After reading these, you just might think humankind is devolving.
After reading through the answers, I am convinced people are about 84% dumber than I originally believed.
“I had a student email me to ask how to convert years into centuries.”
Peter L., Quora
2.
He’s 34 years old."
u/deleted
3.
After a pause, she asked: ‘What are your most popular flavors?
Are the chips as good as Lay’s?'"
Abhinav G., Quora
4.
“‘I’m never going to quit smoking cigarettes.
My aunt was healthy until she quit.
Then she was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.'”
u/StableDestroyer
5.
“What is the correct spelling… Iran or Iraq?”
Diane C., Quora
6.
“Someone once said that they couldnt wait for Halloween to fall on Friday the 13th.”
u/BurningMurphys
7.
Charissa E., Quora
8.
“My husband’s mom is very ignorant and known to say really dumb things.
u/M-Y-girliegirl
9.
“‘How come chicken breasts don’t have nipples?'”
Vineet K., Quora
10.
He was pointing at the white rectangular border of the paper.”
u/Banan4Express
11.
“A teacher, soon after I arrived in the US: ‘How long have you been here?’
Me: ‘A week.’
Teacher: ‘How did you learn English so fast?!'”
Vinati S., Quora
12.
That’s why the eclipse can’t be real.'"
u/valhallaswyrdo
13.
I’m just robbing the till.'"
Leigh L., Quora
14.
“They asked, ‘Was it difficult for your husband to learn English?
Is there a language barrier for you guys?’
My husband is Scottish, born and raised.”
u/Zoo_in_the_bathtub
15.
Ya bud, that’s not how the sun works, LOL."
u/I-Reddit_Rong
16.
“Shopkeeper: ‘I will get you a 30% discount on this.’
Anonymous, Quora
17.
What should I do?’
I told her: ‘Give the dog some more water.'”
Angela A., Quora
18.
“I once had a classmate in high school say she wanted to move to Australia.
No amount of convincing or documentation would convince her that giraffes were in Africa and not Australia.”
u/ThunderDash
19.
“‘Do you have internet in Indonesia?’
and it was asked by email.”
Andre O., Quora
20.
“A guy asked me if Hitler was before or after World War II.
We are both native Germans.”
u/Kilimandijaro
21.
“Someone told me we dont need farmers because we have grocery stores.
(We live in a rural area.)”
u/ApplicationFar655
22.
“I was asked: ‘Is this the end of the line?’
I answered: ‘No, it’s the front.
We’re all standing backward.'”
Mike C., Quora
23.
“A friend of mine asked me why we didnt see stars when we flew over them.
She truly believed that when you were flying on an airplane, you flew over the stars.
I was speechless.”
u/Outrageous-Crow-5359
24.
“My grandma’s friend and her daughter said they could hear the International Space Station fly overhead.
They claimed it sounded like ‘woosh,’ LOL.”
u/TheBookofrook
25.
“‘I don’t know if an egg is a fruit or a vegetable.'”
u/cannedbenkt
26.
“After telling a friend I am a psychology major, she said, ‘Great.
Can you tell me what I’m thinking right now?'”
“hey don’t ask any psychology students this.
They are not mind readers.
You are merely embarrassing yourselves.”
Amruta W., Quora
27.
“They said that the Golden Gate Bridge connects North America and Europe.
Yeah…don’t even ask.”
u/diesereineda
28.
“‘Can you get infected from the virus on your setup?'”
Salim U., Quora
29.
‘Isnt it amazing how dogs just come out knowing commands like sit and lay down?’
The man was stone cold serious."
“This friend of mine said, ‘I don’t think I’d understandFantastic 4.
I haven’t seen Fantastic 1, 2, and 3.'”
Vivek R., Quora
31.
I got into the elevator before her!
Shouldn’t I be dropped off first?'"
Ritika G., Quora
32.
Zoe, Quora
33.
“My sister was adopted from Korea.
She was only about 10 weeks old an almost newborn infant when she came home to us.
Several people asked me at the time, ‘So does she speak Korean?’
or ‘Does she have an accent?'”
Sonnet F., Quora
34.
Ambra B., Quora
35.
‘Oh, you’re from Australia?
Do you know my niece in New Zealand?’
and ‘How many miles is it from where you live to Sydney?
No, not miles, liters.
How many liters is it?'"
I was wracking my brain trying to work out what had connected me to the former World Heavyweight champion.
Finally, I said, ‘Why do you think I should sound like Hulk Hogan?’
She said, ‘Because he’s such a famous Aussie.’
We then had a brief argument about the nationality of Hulk Hogan.
Dave S., Quora
36.
Errrrrrr, no."
Natalie B., Quora
37.
Venkat R., Quora
38.
Vinkateshwar J., Quora
39.
Swekar P., Quora
40.
That should make things better.’
I smiled inanely and walked away, stunned."
u/Krissy_ok
41.
“‘Tigers are girl lions!’
said my 40-year-old ex-boyfriend, a nuclear engineer.”
