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chocolateandpretzles , Jeswin Thomas Report

#2

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Waited on a woman who asked me what kind of meat was in our beef taco salad.

Lady: what kind of meat is in your beef taco salad?

Me : Beef

L: what kind of beef?

Me: Beef, ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning.

L: No, I mean is it pork or chicken?

Me: Ma’am, it’s beef, it’s from a cow. It’s beef.

Final score:

455points

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jaysko 3 years ago

Yikes

136points

u/Yurtle_212 said they don't remember what exactly inspired them to make this post.

"Some people just don't think before they ask something, but I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing," the Redditor told Bored Panda.

"There definitely are stupid questions. But asking them doesn't make you stupid. [That is if we disregard the ones that are self-explanatory, like] 'What day of the week is Good Friday on?' or "What time is the 3 o'clock parade?'"

#3

My 21 year old sister once asked my entire family at dinner if Nuns don’t have sex where do they get more nuns. That takes the cake for me.

ZJones1994 Report

Final score:

393points

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S. 3 years ago (edited)

Mitosis, like the rest of us asexual folks.

206points

MaleficentWatercress , Francisco Venâncio Report

#4

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm I'm a postpartum nurse. A patient asked me "when will the doctor be here to pierce my nipples so I can breastfeed?"

Final score:

392points

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JB Darré 3 years ago

Nobody to tell her it's the baby who does the piercing?

177points

#5

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Because I am a dwarf I get a lot of hilarious ones, but one of my favourites was "do you need to get a smaller engine for your car?"

I really wish I could have seen your internal process that led to that question, lady.

[deleted] Report

Final score:

370points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)

Internal process haha, remember those projects at school with 2 empty cans and a long bit of string and voila, you had a "phone". Yeah, that's the one.

81points

#6

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm People visiting Alaska on a cruise would walk onto the dock-- a dock portruding into the pacific ocean-- then look up at the mountains and ask what elevation we were at.

1 foot, ma'am. You are standing on a dock which is at sea level.

backpackbuddhabowl , Wonderlane Report

Final score:

342points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure this was a brain fart.

103points

Deluxe_Used_Douche Report

#7

It was me. I'm white, ended up dating a long time friend of mine, who is black.

We were talking about going to the beach the next day, and I mentioned that I needed to buy some sunscreen. GF tells me she has some, so no worries. I asked her why she had sunscreen.. She was puzzled, for a moment.

She then responded "Yes, black people get sunburned. Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen."

And she was right, I just assumed, in all my whiteness, that black people didn't sunburn. She still makes fun of me for this. I am in my 30's..

Final score:

309points

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Dodo 3 years ago

Alright, I'll be the idiot: I don't exactly think black people don't sunburn but it's harder for them to burn, right? The lighter your skin, the easier it is to burn?

140points

mr_unoriginal88 , Pixzolo Photography Report

#8

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Someone was placing an order once at my family’s restaurant, and they had asked me for a side of French fries without the potatoes. I assumed she was joking, so I laughed...she wasn’t joking. She got offended and left the restaurant

Final score:

291points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)

I'm still trying to find a cheese-bush but I'll see if I can find the frenchfriesfern. Maybe (and I hope) this was a brain fart.

56points

#9

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Do you think they're a little old to be lesbians?

[deleted] , Brian Kyed Report

Final score:

285points

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Walter Brameld 3 years ago (edited)

When a lesbian reaches the age of 28, she lays her clutch of eggs. Her optic gland then starts secreting a hormone which triggers an intense mothering instinct. For the next year, she doesn't do anything except protect her eggs. She doesn't eat or sleep during this period, so her body slowly deteriorates. Finally, after a year, the eggs hatch, and out swim hundreds of baby lesbians. Then the mother lesbian dies.

68points

#10

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm The Scene: Meeting some new people in a college class.

I introduce myself, "Hi, I'm LoveIsLegallyBlind."

New classmate: "Don't you mean DifferentNameThatSoundsALittleLikeMine?"

Me: "No..."

He thinks it's time to double down. "Are you sure? Why not?"

Me: "Because that's not what my parents named me..."

Like what? Who corrects someone on their own name? I have a somewhat unusual name. People misspell it or mispronounce it all the time, but this was special.

LoveIsLegallyBlind , Jon Tyson Report

Final score:

282points

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Llewella 3 years ago

My sister had a teacher constantly changing her name on her test's. He really thougt an 18 year old girl in Uni didn't know how to spell her own name...

