"That Was Deep!" "No, You're Just Stupid."

[R4ptur3]

- My cousin once said that there were no deserts in africa. my other cousin, who is the brother of the idiot cousin just mentioned, couldnt spell fruit until about 2 years ago, in which he would of been 15.
- I was watching TV with my mum and there was a question on it which was what flag has a blue background and a white cross (scotland). she had to say ireland , followed by wales until i had to tell her what it was. we live in England.
- My aunt thought tunisia was in Asia, even though she went there with her family 2 weeks before i asked this.
If i sat here for an hour i could think of so many.
- And heres one by me!
I turned my head pretty sharpish and said to one of my friends, "Wow thats a big dog". my mate had to tell me it was a horse. Thank you very much for this thread reminding me of that. Im just gonna go smash my face into a door for a little while.

 

[Rawker]

I've been asked how long the bus ride from Australia to America is

It takes forever to travel underwater, lemme tell ya.

I was in my religion class (Catholic school, don't flame me bro.) And we talking about the whole God all knowing/How is there a choice? Paradox. And I casually put in my analogy "Why can cars go over the speed limit? Because its our choice." And the stare at me like my motherboard is showing. "Did you think of that?" I was asked afterwards. Wasn't that deep....

That and I made a hispanic girl who was being overly sensitive about her race seem racist to white people in front of a teacher. classic.

 

[Iron Mal]

[EDIT] Hold on, I forgot one:
I was watching the news (there's a dumb move for you) and they were doing a segment on how these new eco-friendly lightbulbs have mercury vapor in them, and how people don't seem to know how dangerous it is to break them. To demonstrate the public ignorance (and how!) they did one of those street shout-out things, where they walked up to this one young woman (who may have been pregnant) and asked her if she knew there was mercury in the lightbulbs, and the effects of mercury poisoning. Her response: "Umm...can't it give you Downes' Syndrome?" Yes, lady, mercury has the magical ability to form an extra chromosome in each of your cells.

I don't think that one is a case of outright stupidity to be honest (for starters, it would be unreasonable to expect every random person on the streets to have a scientific knowledge of both the properties of mercury and the causes of Downes' syndrome). Also, if she was pregnant then she might have been referring to a risk to her child rather than herself (certain substances can cause lasting damage to an embryo), which is an understandable concern (even if she wasn't accurate or concise).

 

[Doitpow]

ANYTIME someone asks the question of
"if a tree falls and no ones around to hear it, does it make a sound???" *deep, wide eyed look of a "wise saying*
... of course it fucking does.

Except...no...it doesn't, because a sound is a creation of your brain, a cognitive reaction to the disturbing of hairs in your ear.

o.p. The whole, 'Brain is a parasite living in your body' thing. It confuses and iritates me.

 

[reg42]

My friend was playing some Zynga game and was talking to this girl and her boyfriend over chat. When he said he was South African the boyfriend asked "So do you guys have internet there". I mean... Just wow.

 

[elementsoul]

The first day of my chemistry class last year. I was helping this hot girl with some basic questions from the text book when one we had a demonstration and explanation of not five minutes before hand. The question stated that oxygen gas reignited the match that was put out. It then stated that hydrogen gas makes the flame burn brighter/pop. It then asked what gas would be produced for the flame to be extinguished. Well after some very obvious hints and a lot of loose of faith in humanity on my part she made a guess at what extinguished the flame. She guessed that it was water because water puts out fires. I would have laughed but it was way to painful to hear that being said. I think had to explain to here that it was carbon dioxide and why her answer was wrong. It took me ten minutes before she gave up on it herself.


Also I saw a kid in my class crash his mom's car into a tree while she was teaching him how to drive. He sent it a good 200 meters across the parking lot going about 30km/h and wrecked the car. No one was hurt but the kid apparently forgot where the brake pedal was and hit the gas for the whole distance. The wheels were still turning while the car was stuck in the tree as he still hadn't removed his foot from the pedal for about ten seconds after the crash.

 

[Akalistos]

I know that for most people, it a urban myth but i actually know (personally) someone who ask at a McDonald a CHeeseburger without cheese.
*snip*

Happens all the time. It's actually cheaper that way at some stores.

EDIT for clarity: Cheaper than ordering a hamburger.

Not really, i have a friend in the fast-food industry. We laughed at her (oups!) and he said that they charge for a normal hamburger is they are in a good mood, or they do the cheeseburger and charge extra to remove the cheese when they feel like... You know!

Edit: And that if they take you seriously. I wonder where it woud be cheaper.

 

[Kraj]

A mate of mine once said red cars go faster. Seriously. We were in Year ten I believe.

He explained it that it was because red paint is lighter.

