Idiots, we all know one.

[historybuff]

I'm in college. I was talking to some friends about World War II, one of the girls pipes up--she'd been quiet this entire time--and says, "When did this happen?"

And I kind of did a double-take and said, "Huh?"

She says, "This war--when was it? Who was the Axis?"

I thought she was messing around but I answered, "World War two, y'know. Late 1930s, early 1940s."

"Was America in that one?"

"....yes? On the Allies side."

"Who were they?"


She had no clue. And she had gone to a private school all her life, while I had only ever gone to public school. I made everyone else be quiet and took about ten minutes to give her a very quick rundown of World War II and all the major players and what sides they were on. I was just absolutely dumbfounded that she could be in college and not know anything about World War II. So much so that I did not let her leave the table until I had explained it to her (though that's probably because I am a History major).

 

[Punisher A.J.]

in RE, we were learning about Capital Punishment.
A girl in my class raised her hand and asked:
"Could getting the death sentence, like, actually... like... kill you?"

Oh, come on, there's no way.

you have no idea how much I wish I was joking about that. the girl who said it used to be my best friend & super intelligent when we were younger and it was terrible seeing her say something so dim.

Wow. That's really sad. I could picture a few people I know saying it too, though, now that I think about it.

Wait you can die by death sentence... no one told me...this is madness... I thought the judge was joking, come on thats murder... right? To think that one harmless little sentence can kill you.(end of sarcasm)

my response would be. "no of course not, here give it a shot"

 

[Guitar Gamer]

Idiot 1:"What do you mean 'Chemistry'"?

Idiot 2:"Is the Great Wall of China the same as the Berlin Wall?"

Idiot 3: "If a whale have a blowhole, wouldn't it make a great hooker?"

Idiot 4 (and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 55, 9 gazillion): "Your Mom"

Get my point?

your kidding with idiot 4!!!
and 2 right? there's no way

well I was trying to defend a girl (not in the literal physical way more of a argument thing) who had everyone convinced that she was the archetype of "dumb blond", I told them she was just a little oblivious at times because anyone would know what [insert something that every given person who can feed and dress themselves would know] is. her resonpse was of course "............."
I stopped after that, now you may think that it's a litttle lame not to specify what I daid that she didn't know but it was such a largely known and common thing that I can't specify over the thousands of stupid things I know

Idiots stay silent. Smart people ask questions - no matter how stupid the questions might be, not everyone starts at level 60 (and fuck the rest of WoW expansion references).

we're not talking about the level 1's, we're talking about those who used Intelligence as a dump stat (my D&D reference retort to your reference)

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Anyone who sits with you and watches a film in utter silence in a trance like focus, then asking you what just happened. Just an example.

 

[A Weary Exile]

"His parents died, which means his parents are dead."

Duh?

"Spartacus built Sparta"

I could see someone making an honest mistake like that, still stupid though.

"A guild is a guild.....a guild is a man"

....what?

"Crusaders took Jerusalem from the Roman Legion"

*Bzzt* Wrong! They're only about a couple of hundreds of years off.

"Saint Peter betrayed Jesus for a handful of gold"

Wow, just...come on, I've never even read the bible and I know who betrayed Jesus.

[small]Psst! It's Judas![/small]

"When Jesus was a kid, he didn't know he would become Jesus"

What he should've said was "He didn't know he was the son of God." Dumbass.

OP: I have these three stoner kids in my web design class, their every word is laced with lethal levels of idiocy.

I can't think of an "idiot" similar to those some of you provided. Maybe that's because Canadian school system, with its flaws, is better then the bucket of fail some of you get in US. Creationism? Seriously?

Coming from someone who lives in the south (Florida) I've never attended a school that taught creationism.

 

[half asleep]

the bigest idiot here has to be me ,i remeber one time looking at the moon and thinking to myself that that was one huge star (for the recored it was 3am but it still dosen't excuse my stupidity)

 

[Spaghetti]

When I was taking Design and Technology for my GCSE's years ago, there was the greatest idiot in the world.

Now, I'm going to assume that everyone understands that Welding involves a torch that produces a large flame.
Well, said idiot approached us one day in this DT class and asked Hey Guys! Can you Weld Wood?. It was the first time I've seen three people simultaneously facepalm.

