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How thick are some people?

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    #62
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Murrisk wrote: »
    Saw someone on Facebook once who had shaved her head (and posted photos of same) "so I know what it feels like to have cancer". Rrriiiggght. And are you going to go through with the associated treatments too? Remove your eyelashes and eyebrows? Ya know, to really get the full experience. And does this mean that any man who decides to shave his head once he starts going bald also knows what it's like to have cancer? Wow, this head-shaving malarkey is multi-functional!

    And of course, people were lavishing her with praise for her "bravery". What a slap in the face to anyone who has struggled through gruelling cancer treatments, especially anyone who is going to die from it anyway, despite getting medical attention. Muppet.

    Wow. And the sad thing is we probably still haven't hit peak stupid with Facebook.


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    #63
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    jamesbere wrote: »
    I've seen some idiotic attention seeking stuff but this takes the biscuit. As someone who has lost someone to cancer, what they've done is sickening to be honest, I hope someone called them out on it

    Unfortunately, no, it was all comments like "Ur so brave, hunny!" and it was the kind of thing where anyone who gave a dissenting opinion would probably be lambasted or considered a begrudger. I too have seen the horrors of cancer, even if you're curable, the treatments are awful, so it really disgusted me.


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    #64
    koumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭koumi


    Murrisk wrote: »
    Saw someone on Facebook once who had shaved her head (and posted photos of same) "so I know what it feels like to have cancer". Rrriiiggght. And are you going to go through with the associated treatments too? Remove your eyelashes and eyebrows? Ya know, to really get the full experience. And does this mean that any man who decides to shave his head once he starts going bald also knows what it's like to have cancer? Wow, this head-shaving malarkey is multi-functional!

    And of course, people were lavishing her with praise for her "bravery". What a slap in the face to anyone who has struggled through gruelling cancer treatments, especially anyone who is going to die from it anyway, despite getting medical attention. Muppet.
    I know someone who did the same thing, wonder is it the same person. I don't know if the fact that she was volunteering with a cancer charity at the time makes it better or worse but I'm sure she's still awaiting a medal for her bravery.


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    #65
    happyday
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭happyday


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Anyone who enters those IQ "tests" and puzzles on Facebook to advertise how clever they are...isn't.

    But I always get 10/10...


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    #66
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    I've posted this before and it's mostly to our Lady friends.

    Full shop goes through in supermarket. Takes an age to pack bags...then stares at the cashier for an age. After being told the amount the search then takes place for the purse to pay. WHY? Why the fcuk couldn't you have had that ready when you were in the queue? It's not rocket science. The cashier will be looking for payment to conclude the transaction. And sorry ladies but it's always you 99% of the time. Stupid doesn't even cover it.


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    #67
    happyday
    Registered Users Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭happyday


    LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »
    I was in McDonalds years ago with a friend of mine, she said to me, ''how much is a two euro meal?'' :pac:

    A friend of mine worked in €2 shop. She said all day long customers would come up to her asking "How much is this?".


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    #68
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,044 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    mfceiling wrote: »
    I've posted this before and it's mostly to our Lady friends.

    Full shop goes through in supermarket. Takes an age to pack bags...then stares at the cashier for an age. After being told the amount the search then takes place for the purse to pay. WHY? Why the fcuk couldn't you have had that ready when you were in the queue? It's not rocket science. The cashier will be looking for payment to conclude the transaction. And sorry ladies but it's always you 99% of the time. Stupid doesn't even cover it.

    "Money? I have to pay... money... for these things? I didn't expect that.... Oh..."

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #69
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    "Money? I have to pay... money... for these things? I didn't expect that.... Oh..."

    Every. Single. Time.


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    #70
    LadyMacBeth_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭LadyMacBeth_


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Every. Single. Time.

    It annoys me too about people queuing for the ATM or the bus who don't have their cards/change ready. You were waiting, why didn't you get it ready? Annoying.


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    #71
    greensheep777
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭greensheep777


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Facebook is portal into the land of the dense. I have many good friends that once they were on FB revealed themselves as idiots. I find it hard to look at them as I once did.

    That's why I love sites like Reddit. The people on it are usually internet-savvy and someways intelligent. Facebook attracts the lowest common denominator of stupid who don't even know how to use Google.

    "What time is Coronation Street on at tonight?"
    "Is it a bank holiday next weekend?"

