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<p>The state of the world makes sense when you realize just how deeply, deeply ignorant many people are. If ignorance is bliss, then there are millions gliding through life in a state of absolute euphoria.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/s8t52h/what_did_somebody_say_that_made_you_think_this/">Reddit thread</a> asked the internet, &quot;What did somebody say that made you think: &#39;This person is out of touch with reality&#39;?&quot;</p><p>These statements are so out-of-touch that it&#39;s almost impressive.</p><h2>It is a marvel how some adults manage to survive in the world.</h2><p>1. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/nocreamjustsugar/">nocreamjustsugar</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m a 911 operator and had a man call 911 because the internet at the hotel he was staying at got disconnected. I told him it was not a police issue and he would have to talk to the hotel staff and/or just wait for it to reboot. He responded, &quot;Not a police issue? This is criminal. If I unplugged someone&#39;s life support, isn&#39;t that a crime?&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GlassBear1609/">GlassBear1609</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I remember a while back I read a post about a man who refused to wipe his bum hole after number 2 because he believed no man should have anything touch him there.... I remember vividly thinking &quot;how out of touch with reality do you have to be to have such a belief?&quot; I am still occasionally haunted by this stranger.</p> </blockquote><p>3. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/StoneCold_SteveIrwin/">StoneCold_SteveIrwin</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Former roommate declared, &quot;I&#39;m an only child, that means I don&#39;t have to be nice if I don&#39;t want to.&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Remote-Principler543/">Remote-Principler543</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Sophomore year of high school, in my biology class, this one girl got into a conversation about what causes the winter season with the teacher.</p> <p>And she goes, &ldquo;winter happens because the sun turns cold, right?&rdquo;</p> <p>Honestly, I&rsquo;m still having trouble processing that one, and it&rsquo;s been eight years.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kupoface/">kupoface</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;He fingered me so I got the morning after pill just in case.&quot; &quot;You... Didn&#39;t have sex?&quot; &quot;Well you never know, ya know?!&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>These people are real, and they vote.</h2><p>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Adventurous_Bed_6151/">Adventurous_Bed_6151</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Nobody has ever died from rationing their insulin, <em>nobody&quot; -</em> My FIL. That was an odd take of his, I&#39;m still kinda puzzled over it. People have died doing almost anything. He didn&#39;t think they died from rationing something that costs hundreds of dollars per week though.</p> </blockquote><p>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/pookies10/">pookies10</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Had a coworker that noticed an item&rsquo;s tag said Made in Vietnam. She&rsquo;s said &ldquo;Made in Vietnam? That&rsquo;s a place? I thought it was a war!!&ldquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Yogurtslingur/">Yogurtslingur</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Me, homeless at the time and working my way out of it.</p> <p>Coworker: I don&#39;t know why people go on game shows for money, winning 100,000 dollars wouldn&#39;t be life-changing, anyway.</p> </blockquote><p>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mainstreetmark/">mainstreetmark</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My aunt was bragging that her knee surgery cost her zero dollars because of Medicare. I said &quot;yeah, that kind of socialized medicine is nice.&quot; She the threatened to &quot;take me out back and beat my ass&quot; for saying that.</p> </blockquote><p>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/I_crywhenimasturbate/">I_crywhenimasturbate</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;My balls are extra big because I need to pee.&quot;</p> <p>This is from a 23 year old man...who didn&#39;t know that pee isn&#39;t stored in the balls.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/YungTrap6God/">YungTrap6God</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Said they couldn&rsquo;t come to my buddy&#39;s place to hangout bc they were afraid of getting Covid.</p> <p>We were at a bar full of people at the time.</p> </blockquote><h2>They even get elected.</h2><p>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/paktsardines/">paktsardines</a></p><blockquote> <p>Well, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morisson just yesterday said that kids should be allowed to drive forklifts due to the current labour shortage.</p> </blockquote><p>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/stinkload/">stinkload</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Working for a super wealthy client who lived in the most expensive neighbourhood in the country... A Walled community, filled with old money and old political families, and he was complaining about <strong>&quot;the elites&quot;</strong> who the f*ck do you think you are ? Joe f*cking 6 pack?</p> </blockquote><h2>Are they dumb, or in denial?</h2><p>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lucy_pevensie/">lucy_pevensie</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Showed a parent the security footage of her 8th grader hitting a teacher. She claimed the footage had been edited. Sigh&hellip;..</p> </blockquote><p>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ShawshankException/">ShawshankException</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Billionaires and multimillionaires singing &#39;Imagine&#39; while sitting in their gigantic mansions largely unaffected by the pandemic.</p> </blockquote><p>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whereswaldo333/">whereswaldo333</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>A coworker believes the US Military employs the use of Lightsabers.</p> </blockquote><h2>Stupidity often manifests as a**holery.</h2><p>17. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Choontz/">Choontz</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Pretty much any time I see someone yelling at a Starbucks or other service employee. They come into a crowded shop, wave their big $5 bill around like a high roller, then yell at a 16 year old for making their coffee incorrectly. Lame. If you find yourself to be one of the people yelling at service workers, fix your own problems before telling other people what to do.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>18. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cleaning-meaning/">cleaning-meaning</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m a nanny and I&rsquo;ve worked for some rich clients. Old money. These people know nothing about reality.</p> <p>The best one I heard was this family I was working 12 hour days for. Good pay, terrible schedule. At one point I was bouncing their baby on my knee and the Mom goes &ldquo;Being a mom isn&rsquo;t that hard. I don&rsquo;t know why other women complain about it so much&rdquo;.</p> <p>While her nanny is literally caring for the baby.</p> </blockquote><p>19. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/try_altf4/">try_altf4</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Classmate in college kept throwing his Starbucks cups on the ground and other garbage.</p> <p>&quot;They pay people to pick it up&quot;</p> <p>He was the son of a guy who owned multiple resorts in South America.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

19 people share the most 'out of touch with reality' thing they've heard someone say.

