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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done Brother in law is a pretty clever guy. Ran a bath for his kid, couldn't get the tap to turn off, mad panic, rang a plumber friend asking him to come round quick or the house is gonna flood. Friend was like, you could just pull the plug?

Real nice, real clever guy. Zero common sense

whydidyadothat , Imgur Report

Final score:

435points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago

I always panic when it comes to uncontrolled water running. Had a similar experience. It knocks the common sense out of you.

142points

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done I was picking up my date (future wife) when her valedictorian roommate turned quickly away from the TV and said in all seriousness “don’t look, they’re welding! It will damage your eyes”. She got more serious as I continued to look back and forth at the tv and her. She actually yelled “it’s going to blind you!” I then asked her “So when your tv is showing an image of the sun…”. That’s as far as I got. You could see the wave of embarrassment wash over her face, she immediately started laugh/crying and begged me not to tell anyone.

El_Dentistador Report

Final score:

386points

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TmKhr 3 years ago

Imagine how dangerous it is to watch war movies on TV!

112points

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My friend has a master's degree in mechanical engineering and robotics. He once made a potato salad with raw potatoes because he thought, since it's a salad, you're not supposed to cook it.

massi95 , Peter Schad Report

Final score:

334points

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TmKhr 3 years ago

I guess he doesn't even cook the chicken if he makes chicken salad

113points

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My sister. My wonderful sister. So intelligent, educated… but dang. They had their house inspected and the inspector found an issue with their gas heat. Called in a repairman and it turns out the were having lower levels of carbon monoxide leaking into their home. When my mom asked her why she didn’t have several working detectors she answered “well I did, but one just wouldn’t quit beeping”. This was 10 years ago and we still bring it up all the time. Thankfully everyone turned out to be ok, but that wouldn’t have been the case much longer.

momx3f , Parvesh Kumar Report

Final score:

327points

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James016 3 years ago

This reminds me of the episode of Fawlty Towers where the guest Mrs Richards refuses to use her hearing aid as it drains the battery.

100points

Comprehensive_Crab79 , Neil Drumm Report

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My brother was in uni in the UK And needed a toaster. He ordered on off of Amazon for £3 and was surprised to find one so cheap. Turns out it was a kids toy, it came with plastic pieces of bread as well.

Final score:

283points

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James016 3 years ago

Whoops

43points

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My one college professor had a double doctorate, several masters, and was literally was the head of the national magazine for his field and had a lot of respect in the science community. He didn't know electric eels were real. Like he argued with us.

suitology , Steven G. Johnson Report

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272points

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Tweetysvoice 3 years ago

That's quite shocking!

178points

sizzlingmaniac69 , Sharon McCutcheon Report

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done while applying for a job, he thought “sick pay” meant that the job paid really well

Final score:

269points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

He was 17?

73points

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My brother has PhDs in bioengineering. We were on a call one day and he was saying "i can't find my phone. Probably my kids took it." Didn't realize until i told him that he was using his phone to talk to me.

needsomevitaminstbh , freestocks Report

Final score:

266points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago

Been there, done that 🤦‍♂️

132points

t-h-e-d-u-d-e · , Matthew Lakeland Report

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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My aunt. College professor. PhD in mathematics. Was blown away when watching my father cook rice without a rice cooker.

Final score:

258points

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Vicky Zar 3 years ago

You can toast bread without a toaster too... shocking

13points

#11

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My friend M is really good at math. She literally minored in it for fun.

One day, we were walking along, and she said "guys, I saw something on Facebook this morning - we're only 81 years from the year 3000." (This was in 2019.)

I thought she was making fun of the silly Facebook people. Then she said "isn't that crazy?" And then I realized that my friend who enjoyed calculus... Genuinely thought that 2019+81=3000. I had to break it to her gently. I will never let her live it down.

ParsnipPizza2 , Solen Feyissa Report

Final score:

228points

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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

It reminds me of the people who think the year represents the Earth's age

103points

#12

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My husband. He’s a mathematician for the Feds, but he has repeatedly gotten us to the wrong airport in cities that have more than one. Like at least three times. He’s brilliant, but a moron.