139points

#11

I was asked how far the luggage plane usually flies behind the passenger plane. The person who asked me went to an Ivy league medical school.

tambrico Report

Final score:

277points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago (edited)

Sometimes i think that's what happens when i wait and wait and wait for my luggage to come out

110points

#12

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm While working as a butcher, I showed a deli clerk how to break down a whole chicken into pieces. I show her, "two breasts, two wings, two legs, two thighs." she looks at me and asks, "which part does the turkey come from?"

WildCatRupe , JK Sloan Report

Final score:

270points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Middle East?

164points

#13

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm If it was possible to even land a plane on Japan because it's so small.

Because, you know, maps are a 1:1 description of the world

ruthlessko , Su San Lee Report

Final score:

261points

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Sapna Sarfare 3 years ago

Okay.. this is hilarious...

63points

#14

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm "What time is the 3 O'clock parade?"

I worked at Disney World. This is the #1 most common question you'll get asked as a Cast Member in the Magic Kingdom.

omglia , Lloyd Dirks Report

Final score:

260points

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Libstak 3 years ago

It will start 1 hour afterc2pm

85points

#15

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm First day working a tech support job, I answer a phone call from a woman whose laptop won't turn on. She's at the airport trying to get some work done and is very frustrated because she had been working for several hours during a layover and the laptop suddenly shut off. I asked her if she had the laptop plugged in when it shut off, or if she was just running it on the battery. "It can be plugged in? I thought it was supposed to be wireless."

I honestly thought I was being pranked because I was the new guy. After a lengthy pause to decide if this was a serious call, I advised her to try plugging it in. Laptop turned on, she was amazed that it didn't just recharge itself when she wasn't using it.

DextrosKnight , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

255points

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Marcellus II 3 years ago

Why did she bring a charger if she didn't think it needs charging? Doesn't add up.

133points

Minister_Garbitsch , Mahrous Houses Report

#16

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm “Do we have the ability to open digital files?”

This is the guy who would print PDFs from our server then scan the print to his email so he could save them to his desktop...

Final score:

243points

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Laura Jones 3 years ago

technology passing him by

71points

#17

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm In high school, we were warming up before a baseball game one evening and some really ominous ,dark clouds started rolling in. One of my teammates very seriously asked “Is that a storm or is that just night coming?”. I will never forget that.

leezus34 Report

Final score:

241points

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V33333P 3 years ago

It's time for the Cullen family to play baseball

103points

#18

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Did your grandpa ever have any kids?

GodAwfulWafflexx , Johnny Cohen Report

Final score:

224points

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LuckyL 3 years ago

Marry a woman with kids, kids have babys - boom grandpa without kids

143points

#19

Not me, but our safari guide in South Africa said he once heard a woman ask her husband, “Honey, is that the same moon we see in Texas?”

pirate_12 Report

Final score:

215points

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Steve Wilson 3 years ago

Ah, Texas….😏

123points

#20

For context, I work in a phone shop.

Customer: What is this? (Hands me his bill)

Me: This is your bill.

Customer: But I already paid it.

Me: Well then, don't worry about it.

Customer: No, I mean I paid it last month.

Me: Oh, this is just your second bill then.

Customer: BUT I ALREADY PAID IT!

Me: Last month's bill, yes. This is your next bill.

Customer: YOU MEAN THEY KEEP SENDING THESE EVERY MONTH?

Me: ... yes ... that's what a phone contract is. You signed a contract for 2 years didn't you?

Customer: Yeah.

Me: So you will get a bill each month for 2 years then.

Customer: WHAT A RIP OFF!!!

He legit thought he would only get a single $90 bill for his brand new iPhone over the entire 2 years of his contract...

emperormossy Report

Final score:

215points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Might be first time paying own bills, imagine when he finds out electricity and water aren’t free

141points

#21

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Was a Mac Genius for 7 years, customer asked if her iPod would get heavier as she puts more music on it.

FizzyBeverage , Brett Jordan Report

Final score:

213points

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Fat Harry 3 years ago

Actually it will. Data has a weight, albeit miniscule, because maintaining a binary 1 in memory requires electrons and electrons have mass.

114points

sugar_honey_ice_tea , Behnam Norouzi Report

#22

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm What day of the week is good Friday on?

Do you mean what date?

No, what day of the week. It was on a Thursday last year.

No

Final score:

211points

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V33333P 3 years ago

Wednesday has been postponed to Friday due to scheduling conflicts.

