top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 169 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Being poor and idolizing the rich.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [–] 119 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Being proud of not knowing things, and having no desire to change that.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [–] 118 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Bigotry and prejudice. Not necessarily uneducated, but certainly poorly educated.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [+] 103 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (32 children)
    load more comments (32 replies)
    [+] 91 points 3 years ago (3 children)
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 85 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    People who litter. Throw their rubbish out the window of the car. Or who throw rubbish in public, like into drains or sidewalks.

    It’s in the mentality, and I say the lack of education is the reason for it.

    It’s sad to see the people of my country do this, and to see it with your own eyes.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 79 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Not being able to entertain ideas. "What would the world be like with 100% renewable energy?" "Would basic healthcare for every person help our country?"

    I tried to explain the 4 day work week to someone that gets paid by the hour. You make the same money but work 4 days a week instead of 5. Insisted he got paid less. Had to explain like a Bingo card with a Free Space, 1 day he is paid even if he stays home.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I don't know if that's necessarily wrong of them. There isn't any precedent for hourly workers to be paid when they're not working. The "four day workweek" as described simply means that any time over 32 hours a week is overtime. Hourly workers in general don't really have a "workweek" anyway because they will often have multiple jobs or will work whatever shift they can pick up that works with their schedule.

    They understood how the 4-day workweek works based on how the 5-day workweek works. I think maybe you need to listen more to them and try to understand your own proposition better.

    When companies voluntarily implement 4-day workweeks, they are literally either cutting 8 hours or doing 10-hour shifts. They do not pay for hours not worked.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • load more comments (4 replies)
  • load more comments (4 replies)
    [–] 79 points 3 years ago (17 children)
    load more comments (17 replies)
    [–] 78 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Being a conservative and accusing every progressive person of being a pedophile.

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • load more comments (5 replies)
    [–] 69 points 3 years ago* (12 children)

    I see this in a lot of places I do work:

    Toolboxes covered in union stickers, AND Trump stickers...

  • source
  • hideshow 12 child comments
  • load more comments (12 replies)
    [–] 61 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Being a baby. What do they even know?

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 60 points 3 years ago* (11 children)

    Parents feeding their baby cola in bottles and smoking while pregnant are two things that usually cause me to make assumptions

  • source
  • hideshow 11 child comments
  • load more comments (11 replies)
    [–] 60 points 3 years ago* (10 children)

    taking Ayn Rand's work seriously. five seconds of critical thought and her entire philosophy comes crashing down

  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • load more comments (10 replies)
    [–] 58 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Being proud of not owning books

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • load more comments (4 replies)
    [+] 56 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
    load more comments (5 replies)
    [–] 56 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Not understanding the marginal tax rate.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • load more comments (3 replies)
    [–] 53 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They think opinions are facts.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [+] 49 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
    load more comments (5 replies)
    [–] 46 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Black/white thinking. Everything is either bad or good, the problem or the solution.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A Big Mouth Billy Bass that's been hacked with a recording of someone screaming "POORLY EDUCATED!"

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [–] 44 points 3 years ago
    [–] 42 points 3 years ago* (11 children)

    Reckless driving, speeding, having a loud car, having a lifted pickup truck.

  • source
  • hideshow 12 child comments
  • load more comments (10 replies)
    [–] 42 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Not wanting to tax the rich because "I might be rich one day".

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 41 points 3 years ago

    Refusing to accept that they are wrong.

  • source
  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago (2 children)
    load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 38 points 3 years ago

    Racist and intolerance to people different than them

  • source
  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    Being a republican. Sure there are some educated grifters who decide to label themselves as republican, but your average republican voter is a mouth-breathing fucking idiot.

  • source
  • hideshow 12 child comments
  • load more comments (12 replies)
    [–] 36 points 3 years ago

    Utter confidence in an area without expertise and without room for doubt or challenge.

  • source
  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    "Let's go Brandon!" Bumper stickers.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Associating with arbitrary groups, such as football fans, nationalists, wearing certain clothing brands

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [–] 34 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Trying to push mlm schemes like essential oils

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 34 points 3 years ago

    Not being curious. Education should never stop. You should constantly be seeking intriguing books, new ideas, different perspectives. Once you've lost your curiosity or pridefully believe in one opinion and one way of thinking, no matter your schooling, you have at that moment become poorly educated.

  • source
  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Not listening to other people's opinions and ideas

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    [–] 30 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    "Whataboutism", or if you are unfamiliar with the term:

    "The act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offense committed by another is similar or worse"

    People that use this mechanism are "poorly educated" and unable to hold a conversation and they should just be mocked by whatabouting even harder, so they can maybe understand that they're dumb and that's not how you should debate.

    Example of the last argument I had recently with my dumb c*nt father:

    • Me: You shouldn't idolize that politician, he evaded literally billions in taxes and that befalls on citizens like you
    • Dumb c*nt father: Yeah? And what about that other politician?
    • Me: What about the disappearing middle class?!
    • D.C.F.: What...?
    • Me: WHAT ABOUT THE BEES!?!
  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • load more comments (8 replies)
    [–] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Believing that capitalism lifts people out of poverty.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (2 replies)
    [–] 24 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    religion and the belief in the supernatural/paranormal. also the belief in conspiracy theories.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • load more comments (3 replies)
    [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    Nationalism

  • source
  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Wearing camo and American flag shit in public. Honestly just having American flags on anything now pretty much is the same as that read hat

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • load more comments (4 replies)
    [–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ironically, defending arguments using scientific studies and experiments, but not being able to think critically about the methodology used or what the results mean. Too often people will cite scientific literature based off the title and MAYBE skim it. Trying to have a discussion with them will usually result in them calling you anti-science.

    A good example is the pseudo-scientific belief common within incel circles that women can store and absorb dna from past sexual partners and that their children can then have more than one genetic father (an excuse to shame sexually active women while fear mongering about cuckoldry). If you track down the source the study actually explicitly explains exactly why this isn't the case.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • load more comments (1 reply)
    load more comments
    view more: next β€Ί