years ago

1point

CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

1point

Bobert Robertson 3 years ago

1point

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

1point

Anita Rapp 3 years ago

There once was a fishing industry problem with fake sea scallops being sold. They were being cut cookie-cutter style from non-scallop fish.

0points

Dorian Reeves 1 year ago

I am very pale. Someone once asked me ‘do you never go outside to stay so pale?’ We were outside at the time.

0points

August Stanley Sukenik 2 years ago

0points

KaZ Akers 3 years ago

0points

Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 3 years ago

The 5 stages of reading this article😮😒☹😳🤡

0points

Red Ruffensor 3 years ago

I worked in a bar once that had live music. A new guy started up, and after a few nights he said to me, "You know, that band isn't very good, they just play the same bunch of songs every night."

0points

David Buchan-Terrell 3 years ago

Bloggers Must realize their posts are seen by the world and often don't leave a good impression of Americans.

0points

Amanita muscaria 3 years ago

My sis thinks that when characters in a movie die, the actors actually die in real life & more...

0points

Laura Nicole 3 years ago

When your 18 yr old sister yells out "What's a queef?" In the middle of the shopping centre

0points

Misha Writer 3 years ago

0points

David Taylor 2 years ago

What kind of tank are you driving that can't be pushed?

0points

Kira Flash 3 years ago

I could only read half of them. This is deeply unsettling!

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

0points

Jaguarundi 3 years ago

0points

Lutz Herting 3 years ago

0points

Flo 3 years ago

A question came up in a quiz asking what was the difference between still and sparkling water. My friend answered 'different volcanoes'.

0points

Grady'sRaider 3 years ago

An English business associate of my wife told her he was disappointed after his plane landed in Daton in February. Seems he got off the plane in shorts and sandals asking where was the beach?

0points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

To laugh to cry i don't know....

0points

Stille20 3 years ago

#16... that's as far as I made it before I had to tap out.

0points

Kimberly Hennessey 3 years ago

I have one eye that is half blue and half brown. My other eye is blue. People say this to me all the time: "Do you know you have a brown spot in your eye?" Yep. I have looked in a mirror idiots.

0points

River Webb 3 years ago

I have zero faith in humanity now

0points

SeidWolf 3 years ago

I think this is a perfectly fine example proving that humans have survived Too long..

-2points

Among Us 3 years ago

Says the human posting this.

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

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H Edwards 3 years ago

4points

Dodo 3 years ago

There are a lot of countries in the world where you shouldn't drink tap water.

3points

David Taylor 2 years ago

Not xenophobic at all, it's recommended for tourists not to drink tap water in Spain and to stick to bottled water, I have a little place in Los Alcazeres and even the locals don't drink tap water.

1point

CowboyHank 3 years ago

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juice 3 years ago

well, gender is a social construct, and refers to one's self-identity. sex has to do with chromosomes and genitals. i think you've mixed them up

6points