Clues that a person is about as sharp as a marble?

Wrecktangle

Generally speaking, what makes you consider a person to be unintelligent? Or lacking in common sense, maybe.


Personally, it's anyone who takes the horoscopes seriously. Or is superstitious in general! Or someone who uses celebrities as role models instead of actual people.

monflat

Someone that posts nonsense posts about being sharp as marbles on after hours forum ;-)

Brian from Bray

People who post pictures of their food/drinks on Facebook.

HeidiHeidi

Wrecktangle wrote: »

Generally speaking, what makes you consider a person to be unintelligent? Or lacking in common sense, maybe.


Personally, it's anyone who takes the horoscopes seriously. Or is superstitious in general! Or someone who uses celebrities as role models instead of actual people.

Celebrities are actual people though......

One eyed Jack

Someone who sees themselves as being more intelligent, or having more common sense, than anyone else.

superstitions, horoscopes, yeah huge tells

tea break gives away a lot- gossip mag discussion, or tabloid headline level political discourse.

generally, if someone gets agitated at any disagreement on a topic they hadnt personal involvement in, I'd start to write them off pretty quickly, control/distance is a pretty important facet imo

20Cent

If they are Libertarians or anarcho capitalists.

Turtyturd

People who start threads here on a daily basis.

Fuzzy Clam

People that believe everything they see and read on social media.

PirateShampoo

People who write in some form of retard language...

I taught I did.
Dis, Dat, dem.
Mammy put on da Tay.

Etc etc

One eyed Jack

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Someone who sees themselves as being more intelligent, or having more common sense, than anyone else.

there's such a thing as over-piety imo!

GavRedKing

Daily Mail reader and Kardashian viewer.

A special breed of stupid.

One eyed Jack

[Deleted User] wrote: »

there's such a thing as over-piety imo!

No there isn't, I know because I just checked

RayM

Usually the taxi sign on the roof of their car is a good indicator.

Wrecktangle

GavRedKing wrote: »

Daily Mail reader and Kardashian viewer.

A special breed of stupid.

Nail on the head. I know people who believe that nonsense like its bible and who will genuinely defend the Kardashains as decent role models and people.

KERSPLAT!

People who take everything they read as fact. Things that make no sense, things that are illogical, they can see this and still you get "well that's what I read, it must be true" drives me bananas and usually leads me to believe the person can't think for themselves and may not be very bright

Brian from Bray

Wrecktangle wrote: »

Nail on the head. I know people who believe that nonsense like its bible and who will genuinely defend the Kardashains as decent role models and people.

Daycent arse though

Wrecktangle

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Celebrities are actual people though......

I was meaning more vacuous celebrities. I would consider Jessica Ennis a celebrity and a brilliant role model at the same time. I couldn't say the same for a pop star like Nicki Minaj :P

Dard23

Anyone who watches Jeremy Kyle or something similar. Also Big Brother, TOWWIE, most of the crap on E4. I think something must be lacking.

Owldshtok

Wrecktangle wrote: »

Generally speaking, what makes you consider a person to be unintelligent? Or lacking in common sense, maybe.


Personally, it's anyone who takes the horoscopes seriously. Or is superstitious in general! Or someone who uses celebrities as role models instead of actual people.

Judgemental people who can't live and let live.

L'Enfer du Nord

People who make the same mistakes again and again. I had a colleague once and I really thought that having his various **** ups exposed might encourage him to change his ways. Or at the very least he wouldn't make the exact same mistakes again. Not a bit of it, always the same stupid ****. He excelled at shifting the blame, lying and being a sycophant. These are all the skills the modern idiot needs to thrive in the work place.

lameusername

Vaccines caused 9.11

endacl

Homeopathy.

Haznat

People that have their own name tattooed on themselves.

L'Enfer du Nord

Pyramid 'investing' schemes.

Wrecktangle

Owldshtok wrote: »

Judgemental people who can't live and let live.

I wouldn't say I'm being judgemental, I just find it interesting! I have friends who do stuff like this and I wouldn't dream of looking down on them for it.

Fluffy Cat 88

Brian from Bray wrote: »

People who post pictures of their food/drinks on Facebook.

People who put up selfies and photos while on holidays every 10 minutes because;

A. If you are having such a great time, why aren't you just enjoying the time instead of fannying around with your phone.

B. You are telling your 756 Facebook "friends" your house is empty, dont come crying to me when your gaff gets burgled!

BOHtox

20Cent wrote: »

If they are Libertarians or anarcho capitalists.

