Are People Really That Stupid?

So, are people really this dumb? I bought a drain stopper today. You know, one of those one piece rubber things that you put over the drain so you can fill the sink with water.

It actually has instructions on how to use it.:confused

 

Yep. There is no cure for stupidity. :-D

 

Apparently, critical thought is no longer a viable component of the public education system...


:-D

 

I'm guessing since we live in a world where a can of peanuts has to be labelled "may contain nuts", the answer is yes.

 

roflmao

 

And thanks to the McDonalds coffee court case, now all takeaway cups of coffee are marked "Danger This Beverage May Be Hot"...... Well duh, I wanted a cup of hot coffee rolleyes

Hey Fred those sink plugs are pretty tricky ya know..... they actually have to go over the drain hole to work..........gee who woulda guessed :roflmao

 

There are no warning labels to tell me not to eat it. If I do, and choke, can I sue? Jeebus, what if I put it in a kid's crib... :-D

 

Short answer: Yes. :-D

It's kinda sad and funny at the same time over the instructions/warning labels that are on products.

 

People ARE that stupid and worse, unfortunately. We are fast becoming a world of cabbage-heads. We emphasize physical health, even jailing those that abuse it too much with 'substances'. Yet most do not exercise their minds.

Yeah, Sad and amusing at the same time, for those that do not have this 'disease' of mental Limbo .

I bought a ladder the other day. It had no less than 26 warning labels, with silhouette black images with the classic red circle and diagonal line, like "Do not place on frozen dung", (I live in Australia...Hmmm!), "Do not place under live power lines, (Aluminum), (AaHH!....voltage!); "Do not eat", (Wow!...just wow! ).

 

I know I feel a whole lot better after I stopped drinking bleach and using wasp spray for sun screen.

Personal responsibility my arse! :major

 

So I should stop using capsicum spray on mexican pizzas :confused

News flash... Mrs. Joffa just went and bought a new carving knife and amongst the page full of warnings are these highlights:-
1. Danger extremely sharp object. (cutting risk)
2. This knife can cause serious injuries please use carefully.
3. Never run while holding sharp objects.
4. Never carry sharp objects in your pocket.
5. Don't use knife with wet hands as the handle may become slippery.
6. Don't stab knife into hard objects as the blade on this knife may break causing serious injury.
7. Hand wash carefully as wood and brass handle not dishwasher safe.
8. When drying the knife do not wipe dry from the sharp side of the blade due to cutting risk.
9. When storing this knife in a drawer or cupboard please ensure the blade is protected to prevent cutting injury.
10. Please use this knife in a responsible manner.

So when I need to stab someone with this knife I need to make sure I don't put it in my pocket and I should have dry hands, I shouldn't chase after them while holding the knife and make sure I don't stab their hard head
then when finished I have to hand wash the knife and be careful drying it then put it away safely :roflmao :roflmao

She should have bought a different brand with less instructions rolleyes

Sheeesh ....... Give me a break :major

 

OOOPS! rolleyes

Peanuts are Not Nuts. They are Legumes

Some people are allergic to nuts. My nephew is one of those people.

Difference Between Nuts and Peanuts

Ya know, there are different "degrees" of "hot".
If a hot liquid is in a styrofoam container, then a person can't tell by touching or holding the container if the contents are
merely lukewarm or scalding, blistering hot.

To me, these warnings aren't really examples of glaring stupidity when examined with a broader view, but some are funny.
The instructions on a bottle of shampoo will make most people smile.

I often fudge on the Repeat and just do a really good job with the first two.
I've never been caught or fined and I still have a full, healthy head of hair.

 

Does that mean peanuts are classed as vegetables as Legumes is the french word for veggies?

 

Holy crap. I did not need to wake up to a huge lecture about a sarcastic comment. *I* don't write product labels.

 

Yes there are people that stupid:-D.

