Stupidity

The Bullet · 08-11-2010, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I think my mom, bless her heart, is the stupidest person I know. I'm going to hell for saying that, but it's true.

Mom: *sneezing 14 times*
Me: "You should sneeze through your nose or something, maybe whatever's in there will get blown out and stop irritating it?"
Mom: "No way!"
Me: "Why not?"
Mom: "Because you can die like that!"
Me: "What?"
Mom: "The pressure can make your brains explode out your ears and you need to stop trying to get me to sneeze through my nose so I'll die."

Me: "Mom, you should stop smoking. That cough is really getting bad. I don't want you to get cancer"
Mom: "I won't get cancer. I pray about it."
Me: "So there's never been a case of a Christian dying of cancer?"
Mom: "No. And if there is, they weren't Christian enough."

The other two I can kind of see (not that they arn't stupid), but GOD this is REALLY stupid. Fuck, the first one is so stupid I don't believe it's real.

Freebase Dali · 08-14-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bullet

The other two I can kind of see (not that they arn't stupid), but GOD this is REALLY stupid. Fuck, the first one is so stupid I don't believe it's real.

It's real. She's the kind of person who, when she was a child, took to heart all the old wives tales and never gave them any rational thought throughout her life to realize that they aren't real.
I think she dropped out in the 8th grade too, and has been a housewife her whole life. No one has ever challenged her beliefs, nor has she ever needed a reason to challenge them herself.
That's why she seems so stupid. I personally think she's just really ignorant with a capacity to learn, but far too hard-headed to try.

She won't believe me when I try to explain to her that lungs aren't "bags of air", and you can't "break the bag if you breathe too deeply".

Oh, and she doesn't believe in science. Her take is "Science is always changing their minds about stuff, so I don't believe anything they say".
She's the kind of person that takes EVERYTHING in the bible literally, and believes all of it happened.

Mojo · 08-19-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I think my mom, bless her heart, is the stupidest person I know. I'm going to hell for saying that, but it's true.

Mom: *sneezing 14 times*
Me: "You should sneeze through your nose or something, maybe whatever's in there will get blown out and stop irritating it?"
Mom: "No way!"
Me: "Why not?"
Mom: "Because you can die like that!"
Me: "What?"
Mom: "The pressure can make your brains explode out your ears and you need to stop trying to get me to sneeze through my nose so I'll die."

Or...

Mom: "I don't believe in doctors. I'm not going to one. If I go they're going to make me get surgery on my back and I'm going to be in a wheel chair for the rest of my life."
Me: "Mom, it's for a prescription."
Mom: "I don't believe in prescriptions."

Or..

Mom: "The only reason you didn't die in Iraq is because I prayed for you."
Me: "I was never in any real danger."
Mom: "You still would have died."

Or...

Me: "Mom, you should stop smoking. That cough is really getting bad. I don't want you to get cancer"
Mom: "I won't get cancer. I pray about it."
Me: "So there's never been a case of a Christian dying of cancer?"
Mom: "No. And if there is, they weren't Christian enough."

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK

These are all hilarious. I love them. The last one there is my favourite i think. No Christian has ever died of cancer?

"You still would have died" is the kind of irrational thing you would expect a mother to say in that kind of situation i think. Or at least you wouldn't agrue with her.

"I dont believe in prescriptions" is a strange thing to say. But the mother of a girl i was friends with when i was younger used to say things like that all the time. I lost count of the amount of things she didn't believe in.

"Are you coming out for Haloween?"

"No, my mother doesn't believe in Haloween."

Whats not to believe in? It may be a dumb "holiday", this is true, but let the kid out to have some fun for Gods sake!

**Janszoon** · 08-19-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

No Christian has ever died of cancer?

Yeah, that one's pretty crazy. If only my grandmother had known, she'd still be alive today!

Zaqarbal · 08-20-2010, 05:15 AM

And no scientologist has ever had a psychological problem...... ...according to Tom Cruise:

This man has exceeded the records of stupidity of the last ten years. Now I understand this song.

Guybrush · 08-24-2010, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

And no scientologist has ever had a psychological problem...... ...according to Tom Cruise:

This man has exceeded the records of stupidity of the last ten years. Now I understand this song.

It's just so painful to watch. Not just is he an idiot, he has a total lack of respect for the interviewer. He's basically just awful.

SATCHMO · 08-09-2010, 12:36 AM

Oh my aching brain cells.

I feel stupid enough for this thread.

crash_override · 08-09-2010, 11:38 AM

So in my office, we work with security clearances for the military. Part of that is assessing threats levels for foreign travel. We had an officer come in one day saying he was going on vacation to Europe and needed to complete the necessary paperwork. So my boss grabs the list that lists the threat levels of different countries throughout the world and this is the conversation that follows:

Boss: "Europe isn't on here"
Me: That's because Europe is a continent, not a country."
Boss: "Oh"
Me (to officer): "Sir, what countries will you be visiting?"
Officer: "UK"
Boss: "Oh no, Ukraine is high threat."

FML. I'm subordinate to these people.

Burning Down · 08-09-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by crash_override

So in my office, we work with security clearances for the military. Part of that is assessing threats levels for foreign travel. We had an officer come in one day saying he was going on vacation to Europe and needed to complete the necessary paperwork. So my boss grabs the list that lists the threat levels of different countries throughout the world and this is the conversation that follows:

Boss: "Europe isn't on here"
Me: That's because Europe is a continent, not a country."
Boss: "Oh"
Me (to officer): "Sir, what countries will you be visiting?"
Officer: "UK"
Boss: "Oh no, Ukraine is high threat."

FML. I'm subordinate to these people.

Sounds like your boss didn't do very well in his high school Geography class.

Yesterday afternoon, my aunt in L.A. called and left a message. My mom played the message, and the machine tells you what time the message was left. It said 4:00 PM. In her message, my aunt said that it was 1:00 PM (LA time of course). So here's where the stupid part comes in:

Mom: The machine says the message was left at 4:00, but your aunt called at 1:00. I know she did! She says so in her message! The machine's time must be off.

Me: L.A. is 3 hours behind Toronto, Mom. So if she called us at 4:00, that means it was 1:00 there.

Mom: Ooohhhhh......

WOW.

Freebase Dali · 08-09-2010, 11:43 AM

^ Wow.....

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