Azryhael , L.Filipe C.Sousa Report

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216points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Yep. My father is a legit genius. My mother says he could get lost in a paper bag. My brother is also a legit genius. He got lost one day walking home from high school. Our house was on the same street as the school; it was a straight walk and a route he'd taken twice a day for years. He walked out the school doors and turned right instead of left. It took him an hour to realize he' was lost. We realized he'd inherited my father's sense of direction.

125points

little_asian_man_89 , Kristina Tripkovic Report

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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done My colleague was tasked to put mail into the mailbox.

She asked me where it is and what it looks like.

"Around the corner, and it's a red box"

Turns out, there is another red box marked "GENERAL WASTE"

About 2m away, is the red box that spells out "AUSTRALIA POST"

She's been throwing away mail.

Final score:

206points

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Sian Edwards 3 years ago

Could BP not find a picture of an Australian post box? This one is Danish.

102points

#14

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done I have a neighbor, he is by far the smartest person I know. A couple fourth of July’s ago he got a quarter stick of dynamite, and strapped it to an rc boat with a detonate button and a timer. He sent it out on the lake at night, flipped the switch and it didn’t go off. So he took it back into the house to fix it, but never turned the detonate button off. So when it was fixed the 7 second timer started going. It ended up going off in the house and blowing out all of the windows. Everyone was safe.

Jmiller13202 , Remy Sharp Report

Final score:

200points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

They had access to dynamite to use at home? Is this normal?

132points

PeppermintFart , Andrew "Donovan" Valdivia Report

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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done They used their bare hand to check if the stove was still hot by pressing it directly on the burner, and they had two doctorates.

Final score:

187points

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Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

Aj, my mom did that too. Nasty scar.

28points

#16

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done I know a guy with a PhD who thought reindeer were fictional

fencerman , Philip Swinburn Report

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175points

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ʕ º ᴥ ºʔ 3 years ago

They're not?! So Rudolf and I can be friends then! Yay! You lean something new everyday!

40points

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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done No joke, poured gasoline on a campfire.

AlwaysInTheFlowers , Eric Report

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110points

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Tweetysvoice 3 years ago

Last time we had a supposed gas shortage and idiots were rushing to hoard gas, I saw someone filling black plastic bags with gas...

59points

#25

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done Swallowed an entire Jenga piece.

Whole

WebMission4185 , makeshiftlove Report

Final score:

102points

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Francis 3 years ago

from the reddit post: the person did it as a dare and had to go to the ER to get it removed afterwards

63points

JohnWarosa69420 , gelato_alla_prugna Report

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27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done Tried jumping over a pallet of boxes with their arms tied behind their back. Split lip open.

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99points

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Cactus McCoy 3 years ago

And that's the lucky outcome.

31points

#27

27 Of The Dumbest Things That Pretty Smart People Have Done I graduated with someone who got a perfect S A.T score, but managed to cut off two fingers in shop class while trying to make a birdhouse.

SweetPrism , Ian Schneider Report

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98points

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Amina Hays 3 years ago

This is more like an accident than lack of common sense.

63points

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Kim Kermes 3 years ago

My brother was a chemical engineer, navigated fighter/light bombers, rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel, but argued with a crazy woman holding a chain saw. She was me.

44points

DC 3 years ago

And now, you have two brothers, huh?

21points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Thank you for the good laugh! :-)

14points

Monday 3 years ago

Did you win the argument?

4points

NsG 3 years ago

There's a school of thought that suggests that the cleverer a person is, the more likely they are to do dumb stuff if they are distracted by their field of expertise. So, to elaborate, someone thinking about complex mathematics problems will microwave a spoon, because they've turned off the thinking parts of the brain not associated with mathematics to conserve energy and divert resources to the "more important" task. Some others of these are simply down to different life experiences - you can be a genius and get confused by multiple airports if you've never been to that city before. And then again, I'm not sure the bar for "smartest" was set very high with some of these...

