Thread: Grr! Stupid people make me sick!

I don't have a big issue with stupid questions as much as with stupid drivers. I swear some people found their driver's licenses inside a box of Cracker Jack!

I've been saying it for years: people are stupid, and I'm glad I'm not one of them

And finally,

Originally Posted by DSailing

...What if it was your intolerance to questions...

and just think how dumb the average person is.. then remember that half of the people in the world are dumber than that!

I'm an engineering student, interning in an engineering group, so when I get outside of the engineering world I do sometimes wonder what happened to peoples brains.. I read Dilbert frequently!

"stupid people do stupid things, smart people outsmart each other then themselves" SYSTEM OF A DOWN

Originally Posted by metalhead

"stupid people do stupid things, smart people outsmart each other then themselves" SYSTEM OF A DOWN

good song!

One thing I've learned is not to equate intelligence with smart, and lack of it with stupid.

My sister has always had problems with math, science, computers, and things as simple as first order equations. When I was younger, I always thought ' how on earth is it possible that you don't understand this'.

But fastforward 10 years. She is now a social worker, working in the trenches so to speak.
sometimes she tells about her work, and the things that happened that week.
She has told me stories about horrible situations where she is the one to act and make decisions, knowing fully well that there will be no happy endings. Only bad endings and worse ending.

Some of those situations would have had me freaking out so bad I would have flipped, done wrong things or sent me into a depression. Most of the intelligent people I know wouldn't be able to handle them either.
And yet she does, keeping her sanity, raising hell when the situation calls for it and not shying away from talking even the DA into submission.

So even though my father has to explain the working of a simple digital camera several times, and first order equations cost him dozens of hours and grey hair, she is far from stupid. She is just smart in other areas.

Originally Posted by Bruce

I used to get angry with those I thought dumber than myself; then I could feel smug as they ain't I. Then I started to listen more closely to some and I aren't so smug no more.

I love it, Bruce.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Ditch Doc

In the Army, they used to say, "You can what if this s**t all day, son, Just learn the procedure, and then use your best judgement." I think that's a pretty good answer to everyone's what ifs. I am a Paramedic, and often have to mentor students and new medics, they what if every situation, and I give them the same answer. It satisfies them...well...at least it shuts them up.

I'll remember that, I've been looking for a way to keep people from asking questions that could easily be figured out with the use of common sense. I'm in NROTC and have had to sit through so many dumb questions that I was ready to strangle the asker... example- "Sir, would there ever be a time when the boat will run out of food, and necesitate dragging a net behind the boat to catch fish?" asked to a USN Submarine CO by one of my peers.

I guess all you can do is know that there is always going to be "that" guy/girl in every group

Originally Posted by Smurf87

I guess all you can do is know that there is always going to be "that" guy/girl in every group

... and if you cant tell who 'that' guy/girl is then start to worry because they may think its you.

Originally Posted by Smurf87

- "Sir, would there ever be a time when the boat will run out of food, and necesitate dragging a net behind the boat to catch fish?" asked to a USN Submarine CO by one of my peers.

Oh, you have to be careful about that. If you do that at the wrong depth you might catch a mermaid and then the GreenPeace people will never let you sleep.