32 of the Dumbest Things People Have Earnestly Said
‘Was ww2 the cold one or the Asian one?’
To hear someone say something truly, deeply, creatively dumb? It’s a sort of magical moment. The utterer is unknowingly laying themselves bare, prostrating a gap in their knowledge for everyone to marvel at. A beautiful, fully naive thought, sucking in fresh air for the first time, like a freshly born fawn on unsteady legs.
Sadly, they’re few and far between in everyday life. Which is why I’m so happy to present you with a collection of these little miracles, thanks to the lived experience of Redditors. An AskReddit thread asked for the dumbest things readers had ever heard someone say, and what followed was a (literal) embarrassment of riches.