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I've heard two things which have taken stupidity Above and Beyond today.

Firstly, my girlfriend applies for a job at Kettering Borough Council. They email her to ask for her email address.

Secondly, a guy at work 'phones Corby JobCentre Plus. "Hi, I'd like to place an advert."
"For a job?" they ask.

We get all the bright sparks around here.

Any of you heard anything stupid recently?

It's pretty hard not to hear (or at least read) something stupid on any given day.

Go to the CAIR website. Plenty of stupid stuff there.

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Any of you heard anything stupid recently?

I recently listened to the speeches by Bush and Blair "explaining" how Iraq had to be invaded because they had the capacity to launch WMD against us all - according to Bliar, in 45 minutes. it sounds even more stupid now than it did then.

Any of you heard anything stupid recently?

Open any random thread in NS General, look through the first three pages. You're almost certain to come across something mind-blowingly stupid. I know few places more indicative of the depths of ignorance in which so much of mankind wallows.

Open any random thread in NS General, look through the first three pages. You're almost certain to come across something mind-blowingly stupid. I know few places more indicative of the depths of ignorance in which so much of mankind wallows.
Woah, you think these forums are stupid? You ain't seen nothing yet.
http://forum.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/forums.ws

Go to the CAIR website. Plenty of stupid stuff there.
I go and make a nice thread about people saying silly things and you have to bring politics and religion into it. Tsk. Although they're both fields where a lot of silly things are said...
...As the Beach Boys seem to have pointed out ;)

I got an email from the student council at my home university asking me for proof that I'm on an exchange semester, which may be difficult to provide, seeing that I happen to be on my exchange right now.

Open any random thread in NS General, look through the first three pages. You're almost certain to come across something mind-blowingly stupid. I know few places more indicative of the depths of ignorance in which so much of mankind wallows.Preach on, brotha! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=498428):D

Woah, you think these forums are stupid? You ain't seen nothing yet.
http://forum.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/forums.ws

Try this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2044616

Try this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2044616
WTF? Okay, I don't think I understood a single word of that. It's still slightly better than this though...
XBOX IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LAME
XBOX REKKZ OUT LOUD !@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!!@!@!@!@!@!@
Or this (http://forum.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/forums.ws?23,24,234,30533794). *gags*

Open any random thread in NS General, look through the first three pages. You're almost certain to come across something mind-blowingly stupid. I know few places more indicative of the depths of ignorance in which so much of mankind wallows.

Depressing as it is, NS is one of the more intelligent places on the net.

"[Steve Irwin] was probably trying to wrestle and grapple the stingray [...]"

Preach on, brotha! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=498428):D

I'm never too sure whether to feel depressed or just laugh. Mainly now I just feel amused at the sheer idiocy I find around here. At least it's a form of entertainment. They come along and spew out their ignorance and prejudice, their hate and narrow-mindedness, irrationality and moral panic, and they make me smile, bless 'em.

I got in a fight with my husband today he said some pretty stupid stuff, but he is at work now, so he is about to realize how idiotic he is and email me and appologize. ;)

other than that, I haven't talked to anyone today, my kids are sick so I have been tending to them.

We swim in a sea of stupidity. Theres no avoiding it, so eventually we become desensitized to it. It has gotten so bad, that now we have to have it pointed out to us.

Consider this: The more intelligent and educated one is, the less likely one is to have children, and when the intelligent have children, they usually have fewr than the less intelligent/educated. I wonder how many people realize that his means that humanity is actually breeding for stupidity. It is the only way we can sustain our consumer/pop culture based society.

We swim in a sea of stupidity. Theres no avoiding it, so eventually we become desensitized to it. It has gotten so bad, that now we have to have it pointed out to us.

Consider this: The more intelligent and educated one is, the less likely one is to have children, and when the intelligent have children, they usually have fewr than the less intelligent/educated. I wonder how many people realize that his means that humanity is actually breeding for stupidity. It is the only way we can sustain our consumer/pop culture based society.

Why evolve towards higher intelligence when you can survive without it? From an evolutionary perspective, it's a waste of energy to power unneeded brain activity.

In conclusion, humanity sucks. Or something like that.

We swim in a sea of stupidity. Theres no avoiding it, so eventually we become desensitized to it. It has gotten so bad, that now we have to have it pointed out to us.