118points

#23

I work in a toll booth and was working on the westbound side. A lady drove up to my booth really mad, which is par for the course but I digress. She told me that every day she takes this route home from work, and every. single. day. the sun is directly in her eyes... Well of course, shes driving westbound at 6 pm. When I mentioned this she brushed it off and asked "well can't you change the direction of the road or at least put a cover over it?! I can't be the only person who is bothered by this!"

TheFoxyHound Report

Final score:

211points

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Pa4040 3 years ago

Should we move the Sun as well, so you aren't inconvenienced?

114points

#24

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm I am an identical twin and one time a girl asked me if we get each other confused.

captaingelsino , Chan Report

Final score:

209points

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Lance LaRocque 3 years ago (edited)

Legitimate question regarding photos. Who knows with baby photos?

95points

#25

My grandpa left my place, immediately called me to ask if he left his cell phone at my place.

"How are you talking to me?"

".........bye."

chrisphoenix7 Report

Final score:

208points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

It’s cute, he gets a pass, like looking for your glasses that’s on your head or face already

156points

#26

I live in a high-altitude town in the mountains. Every week, I hear this question:

"At what elevation do the deer turn into elk?"

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THIS!? WHY!?

Athena-Muldrow Report

Final score:

207points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

People are stupid. Everyone knows they turn at full moon :-)

223points

#27

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm I was at my cottage looking at the stars at night with a friend and she turned to me and asked: "are there countries in the sky?" I didn't know what she meant so I asked her to explain and then she said: "Well, are there any countries in the world that are just kind of, in the sky?" I was so confused that I just sat there in silence but eventually she says "I mean, is there land on the earth in the sky where people live that are countries?" At that point I just gave up and said "no" and she replied "oh, okay" so reassuringly

[deleted] , Jeremy Thomas Report

Final score:

200points

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Rikke Visby Wickberg 3 years ago

I had a classmate from the big city. At a school trip we went outside at night. She was surprised to see stars. She thought it was special effects in movies and ig pictures to make it look less dark.

98points

#28

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Work in retail. Guy comes in. He looks pretty average. Has a nice suit, nice glasses, well kept hair. Above average I guess.
He's looking for a particular stock pot that the store carries and I bring him over to where they're kept.
He begins to stare at the box, a deeply troubled look emerges slowly on his face as he places his hand on his chin.
The box art depicts the pot in use, with some photoshopped water and a corn cob bobbing out of it (this is relevant, trust me).
After about 10 seconds of him staring perplexedly at the box I ask, "Anything else I can help you with?"
He replies, sounding confused, "So... this thing can only be used to cook corn?"

I stared blankly at him. Was he fucking with me? His vexed demeanor told me no, he was indeed concerned about the product's potentially limited use.

I honestly have no idea how long I was speechless. It felt like minutes. I couldn't speak. No one is that dumb, right?

He eventually says, "It's ok, I'll figure it out from here", and continued to gaze at the box in hopes of gleaning the answers to the troubles he had encountered.

onionleekdude , Jonathan Cooper Report

Final score:

199points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Oh no, need to shop for stock pot, soup pan, corn pan, spud pan, etc.

87points

#29

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm A girlfriend of a friend of mine asked. “ I wonder what it was like before color”. This chick thought the WORLD WAS BLACK AND WHITE not film.

MissFrybread Report

Final score:

191points

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Xottel 3 years ago

Props to all painters in history.

86points

#30

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Working for a rafting company I’m asked far too often at the end of the float if we are back at the start. Rivers don’t flow in god damn circles!

PenisPlantation , Lindsey Erin Report

Final score:

185points

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

There ARE rafting rides in amusement parks where people are taken around in almost a complete circle, with MASSIVE water pumps to recirculate the water and belts to take the raft back uphill.

34points

#31

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm My current boss asked me to "make the pages smaller" so she can see all of them" she had excel zoomed in to 200% and thought I was just sending things in font 46. This person has been in her position for 12 years. Ugh.

fluffykittenears Report

Final score:

180points

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alex mitchell 3 years ago

My old boss got upset with me, as the spreadsheet I sent him didn't have all the data on it that I had assured him it had. I then had to teach him to scroll down. He did the same thing a week later

98points

lessparanoidandroid Report

#32

I worked in a pizza restaurant when I was 16. They had a pizza they called a UFO pizza. It was just another slab of dough on top of a regular pizza, and it made it look like an orb, hence the name.

