How do you deal with sheer stupidity.

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.

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.

People in my classes mispronouce abuse.
Abuse.
I wonder what is going to happen to the world when my generation takes over.

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… :confused:

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.