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50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say A few years ago leading up to the great American eclipse a coworker overheard us discussing it and said "Y'all don't actually believe in that [stuff] do you?" I figured he misunderstood whatever we were talking about and thought we were talking about mysticism or something regarding the eclipse but no he followed up with "Don't you know if the moon went into the sun it would melt, that's why the eclipse can't be real."

I genuinely felt like humanity should probably start over from scratch after that.

unknown , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

368points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

So what did he say *after* the eclipse? That it was staged? That you were trying to prank him?

90points

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Work at a hotel. Guest asked why there was no fourth of July parade or any fireworks in town. We were in Australia.

lavernican , Dirk Report

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366points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

Well that's just un-American!

148points

Waffle_Ambasador , Wikimedia Commons Report

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say When I was like 13 I told my friend that there was such a thing as a Liger. They had successfully mated a lion and a tiger. His response “you idiot, tigers ARE female lions”

....

We took the argument to his mother to settle it. She took his side

Final score:

358points

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Friday 3 years ago

Stupid runs in the family.

239points

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say "It's been proven that if you dream about falling and hit the ground in your dream you will die in your sleep."

Yeah? If someone dies in their sleep, how do you know what they were dreaming?

FrankieMint , Pixabay Report

Final score:

335points

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Shelli Aderman 3 years ago

Thanks to summer camp stories, I believed that one for FAR TOO LONG! 🤣

79points

Adron-the-survivor , Derek Bakken Report

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say A girl in my class asked why do farms exist if she gets her food from the supermarket.The teacher had such a disappointed face and everyone looked at her and wondered how did she pass the all the way through the 8th grade

Final score:

320points

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Luka Verheijen 3 years ago

Yeah, there are kids tgat don't even know milk comes from cows. Commercialism took a wrong turn somewhere.

73points

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say I worked retail as a summer job about 17 years ago. I was putting out coffee cups with a coworker.

"Why don't they make left handed coffee cups?"

I quietly turned one of the mugs 180 degrees without saying anything.

Last I heard she was the assistant manager of that department.

CaptainAwesome06 , Andrew Currie Report

Final score:

275points

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Friday 3 years ago

She was promoted when she introduced left handed teaspoons.

185points

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say My sister panicked whilst on a plane and asked if she could open a window as she was feeling really hot - the guy in the seats across from her lost it, it made his day

emilov98 , Lenny DiFranza Report

Final score:

264points

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Giovanna 3 years ago

I can relate to this one. Not the request of opening a plane window, but the panicking on a plane. I can't fly anymore because of this. I can guarantee you that when youre in the middle of that pure terror (panic attack) nothing you do or say is rational!

110points

“Wait is it just me or do meteors always land in craters” said the smartest guy in my class

[deleted] Report

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259points

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Friday 3 years ago

It’s just you mate

111points

#10

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say 22-year-old girlfriend, after having walked under some street lamps: “I just discovered that we have 2 shadows. I think the other one is only visible at night.”

I explained what shadows are and how they're dependent on the light source. There was visible brain processing strain on her face.

nigglebit , keith ellwood Report

Final score:

254points

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Vic 3 years ago

I bet there was a third shadow from the light you shed with this new information..

111points

kennethfrom30rock , Brianna LaugherFollow Report

#11

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say My friend once told me he wasn't too concerned about using birth control because everyone knows the girl can only get pregnant if they both come at the same time. His gf was pregnant 3 months later.

Final score:

253points

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

If it were true, life on earth would have been extinct for millions of years.

280points

#12

I remarked that it’s odd that we associate rabbits with EGGS for Easter. I jokingly said we should make it an Easter platypus because unlike rabbits they lay eggs.

Then someone overheard this and said “wait... no, rabbits DO lay eggs.”

This turned into a two minute argument over whether or not rabbits lay eggs. And then when she finally accepted that she was wrong, she was so irritated that she asked all of her coworkers if they thought the same as her.

To the best of my knowledge she’s the only one.

USPSA-Addict Report

Final score:

234points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Wow, midway through reading I thought these were in elementary school kids

101points

#13

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say A customer came in today and apparently had a an excuse for not wearing a mask. We offered curbside pickup for their safety and the safety of others. They let us know that they work at a covid clinic, so they had "literally 0% chance of contracting it".

rubiedoobieunicorn , Tebo Steele Report

Final score:

224points

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Vic 3 years ago

Kick them out.. kick them out right now..

