People can surprise you every day. You might hear some bad news and think, "Oh no! I can't believe this person did that!" You might also learn some new, cool facts about the world and wonder, "Wow! How did they do that?"
But other people might astound you with something else: their ignorance. It's not nice to make fun of people's intelligence, but we all have to have at least some common sense, don't we? Apparently, these folks don't, at least according to those who shared their mental lapses in an online thread after one netizen asked, "What's the most out of touch, lack of common sense thing you've ever heard someone say?"
#41

I worked with a lady who thought there was no rain (at all, ever) until Noah's flood because that was the first time that rain was mentioned in the Bible.
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19points
#42

Working at a high school, I made a suggestion to improve a bad situation while teaching the student’s a little responsibility in the process. The Administration’s response: it’s not our job to teach the students responsibility .
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19points
#43

"Why don't we just have clones fight our wars?" Asked seriously in a science class in a high school some decades ago.
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18points
#44

I sat down beside our receptionist to help her find an Excel file she'd saved somewhere but couldn't find where.
I had barely started speaking before she stopped me, angry that I was talking over her head.
"Wait wait wait what are you even talking about, the desk top. It's not on my desk it's in my computer!".
I had barely started speaking before she stopped me, angry that I was talking over her head.
"Wait wait wait what are you even talking about, the desk top. It's not on my desk it's in my computer!".
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18points
#45

"Autism isn't real,
You're just immature!
You'll grow out of it.".
You're just immature!
You'll grow out of it.".
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17points
#46

A Trumplican tried to explain that the oceans rising because of glacier melt is a myth. His reasoning was that water expands when it freezes and recedes when it thaws.
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9points


