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

[SilkySkyKitten]

I have a very recent example, actually. I had finished up some work in my AP Statistics class and I was simply sitting around, waiting for the bell to ring so I could move on to Band class. Anywho, I was basically eavesdropping on a conversation between a group of girls nearby out of boredom and one of them mentioned the volcano in Iceland and how it was screwing up air travel in Europe.
Then one of them said out loud: "Volcanoes in Iceland? Since when has there ever been volcanoes in Iceland." I then proceeded to slam my right palm onto my forehead.

The extremely sad thing was, the rest of the girls she was talking with agreed with this statement. Thus, I'm pretty sure none of them ever payed attention in any sort of geography/social studies or science class.

 

[Commissar Sae]

In a class of about 15 people, twelve got into a heated debate. The topic? In what continent the nation of Russia located?
I thought, okay, it could be considered to be in Europe or Asia. But of the three candidates for location, Europe was not on the roster.
You see, there were three candidates for what continent held the country of Russia. Those continents were Asia, Africa, and China. They settled on Africa, and I contemplated killing twelve people with a keyboard.

I believe that would be justifiable homocide right there.

 

[Squarez]

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

Well, technically no. If a tree falls in the forest (or any other place for that matter), it makes high frequency vibrations in the air, if there's nothing to interpret those vibrations as a sound, it's not really a sound, just meaningless vibration.

EDIT: It appears that I have been ninja'd...about 3 pages ago. Ahem...

 

[elementsoul]

In a class of about 15 people, twelve got into a heated debate. The topic? In what continent the nation of Russia located?
I thought, okay, it could be considered to be in Europe or Asia. But of the three candidates for location, Europe was not on the roster.
You see, there were three candidates for what continent held the country of Russia. Those continents were Asia, Africa, and China. They settled on Africa, and I contemplated killing twelve people with a keyboard.

I believe that would be justifiable homicide right there.

Agreed in a perfect word things like this would be allowed but only after evidence was shown of these events. The ruling would be crimes against the intelligences of humanity.

 

[Nooners]

Girl in my class: "Wait...was it Shakespeare who wrote Romeo & Juliet?"

I am normally a very nice person.
I never insult anyone with malicious intent.
I mean, NEVER ever.
But I was so stunned that I just had to blurt out, "Are you stupid?"

I was kind enough to answer her question, though. "Yes. Yes, he was. Excuse me." Headdesk.

 

[Zero-Vash]

I know a guy through a friend who seems to spend most of his time in his own little world. We were talking about the show Arrested Development (which is awesome) and at one point in the conversation he blurted out "Who, Superman?".
We actually had to unravel the maze-like path of illogic to figure out what he was talking about:
-Michael Cera is in Arrested Development
-Michael Cera has an online web-show called Clark and Michael
-Clark from the webshow shares the same name as Clark Kent
-Clark Kent is superman

No joke, this was how he came to the conclusion that superman was involved.

I can understand that. I make a lot and I mean A LOT of jumps like that. That would be considered a short trip for me. Now I don't blurt out something like that. I would just say something relevant to Superman, not think that was who was part of the conversation

I can relate to that. Some friends talking, then I blurt out a seemingly unrelated question, when in fact it's a long journey that took in my mind within a few seconds...

Glad to know I'm not the only one. My girlfriend has just started to get not to ask how I got there, just accept thats where my train of thought took me

 

[mb16]

my sister once said "Hitler? isn't that the guy all the Jews liked"

she also thought Brazil was in Europe because they were good at soccer

its football god dam it. you use your feet to kick a ball. Your American football (aka rugby+pads)you use your hands on a egg. therefore American football= hand egg ball

 

[Pariah87]

The only ones that really stand out to me involve Americans...sorry guys.

In Flordia on holiday my dad got talking to a guy who asked, in all seriousness, if we knew a guy called John who lived in Norwich who he'd met last year.

