# How stupid are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082 "2018-08-04T05:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/41 "2018-08-05T21:49:02Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I’m entry-level stupid. I’m Upper-Management Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/42 "2018-08-05T22:11:39Z")
> [@Oglomott](#): > > I was mispronouncing “Malachi Throne” for 40 years. I didn’t have a problem with his name, assuming Throne is pronounced like the object, because there is an artifact in the D+D Greyhawk setting called the Malachite Throne. I thought the two were related for awhile. ---
**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 6, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/43 "2018-08-06T00:43:35Z")
\*\*How stupid are you? \*\* Well, I \*have \*been married three times. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/44 "2018-08-06T01:02:19Z")
> [@PoppaSan](#): > > Maybe because it is a recent thing. My 2002 Avalanche does not have the arrow at all and the handle does not point to the side of the truck with the gas cap. My 2007 Ion does have the arrow so it became a thing maybe 12-15 years ago. Nope. I have a 2016 Chevy Spark that does not have this feature. It has the gas cap on the same side as my previous car, though. I’ll give you a stupider one. The car I learned to drive on was my uncle’s 1972 Chevelle. The gas cap in under the license plate, as in, you fold the plate forward, and there’s the cap. It also locked with a key. I’d never seen anything else, and didn’t know those were anti-theft features from the very first gas crisis in the US. So the first time I drove another car, the first place I went to look for the gas cap was under the license plate. The plate didn’t move. I had the damned time finding the stupid thing, and then figuring out how to get it opened. I had to consult the owner’s manual. > [@Ludovic](#): > > I didn’t have a problem with his name, assuming Throne is pronounced like the object, because there is an artifact in the D+D Greyhawk setting called the Malachite Throne. I thought the two were related for awhile. I have a cousin named Malachi. His parents pronounced his name the Hebrew way when he was little, until we finally settled on “Malky” as a nickname for him. But at the beginning of every school year, he’d get MAL-uh-key, and hated it. He ended up living in Israel for many years; I’ve no idea what he went by there. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/45 "2018-08-06T04:16:42Z")
All I know is I’m so smart, my brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/46 "2018-08-06T04:41:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > pronounced his name the Hebrew way and there’s something else I did not know. The only Malachy (I think it was with a “y” not an “i”) I’d ever met was Irish. Just looking it up, I see it was from hebrew before irish… I thought it was an irish name. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/47 "2018-08-06T05:18:00Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Nope. I have a 2016 Chevy Spark that does not have this feature. It has the gas cap on the same side as my previous car, though. Are you sure? [This page](http://doubleclutch.ca/2013-chevrolet-spark/) has a picture of the instruments on a 2013 Spark, and there’s a right-pointing arrow (triangle next to the uppermost pump icon). [This page](http://2016chevyspark.com/2016-chevy-spark-photo-gallery/) also shows a right-pointing arrow (triangle) on the 2016 Spark’s redesigned instrument panel. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/48 "2018-08-06T05:24:52Z")
That’s where I went wrong. It’s not a blatant arrow, just a small a triangle. Its on every car I’ve checked since I read that here. I have not checked 100s of cars, just a few, but still. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/49 "2018-08-06T08:31:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > That’s where I went wrong. It’s not a blatant arrow, just a small a triangle. Its on every car I’ve checked since I read that here. I have not checked 100s of cars, just a few, but still. Yeah. That triangle next to the pump icon really doesn’t tell you much. When I bought the car, I noted when I was looking at it that the gas cap was on the right, and I never looked at the instrument panel. Then, yesterday, I checked specifically for an arrow because of this thread, and didn’t see one. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/50 "2018-08-06T08:32:47Z")
> [@blob](#): > > and there’s something else I did not know. The only Malachy (I think it was with a “y” not an “i”) I’d ever met was Irish. Just looking it up, I see it was from hebrew before irish… I thought it was an irish name. Nope. There’s a whole Book of Malachi in the bible. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/51 "2018-08-06T13:49:28Z")
The title of Michael Jackson’s 1987 album is _Bad_. The title of Weird Al’s 1988 album, whose cover is a direct parody of Jackson’s album, is _Even Worse_. I just got it, like, last month. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/52 "2018-08-06T13:59:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So tonght I am staring at the Amazon logo while waiting for the rest of the page to load on a slow connection and for the first time in ever realize that the curved arrow under the word points “from a to z.” > > Anyone willing to admit to similar idiocies? Never knew that, never noticed. Always wondered what the hell that thing was doing there. I also never noticed the arrow in the FedEx logo until I read about how the designer thought he was very clever for including it. I still insist that the designer didn’t do it on purpose but claimed credit for it after someone noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/53 "2018-08-06T15:06:19Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > About two years ago someone pointed out to me that there is an arrow by the gas tank indicator showing the side of the care the gas tank is on. I have no idea how long this has been a thing, but I never noticed it util it was pointed out to me. I learned this from the Dope as well. Though all our cars now have gas on the same side, I still sneak a peek at the little arrow. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/54 "2018-08-06T18:20:02Z")
Apparently I’ve been pronouncing “cocytus” wrong all these years. Ko-Ky-Tus ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/55 "2018-08-06T18:30:36Z")
An Italian ex of mine thought Banoffee pie was an Italian invention named after a certain Signore Banoffi. Will never forget the look on his face when we explained about the bananas and the toffees. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/56 "2018-08-06T20:07:18Z")
I was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and lived off-base in Manhattan, Kansas. It was a good 6 months before I figured out why a lot of places were “Little Apple Automotive” or “Little Apple Car Sales” :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/57 "2018-08-06T21:04:44Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and lived off-base in Manhattan, Kansas. It was a good 6 months before I figured out why a lot of places were “Little Apple Automotive” or “Little Apple Car Sales” > > :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: OK. Care to share? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/58 "2018-08-06T22:08:25Z")
Manhattan. Same as the island in New York - the Big Apple. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/59 "2018-08-06T22:27:29Z")
If we’re talking about hidden features in logos, there’s also the 31 in the middle of Baskin Robbins’ “BR”. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082/60 "2018-08-06T23:35:32Z")
My 2003 Grand Prix does not follow the gas tank icon format. The hose is on the passenger side of the icon, and I fill it up on the driver’s side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stupid-are-you/819082.md?page=4)