# How to say "I'm fucking stupid" creatively **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431 "2024-07-18T19:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/1 "2024-07-18T19:15:49Z")
I just saw a Facebook page titled “How to defeat the chemtrails on a hot sunny day”, in which this woman was upset at all the “chemtrails” so she soaked a tea towel in cheap vinegar and hung it on a line, and a couple hours later the “chemtrails” had disappeared. She claimed the vinegar neutralizes or alkalizes them, but if they come back you might have to hang a new vinegar tea towel up. I guess tinfoil hats just aren’t enough any more. So, what creative stupidity have y’all encountered out there? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/2 "2024-07-18T19:18:52Z")
Republican National Convention ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/3 "2024-07-18T19:22:25Z")
Nothing creative there. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/4 "2024-07-18T19:26:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > She claimed the vinegar neutralizes or alkalizes them, but if they come back you might have to hang a new vinegar tea towel up. I guess tinfoil hats just aren’t enough any more. That might have even been something mocking conspiracies, though with Poe’s Law who the fuck knows. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/5 "2024-07-18T19:28:37Z")
It was from a site called “chemtrails UK”. I took a look and they are _seriously_ fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/6 "2024-07-18T19:43:01Z")
Wow, no one told her that the 5G blocks the effect of the vinegar on the chemtrails? She need to get some orgonite to block it! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/7 "2024-07-18T19:54:45Z")
I used to have a conspiracy theorist customer at my previous office I supported. She seriously asked me, as her IT guy, how to set up proper shielding so that her neighbor’s WiFi signals couldn’t penetrate her house and start harming her and her husband. I really couldn’t help her. I pretty much said that WiFi is no different than any other electromagnetic signal and if you wanted to avoid them, you pretty much needed to live in a deep cave underground like a mole person. She was convinced that there was something special about WiFi though, but I said that there was no effective way to protect her from a nonexistent harm. She really did not like my answer, but I insisted to her that I was a professional and I could only give her advice based on what actual experts and scientists said. Also, I will never forget one iPhone that was turned in from an employee who left the agency had some sticker on it that was supposed to block harmful signals. Ooh, I just looked it up and I am absolutely sure this is the exact sticker I found: > **[Amazon.com: Only Jane E-Protection Stickers for Cell Phones/Tablets...](https://www.amazon.com/Protection-Electric-Devices-Effectively-Pollution-Protective/dp/B0BXF819YX)** > > E-Protection Stickers for Cell Phones/Tablets PC/Laptops/All Electric-Devices, Effectively Shield 99% of 5G Mobile Harmful Pollution, Protective Stickers Suit for Anyone And we all work for the damn state government. ETA: I do however appreciate this 5 star review for that product: > I can’t recommend this product enough. I was having an issue with my phone where it would start playing this repetitive tone, and the screen would light up. When I picked up my phone and held it up to my ear, I could hear voices, which I found frightening and disorienting. Once I put this sticker on my phone though, the problem stopped. Now my phone doesn’t do anything at all. It just sits there quietly and doesn’t make noise or light up. I truly believe this sticker saved my life. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/8 "2024-07-18T19:55:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > She claimed the vinegar neutralizes or alkalizes them… Well, vinegar (which is a dilute solution of acetic acid) is acidic, so there’s no way it could “alkalize” the chemtrails. So there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/9 "2024-07-18T20:11:25Z")
Yeah, true…but that is like putting 3 ounces of reality in a 50 gallon drum of bugfuck crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/10 "2024-07-19T01:23:18Z")
I can’t stop envisioning two people side by side wearing shirts; one whose shirt says this thread’s key phrase, the other whose shirt says “I’m stupid”. It’s stupid of me, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/11 "2024-07-19T01:58:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It was from a site called “chemtrails UK”. I took a look and they are _seriously_ fucking stupid. Chemtrailers are indeed crazy, and potentially dangerous (some have worked themselves up into such a state about being “poisoned” by clouds that they threaten pilots with retribution). Also getting a big boost from social media are “urine therapy” fanatics. These people, who have their own Facebook groups believe not only in slathering urine on wounds and burns, but regularly drink their own pee (aged urine is purportedly even better for you). Some post about ways to sneak urine into the drinks of family members. For those repelled by the thought (and taste) of urine drinking but who want to sample its health benefits, [this site](https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/blog/the-complete-urine-drinkers-cocktail-guide) has a handy cocktail guide to increase palatability. Urine for a treat! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/12 "2024-07-19T02:08:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > For those repelled by the thought (and taste) of urine drinking but who want to sample its health benefits, [this site](https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/blog/the-complete-urine-drinkers-cocktail-guide) has a handy cocktail guide to increase palatability. Urine for a treat! - Bladder Infection 6 oz warm, flat American lager(Coors, Bud Lite,etc). 3 oz room temp urine, hopefully your own. 1 Tbs yogurt Mix well. Tip: if you use live culture yogurt, you can develop extra flavor by letting it stand at room temperature to your liking. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/13 "2024-07-19T02:41:32Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > but I said that there was no effective way to protect her from a nonexistent harm. I’m not an electrical engineer, but couldn’t she construct a Faraday cage around her house? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/14 "2024-07-19T02:45:01Z")
Now _there’s_ a business opportunity for a cynical handyman! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/15 "2024-07-19T12:24:38Z")
There’s an emerging industry catering to 5G paranoia by marketing Faraday cages. > **[5G Truthers Bought Faraday Cages to Protect Their Routers. They're Mad They...](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a34874489/faraday-cage-5g-shield-conspiracy-theory/)** > > Whoops. Amazon sells a “Mission Darkness Dry Shield Rapture Faraday Bag” for only $980, but I’m not sure it’s big enough to hold a person. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/16 "2024-07-19T12:39:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > There’s an emerging industry catering to 5G paranoia by marketing Faraday cages. > > [Conspiracy Theorists Buy Faraday Cages to Block 5G - Router Guard](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a34874489/faraday-cage-5g-shield-conspiracy-theory/) > > Amazon sells a “Mission Darkness Dry Shield Rapture Faraday Bag” for only $980, but I’m not sure it’s big enough to hold a person. - A 200 lb man is just under 90 liters in volume. The one you referenced holds 1060L. You could get an entire baseball team plus a relief pitcher and the manager in the thing. > **[Weight to Volume conversions for select substances and materials](https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/weight-to-volume)** > > Convert weight to volume for different substances and materials based on their density. Weight and calculated volume are in different units of measurement > **[Amazon.com: Mission Darkness Dry Shield Rapture Faraday Bag 1,060L Capacity //...](https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Darkness-Weatherproof-Signalproof-electromagnetic/dp/B0876FKWDV)** > > Buy Mission Darkness Dry Shield Rapture Faraday Bag 1,060L Capacity // Durable Waterproof Cover Shields Generators & Extra-Large Electronics from RF Signals EMP CME Solar Flares: Covers - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/17 "2024-07-19T12:56:04Z")
Sorry, didn’t mean to suggest that you didn’t get a great buy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/18 "2024-07-19T12:57:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Sorry, didn’t mean to suggest that you didn’t get a great buy. - Actually, I didn’t buy it but it’s on my wish list. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/19 "2024-07-19T13:20:37Z")
“I am married to Marjorie Taylor Greene”. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431/20 "2024-07-19T13:34:42Z")
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