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What's the dumbest thing you've ever heard someone say?
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dark_chris
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I work for a computer store, and I get the question, "Do you anything about computers?"
I'm actually brave enough to laugh in front of them.
I'm actually brave enough to laugh in front of them.
Newfoundland. huh. theres more of us here.
When I was about 19, I was talking to a guy in his late 40's (who had several leadership positions in my church) about my college classes. I told him I was taking Italian, and he said, "Oh, that's neat. So what do you learn in that class, French? Is that what they speak?" I had to explain to him that they spoke Italian in Italy, not French. Italian is its own language.
shinobi602
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I have a friend from Lebanon and we were hanging out on campus.
Some dumbass asked him "So do you speak Islam?"
*facepalm*
Some dumbass asked him "So do you speak Islam?"
*facepalm*
triplestation
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''Are lizards warm blooded or hot blooded''
Devolution
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In highschool I had a puerto rican boyfriend (still on the island). We had just got past the Spanish American War in US history and acquiring Puerto Rico as a territory then later making it a commonwealth. Despite this just about every idiot in my class asked me "will your boyfriend need a green card when he visits for prom?"
malingenie
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That's pretty stupid and not even a proper sentence.
CoffeeExpress
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I know a girl (about 22) who asked "Are mutants real?" after watching the first X-Men movie. and she was serious.
My senior year of High School I was in Honers Chemistry II and there was this girl with out any common sense. Not an ounce. The class, including the teacher, convinced her there were Unicorns at the zoo. They are just so rare that people think they are fake. She went to the zoo to look for them one weekend.
About a month ago during one of the March Madness games the other team's band was chanting "Where's your green card?" to a player from Puerto Rico. They lost the game and their scholarships!
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Like the hat?
Banned
Fellow student in a class I was taking, making small talk: "so [teacher], what part of India are you from?"
Teacher: "Pakistan."
I also had a biology teacher that didn't believe in evolution. Ah, community college.
Teacher: "Pakistan."
I also had a biology teacher that didn't believe in evolution. Ah, community college.
Devolution
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That made me laugh and reminded me of my own dumb experience for sure.
malingenie
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This is the funniest thing I've heard today!
A friend of mine from college married a guy who moved from Puerto Rico when he was a small child. For their honeymoon they went back to visit his extended family. My friend AND her husband keep saying how exciting it was to go on vacation to another country!
It's called Chrome...
My brother had a really stupid friend in high school about 13 years ago who constantly asked dumb questions. This included:
"If you were strong enough, do you think you could lift a house?"
"Have you noticed that the graphics in Pokemon [Red/Blue] look a lot like the graphics in Earthbound? Oh well, they're both Japanese."
"If you were strong enough, do you think you could lift a house?"
"Have you noticed that the graphics in Pokemon [Red/Blue] look a lot like the graphics in Earthbound? Oh well, they're both Japanese."
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
you've got to be joking.
Power Glove
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Just a moment ago I was walking past this table some student organization set up and they were shouting about some upcoming event.
"This is a good opportunity to connect with your fellow classmates!"
"And there will be free food!"
"And free girls!"
*audible gasp from other student org promoters*
The "free girls" part came from a girl.
"This is a good opportunity to connect with your fellow classmates!"
"And there will be free food!"
"And free girls!"
*audible gasp from other student org promoters*
The "free girls" part came from a girl.
Devolution
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It feels like another country but yeah it's not x_x.
I had another one I wanted to share. Again, about another idiot in high school (There were lots of dumb people where I went to school)
My history teacher was passing back papers to our class one day. I forgot why, but she asked everyone who made above a 80 to raise their hands. This girl in my class (Quite possibly the dumbest girl at our school, I might add) looked around super confused and with the most serious face, asked the teacher "My paper isn't graded, it's just got 'LL' on it" (Obviously a 77 read upside down).
I thought my teacher was going to throw herself out a window with that one.
My history teacher was passing back papers to our class one day. I forgot why, but she asked everyone who made above a 80 to raise their hands. This girl in my class (Quite possibly the dumbest girl at our school, I might add) looked around super confused and with the most serious face, asked the teacher "My paper isn't graded, it's just got 'LL' on it" (Obviously a 77 read upside down).