Consider this: The more intelligent and educated one is, the less likely one is to have children, and when the intelligent have children, they usually have fewr than the less intelligent/educated. I wonder how many people realize that his means that humanity is actually breeding for stupidity. It is the only way we can sustain our consumer/pop culture based society.

Better words were not spoken on this forum today.

Pat Robertson telling a lady that yearly mamograms aren't needed.

Try this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2044616

Kind of like:

http://www.rnc.org/

www.foxnews.com/

http://www.rightwingnews.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/

http://www.family.org/

http://www.swiftvets.com/

Kind of like:

http://www.rnc.org/

www.foxnews.com/

http://www.rightwingnews.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/

http://www.family.org/

http://www.swiftvets.com/You're nicer than I am. I was going to throw Free Republic and Stormfront at him.

I got in a fight with my husband today he said some pretty stupid stuff, but he is at work now, so he is about to realize how idiotic he is and email me and appologize. ;)

other than that, I haven't talked to anyone today, my kids are sick so I have been tending to them.

Wow.... so, what makes him stupid and idiotic? I notice that when a couple have a fight, men get blamed more than women. When a couple breaks up, despite who broke up with who, and what the curmistances was, the guy always get blamed.

You're nicer than I am. I was going to throw Free Republic and Stormfront at him.

I'd have gone with JihadWatch.

You're nicer than I am. I was going to throw Free Republic and Stormfront at him.

Free Republic I can understand, but Stormfront? Comon Nazz, even Conservatives don't deserve to be linked to that bunch of brain dead morons who sleep with their 1st cousin, mom AND the family dog while screaming White Power.

When a couple breaks up, despite who broke up with who, and what the curmistances was, the guy always get blamed.

From the movie "As Good As it Gets":

Woman: "How do you write so well from a woman's perspective?"
Writer: "Easy. I picture a man and strip away reason and accountability."

From the movie "As Good As it Gets":

Woman: "How do you write so well from a woman's perspective?"
Writer: "Easy. I picture a man and strip away reason and accountability."

LOL, I'm going to have to rent that movie.

Free Republic I can understand, but Stormfront? Comon Nazz, even Conservatives don't deserve to be linked to that bunch of brain dead morons who sleep with their 1st cousin, mom AND the family dog while screaming White Power.

Well, their better dressed brethren in the Council of Conservative Citizens are certainly welcome in the Republican party. Major Republican politicians have spent a lot of time with them over the last few decades as they successfully wooed them away from the Democrats.

Thanks for that, by the way. We're better off without them.

Some of those guys are Senator George Allen's best friends.

Kind of like:
That's like this one forum I was on, where this core group of posters had to bring their politics into everything, even discussion of apolitical stupidity.

*Ahem*
On the Street yesterday I saw this fat guy chasing after one of those stupid "Heritage Tour" buses, yelling "How can I get on?!" at the driver. It wasn't exactly "stupid", but it was funny as Hell watching the man chase the bus for about 2-blocks (traffic was very heavy, as it always is).

Well, their better dressed brethren in the Council of Conservative Citizens are certainly welcome in the Republican party. Major Republican politicians have spent a lot of time with them over the last few decades as they successfully wooed them away from the Democrats.

Thanks for that, by the way. We're better off without them.

Some of those guys are Senator George Allen's best friends.

Well yea, it's the Republican Party. I actually never was a part of that party myself, I went from Democrat to Libertarian. TO me, the Democrats and Republicans are diffrent side of the same coin, or however that phrase goes. Personally I don't want anything to do with the radical Conservatism, mainly because I think they give true Conservative a bad name. To me True Conservative follow Goldwater example, and stick by what the original Modern Conservative movement was about.

Consider this: The more intelligent and educated one is, the less likely one is to have children, and when the intelligent have children, they usually have fewr than the less intelligent/educated. I wonder how many people realize that his means that humanity is actually breeding for stupidity.
I've noticed this. It makes me chuckle.