One day a guy that worked there was writing down a telephone order, turns around and says "hey guys, how do you spell UFO??" The owner looked mortified and just repeated "youuu eefff ohhh!!". He stared back in silence for a few moments before it hit him.

Final score:

173points

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RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

Youefoh?

39points

#33

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm My twenty-something daughter asked why we never see squirrel eggs. Us parent types responded that's because squirrels are mammals and don't lay eggs like birds do. To which she responded, then show me an infant squirrel / "breastfeeding" squirrel.

This led to a conversation that was much longer than needed to be.

floridianreader Report

Final score:

173points

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Lance LaRocque 3 years ago

The platypus and echidna are mammals that lay eggs.

75points

#34

A woman asked me if gorilla glue was made from real gorillas. I laughed at first, but she was serious. She told me she was vegan and wouldn't use the product if it was made with real gorillas.

KeevanGoliath Report

Final score:

169points

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S. 3 years ago

Yes. The glue is just bajillions of tiny, miniscule gorillas working tirelessly day and night to keep things stuck together.

169points

#35

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm How did we know that they were called dinosaurs?

urbanmark , Jon Butterworth Report

Final score:

168points

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Birgit M 3 years ago

They left sauroglyphics.

223points

#36

Had a lady insist that "the lights outside that you don't plug in and don't have batteries" were not solar lights. She got furious when she asked two more employees who both said solar lights. She then described the solar panel on top of those decorative garden lights, and demanded a manager. Who also told her solar lights.
Yes- she meant solar lights. She came back later, clearly embarrassed and bought some.

Onycophagist Report

Final score:

163points

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A B C 3 years ago

At least she had the dignity to feel embarrassed.

116points

#37

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Literally had a guy ask me yesterday “if I hit the cash back button, does the money come out of my account?”

Dude was like 30 and he thought cash back was just...free money I guess?

Snoino , Eduardo Soares Report

Final score:

161points

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Laura Jones 3 years ago

wherever that machine is I want to use it!

71points

HerrMajorMajorMojor Report

#38

People waking other people and asking if they were sleeping. Widespread stupidity this.

Final score:

155points

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Moosy Girl 3 years ago

Coworker woke me up at 8 this morning to tell me to enjoy my day off. >.<

70points

CaseyDidNothingWrong , Altin Ferreira Report

#39

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm I have a buzz cut. A guy at work recently asked, dead seriously “Do you cut your hair? Or does it only grow that long?”

Final score:

152points

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Łukasz Markuszewski 3 years ago

This pic is beautiful, or model is beautiful or both.

74points

#40

In 8th grade science class, the girl sitting next to me asked - “How do we get into outer space if we have to break through the Earth’s crust?”

She thought we lived in the mantle.

Joshawesome12 Report

Final score:

139points

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Dodo 3 years ago

Age 13-14, for those who don't have 8th grade in their country

81points

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#41

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm "A full moon only happens once every 10 years, right?"

LiteralOtaku , Ganapathy Kumar Report

Final score:

59points

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Robert T 3 years ago

If you live somewhere with a lot of cloud perhaps. ;-)

23points

#42

When I was in college and my flatmate saw my room he asked me in all seriousness: "why is your toilet so clean?".

-ShaiHulud- Report

Final score:

58points

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An Co 3 years ago

The proper response to that question is "Well, I had to scrub all the blood and brains off of it after the incident with my last room mate. No, I can't tell you any more about it, they made me sign an NDA." Hopefully the slob will ask for a new room.

26points

BigAssFashionSense Report

#43

I work at a fast food restaurant.

"How much degreaser I have to put in the oil before it turns back into water?"

Final score:

57points

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Tiger Pearl 3 years ago

Interesting thought process, though.

35points

#44

I've said this one before but I'm a submarine pilot and I give tours of coral reef. This gets asked far more than I expected or ever wanted but when we're sitting 100ft down below in nothing but sand, people have asked, "is that snow?"

Fiesta17 Report

Final score:

57points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Our species is doomed.

35points

#45

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm Not asked, but in high school show choir, we took a trip to Toronto (from the US) for a competition. One girl thought Toronto was in Florida, and only packed bathing suits, shorts, and crop tops.

dougc84 , Astrit Malsija Report

Final score:

55points

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V33333P 3 years ago

I worked with a girl from the US (we're in New Zealand) and she asked me where I was originally from. I told her Ukraine. She was quiet for a bit before confidently confirming "that's the one near Florida right?"

36points

#46

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm The guy ahead of me asked the Chipotle employee, “What’s ‘lay-tuck-ee’?”