143points

#14

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Co-worker at my last job during lunch:

Him: "The moon landings obviously didn't happen"

Me: "Thats awkward I was bouncing lasers off the mirrors we left there at Uni." (Physics Graduate)

Him after pausing: "Theres loads of ways they could have got there, aliens could have plonked them down"

Man literally believes in aliens but not the moon landings and is a manager at a large company

DivineRainor , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

221points

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Rod Egret 3 years ago

Since when do you need to be smart and/or educated to be a manager?

92points

#15

The spork is "the devil's utensil" because it is the amalgamation of the masculine fork and the feminine spoon and is trying to blur gender lines in society.

-eDgAR- Report

Final score:

219points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

Beware! the Great Sporkening is upon ye!

157points

#16

Someone once said.

"But I don't want to put the bag of aquatic snails inside the fish tank, they might drown!"

That someone was me.

Past me is dumb.

lilithpingu Report

Final score:

209points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Aw but you cared for the snails, bless ^-^

123points

#17

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say someone tried to convince me that snakes don’t have bones. I showed him some pictures of snake skeletons and he said “yeah they have ribs, not bones”

cheeeeeeeeto , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

199points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

I think some of the people who make these comments grow on trees, how's that for a conundrum?

43points

#18

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say It’s not cheating if you don’t love the person

Sissonater , Tobias Begemann Report

Final score:

196points

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Luka Verheijen 3 years ago

The person who you cheat with, or the person you cheat on? That's important

73points

maskedghostwolf , Polina Tankilevitch Report

#19

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say 'Can't we just exterminate all bacteria and viruses so we can't get sick anymore?'

Literally heard someone say this in Microbiology class. MICROBIOLOGY CLASS!

Final score:

195points

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Aman Varkkey 3 years ago

I think this is someone who is tired of microbiology.

77points

#20

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say That chickens have no brains. Not that they are stupid. That a chicken literally does not have a brain.

blakingpowder , Mary and Andrew Report

Final score:

193points

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Bardhi's Dad 3 years ago

On the other hand, you have people who are stupid, not without brain 😂

82points

#21

“Masks are for pussies” my moms friend three weeks ago who is now in intensive care.

AnaNastase2001 Report

Final score:

190points

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Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago

For smart pussies

103points

#22

That you can't walk to the front of a plane because its moving faster than you can walk. This was a teacher

jakepaulfanxd Report

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187points

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Aman Varkkey 3 years ago

Inside a plane or outside?

107points

#23

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Is the forth of July on the 14th or 15th?

My ex boyfriend asked me that. He has no excuse, he's from California.

Wickedflame77 , jeff_golden Report

Final score:

185points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Hehe, this reminds me of the kids from little rascals asking "what is the number for 911".

83points

#24

watching star wars in high school with some girl says, " when did this happen?" I said it was made in the 70s , confused on what she meant. she said " no, the space war, when did we have a space war?" me n my buddy almost died

joeyjojo-shabadoo Report

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182points

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Bill 3 years ago

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

188points

#25

Oh I have one! I told my friend that I thought she may be an alcoholic and she should get some help. So she goes to a counselor. She was so proud to come and tell me that she wasn't an alcoholic, she had a substantial abuse disorder.

The substance? Alcohol

Auriirua Report

Final score:

182points

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Charlotte A. 3 years ago

My mom once overheard her neighbour saying to a friend "They say you're an alcoholic if you drink one bottle of wine a day. Which is ridiculous as that would make me an alcoholic!" (Spoiler: She was.)

74points

#26

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Friend shared that he thought women were like chickens, one day a month we would sit on a toilet all day and lay an egg

jfix-incd , Barry Skeates Report

Final score:

181points

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MagicalUnicorn 3 years ago

that kinda sounds better than bleeding whole week :D

254points

#27

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say “Masks are dangerous because we shouldn’t be breathing in our own carbon monoxide.”

Midas_Artflower , Anna Shvets Report

Final score:

177points

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Tim Pillinger 3 years ago

If you're worried about brain damage from wearing a mask, don't. That ship sailed.

227points

#28

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say In 8th grade this girl, dead serious, asked, “how did people breathe before there was electricity?”

acatherinee , Martin Abegglen Report

Final score:

172points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

How did we walk before there was Bitcoin?

