Join the Fun!

Corvus_Manufaktura , Dorothea OLDANI Report

Friend: "I've always wondered how goats grow into deer in the wild but stay goats at the farm."

Me: "Ayo what the f**k?"

Friend: "I know, crazy, right? With ponies at least you can see them grow into horses but the goats??"

Final score:

324points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

What animal grows into cows?

186points

My wife's Grandmother was on her death bed in 2015, right around Christmas. I was scheduled to work that Christmas Eve... she took a turn for the worst that morning and I was told we'd all better get to the house quick. Tried to call my manager, no answer, left him a voicemail. I called the manager on duty and said I'm sorry it's just not happening today I have a family crisis. Duty manager said absolutely no problem. Called their manager too to ensure I covered all my bases. They both said take all the time you need. Was supposed to work the weekend after too. No problem, we'll get you covered. She died that Sunday.

Get back to work Tuesday. My own manager comes to my desk, he's pissed at me. Why didn't I show up for work those days? I told him the situation, told him I'd called everyone to ensure I was covered. His response? "Well, you should have planned that better". This is the only time I've ever seen my cube mate, this mild mannered Iranian I'd worked with for years, get upset. He leapt out of his seat, grabbed my manager by his arm and dragged him to his office. Apparently the shouting match went on for some time, I was too busy sitting at my desk with my jaw on the floor processing what he just said.

That manager was an a*****e. My coworker is one cool dude. I never got an apology, but I note he was fired for unrelated reasons a few months later so f**k him.

zerbey , Jose Losada Report

Final score:

291points

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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

What is it with employers thinking that people should plan a death in the family to fit around the work schedule? I've seen several posts on several articles on BP where managment is berating an employee for not giving proper notice to use bereavement leave. Either they are utterly incompetent or an absolute a-hole,complete with swollen hemeroids, bleeding,festering pustules, and dingleberries hanging in profuse numbers.

146points

We managed to get in touch with Redditor Xlh883dragster, Brad, who was kind enough to have a chat about his thread. When asked about what inspired him to start this conversation in the first place, he told Bored Panda he’s not 100% sure where it came from. "It was just one of those things that kind of materialize or occur randomly in your consciousness. However, I have been binge-watching (and re-watching) 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' recently, so that could have had something to do with it."

Brad explained these popular sitcoms have put him in this weird frame of mind. "[It] has me thinking about ordinary day-to-day things that happen to me or random thoughts that streak through my mind in the context of 'Hey, that would have been a funny scene in Curb' or 'That would have been a hilarious Seinfeld character', followed by the respective theme song playing in my head," the Redditor added.

When asked about the avalanche of replies his thread received, Brad said it felt good to put something out there that many people connected to. "I definitely didn’t expect it to get the response that it did," he added. "But was pleasantly surprised (and slightly mortified at the thought of trying to read all of them) when I started to see hundreds and then thousands of replies flooding my inbox."

50 Times People Heard Someone Say Something So Blatantly Stupid, They Just Had To Share It Online Banning abortion will stop abortions.

fonduesalsa , Philip Cohen Report

Final score:

288points

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Rod 2 years ago

Well murder is illegal so there is no murders, right?

236points

Substitute teacher told me the moon is bigger than the sun that's why it blocks the sun during an eciplse. Was in grade 4 I argued with her.

Amelor_Rova , Andrés Gómez Report

Final score:

282points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

This one is actually quite sad. Uneducated people who become teachers

272points

That Darwin was half right and that black people evolved from monkeys but white people were the descendants of Adam and Eve.

The same guy went on about what an idiot his heart doctor was because he was Indian. Yeah, that guy is dead from a heart attack now. Oh well.

rhett342 , Hans Veth Report

Final score:

281points

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Leon Malone 2 years ago

Oh well 🤣

196points

As you’re scrolling through this list, you can’t help but feel entertained by the dumb things that inevitably leave our mouths. While it makes for some cringe-worthy material, we humans seem to always feel intrigued by these stories.

Brad shared a few reasons people are drawn to devour stupid things others overhear. "First is, it’s funny. I found myself laughing out loud at several of the quotes that were posted. Some were just absolutely hilarious. It’s the whole concept of Schadenfreude — laughing at others' misfortune. We do it because laughing makes us feel good."

The other explanation we enjoy reading about these moments is that it offers us comfort and makes us feel slightly better about our own embarrassing blunders. After all, they represent a certain universal truth — we all sometimes hold false hopes and wrong beliefs that are hilariously stupid. "It’s a little bit of a confidence boost, and also something you can relate to as a fellow traveler. Some people might think 'Thank god I’m not the only one who thought or said the same thing' or 'Whew, at least I know I’m not the dumbest person on Earth!'"

A flight was delayed due to snow on the runway, a woman complained saying “damn it this happens every year, why don’t they put a roof over the runway or something”.

Bangkokbeats10 , Merve Sensoy Report

Final score:

267points

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Aoife Lorris 2 years ago

Not me genuinely considering that for a second.

220points

One of my college roommates wandered in while we were watching JAWS. It’s the final 15 minutes. The shark is tearing the Orca apart. It comes to the scene where the shark heaves itself up on the stern, the roommate says,

“It’s pretty neat how they trained that shark to do that.”

Dear reader, he was serious.

jabberwox , Ritesh Man Tamrakar Report

Final score:

263points

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Nobody 2 years ago

special effects crew would be thrilled with his comments!

221points

Better_Collection840 , Hannah Lim Report

How do dogs in China learn Chinese. He was under the assumption that dogs just naturally spoke English.

Final score:

249points

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Lia Salvatore 2 years ago

yes, my German Shepherd confirmed this the other day /s

184points

Moreover, these stories can "teach people that we all say a lot of dumb things, and may have incorrect or false beliefs, but it doesn’t mean you’re uneducated or stupid, and shouldn’t be labeled as such," Brad added.

"There’s a phrase I like, and that’s 'Common sense is learned'. No one was just born with common sense, it's not innate. It’s built through experiences and everyone’s are different, and we all followed a different path to get where we are today. So what’s common sense for one person isn’t necessarily for another."

#10

New girl at work...she was horrified that we eat the eggs that come from our chickens. She insisted store bought were normal good eggs. She then really blew my mind when she said she doesn't eat chicken, so she only buys "hens". She about had a panic attack when I explained hen is just lady chicken. Very sheltered

Fubar_Ranch , Thomas Iversen Report

Final score:

237points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

Lady chicken is my new band name.

262points

#11

I used to work as a paralegal and had to fight with Social Security when they accused my clients of fraud. Got on a call with an agent who insisted my client was faking the disability her daughter had. The daughter died of the disability and it says it on the death certificate. The agent told me it wasn't enough proof.

Ahkwatic , Gabrielle Henderson Report

Final score:

231points

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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

This sounds normal for governmental incompetence and bureaucracy.

14points

Illustrious_Low_6583 , Estée Janssens Report

#12

I had this friend I met for lunch once after not seeing her for a while. She said, "I never see you. I miss you." I told her that I've been working a lot and that I've worked 9 days straight. She goes, "HOW? THERE'S ONLY 7 DAYS IN A WEEK!".

Final score:

230points

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IndieRockFan 2 years ago

...

94points

Brad stressed that while these replies represent some hilariously painful things people voiced out loud, he guaranteed that many of them were said by intelligent people. "Just because someone says (or does, for that matter) something really dumb or absurd, doesn’t mean they are stupid or ignorant."

"My advice for anyone that made the list or has said things that still make them cringe and haunt their memories to this day is just to say — Welcome to the club! We all have our moments. Everyone’s brain farts. The smartest among us think, say, and do some really dumb things, so don’t ever let yourself or anyone else make you feel bad, stupid, or less than," Brad said.

