Turns out, Twitter is good not only for sending insults but wishing good wishes as well. Shocking, I know. And just as New Year’s Eve was coming to an end, people started congratulating Earth on its 2019th birthday. We can only guess if they were trolling or being serious, but let’s just hope that they are either anti-vaxxers or flat-Earthers. Because if they aren’t, that means there’s another group of very special people that will drive us crazy while making us question the future of humanity at the same time
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Think of the most averagely intelligent person you know. Then realise that about 50% of the world's population is dumber than that. Some a lot. I wish I could believe this was a joke, but I know some phenomenally stupid people.
I remember reading an article about how an anthropology prof tried to teach kids how to tell female skeletons from male skeletons. One girl raised a hand and said that male skeletons would have one less rib, referring to the creation of woman by God using one of Adams ribs. The prof bought time by having her go count the ribs. That's when he explained about inheritance and how, even if you lose a thumb, it doesn't mean all your children will be born without that same thumb because of how your DNA is coded. Managed to teach without treading on beliefs. These people, however, need an open handed slap in the mouth in the form of written historical records (Egypt and Sumer.)
While I'm certain most of these are meant to be jokes, there ARE in fact people that are this stupid.
I hate to pontificate, but I have posted many times on boredpanda about the decline in scientific understanding and the promotion of anti-science conspiracy theories. in our society. This is the inevitable result.
Why do you think this is the case? I think this seems especially true in the States. Why does the US seem to have a culture of anti-intellectualism?
Load More Replies...To all people expressing the hope that this is a joke: Sorry, no. This is just another example of how uneducated a lot of people are. I just read a message on the internet from a guy that was convinced that in 81 years it will be the year 3000.
Last year, people made this joke. So why would it not be a joke now?
Load More Replies...Do these people think the Big Bang meant the Universe got laid and out popped Earth from a giant uterus?
Let me take a wild guess: the majority of these people are American? :-/
Speaking of ignorance, I've had to explain to more than one person that even if the moon isn't full the whole thing is still there.
Look at our president. Consider who voted for him. There are a LOT of people who are just that stupid.
Load More Replies...The average adult intelligence in the US is that of an eighth grader. Everyone would like to think they are smarter than that. But, realistically half of the US is just plain stupid.
Jokes are supposed to be funny. The WOOOOOOOOSH is on them because this ain't funny, it's so stupid it's sad...
Load More Replies...i believe this one of the explanations why trump became president
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha...oops, my new year resolution was not to laugh at stupid people. Wait, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"It's ridiculous that anyone believes that!" (Say many Christians who believe that Jesus was born of a virgin birth, that when you drink communion wine it's become the blood of Christ, that Jonah lived through gettng eaten by a whale, that Methusaleh lived to age 969).
Sorry, was it not Georges Lemaitre a Roman Catholic priest who discovered the big bang. But, nobody recognizes that. I don't think that it is right to force belief on others. But, I think that the correlation between religion and stupidity should be eradicated. Faith is not calculated but that does not make it stupid.
Load More Replies...Schools need to be ashamed. Ashamed that these people can go on to populate
Remember how we laughed at the movie "Idiocracy"? Not so funny now, is it?
If Starbucks became a stripper bar, that would still be pretty funny.
Load More Replies...A good thing to do would be a Battle Royale between these people and the ones that are sure the earth is around 5000 years old. Add also the flat earthers or whatever they´re called and the anti vaccine folks. The winner would be coronated as the "Dumbest person on earth" and from there on, the human civilization would prospere as it should.
Oh my god! And we all know that god created earth ca. 6000 years ago! (Sorry, could not resist. See also https://news.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx)
I would be interested to see how those numbers have changed, even in the 18 months since the poll was published, given the onslaught of anti-science statements we have seen coming out of the Trump White House. "Here's a 46 volume publication of scientifically sound, extensively researched, demonstrable, repeatable, peer reviewed data with a comprehensive theory written to explain the findings and their relevance." Trump: "I don't believe that."
Load More Replies...Someone please invent a vaccine to stop the fucktard invasion. Stupidity is highly contagious.
