#1
She was absolutely furious with me when she found out I had gone swimming because she thought I would drown the baby. No amount of explaining the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid would sink in.
Later on my shirt crept up a little bit and she was able to see my bellybutton and noticed it was "still closed" and asked what I needed to do to get it open. She thought the umbilical cord was like a tube that attached the baby to the mother's bellybutton and you had to feed the baby through that tube.
She is genuinely the dumbest person I know.
#2
He claimed he knew multiple women who didn’t need pads or tampons because they’d been “toilet trained” and would hold it. (I assume these women were either on birth control that stops periods, or post menopause, if they existed at all.) He said my coworker was just lazy, unhygienic and that her parents had failed to potty train her when she was a toddler. (Which is, apparently, an age at which he thinks menstruation takes place.)
I also told him that that isn’t how menstruation works. He told me “You’re not a woman, so you don’t know.” I asked how he knows then, and he was like “I’ve had a lot of girlfriends!” A claim which I still find rather dubious.
#3
Thanks to the Dunning-Kruger effect, people who know very little about a topic tend to believe they’re geniuses. Meanwhile, genuinely smart individuals tend to have more self-awareness, so they realize that they still have lots to learn.
Another issue is that people tend to overestimate their capabilities because they think that their skills or know-how are transferable across all skills. They, sadly, are not. Someone who has huge knowledge blind spots and massive undeserved confidence can be dangerous to both themselves and others.
Being open-minded to other people’s opinions and staying humble and curious enough to learn new things is, at the end of the day, hard. People don’t like being told that they’re wrong. What’s more, educating yourself requires you to set your ego aside and have a healthier (more growth-oriented) relationship with failure.
#4
Edit: I'm not speaking for all cases. The possibility of an ectopic pregnancy fully depends on the patient and what was removed and what was kept. In my case, I was told by my medical team that it is not physically possible for me to form a fetus without surrogacy.
#5
He told me all of the above, and then I pointed out that I often have hair shorter than his, and I use a hair brush every day, and then I watched his brain short circuit like his whole life has been a lie.
This interaction is not helping to debunk my theory that he and his brothers are actually aliens sent here to observe humanity.
#6
He also thought his mom couldn't evict him because squatters rights legally let him stay in her house, so going to the court would be illegal.
He's 24.
Sam Goldstein, PhD, stresses that you can confront polarization with curiosity. Meanwhile, he emphasizes that empathy reduces confirmation bias, while open-mindedness is actually a strength rather than a weakness.
“Human beings are intrinsically attracted to ideas that reinforce their existing beliefs. This tendency, known as confirmation bias, makes it challenging to consider information contradicting our views. Our brains are designed to evade cognitive dissonance, and we often unconsciously filter facts to align with our pre-existing narratives. When we consistently engage with content from similar sources, we create echo chambers that bolster our beliefs and narrow our understanding of others.”
In other words, our identities are incredibly deeply linked to our opinions. So, people tend to see other points of view as threatening.
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#8
That guy was me. Love my motorcycles but absolutely got into riding for the wrong reasons.
#9
I started hiding my bathing towels in my room after that. He used one to clean the toilet once as well.
Open-mindedness and empathy go hand-in-hand. When you put in genuine effort to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and see the world as they experience it, you start thinking about the context behind their views. This usually leads to a greater willingness to actively listen to their perspectives, instead of being stubborn and outright rejecting their ideas.
Another healthy approach to embrace is the idea that you don’t have to ‘win’ arguments or conversations. Instead, you ought to focus on learning and understanding. Meaningful dialogue only happens when people feel free from fear, ridicule, or judgment.
Meanwhile, it is a huge show of courage to admit that you don’t know something and that you still have room for improvement. Intellectual humility, at the end of the day, is what all of us should strive for.
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Who is the most poorly educated, delusional, just plain wrong, and common-sense-lacking person you personally know? Be honest: do you have any hope for them? What could they do to grow as a person?
Meanwhile, what are your knowledge blind spots that have led to some awkward and embarrassing moments?
Once you’ve read through everyone’s stories and upvoted the ones that dealt you the most emotional damage, share your thoughts and experiences in the comments.
#13
plastic safety cover off and didn’t realize he was doing nothing.
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#15
I broke up with him and kept his daughter and her mom as friends 😛.
#16
Edit: may not have been a prince, but it was royal family wealth nonetheless.
#17
She's an absolute purposeful bio weapon with two children.
She proudly announced to me she doesn't wash her hands after the bathroom because she doesn't care.. even if she gets stuff on her. As she prepared food.. as an adult..
But she will become genuinely violent if she smells someone else's bad breath or finds out someone doesn't shower at least once per day.
And these types of people just.. have no repercussions. They just hurt immunocompromised people without any forethought.
even if it's their own family, they refuse to learn or respect hygienic boundaries that society needs to safely function. It's infuriating. Hand washing is proven science to help protect the general public.. which includes you, you dingus.
#18
He was not very well liked at that establishment.
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#20
One of the early nightly rituals is to have all of the recruits standing in front of their beds to be inspected by the drill instructors.
During this inspection, the recruits are wearing a t-shirt, tucked into their underwear (white briefs), and sandals. The drill instructors are making sure the recruits are healthy, uninjured, and have no glaring problems that need to be addressed.
It's a quick process, with the drill instructors going one-by-one swiftly through each recruit. There's some nuance there that Marines will be familiar with, but it's unimportant to the story.
About a week into boot camp, one of the drill instructors' commanders is coming through at night to perform his own inspection. He's not a drill instructor himself, but he is ultimately responsible for all of the recruits' safety and well-being.
He gets to Recruit Toby. He calmly asks Recruit Toby if he grew up with both parents. Did his mom do his laundry? Did she tell him what clothes to wear? Has he ever done his own laundry or choosing what clothes to wear?
No, Recruit Toby never worried about those things. His mom handled it. Recruit Toby has never done laundry or really picked out clothes to wear. He's the dullest tool, but not in the toolbox. He fell on the floor behind the toolbox and was forgotten about.
CO: "Recruit, if you've showered every day, and you've been issued all of your clothing like all of the other recruits with you - why are your briefs stained yellow just a handful of days into training?"
Since no one told Recruit Toby to put on *clean* underwear, he kept wearing the same pair. He assumed he would be instructed to change into clean underwear at some point like he was instructed to do everything else.