145points

TheOnlyKaiser , Wikimedia Commons Report

#29

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say "China is it's own continent because the people who live there are called 'Chinese'." "... Uh... and we are Oklahomans. Did I miss the memo where we became a continent?"

Final score:

168points

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Luka Verheijen 3 years ago

Some americans think like america is the entire world and the states are countries. That doesn't excuse this though.

47points

#30

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Yall really gonna make me remember the time my coworker thought willy Wonka was a real person and wondered how much money he was making on Nerds and Gobstoppers

Catezero , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

164points

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N G 3 years ago

W***y Wonka is legally a separate entity from the W***y Wonka brand that actually does the manufacturing and selling. 🤪

35points

#31

That 2% milk and 2% milk made 4% milk. Proceed to try and prove his point by saying "if (half black friend) and I (half black) had a baby, the baby would be full black". This guy also asked me if the Queen was the president of Canada, soo...

masochist_mango Report

Final score:

157points

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im.bored.person 3 years ago

The queen is not the president of canada. I hear this all the time from Americans

21points

#32

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say "if Japanese people suffer so much from tsunamis, why don't they hide behind the Great Wall of China?"

8th grade geography class

Myko02 , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

155points

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

Because Japan is... Like... another country, and... and stuff...

57points

#33

The moon is much better than the sun because it's up at night illuminating while the sun is up during the day when it's allready bright.

_jroc_ Report

Final score:

153points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Bet they were shocked to find out the moon is illuminated by the sun.

71points

#34

A Canadian asking me, an Englishman, where I learnt to speak English.

akesie Report

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149points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago (edited)

Once had a coworker tell our supervisor “ wow your English is so good for someone being in the states for only a year “

44points

#35

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say I dont believe in evolution cause if we did evolve then why aren't we still evolving?

SnowPaw850 , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

141points

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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

There's a theory that one way we're noticeably evolving is that it's becoming more common for someone to be born without a full set of wisdom teeth, or no wisdom teeth at all. We're evolving to have fewer teeth because our jaws have gotten smaller to make room for more brain (plus we now live off softer foods).

94points

#36

"If you could adopt a child from a third world country, which country would you choose and why?" "I would choose Alaska, because it's really cold there." -A member of the prom court being asked a random question on our school's live news show that was being broadcasted out to every homeroom.

GingersaurusRex Report

Final score:

140points

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Zebwe 3 years ago

weird question though

95points

#37

After watching a movie in 3D they said “that was amazing, I wish real life was in 3D too”

Amehh_ Report

Final score:

140points

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Roger Haywood 3 years ago

Facepalm moment.

53points

#38

We were in class and this girl was so confused at how a flight from America to Russia could be quick, because the world map shows America being at the far left and Russia on the right. The teacher said, 'Look at the map.' She replies, 'Yeah, they're so far away.' A moment of silence. Teacher: 'The world is round; it isn't flat like a map.'

intantum95 Report

Final score:

136points

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Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago

A real flat eather!

59points

#39

Mate of mine told me Reindeer weren’t real animals. They were mythical creatures...

We live in Australia, but still.

thePag Report

Final score:

133points

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Shelli Aderman 3 years ago

Reindeers are better than people…

94points

#40

"masks don't work that's why they told us not to wear them at first. they want us to wear them now because they realized the lack of oxygen will make us dumb and we'll listen to wherever they say."

FormerAntelope6 Report

Final score:

132points

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Christian Homuth 3 years ago

If only oxygen helped against stupidity

107points

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

#41

When I pointed out to a coworker that a person who actually was modest wouldn't brag about how modest they are: "How would people know that I'm modest if I don't tell them?"

mordeci00 Report

Final score:

130points

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Vic 3 years ago

How will people know I'm not talking if I don't tell them..

50points

#42

A colleague who saw me eating some tomatoes for lunch and made the comment “isn’t all that sugar in the tomatoes bad for you?” as she ate her McDonald’s....

[deleted] Report

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125points

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Giorgio Prodoti 3 years ago

she was talking about you, not about her

3points

#43

I’m a veterinarian. I once had the owner of a pregnant three legged dog ask if the puppies would be born with three legs or four.

kayaker58 Report

Final score:

125points

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Toxxa 3 years ago

im just gonna say, i kinda get where this is coming from IF the dog was born with 3 legs

99points

#44

"If you're an atheist, that means you're not allowed to use the Roman calendar because it was invented by Christians."

schnit123 Report

Final score:

124points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

If you don't believe in evolution then get back up that tree 🤷‍♀️

104points

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

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

#45

Why don't vegans eat fish? They aren't animals.

pirolance Report

Final score:

124points

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Prilsy 3 years ago

As a vegan I get asked "but you do eat chicken then?"