Consider this: The more intelligent and educated one is, the less likely one is to have children, and when the intelligent have children, they usually have fewr than the less intelligent/educated. I wonder how many people realize that his means that humanity is actually breeding for stupidity. It is the only way we can sustain our consumer/pop culture based society.
Under "normal" conditions (that is to say a free-market, law of the jungle type scenario) the less educated would have to reproduce at a higher level, because their young would be less likely to survive long enough to reproduce than the young of the better educated.
However, this is somewhat thrown off by having a society constructed like the current one, in which survival is the default option for underachievers.

Wow.... so, what makes him stupid and idiotic? I notice that when a couple have a fight, men get blamed more than women. When a couple breaks up, despite who broke up with who, and what the curmistances was, the guy always get blamed.

he is idiotic because he snapped at me for nothing, he assumed what he thought I meant by the tone in my voice and he was wrong. I told him he was wrong and he argued with me anyway.

I got an email stating

"I am sorry I was being an ass this morning, I guess you are right, anyway, I will be home early, can I bring you some soda and a candy bar to make up?"

he is idiotic because he snapped at me for nothing, he assumed what he thought I meant by the tone in my voice and he was wrong. I told him he was wrong and he argued with me anyway.

I got an email stating

"I am sorry I was being an ass this morning, I guess you are right, anyway, I will be home early, can I bring you some soda and a candy bar to make up?"

*makes whipping sound* And yea, I mean the tone of your voice really can say alot about your message. like if I said "Have a good day" in a scarcastic manner, you would think I was being rude. But if I said it in a happy manner, then you would think I was being sincere.

"I am sorry I was being an ass this morning, I guess you are right, anyway, I will be home early, can I bring you some soda and a candy bar to make up?"
"A candy bar"? What the Hell does he think this is, Vietnam?
You should hold out for some cake.

he is idiotic because he snapped at me for nothing, he assumed what he thought I meant by the tone in my voice and he was wrong. I told him he was wrong and he argued with me anyway.

I got an email stating

"I am sorry I was being an ass this morning, I guess you are right, anyway, I will be home early, can I bring you some soda and a candy bar to make up?"

Soda and a candy bar? Wow, you're easy. :p

he is idiotic because he snapped at me for nothing, he assumed what he thought I meant by the tone in my voice and he was wrong. I told him he was wrong and he argued with me anyway.

That doesn't make him idiotic. It makes him human.

Would it be fair for him to go to the office and talk about what an idiot you are if the situation were reversed?

Just sayin' is all ...

That doesn't make him idiotic. It makes him human.

Would it be fair for him to go to the office and talk about what an idiot you are if the situation were reversed?

Just sayin' is all ...

I agree with Keruvalia. Personally I would find it a little unsettling if my wife called me an idiot.

That's like this one forum I was on, where this core group of posters had to bring their politics into everything, even discussion of apolitical stupidity.




*chuckles*

That doesn't make him idiotic. It makes him human.

Would it be fair for him to go to the office and talk about what an idiot you are if the situation were reversed?

Just sayin' is all ...
Life isn't about being fair, Life is about getting the most money before you retire. Oh, and you have to have a lot of those chit-thingies that tell you that you were elected President 40-years ago, but no one told you at the time, so you missed it, but here is $200,000 to make it all better.
Life is also about run-on sentences that have no point.

*makes whipping sound* And yea, I mean the tone of your voice really can say alot about your message. like if I said "Have a good day" in a scarcastic manner, you would think I was being rude. But if I said it in a happy manner, then you would think I was being sincere.

the conversation went

"did you know <the 5 year old> is sick?"
"yeah, I have been up with her all night"
"what are you doing?"
"making another puke bucket for <the 3 year old>"
"are you sure she isn't faking for attention?"
"it doesn't matter if she is, I am bringing her a bucket"
"well, thank you for discounting my opinions and feelings like you just don't care"
"what is wrong with you?! that's not what I said"
"you said it didn't matter"
"meaning that if she is faking I am still bringing her a bucket"
"but you.......then I.........and, why are you being a bitch?"
"because I haven't slept, because I have been puked on 37 times in the last 4 hours, because you assume that I don't know that she is faking, because you yelled at me??????? I don't know why am I being a bitch? hmm?"
"I am going to work"
"okay bye"

was I being a bitch, most likely, but hey he started it right?

yes, that is the enitre conversation word for word, and yes I will remember the entire conversation word for word 40 years from now.......you wanna know why? because I am a woman, that's why. :p

That doesn't make him idiotic. It makes him human.