And the sad thing about it is they really don't realize it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw2PITddSIo

 

OMG! I just read the label on the Lighter Fluid. The stuff is flammable!!! If you followed the instructions on the shampoo bottle, you would never get out of the shower. Infinite loop. :-D

Sadly, for every one of these stupid warnings, there is probably some idot who hurt themselves and sued.

Just in case you run across a drain stopper, here are the instructions:

"1. Before turning water on place stopper onto drain.
2. Turn on water and stopper should create a water tight seal."

And that is all it says. I am going to have to email the company. I followed the instructions, and now my sink is overflowing with water. I don't know what to do. :-D

 

Peanuts are also known as GROUNDNUTS, (Not ground as in pulverized)

 

I think it was more light hearted banter than a lecture.

 

Well, let's see...We have progressed from "Are People Really that Stupid?" to an argument about Peanut nomenclature.
...And we're talking about stoopid people, right?....too funny!!...rolleyes LOL

 

You are just nuts. :-D

 

I would have thought so, right up until there was a link included. Then it became pedantic at best.

Who's arguing, Phantom?

 

It just tickled my Sardonic funny bone, that's all. LOL
~Besides I'm a nut, apparently.....

THIS is what my opinion is:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF5qJBTSQK4

roflmao

 

Wow there is some thing wrong with youtube will not play any or is very lagy videos.

Youtube must be having an off day with maintenance.all i got to say is WTF phantom lol god that video.

 

roflmao

Did you know plugs are round because it's the only shape that won't fall through the hole? True story.:-D I'm now tapped on plugs.

 

Suppose you are form a distant area where you have never used this stuff. Surely, you need instructions.

 

Also, in all fairness - it is easily possible to get the plug crooked with that type. Manufacturers use them because "one size fits, (nearly) all".

All that said, yeah, you would have to be fairly dense not to figure it out. Then again, the world's full of dense people, i.m.h.o..

Also a legal requirement in some countries/areas to have instructions, so that if someone eats one and ends up in E.R., the Manufacturers can at least say, "Well, it aint on the instruction manual!".

 

vide supra

rolleyes Wow! rolleyes
:eek
:confused That sure is a surprise. :confused
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Yep . . .

 

My favorites;



Hair dryer - "Do not use while bathing" .. aw man, I wanted to multitask!

Box of Swiffer Dusters - "Do not accidentally ingest" ... but they are fluffy like cotton candy mmmmm..


:-D

 

I don't think that was necessary, do you?

It only purpose serves to ticks people off and not at all what Majorgeeks is about.

Both you are Tibbs were discussing the same thing, really.


Tibbs pointed out that yes people are stupid when cans of peanuts can have labels on them that may contain nuts.

Stupid points:

1. The world classifies peanuts as nuts. Even doctors who classify people as having peanut allergies do not call it legume allergies. They refer to it as nut allergies. Schools do not allow children (here anyway) to bring anything to school parties that have nuts if someone who has a peanut allergy is a class mate.

2. Peanuts are legumes, and therefore that label shouldn't be there.


Both stupid points, and both true.

Tibbs never argued whether peanuts were nuts or legumes, but instead pointed out a stupid label. She was just taken back that you went so far as to explain it, and then provide links so she could, I don't know, understand better? The point was missed. It was about stupid advertising, not nuts or legumes. This is like arguing over whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable. The populace looks at it like it is is a vegetable, and yet, it is a fruit. Here, let me prove it to you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

Notice how the link wasn't really needed, and actually kind of silly because it was never an argument in the first place? Now if Tibbs came back and said,

It would have been more warranted.

In the end, nothing either of you have said are at odds with each other. So I am not understanding why you would want to poke further by being rude? While Tibbs probably should have not referred to the post as pedantic and instead ignored it, there is no point in continuing. Drop it and move on, chalking it up to missed communication/ crossed wires on the Internet. It happens all of the time.

 

I worked as a cashier long ago. We got them new fangled laser scanners. Inside the scanner housing, in tiny print, it said "Caution, do not stare at the laser". But, now how would you read that without staring at the laser? :confused

:-D

I found this one on the interwebs, for you soon to be parents.