56points

#46

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Why is there a deer Xing sign it’s too dangerous for deer to cross the road

08337Leebo , Vincent N. B. Report

Final score:

118points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

Oh deer

68points

#47

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say “How do they know which moon to put out?”

ImRandyRU , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

115points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

They check what moon the neighbours have put out.

87points

#48

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Just because math is in a book, doesn't make it true... she was a college student.

stupidpunname54 , Jeremy Mikkola Report

Final score:

110points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

She's not all wrong. Math textbooks have been wrong. Being in a book doesn't make it infallible.

92points

#49

That Japan was the capital of Australia.

Just-STFU Report

Final score:

109points

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Vic 3 years ago

Pfft! Every one knows the capital of Australia is 'A'

216points

Casey Burns 3 years ago

Ha. Dad humor over 9000.

24points

Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago (edited)

*closes laptop, stares into the sunset* I have found it. The dad joke of all dad jokes.

6points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago

Badum...tsss!

4points

Vic 3 years ago

Thank you guys! But it's not an original joke, I think I read it somewhere :-)

2points

Cursed quoter 3 years ago

I hate dad jokes but I'll let it slide, it can without a downvote.

1point

A Cat Named Dragon 3 years ago

Love it!

1point

Robert Carlton 3 years ago

That was an incredible joke.

0points

Damo Lee Park 3 years ago

that's actually a classic rookie mistake. The capital of Straya is S

0points

MAnahP 3 years ago

As a small child I thought the Wizard of Oz was whoever is the current Prime Minister of Australia. I grew up in New Zealand.

9points

A Cat Named Dragon 3 years ago

That is super cute!

4points

Vorknkx 3 years ago

A lot of people think Syndey is the capital of Australia (and Rio - the capital of Brazil).

9points

*me* 3 years ago

Canberra and brazilia

3points

Mysterious Panda 3 years ago

Rio used to be the capital of Brazil, at least.

2points

Rissie 3 years ago

At least those are large cities within those countries.

2points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

My partner was asked once in Tennessee if "Belgium is the capital of Paris". He couldnt reply frkm the shock.

3points

Ross Keim 3 years ago

Well I mean it was almost part of the Japanese empire in the 40s

1point

SoozeeQ 3 years ago (edited)

Yep. A Japanese submarine made it all the way into Sydney Harbour. My grandmother and father and aunt had to evacuate because of it.

0points

Bardhi's Dad 3 years ago

But, how? How they came to that?

1point

David carro 3 years ago

"My favourite color is ball"

0points

RU Sirius 3 years ago

Marx is the Capital of all countries

0points

Elliot frickin Cipher 3 years ago

Aaaaand there goes another one of my braincells 😑

0points

Otter 3 years ago

Now that's a prizewinner!

0points

Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Someone clearly slept through geography!

0points

#50

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say My mom said her new mac was a waste of money because it didn’t have internet explorer so “how is she supposed to do anything?”

aaareed , Alexis ROBERT Report

Final score:

109points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

That's just someone who's never had a mac, only a pc im thinking? In any case argh internet explorer is evil

28points

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

#51

Wait how could they castrate a 8 year old? He wouldn't have his balls yet! - My friend, a 18 year old male who vastly misunderstood what people meant when they say "your balls dropped". No, I don't know how he never noticed that he had balls before puberty.

Diabotus Report

Final score:

37points

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Catlady6000 3 years ago

Are we sure he had prepubescent balls?

7points

notsurewhatidoin , Wikimedia Commons Report

#52

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Was Benjamin Button based on a true story?

Final score:

35points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Just mess with their heads and say yes

8points

#53

Inlaw father is looking at the sky, pondering how NASA puts all that stuff up there without hitting the stars.

He was a teenager during the space race. You'd figure it would have come up in school.

We just shrugged and acted like we didn't know.

shartmonger Report

Final score:

33points

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Vic 3 years ago

They hire Olympics gold medal archers..