It is called education. Unfortunately it is very under appreciated.
Load More Replies...If these people are joking, it's in poor taste as it makes them look stupid. Though I imagine, some people truly think that way. I wonder what the average age of those people are.
Don't think age is the issue. Lower than average IQ maybe. Experience teaches a lot so we can hope it is just lack of exposure to life and knowledge, but some people are never going to understand no matter how old they get.
Load More Replies...Well as far as I know Earth is 4 billion years old or so I think. . . As I read those posts I'm just scratching my head.
The largest percentage of these are just a joke copied from 9gag. I'm sure there are people out there who really think this though.
Next year hopefully they'll have 2020 hindsight and realize they are idjits.
It's a freaking joke post.... most of the people posting this aren't stupid... they are looking for attention on their post.
Even if it is, it underscores the fact that many american citizens are as dumb as a post. Don't believe me? Watch that documentary, Jesus Camp.
Load More Replies...Boy, I wonder where the Ancient Egyptians lived before Earth was born.
More like the fruits of cutting funds to the education system...
Load More Replies...Yikes, what a colossal indictment of the educational systems from where every one of these people lives............
Then there are people who think Noah's Ark really existed. The reasons that story is totally impossible are far too many to list here. A ship that size made only of wood and pitch would not be seaworthy, eight people could never properly care for tens of thousands of animals - the list goes on and on and on.
oh sweethearts... how drunk were you. side note- while I am not religious, I don't believe all religious people are as strict or unintelligent. There are varying degrees of religiousness and intelligence. While there are some crazies, as there are everywhere, I've met some good ones who're smart too.
Actually, I kinda like that people think this, as it means that religion is dying. They obviously need to be told otherwise, but just because they think this, doesn't mean they are dumb as such. Just uninformed.
OMG! These people scare me @ how stupid they are. Please don't breed!
Astronomically, the Earth is still quite young, but not THAT young. And I'm sorry to say, there is no cure for stupidity.
Was this poll or questionaire done in America?!?! Or was it Universal?? And how many of those that said it was 2019 years old were religious..?!?!
Hard to believe any of these are for real, cause I don't want to believe that there are people out there this effing stupid and ignorant. I knew when I was five about freaking dinosaurs and that the earth was billions of years old. What the EFF is wrong with these people? They don't read? Spending all their time on the net and selfies? I despair for the future of this world...peopled by these numbskulls.
and this in the developed countries! how about the others, many of whom don't know how to write this thing..
Oh my I can't even..... These are the people that should've been swallowed!
What if . . . All of the years the Earth has existed have been it’s gestational period . . . And it’s only a baby . . .
I like the first reply to these ' I really do hope those people think that the earth is flat...' If not, we're doomed.
This just makes me laugh so hard. These people have literally been living under a rock. Option 2, they were hella drunk and it was a "drunk-ex-text" type of tweet. 😂
I reckon a number of these are sarcastic tweets. We still use dates related to BC and AD. So perhaps some are religious. Some may be tweets from children. But reading the comments is pretty disappointing tbh. Intelligence is measured on a range of factors. I clicked on the article to read comments and I don't see a need to mock people or call them names, ever. I think there is enough negativity online already. I'm an Aussie and we have a saying here "Fair go for All". Not one of the tweets is harmful or mean. Regardless of our own beliefs, they are all excited about the Earth and the new year.
We also have a saying here "Lay off would ya". And it's rhetorical.
Load More Replies...there's too many people on this planet. 17 too many, to be exact
It’s sad that there are people out there without a clue! Even sadder was the comment from the guy who moment that this was the mentality of religious people. Poor guy doesn’t realise that “religious “ people have the history of life long before 2019 years ago. So sad that he wanted to show himself as being nearly as stupid as those that the article is about!!
The funny thing is, we just celebrate the Earth's birthday at the end of the year. We don't actually know when the Earth was officially created!
The worst part is, even if the Earth had been created in the year 1, it would be 2018 years old when the date switched to 2019.
This is just people joking so they can get likes. Take, @yesimessi . Look him up. It was a joke.