35points

Amina Hays 3 years ago

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Amina Hays 3 years ago

I'm a biomedical scientist in histopathology and a member of Mensa. I didn't understand the play on words in 'The Beatles' until I was 30. Oh the shame, the shame of it all! :-D

20points

Katelyn 3 years ago

Wait.. what play on words

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ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Weird flex but ok

2points

Hanni 3 years ago

If nobody ever told you, why would you think it's a play on words? Not a case of stupidity IMHO.

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Potato 3 years ago

Don't feel bad. It's not like you majored in creative writing or linguistics. You were focused on science!

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Auntriarch 3 years ago

Well I only found out just now! And I agree, cleverer does sound wrong

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Ricky Hunter 3 years ago

Depression has been beating me for the last few days and these have really cheered me up,thank you 🙂

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Ren Karlej 3 years ago

That's good to read. I am a sufferer myself - small uplifts from things like this can seriously make a difference!!

10points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

Ricky, glad they cheered you up.... Humor and laughter are a couple of the nicest things we can do for each other.... That's why I like these BP topics , too.... Take care!

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Karin 3 years ago

Check out Depressed Anonymous on the internet. Daily online meetings! Lots of support!

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lazy panda 3 years ago

I'm so glad this brought you a smile! Please take care!

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

My friend has a brother who has several degrees in engineering and now teaches it in a well known UK college as well as works for the local council. He was living in his new apartment when he took delivery of a new dishwasher. The delivery guy offered to set it up for him but he declined saying he was an Engineer so fixing in a new dishwasher should be easy enough for him. The next evening he was in college giving a lecture when the college secretary ran in and told him his apartment was on fire. He left quickly and got there just in time to see the firemen put out the last of the flames. He was told that it looked like the fire had started with the dishwasher. Upset my friends brother told the firefighter that it was brand new. The firefighter replied that the dishwasher was not plumbed in just plugged in and then when it was turned on it overheated and caught fire. You would think that an Engineer would know that you need water to wash dishes.

12points

Ren Karlej 3 years ago

My brother is an electrical engineer and an electrician (change of career as he thought it would be easier - tip, it is not but for different reasons!). There are things that the latter are trained in that the former do not know - he's had to correct mistakes made by the former (mistakes he might have made without the additional training and qualifications).

6points

Potato 3 years ago

I also love your dog Shilo

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Hanni 3 years ago

"Trust me, I'm an engineer." :) However, the dishwasher must have been faulty, they have an overheat protection fuse.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yep. Great friend in college. We spent half our time yanking her out of the way of oncoming traffic. Brilliant mind? Yes. Situational awareness? Not so much. Got her PhD, works in AI, married an astrophysicist, still walks without looking to see if there's traffic coming... Of course, now she lives in Seattle, so maybe it's the coffee ;-P

11points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Time to quote one of my favourite lines from I, Robot: "You are the DUMBEST smart person I have ever met in my life!"

10points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

I know the feeling! A few years ago I stopped at a bank to use the ATM. When I got out of my car I couldn't remove the keys, and I couldn't start my car either, so I called AAA. The man arrives, and politely points out that my automatic-shift car was not in park! I give him credit - he wasn't snarky at all, just understanding.

3points

iblowsheep 3 years ago

Stupidity does not have a preference of gender, race or education.

9points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Or membership in Mensa.

0points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

I'm in all honors and AP classes and I keep smiling under my mask like an idiot thinking people can see it.

7points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Keep smiling. I even wear bright red lipstick under mine. WE can feel the smile. And it shows in your eyes. :-)

12points

Kesam 3 years ago

My dad. Respected surgeon. Super smart. Asked me out of the blue one day how Moon phases work.

6points

Zak Rasten 3 years ago

You would be surprised how many people don't know basic facts about astronomy such as is the moon or the sun closer to Earth, or have no idea of the size of either of them or their distances from us

2points

marianne eliza 3 years ago (edited)

They had a lot of book learning but very little real life skills. Parents make sure you teach your kids what they need to know to live alone. In the old days it was called chores. Cooking, baking, house cleaning, laundry, bill paying, and basic critical thinking skills.