    Etc


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    #72
    greensheep777
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone who enters those IQ "tests" and puzzles on Facebook to advertise how clever they are...isn't.

    One of the least intelligent people I know posted her IQ score, boasting that she's in the 50th percentile of the population. In other words, 50% of people are smarter than her. I went to the site for the craic and it charges you 3 euro for your results! They know their market :D

    Needless to say, I didn't pay it.


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    #73
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭20Cent


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    These same people type "amen" to help some poor kid with cancer. Or they type "3" to see what happens next. Idiots.

    3


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    #74
    Village Crazy Lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭Village Crazy Lady


    the woman i saw driving down the street from my window, with her hand out of the car window, trying to get a signal on her phone with kids in the car!! anyone who drives while using their phone...... stupid (nevermind the 3 others i saw within 2 minutes while i watched the world go by)


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    #75
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,762 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Tell me more about these pyramids you are selling
    our model is the trapezoid


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    #76
    sozbox
    Registered Users Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭sozbox


    https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/


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    #77
    mikeybrennan
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    jamesbere wrote: »
    I've seen some idiotic attention seeking stuff but this takes the biscuit. As someone who has lost a family member to cancer, what they've done is sickening to be honest, I hope someone called them out on it

    More idiotic than sickening tbf..

    Those people who watch stupid TV shows


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    #78
    Ray37
    Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭Ray37


    My silly Dad once cleaned his car doors with a brillo pad... The damage was incredible.


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    #79
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,358 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Tell me more about these pyramids you are selling
    our model is the trapezoid

    How much do ya want for the trapezpoid ?
    Has it got netting on the side , her ma broke her ankle on the last one.

    I can swap a BBQ from Lidl.


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    #80
    prinzeugen
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    greensheep777 wrote: »
    That's why I love sites like Reddit. The people on it are usually internet-savvy and someways intelligent. Facebook attracts the lowest common denominator of stupid who don't even know how to use Google.

    "What time is Coronation Street on at tonight?"
    "Is it a bank holiday next weekend?"

    Etc

    I find the internet/tech savvy are usually the thickest and stupidest of all when faced with a real life problem.

    They seem intelligent but without the internet they are ****ed.

    Cook a basic roast dinner or boil an egg? Need an app. Wash or iron clothes? Need YouTube tutorial video.

    Guy I work with is like that. App's for bloody everything as he has never bothered to learn or been shown how to do basic life stuff for himself.

    While the Facebook crowd may look stupid, they would survive longer than the internet savvy crowd after a nuclear war/zombie attack.


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    #81
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,016 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    ligerdub wrote: »
    6 posts in and we've already had the obligatory reference to 1. Donald Trump and 2. Adolf Hitler.

    The topic is irrelevant, it always come back to The Staples.

    A brilliant group, but that's not important right now.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #82
    Sapphire3
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Sapphire3


    The answer to your question?...

    Thick...very very thick!


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    #83
    greensheep777
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭greensheep777


    prinzeugen wrote: »
    I find the internet/tech savvy are usually the thickest and stupidest of all when faced with a real life problem.

    They seem intelligent but without the internet they are ****ed.

    Cook a basic roast dinner or boil an egg? Need an app. Wash or iron clothes? Need YouTube tutorial video.

    Guy I work with is like that. App's for bloody everything as he has never bothered to learn or been shown how to do basic life stuff for himself.

    This is so me except I don't cook - can't, won't, don't :pac:


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    #84
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    koumi wrote: »
    I know someone who did the same thing, wonder is it the same person. I don't know if the fact that she was volunteering with a cancer charity at the time makes it better or worse but I'm sure she's still awaiting a medal for her bravery.

    The person in question was also fundraising but it was so massively insensitive of her. There is no need for gimmicks and it just came across as so attention-seeking. I mean, if someone shaves their head, a shadow will appear on their head very soon afterwards. The chemo patient has no such luxury, and will lose their facial hair on top of that. So the two aren't remotely alike. And that before we get to the fact that the cancer patient has had put poison into their body/undergo surgery/be burned by radiation therapy. All these things leave lasting effects on the body even if the patient survives and if they fail then the person has done it all for nothing. Imagine the mental toll all this takes on a person and what one goes through when they are given a terminal diagnosis? How on earth could anyone think that shaving their head would give them any kind of insight into what it's like to have this horrible illness?