The state of the world makes sense when you realize just how deeply, deeply ignorant many people are. If ignorance is bliss, then there are millions gliding through life in a state of absolute euphoria.A Reddit thread asked the internet, &quot;What did somebody say that made you think: &#39;This person is out of touch with reality&#39;?&quot;These statements are so out-of-touch that it&#39;s almost impressive.It is a marvel how some adults manage to survive in the world.1. From nocreamjustsugar: I&#39;m a 911 operator and had a man call 911 because the internet at the hotel he was staying at got disconnected. I told him it was not a police issue and he would have to talk to the hotel staff and/or just wait for it to reboot. He responded, &quot;Not a police issue? This is criminal. If I unplugged someone&#39;s life support, isn&#39;t that a crime?&quot; 2. From GlassBear1609: I remember a while back I read a post about a man who refused to wipe his bum hole after number 2 because he believed no man should have anything touch him there.... I remember vividly thinking &quot;how out of touch with reality do you have to be to have such a belief?&quot; I am still occasionally haunted by this stranger. 3. From StoneCold_SteveIrwin: Former roommate declared, &quot;I&#39;m an only child, that means I don&#39;t have to be nice if I don&#39;t want to.&quot; 4. From Remote-Principler543: Sophomore year of high school, in my biology class, this one girl got into a conversation about what causes the winter season with the teacher. And she goes, &ldquo;winter happens because the sun turns cold, right?&rdquo; Honestly, I&rsquo;m still having trouble processing that one, and it&rsquo;s been eight years. 5. From kupoface: &quot;He fingered me so I got the morning after pill just in case.&quot; &quot;You... Didn&#39;t have sex?&quot; &quot;Well you never know, ya know?!&quot; These people are real, and they vote.6. From Adventurous_Bed_6151: &quot;Nobody has ever died from rationing their insulin, nobody&quot; - My FIL. That was an odd take of his, I&#39;m still kinda puzzled over it. People have died doing almost anything. He didn&#39;t think they died from rationing something that costs hundreds of dollars per week though. 7. From pookies10: Had a coworker that noticed an item&rsquo;s tag said Made in Vietnam. She&rsquo;s said &ldquo;Made in Vietnam? That&rsquo;s a place? I thought it was a war!!&ldquo; 8. From Yogurtslingur: Me, homeless at the time and working my way out of it. Coworker: I don&#39;t know why people go on game shows for money, winning 100,000 dollars wouldn&#39;t be life-changing, anyway. 9. From mainstreetmark: My aunt was bragging that her knee surgery cost her zero dollars because of Medicare. I said &quot;yeah, that kind of socialized medicine is nice.&quot; She the threatened to &quot;take me out back and beat my ass&quot; for saying that. 10. From I_crywhenimasturbate: &quot;My balls are extra big because I need to pee.&quot; This is from a 23 year old man...who didn&#39;t know that pee isn&#39;t stored in the balls. 11. From YungTrap6God: Said they couldn&rsquo;t come to my buddy&#39;s place to hangout bc they were afraid of getting Covid. We were at a bar full of people at the time. They even get elected.12. From paktsardines Well, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morisson just yesterday said that kids should be allowed to drive forklifts due to the current labour shortage. 13. From stinkload: Working for a super wealthy client who lived in the most expensive neighbourhood in the country... A Walled community, filled with old money and old political families, and he was complaining about &quot;the elites&quot; who the f*ck do you think you are ? Joe f*cking 6 pack? Are they dumb, or in denial?14. From lucy_pevensie: Showed a parent the security footage of her 8th grader hitting a teacher. She claimed the footage had been edited. Sigh&hellip;.. 15. From ShawshankException: Billionaires and multimillionaires singing &#39;Imagine&#39; while sitting in their gigantic mansions largely unaffected by the pandemic. 16. From whereswaldo333: A coworker believes the US Military employs the use of Lightsabers. Stupidity often manifests as a**holery.17. From Choontz: Pretty much any time I see someone yelling at a Starbucks or other service employee. They come into a crowded shop, wave their big $5 bill around like a high roller, then yell at a 16 year old for making their coffee incorrectly. Lame. If you find yourself to be one of the people yelling at service workers, fix your own problems before telling other people what to do. 18. From cleaning-meaning: I&rsquo;m a nanny and I&rsquo;ve worked for some rich clients. Old money. These people know nothing about reality. The best one I heard was this family I was working 12 hour days for. Good pay, terrible schedule. At one point I was bouncing their baby on my knee and the Mom goes &ldquo;Being a mom isn&rsquo;t that hard. I don&rsquo;t know why other women complain about it so much&rdquo;. While her nanny is literally caring for the baby. 19. From try_altf4: Classmate in college kept throwing his Starbucks cups on the ground and other garbage. &quot;They pay people to pick it up&quot; He was the son of a guy who owned multiple resorts in South America. 

The state of the world makes sense when you realize just how deeply, deeply ignorant many people are. If ignorance is bliss, then there are millions gliding through life in a state of absolute euphoria.  A Reddit thread asked the internet,...