We have never let him live it down.

woah. woah. RED THINGS DO GO FASTER. that is a proven fact...... i wish it were anyway. but i like the sound of this guy.

hmm. i avoid stupid people so, i have no stories to add :-/

 

[Mighty Lighty]

My physics teacher once over heard two girls talking about how they were tired of taking these stupid pills before butting in a saying "well there working"

 

[GrinningManiac]

A very intellegent (normally) friend of mine once got into an argument with me because he couldn't tell the difference between a joke and a whole standup routine

To clarify:

I was talking about how Robin Williams used to get into trouble for stealing other comedians' acts (or parts of them). My friend (who we shall call Jay) couldn't see what was wrong with that. After a bit of grappling with his argumental style (instead of communicating, he seems to think that saying "I'm right" ends AND wins a debate) I discovered that he seemed to think copying a bit out of another comedian's act was basically the same as him telling me a joke he heard from someone else

I had to explain to him that firstly: That guy made up the joke and spent time on it and it's usually personal to his experiences or imagination. Secondly: He's a comedian, jokes are his livelihood. Taking one of his jokes and using it in your own act (which people pay to see) is basically getting rich off that guy's work. It's plagarism

Problem is, is that he's sitting next to a girl he fancies (the sad part is that he thinks noone knows he fancies the girl) and therefore subconciously decides that loosing the debate would be detrimental to his chances with said girl. So, when he's leaving, he decides to make a joke about me, saying that he daren't say anything incase I shout at him for plagarising words other people have said like "the" and "and". This is another problem with him: He has the childhood belief that having the last word in an argument equates to victory, regardless of what was actually said.

It wasn't a big deal, we didn't fall out or anything. He's long since forgotten about it. But I have a nasty habit of hating ignorant people and holding grudges, so (in a very small way) our relationship, to me, has fractured a little

I'm getting a tad scornful writing this now, for example

 

[SimuLord]

[SNIP]


You know, you come off a lot worse than her in that story.

I read that story as, "If you want me to do it, you'll have to whore yourself to me for it. Too bad you're not my type." Basically, an epic burn rather than him seriously asking her to do that. >_>

More like "You're a hot little thing but you're totally not worth it to me."

 

[Lullabye]

"Terry Fox, wasn't he, like, the guy who ran around the world?"-Dumbass: social studies class, 1st year senior high
Don't feel bad if you haven't heard of the name, it's mainly a Canadian thing, but Terry Fox is one of the greatest people to walk the face of this earth, and that kind of blatant stupidity is an insult to him and every thing he's done.

 

[ohellynot]

One of my favorite exchanges from college.
Friend 1, "Ian": Hey, well... could God make another God, since he's all powerful and all knowing?"
Friend 2, "Charlie": "....shut the fuck up, Ian"


ANYTIME someone asks the question of
"if a tree falls and no ones around to hear it, does it make a sound???" *deep, wide eyed look of a "wise saying*
... of course it fucking does.

*a lot of philosophy majors I know in college... most are just quiet hipster jack offs who think that a goatee and pursuit of a useless degree makes them deep

I always counter it with "Well, if nobody is around to hear it, therefore nobody is around ot observe it, we can't determine whether the tree fell or not, as is stated by the rules of quantum mechanics."

That'll throw them off.

Oh wow, just wow.

 

[HandfulofWolf]

Girl in my english class thought Thesaurus were extinct.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

in my junior year of high school we once made a person who never uttered a curse word do the I am Sofa King We Todd ed bit but she still denies to this day we made her "fuck"

i am confused as fuck by this, can please explain in more clarity?

Sofa king is phonetically similar to "so fucking" in some dialects. The entire bit is attempting to get someone to sound out "I am so fucking retarded." I say "dialects," but this really works with "jersey girl."

Ohh, okay. When I read it, it looked like the grammar train crashed halfway through his sentence.

 

[SovietSecrets]

in my junior year of high school we once made a person who never uttered a curse word do the I am Sofa King We Todd ed bit but she still denies to this day we made her "fuck"

You just made me wanna listen to Danger Doom. Good job!

 

[FISHFINGERS]

Back when I was playing "Phantasy Star Online"

Me: Where are you from?
Him: boston ma
Him: where are you from
Me: Britain
Him: huh
Me: Great Britain
Him: huh
Me: England
Him: huh
Me: UK
Him: huh
Me: United Kingdom
Him: huh
Me: You know the war of independence?
Him: yeah
Me: My country came in second place

To this day I still get a chuckle out of this.

 

[Dapsen]

a girl in my geography class (it really does seem to be only girls o.o) asked the teacher:
"isnt it warm on the south pole? I mean its the most southern part of earth!" [HEADING=1] *Eyeroll, facepalm, facedesk* [/HEADING]

 

[mr-fix_it]

My friend was playing some Zynga game and was talking to this girl and her boyfriend over chat. When he said he was South African the boyfriend asked "So do you guys have internet there". I mean... Just wow.

So they only got WOW in south Africa and not normal internet?(they gotta stop that AIDS somehow
so WOW is actually a good idea) [/sarcasm]

OT:
There was a girl in my mates school who wanted to draw the sun in natural size on the soccer field...*facepalm*

 

[Palademon]

I have been told quite alot that I use "geek" words and that I must sit down and read the dictionary even though anyone with common sense would know increasing word power through less common synonamous words would work better with thesaurus.

And for future reference, if they ever say "That was deep!", tell them that's what she said.