# Can't you people tell when someone is unable to learn from their mistakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876 "2012-08-18T15:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/61 "2012-08-19T05:11:24Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > The answer is yes! Did \*\*Luke Skywatcher \*\*ask you to marry him? Because that would be a match made in heaven right there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/62 "2012-08-19T05:32:41Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > The answer is yes! Meant to post this in the “Is Diamonds02 a Troll?” thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/63 "2012-08-19T05:41:23Z")
Ah drunk posting, know I’ve been there… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/64 "2012-08-19T05:55:05Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > _cartwheels naked through thread_ So, assuming you’re a boy type person, you were cartwheeling and windmilling at the same time? AWESOME! > [@hrhomer](#): > > Meant to post this in the “Is Diamonds02 a Troll?” thread? Have you learned from your mistake. And, in closing, uvula. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/65 "2012-08-19T06:35:12Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > So I picked up a random cup off my coffee table and put some ice and whiskey in it, then noticed my drink looked kind of hazy, then realized there was some dried up milk on the bottom still. Fuck! Didn’t really ruin the taste or anything, but still. It’s annoying. There is an easy fix for this. Pound it, lose the ice, rinse the cup with water, refill the cup with whiskey, pound it, wash the dishes, refill the cup with whiskey, and return the cup to the coffee table. Drink it or don’t, but next time you will have a cup that won’t look cloudy. You may also have a hangover, or dishes in the oven, or your TV remote in the fridge and a new tattoo, but BY GOD the clouds have gone! Alcohol is the best for solving any one specific problem. All the other problems always show up and wreck everything, but that’s why we have alcohol in the first place ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/66 "2012-08-19T07:18:17Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > “What shape is the gazebo?” > “Bulbous, also tapered.” Aye, “fast and bulbous”. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/67 "2012-08-19T07:56:54Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > …Drink it or don’t, but next time you will have a cup that won’t look cloudy. > > You may also have a hangover, or dishes in the oven, or your TV remote in the fridge and a new tattoo, but BY GOD the clouds have gone! And just in time to fly to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Freakenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b782af/32.png) [@Freakenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freakenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/68 "2012-08-19T11:22:39Z")
Well, reading all this nonsense sure was a mistake. I won’t be coming back. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/69 "2012-08-19T11:28:27Z")
¡ɹəʌəlɔ puɐ ʎllıs os ʇsnɾ əuoʎɹəʌə ʇ,usı poƃ ɥo ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/70 "2012-08-19T11:52:02Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/71 "2012-08-19T11:54:24Z")
Aw damnit, pwnt by Rick Moranis. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/72 "2012-08-19T12:30:33Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I bitch about my mentally ill friend all the time, and do lots of damage control. > > Tony wouldn’t do this sort of thing online because of the people who point and laugh at the idiot. Tony might be the nutz, but he does learn from experience. Nowadays, he only uses his comp for porn. > > If Tony did do this sort of thing, I would not do damage control for him. I’d stop his internet access. I wonder if your sister could do something like that for you. You really need to stop doing this. By any chance does “Tony” only talk when you wiggle your index finger, and does his voice sound a lot like yours but with a lot of vocal fry? ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/73 "2012-08-19T13:09:10Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > Well, I mistakenly read this thread and posted to it even though the OP was Lute. > > And now look - I opened it again and posted again. > > I can understand the OP now. Obviously you can’t learn from your mistakes. After all, you’d never catch me posting … D’OH! ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/74 "2012-08-19T13:18:07Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > ¡ɹəʌəlɔ puɐ ʎllıs os ʇsnɾ əuoʎɹəʌə ʇ,usı poƃ ɥo [Stops to look at shiny object] Heeeeeeyyyyyyyy, how did you do that? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/75 "2012-08-19T13:25:59Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > …in the words of Rosanneroseannadanna Surely, you mean [Emily Litella](http://www.hulu.com/watch/2364). ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/76 "2012-08-19T13:38:39Z")
How did a depressed, anxiety ridden, mentally retarded guy whose sister controls his internet use manage to accumulate multiple retirement accounts? The solution to this is to ignore all money requests, this kind of shit is inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/77 "2012-08-19T13:39:58Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > [Stops to look at shiny object] > Heeeeeeyyyyyyyy, how did you do that? I leave this as a Google exercise for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/78 "2012-08-19T14:04:02Z")
My guess is that he posted on the wrong messageboard. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/79 "2012-08-19T14:13:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > My guess is that he posted on the wrong messageboard. 23,775 times? Oh, right. Unable to learn from his mistakes. Makes sense now. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876/80 "2012-08-19T14:58:44Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I leave this as a Google exercise for the reader. Damn. I hate exercise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-you-people-tell-when-someone-is-unable-to-learn-from-their-mistakes/631876.md?page=5)