# Is it true that some people are useless at EVERYTHING? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175 "2001-10-18T07:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/21 "2001-10-18T22:05:54Z")
**gato** , you know better than that. C’mon, help us out here. This is better suited to IMHO. I’ll shoot it over there. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/22 "2001-10-19T12:33:44Z")
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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/23 "2001-10-19T13:20:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\*Well, there are those who post inane questions to message boards and complain when nobody responds within 20 minutes. I guess you could call those type of people rather useless. > > JET \*\* Well, yes, there are those. Otherwise, except for people in a vegetative state and those with very, very low IQ’s, no, there are no useless people in the world. Especially if you are including people who can’t turn on the TV and other extremely simple, one motion tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/24 "2001-10-19T13:36:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by metheoneandonly \* > \*\*OK,so we all know nobody is perfect.But are there people who are not good at anything? Not one single thing? If yes,I sure would like to meet them one day…🙂 \*\* You may meet me one day. It’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/25 "2001-10-25T08:50:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Erwin Deja Wu \* > \*\*dude, we will never know. My opinion is that NOBODY is useless in this world, for I have yet to meet someone who is totally useless. Everybody serves a purpose whether large or small(me) … \*\* Greeting, **Erwin**. What is the picture in your sig? I can’t figure it out for the life of me. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175/26 "2001-10-26T00:18:23Z")
As long as they’re alive, you can use them to keep your bed warm… _imagines Danny in his bed_ :D:D:D I love that idea! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-some-people-are-useless-at-everything/88175.md?page=1)