# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/61 "2009-03-15T23:44:54Z")
People who routinely use pretty bad grammar and spelling. It irks me. > [@](#): > > I think less of people who say they have no time to read. Yes. Especially if they watch lots of TV. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/62 "2009-03-15T23:46:15Z")
Lately on TV, Oprah and the like, there have been ‘how to save money at the grocery store’ features. They take a film crew and a bunch of overprivileged McMansion dwellers into the deep, dark unknown lands of Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Costco. The ninnies have never actually been in a discount store and appear flabbergasted by the big, big savings! Corollary: these same ninnies are introduced to the concept of actually cooking something in their $50,000 kitchens and you can actually see a lightbulb go on over their pointy bleached blond heads. Not eat out every weekend? Not pick up takeout from a restaurant every night? Actually, like…cook, like Mummy and Grams did? And save how much??? AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/63 "2009-03-15T23:47:29Z")
Bloggers who overuse lolcatese. Seriously, you have no idea how many bloggers write these navel-gazy “thinky” posts and then end it with “kthxbai” or some such. Lolcatese: Mommybloggers as Gonnorhea: Sailors ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/64 "2009-03-16T00:18:24Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > See, and now I feel guilty for passing judgment. I have personal issues about kids living with their parents, because it can ruin families. If my grandmother hadn’t been so deeply in denial about her 30-year-old son’s severe issues with responsibility, respect, and drug addiction, he might still be alive. Instead she let him live rent free in her home, dropped everything to bail him out of jail, bought preppy shit for him and his children, made excuses when he cursed and physically threatened her, and screamed like a rabid harpy at anyone who dared to suggest he was anything other than Perfect. He killed himself last year, left behind two young children, and when we weep, it’s not for the person he was, but for the person he wasn’t. I have (or should say “had”) a relative under similar circumstances, who died 10 years ago. I saw how he was when I was growing up, and decided not to be like him. I still ended up in my parents’ home in my mid-30s, with a broken marriage, a kid, and a ton of debt. About the only thing I can say is at least I got an education and didn’t get into drugs. > [@](#): > > Combine that sad reality with the fact that I wouldn’t know a loving and supportive family if it kicked me in the face, and you can see where my ire comes from. Tragedy combined with bitterness. I’m sorry. It’s OK. ((((((( **olives** ))))))) ---
**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 16, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/65 "2009-03-16T00:21:02Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > I started writing my post before your apology appeared (got pulled away in the middle of writing, hence the delay). Apology accepted. I didn’t mean that ‘‘read my apology’’ post to sound as snarky as it did. Therefore I apologize for the tone of my apology. I’m angry at myself for getting involved in this thread. When I’m depressed, I’m a shitty human being. I’m not some random person who was cut off at eighteen, I legally emancipated at 17 and had been working full time for eight months by the time I graduated from high school. It was the shittiest year of my life and I lost everything. I had no choice but to be responsible for myself, I can’t fathom what it’s like to feel safe with your parents… I still have nightmares that I’m living at home. My bitterness over this great loss caused me to be unkind to others. I am genuinely sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/66 "2009-03-16T00:25:10Z")
People with no table manners. No, scratch that, people with no _eating_ manners. Chew with your mouth closed. I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to see it; and if do, I will assume you have been badly brought up. And my really, really petty one: people who use Comic Sans as their default email font. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/67 "2009-03-16T00:53:07Z")
> [@Scougs](#): > > And my really, really petty one: people who use Comic Sans as their default email font. Gah. That’s not petty AT ALL. Who does this, seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/68 "2009-03-16T00:57:17Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > People who lease cars instead of buying them. I’m intrigued by this. Can you give some more details about why this practice makes you think less of people? ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/69 "2009-03-16T01:02:04Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > That’s not petty AT ALL. Who does this, seriously? Two of my colleagues at work. It got to the stage where I had to tell them not to do it. If they wanted me to actually read their emails, that is. ---
**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 16, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/70 "2009-03-16T01:11:32Z")
> [@Scougs](#): > > I had to tell them not to do it. If they wanted me to actually read their emails, that is. We could delete it on our PCs and name a copy of another font. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/71 "2009-03-16T01:18:58Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’m intrigued by this. Can you give some more details about why this practice makes you think less of people? I should have said, “People who lease cars as a way of driving a car they can’t afford.” Leasing works for some people, obviously. But for most its a bad idea from a financial viewpoint. They’re lured by the low monthly payments, and not smart enough to realize they will probably get burned in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/72 "2009-03-16T01:27:06Z")