12points

generallyunconscious , davidgsteadman Report

#54

50 Of The Dumbest Things People Have Overheard Someone Say Buddy of mine was very drunk one night and asked me "where does the moon go during the daytime?"

Final score:

32points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

It's sleeping, buddy... Moon's got to rest some time...

17points

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

#55

A few years ago I got a job offer in Japan and decided to take it. Some friends from my then office threw me a farewell party. The girlfriend of one of my co-workers came along and told me that she’d always wanted to go to Japan and that her number one thing to do there would be to take a camel ride. My co-worker and I just looked at her to see if she’d explain more— maybe there was a camel cafe she’d heard about or something. But no, she just honestly thought camels were a common mode of transportation in Japan.

isntitprettytothnkso Report

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31points

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Marianne 3 years ago

It tells a lot about Japan, that the idea of a camel café seems to be legit.

28points

#56

Asia was a country in China

[deleted] Report

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29points

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Norah Reilly 3 years ago

Whuh?

4points

#57

"Was ww2 the cold one or the Asian one"

-nope101 Report

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28points

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BingeFest1 3 years ago

nein

39points

#58

“I thought Europe was a country?”

southerncharm05 Report

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27points

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Kat Rob 3 years ago

Nah it's a band from the 80s

9points

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

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

#59

I was actually the dumb person, sadly. I was at a friend’s house and couldn’t remember if I left the hair straightener or oven on at home and I asked my friend, “what if there’s a fire, the door’s locked so my cats won’t be able to get out!!” Yeah. I believed for at least 30 seconds that cats could open doors.

pikichungo Report

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26points

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Suzy the observer 3 years ago

I'd panicked for my furkids too.

15points

#60

"Mexico is the capital of China"- Some person In a crowd

Sir_IlV Report

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25points

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Daisy 3 years ago

Wha?

4points

#61

You have vertigo? Isn’t vertigo that place where the planes get lost?

Mawyjello Report

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24points

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V33333P 3 years ago

Urgh NO goddamn it, it's a f*****g MOVIE

5points

#62

"There are 3 types of asians: Chinese, Japanese and Asians."

DeinBesterFreund Report

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23points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

At least it’s progressing, back in my day it was only Chinese and Japanese

22points

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

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#63

A highschool student asked if Obama was president of the world.

BTW the person that asked that question was debatably one of the dumbest students in my school.

CarolBaskinsOfficial Report

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23points

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

For their defense, the entire American culture has always maintained this confusion.

8points

#64

You shut your mouth when you're talking to me.

charrod76 Report

Final score:

23points

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Ninette 3 years ago

This is a line from Wedding Crashers. I say this all the time. It's funny!

12points

#65

That you can get pregnant by a demon and god controls Facebooks servers which will be shut down IMMEDIATELY.

phoenician6 Report

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23points

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Vorknkx 3 years ago

And that would be followed by 10 days of darkness, I suppose...

6points

#66

"if white people are white, and black people are black, does that mean Asians are grey?"

I still don't know the answer.

purplepidgeon51 Report

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23points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Silly.... we are yellow, this according to my son when he was 3

27points

#67

Blue Fire is cold

TooMuchBreathing Report

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22points

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)

Hahaha! Haha! Ha... Nope. The colder the colour, the hotter the object.

21points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#68

Dinosaurs were around at the same time as the pyramids

vitomarkito Report

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22points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago (edited)

Ok dinosaurs weren't but mammoths were.

30points

#69

She thought our hair grew from the ends, not the scalp.

climbingpanda23 Report

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22points

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Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago

That would be awesome. I wouldn't have to touch up my roots anymore! Dying the ends would be so much easier.

14points

#70

My wife once told me: "Cold water will boil faster than hot water."

Hexually_Cupcaked Report

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20points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

But hot water will freeze faster than cold water 😉

24points

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#71

“Are you pregnant?”

I was a skinny girl in fifth grade when a guy asked me this out of nowhere

Final score:

19points

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Isidien Gudmundsdottir 3 years ago

Followed by: " If not, I can help you with that " ?

5points

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Jeff Johnson 3 years ago

In high school a fellow junior asked in Geography, "When they made the Panama Canal, weren't they worried South America would just float away?"

39points

Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago

Because that happens in all the Bugs Bunny real life documentaries!