Would it be fair for him to go to the office and talk about what an idiot you are if the situation were reversed?

Just sayin' is all ...

oh whatever, I can be mad at him if I want. Besides, he went to work whining about how bitchy I was and how I "ruined" his morning and how he is working on a holiday for me and all kinds of crap........he will come home bring me food I will apologize all will be happy in Smunkee-land again. It happens every month around this time.........it's like he gets PMS or something.

because I am a woman, that's why. :p

So you plan on killing him with a guilt trip?

:eek: :)

Kind of like:

http://www.rnc.org/

www.foxnews.com/

http://www.rightwingnews.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/

http://www.family.org/

http://www.swiftvets.com/

Or Little Green Fasc- I mean Footballs.

If you're really gonna pull out the heavy guns you need to include Malkin and Redstate, I suppose.

the conversation went

"did you know <the 5 year old> is sick?"
"yeah, I have been up with her all night"
"what are you doing?"
"making another puke bucket for <the 3 year old>"
"are you sure she isn't faking for attention?"
"it doesn't matter if she is, I am bringing her a bucket"

Eh he does have a point. Sometimes siblings and children do copy one another. If one child sees that his sibling is getting more attention, then they'll try to get some of that attention too. There's a reason we have themostats :)

"well, thank you for discounting my opinions and feelings like you just don't care"
"what is wrong with you?! that's not what I said"
"you said it didn't matter"


Well to be fair, you did say it didn't matter.


"meaning that if she is faking I am still bringing her a bucket"
"but you.......then I.........and, why are you being a bitch?"


Ok, just like I wouldn't want my wife to call me an idiot, I def. would not call my wife a bitch.


"because I haven't slept, because I have been puked on 37 times in the last 4 hours, because you assume that I don't know that she is faking, because you yelled at me??????? I don't know why am I being a bitch? hmm?"
"I am going to work"
"okay bye"

Hmm, I would have to say it's very close.


was I being a bitch, most likely, but hey he started it right?

yes, that is the enitre conversation word for word, and yes I will remember the entire conversation word for word 40 years from now.......you wanna know why? because I am a woman, that's why. :p

Well kinda hard to really say who started it. and hooray for women. Because without you, I would probably be gay.

So you plan on killing him with a guilt trip?

:eek: :)
could, if I wanted.

I try to beat down the thing I have where he is "but I would never say somethign like that to you"
and I remember him saying the exact thing 5 years ago or whatever and be like "oh yeah?"
and then spit out an entire conversation to prove to him he is wrong.

it's tough to fight that.

Or Little Green Fasc- I mean Footballs.

If you're really gonna pull out the heavy guns you need to include Malkin and Redstate, I suppose.Or Powerline. Or Instapundit. The list goes on and on (though I think that of the ones listed here, LGF is the most racist, though Malkin is a close second).

Or Powerline. Or Instapundit. The list goes on and on (though I think that of the ones listed here, LGF is the most racist, though Malkin is a close second).

Scrutator :)

was I being a bitch, most likely, but hey he started it right?
Yeah he overreacted.

I will remember the entire conversation word for word 40 years from now.......you wanna know why? because I am a woman, that's why. :p

Whether or not you remember it is irrelevant. It's no longer valid after two weeks, same as everything else. ;)

Eh he does have a point. Sometimes siblings and children do copy one another. If one child sees that his sibling is getting more attention, then they'll try to get some of that attention too. There's a reason we have themostats :)
so? don't you think I know that?


Well to be fair, you did say it didn't matter.
I said her actions didn't matter that I was bringing the bucket anyway, not that his feelings about her faking didn't matter.


Ok, just like I wouldn't want my wife to call me an idiot, I def. would not call my wife a bitch.

he didn't call me a bitch he said I was acting like a bitch, and I didn't call him an idiot I said that he said some stupid stuff and was acting idiotic, there is a line that we don't cross.



Hmm, I would have to say it's very close.
no, I win by default



Well kinda hard to really say who started it. and hooray for women. Because without you, I would probably be gay.
he did, in my own delusion I was being perfectly nice.

Yeah he overreacted.
that's what I thought.