A few more: People who prominently display their diplomas, certificates, and accolades on the wall behind their desk at work. People who insist on appending degrees next to their name, e.g. _John Smith, MSEE, PE_. On the same token, non-medical people who insist on appending “PhD” or “Dr.” to their name. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/73 "2009-03-16T02:36:00Z")
People who feed their kids typical fast food fare (I’m not talking about the healthier options like 6" turkey without cheese on wheat with veggies at Subway or apple dippers or whatever). It just seems better to teach kids they don’t need to eat fast food - I haven’t touched the stuff since 2004, it can be done. I know it’s possibly an unfair judgement, but that’s mine! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/74 "2009-03-16T03:19:19Z")
> [@](#): > > People who get those Christmas hampers that have become such big business over here the last few years (judging by the number of ads that run for them through December and January). Chrisco have a hamper that consists of 60 cans of diet softdrink (Coke, Sprite, etc) for just $1.40 a week over 52 weeks. Why why WHY would anyone spent $73 on 60 cans of softdrink? Why not just put $1.40 in the bank each week for 52 weeks and go out to buy $73 worth of softdrink? If you catch the supermarkets when they have specials on, you can get 24 cans of Coke for $9.99… you could get 178 cans for $73. Okay, I’m confused by how this works. I guess I understand the idea of a hamper of sixty cans of soda. But what’s the part about $1.40 a week over 52 weeks? Do you mean you pay the $1.40 every week at the store and then pick up the soda at the end of the year? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/75 "2009-03-16T04:23:12Z")
Loud talking in public – generally this means high school kids shouting and laughing and rough-housing on, say, the subway, but not always. The inability to form an orderly, impromptu queue when called for. The unnecessary semi-circle around a choke point is the bane of my existence (though obviously such a formation is often inevitable). This one necessarily applies to clumps of people at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/76 "2009-03-16T04:33:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay, I’m confused by how this works. I guess I understand the idea of a hamper of sixty cans of soda. But what’s the part about $1.40 a week over 52 weeks? Do you mean you pay the $1.40 every week at the store and then pick up the soda at the end of the year? It’s like a subscription to a hamper. You pick one out of the catalogue at the start of the year, make weekly payments (maybe they have fortnightly/monthly options, I don’t know) and at Christmas time your basket of goodies is delivered to your house. I used the soft drink hamper as an example because it was the easiest to put a value on… They used to have a beer one that was easy to show being a rip-off, but now most of their alcohol hampers come with extras like Eskys, hats, bar runners and other junk that it’s hard to value. The type of hamper most people seem to order is usually more of a grocery hamper for Christmas and I guess there’s an argument to be made that it saves them time running around doing shopping at that crazy time of year, but you’re paying a lot of money for that convenience and a lot of the stuff in the hamper is non-perishable and could easily be picked up ahead of Christmas and stored. Their website says [this $625 hamper](http://www.chrisco.com.au/pages/ShowProduct.aspx?Catalog=32&Category=188&Product=90890) is one of their top sellers. I wonder how much of that stuff would normally be on people’s Christmas shopping lists? And yet they’re paying a premium price for these bits and pieces they probably don’t really need. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/77 "2009-03-16T04:34:47Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Loud talking in public – generally this means high school kids shouting and laughing and rough-housing on, say, the subway, but not always. Absolutely! If you and your friend want to talk - don’t sit on opposite sides of a fricken **train**! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/78 "2009-03-16T04:36:38Z")
I think less of people who dress their little girls like hos. There, I said it. There is no reason for a six year old to have _JUICY_ in script across her little bottom. Even if she screams and lays down for a hissy fit in the middle WalMart for it, be the grown up and say no. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/79 "2009-03-16T04:50:22Z")
The fuck is a hamper? 😕 ETA: Other than the thing I put my dirty laundry in. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499/80 "2009-03-16T04:53:24Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > A few more: > > People who prominently display their diplomas, certificates, and accolades on the wall behind their desk at work. > > People who insist on appending degrees next to their name, e.g. _John Smith, MSEE, PE_. On the same token, non-medical people who insist on appending “PhD” or “Dr.” to their name. I recently had reason to check my diploma (from 1984); I found it in a plastic hanging folder in the back of my closet, under “Misc.” Several of the most awesomely intelligent people I work with neglect to tell anyone they have PhDs. The converse is also true. What does it for me: Actually, I’m drawing a blank. But people do get on my nerves sometimes, so there must be something… ETA: Ah! People who use the expression, “Be that as it may …” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-stupid-things-do-you-think-less-of-people-for/489499.md?page=5)