I thought my teacher was going to throw herself out a window with that one.
Well, to be fair, that kind-of happens in Fallout. People walking around with mutated cows, clanging pots and wares. =P
Edit: Then again, that was after nuclear war, not running out of oil. hmph on me.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
You see this as a dumb thing for people to say. I see this as an opportunity to mis-educate people. "Yes, he will. And ladies, remember, he only speaks Portugese."
JoshuaJSlone
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"Are the stars above or below the clouds?" This was during an elementary school trip to a planetarium, though it was an adult not in our group asking it.
Devolution
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I never did properly get my troll on in highschool. I regret that the most.
Quadrangulum
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I was dining with a friend when he marveled at the size of the moon because it was supposed to be full the day before. I didn't know why he was saying that so I just ignored the remark. This happened again the following evening. I realized then that he was under the impression that the moon jumps instantly to the new phase after it's full.
In grade school, a classmate of mine remarked that the Swiss should be ashamed for naming the Matterhorn after the Disneyland ride without our permission.
At a HS debate tournament, one of the impromptu contestants, who received the topic "tuna," gave a thirty second speech on how she doesn't get the saying "chicken of the sea" and that she hates tuna.
In grade school, a classmate of mine remarked that the Swiss should be ashamed for naming the Matterhorn after the Disneyland ride without our permission.
At a HS debate tournament, one of the impromptu contestants, who received the topic "tuna," gave a thirty second speech on how she doesn't get the saying "chicken of the sea" and that she hates tuna.
Mercury Fred
Banned
"I'm voting Republican."
what's wrong with that. Not all hospitals are medical schools. Or was it more of an outrage that a hospital could be tied to a medical school?
Honestly some of these things aren't that dumb and sounds more like quotes out of context, or people misspeaking.
for example I know puerto rico is part of the US as a commonwealth but I wouldn't put it past me to misspeak and call it a country.
TheOnlyMook
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My brother told me one time that his new laptop was good because it had Bing on it. Me and my dad had a good laugh
Holy shit. I've laughed out loud many times in this thread but this one absolutely slayed me. Forgetting a letter. GOD DAMN!
IAmtheFMan
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Friend's GF: Wow, so is this the Michigan Ocean?
Me: Um... you mean Lake Michigan?
FGF: That's not a lake, it's an ocean.
Me: Uh, no it's a lake. It's a big lake, but it's a lake.
FGF: Yeah, right. Come on, you can't see the other side. It's an ocean.
Me: ...
Me: ...
Me: fine whatever.
Me: Um... you mean Lake Michigan?
FGF: That's not a lake, it's an ocean.
Me: Uh, no it's a lake. It's a big lake, but it's a lake.
FGF: Yeah, right. Come on, you can't see the other side. It's an ocean.
Me: ...
Me: ...
Me: fine whatever.
GurgleBot20
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"Movies before the 70s are extremely dated and unwatchable."
IpsoFacto
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It was the former. I didn't know that hospitals could have medical schools too. She was dumbfounded that I said that.
The whole Puerto Rico thing is also something that I'm confused, but I don't live in the US.
I think that technically, Puerto Rico is part of the US, because the President has authority over the local goverment, but at the same time, it is not a state.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
You know, growing up three blocks from Lake Michigan, bodies of water that I can see across kinda freak me out....
I'm from PR and it gets pretty confusing. We're basically a state to be honest just...not a state? idk. Our highest authority is the President and below that the Governor, just like all states do. Federal law applies to us just like the other 50 states. I'm not sure if there's much of a difference between a state and PR (granted, I don't like in the US). Like I said, a state that's not a state.
You were in the army, It's your job... When I joined and took tanks as my mos, I did not go into it thinking I was driving them as a joy ride. I was trained to kill with it.
I'm assuming you joined the army because like most people, you needed somewhere to go to, somewhere they could help you out financially, etc.
I've never met anyone who has gone to the army thinking "yes! I'm going to get kill people!", of course there is always the exception. Even if you're trained to kill, that was after you already had a moral code, which I'm assuming it was "not to kill". In fact, most people who join the armed forces do not want to go to war.
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