32 of the Dumbest Things People Have Earnestly Said

‘Was ww2 the cold one or the Asian one?’
32 of the Dumbest Things People Have Earnestly Said

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.

kennethfrom30rock . 5y ago My friend once told me he wasn't too concerned about using birth control because everyone knows the girl can only get pregnant if they both cum at the same time. His gf was pregnant 3 months later.
CuteBloop 5y ago | work in vet med, some clients are shy about talking about their dogs genitals and some don't care and will start yelling about how their cat's butthole is crammed up with poop. The dumbest thing a client has said to me in that regard is that their dog is licking her butt, but like the front part of it. Oh, so her vulva? No, her front butt. Idk if this dude was afraid to say the word vulva, if he genuinely thought female dogs have 2 buttholes (plausible, my brother thought his dogs vulva was some
emilov98 . 5y ago My sister panicked whilst on a plane and asked if she could open a window as she was feeling really hot - the guy in the seats across from her lost it, it made his day
000Rohit . 5y ago some girl once told me that it was impossible for me to be vietnamese bc vietnam was a war and not a country. this happened while in college smh
GingersaurusRex . 5y ago If you could adopt a child from a third world country, which country would you choose and why? I would choose Alaska, because it's really cold there. -А member of the prom court being asked a random question on our school's live news show that was being broadcasted out to every homeroom.
Adron-the-survivor . 5y ago A girl in my class asked why do farms exist if she gets her food from the supermarket.The teacher had such a disappointed face and everyone looked at her and wondered how did she pass the all the way through the 8th grade
Diabotus C 5y ago Wait how could they castrate a 8 year old? Не wouldn't have his balls yet! - My friend, a 18 year old male who vastly misunderstood what people meant when they say your balls dropped. No, | don't know how he never noticed that he had balls before puberty.
TheOnlyKaiser . 5y ago China is it's own continent because the people who live there are called 'Chinese'. .............hh.....and we are Oklahomans. Did | miss the memo where we became a continent?
-nope101 . 5y ago Was ww2 the cold one or the Asian one
Mawyjello . 5y ago You have vertigo? Isn't vertigo that place where the planes get lost?
 ] . 5y ago Asia was a country in China
notsurewhatidoin . 5y ago Was Benjamin Button based on a true story?
thtguyjosh . 5y ago I knew a girl who said what's the big deal about Obama being elected president? Our first black president was Martin Luther king..
_jroc_ . 5y ago The moon is much better than the sun because it's up at night illuminating while the sun is up during the day when it's allready bright.
TheKurosawa . 5y ago Edited 5y ago A customer once argued with me that 19 and older (what our sign said) was different than 19 or older (what I said) and that I should let them into the club. Technically yes, when you're talking about a group of people, you can nitpick and say that there is a subtle difference in the phrases. However, this customer was 18.
pirolance . 5y ago Why don't vegans eat fish? They aren't animals.
Waffle Ambasador 5y ago When | was like 13 I told my friend that there was such a thing as a Liger. They had successfully mated a lion and a tiger. His response you idiot, tigers ARE female lions
TooMuchBreathing . 5y ago Blue Fire is cold
jfix-incd . 5y ago Friend shared that he thought women were like chickens, one day a month we would sit on a toilet all day and lay an egg
blakingpowder . 5y ago That chickens have no brains. Not that they are stupid. That a chicken literally does not have a brain.
ImRandyRU . 5y ago How do they know which moon to put out?
Catezero . 5y ago Yall really gonna make me remember the time my coworker thought willy Wonka was a real person and wondered how much money he was making on Nerds and Gobstoppers
joeyjojo-shabadoo . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago watching star wars in high school with some girl says,  when did this happen? I said it was made in the 70s , confused on what she meant. she said  no, the space war, when did we have a space war? me n my buddy almost died edit: because some answers are mean. she was home schooled and her parents were fucked Christian people. she would try and fit in. | felt sorry for her tbh
mordeci00 . 5 5y ago When I pointed out to a coworker that a person who actually was modest wouldn't brag about how modest they are: How would people know that I'm modest if I don't tell them?
Just-STFU . 5y ago That Japan was the capital of Australia.
rubiedoobieunicorn 5y ago A customer came in today and apparently had a an excuse for not wearing a mask. We offered curbside pickup for their safety and the safety of others. They let us know that they work at a covid clinic, so they had literally 0% chance of contracting it.
aaareed . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago My mom said her new mac was a waste of money because it didn't have internet explorer so how is she supposed to do anything?
valhallaswyrdo 5y ago A few years ago leading up to the great American eclipse a coworker overheard us discussing it and said Y'all don't actually believe in that shit do you? I figured he misunderstood whatever we were talking about and thought we were talking about mysticism or something regarding the eclipse but no he followed up with Don't you know if the moon went into the sun it would melt, that's why the eclipse can't be real. I genuinely felt like humanity should probably start over from scratch after that.
cheeeeeeeeto . 5y ago someone tried to convince me that snakes don't have bones. I showed him some pictures of snake skeletons and he said yeah they have ribs, not bones
DivineRainor 5y ago Edited 5y ago Co-worker at my last job during lunch: Him: The moon landings obviously didn't happen Me: Thats awkward I was bouncing lasers off the mirrors we left there at Uni. (Physics Graduate) Him after pausing: Theres loads of ways they could have got there, aliens could have plonked them down Man literally believes in aliens but not the moon landings and is a manager at a large company
FrankieMint . 5y ago It's been proven that if you dream about falling and hit the ground in your dream you will die in your sleep. Yeah? If someone dies in their sleep, how do you know what they were dreaming?
 . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago Buddy of mine was very drunk one night and asked me where does the moon go during the daytime?

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