34 of the Most Baffling Examples of Ignorance People Have Encountered
Ignorant people, though occasionally funny, need to be pressed harder about the information they share with the rest of us. For instance, one Redditor remembers the time their mother-in-law said, “If you don’t stop breastfeeding him, you’re gonna turn him gay,” which is a statement that barely makes sense even by homophobic standards. This same mother-in-law also dropped the gem, “You shouldn’t pick up that baby so much. He’s got to scream for four hours a day to exercise his lungs,” which definitely further illustrates the kind of person we’re dealing with, but also begs for more evidence to be brought into the equation.
Other Redditors have shared the times someone confidently spouted utter nonsense in front of them, including one woman who isn’t sure what deafness is.
