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The Stupid/Funny Quote Thread
Mr Pink
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Sometimes, there comes a moment in life when someone says something so dumb, so stupid, so incredibly moronic that you just have to stop whatever you are doing and cry a little on the inside.
Luckily for me, my professor in my rudimentary computer class (how to send a document, make a chart, etc) is the John Madden of computer science. Where I was once dreading a class I was qualified to teach, I now look forward to the fount of wisdom she spouts every day.
Some choice quotes:
"Computers are smart. Smarter than most people."
"People that download pornography are most likely online predators and they can infect your computer with pornography."
"Before you can use a computer, you must have access to one. " (Really? REALLY?)
"Any electronic device is a type of computer."
"Your machine can become overloaded and need a fresh start, just like us. Computers need to be de-fragmented in order to reboot. Sometimes they need a tune up, just like a car." (computers are car people just like us!)
What stupid things have you heard/said recently?
Luckily for me, my professor in my rudimentary computer class (how to send a document, make a chart, etc) is the John Madden of computer science. Where I was once dreading a class I was qualified to teach, I now look forward to the fount of wisdom she spouts every day.
Some choice quotes:
"Computers are smart. Smarter than most people."
"People that download pornography are most likely online predators and they can infect your computer with pornography."
"Before you can use a computer, you must have access to one. " (Really? REALLY?)
"Any electronic device is a type of computer."
"Your machine can become overloaded and need a fresh start, just like us. Computers need to be de-fragmented in order to reboot. Sometimes they need a tune up, just like a car." (computers are car people just like us!)
What stupid things have you heard/said recently?
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Why is this dumb?
Thats like saying "before you can eat an apple, you must have an apple".
Yes. And that is true.
Can something be true and dumb?
The context of that quote is that there are a lot of people in our own society (the infamous "poor") who do not have access to computers.
My quote for this thread. A friend and I were standing in line for some burgers, we were talking about something and my friends turns from looking at the menu and says, "Oh, that bridge has sailed my friend." completely seriously and looks back at the menu.
I stared at him for a good 10 seconds before he looked back, realized what he said and the the two of us burst into laughter.
Yeah, I get what she was trying to say, but to a room full of people sitting in front of computers it was a little silly. Thats all.
So she was saying something true, something correct. Pretty much by definition, something cannot be both correct and stupid.
So when John Madden says "The team with the most points wins" it isn't stupid, although true?
Maybe the statement itself wouldn't technically be classified as stupid, but i think it's pretty clear that putting something like that forth as sage advice is pretty stupid.
The factual content might not be stupid, but the implication that the statement is novel or interesting is stupid.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
unnecessary, yes
but not really stupid
rather, it reflects a possible stupidity in the speaker for not having anything better to say
but the quote itself is not stupid
basically a poor choice for an op
Splitting hairs.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
It's the fact that she had to say it which is stupid. Her statement may be correct, but she is still at least out of touch for saying it.
I can't believe I'm even explaining this to you. Come on!
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Depends on the context?
Consider a case where a commentator is going on about how one team "played a much better game". They were more technically proficient or what have you. But despite this still lost to a shittier but luckier team.
It could be taken as a non-trivial reminder of the fact that despite all the variables involved the game eventually does boil down to a single number.
So come up with an OP less worth of being included in itself.
Recursion is neat and all but not in this context.
Seriously, can we get back to stupid quotes? And allow for context and levels of obviousness when assessing stupidity?
In the context of the quote I cited? Not at all. Computers are pretty much useless if they are only accessible by those who a) can afford them or b) have common access to them. The world would be a much better place if access to computers were easier.
There are plenty of things which I don't think need to be explained, yet the ignorance of people is infinite.
Hey look at this great stupid quote I found guys. I mean shit, that's a lot of stupid. Quit trying to thread shit.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
"Wow, that's faster than speed!"
"I've gotta race like a piss-horse."
Guy to girl: Are you serious? I'm not fucking creepy, okay? I'm not fucking creepy.
--Washington Square Park
Blind lady carrying cane, pointing to clothing on rack: Oh, this this looks good!
"So most black house servants generally didn't get as much notice because they basically blended in with the furniture as far as their owners were concerned. This makes some of their accounts interesting to read from a historical perspective."
To which someone responded to by loudly saying "That's racist. Being black doesn't make you invisible."
Exactly.
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"Durr technically light does travel faster than speed, in the context of the drug speed going through the bloodstream; this quote isn't stupid at all, try again..."
Ok i'm done
That's not really so bad unless it leads to the following:
"We'll test it in production."
You went to Evergreen, right?
Yeah, I basically went to the Californian version of that college: UC Santa Cruz.
The amount of unnecessary umbrage that rich white kids took on behalf of the downtrodden was always a source of amusement.
In an abnormal psychology class, the professor mentioned how depression is more common in women than men. (This is a verifiable and largely understood fact.) One person pipes up, "What do you mean?" The professor rephrases the statement slightly differently and the student says, with great offense, "Are you trying to say that women are weaker?"
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Hahahaha... guess what? :P
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
The sad part is that as she's saying this, people are writing it down. I want to go swat the pens out of their hands.
The especially odd part is that this didn't happen at Evergreen (though I wouldn't be surprised if it had). I think this whole uber-PC crap happens on most college and university campuses.
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"so much the better for us"
This sentence is correct and stupid.
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Okay guys, I've blown Mr. Pedantry's mind with a logical paradox. It is now safe to resume our thread.
Here at Miami we're above all that. We're also above all the non-white people and the women. Fucking business-school.
"South America is United States" Basically arguing that if South and Central America has America its part of the USA.My friends tried to explain this poor shelter girl the geography and reason. She goes on well why are these countries called America if they are not part of the USA.
I should have asked what her major was.........
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Also, I once tried to ask someone if there existed cows anymore outside of places like farms, or if domesticated cattle were pretty much all that were left. Except it came out as: "Do cows occur naturally?"
A friend of mine once tried to say "I ate like I was a fucking pig," only he mixed it up into "I ate like I was fucking a pig," which isn't so much stupid as a very unfortunate transposition of articles.
This would be much less depressing if you hadn't said "college." If you had said high school, it'd still be fairly terrible, but less so.