0points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My life is in science. Medical science. And these are my faves: "Why do pregnant women get so fat?" (Carrying around 15 pounds of amniotic fluid and fetus apparently is "fat".) "Masks make us breathe in more germs." (....*facepalm*...) and last week, this charmer at the vax clinic: "Vaccines aren't real science". (Yes, but her essential oils were, toatlly, absolutely, 100% "science"...?!)

20points

Emma Crompton 3 years ago

Why on earth did i read medical science as medieval science??? Thats the dumbest thing I've done today!

0points

Amy Dodds 3 years ago (edited)

"dinosaur bones were put there by God to test our faith"

18points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I first heard that when I was 18, and burst out laughing in the guy's face. Rude, yes, but I seriously thought it was a joke!

8points

Shell O 3 years ago

Two things stick in my mind. 1. A student at a college I taught at told me there was no way he got a girl pregnant last night because she checked straight after by looking between her legs. 2. I was once telling a fellow teacher that there was a new kids cartoon out called 'dinosaur train' and that it's quite good because they discuss the different dinosaurs at the end of each episode so it's quite educational. She looked at me like I was an idiot and said 'how can it be educational when dinosaurs don't exist, they are the same as fairies and dragons'!!!! On reflection...... 3. I need a new job.

15points

John Topper 3 years ago

At some point in a conversation I told my ex "alright, you got me. I shot JFK." She looked at me with a blank expression and said "who's that?". What's worse is that wasn't even the dumbest part. A few seconds later she asked "oh wait, is he the guy with the chicken?" ...... She mixed up JFK and KFC.

14points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

So, is that "John Fried Kennedy" or "Kentucky Fitzgerald Chicken"?

1point

PjandBolt 3 years ago

One time my friend and I were feeling something made out of wool (I forget what it was) and she told me, "Isn't it sad that a sheep had to die for this?" So I had to explain to a middle schooler how shearing sheep worked haha

14points

Финикс Дэ Лионь 3 years ago

In my jr year of high school, we had a new student from the U.K.. he was asked to go up to the right-side of the white board and write his answer. He went to the left-side(probably dyslexic) and some cheerleader called him out on it. "Don't you know your left from your right?" I spoke up saying, "hey, he's probably from England and they drive on the opposite side of the road from us. So their right is our left." Said cheerleader believed me, and apologized... so for the remainder of the year, any time she was told left or right, she would ask "British or American?"

13points

ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Admit it bp,you wanted to include the word "Americans" in the headline so,so bad.

13points

Bird lover 3 years ago

-__- yea we are full of these kinds of people.

3points

Peppy Piplup 3 years ago (edited)

I once heard someone get all pissy about the gayness in Ancient Greece because "The Greeks followed Christianity so they would have killed someone for being gay." The Greeks followed Christianity?! Do the names Zeus, Athena, Poseidon and Apollo etcetera not ring any bells for you?!

12points

John Topper 3 years ago

Also I have a family member who purchased a new car. This was back in the early 2000s when Pontiac was especially bad so I asked "why didn't you get a Honda or Toyota?" She looked right at me and said completely seriously "after what they did to us on 9-11? Why would I give them my money?"

12points

Kevin Gerke 3 years ago (edited)

Up until his late teens(?), Fracis Crick (a molecular biologist who played a major role in discovering the structure of DNA) assumed men had fewer ribs than women because the bible said Eve was made from Adam's rib. This makes me feel better about the dumb things I've said, but also slows me down when I want to write off someone for saying something dumb.

11points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

I Googled this just to see what would come up. I got as far as "do men have less..." and Google provided "...ribs than women?" So, obviously lots of people have looked this up! (And, the answer is "no", for anyone wondering).

0points

Rainbow Panda 3 years ago

It’s okay being incorrect, but you don’t need to get upset for being wrong. I’m sure everyone had a moment like that. 🙃

6points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

We had a young man start working at my organisation who was ex cabin crew on airlines. He told us of the time not long after he qualified of a customer on a flight who asked for a dry white wine off the drinks trolley. Being a young muslim man who had never drunk alcohol he looked at the trolley and said 'I'm very sorry madam, we only have wine in liquid form.' I miss him, he had the funniest stories.

5points

ChloeClementine 3 years ago

I don't think these count if its all kids. All kids are stupid, its generally how you learn. The adult ones worry me

4points

Linny H 3 years ago

My aunt once longed for the "trees to move" so we could get a breeze

3points

MAnahP 3 years ago

I often get asked if I still have Christmas in December since it's Summer in December where I grew up in New Zealand. I can understand children asking this but I get this question mostly from adults.