#13

A girl in my high school said that of she and her hypothetical husband had undesirable face features that they didn’t want to pass on to a child (like a bumpy nose) one of them would just plastic surgery before conceiving a child. When I said that with her logic if both me and my partner chopped off our index fingers our child would be born without index fingers. She said that wasn’t the same thing. We were 17 at the time. I still think about that, 18 years later.

BannedFromIKEA , Olga Guryanova Report

Final score:

220points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

If the dad is circumcised then the child should come out circumcised right?

153points

#14

When I was 17, I casually mentioned to one of the high school nurses that I didn't want to have kids until I was at least 25, and she told me that by the time I was 25 it would be "too late" to have my first baby and I should have two kids by the time I was 20. She then called the girl who got pregnant at the beginning of freshman year "the smartest girl in town" because she was the same age as me and on her third baby.

I remember it so well because it was the last time I ever saw her. She apparently told the other nurse about the conversation, and the other nurse was so revolted that she reported her to the school board, who then transferred her to the elementary school (which she then got fired from for calling a girl's clothes "slutty".)

illumi-thotti Report

Final score:

218points

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SheamusFan1987 2 years ago

Why the hell was she even posted in schools to begin with???!!! Sounds like she shouldn't even be a nurse to begin with, either!

206points

Crafty_Attention_164 , engin akyurt Report

#15

My friend once turned around to me and said "i don't believe in oxygen".

Final score:

215points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

How do you respond to a statement like that?

199points

MasterOfPuppets72 , Leon Pauleikhoff Report

While it looks like there's no limit to dumb things people end up saying aloud, it's also true to our brilliantly foolish actions. As Balazs Aczel, an associate professor at ELTE University in Budapest, and author of the study What is stupid?: People's conception of unintelligent behavior, explained to us in a previous interview, people use the label "stupid" for three very different types of actions.

"We call the first category 'confident ignorance'. In these actions, people's confidence tends to exceed what their skills or knowledge would allow," the professor told Bored Panda. "In other words, they think they know how to do risky things, and they do it. For example, they go bungee jumping with their home-made gear, such as a metal cord."

#16

At KFC one woman was surprised to learn that Buffalo wings were made of chicken, she actually thought that buffaloes had wings.

Also, a couple of people thought that islands float.

Final score:

210points

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Birgit M 2 years ago

A bovine version of Pegasus?

86points

#17

My boyfriend's dad said the vaccine was full of aids and shards of glass.

VioletssadestVibezs9 , cdc Report

Final score:

201points

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Rod 2 years ago

Your boyfriend's dad is an idiot :)

216points

#18

"Breastfeeding your child is so gross! You're basically teaching it to have sex!"

Said by a 21 year old woman

refinnej78 Report

Final score:

197points

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Queen fhk 2 years ago

Boobs are originally meant for breastfeeding thats why it's called the MAMMARY GLAND, I wish some people would use their brains

184points

Penny Hernandez 2 years ago

I wish some people HAD brains capable of thinking.

39points

Cari Owens 2 years ago

It's because Western culture has so sexualized the breast that most people have no clue what its original purpose is.

19points

Rabbit-Of-ill-Portent️ 2 years ago

The breast needs to be desexualized

15points

Kate Jones 2 years ago

You think throwing medical terminology at these idiots is going to help them understand better? Half of them would think you're talking about memory.

13points

Excited Panda 2 years ago

Maybe that's all she thought they were for. Wonder if she realizes that other parts aren't just for sex either.

5points

Michael Largey 2 years ago

They don't - because they're boobs.

4points

patricia patricia 2 years ago

They can't use what they don't have

2points

Weed in the Garden 2 years ago

Can't use'em if you aint got'em.

2points

Sue Kozin 2 years ago

What brains?

2points

Annamarie Dodge 2 years ago

you assume they have one to use

2points

Ambry Petersen 1 year ago

Agreed.

1point

jeff adams 1 year ago

The ignorant can be enlightened, but you can't fix stupid.

1point

Mcgrela mcgrela 2 years ago

They would need to have a brain fitst.

1point

Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago

Good luck with that.

1point

Mickie Shea 1 year ago

Yes, breasts are great any multitasking.

0points

Ray Martin 2 years ago

Originally?

0points

humdrum 2 years ago

Sounds like the guy who wouldn't wipe because he's not gay.

22points

Shayda 2 years ago

As a mom who has breast fed. It is not arousing in any way, shape, or form. It's satisfying to release the pressure building up and to feed your baby, so cute. But yeah then they start pinching and THEN they start growing teeth! The baby doesn't care what it's drinking out of lol.

16points

Jan Bowyer 2 years ago

Let us not forget the agony of lactating anytime ANY baby cries near us. NOTHING at all arousing about that, I assure you.

13points

Wuttf 2 years ago

Reminds me of a "man" who was frothing at the mouth, absolutely enraged at a neighbor for breast feeding their baby. This idiot complained to the HOA...who told him to knock it off before they ALL filed a police report. Dude claimed the neighbor's are all "evil" and "sluts" and "immoral" for exposing themselves to him! He's a "born again Xtian" and is trying to avoid temptation! Mind you, this person was in their OWN house. This creep just happened to look over from his place to theirs and they walked by an open window. (Regardless, people should be able to breast feed anywhere. It's not and never was a sexual act.)

9points

Tamra 2 years ago

Born again Christian, eh? That explains a lot.

2points

The pizza girl is here! 2 years ago

Who, hopefully, is not a mother

9points

Quitethedilemma 2 years ago

This woman has issues 😒

4points

3 AM 2 years ago

Yeah. More than the Readers Digest.

2points

Victor 2 years ago

Baby Formula Company: Our work here is done.

3points

Heidrance 2 years ago

"You give your child bananas? You're teaching them to do *adult fun time with their mouth*!" Do people realize how stupid they sound? Obviously not.

2points

CD Mills 2 years ago

Sadly there are some people that hold twisted thoughts like this.

2points

Disgruntled Panda 2 years ago

😓

2points

Gypsy Lee 2 years ago

Does she actually know how sex works?

1point

Josurf 2 years ago

WHAT????!!!!

1point

debrina blackmoon 2 years ago

So that's what all mammals do, I guess.

1point

Jessica Julian 2 years ago

What about the other mammals?

1point

Jessi Lovely 2 years ago

Omg

1point

Janet L 8 months ago

People are so fixated on sex that’s the only reference they have. Hence the public shaming of breastfeeding mothers

0points

Mickie Shea 1 year ago

Not only that but where do you think Lesbians come from?

0points

Ambry Petersen 1 year ago (edited)

Breastmilk is better for your baby than formula as it's Taylor made to your babies needs. They are mammary glands. Thier only biological purpose to to make milk and feed infants. Out of all male mammals humans are the only ones to obsess over that part of female anatomy.

0points

elcee 1 year ago

wow. I feel for her unborn children. if she ever has any. she seems a little confused about that whole thing...

0points

Merilyn Horton 1 year ago

And before the invent of baby formula, ???

0points

Martha B. 1 year ago

I guess she doesn’t need to worry about having children if that’s what she thinks is sex.

0points

What's sleep? 1 year ago

How else is the child going to get milk?

0points

Mayrene Chester 1 year ago

So cow's milk is....?

0points

Kathi Firns-Hubert 1 year ago

I'll bet some twisted religious thinking led her to that weird conclusion!

0points

No Name 1 year ago

Ladies, gents, and other fine folks, *gestures at quote* abstinence only education.