It's time to colonize other planets and get the f**k out of this "flat" planet with flat-brained people.
One or two thinking it would be funny, but that many makes me weep for the future of humanity
Okay even if people based 2019 off of religion, Jesus had to come from somewhere and Adam/Eve and Moses and all those old testament folks lived to be hundreds of years old before Jesus even came about. So it's like 3152 at least
I commented on this earlier and now I can't see my comment...why?
This is why the Millennial's should be reading books instead of playing on social media, and cell phones texting. What is happening to Education? The full implementation of computers is happening. No one calls anyone now, they text. No one writes a letter. All the basic things that people should be doing. Not letting computers do it for us, until our bodies and are dead along with our brains. Might as well sit living in a chair with a straw and diapers, as long as your fingers work on a keyboard. We are becoming lazy as a society. Playgrounds for kids are empty etc.......
There is nothing wrong with implementing computers into our education system. It is very important that they learn how to operate them since our future is based on technology. I think you are exaggerating. Most children I know are not like you describe. It's not like we removed gym class from schools.
Load More Replies...Who gave a very stupid argument for the existence of his god.
Load More Replies...I don't know if you're joking, but if you're not then you deserve a straight answer. [Disclaimer: I am not a history buff, I had to google many of these dates and there may be inaccuracies, but at least it's close.] The year 2019 is completely unrelated to the age of the earth, which is about 4.5 billion years old. Humans began to appear on the scene about 55 million years ago although they weren't much like humans as we know them until closer to 5 million years ago. I'm not sure whether there was a calendar before 1AD (more on that in a moment) but nowadays we often refer to dates prior to that as "BC", which counts up the further back you go in much the same way as negative numbers. Okay, so in about 500AD a Roman monk developed the idea of counting dates from the birth of Christ, labelling that year as 1AD, the year before it as 1BC, and every year since as something-or-other AD. It became popular in 800AD and it's what we use today. 2019 = 2019AD.
Load More Replies...The feeling is mutual, you bird-brained ignoramus. Your ignorance and stupidity are exactly why the entire world laughs at people like you.
Load More Replies...The low unemployment rate is a legacy of Obama’s presidency.
Load More Replies...Think of the most averagely intelligent person you know. Then realise that about 50% of the world's population is dumber than that. Some a lot. I wish I could believe this was a joke, but I know some phenomenally stupid people.
I remember reading an article about how an anthropology prof tried to teach kids how to tell female skeletons from male skeletons. One girl raised a hand and said that male skeletons would have one less rib, referring to the creation of woman by God using one of Adams ribs. The prof bought time by having her go count the ribs. That's when he explained about inheritance and how, even if you lose a thumb, it doesn't mean all your children will be born without that same thumb because of how your DNA is coded. Managed to teach without treading on beliefs. These people, however, need an open handed slap in the mouth in the form of written historical records (Egypt and Sumer.)
While I'm certain most of these are meant to be jokes, there ARE in fact people that are this stupid.
I hate to pontificate, but I have posted many times on boredpanda about the decline in scientific understanding and the promotion of anti-science conspiracy theories. in our society. This is the inevitable result.
Why do you think this is the case? I think this seems especially true in the States. Why does the US seem to have a culture of anti-intellectualism?
Load More Replies...To all people expressing the hope that this is a joke: Sorry, no. This is just another example of how uneducated a lot of people are. I just read a message on the internet from a guy that was convinced that in 81 years it will be the year 3000.
Last year, people made this joke. So why would it not be a joke now?
Load More Replies...Do these people think the Big Bang meant the Universe got laid and out popped Earth from a giant uterus?
Let me take a wild guess: the majority of these people are American? :-/
Speaking of ignorance, I've had to explain to more than one person that even if the moon isn't full the whole thing is still there.
Look at our president. Consider who voted for him. There are a LOT of people who are just that stupid.
Load More Replies...The average adult intelligence in the US is that of an eighth grader. Everyone would like to think they are smarter than that. But, realistically half of the US is just plain stupid.