And one for the dog owners, who have 'party animals'.

 

This isn't a stupid people warning, but really more of a bad English translation. Still funny, though. The box cutters we used to keep at my last retail job had a label on them that said, "Keep out of children." Seemed like a good plan!

Adrynalyne, you're right, and I apologize for the pedantic comment. I was just amazed that a simple comment spawned a lengthy lecture which included a link to a dictionary definition as if I was myself stupid. Your tomato analogy is spot on. I was, however, choosing to ignore the further post on the subject.

 

Yes, definitely miscommunication and yes Tibbs and I were referring to the same thing.

Some of my posts tend to be melodramatic and I do post a lot of links.
The links were not intended to be argumentative. I don't understand why you both see it that way. It's just sharing information.

To me, your tomato example link is not silly or argumentative.
It's a reference to pertinent information for Anyone who is curious.

Well, I guess I'm the one that's dense. To me it's not about stupid advertising. It's about a poorly worded warning.
So, yeah, I really missed the point.

The "may contain nuts" label is also miscommunication.

It should be something like "may contain traces of tree nuts", because a tree nut allergy is different from a peanut allergy,
and the allergic reaction can be serious.
To people who actually have one of those allergies, it's an important distinction that they need to know about.
A physician would certainly make that clear to his/her patient.

I have a jar of peanuts from a nationally known brand and that part of the label looks like this:

Sorry Tibbs and Adrynalyn. I guess I'm just too literal, so I don't get it. So that makes me a party pooper.

No, the response was not necessary, but I thought it was in compliance.
I looked at the forum rules again, before making the second post, with particular attention to the part about flaming.
Having already been "poked" twice for a supposedly harmless comment, according to the rules,
it's OK to respond as long as the response does not make additional accusations.
Should have been less dramatic or could have just left it alone.

This Is Really Tiresome.

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT, AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T

 

My, my - such a lot of fuss over a little peanut. I'm glad no one mentioned coconuts!...rolleyes

 

Why you hating on coconuts? :-D

On my deodorant "For external use only". My mind boggles a bit to try to think of any potential internal uses for deodorant. :confused

And just to confuse things more, many common culinary nuts, are not botanically classified as nuts.

The quote and hyperlink are not to be sarcastic, I actually did not know some of this, and found it somewhat interesting. Ain't the interweb fun?

 

Ahh, Yes. Coconuts, Chocolate and Nuts .... The REAL Kind. :drool

1977 Almond Joy and Mounds commercial

Peter Paul Almond Joy & Mounds - "Feel Like A Nut" (1980)

 

I just bought a new stapler for the office and the warning says
Use carefully to avoid puncture injury :confused
Keep away from children :confused
The stapler can only be opened a maximum of 3mm (15 sheets) so how do these injuries occur :confused

Maybe I better stick to paper clips they seem less risky rolleyes

 

Keep the stapler pointed down range, and keep the safety on until you are ready to staple something. MJNC, almonds are not nuts. :-D

 

LOLLOL Whatever you say, Sheriff

 

What, I can't hijack my own thread? :-D:-D

 

Jeez I didn't think office staplers were so powerful.... I better be careful :cool
Thanks for the heads up Fred
roflmao roflmao roflmao

 

There should be a warning label on that thing. I don't think just anyone should be able to buy a stapler. :-D:-D

 

I watched "Scarface" last night. Now I'm getting a mental picture of Al Pacino grabbing the stapler off his desk and yelling, "Say 'ello to mah little friend!" :-D

 

Kids watch Jackass and dirty Sanchez and workout certain parts of their genitals will fit.

Could also be a rolling repair,don't read if your squeamish-

http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/stapled.asp

 

Only you could find that Rikky. :-D

 

Urrrggghhh!!! :cry
No happy ending and one of the boys goes missing rolleyes

That mental image makes my eyes water :crybaby
...... and then after self repairs he went straight back to work .... WTF :confused

Gee Rikky, you find the classiest stuff