# Who are the worst people on the planet right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037 "2014-06-30T22:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/1 "2014-06-30T22:10:05Z")
IMO - the Mexican drug cartels. The stuff they do to people is sick! :eek: ---
**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:** [June 30, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/2 "2014-06-30T22:14:49Z")
The joke potential is only exceeded by the offence potential. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/3 "2014-06-30T22:24:13Z")
In terms of doing the most harm to the most people, it would probably be Kim Jong-un and his top men. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/4 "2014-06-30T22:32:59Z")
Boko Haram have to be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/5 "2014-06-30T22:41:40Z")
Haters. These forums are replete with them. Their most conspicuous identifying marker is that they forward chain emails. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/6 "2014-06-30T22:43:09Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > In terms of doing the most harm to the most people, it would probably be Kim Jong-un and his top men. this. They take evil to a whole nother level. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/7 "2014-06-30T22:47:47Z")
The Phelps gang. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/8 "2014-06-30T23:11:36Z")
People that send me invites for games on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/9 "2014-06-30T23:41:44Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > The Phelps gang. Nah, they’re just trolls. I don’t see them as being all that harmful. Hell I’d say they have helped the gay cause. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/10 "2014-06-30T23:57:37Z")
Those who are educated enough to know better. **cough Cheney cough** ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/11 "2014-06-30T23:59:00Z")
Tardigrades. They don’t even have the right DNA. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/12 "2014-07-01T00:11:22Z")
People who text and drive. What? I face a far greater risk of harm from a texter than I do anyone else named in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/13 "2014-07-01T00:21:55Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Haters. These forums are replete with them. Their most conspicuous identifying marker is that they forward chain emails. People in these forums are forwarding you chain mails?! You need to report that. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/14 "2014-07-01T01:11:18Z")
> [@protoboard](#): > > IMO - the Mexican drug cartels. The stuff they do to people is sick! :eek: They’re satisfying a market demand and cutting through the government red tape. Sounds like capitalist heroes to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/15 "2014-07-01T01:18:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The joke potential is only exceeded by the offence potential. But at least he’s in jail right now. Oops, I had my homophones mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/16 "2014-07-01T02:31:13Z")
I’m sure a few members of the SCOTUS are up 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 1, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/17 "2014-07-01T05:07:19Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > People who text and drive. What? I face a far greater risk of harm from a texter than I do anyone else named in this thread. Aw, yes! Teen-agers behind the wheel. I concur. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/18 "2014-07-01T08:40:39Z")
My neighbor with their damn barking dog. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/19 "2014-07-01T08:48:10Z")
I might be one. Although I don’t think this is very widely known. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037/20 "2014-07-01T09:35:59Z")
Ill go with the ISIS clowns. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worst-people-on-the-planet-right-now/692037.md?page=2)