3points

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

I guess they don't have Christmas in California either.

2points

Milli Marilli 3 years ago (edited)

Lecture at driving school: teacher explained what to do when you hit game (call wildlife services) or cats and dogs (call police). One girl asked very concerned: „But what if I hit a guinea pig or a hamster?“ Teacher with a deadpan face: „It‘s going to make [splatter noise] and that‘s about it.“

3points

Liz 3 years ago

In college I knew a girl who didn't want to wear tampons. Fair enough, no problem with that. But then she told me the reason: "cause then you can't pee!" Turns out she thought women only have two holes.

2points

Vanessa Fasanella 3 years ago

A few years back, I was shopping at a Payless ShoeSource with my daughter. A woman comes in and loudly announces, "I'm a doctor. How does this store work?" Er, no.

2points

Id row 3 years ago

My mother said to me, "I don't like birds." I said, "Yes, you do. You have two elaborate peacock pictures and a big ceramic owl over there." She said, "Oh, yeah. I do like birds. I have a giraffe upstairs." I almost peed myself. She is not normally stupid, this was just a moment of brainfarts.

2points

Yk 3 years ago (edited)

A group of friends and I were at a Carnival in Mexico, were they often have these so called “freak shows”(just a bunch of poorly executed visual tricks). Anyways, when one of my friends saw the sign for the “The Spider with a Girl’s Head! Cursed by her family to live for eternity with 8 legs!) my friend ask why is she still at a carnival and not at NASA so they can further study her… PS. Why NASA though? IDK

2points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago (edited)

Someone was telling a story about a bird hunter in Angola (Africa) and I said out loud that in Angola have no birds. Everyone laughs out loud and I claimed that this is not what I meant. Until now my university colleagues still remained about it and I still don't know what I meant. Yes, in university.

2points

Mundane Adventures 3 years ago

You meant Angola Merkel, chancellor or Germany and alleged avian hater!!! 🤣

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

This makes me think that civilization is in real trouble.

2points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

I like it. It makes me feel better about myself.

2points

Cathelijne Van 3 years ago

As I was really into the universe and Stephen Hawking and stuff a friend asked me: 'is a falling star, really a star that is falling from the sky?' He was in his 30's...

1point

DelvianBlue 3 years ago

A boy in my high school class once insisted that gravity isn't real because the Earth is flat. Things fall down because of the flatness, not because of some invisible force acting on them. As proof, he pointed to a map to show how everything is flat.

1point

Raccoon Queen 3 years ago

I have two words for this post Dear God

1point

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

When I was little, my father tried to tell me that blood was blue and that the proof was that you could see it when you looked at your veins. I asked why it was that it was red when I hurt myself. He said it turned red when it hit the air. Even at that age I wasn't ready to believe it so I asked my science teacher. My teacher explained how the veins just look blue from the outside of our skin. My father liked to argue so I don't think I told him.

1point

Yettichild 3 years ago

I was on a cruise to Alaska and we saw some humpback whales feeding. As usual there were a bunch of birds taking advantage and snatching up fish from the bait ball. A lady near me exclaimed "Oh my god! The whales are eating birds!" I couldn't help bit think 'Yes, because the birds are willfully flying into the whales mouth?' Luckily I didn't say it outloud.

1point

Robert Carlton 3 years ago

One time in second grade ELA, I said that the Megalodon was the biggest fish in the sea at one point. One girl then said "No, Blue Whales are!". Blue Whales and Megalodons are the same size.... And Blue Whales aren't even fish. But me being naive at the time didn't think too much about it, but now I can look back at it and laugh.

0points

Liz 3 years ago (edited)

My boomer parents and their boomer friends all think that land drifts on water. And I'm still wondering if they actually learned it like that in school.

0points

Jacob Babashoff 3 years ago

This is why I question Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. Some do not remove themselves from the gene pool fast enough.

0points

Jacob Babashoff 3 years ago

This is why I question Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. Some people don't remove themselves from the gene pool fast enough.

0points

Linny H 3 years ago

Dang. These are poorly educated people. The dumbing down of American students. Zero critical thinking skills. Sadder than sad.