0points

Kenneth McCartney 2 years ago

She was busy with her makeup while in sex-ed class.

0points

Becca Kuehn 2 years ago

That girl does not need to be around children.

0points

3 AM 2 years ago

Said by a 21 year old pervert.

0points

StarlightPanda! 2 years ago

Wow.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

Jesus, what an idiot.

0points

Steven Meyer 2 years ago

21-year-old is that a deficit, as a three-year-old has more intelligence than she did!

0points

la rana 2 years ago (edited)

Someone oughta teach that woman not to

0points

Tamra 2 years ago

Not to...what?

1point

Sonna Torres 2 years ago

The Grandmother of my girlfriends daughter said that the only she was breastfeeding was for the sexual gratification.....WHAT THE....

0points

Reinaldo Fuentes 2 years ago

That we should be so wildly divorced from our biological truths as a species is gobsmacking. Sometimes, I think if it weren't for pure, naked, raw horniness, we would have died out as a species shortly after the establishment of Abrahamic sentiments.

0points

Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago

Don't worry luv, they have short memories.

0points

Markus Weiler 2 years ago

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debrina blackmoon 2 years ago

Fictional beings don't count.

5points

The second type of "stupid" happens due to absentmindedness. In this case, people have sufficient knowledge to act rationally, except they don't monitor their actions. "Whenever we turn into auto-pilot, we risk doing something very irrational. A good example is a professor who was so engaged in a deep conversation with his colleagues at his home that when he went to his bedroom to get a book, seeing the bed he got into his pajamas and went to sleep," Aczel explained.

The third kind of stupidity is "lack of control". "Here, people know how to do things right and are aware of their actions, they still make that mistake," he continued. "Impulsivity and short-term emotions can make us act against our best thinking. In heated conversations, we can easily lose control. Overindulging in food or drinks can also seem stupid the day after."

#19

My sister once asked if something was spelled right. As I was looking, she said "it must be right, there isn't a red line under it."
She was hand writing on paper.
I'll mock her forever for that one.

Also, when I was drunk, I once said "I'm quite short for my height."

Unquietdodo Report

Final score:

190points

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Robert T 2 years ago

It anoys me profusedly that there are kno red lines unda the txt I type on BP.

119points

#20

The sky is blue because it’s reflecting the color of the ocean. There are many things wrong with that, starting with the fact that WE ARE IN KENTUCKY.

AltruisticCats , jenna duffy Report

Final score:

190points

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Nobody 2 years ago

so using that logic, the sky over central australia would be orange

141points

#21

That men have one less rib than women because, you know, god made Eve from Adams rib so, naturally, ALL men have one less rib. (Just typing this makes me feel stupid.)

PlantMomaJ , Aswin Chembath Report

Final score:

183points

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Deborah B 2 years ago

Actually, we got taught this in Sunday school and for several years I believed that this was how archeologists etc determined the sex of skeletons.

163points

When asked why we find a sense of satisfaction in witnessing someone else act foolish, Aczel explained it brings us both sorrow and joy at once. "The entire entertainment industry is built on people's desire to watch other people doing something very stupid. One possible answer is that when we watch others' stupid actions then we feel superior, we can easily think that we are not that dumb. Watching stupid actions also simplifies the complexity of the world temporarily: nothing is more obvious than the stupidity of a stupid act. Feeling superior and easing our brainwork is very pleasing for humans."

#22

A guy i knew thought that bones were made of wood.

firstvermillion , Wilmy van Ulft Report

Final score:

177points

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Skara Brae 2 years ago

We are Groot.

249points

#23

50 Times People Heard Someone Say Something So Blatantly Stupid, They Just Had To Share It Online My friend once thought Aloe Vera was some European model who was hired for every cosmetic commercial because they would always say the product name and then “with aloe vera” as they showed models in the back dancing or washing their face or whatever. He thought she was one of them.

I believe the direct quote was something to the effect of “it’s crazy how she gets hired for literally every single commercial”.

This was in like 1995.

Curtainmachine , pisauikan Report

Final score:

177points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

I understand if it’s a child who came to this conclusion but an adult?

64points

lasvegasbunnylover Report

#24

I once had a professionally licensed Chiropractor in the State of California - San Luis Obispo (Hi Laura!) tell me that the Sun is a Planet. She could not be swayed in her opinion, so I purchased a National Geographic map of "Our Solar System", had it framed and made a gift of it to her. That ended our association.

Final score:

176points

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Kate 2 years ago

SLO in more ways than one!

73points

However, doing stupid things is simply a part of being human — often by mistake but sometimes by wish. "Why is it so tempting to get silly sometimes? The writer John Steinbeck says: 'Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.'"

"Perhaps, acting smartly is very tiring and, occasionally, we have to take our leave from the control of rationality. It might be even adaptive to do that but only if we find the line between being silly and doing something really stupid," Aczel concluded.

#25

Pretty much anything believers of almost any conspiracy theory say. Whether it be Qanon, Antivaxx, climate change denial, flat earthers etc...there are some real f**ken dumb ppl out there

Tel-aran-rhiod Report

Final score:

166points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

Wait…is this just a conspiracy theory not to believe in other conspiracy theories??

103points

cookiesoverbitches , Anthony Tran Report

#26

“You’re just gonna have to hold it like it’s your period.”

Final score:

164points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

I wish I could hold my period mate

170points

#27

That wearing a face mask mid pandemic meant that I support the Taliban/the suppression of women in Afghanistan and want it the same in my country.

Skeleterr Report

Final score:

163points

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Vasana Phong 2 years ago

Silly people, it means you’re a fan of Michael Jackson

141points

taco_sl*t16 , Internet Archive Book Images Report

#28

Coworker couldn’t figure out why Alaska was cold and Hawaii was hot because “they’re next to each other on the map”

Final score:

161points

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AKRaven 2 years ago

From Alaska, tired of ordering something online and getting an email back "We only ship to the USA" 🤦‍♀️

8points

#29

Grade 11 Law class in high school the teacher was talking about different bills the government implemented in history, bill of rights for example

30 minutes into the lesson the girl next to me raises her hand and asks the teacher “who’s this bill guy we’ve been talking about”

The whole class burst out laughing and the teacher was struggling to keep it together as well

Suka_Blyad_ , howard_morland Report

Final score:

161points

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Aoife Lorris 2 years ago

Bill O'Wrights

162points

#30

When I moved to Texas from Hawaii *multiple* people asked me how long the drive was.

BICSb4DICS , Karsten Winegeart Report

Final score:

159points

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Bored Person 2 years ago

Oh America

105points

#31

We have a rightwing politician here in Australia who shot to fame as an independent that pandered to the worst xenophobic instincts of conservative voters in her maiden speech to parliament. In an interview with 60 minutes she was asked what she thought about Euthanasia - a hot button topic at the time - and her response????? “I don’t mind as long as they stay there!”. To no one’s surprise it cemented her place amongst ill educated rightwing voters and allowed her to start her own political party.

jhick107 , Manny Becerra Report

Final score:

159points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

In some countries the above is a sound method of getting elected.

94points

#32

Fellow student in a philosophy class.

"Evolution doesn't make any sense. How could monkeys evolve into humans in 2000 years since creation?"

sirkowski , Eugene Zhyvchik Report

Final score:

156points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

this one is also quite sad, it shows where religious indoctrination leads to

173points

#33

During a foreign language class, when learning the names of different countries... Someone stopped the lecture and asked why this language we were learning, made up names for different countries. Why can't we just use the real names like Germany, Japan etc. Total silence. Then 10 minutes of the entire class trying to get this person to understand that Germany is not the name of Germany in German. That all these country names they know are all English "made up" names for those countries. They did not comprehend.
Confounds me to this date as this person was not from an English speaking country.

cellhk , Andrew Stutesman Report

Final score:

154points

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Monday 2 years ago

To be fair it is kind of weird that we made up new names for countries. We could have just stuck with whatever it was called in it's native language. It's not really much harder to remember "Deutschland" or "Nihon" instead of Germany and Japan.

