There are moments in life when someone says something so bafflingly wrong that your brain briefly stops working. Sometimes it’s actually a grown adult confidently asking if the moon is turned off during the day, or someone trying to microwave metal like it’s perfectly reasonable.
Whatever the situation, these encounters tend to stick with you forever, not because they were malicious, but because they were so spectacularly clueless that you almost have to admire the confidence behind them. And when people online were asked to share the exact moment they realized someone was genuinely unintelligent, the responses did not disappoint.
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#41
I had a temp job working in a hospital to do filing of medical records. They had another person who came in as part of a program to also do filing. It wasn't really all her fault. Her Mom stopped making her go to school when she was about 6 years old. In order to help her learn to file, I had to teach her the alphabet. It wasn't even that that I considered unintelligent, it was the tantrums. She could recognize the letters, just the concept of putting them in an order was beyond her and she would throw fits. She was a grown adult with 2 children of her own by that point. I figured out a solution. I made sure she always used one of those flip boards that are made to help you organize papers for filing. Probably all a foreign concept in today's digital age. Filing of actual paper medical records was outdated even then.
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7points
#42
Coworker, at lunch he d**d seriously told me he had seen an documentary about pigs being smarter then humans. I tried laughing it off but he kept insisting it was true.
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7points
#43
The moment he started just repeating Chronically Online Tumblr Drama at me and being *super* bigoted against trans people, despite being trans himself. I realized he was just super gullible, and believed the first thing anyone told him about whatever topic he was learning about. Had absolutely 0 critical thinking skills whatsoever.
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5points
#44
When I heard that a customer ordered a decaf tea, and she grabbed a regular tea bag then poured in decaf coffee...
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4points
#45
So, on Goodreads, I’m currently having a discussion with a wacko Christian. It all started when she reviewed a book that had LGBTQ+ and trans characters in it saying “I haven’t read this book, but I’ve heard about it and I feel horror and I believe there is still time for these people to turn to Christ and repent”. Real piece of work.
My friends and commented. I said something about how just as evolution and intersex people are possible, gender identity confusion is possible and that even God can make mistakes. I also said “after all, aren’t we all children of God, so why should being lesbian or trans be any less holy?” She proceeded to argue that evolution does not exist and that no one is a child of God unless they worship Jesus. She also seems to define women by the ability to give birth and menstruate, which of course eliminates a good portion of real women.
Any thoughts on how to deal with this crazy woman?
My friends and commented. I said something about how just as evolution and intersex people are possible, gender identity confusion is possible and that even God can make mistakes. I also said “after all, aren’t we all children of God, so why should being lesbian or trans be any less holy?” She proceeded to argue that evolution does not exist and that no one is a child of God unless they worship Jesus. She also seems to define women by the ability to give birth and menstruate, which of course eliminates a good portion of real women.
Any thoughts on how to deal with this crazy woman?
2points
#46
Dated a girl in college, and she was constantly telling me about this impossibly hard biology class she had.
One day, I talked to a friend of mine who was like, "Oh you're seeing her? We're in biology together!"
I was like, "Oh yeah, she's always telling me how hard that class is!"
My friend looked...crestfallen?
I was like, "Oh god, that class isn't hard at all, is it?"
Their stammering said it all.
Wasn't the only clue, but it was the moment I realized.
One day, I talked to a friend of mine who was like, "Oh you're seeing her? We're in biology together!"
I was like, "Oh yeah, she's always telling me how hard that class is!"
My friend looked...crestfallen?
I was like, "Oh god, that class isn't hard at all, is it?"
Their stammering said it all.
Wasn't the only clue, but it was the moment I realized.
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