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

[MiracleOfSound]

I knew this one girl who didn't know that Florida yes Florida was a state.

Was it Boxxy by any chance?

 

[T-Bone24]

We were watching Moon in english, and at the point where Sam first leaves the base in a rover, this girl asked, "Wait, so is he on the moon?".

 

[Megacherv]

A girl in my sociology class once though Hawaii was part "the east".

She actually did better than me in sociology and psychology.

Sherlock Holmes knew nothing outside his own specialization; he was unaware that the earth went round the Sun, and furthermore didn't care

What I mean is, people can be clever in certain areas while ignorant in others

Sherlock Holmes never existed.

He has you there

 

[Incompl te]

"Euthanasia? Isn't that like in Africa or something?"

"Why do we need a close tag in HTML?"

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

As an Englishman abroad in Jamaica I encounter two of the most perfect stereotypes possible (Notice I said stereotypes before you flame at me). Two cheerleaders from somewhere near Las Vegas; I was entertained by conversations such as :

"Wow your from London?! you speak such good English I've got to tell my French teacher about you!"
and:
"Wow! England! That's in France Isn't it?".

As an Englishman my only response was to FACEPALM.
They must have forgotten, or not been taught, about the HUNDRED YEAR WAR between France and England.
Ah well I died next to a Jamaican swimming pool in laughter, needless to say they didn't understand why .

(Note: I understand that not all Americans are this dumb; It'e just fun to run into stereotypes now and again)

I know someone who was once asked: "Are you English?"

The response was "Yes".

They immediately followed up with: "Wow, do you speak English?"

Sometimes I worry at these vast differences in intellect.

And if water on the moon wouldn't be full of "moon poison" or something.

"Moon poison"? That's hilarious. I doubt the study consisted of drinking any water found.

 

[mechanixis]

Here's one from my college psychology class a few weeks back...

Professor: Acorn is to tree as child is to...?
Girl: [raises hand] ...puppy?


And yeah, the epiphanies of idiots are always so entertaining.
"I don't think I'm going to go to college, man. Think about it...do you remember anything you learned in school two years ago? I'm just going to forget it all anyway!"

"Yeah, I pirate music. And proud of it. I believe ideas should be free, you know?"
(My response: "Spoken truly like someone who's never had an idea of their own.")

 

[Riobux]

A girl in my sociology class once though Hawaii was part "the east".

She actually did better than me in sociology and psychology.

Sherlock Holmes knew nothing outside his own specialization; he was unaware that the earth went round the Sun, and furthermore didn't care

What I mean is, people can be clever in certain areas while ignorant in others

It was a global sociology class.

It really was relevant.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Another one was how they said that some scientist somewhere (they didn't give a name) had used some apparatus (nameless, again) that measured the vibration of atoms when exposed to sound, and supposedly the atoms (of what substance or how much they did not say) when exposed to someone speaking the Hebrew language vibrated CONSIDERABLY more than people speaking other languages (How much is "considerably?" What other languages did they use?), thus PROVING that Hebrew is the language God spoke to create the world. The creepy part is that this is not a show where you call in to donate money, so I can't tell if they're crazy, stupid, or lying.

I'm speechless. Literally speechless. I've heard my fair share of bullshit let me tell you, but I've never had such an overwhelming urge to plant my head in a wall and smash it repeatedly.

Oh, kinda OT: A friend of my girlfriend was insistent there weren't other planets outside our solar system, because other stars aren't big enough for it, apparently. The main thing I want to know is where do people get these "facts"? It's baffling...

 

[o_O]

[SNIP]

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.

Now, I be no scientist and so my knowledge of this crap is limited, but quantum mechanics only work on a subatomic scale, right? There's been crap trying to bridge quantum and classic mechanics for ages, right? As such, quantum mechanics wouldn't work for this set of circumstances, right? >_>

Either that or I'm reading too far into this/missed the joke.

OT: In my year in high school, there's this one guy who does nothing but make up over-the-top stories about himself and such. I may be his friend, but I still call him out on this shit. After an egregious session of storytelling he tried to make us believe happened to him (was stabbed in a fight or some such nonsense), I called him a pathological liar. Nothing wrong, until after class when I overheard people who do not have an extensive vocabulary call him a chronological liar. Close, but no cigar. He doesn't lie like that, no matter how interesting that would be.

Same liar guy tried to convince an entire bus full of people on a field trip that an image that looks to be 3D on a flat screen was called 4th dimension projection or some shit.