169points

#34

Went to a friends house and saw his carbon monoxide detector by an open window. I asked him why it was there. “The smoke detector said ‘get to air,’ so I moved it so it would stop going off!” I don’t know how that guy’s still alive…

i_wake_up_at_12 Report

Final score:

153points

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Nicky 2 years ago

But at least the carbon monoxide detector is safe.

113points

#35

My ex wife and I had a one hour argument - her insisting that 10:30am was in the afternoon. Started with her saying "we need to go at 10:30". Me: "I thought you said it wasn't until the afternoon?" "It is in the afternoon. 10:30. You know... later on." ME: "Afternoon doesn't mean later on... it means AFTER... NOON!" (arguing ensued). I still think about it all the time.

GIjokinaround Report

Final score:

148points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

What did pm mean to her then?

66points

#36

A flat earther say Australia isn’t real , that it’s just made by the media to cover the fact the earth is flat .

kenworth117 , Denise Jans Report

Final score:

143points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

and yet, there are Flatearthers in Australia. That would be an interesting debate, between those 2

190points

#37

A professor at Belmont once told me that cars could never run on electricity, because there are no electric components of a car.

I wasn’t sure where to go from there.

Soles4G , Andrew Roberts Report

Final score:

141points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

Have they actually been in a car before?

73points

#38

Once when I took a class trip to Washington DC we went to a museum and saw a reenactment of something featuring George Washington on a big screen. While we were watching it I heard two girls from the front row. One of them asked the other, "Is this real footage?" And the other then replied, "No, if it was real it would be in black and white."

Aguamenti_Ventus Report

Final score:

140points

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Nobody 2 years ago

well, duh, everybody knows the world was in black and white until 1935

82points

Creepy-Original8200 , Olga Kononenko Report

#39

Met a nursing student who more or less believed the cure to cancer was "pretending like you don't have cancer."

Final score:

135points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

Fake it till you make it!! /s

119points

user7777777777777778 Report

#40

conversation i once had with a grown woman:

her: 'the sunset is pretty this morning'

me: 'you mean sunrise'

her: 'oh. what's the difference?'

i thought she was joking. she was not

Final score:

132points

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Nicky 2 years ago

In high school on New Year's Eve we walked down to the beach to wait for the first sunrise of the new year. This was in California.

53points

#41

“Well, just listen better!” That was said to me by my teacher… im deaf

Bears_a_Bro Report

Final score:

129points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

WHAT A STUPID PERSON THAT TEACHER WAS. I AM TYPING IN CAPS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE DEAF PERSON SHOULD THEY READ THIS COMMENT.

227points

#42

A girl in middle school thought that trees flapping created wind rather than the other way around.

Halgy , Khamkéo Vilaysing Report

Final score:

124points

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

What a load. Everyone knows it's trees *sneezing*.

135points

Urtaallthetime , Cristian Castillo Report

#43

That dogs don't have brains.

Final score:

123points

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Jul Chv 2 years ago

They don´t. They run on cuteness and people calling them "good boys/girls".

152points

#44

“I live at 438 Cattle street. Remember it like 4 plus 3 is 8 cattle.”

“What?!”

I still remember that address

taylorpilot Report

Final score:

122points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

It's not dumb if it works.

130points

#45

'It's really weird how cows developed udders so humans could drink their milk. How did that evolution come about?' - my brother, forgetting that baby cows exist

Followed by 'oh, well that understands it' when our mum explained

lumoslomas , Gabriel Porras Report

Final score:

122points

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Little king trash mouth 2 years ago

"Oh well That understands it" lol

92points

czterdziescicztery Report

#46

In the 1990's I went into a store in Canada (where I live) with a $100 American bill. I bought a bottle of wine for about $13. When the woman working the register worked out the exchange rate (about 13%) she said 'oh, you get $100 back' and handed back the American $100 bill to me and said 'funny how that works'

Back then I took it and left snickering... but I would correct the situation now if that happened, which I'm guessing never would again.

Final score:

122points

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Owen Jarvis 2 years ago

That's a lucky wine.

46points

#47

SIL believed up to a very late age that meat was taken from an animal that was released back to the paddock to re-grow the missing piece. Then the cycle repeats

SheepShaggerNZ , Kyle Mackie Report

Final score:

120points

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Icy_Question_4977 2 years ago

Ya, when I was 5, i thought that the reason why raw meat turns to cooked meat was because of the heat and when the cooked meat is stored in a cold place, it would turn back to raw.

63points

#48

Wait wait,

Why have you been lying to me?! You said you were from Liverpool, not England!

British_manwhore Report

Final score:

118points

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SheamusFan1987 2 years ago

I kinda think dinguses like that will Always Walk Alone because of their ignorance...

66points

anon , Sebastian Coman Photography Report

#49

A friend's boyfriend asked "What's roast beef made of anyway?" He was also a restaurant server. I told him "it's beef. Roasted". Cue surprised face then he laughed at himself. He wasn't the brightest.

Final score:

111points

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Sharron Lindsay 2 years ago

Why are there no Yorkshire puddings on that plate?

62points

#50

I dont wear a seatbelt, because in the case of a crash it can give you burnings. Was also a car without an Airbag. So good luck.

Usual_Ranger8164 Report

Final score:

105points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Darwin Award in the making

92points

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#51

In my college there was a boy who asked what planet all these illegal aliens were from.

rowenaravenclaw0 Report

Final score:

44points

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Gemma jones 2 years ago

lol Uranus

33points

#52

A friend of mine looked at me. And in all seriousness asked. "Can you get a tan on a cruise ship? Since you know it's moving?"

I asked her to explain what she meant. And she thought. That since the cruise ship was moving, the sun beams wouldn't hit the boat, since you know, it was moving. So the sun couldn't hit the boat.

TodayI-Forgot Report

Final score:

42points

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Robert T 2 years ago

Same applies to open top cars, only they can go faster. ;-)

12points

#53

RACIST TRIGGER WARNING

My old friend once said that black people were bread to be super humans, since they’re naturally more muscular than white people usually. And then she was like “all that work in the cotton fields did them favours” I wanted to stab myself in the ears

fcangirl Report

Final score:

41points

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Jihana 2 years ago

Black people are bread? Pumpernickel I guess. I am more of a potato bread kind of gal.

42points

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

#54

A woman I used to work with (who was a staunch Christian) said that she wasn’t concerned at all with climate change and that CC activists were selfish troublemakers.

I vehemently challenged this view by saying that the activists are only trying to get us to wake up because if we don’t address CC we will be destroying the earth, thus destroying ourselves and all future generations.

She responded by saying “well, if the earth does get destroyed then God will just make it all again, so I’m not worried”

I was rendered utterly dumbstruck by the stupidity and selfishness

ShellySerena Report

Final score:

41points

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SheamusFan1987 2 years ago (edited)

Perhaps God will make it again without her if it happens...Smh

31points

#55

Not really saying something but my sister once text my dad to let him know he left his phone at home.

pizzapartyjosh Report

Final score:

41points

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Richard Bailey 2 years ago

My fiancee was looking for her mobile phone while she was talking to me on her mobile phone. I like any good partner helped her with the 'search', offering suggestions where to check. Told her to call me back once she found it 😀

35points

FeloniousDiffusion Report

#56

“Wait but how did Jews exist before Jesus?”

