We’ve seen and heard a lot of crazy things in our day.
Teens doing the Tide Pod challenge , people sucking on bottles to get bigger lips, and any of the questions on the now-defunct site, Yahoo Answers. But now, thanks to a viral Reddit thread, we’re reminded again that the world is filled with some clueless people.
Just try not to facepalm over this list of 19 dumb things people chose to say!
Eggs grow on trees
Don’t they? I mean, one Redditor had someone say to them, “Idk if an egg is a fruit or a vegetable.” We’re going to hope with all we have that they were confusing actual eggs for an eggplant. PLEASE let that be the case.
The imagination fairy
“I have a ‘friend’ who doesn’t believe many things if he hasn’t experienced them himself. Ex: He told me he doesn’t believe allergies are real. I asked why not? He replied, ‘Well I’ve never had them. It’s all in people’s minds.'” – u/ JabberJaahs
The never-ending Golden Gate Bridge
This Redditor had someone once say to them, “that the Golden Gate Bridge connects North-America and Europe.” Um, do they know how long that bridge would be? It would basically be a torture chamber for anyone who’s terrified of bridges.
The problem-solver
“IT work a few years back. Had a director blow up after day two of trying to resolve a complex firewall issue that was affecting the finance department receiving invoices.
And I quote: ‘STOP trying to figure out what the problem is and JUST FIX IT !!!'” – u/ Wispirer
The sun will come out… on the west side
This Redditor had the unfortunate experience of working with a guy in construction who said, “I hope the sun comes up on that side today” while pointing west. His explanation? “Because yesterday it came up on this side and it was so hot” with them being on the east side of the building. That’s not how the sun works!
The geographic debate
“Had a talk with a jaggoff in my high school chem class…he tried to convince me India was part of the Middle East. He didn’t even shut up about it when I told him I’m Indian and I know exactly where the hell I’m from, just kept on truckin.” – u/ gargoyle_llama
The well-trained dog
This Redditor encountered a man who was completely serious when he said, “Isn’t it amazing how dogs just come out knowing commands like sit and lay down?” He clearly doesn’t know that it takes a lot of treats and a lot of “good boi!” to get there.
This sage medical advice
“I was told that if I did some breathing exercises for six months and then checked my blood sugar my T1 diabetes would just disappear.” – u/ Frobun11 . Oh, if only it were that easy! This must be the same type of person who searches “headache” in Google and then is easily convinced that they have elbow cancer…
The stars
The lights were on but no one was home in this person who asked this Redditor, “why don’t we see stars when we fly over them?” The Redditor was speechless: “She truly believed that when you were flying on an airplane, you flew over the stars.” Bless her heart.
New Mexico is the new Mexico
“I’m from New Mexico and was once told that my English is excellent. Have also been asked for my green card once.” – u/ Only_Way2774 . This same person must also believe that Hawaii is its own country.
The sickness
Some jobs are really against their employees calling in sick. So much so that one manager told this Redditor, “You can only get sick, if you want to be sick.” Um, yeah, try saying that to a room of cancer patients and see how well it turns out!
The blood donor
“Last month a coworker asked if I’ll run out of blood eventually because donate very couple months. He’s 34 years old.” -u/ murray22161 . Sadly, it’s people like this who are causing a blood donor shortage in the world.
The necrophile
There are a few closely-related words you don’t want to mess up, like HPV and HIV and nocturnal and necrophile. This was more than evident when this Redditor was talking to a cashier at Tesco’s at 1 a.m. He said that he doesn’t mind working the night shifts because he’s a necrophile… We hope he means, “nocturnal.”
The brilliant solution
“From a family member, years ago, ‘My husband and I are having problems, so we’re trying for another baby. That should make things better.’ I smiled inanely and walked away, stunned.” – u/ Krissy_ok . We shudder to think about how they’re doing.
**facepalm**
No one knows idiocy quite like IT folks. When this Redditor was sent to fix a slow computer in the office, he saw that the girl had 12 open programs and 15 tabs in Internet Explorer. Yet, she was unconvinced that this was slowing her PC down.
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She yelled out, “my computer is connected with a blue network cable and the rest of yours are all yellow. Mine must connect somewhere else and that’s the reason why it runs so slow.”
The stereotype
“‘I don’t mean to stereotype, but you look too white to speak Spanish’ after I told my college suitemate that I was taking Spanish courses. Coming from a girl that always denounces stereotyping.” – u/ Person9183736
The Scientologist
No, not Tom Cruise! This Redditor had someone call him a Scientologist because he believes in science. Uh-oh, someone better warn Bill Nye, quick!
Ignorance is bliss
“When I was in Georgia I was asked where I was from due to my ‘thick accent’. Once I shared with them that one’s from Canada, I was then asked if we have snow all year round and if I live in a igloo. Ignorance is bliss.” – u/ Fairwaydivots
The farmer
Since most of us purchase our food at the grocery store, we forget the long, hard hours that go into a farmer’s life. So it was a major slap in the face when this Redditor had someone say, “we don’t need farmers because we have grocery stores.”
H/T: Reddit
