Slowclap awards for genuine stupidity

[Dalek Caan]

Just remembered this now, it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Once are class was given a spelling test and one of the words to spell was Dog. D.O.G = Dog. Yet the teacher decides this is wrong. Writes over my answer and replaces it with....Dog.

 

[baconsarnie]

At a job induction/training thing we were required to fill in some bank details.
One of these is 'Bank name'
Girl next to me: "Hmm, bank name *turns to me* do we just put the name of the bank?"
I nearly died of shame for being associated with her in any way when she said that. This is a job at a theme park where she may end up being responsible for the safety of other people.

 

[Slash12]

Me and my friend where talking about Nazis and Hitler back in High school.
This girl who isn't actually that dumb, asked us "What's Hitler?"

The best one I can think of is similar.

Sitting in the middle of a test next to a girl in my social studies class. We're writing essays and the girl raises her hand. The teacher comes over and the girl asks "Which war was the one with Hitler again?". Facepalmed so hard, and I had to sit next to that all year.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Well I did set my arm on fire... volinterily

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

This, when it was relevant.

http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com/

*Slow clap*

I mean c'mon? They weren't even that "underground" at the time, and they are awesome.

 

[Nuuu]

Gaming related:
While playing WoW, our tank (the guy whose supposed to "taunt" the enemies and take all the damage) didnt do that, and just ran away from enemies once they came close to him. We asked why.
"because I dont want my equipment to break".
This was a guy who managed to reach top level, thats at least 150-hours playtime.

reminds me about how my brother used to tank when he had no idea how to just because it got him into groups quicker. Also reminds me when i was a WoW newb (despite how i was around the 40s or 50s, WoW was a new type of MMO to me) i used to heal groups in dungeons when my build was elemental... i have no idea why those groups never complained.

Also when i did my first dungeon, i blue chest for around lvl 20 dropped, it was mail. A guy told me not to take it because another guy needed it, i ended up taking it anyway. They got mad saying that i wouldnt need that because i can't wear mail yet and someone else needed it. I replied "I'll use it when i get to lvl 40". I facepalmed months later when i realized my mistake.

 

[mattttherman3]

This takes the cake here, I won money because of it.

Friend: I have Zelda for my PS3.

Me: That's impossible, is it hacked?

Friend: No I bought it from walmart the other day.

Me: Bet you 20$ it isn't Zelda

Friend: You just lost 20$ my friend.

Yeah I won 20 bucks that day.

 

[ultrachicken]

Earlier this year, my class was studying 20th century Russia in History class. So, this course obviously came with a lot of time devoted to explaining socialism and communism. The week before final exams, a classmate said, "What's socialism?"

 

[Dwarfman]

Recently at my work place one of the bar staff calls over the radio "Hey guys which country does Mount Kosciuszko beer come from? Is it Belgium or Czech?" Instant face palm from everyone in the kitchen and blank stares from customers.

Mount Kosciuszko is Australia's Highest mountain and the girl on the radio unlike many of the people working at our hotel is Australian. And even if her geography is a bit off, why didn't she just read the label on the stubby?

 

[Dwarfman]

A history teacher asked us where in history we'd go to if we had a time machine.
Some guy answered the holocaust.
Some girl answered the Titanic.
I answered the Battle of Stalingrad
And then a different girl raged and called me and the guy Nazis because we want to go back to that time.
She wanted to go back to 9/11 to warn everybody and tell them to gtfo the building.

Then again, I've had my share fair of being called a Nazi just because i'm an Atheist, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

Certainly not stupid enough to call you a nazi - or a comunist for that matter - but I gotta ask man why the Battle of Stalingrad?

 

[ultrachicken]

Girl in my science class asked if humans have to have oxygen to live, you could hear a pin drop then me laughing teacher just stared. advanced science class

Same girl also asked if you would need a flashlight in space, same reactions.

We have set up a facebook page about the stupid shit she says, it is updated at least once per day.

If you make her intimidated to ask questions, then you're stifling her ability to learn. I suggest you don't do that.

 

[Valiance]

I work at an IT Helpdesk.
Also, I went to high school in the USA.

So I have about 2,000 examples I could go through.

I remember a legit debate happening in class about people who thought America was a continent and Europe was a country.

Also I had a caller TODAY who raged at me about her computer not working and it ended up not being on. Spent 5 minutes trying to explain to her that the power button on the monitor isn't the same as the power button on the tower. She thinks it's a bad design.

 

[Dwarfman]

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/taylor-lautner-fan-letter-to-universal-your-wolfman-ripped-off-twilight-9247

This particular bit of stupidity made me wanna track down this girl and force-feed her my Universal Monsters DVD collection.

And you know she probably thinks that Bram Stoker ripped Stephanie Myers when he wrote Dracula. Just like the group of girls I eavesdroped upon whilst in a book store.

Quote - "What's that?" asks one girl pointing to a book. "Dracula. It's supposed to be about vampires".
"God I hate how everyone tries to copy Stephanie Meyer"

Heaven forbid that Dracula was published in 1897 and first printed as a paperback in 1901

 

[Quextamon]

You know that really spicy stuff called Wasabi that comes with sushi? I tricked my friend into eating that. Four times. In one month.

 

[The Apothecarry]

A girl in my 8th grade history class put a granola bar, while still in it's foil wrapper in the microwave...

I'll repeat that because it bears repeating: She put a foil-wrapped granola bar in the microwave...

Who the fuck microwaves a damn granola bar?!

 

[Serenityrade]

There was this time some guy made a thread to mock the stupidity of people, right? And this hilarious thing was, ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE also joined in and started describing their own examples of how stupid people were.

Little did they realize that, by being complete jerks to people without the ability to defend themselves - solely for the amusement of that person and others - it looked like they didn't see anything wrong with continuing a set of acts...

Slow clap.

...which find humor in the FAILURE AND MISERY of OTHER PEOPLE!

Haha. But you know, I'm being a total spoilsport. =(

 

[Bravo 21]

well a girl in my class asked if there were stars in space. She is in 10th grade. She was also my debate partner for that day, and we were in a debate to do with space. my hope for humanity died just a little bit inside that day