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How dumb are human beings (Original Post) malaise Jan 31 OP
At this point... 2naSalit Jan 31 #1
Good point malaise Jan 31 #2
;-{) Goonch Jan 31 #3
Bwaaaah malaise Jan 31 #6
We are living Idiocracy in real time. aeromanKC Jan 31 #4
That Trump is president answers your (rhetorical) question PJMcK Jan 31 #5
No malaise Jan 31 #7
So ICE again rears its ugly head. GreenWave Jan 31 #8
You win the thread malaise Jan 31 #10
Sadly, the idiots walk among us. Jedi Guy Jan 31 #9
Yeah, I have friends who worked It support, and that one was fairly common. mwmisses4289 Jan 31 #11
"No, silly, the power's out!" malaise Jan 31 #12
It is both funny and sad that all the warning labels exist... 3catwoman3 Jan 31 #13
I read somewhere that hunans are only marginally more intelligent that humans berniesandersmittens Jan 31 #14
Hunans may be dumb beings, but their food is delicious MineralMan Jan 31 #15
Bwaaaah😀 malaise Jan 31 #16
Always a pleasure... MineralMan Jan 31 #17

Jedi Guy

(3,478 posts)
9. Sadly, the idiots walk among us.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:35 AM
Jan 31

Years ago I had a tech support job. A customer called in very upset that her Internet was down. I asked her to describe the lights on the broadband adapter and she said it was too dark to see it clearly. I asked her if she could turn on the lights and, without missing a beat, she huffily replied, "No, silly, the power's out!"

I had to bite my tongue quite hard so I wouldn't burst out laughing.

I forget who it was but a comedian once said, "I think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

mwmisses4289

(4,210 posts)
11. Yeah, I have friends who worked It support, and that one was fairly common.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:50 AM
Jan 31

There's the one about the person holding their mouse up in front of the screen, wondering why it wouldn't work and the one about someone who wanted to know why the "cup holder" wouldn't work any more.
Yeah, we humans are freaking idiots.

3catwoman3

(29,426 posts)
13. It is both funny and sad that all the warning labels exist...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:49 AM
Jan 31

…because some dumbass has tried whatever the labels advise you not to do.

When our sons were maybe 8 and 6, I bought a very large inner tube style float for them. It looked like a frosted donut. One of the warnings on the box was “DO NOT EAT.”

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