Whether or not you remember it is irrelevant. It's no longer valid after two weeks, same as everything else. ;)
I know, I grew up in the "lets win a fight" house, so it's bring up whatever you can to win, and I am trying hard to fight the urge. You know when my mom starts in on her guilt trips with me she brings up stuff I did when I was 2 :mad:

could, if I wanted.

I try to beat down the thing I have where he is "but I would never say somethign like that to you"
and I remember him saying the exact thing 5 years ago or whatever and be like "oh yeah?"
and then spit out an entire conversation to prove to him he is wrong.

it's tough to fight that.

You get a lot of candy bars, I bet. :p

Smunkee how do you make puke buckets?

I think I'm just going to play it safe and call this fight a tie. You two talk it out like adults and no one owes anyone anything.

Next bout! :D

Seriously though, I've seen ALOT of relationships where women would fight with their husband, and just stabs him behind his back to their girlfriends, and then they lay on the guilt trip on the poor guy, and he ends up bending over and taking one for the team. So sorry if I sould like I'm against you murk, I just tned to try to fight what I've seen and find disgusting.

I think I'm just going to play it safe and call this fight a tie. You two talk it out like adults and no one owes anyone anything.

Next bout! :D

Seriously though, I've seen ALOT of relationships where women would fight with their husband, and just stabs him behind his back to their girlfriends, and then they lay on the guilt trip on the poor guy, and he ends up bending over and taking one for the team. So sorry if I sould like I'm against you murk, I just tned to try to fight what I've seen and find disgusting.

You get a lot of candy bars, I bet.
yeah, and other stuff, like movies and video games, it depends on how much he screwed up.

Smunkee how do you make puke buckets?
you get a mop bucket right? and put two trashbags in it, so that they can throw up in there and you can throw it away, you have to double bag or it might leak. ;)

our bathroom is too far from their bedroom for them to make it while vomiting, so it's easier to let them vomit bedside than to scrub it out of my hallway carpets. ;)

you get a mop bucket right? and put two trashbags in it, so that they can throw up in there and you can throw it away, you have to double bag or it might leak. ;)

our bathroom is too far from their bedroom for them to make it while vomiting, so it's easier to let them vomit bedside than to scrub it out of my hallway carpets. ;)

That doesnt seem like such a horrible thing for a three year old to have if she thinks she might need it.

That doesnt seem like such a horrible thing for a three year old to have if she thinks she might need it.

it's not. I figure I had been up (still am up btw) since 4am Saturday and it at that point was 5am Monday, I don't see a problem with indulging the little kid with a bucket, if she pukes good, if she doesn't what am I out? really?

On why Noah's Ark had an easy supply of fresh water and thus existed.

"Drilling a hole in the side of the ark below the waterline strikes me as an elegant solution."

it's not. I figure I had been up (still am up btw) since 4am Saturday and it at that point was 5am Monday, I don't see a problem with indulging the little kid with a bucket, if she pukes good, if she doesn't what am I out? really?

It seems useless for your hubby to question that..

I'd give her a bucket just incase.

it's not. I figure I had been up (still am up btw) since 4am Saturday and it at that point was 5am Monday, I don't see a problem with indulging the little kid with a bucket, if she pukes good, if she doesn't what am I out? really?

If I saw (and worse smelled) my sister puke 37 times I might feel a bit queasy too.

It seems useless for your hubby to question that..

I'd give her a bucket just incase.
see? I thought he was just trying to annoy me too.

If I saw (and worse smelled) my sister puke 37 times I might feel a bit queasy too.
yeah, if you think about it the top 2 reasons my kids would be sick like this

1 virus
2 got gluten

either of those would affect both since they are around eachother 24/7 and eat the same food, it's just common sense that if one is sick the other one might be too.

You're nicer than I am. I was going to throw Free Republic and Stormfront at him.Why not the Christian Party to boot? :D

Open any random thread in NS General, look through the first three pages. You're almost certain to come across something mind-blowingly stupid. I know few places more indicative of the depths of ignorance in which so much of mankind wallows.

Crikey!

Bush and rumsfeld gave speeches recently.

Also, I made the mistake of reading beyond the first page here on NSG, which doubles my chance of reading the sort of stupid shit it's clogged up with nowadays.