And

“Vikings where real!? I thought they where just cartoons.”

Same chick, mid thirties.

Final score:

40points

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Down With Agent Hedgehog! 2 years ago

Must. Stop. Scrolling.

26points

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

#57

"Is your hair naturally long, or did you grow it out?"

ThinWhiteRogue Report

Final score:

40points

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Jessi Lovely 2 years ago

Born this way baby

19points

#58

I was addicted to inhalants at the time and told a buddy of mine. He suggested I quit and switch to meth. He's in jail now.

Coconut_life92 Report

Final score:

39points

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Monday 2 years ago

Well half of that was ...actually no...just telling an addict to quit is like telling an asthmatic to breathe.

3points

Depresso_Machiatto , Nick Fewings Report

#59

I had a friend that thought that a rat was the female of a mouse and vice versa. It took me and hour to explain they are different species

Final score:

38points

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Queen fhk 2 years ago

That reminds me of Camilla cabello's Cinderella story

4points

#60

"they're Asian not Korean"

anon , Christian Lue Report

Final score:

38points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Yes, I would love to visit the country of Asia one day

30points

#61

Hank Johnson, a senator from Georgia, testified that he was worried about all of the troops being sent to Guam, because the island may tip over.

kwaters1 Report

Final score:

37points

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JMil 2 years ago

This is why the east and west coast have similarly large population centers. Otherwise North America would have tipped over long ago.

2points

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

#62

My friend asked me how much my electricity bill was for the lights on my car…

ItsTheSpud Report

Final score:

37points

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Roisin Reid 2 years ago

I have an electric car so this question wouldn't be so stupid.

14points

#63

A woman in my office asked another woman if “The Martian” with Matt Damon was based on a true story and the other woman said she wasn’t sure.

SevenDozen Report

Final score:

37points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Yes it is, and they even filmed on location on Mars.

28points

#64

Beginning of high school, some kid argued with me that girls can't be straight, they can only be gay or lesbian. According to him, gay means liking men. So I say, "So you're telling me you're lesbian?" So he says, "No, only girls can be lesbian. Straight means men liking women, so I'm straight"

redstern Report

Final score:

37points

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Vasana Phong 2 years ago

There really needs to be a guide book

27points

#65

I was calling around grocery stores in Missouri looking for Tofurkey for Thanksgiving for a vegan girlfriend. I called one store, and the woman who answered the phone said, “Let me transfer you to the meat department.”

Before I could object, I was talking to some guy in the meat department. I told him I wasn’t sure I was in the right department, but I was checking if they carried Tofurkey. He said, “Oh, I think I’ve heard of that! That’s like.... the vegetarian part of the turkey right?”

docmoonlight , Alison Marras Report

Final score:

36points

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Monday 2 years ago

I dunno if it's just because I'm not American but I didn't hear the word "Tofurkey" until I was playing Sims 4 in my mid twenties so I can kind of understand the confusion here.

18points

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

#66

At the electronica dance party at Disneyland they had one of those laser shows where an actor bends the laser and this fully grown dude with the thickest yokel accent said “If theys real lasers how ain’t he cutting his fingers off?” It was so funny my family had to give up our spot by the stage so we wouldn’t laugh in his face

Lowdog00 Report

Final score:

35points

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M O'Connell 2 years ago

I have to wonder if this man has encountered a laser pointer.

10points

#67

My mom at an a&w/long john silver combo restaurant "what's the difference between the#2 on this menu and the#2 on the other one?"
Me "ones fish, the other is chicken"
Her "I know but what's the difference?"

Inuyasha-rules , Foo Visuals Report

Final score:

35points

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JoJo Anisko 2 years ago

A&W plus Long John Silver?!? I'd be in fast food heaven.

12points

#68

“Was world war 1 after world war 2?”

This was in my English class as we were learning about historical contexts

“So the reason we have satellites is to spin the earth around on its axis?”

Said in year 8 science class when learning about the solar system

TheOnlyJoe_ Report

Final score:

33points

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Monday 2 years ago

Yes! They had world war 2 and then realized they forgot to have world war 1 so they had to have another war!

28points

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

#69

A guy I work with was watching a show about the shroud of Turin. He said that they did a DNA test on the stains and that it was confirmed to be the blood of christ... And that his DNA was shaped like crosses.

kurtn0tk1rk Report

Final score:

33points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

The last sentence stems from some idiotic Christian claim, that the protein Laminin is shaped like a cross. It is sometimes drawn like that as a chemical structure, but of course, molecules, in reality, are not rigid. And even if they did....so what?

19points

melvilleismycopilot Report

#70

When I was a kid I had an uncle tell me that dinosaurs and humans coexisted. When I tried to explain to him that wasn’t true, he told my parents I was arguing and being disrespectful with an adult and I got in big trouble.

Final score:

33points

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Nicky 2 years ago

Of course dinosaurs and humans coexist. Haven't you seen the Flintstones?

35points

#71

My great aunt used to think that the sun and the moon were the same thing until my grandmother explained to her that they’re two completely different things 😀

Beeeepboooopp Report

Final score:

33points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Didn't that person never see the moon and sun at the same time?

23points

#72

A girl in my history class asked if Nagasaki and Hiroshima were hot sauces…

Nearby_Buyer_3334 Report

Final score:

32points

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SheamusFan1987 2 years ago (edited)

Yeah. Atomic level heat, girl...

53points

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

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#73

I knew this girl in highschool. She didn't eat meat, and she was allergic to most fruits. She would sometimes just eat from a grocery bag of spinach in class.

One time someone asked her: "If you don't eat any fruit, aren't you worried you'll get scurvy?"

And she said: "Nah, I brush my teeth."

KikiYuyu Report

Final score:

32points

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Diolla 2 years ago

You know, vitamin C can also be found in vegetables. So the question itself was not too bright either.

34points

AtLeastImGenreSavvy Report

#74

The way my mother informed me that my brother and his girlfriend had broken up.

"Oh, by the way, [GIRLFRIEND] is no longer with us."

I called my brother to offer my condolences and ask about wake/funeral arrangements. He was baffled. "She's not dead, we just broke up, what are you talking about?"

Final score:

32points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

Wording is important

25points

#75

“The Amish don’t get covid because they don’t have TVs. So I stopped watching TV.”

Icy-Company7718 Report

Final score:

32points

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Yes, that's how infectious diseases work. That's why people didn't go ill before the TV was invented....wait a minute

30points

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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Internet Gives Unemployed Woman A Reality Check After She Expects Friends To Buy Her A Trip

#76

One of my best friends was convinced that Sweden and Finland were the same country and that Iceland didn’t exist.

Stay05 Report

Final score:

31points

POST

Nobody 2 years ago

american perchance?

16points

#77

Someone thought light was an element in the periodic table during an interview

Melon-Kolly Report

Final score:

31points

POST

Robert T 2 years ago

Li by any chance? I'll just lithium that one here.

16points

#78

Why Mexico's Independence Day isn't the same as the US's.

anon Report

Final score:

30points

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Anni 2 years ago

Like the American in Paris my Dad tells me about who was very upset when there was no July 4 celebrations and fireworks.

8points

EmeraldGlimmer , The New York Public Library Report

#79

I had a roommate that refused to believe that the earth rotates once per day. He insisted it rotated 24,000 times a day, and it was just so fast you couldn't see it. I thought maybe he got confused with 24,000 miles per day (like maybe how fast a point at the equator would rotate around the earth per day). But no. He said it was like when something is spinning so fast it's like a blur and you can't see the spinning anymore. 24,000 complete rotations per day.