5points

Alexei Arntzen 3 years ago

Yeah, this. Sometimes the reason a person is able to go to university and get a higher degree is because someone else is doing the heavy lifting in the finances/life-skills department. I once shared some fresh cherries with a college roommate and he chomped straight into the pit. He didn't know cherries had pits because his Mom had been de-pitting them for him his whole life.

4points

Silre 3 years ago

I was on my way home from work one night and I saw my landlord's car in my driveway, which looked exactly like my car, and thought "Hey, I'm already home!"

5points

Ben Steinberg 3 years ago

This is why trying to describe a person's intelligence with "IQ" is nonsense. People are a mix of things. They can be really good at one form of thinking but then be lacking knowledge in a different area. Thinking that because someone is smart that they're "smart across the board" with everything is clearly not a good idea. Sadly, many smart people don't realize this and think that if they're smart with one subject, they know it all...

5points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

.. or worse yet, feel pressure and failure when they realize they don't know it all, but feel they're expected to....

2points

Zak Rasten 3 years ago

There was a race of intelligent beings on this planet and they kept releasing carbon dioxide into their atmosphere even though they knew it was warming the entire planet and causing climate change, heatwaves, wildfires and sea levels to ride.....

4points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

I can explain this to some degree, since I have an extremely high IQ (160) but am prone to do nonsensical and stupid things that lack common sense sometimes. My brain is a really, really busy place. I remember trying to explain to my brother all the thoughts I have over the course of a minute and he was horrified. Many of these thoughts and ideas go on simultaneously or in very rapid succession. I can be so in my head that I am kind of not really always focused on the rest of the world. There's a sort of sense of autopilot, and that can result in doing really stupid things. Like the time I decided to extinguish a match by the power of my inhalation. I wanted to compare the strength of inhale versus exhale. I did not think about how inhaling the match would first send flames flying up my nostrils before extinguishing the match. Burned nose hairs smell vile.

4points

Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

It just goes to show, everyone has moments!

4points

Matheus Oliveira 3 years ago

My chemistry professor at uni, a kind and genius PhD at 24, was taken aback when she was talking to us at the cafeteria about fruits and learned that grapes are the individual fruits - until then, she thought grape was the entire cluster and the individual fruits were grape seeds.

4points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

Sort of like a giant blackberry then

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Nigel Rodgers 3 years ago

In some cases it could be a trait such as adhd or autism. People appear normal, smart even until they're in a situation their condition can't process. Don't judge them. And of it's you don't feel guilty.

3points

UpupaEpops 3 years ago

My father, who is good enough in his field to have hundreds of interns sent to him from abroad every year, got mighty pissed at me for not helping him search for the P.J.s he was wearing...

3points

Agata Fronia 3 years ago

everyone has brain fart at times, like 404 error brain not found

3points

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

One of the most stupid things I've ever done (yes one of ) my girls (13 and 17 at the time) went on a mom / daughter camping trip. Next day I had not gotten much sleep and we were driving home and I was tired. I was looking at the beautiful scenery and literally told my girls how amazing it was that the trees grew perfectly straight along the road. This was a few years ago and they STILL don't let me live that down....every damn time we see trees lining a road. And I have three degrees.

3points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

My dad was absolutely brilliant when it came to book learning, but not so much when it came to common sense. He once put antifreeze in the crank case. When my mom told me, I said, "But oil caps usually say "OIL" on them!" She replied, "Yes. Ours does too."

3points

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

My mom. Incredible at mathematics and a brilliant bookkeeper ( the old days, I know). She could take shopping bags full of receipts just shoved in any old bag and make a complete set of books out of the mess. Few people could do that so she was in high demand by accountants all over. The first time my parents moved into a place with a dishwasher it was great. I was on a visit home when the dishwasher broke down. The question? "How are we going to do the dishes now?" I said grabbing some dishes, "You put the dishes in the sink, pour in dish soap, fill the sink with hot water and wash them". Very embarrassed and then we had a good laugh.