Jokes are supposed to be funny. The WOOOOOOOOSH is on them because this ain't funny, it's so stupid it's sad...
Load More Replies...i believe this one of the explanations why trump became president
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha...oops, my new year resolution was not to laugh at stupid people. Wait, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"It's ridiculous that anyone believes that!" (Say many Christians who believe that Jesus was born of a virgin birth, that when you drink communion wine it's become the blood of Christ, that Jonah lived through gettng eaten by a whale, that Methusaleh lived to age 969).
Sorry, was it not Georges Lemaitre a Roman Catholic priest who discovered the big bang. But, nobody recognizes that. I don't think that it is right to force belief on others. But, I think that the correlation between religion and stupidity should be eradicated. Faith is not calculated but that does not make it stupid.
Load More Replies...Schools need to be ashamed. Ashamed that these people can go on to populate
Remember how we laughed at the movie "Idiocracy"? Not so funny now, is it?
If Starbucks became a stripper bar, that would still be pretty funny.
Load More Replies...A good thing to do would be a Battle Royale between these people and the ones that are sure the earth is around 5000 years old. Add also the flat earthers or whatever they´re called and the anti vaccine folks. The winner would be coronated as the "Dumbest person on earth" and from there on, the human civilization would prospere as it should.
Oh my god! And we all know that god created earth ca. 6000 years ago! (Sorry, could not resist. See also https://news.gallup.com/poll/210956/belief-creationist-view-humans-new-low.aspx)
I would be interested to see how those numbers have changed, even in the 18 months since the poll was published, given the onslaught of anti-science statements we have seen coming out of the Trump White House. "Here's a 46 volume publication of scientifically sound, extensively researched, demonstrable, repeatable, peer reviewed data with a comprehensive theory written to explain the findings and their relevance." Trump: "I don't believe that."
Load More Replies...Someone please invent a vaccine to stop the fucktard invasion. Stupidity is highly contagious.
It is called education. Unfortunately it is very under appreciated.
Load More Replies...If these people are joking, it's in poor taste as it makes them look stupid. Though I imagine, some people truly think that way. I wonder what the average age of those people are.
Don't think age is the issue. Lower than average IQ maybe. Experience teaches a lot so we can hope it is just lack of exposure to life and knowledge, but some people are never going to understand no matter how old they get.
Load More Replies...Well as far as I know Earth is 4 billion years old or so I think. . . As I read those posts I'm just scratching my head.
The largest percentage of these are just a joke copied from 9gag. I'm sure there are people out there who really think this though.
Next year hopefully they'll have 2020 hindsight and realize they are idjits.
It's a freaking joke post.... most of the people posting this aren't stupid... they are looking for attention on their post.
Even if it is, it underscores the fact that many american citizens are as dumb as a post. Don't believe me? Watch that documentary, Jesus Camp.
Load More Replies...Boy, I wonder where the Ancient Egyptians lived before Earth was born.
More like the fruits of cutting funds to the education system...
Load More Replies...Yikes, what a colossal indictment of the educational systems from where every one of these people lives............
Then there are people who think Noah's Ark really existed. The reasons that story is totally impossible are far too many to list here. A ship that size made only of wood and pitch would not be seaworthy, eight people could never properly care for tens of thousands of animals - the list goes on and on and on.
oh sweethearts... how drunk were you. side note- while I am not religious, I don't believe all religious people are as strict or unintelligent. There are varying degrees of religiousness and intelligence. While there are some crazies, as there are everywhere, I've met some good ones who're smart too.
Actually, I kinda like that people think this, as it means that religion is dying. They obviously need to be told otherwise, but just because they think this, doesn't mean they are dumb as such. Just uninformed.
OMG! These people scare me @ how stupid they are. Please don't breed!
Astronomically, the Earth is still quite young, but not THAT young. And I'm sorry to say, there is no cure for stupidity.
Was this poll or questionaire done in America?!?! Or was it Universal?? And how many of those that said it was 2019 years old were religious..?!?!
