# What really stupid things do you think less of people for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 15, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499 "2009-03-15T04:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/201 "2009-03-19T20:54:05Z")
> [@Tomczyk](#): > > YES! That and the window sticker of Calvin peeing on Chevy/Ford/Red Sox/Yankees or anything else. Would you believe Calvin peeing on a pickup truck with testicles? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/202 "2009-03-19T20:58:27Z")
Just to make a minor point about the cell phone thing, it used to be a lot easier to get along without a cell phone, due to the prevalence of public pay phones. Try finding a public pay phone these days; it’s a lot harder than it used to be. Because, y’know, everybody has a cell phone. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you “can’t live without one.” But back when nobody had one, it was a lot easier to find other ways to make phone calls from public places. (And, I would also add, it was a lot easier to get people to stop and help you as a stranded motorist. People these days don’t stop because they just assume you have a phone.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/203 "2009-03-19T22:08:33Z")
> [@omaximizer](#): > > . . . Speedos. Really. Is there any use for them other than in sports. . . . Two words: Daniel Craig. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/204 "2009-03-20T03:46:28Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > I read personal ads in my local weekly rags for fun (honestly…I cannot imagine hooking up with ANY of these people) and there was one last week which was otherwise very well done BUT contained the error “seeking my SOLE mate”. I literally cringed. I gave the guy the benefit of the doubt; perhaps the paper had screwed up, perhaps the guy has a shoe/foot fetish and used it properly, but MAN, what a turn off for me. Perhaps he’s just looking for someone worth being monogamous for. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/205 "2009-03-20T12:13:48Z")
Adults wearing a shirt or jacket that prominently displays a cartoon character. Minus 10 if it’s a Disney character. Minus another 10 if it’s an expensive, leather-trimmed jacket. 30 years ago a grown woman wearing a Minnie Mouse hoodie would have been assumed to be mentally retarded. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/206 "2009-03-20T13:49:56Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > Adults wearing a shirt or jacket that prominently displays a cartoon character. Minus 10 if it’s a Disney character. Minus another 10 if it’s an expensive, leather-trimmed jacket. Even Daffy Duck? Daffy Duck would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/207 "2009-03-20T13:55:40Z")
> [@aaslatten](#): > > I worked with one jackass who actually said, “If you have time to read, you’re not busy enough.” If anyone deserves a cockpunch, it’s that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/208 "2009-03-20T14:01:59Z")
**It’s a Jeep Thing…You Wouldn’t Understand** people are right up there with the **Hemi** shit and **Chevy Tough** stuff and **Calvin Pissing on Ford/Chevy/Whatever**. The Cult of Car stuff is, and you can quote me on this, RETARDED. The ultimate in the TARD faction are the people who have the \*\*Dale Earnhardt #3 \*\*( or 8, I can’t be bothered to remember.) decal, paint job, flag or tattoo. He was a race car driver, you MORON, not GOD or any variation thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/209 "2009-03-20T14:17:45Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > Adults wearing a shirt or jacket that prominently displays a cartoon character. Minus 10 if it’s a Disney character. Minus another 10 if it’s an expensive, leather-trimmed jacket. > > 30 years ago a grown woman wearing a Minnie Mouse hoodie would have been assumed to be mentally retarded. I have a Trogdor polo shirt. I might be retarded. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/210 "2009-03-20T16:07:52Z")
Adult men who wear tank tops in a public place that is not a (i) beach, (ii) pool, (iii) gym, or (iv) waterpark. If I see you in a bar, or at the mall, or just about any other public location and you’re in a tank top, you will be instantly pegged as a redneck hick lowlife dirtbag. ---
**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/211 "2009-03-20T20:00:39Z")
> [@StuffLikeThatThere](#): > > You are totally entitled to your rant and your opinion. > > But I did want to point out that you get white earbuds no matter which color iPod you buy. I bought a black one specifically because it was more lowkey, and got white earbuds anyway. And I am too stinking cheap to buy replacement earbuds because I don’t like the color. (Yes, I know that an iPod isn’t cheap in the first place, but I am hoping it will last a long time. Quality over quantity. We’ll see.) > > Feel free to lose respect for me because of my cheapness and non-discriminating aural taste, though. 😉 You’d be so right! Well I’m going to have to rescind my annoyance, and you can consider ignorance fought, then! I just assumed they would be shipping earbuds that matched and that people were willfully buying white ones! ---
