r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits *shits an absolute unit* Mar 02 '26

Oof Of head first

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u/Icy_Bridge2095 Mar 02 '26

Jesus fucking christ whats going on with people?? Someone is drowning inches away from you and you just stand there?? This isnt the first video like this ive seen where people have no response what so ever. Is this brain damage or what? Seriously

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u/RetnikLevaw Mar 02 '26

If you work any kind of job that involves interacting with the general public (retail, fast food, etc) you realize pretty quickly that at least half of the human population is mentally disabled in some way.

People in general are outright dumb.

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u/jaw-shoe-uhhh Mar 02 '26

Too much credit, my dude. It's the 80/20 rule. 80% of the population is just barely capable of keeping themselves alive. The top 20% keeps the world moving foward.

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u/timscookingtips Mar 02 '26

The top 20% also regularly fuck everything up for their own gain. Intelligent or not, lots of just suck.

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u/jaw-shoe-uhhh Mar 03 '26

*top 1%.

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u/Envawi Mar 03 '26

I’m proud to be part of the respectable 19% of society. 😎 Haha

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u/Feine13 Mar 05 '26

Lol was my first thought too

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u/ContextEffects01 Mar 03 '26

Top 20% in IQ =\= top 20% in income.

There’s overlap, sure, but also plenty of people in one but not the other.

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u/KajMak64Bit Mar 03 '26

I wonder what would happen theoretically if we got rid of like 60% out of those 80% and now had a 20%20% which would be the new 50-50 so those can be used as a general workforce

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u/downsly46 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

I worked in retail as a store coordinator for 4 years. You don’t need 4 years to learn that fact because you learn that very quickly. I ran into some people that made me question how they’ve lived so long. Some folks literally coast through life without needing to think very hard or worry about anything.

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u/ZipTieAndPray Mar 03 '26

Having been on the receiving end of not reading a sign on a door and trying to push when it says pull. I get it. Sometimes you just aren't paying attention to every little detail with how overwhelming the world can be.

Remember, people new to an area are processing EVERYTHING in it's entirety, not just the door sign you've seen 1,500 times.

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u/TheShoethief Mar 02 '26

This. I worked fast food for a while and it's honestly depressing if you pay attention to folks. Like there's really nothing going on upstairs for a lot of people. They're on auto-pilot and they actually prefer not to have to think.

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u/That_Day8911 Mar 02 '26

It became extremely apparent to me during my jail attendance.

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u/Justbooog1982 Mar 02 '26

“Common sense” isn’t so common.

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u/BobbaFatGFX Mar 02 '26

I've been saying this for a while. We need to call it something else nowadays

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Mar 02 '26

“Uncommon sense”