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Sakeena 3 years ago

Traveling with family, my brother (summa cum laude graduate in physics, bachelor’s degree in earth science, PhD track in computer data science, published scientific research author) declared that one of the lights in his hotel room didn’t work. I screwed the bulb in.

2points

Andrew 3 years ago

Many of these can probably be explained as "brain farts" we all do stupid s**t. From the dumbest to the smartest, nobody knows everything and brain farts affect us all.

2points

Darth Kittius 3 years ago

Intelligence doesn't equal Wisdom

2points

Pungent Sauce 3 years ago

There’s an entire class of folks who make life possible for people like this called “the working class” plumbers, electricians, handypeople, mechanics, barbers, cooks, waitstaff, taxi drivers, etc, etc, etc……

2points

Nandina 3 years ago

After reading this entire list, I would much rather be of average intelligence and not cut off my fingers, blow up my house, swallow a wooden game piece, flood a bathroom, eat raw chicken and deer poop.....

2points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

.... What all the super smart people are saying is that they're human like the rest of us ~ they'll probably appreciate it if we laugh along at their goof-ups instead of holding them to a different standard ! In fact, it's good if they can laugh at theirselves now-and-then to ensure they're not taking theirselves too seriously!

1point

Quincy La 3 years ago

I remember a client asked for a shirt with narwhals on it. I laughed and asked, "How am I going to get a picture of that?" My boss looked at me and was like "you...you know they're real right?" I felt so dumb.

2points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

My mother was a smart woman. She was a wealth of trivia and a wizard when it came to crossword puzzles. She almost ended up on Jeopardy, but couldn't hack being in front of an audience or cameras. Yet, somehow, this smart woman was convinced by my sister that I lived in a different time zone in Washington state even though we were only 120 miles apart...in the same state.

2points

Seabeast 3 years ago

When very smart scientists do dumb things: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52094804

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Chich 3 years ago

Met a girl who was working on getting an environmental sciences degree. She was convinced that trees only die when people killed them. As in all the trees are 4.54 billion years old. Fires? all caused by people. No matter what the cause it was people because trees were immortal. Was no point in trying to tell her otherwise.

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DAVE 3 years ago

I qualify for Mensa, but I'll never join because I know I'm still dumber than a box of rocks in many ways. Case in point: Power goes out and I call a friend, ranting about being trapped in my house because my garage doors have electric lifts... and handles, apparently.

1point

Nikole 3 years ago

My roommate in college majored in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Math. I had to explain movies to her.

1point

Tee Witt 2 years ago

After reading these I have serious doubts of the levels of intelligence of even people who gain degrees in America

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Henry Russell 3 years ago

it is actually very common for smart people to make more mistakes than other people dont know alot aboy it but i know this for sure dont why but it is true search it up

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Samuel Zhao 3 years ago

My dad is the smartest guy I know. He has a PhD in computer science and could homeschool me. He also didn’t know that the plastic wrap in fruit roll ups aren’t edible

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Karin 3 years ago

Many of then voted for Trump

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago (edited)

As horrified as I am of AOC's politics (such as her failure to recognize that "democratic socialism" is an oxymoron, since democracy requires the ability to say what the incumbent government doesn't want you to say), I always felt some tendency to defend some of the ignorant things she says. Like for instance, her amazement at a sink garbage disposal; she had never seen one, because they are banned in New York City. (Then again, that's not a fact independent from the problems of socialism.)

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Krásnoočko Zelené 3 years ago

I'm a molecular biologist with a PhD and throughout my career I already a) forgot which malonic acid buffer I did and did not put salt in and couldn't think of a better way to determine it but taste it, and yeah, one was sour and the other was sour and salty! b) poured water *into* acid and not vice versa (a very strong acid to be precise; the good thing is I will never forget which is the correct way now) and c) pipetted concentrated acetic acid by mouth and got a caustic burn on my lip; the liquid obviously did not touch me - but I completely forgot that the vapours are caustic too.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)

It’s really sad but also not surprising how many people keep insinuating that having a phd means you’re smart. I don’t think most people are even intelligent enough to measure what’s intelligent or not, so they use school as a guideline. Schooling makes you disciplined and sometimes educated, not intelligent. Most of the people in these stories and the panda comments are actually just dumb but have degrees.