The belief of free markets, individual personal freedom and peace really is for the stuff of idiots alright

Brian from Bray

Fluffy Cat 88 wrote: »

People who put up selfies and photos while on holidays every 10 minutes because;

A. If you are having such a great time, why aren't you just enjoying the time instead of fannying around with your phone.

B. You are telling your 756 Facebook "friends" your house is empty, dont come crying to me when your gaff gets burgled!

C. People who take pics of themselves in front of the mirror.

emigrate2012

Huh?
Wha?!?
(breaths through mouth.....)


When they're an idiot is a dead give away for me.

Owldshtok

Wrecktangle wrote: »

I wouldn't say I'm being judgemental, I just find it interesting! I have friends who do stuff like this and I wouldn't dream of looking down on them for it.

That sounds like a contradiction.

the evasion_kid

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

Wrecktangle

Owldshtok wrote: »

That sounds like a contradiction.

How?

Brian from Bray

the evasion_kid wrote: »

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

U OK Hun ? xx

the evasion_kid

Brian from Bray wrote: »

U OK Hun ? xx

#kant kope... Send me an angle xoxo

StupidLikeAFox

People who work at Full Time Mad Bastard

People who work at Full Time Mammy

strawdog

Brian from Bray wrote: »

C. People who take pics of themselves in front of the mirror.

Worse for me, people at a gig who film the whole thing on their camera phone. Probably the best way to experience music, and they have to capture it in bad picture and sound quality to prove to themselves and their social network that they were there.

Brian from Bray

strawdog wrote: »

Worse for me, people at a gig who film the whole thing on their camera phone. Probably the best way to experience music, and they have to capture it in bad picture and sound quality to prove to themselves and their social network that they were there.

Gombeens the whole lot of them.

Turtyturd

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

People who work at Full Time Mad Bastard

People who work at Full Time Mammy

Tend to be graduates of 'The School of hard knox' or 'Hogwarts'.

Robbo

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

People who work at Full Time Mad Bastard

People who work at Full Time Mammy

Education: University of Life or School of Hard Knocks

Alternate profession: Works at Making the World a Better Place

Wrecktangle

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

People who work at Full Time Mad Bastard

People who work at Full Time Mammy

The Facebook habit I don't get is sharing photos (generally of something a bit silly like a minion or a silhouette of people holding hands) saying "share this if you're sister is "X"!" Or "share this with that one friend who always needs oxygen to live lol"

monflat

monflat wrote: »

Someone that posts nonsense posts about being sharp as marbles on after hours forum ;-)

Oh would you GTFO with your predictably pathetic attempt at humour.

Really p*sses me off with the obvious "ironic" responses that somehow seem to imitate the infinite other obvious "ironic" responses.

You got lucky by being the 2nd post. Now try harder!!!!!

Wrecktangle

strawdog wrote: »

Worse for me, people at a gig who film the whole thing on their camera phone. Probably the best way to experience music, and they have to capture it in bad picture and sound quality to prove to themselves and their social network that they were there.

Most crushing thing I ever saw was a couple who took turns filming/photographing a gig with their iPad (not even a little phone, but an iPad!) and uploading the pictures before the gig had ended!!!

Nib

People who went to the "college of life".

People who get your/you're, there/their/they're and lose/loose mixed up.

People who like Conor McGregor.

Earthhorse

People who participate in online petitions.

Mountainsandh

Generally people who appear very selfish and completely lack empathy. I picture their mind like a tunnel vision, they can only see their own needs.

It looks like I'm saying it's a social behaviour, but it's not, it's just the symptom of a blunt edge, imo.

(I'm just not witty and funny enough for AH, getting back in my box).

Tarzana2

Brian from Bray wrote: »

People who post pictures of their food/drinks on Facebook.

How does this indicate lack of intelligence?

Tarzana2

Deleted User wrote: »

tea break gives away a lot- gossip mag discussion, or tabloid headline level political discourse.

I used to work in a lab full of PhD candidates who were obsessed with celebrities. Unintelligent? Hardly.

Nib

People who can't multi-quote.

Tarzana2

Nib wrote: »

People who can't multi-quote.

You're so badass. I'm moist.

Savage Tyrant

Yeah, I'd agree with the horoscope people... Obvious morons.

A few times I've seen on a Facebook someone ask others to recommend a good medium or psychic, followed by people falling over themselves recommending people and vouching for how accurate they are... Again, pretty obvious morons.

And I hate falling into the trap of atheists being smug and condescending, but I can't help thinking anyone who believes in God or other higher beings are a bit thick.