People Are Stupid

Kismet

People are stupid. Sometimes that is the only way to describe how certain things can happen. Especially is this so when panic, stress or hormones kick in which often serves only dilutes whatever common sense is left remaining.

A couple of examples:

In 2001 gasoline prices have never been higher. There is no immediate relief in sight for this to change. Yet in North America the car manufacturers have discountinued many of the fuel efficient lines of vehicles. Why? the majority of the public are buying SUV's/ Now this includes people in metropolitan areas. So on the city streets where there is no off road conditions, no snow, etc, people are driving four wheel drive vehicles with huge engines huge consumption greater than many of the cars made back in the 70's. So they pay more for gas, use more gas, and are willing to pay premium prices for these vehicles(often double or triple that of fuel efficient vehicles). Can you call this anything other than stupid??

A guy is walking through the woods, and accidentally steps on a snake. He applies a tight tourniquet to his leg and proceeds to walk 45 minutes back to his car. he drives to the closest hospital only to see a large line at the emergency ward so he proceeds to drive 2 hours to his home and the local clinic, He is seen right away since his leg is now black. He is rushed to an Operating Room and his leg is amputated mid thigh. He never released the tourniquet for over 3 hours (it only takes 6 minutes without oxygenated blood for tissues to start dying).. oh and then he was told the snake wasn't venomous. How else could you explain this... yep stupid.

A guy stumbles across a car accident where someone has hit a hydro pole and a live wire is draped across the roof of the car. Our local brainiac decides that since he has rubber soles on his shoes he can pick up a dry branch and knock the wire off the car. He died from electrocution...yep you got it... stupid mixed with testosterone.

Someone starts to choke on a piece of food while in a restaurant. they can't speak, cough or breathe. What do they do? They run and hide in the bathroom where no-one is around to help them? Once again... stupid

A guy coming back from the change room at a public beach sees a guy hovering over his girlfriend with his hands on her chest, moving up and down counting. He rushes over spins the guy around and proceeds to punch him out. The stranger was performing CPR on the girlfriend. This boyfriend was so busy reverting to prehistoric grunting and "ugh..must protect woman ..uggh" mode that he failed to consider that this person might have actually been helping the situation. Yet another testosterone enraged act of stupidity.

Oh but son't go thinking this is limited to men (ours are just more predominant acts of stupidity).

A woman driving along a super highway (8 lanes of traffic in each directioncuts across three lanes of traffic to the shoulder of the road. She then proceeds to back up over 2 kilometres (weaving into the right hand lane on several occasions) resulting in three accidents from those trying to avoid her. Why did she do this 'stupid' thing? She saw an empty cardboard box on the side of the road that she felt would be the perfect size to store a picture frame at her home. Upon further questioning by the police, she the remembered she had the original packaging in her garage from when she bought the picture.

Okay I know some are going to say the word stupid is rather harsh and very jaded on my part. While I have not lived as long as some of the ancient of days people here (oh you know who you are), I have experienced a lot. Very little surprises me. I consider the above to be a somewhat sacrastic but also realistic approach to people in general. If you expect acts of silliness, stupidity, you will never be caught off guard when it happens.

While doing work for the Service Desk at bethel, this opinion was reinforced. Elders, Co's followed this rule regularly. Some of the regular correspondents fell into this category as well. Ome last example. On a regular basis branches in affluent countries receive over 200 pieces of mail per week from individuals in poorer countries looking for handouts. Often the story is word for word (child dying of rare disease must fly to america for treatment etc.) in some cases 5 letters are received in one mailing all signed by different people with exactly the same return address. They all claim to be JW's in good standing too! In fact some close their letters with "Your faithful fellow worshipper in Christ, Our prayers continue to be with our Pope and all the holy saints. I thank the Virgin Mary for all our blessings and your expected kindness." Yep you got it yet again...stupid!!!

I am sure everyone here can continue with "stupid" stories.

Am I wrong?

Kismet

The above examples are true. All are based on either personal experience, experiences read in the media, personal observation and experiences related while teaching First Aid/CPR courses. I could go on for hours with even more.

eyes_opened

I got one!

millions of people believe that a small group of guys in Brooklyn are in direct contact with Gods holy spirit and we have to listen to what they say! how's that for silly?

A real knee slapper, eh?

lol

Eyes

"One Persons Heresy Is Anothers Truth"

Edited by - eyes_opened on 26 February 2001 0:42:49

Kismet

I guess I slipped into another "stupid" moment. I forgot the most obvious example. :))

Thanks Eyes!!!

/Kismet

eyes_opened

hehehe, you're welcome Kis

"One Persons Heresy Is Anothers Truth"

larc

I read a true story about someone who mailed a pipe bomb that didn't work. They caught the wanna be bomber because he put his return address on the package. How's that for dumb.

Another true one: A woman locked herself out of her car and marveled at the "Slim Jim" tool the policeman used to get her car unlocked. She asked him if they made anything like that, that was small enough to fit in her purse. The poiciman answered, "Why yes mam, they do. It's called a key."

Prisca

When I was reading this I could just hear Judge Judy yelling out "STUPID!!!"

Nice to see you up and about Kismet.

Angharad

One someone told me - can't remember who

A man walks into a bank to hold it up, points and gun and then he passes over his bank card and tell the cashier to transfer thousands into his account.

Glad to see your feeling better Kismet

trevor

"Is anything to be gained, then, by looking for dates or by speculating about the literal lifetime of a "generation"? Far from it! Therefore, in the final fulfilment of Jesus' prophecy today, "this generation" apparently refers to the people of the earth who see the sign of Christ's presence but fail to mend their ways. Does our more precise viewpoint on "this Generation" mean that Armageddon is further away than we had thought? Not at all." (TheWatchtower - 1 November 1995 - Pages 17,19,20)

Did you notice that the Society did not say - We have at times speculated, but "Jehovah's people have at times speculated." The blame for a lifetime of misinterpreting the scriptures and making false prophecies in God's name is shared with the membership. These are the same members that were threatened with excommunication if they ever dared to challenge the pronouncements coming from the Society, who claim to be "God's mouthpiece."

Having spent the last hundred years warning their members and millions of non-members that the world as we know it is about to end, the Society eventually admits that the single verse of scripture that they have based this prediction on is now to be understood differently. Surely this means that Armageddon is further away than they had thought? According to the Watchtower Society "Not at all!"

Stupid is as stupid does.

Latte

Fancy a laugh?

A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it
accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handle
bars, was dragged through the glass patio doors and along with the
motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room and found her husband lying on the
floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle lying next to him, and the
shattered patio door.

The wife ran to the phone and summoned the ambulance. Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down the several flights of stairs to the street to escort the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the man to the hospital, the wife uprighted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas was spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet.

The man was treated and released to come home. Upon arriving home, he
looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his
motorcycle. He became despondent, went to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl while seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard the loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs,and his groin.

The wife again ran to the phone to call the ambulance. The very same
paramedic crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The
paramedics loaded the husband on to the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the street
accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the
husband had burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one of them slipped and tipped the stretcher, dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs and broke his arm.

Taken from a Florida Newspaper.

Made me smile, especially the end bit

Latte

Edited by - Latte on 26 February 2001 6:18:16

JT

lATTIE

you have a SICK KIND OF HUMOR- how could you find such and awful thing as that ---Funny-

but then again my wife and I are here rolling on the floor- smile

Great post

james

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