Same guy produced the wonderful theory that William the Conquerer used Trained Bears at the Battle of Hastings.

 

[geldonyetich]

I don't consider myself an idiot, but I did get a class-wide acknowledgment of potential idiocy when we were discussion Argentina and I'm like, "hmm, isn't that where we went to fight the Taliban?"

No. At least I got the first letter and syllables right.

 

[NeonV]

We were re-planting basil plants in a "life-enriching class" today. So the teacher is demonstrating how to do this and puts compost into the the plant pot to which idiot 1 exclaims "THERE'S SOIL COMING OUT THE BOTTOM SIR! THE PLANT POT IS BROKED!" not knowing that plant pot are indeed supposed to have holes at the bottom.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

My idiot thinks he can dent the air with a hammer and survive a bullet wound to the face. No lie

 

[RanD00M]

"His parents died, which means his parents are dead. "
"Spartacus built Sparta"
"A guild is a guild.....a guild is a man"
"Crusaders took Jerusalem from the Roman Legion"
"Saint Peter betrayed Jesus for a handful of gold"
"When Jesus was a kid, he didn't know he would become Jesus"

History Class back in highschool

I want to see this/these person/people right now and kill him/her/them.

Wall-o-text was here

That is probably the most awesome teacher ever.

 

[Caligulove]

I used to work at a coffee shop. and thats all I need to say or that story

back in middle school, this girl suddenly realized "ohhh so Greenland is an island?" and everyone just was silent and didnt say thing.

Later in high school at a party, when we were all drunk, we sat down and were setting up a game of beer pong, when this same girl just suddenly took her clothes off... and then said to us all "oh.. I thought we were playing strip poker.."
FUN FACT: I've been told this has happened again. I think that girl just hates clothes (we were not complaining)

 

[ljd184]

one of my friends is a idiot every so often .
some of the things hes said
after explaining the space helicopter. "ok but want it fall "

and after explaining how in space you can't fall "but wont it go to the nearest object .

 

[Saraphim]

Idiot - "Is that your natural haircolour?"
Me - "Yeah..?"
I - "No, I mean, Did you colour it?"
M - "No, this is my real one"
I - "But seriously, did you colour it?"
M - It went on for about a week until she finally understood...

Also, a tourist was asking me for directions... It went something like this...
T - "Excuse me, do you know where [Location~!] is?
M - "Yeah, its right there" *Points at [Location~!]*
T - "Oh no, I'm not that dumb! Where is it REALLY?"
M - *Points at [Location~!] once more* "There...?"
T - "Stop trying to trick me and just tell me where it is, else I'm going to have to call the police and have you arrested"

He was American. He then grabbed my arm and started shouting for a police officer ._.' Until someone explained to him that [Location~!] was indeed 10 metres away!

 

[darkless]

My albino friend: Ah I'm gonna need a lift home it's too sunny I'm going to burn
Me: That's what you get for being an albino
Freind1: That's mean don't say that
AF: It's OK I am albino
F1: No, your not you're just pale
AF: No, I'm albino you fool
F2: What's an albino I don't keep up with the latest music?
Me: *Facepalm snort*

Neither of these guys are actually idiots I think they had just shut they're brains off after our software development class.

 

[Aerodyamic]

If, at any point, you are completely unable to identify the idiot in your immediate area, it's you.

 

[Keepitclean]

"The vietnam war was a civil war fought in korea"-My Society and Environment teacher in yr 10
"if you are travelling faster your reaction time is longer in time"- above teacher

He also for 3 hours a week he would recite the same small amount of information about the vietnam war he learned from a 40 minute video, he did this for 12 weeks in the last 8 weeks of the year he just put documentaries about the vietnam war on the tv and wen to sleep. Biggest Idiot eVEr.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

You'd be surprised at the amount of people in our school who don't know who Mahatma Gandhi is.

Also:

"There are no volcanoes in England because all the lava flows to the bottom of the Earth." Taken verbatim.

 

[Tharwen]

"Je m'appelle la toilette, s'il vous plait?"

Also, why exactly is the paper question stupid?