Final score:

30points

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Kadhem Alabdulmuhsin 2 years ago

Pilots must have a hard time chasing their destinations.

32points

#80

Mice lay eggs right?.........right?

anon Report

Final score:

30points

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Robert T 2 years ago

Yes, little tiny dark brown ones. That's how you know you have mice. They leave their eggs everywhere! /s

27points

#81

That all birth control is 100% effective so condoms aren't necessary 🥲

borderpatrolCDN Report

Final score:

30points

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kool mudkips 2 years ago

My oldest daughter proves this untrue. Lol.

20points

#82

'women who have small breasts, it is because they have little milk to breastfeed, on the other hand women with large breasts store more milk than small ones'

-jack, 3th year of highschool

lannatheloser , Brooke Cagle Report

Final score:

30points

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IndieRockFan 2 years ago

3th?

73points

#83

A sous chef who made more money than me, a line cook, sincerely thought leaving a lid on a pot makes bringing water to a boil go slower because it "holds the heat down". I will refrain from repeating the other very horrible things this person has said.

Homyna Report

Final score:

28points

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gerry.garh 2 years ago

I'm unsure if the difference can be appreciated in a regular pot. Still, water under pressure boils at a higher temperature (the principle of the pressure pot), so if the heat is constant, it will take longer to boil. The benefit is that food cooks faster, so the total time is shorter, and the energy used is lower.

7points

#84

I was in a sex ed class in college and we were discussing the anatomical features that a vulva possesses, including the location of the clitoris and how it is on the outside of the body, pretty close to the opening of the vagina.

A girl stopped the class to inform us that that was incorrect, and that the clitoris was actually behind the belly button. I can still hear her. “It’s behind the belly button. Behind the belly button. Behind the belly button! Right?”

Drealjas Report

Final score:

28points

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Jul Chv 2 years ago

Oh dear... she was in for quite a surprise then.

20points

#85

My neighbor trying to make a case for America to reinstate the 18th Amendment. His reasoning? Alcohol is forced upon us by the Jews to keep us stupid and complacent.

CaptainPrower Report

Final score:

28points

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manalonedies 2 years ago

It's working...

32points

#86

In my freshman year of college, a biology professor started his semester with a speech about how science is how we explain everything in the modern world through experiments and peer review. A girl next to me had a smug look on her face and said, "If science can explain everything then why are people still doing experiments? Can't science just explain it? I mean just read a book." It took me a while to realize her wisdom and then it took me even longer to hold down my laughter.

Mona_Moans Report

Final score:

27points

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Benita Valdez 2 years ago

Oof. In a college honors biology class, the professor was talking about some body process and this one girl starts questioning and saying "Well I'm different from other girls so my body would act differently so you cant say that at as a fact". The professor just looked at her and smiled and cut her off saying "the human body works the same way for everyone, you're not special because you identify differently on the outside"

23points

#87

A former friend of mine once said her horse was born as a gelding (no testicles). She seriously thought animals are either born female, male or "castrated". I couldn't believe it 😂

DieDobby Report

Final score:

27points

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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

And this person owns a horse? Oof.

12points

#88

"My son can't come back home from base because he refuses to get the vaccine."

"Why not? It's just a vaccine."

"Hmph! No it isn't! I'm a nurse, I know! They put all kinds of chemicals and stuff in there, and it killed someone a friend knew. Got the vaccine, then had a heart attack a week later!" Said to me by someone who 1. Definitely was not a nurse 2. At a laundromat where all the broke people in my town go 3. After she said her son had to get a bunch of shots to go abroad in the first place.

GenericNerdGirl Report

Final score:

26points

POST

Monday 2 years ago

No no they may be on to something here. Two weeks after the vaccine my bad knee started hurting so clearly there's something bad in it! /s

29points

#89

I once had a co-worker tell me he wanted to eventually take some time off work so he could drive down to Africa and see the Lions... For whatever reason he forgot that South America existed and Africa was not connected to the United States in any way shape or form

zose2 Report

Final score:

23points

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Robert T 2 years ago

Not for "the rains" then? Or "to do the things we never had"? ;-)

15points

#90

"Wasn't the pledge that thing that killed half of Europe?" - a girl I knew from school

"Humans actually have 306 bones in their bodies. Everyone always seems to be 100 off these days. Except me, of course." -a know-it-all, bratty kid who thought he was the smartest person in the universe even though basically everything he said was wrong.

CappyBarbra Report

Final score:

23points

POST

Bored Person 2 years ago

Babies are born with around 306 but they weld together to about 100 less. Is he calling himself a baby?

17points

glowstick-of-destiny Report

#91

I work at a coffee shop. On a daily basis people will ask if we have hot coffee.

Final score:

23points

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Nicky 2 years ago

No, it's just mildly attractive.

59points

#92

My dad is a violinist in the Cleveland orchestra. They were on tour in East Germany 15 years ago. So he's on a train talking to one of the other violinists about how crazy it is after all these years, there is still bombed out buildings that hadn't been torn down or dealt with since wwii. Then stereotypical blonde chimes in... "wait, wasn't Germany our allies in the war?"

One of the stupidest things I've ever heard and I wasn't even there

marioz64 Report

Final score:

23points

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Nicky 2 years ago

Maybe she was Austrian or Northern Italian.

17points

#93

I had a friend of a friend in middle school completely believe and argue with me that mice ran the traffic lights. She really believed that mice went into the traffic lights and changed the color, that why you always saw mice around busy roads. And wheen I say middle school I mean 8th grade, 13-14 years old. She didn't have the best upbringing...

acatdrinkingwine Report

Final score:

22points

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Nobody 2 years ago

not mice, fire imps.

15points

Ecstatic_Wolf_4230 Report

#94

A former high school colleague asked how planets stay put if there’s no gravity in “the space”. She followed up with “and if there’s no friction wouldn’t the planets keep moving in space? So how did they stop in the perfect place to form life?”

As you can probably guess, she was going for the “Proof God Exists” argument but wasn’t doing herself any favors with that reasoning.

hereforthebagels Report

Final score:

21points

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M O'Connell 2 years ago

I imagine she was one of the people who couldn't comprehend orbits as "traveling at a given speed in a frictionless environment"

7points

#95

I have a lot of birthmarks, some girl in high school pointed it out and said "oh, is it because you're mixed race?"

Final score:

21points

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DuchessDegu 2 years ago

A girl in my school (can't remember exactly but we should've been 12-13) was absolutely adamant that the number of dark birthmarks/beautymarks/freckles on a white person was the number of black ancestors the person had 😶

16points

PM_ME_A_PM_PLEASE_PM Report

#96

MLM's are the ideal investing strategy

Final score:

19points

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Monday 2 years ago

Sure....as long as you are the owner and have an escape plan ready.

17points

#97

I work on trains 😅 I hear alot of stupid stuff but this was my top one yet.
We got to a station and the signal ahead was on red light meaning stop or do not proceed bassically the same as traffic lights, not complicated to explain. Made a announcement "sorry for the delay, we are currently being held on a red signal and will be moving momentarily" we did 5 minutes later but got stopped at the next station.

A couple were walking down the platform toward the exit I hear the husband/BF go "ah stuck at a red signal again" I acknowledge him and said "Yeh, red signal again" his misses looks me dead in the eye "whats a red signal?" I was stunned for a moment as I thought she was pulling my leg but she was seriouse. Her husband chimed in "you know, red means stop green means go" he said to her and we both saw she still hadn't sunk it in, he spoke again "like a traffic light" she took maybe 5 to 10 seconds but she gave a like "ooooo" as they kept walking down the platform.....