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Kaleb Prichard (MiraiKuma) 3 years ago

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pebs 3 years ago

I must say that the amount of PhDs and various professors in this thread is amazing ...

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Sharon Pace 3 years ago

My cousin grew up in Manhattan and moved to Madison Wisconsin. Has a Ph.D. & is a university dean. When she got her first apartment, on one particular morning, she called the police to report there were 2 deer in her yard. The officer asked, "So?"

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J Adams 3 years ago

My brother once locked his keys inside his car (had only been driving a few days) my dad told him to go get a coat hanger and he would slide it down the window to try and pop the lock, my brother returned with a wooden hanger!

0points

JeannevB 3 years ago

This guy takes off the winter tires from his car, and put on the summer tires. He wants to write the locations of each winter tire in chalk on it for when he has to put them back next winter. So he asks me: the left front side of the car, is that when you face the car or when you sit in it? I answer it is when you sit in the car. Oh, he says. I'll have to change it then. So I ask him: what is the left back of your car then? When you stand behind it? He's a smart guy but this he couldn't handle this one.

0points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

My Mother, in a way. She is an absolutely genius when it comes to sewing and dress making. Seriously she can make anything out of material from toys soft furnishings like curtains to every kind of clothing you can think of. Even period clothing. Yes technology baffles her. She cannot work the TV remote to save her life or send or respond to a text from her phone and she cant' do anything on a computer. In fact I have never seen her use one. Ever

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Bunzilla 3 years ago

Once again, the difference between intelligence and wisdom.

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Fester Sixonesixonethree 3 years ago

A very smart friend of mine - National Honor Society, always a 4.0 GPA, got a full free ride to very good schools - both undergrad and masters/phd - on his way home went the wrong direction and had to call his mom for directions. He was 21.

-1point

Sonia Bailey 3 years ago

A friend who is a postdoctoral geneticist split open his upper lip attempting to open a beer bottle with his teeth.

-1point

Loralie Chase 3 years ago

My step brother, super smart kid in highschool at the time, DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD PEEL A CARROT!! A carrot! I will never let him live it down. Talking to him today he tried to say he didn't know you peel it with a potato peeler and thought you peeled it with a knife. Sure dude, sure.

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Ileana Sky Aviles 3 years ago

Dad has a Phd & two masters, mother also has a Phd. Both were perpetually losing their cars and blaming each other in parking lots. Sister is an industrial Psychologist with also a Phd, can't operate a washing machine or any household appliance except for a microwave and toaster. Cousin two Phds in Math and Physics can't park to save his life. Stupidity hits us all

-2points

Bruce Leibee 3 years ago

ALL COMPLETE BS.

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Kim Kermes 3 years ago

My brother was a chemical engineer, navigated fighter/light bombers, rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel, but argued with a crazy woman holding a chain saw. She was me.

44points

DC 3 years ago

And now, you have two brothers, huh?

21points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Thank you for the good laugh! :-)

14points

Monday 3 years ago

Did you win the argument?

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NsG 3 years ago

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Amina Hays 3 years ago

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Amina Hays 3 years ago

I'm a biomedical scientist in histopathology and a member of Mensa. I didn't understand the play on words in 'The Beatles' until I was 30. Oh the shame, the shame of it all! :-D

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Katelyn 3 years ago

Wait.. what play on words

7points

ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Weird flex but ok

2points

Hanni 3 years ago

If nobody ever told you, why would you think it's a play on words? Not a case of stupidity IMHO.

1point

Potato 3 years ago

Don't feel bad. It's not like you majored in creative writing or linguistics. You were focused on science!