    It's one of those things people do to appear sensitive and caring but, in fact, it's the exact opposite.


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    #85
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,234 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Red F Warrior wrote: »
    Ah bah humbug.......stop complaining

    It's not really humbug. An example that effects rational people in the pocket, if I may.

    Health insurance. Really expensive, right? We'd all like to see it made a bit more affordable where possible? Every Irish health insurer will pay for homeopathic 'treatments'. That means, if you have a health policy, a small proportion of what you pay goes to fund ineffective quackery. Because there are a lot of, and let's not beat around the bush, idiots, who think that homeopathy is not ineffective quackery, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and demand that it be covered by their health insurance. There's no way to avoid this. They all cover it.

    And don't get me started on 'psychics'.... If you want an example of the barely literate cohort cynically being taken advantage of by a particularly odious subset of charlatan, check out the brainfarts of the psychics and mediums forum on here.

    :mad:


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    #86
    koumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭koumi


    Murrisk wrote: »
    It's one of those things people do to appear sensitive and caring but, in fact, it's the exact opposite.
    I remember cutting all my hair off when my dad had cancer. It was back before the days of facebook though and while I probably didn't think it was related at the time, in hindsight it was likely an emotional response to his illness. I've tended to crop my hair in times of stress (dat would be all of the time :)) and I've mostly been a short haired person ever since. (my dad never lost his hair during his treatment ironically)


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    #87
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    koumi wrote: »
    I remember cutting all my hair off when my dad had cancer. It was back before the days of facebook though and while I probably didn't think it was related at the time, in hindsight it was likely an emotional response to his illness. I've tended to crop my hair in times of stress (dat would be all of the time :)) and I've mostly been a short haired person ever since. (my dad never lost his hair during his treatment ironically)

    Oh, well this is totally different! And it wasn't a conscious thing on your part, it just seems like maybe a subconscious solidarity thing, perhaps?


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    #88
    koumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭koumi


    Murrisk wrote: »
    Oh, well this is totally different! And it wasn't a conscious thing on your part, it just seems like maybe a subconscious solidarity thing, perhaps?
    it wasn't a conscious decision at all but maybe on some level, it was a life changing time and I guess it reflected that outwardly.


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    #89
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,267 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Jesus Wept wrote: »
    Animal physic must be a plum job.

    Yes... I've made contact with someone..... he says woof.... does that ring a bell?

    Is that you Pavlov?


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    #90
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,267 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    JRant wrote: »
    Never underestimate the stupidity of people.
    Humans are intelligent. People are stupid.
    me_irl wrote: »
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Adolf Hitler.
    Ehh....

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=%22Only+two+things+are+infinite%2C+the+universe+and+human+stupidity%2C+and+I%27m+not+sure+about+the+former.%22&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE704IE704&oq=%22Only+two+things+are+infinite%2C+the+universe+and+human+stupidity%2C+and+I%27m+not+sure+about+the+former.%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.758j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Ironically George Carlin (from the context) was referring to the person of median stupidity as opposed to the person of average stupidity! It just doesn't have the same ring to it when put like that though!
    Mean and median are both types of average. In statistics "average" doesn't only mean "mean".
    Mister Vain wrote: »
    The same girl was having a chat with another girl. One girl said she lives in a bungalow. The other girl asked, is it a one story or a two story bungalow?

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=dormer+bungalow&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE704IE704&oq=dormer+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.2245j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    In fairness, flying is a near death experience for some people, and when the pilot lands the plane it's like someone just saved there life from certain death. I would buy the pilot a card and bottle of wine/chocolates every time if i could.
    In fairness, how many times do planes reach escape velocity and exit Earth's orbit?

    You're as likely to die from the pollution produced by a plane as you are from a plane crash.
    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Why is there a need for 2 pililots on every plane then? I think you should show pilots a little more respect.
    Not every plane. But it's done with larger planes because (a) one of them might want to use the toilet and (b) one may become ill.


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    #91
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    I identify with the 'stupid' category rather than the sneering pseudo-intellectuals and 'enlightened' people. I'd like to think that Aeroplane drivers know that human beings understand it's not exactly natural to be flying through the sky at 500 MPH and that a successful landing is a minor achievement for them but a relief for us idiots.


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