It was lettuce. He asked what lettuce was.

yyankee-white , pina messina Report

Final score:

54points

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Robyn 3 years ago

to be fair he could have been illiterate or dyslexic

65points

#47

I used to work at a sub shop and a lady asked me “how much bigger is the 8 inch compared to the 6 inch” I replied with “2 inches”. That was that...

ballinstoner Report

Final score:

53points

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Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago

don't make an adult joke don't make an adult joke don't make an adult joke...

51points

#48

"Are there black people in England?"

SonOfTheShire Report

Final score:

52points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

*facepalm* This is why representation is so important.

29points

#49

“How did we build the mountains?” - my brothers fiance, while we drove through the rockies

irregulargregular Report

Final score:

50points

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Don't Look 3 years ago

Oh dear. Hopefully reproducing won’t be… a goal?

18points

#50

Point to the moon on this map, she was happy she won the argument as I could in fact not point at the moon on a map of the earth.

somebadmeme Report

Final score:

50points

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Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago

Of course you can't point at the moon on a map of the Earth, because there is no moon at daytime! Duh!

22points

#51

I worked at a cafe with white mugs. Crisp white china mugs.

A woman ordered a dark roast coffee and a green tea to stay and then when I slid them to her she looked st them and then back at me with big Bambi eyes

“Which is which?”

CuriousGPeach Report

Final score:

49points

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MarioRossi 3 years ago

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." (Abraham Lincoln)

15points

#52

When I was visiting America a 24 year old girl asked me if Australians speak English.

TylerSchluter Report

Final score:

47points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago (edited)

Had a coworker one time tell our British supervisor how amazed she was at how well he spoke English from just living here in the US 1 year

26points

#53

The homecoming queen at my high school asked me if the Native Americans really existed.

Flannel_Daddy Report

Final score:

46points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I hope you told her that the colonists never existed either, and she came into existence by apparition.

19points

#54

While eating a chicken pot pie, my friend asked me why they didn't make pies with fruit in them instead.

....like regular ass pies.

[deleted] Report

Final score:

46points

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ZAPanda 3 years ago

they do. They're called mince pies and you can get them in the UK and south africa at christmas.

1point

#55

People Share 40 Stupid Questions They Got Asked For Real That Made Them Facepalm In my driver’s ed class the instructor was discussing cardinal directions.

He asked a girl on the front row what direction her house was from here.

She points out the window and he goes “so, West?”

She responds “well, it’s my East because I’m facing you. “

Baltusrol , Bas Peperzak Report

Final score:

45points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

This is a common brain glitch. My husband has left, and other-left. It's just the way his brain works. And, no, we do not let him have the compass.

24points

#56

Student, over the phone: "I can't come to the learning center today. Can you print me some things for me to work on at home?"

Me: "How are you getting them if you can't come in today?"

Student: *hangs up*

katzenlurker Report

Final score:

43points

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Caro Caro 3 years ago

Woops.

1point

#57

My roommate asked me if Radcliffe College at Harvard was named after Daniel Radcliffe.

ReadingRimbaud Report

Final score:

43points

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Mindghost 3 years ago

Yes. And the plants are named after the ex-presidents

12points

#58

A girl at school asked me if Wisconsin was the capital of Texas.... she was confused 'cause she moved to Tx from Wi..... I said "no it's Austin and Wisconsin is a state not a city".... she said "Oooohhhh, thanks!"

We were highschool freshmen, how? Just how? You lived there girl

Askrreeddiitt Report

Final score:

42points

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Wonderful 3 years ago

I live in Texas an I had jury duty and a few of us were chatting while waiting forever to either be called or be sent home. There was this one girl in our little talking group that was around 18-21 years old and we all got to talking about George W. bush who had just been re-elected (yea it was a while ago). This poor girl could not understand that just because he is president doesn’t mean he is mayor of every city in the us. Can you imagine what the workload of that would be? Mayor of every city in America. At the end of the day as we were all leaving she offered me adderall if I wanted some. Like it’s candy or something. Still in the courthouse walking to the doors to leave.

14points

#59

My wife and I were watching The Martian and she looked over at me and asked if it was based on a true story

I_knowthetruth Report

Final score:

42points

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Arthur Waite 3 years ago

That's a real compliment to Matt Damon and the producers of that movie. I wonder what she thinks of Gone With the Wind?

