What automatically makes you think people are idiots?

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For me it’s:

people who think that Michael Jackson isn’t a pedophile.

people who say things like “Londanistan” “Bradfordistan”

People who say “If the Holocaust is real, why do the tattoo numbers only go up to 5 digits”

Yes, very familiar with the placebo effect @justtheotheronemrswembleyand perhaps if someone pays a lot of money for a homeopath to tell them that something with no active ingredients will solve their condition then wanting to believe it will help is enough. Let’s hope so.

People who voted for Brexit.
People who voted for Trump (or defend those who did).
Moon landing deniers.
Sexists.
Racists.
"Trad wives".

I do understand irony hence the winky face and “oh wait”. I was being ironic. Did you not get that?

Youve never heard of a holocaust denier or someone saying the MJ is innocent? really?

At the risk of being the idiot on this thread: what are those things?

Vegans

And watch YouTube videos… I have an ex-friend who thinks that every famous / powerful woman is actually a man & vice-versa. She doesn’t figure that there are just masculine-looking women & feminine-looking men. I do wonder how she applies it IRL. Like, would she say to an elderly lady, with short hair, wearing a pair of slacks, no longer full of youthful hormones, on the bus “you are a man!” No, she wouldn’t. Because she never leaves the house. She’s too busy researching…

People who support Trump or Farage.

Holocaust deniers.

People my age (I'm 72) who don't understand why young people aren't homeowners, not acknowledging the huge difference in affordability of property relative to income nowadays.

People who buy UPFs as the majority of their/their children's diet, especially if they then whinge about health/weight/expense.

People who immediately share posts on SM without checking their veracity.

I’m not an anti vaxxer, but I understand why others might be.

I’m not anti abortion, but I can understand why others might be.

I’m not a trump supporter, but I can understand why others might be.

People with completely steadfast opinions who think anyone thinks differently is an idiot, is probably an idiot.

What, you mean like pedophile, hopefully they're American, who speak English, they just don't know how to spell in English 😂

My DH says this, but he has a PHD so definitely not uneducated! It’s regional apparently …

I don’t smoke weed myself , not a fan at all. But I don’t think most weed users think it’s “cool “ or “clever “ they just smoke it the same way that people would have an alcoholic beverage. I find people who are “anti weed because it’s illegal” a bit dim myself. If people grow a little bit for personal use it’s no worse than alcohol. Some would argue alcohol is much worse actually.

I’m not a trump supporter, but I can understand why others might be.

Can you? As in actual reasonable ones, even at this stage? Find that fascinating.

Scrunchy bum leggings.

Educated

What does that have to do with uneducated/illiterate parents taking their kids out of school to Home Ed them? Parents shouldn't be home educating their kids if they don't have basic education or literacy skills themselves.

Very balanced 👌

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it goes without saying that a speech impediment is very different

For me it’s people who believe their political party is 100% right about everything and the opposition are 100% wrong about everything. People who can’t acknowledge the “wrong side” may have a point or have done something positive, ever.

God yes to this, the divisiveness of it all, utterly ridiculous !

Also that politicians from the different parties are at each others throats all the time, its more likely to be someone from the same party, and actually they all muddle along together and share some common goals and take part in cross party things a lot more than people seem to think. A lot of the point scoring at PM's questions is just theatrics.

People who start sentences with 'Honestly'

People who call their good-for-nothing partners an 'Amazing dad'

People who hold minorities to higher standards

People who believe in a 'sky fairy'

Wow. Think you need to re-examine this one

I’m very bad at spelling. I’m over 60. Still find spelling very difficult but it’s a specific thing …words with a lot of vowels or small curves constants …decison always gets me for instance.

but I speed read , skim read. I still read a lot, but as a child/teen i was always reading.

my mum was English teacher. Believe me she tried. As did my teachers. My brothers have exactly same issues. Some of our kids do, and some don’t. We all excelled in English language, with one of my siblings doing English at uni .

I worked deligently at school and being judged by spelling on all subjects was a real handicap - but I achieved 9 0 levels/4 A levels . I have a “ good” joint degree in maths and chemistry. That was down to sheer hard graft - chemistry was not a natural subject for me I found out too late. Worked my whatits off. Had a “successful career” which did involve a lot of tech writing. Which I love. I still write now, I do a lot of voluntary committee work involving writing and documentation in my retirement. Most people see me for what I can do, and don’t judge that occasionally there’s the odd spelling error that got through spell checking.

I still struggle. I simply can see shape of word in my head, but not the individual letters. The invention of spell checking was a game changer, but doesn’t stop it as sometimes I can’t get past 2nd or 3rd letter.

I certainly don’t think I am highly intelligent. I do know I’m not stupid though. Like all reasonably intelligent people and curious people I know what I do know, and know there’s a hell of a lot of stuff I don’t know. And I know I’m not perfect and spelling is one of the those things I simply am not good at.

You’re basically saying everyone who is dyslexic is stupid. You’re also saying the following famously poor spellers but successful people are also stupid (go do a search on various quotes and commentary on their spelling prowess)

Winston Churchill
Jane Austin…yes…even she reader
Keats
Agatha Christie
Albert Einstein- this is so well known, he was a complete failure at school
Yeats
Scott Fitzgerald
George Washington
Even leonardo di Vinci sort of made it up as he went along
And Alfred butts - who invented scrabble Fgs

Yep, all stupid. Automatically.

People who can’t control their dogs. Yesterday, a large dog, on a lead, jumped up at me as I was getting out of my car. He hit me with his claws and then wrapped his teeth around my handbag, which I was fortunately holding Maggie Thatcher style in front of my stomach.

Kill?! I think they are murderers as well as idiots.

I don't think anybody does? Certainly, the deity I believe in is neither a fairy nor resides in the sky.