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What automatically makes you think people are idiots?

965 replies

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 05/02/2026 16:00

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”

OP posts:
nomas · 05/02/2026 19:25

Womaninhouse17 · 05/02/2026 19:24

People who believe in a 'sky fairy'

Which religion believes in Sky Fairies?

ShowmetheMapletree · 05/02/2026 19:26

People who cannot do their job, which seems to be common these days. I find myself showering praise on people who do actually do their job, because it is such a rarity.
As you can tell, it has been a long day!

nomas · 05/02/2026 19:26

Womaninhouse17 · 05/02/2026 19:24

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

Lol, sorry, I corrected the typo

Flinderskleepers · 05/02/2026 19:27

People who put kisses after any message

X

Womaninhouse17 · 05/02/2026 19:28

nomas · 05/02/2026 19:25

Which religion believes in Sky Fairies?

I used 'sky fairy' in response to a post which used the term. But I meant any sort of god or imaginary being, which I think includes any religion.

Limehawkmoth · 05/02/2026 19:28

Dymaxion · 05/02/2026 19:23

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.

I really like a quote I came across before last election when I was not sure who to vote for.
along lines of

”voting is not a marriage. You’re never going to find a perfect match, it’s more like catching a bus, vote for who is going to get you closest to where you want to go”

anyone who supports any political party 100% isn’t thinking critically imhe

but, for what it’s worth I don’t think it makes them automatically stupid by default. Just people who can’t accept they may be wrong about some things.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 05/02/2026 19:28

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 05/02/2026 19:13

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?

Denier, is that not the thickness of tights?

ChillingWithMySnowmies · 05/02/2026 19:28

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 05/02/2026 19:11

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.

I don't believe my chosen party have it right, but no-one will ever convince me that Farage has anything to say that is worth listening to. That man is an odious, arse licking, racist.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 05/02/2026 19:28

Flinderskleepers · 05/02/2026 19:27

People who put kisses after any message

X

Hahha

guilty! Xx

purpleygrey · 05/02/2026 19:29

Disney adults. Absolute weirdos.

auserna · 05/02/2026 19:29

People who say "myself" when they mean "me" or "I".
Anti-vaxxers.
TRAs.
People who can only process the first point in an email so completely ignore the second and third.

nomas · 05/02/2026 19:29

Prisonbreak · 05/02/2026 19:22

Educated

'Th' doesn't exist in every language.

ohyesido · 05/02/2026 19:29

People who use words with “er” or “est” on the end. Such as cleverer or cleverest. Those postfixes are for words that end in the letter y only.

and sentences like “I can confirm that “ are somewhat irksome because they add no substance to anything. Just waffle

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 05/02/2026 19:29

ChillingWithMySnowmies · 05/02/2026 19:28

I don't believe my chosen party have it right, but no-one will ever convince me that Farage has anything to say that is worth listening to. That man is an odious, arse licking, racist.

You think you would disagree with him on every point about everything?

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 05/02/2026 19:30

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 05/02/2026 19:28

Denier, is that not the thickness of tights?

Yes, and someone who denies something (ah the beloved ambiguity of the English language)

OP posts:
ChillingWithMySnowmies · 05/02/2026 19:31

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 05/02/2026 19:29

You think you would disagree with him on every point about everything?

Even a broken clock is right twice, doesn't mean i want it in my house, or to ask it the time.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 05/02/2026 19:32

Incorrectly using myself, yourself, instead of I, me or you.

People who think ‘discrete’ is an alternative spelling of ‘discreet’.

Womaninhouse17 · 05/02/2026 19:32

Changedmynameagain20 · 05/02/2026 19:25

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

I used the term 'sky fairy' in response to a comment which also used it. But any deity is just as real to me as any sky fairy.

dreichluver · 05/02/2026 19:32

Flat Earthers
Anti Vaxxers
Covid Deniers
QAnon Freaks
Trans Rights Activists
Gays For Palestine
Extreme Right Wing Muppets
Extreme Left Wing Muppets
Incels
People Who Still Support Nicola Sturgeon
People Who Deny Brexit Has Had A Devastating Impact On The UK
Marvel Enthusiasts
Rings Of Power Fans

Jesus ... the list is endless. 😜

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 05/02/2026 19:33

ChillingWithMySnowmies · 05/02/2026 19:31

Even a broken clock is right twice, doesn't mean i want it in my house, or to ask it the time.

I didn’t say you had to vote for him. Just that it’s idiotic to refuse to listen to other opinions and automatically assume someone who you’ve disagreed with on other topics previously is wrong.

Gowlett · 05/02/2026 19:34

Limehawkmoth · 05/02/2026 19:24

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.

Yes. My DH can’t spell. He is not very articulate, either…

However, he’s very well-read.Enjoys literature of all kinds.
He’s also a fine-art painter, musician, can talk art & music.

I’m an editor. I can spell. I read chick-lit & watch rom-coms.

Goldwren1923 · 05/02/2026 19:34

MAGA, Brexiteers and Reform voters

ohyesido · 05/02/2026 19:35

FlowerFairyDaisy · 05/02/2026 17:05

A few months ago, anyone who put a Union Flag on a lamppost in our town, or showed their support of it.

This, and didn’t recognise that it was upside down in many cases

Womaninhouse17 · 05/02/2026 19:35

ohyesido · 05/02/2026 19:29

People who use words with “er” or “est” on the end. Such as cleverer or cleverest. Those postfixes are for words that end in the letter y only.

and sentences like “I can confirm that “ are somewhat irksome because they add no substance to anything. Just waffle

Really? What about 'harder' or 'dumber' or 'cooler' or 'warmest' or 'softest' or... I could go on forever. You seem to have picked up a non-existent and pointless rule

Goldwren1923 · 05/02/2026 19:35

Also flat earthers!

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