**Author:** ![omaximizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omaximizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omaximizer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/212 "2009-03-20T23:59:54Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Two words: Daniel Craig. Maybe some people do, but I don’t consider him to be a sport. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/213 "2009-03-21T12:36:53Z")
People who insist on going on and on about their usually very average children. People who exaggerate their local accent,drive dangerously amongst other things because they think it makes them look tough. People who are proud of the fact that they have never read a book. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/214 "2009-03-21T16:32:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I have a Trogdor polo shirt. I might be retarded. Burninated!! Actually, this is why I had kids. My four-year-old looks great in his Homsar shirt. Another pet peeve: Grown women who collect dolls. Yes, I’m lookin’ at you, Mom. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/215 "2009-03-22T03:58:51Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > People are already asking my fiancee whether we’re going to raise our kids Methodist or Hindu. Apparently nobody knows I’m actually an atheist. > > How did you end up with _three_ options? I kept forgetting to respond to this - sorry it took so long. It’s a very long story, but the simplest way to put it is that half my family was Christian and the other half was Jewish when I married my husband. I guess technically we’re Methodist, but my sister and I were raised in both faiths. Strangely enough, a couple of family members have converted to Catholicism and my sister married a man who was raised Greek Orthodox and Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/216 "2009-03-22T04:30:55Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > my sister and I were raised in both faiths. Forgive me if I am being rude, but how does that work? I can understand children getting presents on Hannukah and Christmas, hunting for Easter eggs and dressing up for Purim, but you either believe Jesus was the Messiah or you don’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/217 "2009-03-22T15:51:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Forgive me if I am being rude, but how does that work? I can understand children getting presents on Hannukah and Christmas, hunting for Easter eggs and dressing up for Purim, but you either believe Jesus was the Messiah or you don’t. 🙂 I can’t speak for **overlyverbose** (and thanks for getting back to me, by the way!) but I suspect it goes something along the lines of, “Mommy believes this, and Daddy believes _this_,” when they’re a bit older, and just taking them to a church and a synagogue when they’re younger. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/218 "2009-03-22T16:08:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Forgive me if I am being rude, but how does that work? I can understand children getting presents on Hannukah and Christmas, hunting for Easter eggs and dressing up for Purim, but you either believe Jesus was the Messiah or you don’t. 🙂 [QUOTE=Sarah Silverman] Who cares? Different religions. I guess the only time it’s an issue I suppose would be if you’re having a baby, you have to figure out how you want to raise your baby or whatever, which still would not be an issue for us. Because you know, we’d just be honest, and say “Mommy is one of the chosen people, and Daddy believes that Jesus is magic.” [/QUOTE] One of the few funny bits she had. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/219 "2009-03-22T16:12:38Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > One of the few funny bits she had. True dat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/220 "2009-03-22T18:24:06Z")
People who refer to their pets as their babies/children. Also said pet owners who anthropomorphize them to gag inducing degrees. One of my best friends does this with his dog, an it’s everything in my power to try and just ignore it the best I can. He says things like, “I think she’s mad at me because I was out too late,” kinda bullshit. Dood, it’s a fucking dog. They don’t harbor grudges, or have complex self-aware feelings like humans do. Dressing your pet in clothes is right out. Having more that 2 animals. For some reason, it just screams “I have people issues, and the blind, idiot love of animals are all I can connect to.” That said, don’t get me wrong. I love animals as much as much as the next guy, and am very friendly with them and want nothing but for them to be well taken care of and respected. But there’s this strange phenomenon that’s seems to be taking place in this modern era, where pets are being used as some sort of substitute or proxy for human interaction/affection. I think that’s pathetically sad. Of course, they bring happiness and joy and companionship, but to blur the line between that and the more complex counterparts you get from humans, is to have something broken in your head. I say this as a former dog, bird(s), guinea pig, and fish owner. Not all at the same time though. This goes the same for cat owners, which seems to be even more guiltily egregious of this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499.md?page=12)