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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do unintelligent people mean when they say "stupid"?
Im confronted on a daily basis with people unwilling to do social distancing because its stupid.
What are they trying to say?
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What do unintelligent people mean when they say "stupid"? (Original Post)
TrogL
Apr 2020
OP
It means they feel contemptuous of things they don't understand correctly.
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2020
#2
What it means, I think, is that it's something they've decided they don't want to do.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#4
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)1. I've not heard that from anyone here.
What state are you in?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)2. It means they feel contemptuous of things they don't understand correctly.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,392 posts)3. Willfully ignorant people
They won't back down until it's too late and something either affects them or, if they have them, loved ones.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)4. What it means, I think, is that it's something they've decided they don't want to do.
So they call it "stupid" in order to justify their decision.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)5. That maybe they're not as intelligent as they think they are.
TrogL
(32,818 posts)10. Dunning-Kruger in other words
Was wondering about that
hatrack
(59,574 posts)6. "Your opinions are not the same as mine!"
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Squinch
(50,911 posts)7. It means, "An idea pushed by a group that I think of as The Elite.
In my mind, they think about me in derogatory terms all the livelong day. In reality, they don't think of me at all, but I live my life in opposition to all they represent to me."
Trailrider1951
(3,413 posts)8. They mean the same thing as a four-year-old
who stamps his foot and glares at you, saying, "You're not the boss of me!"
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)9. They are saying, "Damned liburls ain't gonna control my life!" nt