All I could think in that moment was she rather having a blank day where your head not functioning correctly or she one of the people you thing 'how do you get up in the morning'

Mousey_Belle_1996 Report

Final score:

18points

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tw 72 2 years ago

Kinda hopin' they don't have kids...

4points

#98

My college educated friend said that her co-worker’s new baby had a “generic” disease.

My other friend was waxing poetic about wanting to be a teacher. She said “I want to be the one teaching them that there are 24 letters in the alphabet!” And yes, she did go on to teach.

tarotdepot Report

Final score:

17points

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Nathaniel 2 years ago (edited)

We do not need Q and U, just use Kw, like it is kwiet here today. 24 letters only!

14points

#99

One of my classmates said, “why you speaking Mexican?”.

Crolane97 Report

Final score:

16points

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Diolla 2 years ago

As opposed to speaking American.

13points

#100

When I had to fill out the form at the vets office I actually asked the difference between “breed” and “species”. In my defense it was the form to get her ashes back and I was distraught but yeah, still thinking about that…

gnarcolepsy_ Report

Final score:

14points

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Local foodie 2 years ago

You had a brain fart in the midst of grief. This is perfectly understandable

37points

#101

An ex’s friend who was studying genetics at Uni and in the middle of preparing a report on their study of manipulating a frogs genes to make them glow in the dark stopped to ask us “What day is Christmas this year?” - not as in “On what day does Christmas fall this year” - as in “What *date* is Christmas this year?”

They had a brain fart and thought that Christmas, like Easter, moved.

trainedaircraft Report

Final score:

12points

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KitFrey 2 years ago

Wait you can make frogs glow in the dark?

18points

#102

My sister has very severe dyslexia.
Once she asked me how to spell USB. I was dumfounded and thought she was joking. She asked again, how do you spell USB. I was like, yeah ok, its literally spelled USB as you say it. She freaked out and told me not to bully her for the dyslexia and tell her how to actually spell it. I started laughing and wrote it down on a piece of paper.. ill never forget the look on her face when she realised

ekorrnz Report

Final score:

6points

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No Clue 2 years ago

I don't think this one should be on here...

28points

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Kate Jones 2 years ago

I used have a small side business as a web designer. A customer wanted an animated intro to the site, like a site-loader. So I sent them a link to look at the one I created and great- they love it. Then like 2 days later I get a message saying there's something wrong with the loader. So of course I go check it out right away- seems fine so I ask what's going on. They said they tried to show it to someone else but it wasn't moving for them. That it was frozen. I spend like 2 days trying to figure out if it was a browser issue, was a coding issue- can't figure it out. Come to find out they *printed* the loader page and were confused as to why it wasn't moving. ON PAPER. I was like "because this isn't Hogwarts." Even after I kindly explained it, they weren't embarrassed or like 'oh wow duh'. They were a little upset it wasn't working and tried to get a rebate on the service. That was the last job I took. I was getting burned out and that just made the decision to stop easier.

25points

Den Ver 2 years ago

"Because this isn't Hogwarts". ... This is now in my arsenal.

9points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

Read once about a woman who wanted her animated logo on her business card and got upset that it wasn't moving on the proof. Her boyfriend helped her out. I hope he got out of that one sharpish!

3points

Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

No way! 😵😵😵

1point

Daniel O'Neal 2 years ago

How about a certain someone who recently suggested that if you have solar power, your electricity will shut off at night?

12points

Memere 2 years ago

I had to look that one up. Should have known it was that dumb blonde from Georgia!

7points

Ghostsauce 2 years ago

A past coworker once suggested I was autistic because I was able to focus on my data entry work. Sometimes I wonder, but then she's also convinced that her daughter developed a gluten allergy from getting a tattoo.

10points

Jaguarundi 2 years ago

I was telling my boss how I would go sort calves with my horse for fun at a local ranch "fun day". I explained how the calves had numbers on them and we would sort them into the pen in the correct order. She asked if how the horse could be so smart as to read the numbers. I just stared for a moment. She also can't understand why my pet cats didn't constantly scratch, bite and attack me. I try to avoid conversations about my pets and hobbies with her.

7points

Bill Allen 2 years ago

At the post office, customer wants one stamp. I said that will be 49 cents. He hands me a dollar and as he is putting the stamp on his letter and I’m getting his change he says, “how much are stamps these days anyway?” As I’m sliding his 51 cents change over to him I say, “um, 49 cents.” He goes, “Oh, right.” Walks out giggling.

6points

Injun Joe 2 years ago

When younger, someone told me not to play with my belly button because it's a stomach cancer risk. Imagine the laughter in biology when I asked teacher. But the teacher did say that was an interesting question. Being the naval and all. But hey, I didn't get picked on. Actually had a few after class that introduced themselves. I was new in town and what an ice breaker!

6points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

*Navel

2points

Den Ver 2 years ago

When I was very young, I was told that if I ate too many cucumber slices, "weeds would grow out of my ears" due to the large size of the seeds - which could easily be seen. I don't know if I thought it was stupid at the time, but I didn't believe it. I ate as many cucumbers as I wanted. When I woke up the next morning, weeds were covering my bed. Thanks dad.

5points

Den Ver 2 years ago (edited)

Yes, Trump did say windmill noise causes cancer https://t.co/QyvLMXjIfk pic.twitter.com/eFeAV9C0s9 — Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 3, 2019

5points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

Back in the day, sent a client a proof of artwork via fax. Her: It's supposed to be blue! Why isn't it the colour I chose?! Had to slowly explain that the ink in the fax machine was black. Winter, in the middle of a power cut in which the whole street was out, all staff standing in the foyer IN THE DARK trying to decide whether to close (1 hour to go), old man pops in for a photocopy. Co-worker: Sorry, but as you can see we have no power. Him: But I only want one! Had an argument with a client who INSISTED that 12.00am was midday; this was for an invitation for a gallery opening. Good luck with that! He finally saw sense, but, phew! I could go on. People are stupid ...

4points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

My cousin moved to the US (we are in UK) in a time before internet. Her mum was sad how long mail took, my dad showed her how to use a fax. She sat down, wrote a long letter, popped in an envelope and faxed the envelope. My dad is tried to explain why it wouldn't work, but she said it was private and he had told her it worked like instant mail. So funny to watch my dad and his sister trying to understand each other.

5points

Daffodil 2 years ago

My sister once spent 10 minutes getting frustrated because when she looked up how to grow pickles all the results only mentioned cucumbers

4points

Rob Williams 2 years ago

I was in the USA in a gas station five or so years ago, a guy asked if I was from England, I replied yes, do you like Boxing, again yes, to which he replied do you know Rick Hatton (popular Brit boxer at the time) I said sadly no. The UK population is 67M lol

4points

Haha names who needs them 2 years ago

I'd say most of these could have been brainfarts, or stuff like that. Like I thought we lived to the south of dublin while we actually live to the north- and I'm considered rhe smart one XD

3points

Den Ver 2 years ago

I overheard two customers in a craft store on the next isle trying to select the right size picture frame. They found an 8 x 11 frame, but weren't sure it would fit their 11 x 8 picture. They went on and on asking each other if they spotted anyone who could help them, and had they looked at the entire display of frames, and whether they should risk buying it ... what's the return policy, ... etc. I thought about going over helping them, but I decided it would be futile. It would have turned into an entire lesson on spacial relationships and how objects are measured.