11points

#60

Not me, but it’s such a dumb question I have to share. A classmate of mine in my sophomore year of High School asked my Biology teacher something so dumb it’s stuck with me for 10 years. She was clearly arguing with someone in the back of the class and my teacher finally stopped them and asked what was going on. Now this girl was known to everyone as a bit of a dunce, but this was astounding. She looked at my teacher with this smug-ass smirk and said “Can you settle this argument for us since you’re a science teacher? A biologist doesn’t study biology, right? These guys keep trying to tell me they do.” My teacher went wide-eyed and had to leave the room for what felt like 5 minutes.

This girl already said a lot of really stupid stuff in the 6 years I went to school with her, but this was the one that always stuck out to me.

MariachiMacabre Report

Final score:

41points

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

I understand her question and that she couldn't articulate it. She's thinking they had to study biology to become biologists, and then theIr jobs were to apply what they had learned. She probably wasn't stupid but had executive function issues.

6points

#61

When I was working in second level IT support, I reset a user's password to Start123. I told her, "Your temporary password is Start123 with a capital S."

I was asked, "How do you make a capital S?"

Somenerd_x Report

Final score:

41points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

I love teaching new computer users. I wish I could have her in a class. In one of my classes, students were so afraid of "pop ups," that we spent 90 minutes practicing opening and closing various windows and menus.

18points

#62

This one guy asked me how to "un-off" something.

Spyer2k Report

Final score:

40points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

His brain knew he wanted to communicate something but couldn't quite think of the word.

31points

#63

It's not so much what she said. But when adult me was having a conversation with my adult sister, it came about the island we grew up on. And now both of us in the "big" city, what I've learned and appreciated from our "islandly lifestyle"... She had no clue what I was on about, in all her life she had never registered that we grew up on a island! Small as it was.

She's the most intelligent person I know. Very academic. But she never realised, no matter where we looked we could see water. Granted, there was a bridge to mainland... But still.

flyingmops Report

Final score:

39points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

She’s gonna fall off the edge one of these days.

11points

#64

"Do jews wear that hat because they're hiding bald spots"

Dank_Scone Report

Final score:

38points

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Marcellus II 3 years ago

And Moses chiselled on an 11th commandment, "Thou shalt not have shiney heads".

73points

#65

I worked in a sub shop for many years. I had a guy look at me and ask me how big a 12 inch sub is. I just looked at him and said 12 inches. He just nodded and said ok like I had just imparted some new and secret knowledge on him.

mamasmurf1978 Report

Final score:

37points

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Attila Ángyán 3 years ago

Maybe he wanted to see the bread? I have no clue how big is 12 inches, even if its given in centimeters its just hard to imagine or there is nothing to compare...

1point

#66

My wife asked me why the lightning was red. I replied, “honey, those are fireworks.”

Sarnick18 Report

Final score:

37points

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Sawdust 3 years ago

"Darn, Independence Day celebrations cancelled by a thunderstorm *again*!"

10points

#67

hands student exam

"Which questions do I answer?"

JreamInJapanese Report

Final score:

34points

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Aman Varkkey 3 years ago

Take paper back

21points

#68

"Does Windows 7-sticker on my computer slow it down if I have Windows 10?"

Temets Report

Final score:

33points

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John L 3 years ago

Yes...yes it does.

18points

#69

I once asked someone to look to the left of something on her screen. She asked "My left or your left?"

kybarsfang Report

Final score:

31points

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Steve Wilson 3 years ago

I am an instructor in Oklahoma. I take for granted that when I say “left” my next words will be “the other left”.

30points

#70

Is "for sale" one word or two? Came from my boss

CiabattaBun Report

Final score:

31points

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Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago

It's three, duh!

7points

#71

My daughter asked me a couple days ago if a duck is a bird. She’s 13.

[deleted] Report

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30points

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RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

That one is on you I'm afraid.

47points

#72

“The USA is in California right?”

grogthebarbarb Report

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30points

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V33333P 3 years ago

It's the state next to Earth

35points

#73

I'm working the IT help desk.

"Do you guys have any of those wireless internet cables??"

Blank stare ensued while I waited for her to understand the request... Then I said it's already plugged in...

kotobaaa Report

Final score:

29points

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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago

Well you need some sort of cable to install the router.

5points

#74

When scheduling an appointment for someone I asked if they could come at noon. They asked me what time noon was.

chelsaratops Report

Final score:

28points

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Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

Well, English not being my first language, I learned that pretty late in my life. I do have a pretty unremarkable accent so sometimes people think I am just stupid (like asking when is "Thursday" in the week). Maybe it was the case here too, who kows

29points