Stupidist things youve heard people say

[Vault101]

I dont mean this to be a hate thread...people both smart and dumb somtimes say the most hilarious things

my example is from my mum a couple of days ago....we were in the city and I met up with her and dad after visiting the comicbook store, I took one out while we were waiting for my brother and she casually asked

"do you read them?"

I had to pause and then say "no...I throw them in the trash" she then said "well I dont know mabye you just looked at the pictures" she then addmitted it was a pretty dumb thing to say

 

[Rawne1980]

"Where is the flame" said my 20 year old step daughter when I turned on the electric oven.

 

[Dangit2019]

One of my classmates said that lightning came from the ground, and was adamant about it even after being shown a video of it striking from the sky.

 

[roushutsu]

"Wait, Julius Caesar was real?! I thought he was a Shakespearean character!"

I shit you not, a girl in my high school English class said that.

 

[Alfador_VII]

One of my classmates said that lightning came from the ground, and was adamant about it even after being shown a video of it striking from the sky.

You know, he's not technically wrong. Lightning is formed from "leaders" that travel up and down at the same time, and when they meet, we get the bright flash of lightning, which does normally go from cloud to ground.

There is also ground to cloud lightning sometimes though, from tall buildings.

 

[DoPo]

I'll paraphrase it: "If we move the PC to the next room, would we still have all our files on it?" - this might have been the stupidest question I've been asked. I don't think it's the actual stupidest thing, I've heard though - yeah, some people aren't that good with technology (even though these ones had a PC for more than a year...) but I recall somebody in school was answering questions in a biology class and said that one...I dunno, thing (I think it was some sort of worm) lived in wet water only. And another classmate of mine on a Maths exam, had to calculate what was the volume of a barrel 2 metres high and 1 metre in diameter. He got half a litre and apparently he was satisfied with that answer.

 

[the clockmaker]

While discussing the Australian military with a female friend of mine, she asked why we had the royal Australian navy and the royal Australian air force but not a Royal Australian army. In itself this was a far question and the answer that we all agreed upon was that some corps of the Australian army have not been granted the title Royal and the force cannot take the title until all of them have it. For contrast, Royal Australian Armored Corps to Australian Corps of intelligence.

She then asked why intelligence did not have the title, itself a fair question that me and my friends did not know the answer too. One of them had heard an old wives tale that it was because the queen did not approve of gentlemen snooping about, which, whether it was true or not, was at least deemed interesting.

She then took that notion and asked if that was the same reason that the CIA was not the Royal CIA, which was not a fair question.

 

[aba1]

"Where is the flame" said my 20 year old step daughter when I turned on the electric oven.

I could see someone being confused if they have never heard of a electric stove before. I mean I have never used a electric stove yet and I am 23.

 

[Rose and Thorn]

Bullies saying bully things. Nothing is more stupid to me than when a person puts another person down for no reason. Bullies in highschool are among the the stupidest people I have ever encountered, the things they say make me laugh at them. A hate filled, laugh of menace.

I'll paraphrase it: "If we move the PC to the next room, would we still have all our files on it?" - this might have been the stupidest question I've been asked.

Haha, thanks for that one. Made me laugh!

 

[Kenbo Slice]

I was trying to hit on this cute girl who was wearing a Green Lantern shirt and the conversation went just like this:

Me: "I like your shirt, are you really into Green Lantern?"

Her: "Yeah!"

Me: "Who's your favorite Green Lantern?"

Her: "Ryan Reynolds."

 

[Sudden Thunder]

Two things my (28 yr old) girlfriend said. "do calves come out of a cows ass? And "do dogs nipples only appear when pregnant?" Otherwise shes a genius.

 

[Zhukov]

Pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but...

"A fish is not animal, it's a fish!"

This was from a fully grown adult.

 

[krazykidd]

Me ,my girlfriend and a friend of mine were chilling at my house . My friend just got extentions in her hair . My girlfriend told her it looked good and asked the dumbest question .

" Did they tie the extention to your hair or stitch it to your head?"

She was serious . This is a woman who is 31 years of age , and has been to the hairdresser numerous time . My friend , being polite said it was tied to her hair . Me , i look at my friend and say :" this , this is my girlfriend ".

 

[NightmareExpress]

"That 99% thing is bullshit, there's nobody going hungry on the streets"
"I just can't imagine myself being anybody but me, because I like being me"

Both of these were spoken by the same individual talking to a friend while at the bus-stop on two separate days (about a year ago). A lad of about 17/18 if I were to guess. If I recall, school was full of people saying stupid things all the time...in fact, I'd imagine that there are far too many examples for me to really choose from.

I guess I had a friend at one point (in response to if he had ever made an Irish Cream) say;
"I can't make cream, I'm not a farmer".

 

[McMullen]

One of my classmates said that lightning came from the ground, and was adamant about it even after being shown a video of it striking from the sky.

He was right. Ground-to-cloud lightning is a thing. It's documented.


Don't be so quick to judge if you are no expert yourself.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

Anything political outside of an actual debate. Doesn't matter what it is about or if I agree with it, most of the time people try to sound superior and belittle the input of those that may disagree with them. It often is less about trying to make an argument that could change people's minds and more about proving themselves right. That is why I generally don't talk politics, if only because I prefer to debate properly, as equals, instead of the resentful shouting matches that generally result from most "discussions."

Captcha: dueling banjos

If only it could be so easily solved...

 

[IFS]

I remember I was at the zoo years ago and there were a couple of girls who had to be at least in their late teens looking at a display containing poison dart frogs, and I heard one of them seriously ask "How do they throw darts?"

I've probably heard stupider things than this, but it comes to mind.

 

[his1nightmare]

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

 

[Servbot 24]

"I wish I was Hanukkan so I could celebrate Hanukkah."

 

[AlbertoDeSanta]

Pretty much whenever someone says "Wait, [insert fictional event here] was real?!?!? OMG". Most commonly, Titanic. It just makes me ponder why we've somehow got 7 Billion+ people still alive.