3points

Jill Chesterman 2 years ago

"Is water a liquid?" Said a grown woman going through airport security

3points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

Many people turn off brains in airport. Just returned from holiday, I had done all packing. I filled my husband's hand luggage only with things he didn't need to take out - this usually means I'm stuck repackaging bags while he waits, so I put his bag last. I finish the repack, turn to see why his bag is holding us up. I can hear him telling the security lady that he definitely has no liquids or electronic items. I can see the exray - he had added a bottle of water to his bag.

0points

Tushar Roy Mukherjee 2 years ago

I'm a big paleo-nerd, and keepposting any new piece of Information I come across on my Whatsapp status. A few days back, a classmate of mine( we are in 11th standard in India) asked me if there were any big Dinosaurs left. I had already explained to him that Birds are technically Dinosaurs, so I said 'Yeah. Ostriches, Cassowaries, Emus,..." " I mean like T.rex and all type." " No. They all went extinct."" How exactly? Who killed them?" " Earth was hit by an asteroid.""yeah I know, but who killed them?". Mind you his Mum is a Teacher in our School, and he wants to get into the Indian Army. I wouldn't be surprised if he was American( What with all kinds of Conspiracy theories), but he's Indian, so how?

3points

Little king trash mouth 2 years ago

Is anyone else seeing many of these repeated in this same post? I'm using the app. Often, one or two entries will repeat (and count as separate numbers in a numbered list) but now it's many repeating. Like the list says 100 entries or something like that, but at least 10 are repeated?? So weird.

2points

Mama Panda 2 years ago

Maybe it's the app that's doing it because I'm not using the app and I'm not seeing duplicate entries.

11points

Emiloy 2 years ago (edited)

I think repeats can happen when a post has just been put up, because at the start the votes change the position of items on the list quite a lot

3points

Yoga Kitty 2 years ago

The posts are moving up and down according to the votes; everytime the side refreshes they may have moved and appear later on down the line again. Happens very often if the article is still new and many pandas are currently reading and voting...

1point

Mikey Kliss 2 years ago

Might be the app and potentially its refreshing? If a post is at 20 and gets upvoted enough it'll raise t 19 or so on

1point

Diolla 2 years ago

I have that from time to time but not in this list. Maybe it IS the app? Am on laptop right now.

0points

L Johnson 1 year ago

2 bartender stories 1. Bartender overheard me telling my friend I was going overseas. He asked me where? I said "England". He looked at me and said "I would like to travel overseas but I only speak English" "Did you have to study a long time to learn their language?" 2. Ordered a pinot grigio from a bartender. Her face screwed up and she said "what is that? I don't think we have that?" I said "okay, how about a white zinfandel?" Again screwed up face on her part, and she brings me a piece of paper. There was a list of Brands/types of wines. On it was Frankies/pinot grigio (made up the name). I hand her back the paper and say "Frankies" at which she said "why didn't you say that! I hope you don't have a "peanut allergy"! Pinot=peanut" Forehead slap!! Must be home schooled.

1point

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

Why are people so afraid of breastfeeding that they make up such crazy s**t about it?

1point

Ezigma 2 years ago

When I was younger a bunch of us went camping and had a fire pit going. One of the guys took a broken wooden bat from his trunk to use as wood and one of the girls yelled " Watch out! You're going to start a fire!" Same girl who later in the night had to pee and went under the lamp post (that was very bright) and stood there and did her business standing up, legs spread, with pants at her ankles.

1point

Ezigma 2 years ago

Oh and said she was standing instead of squatting because she didn't want people to see her........

1point

Shay Tracy 2 years ago

had a friend explain to me that morning sickness happens because the baby can't drink your milk while you're asleep, so they have to eat from stomach instead. She was pregnant with her first child at the time.

1point

Purrcy Katz 2 years ago

My mother had a friend who believed, the weather "was different in 2016, because it was a leap year."

1point

Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago

It's pointless arguing with stupidity like this. The way I treat it is to lead the person on using their logic to some conclusion even they realise is crazy. If they are flat-earthers give them some plasticine and get them to model the solar system 'cos you can never get all the planets in the right order. I did this once and the person modelled all the planets and sin as spheres Got to the earth and went "Oh sh*t". He never raised the issue again.

1point

Panda·mo·ni·um 2 years ago

A friend who worked at Long John Silver's said that there was a layer of mold on top of the hush puppy mix and he'd just scoop it up with the mix without any concern because... 'that's where penicillin comes from'. I still have not eaten there since, that was in the early 90's.

0points

Reviewer UK01 2 years ago

Talking about a documentary I was watching on the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff and how there was an interview with an elderly guy who was a small child on board and how sad it was that lots of people died. What does he ask me? Did he survive? What? Was he one of the survivors or did he die? You mean...the guy who is giving the interview about the sinking? The guy who was 8 years old and is now grown up, you're asking did he die in the sinking? Well... No! Oh thank goodness. I don't know where to start with that logic!

0points

Bookaday 2 years ago

The amount of people that believe your emotions come from your heart is terrifying.

0points

Bouche Clay 2 years ago

I volunteer Bouche for the job. He's only three months, but he's excellent at knocking things down.

0points

Purple Gerbil 2 years ago

I feel stupider having read this post

0points

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Kate Jones 2 years ago

25points

Den Ver 2 years ago

"Because this isn't Hogwarts". ... This is now in my arsenal.

9points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

Read once about a woman who wanted her animated logo on her business card and got upset that it wasn't moving on the proof. Her boyfriend helped her out. I hope he got out of that one sharpish!

3points

Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

No way! 😵😵😵

1point

Daniel O'Neal 2 years ago

How about a certain someone who recently suggested that if you have solar power, your electricity will shut off at night?

12points

Memere 2 years ago

I had to look that one up. Should have known it was that dumb blonde from Georgia!

7points

Ghostsauce 2 years ago

10points

Jaguarundi 2 years ago

7points

Bill Allen 2 years ago

6points

Injun Joe 2 years ago

6points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

*Navel

2points

Den Ver 2 years ago

5points

Den Ver 2 years ago (edited)

Yes, Trump did say windmill noise causes cancer https://t.co/QyvLMXjIfk pic.twitter.com/eFeAV9C0s9 — Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 3, 2019

5points

Elizabeth Molloy 2 years ago

4points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

5points

Daffodil 2 years ago

My sister once spent 10 minutes getting frustrated because when she looked up how to grow pickles all the results only mentioned cucumbers

4points

Rob Williams 2 years ago

4points

Haha names who needs them 2 years ago

I'd say most of these could have been brainfarts, or stuff like that. Like I thought we lived to the south of dublin while we actually live to the north- and I'm considered rhe smart one XD

3points

Den Ver 2 years ago

3points

Jill Chesterman 2 years ago

"Is water a liquid?" Said a grown woman going through airport security

3points

Wondering Alice 2 years ago

0points

Tushar Roy Mukherjee 2 years ago

3points

Little king trash mouth 2 years ago

2points

Mama Panda 2 years ago

Maybe it's the app that's doing it because I'm not using the app and I'm not seeing duplicate entries.

11points

Emiloy 2 years ago (edited)

I think repeats can happen when a post has just been put up, because at the start the votes change the position of items on the list quite a lot

3points

Yoga Kitty 2 years ago

1point

Mikey Kliss 2 years ago

Might be the app and potentially its refreshing? If a post is at 20 and gets upvoted enough it'll raise t 19 or so on

1point

Diolla 2 years ago

I have that from time to time but not in this list. Maybe it IS the app? Am on laptop right now.

0points

L Johnson 1 year ago

1point

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

Why are people so afraid of breastfeeding that they make up such crazy s**t about it?

1point

Ezigma 2 years ago

1point

Ezigma 2 years ago

Oh and said she was standing instead of squatting because she didn't want people to see her........

1point