# Just Stupid People Things **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361 "2015-12-13T21:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/21 "2015-12-14T15:31:58Z")
… why is that stupid? ETA - the woman with the fridge and the food. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/22 "2015-12-14T15:55:33Z")
Wasn’t daylight savings time, that extra hour of sunlight makes all the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/23 "2015-12-14T16:10:32Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > … why is that stupid? > > ETA - the woman with the fridge and the food. Because, since the power outage was due to ice storms, she could just temporarily put her food outside. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/24 "2015-12-14T16:12:45Z")
Speaking of daylight savings, a few years ago in Chicago we had record-breaking heat in March – I am talking about a dozen days in the 80s. One woman on the news attributed this to the fact that Daylight Savings had started and that we were now getting an hour more of sunshine each day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/25 "2015-12-14T16:37:47Z")
Stupid People Shouldn’t Breed ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/26 "2015-12-14T16:42:36Z")
My sister linked to the solar farm thing on her Facebook page. I thought it was a spoof article. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/27 "2015-12-14T16:46:25Z")
> [@Novalyne](#): > > I’m a science teacher, and I’m not surprised. I used to teach in Texas, and I met countless biology teachers who did not believe in evolution. :mad: My daughter is a science teacher and the science team leader at a school in Orlando. She had one teacher quit because teaching geology ran counter to her fundy beliefs. Right now she’s got a teacher who’s an anti-vaxxer and who insists global warming is a government plot of some sort. Yeah, they’re out there and they’re molding our next generation. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/28 "2015-12-14T16:54:03Z")
Another bit of Florida stupidity from some years back. We lived in Jacksonville and it was a particularly hot summer. Local news was interviewing people who worked outside to share their misery. One guy was a roofer who, in all seriousness, said his job was especially bad because he was closer to the sun than the rest of us. OK, technically true, but I’m pretty sure the 93 million miles minus 20 feet really isn’t significantly closer. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/29 "2015-12-14T17:00:27Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Because, since the power outage was due to ice storms, she could just temporarily put her food outside. There are a whole lot of problems with that solution. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/30 "2015-12-14T17:44:58Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > There are a whole lot of problems with that solution. Well sure, but food going bad probably isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/31 "2015-12-14T18:03:25Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Another bit of Florida stupidity from some years back. We lived in Jacksonville and it was a particularly hot summer. Local news was interviewing people who worked outside to share their misery. One guy was a roofer who, in all seriousness, said his job was especially bad because he was closer to the sun than the rest of us. > > OK, technically true, but I’m pretty sure the 93 million miles minus 20 feet really isn’t significantly closer. I remember that! I also remember LMAO at the quote. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/32 "2015-12-14T19:13:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Stupid People Shouldn’t Breed That is actually kind of stupid. It looks a lot more like genuine stupidity is not really genetic. If you want to eradicate stupidity, you should advocate against stupid people being allowed to _raise_ children, because that is where teh stooped develops. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/33 "2015-12-14T19:51:41Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > My sister linked to the solar farm thing on her Facebook page. I thought it was a spoof article. I saw it yesterday in a UK paper and was wondering the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/34 "2015-12-14T20:38:28Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > Well sure, but food going bad probably isn’t one of them. Yep. Usually you only worry about your food going bad when you have a blackout in the summer. All she really needed to do was open the fridge door. In a blackout during a bad winter, the entire house will be freezing (slightly hyperbolic) in no time. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/35 "2015-12-14T20:43:22Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Yep. Usually you only worry about your food going bad when you have a blackout in the summer. All she really needed to do was open the fridge door. In a blackout during a bad winter, the entire house will be freezing (slightly hyperbolic) in no time. No need to open the door. If the kitchen is actually colder than the inside of the fridge, the fridge won’t warm up. In the mean time, limit the amount you open and close the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/36 "2015-12-14T21:01:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That is actually kind of stupid. It looks a lot more like genuine stupidity is not really genetic. If you want to eradicate stupidity, you should advocate against stupid people being allowed to _raise_ children, because that is where teh stooped develops. So wait. So your solution is to allow stupid people to breed but then we will take their children from them and have them raised by non stupid people? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/37 "2015-12-14T21:13:35Z")
Well the goal is to not let your house get that cold! You use the fireplace or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/38 "2015-12-14T21:29:13Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > So wait. So your solution is to allow stupid people to breed but then we will take their children from them and have them raised by non stupid people? Yeah, _my_ way heads them off at the pass. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/39 "2015-12-14T21:30:19Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well the goal is to not let your house get that cold! You use the fireplace or whatever. In winter power outages we move everything into big boat coolers which go outside. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361/40 "2015-12-14T21:38:06Z")
Growing up on a farmhouse in Western NY we didn’t have central heat – just a fireplace in the middle of the house. The kitchen was far away from the center of the house, and was also a later addition that had a crawlspace underneath. So during really cold weather our milk would freeze in the fridge despite the fact we were not quite freezing in the rest of the house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361.md?page=3)