# How do you deal with sheer stupidity. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128 "2005-04-26T06:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128/21 "2005-04-27T19:03:37Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > I’ve got to agree with **threemae**. Keep things simple and within the person’s limitations. You’ve got limitations of your own, I’m sure. > > . . . One of the best friends I’ve ever had is mildly mentally retarded. She’s still a sweet, kind person and one of the best people I’ve known. One of the biggest jerks I’ve known is, you guessed it, a Mensan. (Actually, I can think of at least one other one.) Their degree of niceness has nothing to do with their relative amounts of intelligence. > > For what it’s worth, > CJ I know their can be nice people with below average intelligence, but my problem with this kid is that he is not nice and is too stupid to start acting nice anytime soon. Among the things that annoy me about him is that he told me I should be locked up for not believing in god. That was after I convinced him that my Jewish heritage has nothing to do with me not believing in god and that Jewish people do believe in god. According to him I should also be locked up for listening to punk rock music. The fact that he does not do extra work and leaves it up to me does not help the situation (here I don’t know if he is stupid or trying to be slick.) To be fair, the kid does know a lot about the mafia. He can give you names and dates for all of the important events in mafia history. > [@ivylass](#): > > **Lakai** , it sounds like your best bet is to keep conversations with him work-related, and not to go off on hypothetical “What would you do?” I’ll have to admit I was interested in his response. In the back of my mind I probably knew he would say something dumb, but curiosity got the best of me and I asked anyway. Then I tried to reform his morals, which did not turn out too well. Right now I am still trying to avoid all conversations with him. I usually get through about half the day before he says or does something unhealthy for work or for society. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128/22 "2005-04-27T21:19:43Z")
People in my classes mispronouce abuse. _Abuse_. I wonder what is going to happen to the world when my generation takes over. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128/23 "2005-04-27T22:12:31Z")
Q: Hey, how’d you do those chin-ups with your legs extended parallel to the floor? A: _Ab-use_. I don’t see the problem here… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128/24 "2005-04-27T22:43:07Z")
There are two ways to pronounce ‘abuse’ you know. a-byus and a-byuz. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128/25 "2005-04-28T00:16:10Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > There are two ways to pronounce ‘abuse’ you know. > > a-byus and a-byuz. Ab-use. The sad part is that it wasn’t just one instance or in just one class. I’ve heard this mispronouced many, many times. I weep for their children. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-sheer-stupidity/301128.md?page=1)