'Nother one was a friend that told a group of us that his IQ went up from 3 to 4 when playing video games. Thank god we figured out he meant GPA.

 

[freakyalex]

Oh, I just remembered a REALLY funny one.

There's a girl in my school (An extremely naive girl) and we managed to convince her that the queen was dead.

The sad thing is, we did this four times before she stopped believing us.

 

[Robert632]

Alot of the times our notes in science will have parts which we do not copy, and the teacher will say out loud when you do not copy a part of it. 9 times out of ten someone(and it is always the same 2 people.) will be copying said page, and then complain about our teacher moving on to fast, to just then learn that we were not supposed to copy that page.

 

[Megacherv]

[SNIP]

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.

Now, I be no scientist and so my knowledge of this crap is limited, but quantum mechanics only work on a subatomic scale, right? There's been crap trying to bridge quantum and classic mechanics for ages, right? As such, quantum mechanics wouldn't work for this set of circumstances, right? >_>

Either that or I'm reading too far into this/missed the joke.

OT: In my year in high school, there's this one guy who does nothing but make up over-the-top stories about himself and such. I may be his friend, but I still call him out on this shit. After an egregious session of storytelling he tried to make us believe happened to him (was stabbed in a fight or some such nonsense), I called him a pathological liar. Nothing wrong, until after class when I overheard people who do not have an extensive vocabulary call him a chronological liar. Close, but no cigar. He doesn't lie like that, no matter how interesting that would be.

Same liar guy tried to convince an entire bus full of people on a field trip that an image that looks to be 3D on a flat screen was called 4th dimension projection or some shit.

'Nother one was a friend that told a group of us that his IQ went up from 3 to 4 when playing video games. Thank god we figured out he meant GPA.

Well, it'll still leave them with a look of "herg?" on their face.

I was relating to the (kinda) joke about phycisists not beleiving something until it has been observed...erm...just read this http://xkcd.com/679/

 

[Outright Villainy]

I had a girl on campus offer me $200 to do her homework and write her essays for her. I told her "it's gonna cost you more than money to get me to risk my reputation and academic standing, and trust me, I'm WAY too twisted for your cute-little-girl tastes."

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

 

[o_O]

So yes, I missed the joke. I am unfunny. Yay.

Least it's all cleared up now.

EDIT: (Yes, I like conserving posts)

[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. >_>

 

[Kair]

Well, there is this one girl (why is it always the opposite sex?) who caused me and my friends major headaches in history class.

Her actions include:
- Thinking that England and France were the same country.
- She thought that Hitler and Stalin were the same person
- Telling me to go kiss a picture of a Nazi when I said I was a communist.
- Thought all of the middle east was Iraq
- Did not know what the holocaust was
- Thought video games were evil and created terrorists
- Could not believe that atheists existed, and were allowed to think that
- Strongly believed that the church should be taught in school
- Did not know that the most flaming guy in the school who sat beside her, was gay
- Tried to preach the bible to me
- Hard a hard time telling black people apart

Ah yes, a fine example of the frontline grunt in the war against social progress.

 

[Scaredpanther0101]

I was in Physics and the teacher asked what can Infra-red and Ultraviolet waves be used for, My friend then repeated the two words and blurted out Microwaves. We will never let him live that down. He also said two hydrogen's make an oxygen. He is not to bright.

 

[Jaythulhu]

I once had a tech support call from a bloke who couldn't understand why his computer wouldn't work during a blackout.

I've also had a feminist tell me that the microchips on credit cards were man's new way of repressing women and keeping them down in the dirt. Actually, she ranted at me for close to 5 minutes before another female customer told her she was a moron and to gtfo because she was holding up the line. I was too dumbfounded to offer anything more than a raised eyebrow.

 

[That's Funny]

One of my friends still thinks that the Moon is made of a special sort of cheese.

 

[SteakHeart]

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.

That's what I always say!

AND NO ONE BELIEVES IT!

OT: Back in Spanish class, grade seven, this kid was possibly the most annoying idiot ever. This happened one day:

Teacher: Alright, como se dice (how do you say) "I am doing well?"

Kid: Estas bien.

Teacher: No, conjugate it.

Kid: Estoy bueno.

Teacher: Bueno means good, you want to say well.

Kid: Estas bien.

Teacher: Now conjugate it.

Kid: Estoy bueno.

...Really?

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Not making this up: met a 16-year-old girl who thought the earth was flat.

Did you ask her how she time travelled here from the 16th Century?

No... I think the unbelievable stupidity of the statement made everybody in the room cover their face in shame, as it was a physics class.