0points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

Well I only found out just now! And I agree, cleverer does sound wrong

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Ricky Hunter 3 years ago

Depression has been beating me for the last few days and these have really cheered me up,thank you 🙂

13points

Ren Karlej 3 years ago

That's good to read. I am a sufferer myself - small uplifts from things like this can seriously make a difference!!

10points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

Ricky, glad they cheered you up.... Humor and laughter are a couple of the nicest things we can do for each other.... That's why I like these BP topics , too.... Take care!

5points

Karin 3 years ago

Check out Depressed Anonymous on the internet. Daily online meetings! Lots of support!

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lazy panda 3 years ago

I'm so glad this brought you a smile! Please take care!

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

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Ren Karlej 3 years ago

6points

Potato 3 years ago

I also love your dog Shilo

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Hanni 3 years ago

"Trust me, I'm an engineer." :) However, the dishwasher must have been faulty, they have an overheat protection fuse.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

11points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Time to quote one of my favourite lines from I, Robot: "You are the DUMBEST smart person I have ever met in my life!"

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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

3points

iblowsheep 3 years ago

Stupidity does not have a preference of gender, race or education.

9points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Or membership in Mensa.

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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

I'm in all honors and AP classes and I keep smiling under my mask like an idiot thinking people can see it.

7points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Keep smiling. I even wear bright red lipstick under mine. WE can feel the smile. And it shows in your eyes. :-)

12points

Kesam 3 years ago

My dad. Respected surgeon. Super smart. Asked me out of the blue one day how Moon phases work.

6points

Zak Rasten 3 years ago

You would be surprised how many people don't know basic facts about astronomy such as is the moon or the sun closer to Earth, or have no idea of the size of either of them or their distances from us

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marianne eliza 3 years ago (edited)

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Alexei Arntzen 3 years ago

4points

Silre 3 years ago

I was on my way home from work one night and I saw my landlord's car in my driveway, which looked exactly like my car, and thought "Hey, I'm already home!"

5points

Ben Steinberg 3 years ago

5points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

.. or worse yet, feel pressure and failure when they realize they don't know it all, but feel they're expected to....

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Zak Rasten 3 years ago

4points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

4points

Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

It just goes to show, everyone has moments!

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Matheus Oliveira 3 years ago

4points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

Sort of like a giant blackberry then

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Nigel Rodgers 3 years ago

3points

UpupaEpops 3 years ago

My father, who is good enough in his field to have hundreds of interns sent to him from abroad every year, got mighty pissed at me for not helping him search for the P.J.s he was wearing...

3points

Agata Fronia 3 years ago

everyone has brain fart at times, like 404 error brain not found

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AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

3points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

3points

Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago

3points

Sakeena 3 years ago

2points

Andrew 3 years ago

Many of these can probably be explained as "brain farts" we all do stupid s**t. From the dumbest to the smartest, nobody knows everything and brain farts affect us all.

2points

Darth Kittius 3 years ago

Intelligence doesn't equal Wisdom

2points

Pungent Sauce 3 years ago

2points

Nandina 3 years ago

2points

Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago

1point

Quincy La 3 years ago

2points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

2points

Seabeast 3 years ago

When very smart scientists do dumb things: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52094804

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Chich 3 years ago

1point

DAVE 3 years ago

1point

Nikole 3 years ago

My roommate in college majored in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Math. I had to explain movies to her.

1point

Tee Witt 2 years ago

After reading these I have serious doubts of the levels of intelligence of even people who gain degrees in America

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Henry Russell 3 years ago

it is actually very common for smart people to make more mistakes than other people dont know alot aboy it but i know this for sure dont why but it is true search it up

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Samuel Zhao 3 years ago

My dad is the smartest guy I know. He has a PhD in computer science and could homeschool me. He also didn’t know that the plastic wrap in fruit roll ups aren’t edible

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Karin 3 years ago

Many of then voted for Trump

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago (edited)

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Krásnoočko Zelené 3 years ago

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)

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Kaleb Prichard (MiraiKuma) 3 years ago

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pebs 3 years ago

I must say that the amount of PhDs and various professors in this thread is amazing ...

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Sharon Pace 3 years ago

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