0points

Carrot Stick 3 years ago

My sweet younger sister said that Panama wasn’t a country. Thankfully, she realised her mistake.

0points

Hodor! Hodor? 3 years ago

Anyone who adds 'Literally' into their sentences

-3points

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

Unless it is actually literal, but those are few and far between.

0points

Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago (edited)

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MammaG 3 years ago

It's not about feelings. It's about inclusion. The U.S. is NOT a Christian theocracy. The first amendment is supposed to prevent only one religion from being practiced by public schools. The new calendar is more American than the Christian-centric one. If you want to be a Patriot, read and comprehend the Constitution.

8points

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Jeff Johnson 3 years ago

In high school a fellow junior asked in Geography, "When they made the Panama Canal, weren't they worried South America would just float away?"

39points

Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago

Because that happens in all the Bugs Bunny real life documentaries!

0points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

20points

Emma Crompton 3 years ago

Why on earth did i read medical science as medieval science??? Thats the dumbest thing I've done today!

0points

Amy Dodds 3 years ago (edited)

"dinosaur bones were put there by God to test our faith"

18points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I first heard that when I was 18, and burst out laughing in the guy's face. Rude, yes, but I seriously thought it was a joke!

8points

Shell O 3 years ago

15points

John Topper 3 years ago

14points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

So, is that "John Fried Kennedy" or "Kentucky Fitzgerald Chicken"?

1point

PjandBolt 3 years ago

14points

Финикс Дэ Лионь 3 years ago

13points

ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Admit it bp,you wanted to include the word "Americans" in the headline so,so bad.

13points

Bird lover 3 years ago

-__- yea we are full of these kinds of people.

3points

Peppy Piplup 3 years ago (edited)

12points

John Topper 3 years ago

12points

Kevin Gerke 3 years ago (edited)

11points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

0points

Rainbow Panda 3 years ago

It’s okay being incorrect, but you don’t need to get upset for being wrong. I’m sure everyone had a moment like that. 🙃

6points

Jackie Porter 3 years ago

5points

ChloeClementine 3 years ago

I don't think these count if its all kids. All kids are stupid, its generally how you learn. The adult ones worry me

4points

Linny H 3 years ago

My aunt once longed for the "trees to move" so we could get a breeze

3points

MAnahP 3 years ago

I often get asked if I still have Christmas in December since it's Summer in December where I grew up in New Zealand. I can understand children asking this but I get this question mostly from adults.

3points

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

I guess they don't have Christmas in California either.

2points

Milli Marilli 3 years ago (edited)

3points

Liz 3 years ago

2points

Vanessa Fasanella 3 years ago

A few years back, I was shopping at a Payless ShoeSource with my daughter. A woman comes in and loudly announces, "I'm a doctor. How does this store work?" Er, no.

2points

Id row 3 years ago

2points

Yk 3 years ago (edited)

2points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago (edited)

2points

Mundane Adventures 3 years ago

You meant Angola Merkel, chancellor or Germany and alleged avian hater!!! 🤣

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

This makes me think that civilization is in real trouble.

2points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

I like it. It makes me feel better about myself.

2points

Cathelijne Van 3 years ago

As I was really into the universe and Stephen Hawking and stuff a friend asked me: 'is a falling star, really a star that is falling from the sky?' He was in his 30's...

1point

DelvianBlue 3 years ago

1point

Raccoon Queen 3 years ago

I have two words for this post Dear God

1point

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

1point

Yettichild 3 years ago

1point

Robert Carlton 3 years ago

0points

Liz 3 years ago (edited)

My boomer parents and their boomer friends all think that land drifts on water. And I'm still wondering if they actually learned it like that in school.

0points

Jacob Babashoff 3 years ago

This is why I question Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. Some do not remove themselves from the gene pool fast enough.

0points

Jacob Babashoff 3 years ago

This is why I question Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. Some people don't remove themselves from the gene pool fast enough.

0points

Linny H 3 years ago

Dang. These are poorly educated people. The dumbing down of American students. Zero critical thinking skills. Sadder than sad.

0points

Carrot Stick 3 years ago

My sweet younger sister said that Panama wasn’t a country. Thankfully, she realised her mistake.

0points

Hodor! Hodor? 3 years ago

Anyone who adds 'Literally' into their sentences

-3points

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

Unless it is actually literal, but those are few and far between.

0points

Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago (edited)

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MammaG 3 years ago

8points