Hard to believe any of these are for real, cause I don't want to believe that there are people out there this effing stupid and ignorant. I knew when I was five about freaking dinosaurs and that the earth was billions of years old. What the EFF is wrong with these people? They don't read? Spending all their time on the net and selfies? I despair for the future of this world...peopled by these numbskulls.
and this in the developed countries! how about the others, many of whom don't know how to write this thing..
Oh my I can't even..... These are the people that should've been swallowed!
What if . . . All of the years the Earth has existed have been it’s gestational period . . . And it’s only a baby . . .
I like the first reply to these ' I really do hope those people think that the earth is flat...' If not, we're doomed.
This just makes me laugh so hard. These people have literally been living under a rock. Option 2, they were hella drunk and it was a "drunk-ex-text" type of tweet. 😂
I reckon a number of these are sarcastic tweets. We still use dates related to BC and AD. So perhaps some are religious. Some may be tweets from children. But reading the comments is pretty disappointing tbh. Intelligence is measured on a range of factors. I clicked on the article to read comments and I don't see a need to mock people or call them names, ever. I think there is enough negativity online already. I'm an Aussie and we have a saying here "Fair go for All". Not one of the tweets is harmful or mean. Regardless of our own beliefs, they are all excited about the Earth and the new year.
We also have a saying here "Lay off would ya". And it's rhetorical.
Load More Replies...there's too many people on this planet. 17 too many, to be exact
It’s sad that there are people out there without a clue! Even sadder was the comment from the guy who moment that this was the mentality of religious people. Poor guy doesn’t realise that “religious “ people have the history of life long before 2019 years ago. So sad that he wanted to show himself as being nearly as stupid as those that the article is about!!
The funny thing is, we just celebrate the Earth's birthday at the end of the year. We don't actually know when the Earth was officially created!
The worst part is, even if the Earth had been created in the year 1, it would be 2018 years old when the date switched to 2019.
This is just people joking so they can get likes. Take, @yesimessi . Look him up. It was a joke.
It's time to colonize other planets and get the f**k out of this "flat" planet with flat-brained people.
One or two thinking it would be funny, but that many makes me weep for the future of humanity
Okay even if people based 2019 off of religion, Jesus had to come from somewhere and Adam/Eve and Moses and all those old testament folks lived to be hundreds of years old before Jesus even came about. So it's like 3152 at least
I commented on this earlier and now I can't see my comment...why?
This is why the Millennial's should be reading books instead of playing on social media, and cell phones texting. What is happening to Education? The full implementation of computers is happening. No one calls anyone now, they text. No one writes a letter. All the basic things that people should be doing. Not letting computers do it for us, until our bodies and are dead along with our brains. Might as well sit living in a chair with a straw and diapers, as long as your fingers work on a keyboard. We are becoming lazy as a society. Playgrounds for kids are empty etc.......
There is nothing wrong with implementing computers into our education system. It is very important that they learn how to operate them since our future is based on technology. I think you are exaggerating. Most children I know are not like you describe. It's not like we removed gym class from schools.
Load More Replies...Who gave a very stupid argument for the existence of his god.
Load More Replies...I don't know if you're joking, but if you're not then you deserve a straight answer. [Disclaimer: I am not a history buff, I had to google many of these dates and there may be inaccuracies, but at least it's close.] The year 2019 is completely unrelated to the age of the earth, which is about 4.5 billion years old. Humans began to appear on the scene about 55 million years ago although they weren't much like humans as we know them until closer to 5 million years ago. I'm not sure whether there was a calendar before 1AD (more on that in a moment) but nowadays we often refer to dates prior to that as "BC", which counts up the further back you go in much the same way as negative numbers. Okay, so in about 500AD a Roman monk developed the idea of counting dates from the birth of Christ, labelling that year as 1AD, the year before it as 1BC, and every year since as something-or-other AD. It became popular in 800AD and it's what we use today. 2019 = 2019AD.
Load More Replies...The feeling is mutual, you bird-brained ignoramus. Your ignorance and stupidity are exactly why the entire world laughs at people like you.
Load More Replies...The low unemployment rate is a legacy of Obama’s presidency.
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