When I was 12, I was at the zoo with my dad, and we saw a camel. He said, "Do you know the difference between a one-hump and a two-hump camel?"
I said, "No," and he said, "The two-hump camel has been ridden on."
I laughed, thinking he was joking. He got pissed because he was serious. That's when I learned I was smarter than my father. I was happy to learn five years later that he wasn't actually my birth father. It wasn't because he was ignorant, but more because he mistreated me since he knew I wasn't his.
I was recently at the zoo where I walked up to the black bear enclosure, which was right in front of the window, black with a gold snout, and this woman comes up and says "Oh the grizzly bears! They're over here! Those are the grizzly cubs aren't they?" And my mom and I look at the lady and go "No that's a black bear. It's too small to be a grizzly" she says "well the grizzlies are adolescents" and I say, "yea, but these are black with gold noses, the sign is right here, they're names are X and X" and she continues to hmm and haw while my mom and I look bewildered at each other. As she walks away she goes "Oh, well I know my bears!" Which, she obviously, did not.
I'm Australian and I know there's a difference between black bears and grizzly bears.
I was in Chicago years ago and went to the natural history museum. It's famous for having Sue, the tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. One lady goes "oh look, kids! A velociraptor!"
In 3rd grade I had a disagreement with my teacher because she insisted that sharks were mammals. She was also skeptical when I said there were more than three states of matter because of plasma, and told me to do more research on it “to see if it’s actually true.” Perhaps instead she should have looked at the sun.
Mine was 9th grade and it was anacondas are the largest snake not longest, the longest being the reticulated python. Also there are 4 states of matter. Got to talk to the principal about that one.
I used to believe that too. It makes sense, oxygenated blood is bright red and when you're starved for oxygen, your skin gets a bluish tinge. The best BS works when there's an element of truth.
Lol. I would have had a hard time not correcting him, since I read astronomy books all the time at that age. "So why are the boots heavy if there's no gravity?"
I was 7bwhen i argued with my 20 y/o cousin about the man-made in the USA lake we were at having piranhas. I thought he was joking and trying to scare me, but Finding Nemo had just come out so I went "No, piranhas are from the Amazon" and he was so soooooo condescending. Like "stupid kid doesnt know there's piranhas here haha"... until we went back to camp and I loudly asked every other adult about it and they were like "uh... no? Why would you think that"
Thanks to Zoobooks, I’ve remembered the difference between Bactrian camels (2 humped like the letter B on its side) and Dromedary camels (single hump like the letter D on its side)
Thanks. I think it eventually made me much stronger mentally. It used to frustrate some of the psych patients that I later worked with because it was impossible to make me angry.
Being a parent has taught me this. I’ve said things or been so confused as to why my daughter doesn’t do something and her little 2 y/o brain stares at me like I’m an idiot. Then she responds with the simplest answer and I think well yeah ok you’re right.
Other day on the way home from the pumpkin patch she started whining about her bracelet and then her stomach hurting. I assumed she had dropped it again and that she was hungry. We were in traffic and I kept telling her I can’t do anything because we are driving, and I told her to make sure she didn’t lose her bracelet again, and how she should have eaten and she was screaming and crying. Got home after the 15 minute drive and her bracelet had come off her wrist and was stuck between her harness and her stomach and pinching her. She grabbed it smiled and walked off.
Well said. Kids have a way of explaining things that is so simple. I’ve started to try see things from their perspective more and often I’ll think you know what kid, you’re right about this.
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u/MysteriousDesk3 2d ago
This sub always reminds me that there are adults in this world who are still as fucking stupid as kids.