Have you ever found yourself stunned, truly speechless by someone’s complete lack of knowledge about something everyone seems to know? Like someone asking who Picasso was... during an art class. Or not knowing that the Earth orbits the Sun.
We’ve all had those moments where we didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or just blink in disbelief. So, I asked the Bored Panda community to share the times they were totally flabbergasted by someone’s ignorance—and the answers did not disappoint. From hilariously clueless to downright outrageous, these stories might make you feel like a trivia champion.
Got one of your own? I'd love to hear it!
#1
Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth
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#2
When I was living in Maryland, I told a classmate that I was born in New Mexico. They asked when I got my green card. They were serious. US geography was one of our classes together.
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#3
The 2016 election. Still cannot believe how many people in this country are so... let's say undereducated or mentally deficient.
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#4
I teach college math and had a student use a calculator to average two numbers. Both numbers were 27.
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#5
Have you seen the bigoted troll on this site who thinks transphobia does not exist so he cannot possibly be transphobic?
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#6
This girl told me that the gender wage gap and income tax unfairness were caused by Jewish people, and they brainwash our kids and there’s no evidence of this because they erase it all.
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#7
Grown, 45+ y/o man who didn't know women have a period about every month. He thought it was like "once every year or so."
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#8
The first time I read Trump's Twitter feed - the next few hundred weren't as shocking...
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#9
I once told someone I come from Spain and they asked "How long does it take to drive there?" It's a whole freaking ocean away Susan and I don't exactly have my magic flying car just yet. I've also been asked how I have 2 last names and no middle name since " no you're wrong that has to be your middle game and the other one is your last name" I think I'd know by now Karen.
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#10
The entire Covid pandemic. From March 2020 to present. Just... Gobsmacked. Stunned. Amazed. Appalled.
It. Is. A. Virus. It kills. It could've done so much worse than it has. And people still cling to "it was a hoax", mostly because we didn't get a zombie-apocalypse-level event.
Seriously, they needed an apocalypse to think it was real?
It. Is. A. Virus. It kills. It could've done so much worse than it has. And people still cling to "it was a hoax", mostly because we didn't get a zombie-apocalypse-level event.
Seriously, they needed an apocalypse to think it was real?
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#11
When I was in graduate school - I will repeat, GRADUATE SCHOOL - I was assigned a group project on Islam. When the group met for the first time to work on our presentation, this woman asked where Islam was. I thought she was joking, because how do you get all the way to grad school thinking that Islam is a geographic location? She was not joking. I told her that I would do the project myself and put her name on it. We got an A.
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#12
A co-worker mentioned to me that the new hire had a speech impediment. He had an Australian accent.
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#13
During an animal rights discussion in a college class on ethics, a student claimed fish weren't animals so weren't relevant to the discussion.
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#14
I used to live in Banff, Alberta Canada. Banff (and the surrounding areas) have these super blue lakes. A tourist asked how often we drained the lakes to paint the bottom. Also, another asked where we pen up the animals at night. Sadly, had to inform them it was a national park so they just wandered around.
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#15
My mother genuinely believed transgender people are transgender because of their parents. So, for instance, a couple have a daughter but really wanted a son. The daughter subconsciously senses the desire for a son and changes gender to become the child their parents wanted. Nothing I could say to her could convince her otherwise.
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#16
When a close family member of mine changes their opinion almost every other day - depending on what they see on the news. They just completely gave up on thinking autonomously.
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#17
I have a friend who literally believes aliens exist, that the Queen was a lizard alien and immortal, and that all technology comes from aliens. Furthermore, Jesus is a 'benevolent alien' and he came to protect us from the evil lizard aliens. Who are also the same as the illuminati. And satanic, apparently. And OBVIOUSLY the world is flat. Etc etc. Guess what his job is? Working for the eudcation department teaching science. uDarwin sikilele iAfrika.
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#18
This is more pure stupidity than ignorance, but I was asked how I could be both Asian and Indian
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#19
I hear crazy stuff like this all of the time. Once I heard a guy say the pay gap between women and men is fair because women do less work than men. The girl he said this to agreed with the him. This same guy also has a lesbian mom but is super homophobic. I could probably keep going.
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#20
Any time I get Quora notifications. That site is full of idiots.
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