In Boston, on a school exchange, I was asked what part of Germany was I from. Apon laughing it off and explaining I'm English, another girl asked, again in all seriousness, if I could teach her to speak English. When I said she already spoke it she just looked confused then went "oh yeah!"

 

[Thyunda]

Fun game to play with drunk ladies:

1) Tell them it is impossible to touch their elbows behind their back

2) Enjoy.

I do that to sober women. Unless they've been told to do it before, they will do it. And they will say 'no, I can't, why?'
And I'll say 'keep trying', and they will.
Then they'll glance downward. "Oh."

 

[Richard Hannay]

When I was in college I met a history major who had never heard of Richard Nixon.

 

[Blackmagic1515]

In my Wildlife class at college, we were writing down what we would feed certain animals while they were recovering in a rescue center. I said for a baby pigeon we could give them chick crumbs (a certain feed you can give to young birds). One girl in my group blurted out 'Chick crumbs? I didn't know pigeons were carnivorous!' *Major Facepalm*

 

[TheEvilJester]

My friend said Fox News, more specifically Glenn Beck, was the most reliable source ever. He said it as if it were his religion.

 

[KingGolem]

Oh, I'm pro-choice. I just care about facts more than ideologies, which, unfortunately, is a hard sentiment to find in this day and age. Thought I was phrasing it diplomatically. Sorry if I put you off or anything.

Heh, no problem.

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).

Hmm...I'm sure it sounded dumber when SHE said it. That was an awfully long time ago, after all.

 

[Fiskmasen]

I'm not sure what to be more scared of: The people uttering this nonsense, or the educational system?

 

[Lightnix]

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

Well, technically no. If a tree falls in the forest (or any other place for that matter), it makes high frequency vibrations in the air, if there's nothing to interpret those vibrations as a sound, it's not really a sound, just meaningless vibration.

EDIT: It appears that I have been ninja'd...about 3 pages ago. Ahem...

But that's not 'technically', it's the opposite of that. Those meaningless vibrations are exactly what sound is. We talk about say, 'the speed of sound', not in reference to how quickly we interpret sound waves, but as how fast they travel through the air. To be more precise about the whole thing, the answer depends on what question you're actually asking - does the tree cause the physical phenomena known as sound, or can that sound be interpreted? In the former case, absolutely - in the latter, no, as there's nothing that can actually detect that sound (presuming 'no one' refers to literally any one body that could interpret or record the sound).

Actually, my opinion on the whole question is that it probably stems from a time before we (or at least the person who thought of the question) had a good understanding of what sound physically is - it's a question about how can we prove the unprovable (which is rendered moot by modern understanding of sound, as we can indeed knock a tree over with something that senses sound with nobody anywhere near it). Today the question has largely been reduced to a semantic discussion over what sound actually is, i.e. is it the physical phenomenon or is it our interpretation of that phenomenon? - which are two different questions, both with definitive answers.

Or to put it more bluntly: ambiguously asking both 'does the tree cause the physical phenomenon of sound' and 'could the tree be heard?' as the same question, expecting one yes or no answer, is indeed stupid.

 

[Lightnix]

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.

That's perfectly acceptable logic... if you're an ork. Red uns go fasta!

Everything red goes faster. It's the truth!

Except for a very, very reflective car at a red stop-light.

 

[Mozared]

EDIT: Another great story, for half the school year I had convinced her that I was russian and just moved to canada (I am surprisingly good with accents) and I would fake-answer my phone when she was around, and yell angrily is fake russian, especially mentioning the words "nukes" "invasions" "communism". Within four months she was convinced I was in Canada to help start a soviet invasion, and she told the principal what she thought, with the hopes of having me arrested. He asked me to stop screwing with her head, and out of respect I did.

You sir, win a fucking cookie. Epic troll is epic.

 

[Meet the Pyro]

I got into an argument with this guy at my school last year, it was great.
He said something very dumb that I do not remember.
Me "Jesus, do you have an extra chromosome?"
Him "What's that?"
His buddy "It means you're not human."