But the perfect combination of words, of course, can truly make someone physically hurt. The combo must also be a certain shade of foolish; in fact, it must be so stupid that it causes you to make the global gesture for "please reevaluate many things in your life," which is to place your hand on your face.
Not the foolish thing that was said, but the fact that the stupid thing was actually believed by someone, is what makes it worse. Due to Entertainment, there is currently a very suitable list for it.
#1 5G Is The Bane Of All Existence
Source: IndividualDot9604
In attendance was a representative from the network company.
A selection of people were permitted to take the mic and rant for hours about how they'd all been getting headaches, feeling more low than usual, flowers had been wilting, their dog wasn't himself, all manner of things blamed on 5G.
Several hours later after everyone had their say and the crowd of hundreds had been whipped into a fever the company representative had his turn to speak and simply said "thank you everyone for your comments but we haven't turned it on yet."
#2 "So, It's, Like, Just Your Opinion, Man"
Source: locky_
That everyones opinion has to carry the same weight as the one of someone who is proficient on a field and has dedicated hundreds of hours to obtain it.
#3 Trickle-Down Economics
Source: AlbionRemainsXIV
Trickle-down economics.
Ultima_RatioRegum elaborated:
If you were told this in a vacuum without any knowledge of the outside world, then it may seem to make logical sense. However, I don't think this is one of those beliefs that people have due to stupidity. The reason many people believe this is due to a multi-decade misinformation campaign waged by the owning class against the working class (and by working class, I mean anyone whose primary source of income is wage labor, from tradespeople to rocket scientists).
#4 Flat Earth Society
Source: TheOvercookedFlyer
That the earth is flat.
hard_baroquer explained
Adam Savage did a TED talk that not only did the ancient Greeks (and I'm sure many other societies at the time) realize the earth was spherical, but they also calculated the diameter to a small percentage point. All they needed was shadows at noon at two points, and trigonometry.
So with that much history going so far back, it's so crazy idiotic that people would disregard that knowledge.
#5 Vaccines Cause Autism
Source: viv_be_vibing
That Vaccines causes autism.
JMSeaTown replied:
The same people will vaccinate their dog, but their newborn doesn’t need protection against polio, Hepatitis B, Dtap, influenza, chicken pox, measles/mumps, etc. because those vaccines cause autism.
#6 Stealing The Elections
Source: gtkarakoram
That thousands of people coordinated, in several different states, to steal an election and left no evidence.
#7 That animals Don't Experience Emotions
Source: MantisAwakening
There are going to be people who reply to this comment that *still* insist animals don’t have emotions.
#8 There Is Never Enough Proof
Source: LakishaWoodruff
I used to work as a paralegal and had to fight with Social Security when they accused my clients of fraud. Got on a call with an agent who insisted my client was faking the disability her daughter had. The daughter died of the disability and it says it on the death certificate. The agent told me it wasn't enough proof.
#9 The BBC Spaghetti-Tree Hoax
Source: mobyhead1
Writer's Note:
This was a BBC broadcast for April Fools' showing a family in Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from a tree. Back then, spaghetti as a product was not all that known in the UK, hence all the calls the station got for advice on growing spaghetti, completely oblivious to the fact that it's actually made from wheat flour and water.
#10 Scientology
Source:
Scientology
MorticiaLaMourante replied:
I said "religion" in general, but Scientology has to be one of the worst
#11 Multi-Level Marketing (Pyramid) Schemes
Source:
That MLMs are a “small business” and not a pyramid scheme where there’s little to no chance of making/not losing money.
#12 "Are You A Cop?"
Source:
That if you ask an undercover cop if they’re a cop they’re required to answer honestly.
#13 Basic Math Fails The Hamburger Lovers
Source: McJumpington
People that thought a 1/3 pound burger was smaller than a quarter pounder.
#14 "Babies Feel No Pain"
Source:
Babies feel no pain and they believed that until the 1970's so they would experiment on babies up until then because they didnt feel pain. Scary.
#15 iTunes Gift Cards To Pay Off The IRS
Source: RilohKeen
“I need to buy these iTunes gift cards in order to pay off the IRS!”
wap2005 replied:
My grandma fell for this scam, I think it was Safeway Gift Cards or something. They said if she didn't take care of it right away they would have to send the police to her house and she couldn't get ahold of me or my mother to ask so she just went and did it. Was like $4000 or something like that, was a few years ago now.
It really is a bummer that people take advantage of elderly people.
#16 That 5G Causes Covid
Source: antcanavan
5G phone masts were spreading COVID. People actually burned them down because of that belief.
#17 Beanie Babies As An Investment
Source: Babyfart_McGeezacks,
Beanie babies as an investment strategy.
TemporalTickTock replied:
One of my all time favorite photos on the internet is that picture of that couple separating their beanie babies on the floor of a courtroom during their divorce.
#18 Horoscopes And Astrology
Source: FantasticWriting502
Horoscopes and anything astrology.
PLTuck replied:
I was doing a degree in Astronomy.
You wouldn't believe the number of people that started asking me about the meaning of their dreams and which rags horoscopes were the best. Even my DWP work coach thought I was doing a hokey pseudo degree, and then asked me to spell it!
#19 "When Did This Happen?"
Source: amccutchan14
When we went to see the Martian in theaters, at the end some woman behind us told her friend, “I can’t believe I missed this. When did this happen?”