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<h2>Sometimes someone says something that is so astoundingly out-of-touch or just plain dumb that you don&#39;t know how they could&#39;ve possibly lasted this long on the planet...</h2><p>A shockingly stupid social media comment or confident statement that is so starkly incorrect can cause you to break out into laughter for years to come. It&#39;s hard to forget the time you ran into an adult who so boldly believed in mermaids that they were prepared to formally debate it &quot;with evidence.&quot; Especially now, with access to all of humanity&#39;s knowledge, it&#39;s extra alarming to overhear something so dumb that all it would take to steer them back on the path to facts would be a quick internet search. Sure, there&#39;s &quot;no such thing as a dumb question,&quot; but if you double down to defend your fully ignorant stance, prepare to be roasted.</p><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/n58m94/whats_the_stupidest_thing_youve_ever_heard/">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the stupidest thing you&rsquo;ve ever heard someone say?&quot; people were ready to share the hilarious and shockingly dumb things they&#39;ve overheard.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>Was star gazing with a mate one night out camping. He said dead serious (and sober) &quot;do you think there are like, other planets up there floating around in space?&quot;. I didn&#39;t know how to reply. - borosillycat</p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>My gf said she had to keep refilling her fishbowl (which is in direct sunlight all day) with water because the fish kept drinking the water. - xSerebii</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;If the Earth is round, how does the sun get to the other side?&quot; - JamesTheButtler</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>Oh, toast has bread in it, doesn&#39;t it? - ByeguyaBriarLeigh</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had this 40-year-old woman come into work and say that she wanted to return a small bottle of hand soap.</p> <p>I asked her if anything was wrong with it, to which she said:</p> <p>&ldquo;Well, it says on the bottle that it&rsquo;s foaming hand soap, and I looked inside and there is no foam. So I want to return it.&rdquo;</p> <p>I had to take a second to see if she was pulling my leg.</p> <p>She wasn&rsquo;t.</p> <p>I explained to her how foaming hand soap worked and she seemed so surprised. Then she left with the soap.</p> <p>That was the first customer I ever had working there. - purplealchemist</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;I have a photogenic memory.&quot; - cigarettejesus</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;The sun is cold, otherwise the universe would be super hot.&quot; - toasted314</p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe in outer space. If there was outer space all our air would be gone.&rdquo; - dontpushyourluck</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>I can&#39;t have a birth mark, I was a C-section - DJFangerz</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>My wife : &quot;What day is Saturday Night Live on?&quot; - Eenvy</p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;Life support is for dead people.&quot; - Iaconicflow</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>My friend when ICarly got dubbed: &ldquo;Dude did you see? Carly knows Dutch!&rdquo; - Sabes1607</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Why are you depressed? There&rsquo;s nothing to be depressed about? - Thatoneredditpostguy</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>That if they change the clocks to always summer time, the animals and plants couldn&#39;t handle it - ganjaleks</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;If evolution is real, why don&rsquo;t we all turn into cats?&rdquo; - headpeddler</p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;There are only 12 hours in a day because the clock face only goes up to 12&quot; - my brother&#39;s ex-girlfriend. - AngryVirginian</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>In a chemistry lab the TA told a student she needed to wear protective gloves when handling an acid and she replied &ldquo;well that&rsquo;s what I have an immune system for!&rdquo; - mcnuggsRN</p> </blockquote><h2>18.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;There&#39;s no way iron may be contained in food. Otherwise you would break your teeth.&quot; -JesterJennett</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

18 people share the absolute dumbest thing they've ever heard someone say.

Sometimes someone says something that is so astoundingly out-of-touch or just plain dumb that you don&#39;t know how they could&#39;ve possibly lasted this long on the planet...A shockingly stupid social media comment or confident statement that is so starkly incorrect can cause you to break out into laughter for years to come. It&#39;s hard to forget the time you ran into an adult who so boldly believed in mermaids that they were prepared to formally debate it &quot;with evidence.&quot; Especially now, with access to all of humanity&#39;s knowledge, it&#39;s extra alarming to overhear something so dumb that all it would take to steer them back on the path to facts would be a quick internet search. Sure, there&#39;s &quot;no such thing as a dumb question,&quot; but if you double down to defend your fully ignorant stance, prepare to be roasted.So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the stupidest thing you&rsquo;ve ever heard someone say?&quot; people were ready to share the hilarious and shockingly dumb things they&#39;ve overheard.1. Was star gazing with a mate one night out camping. He said dead serious (and sober) &quot;do you think there are like, other planets up there floating around in space?&quot;. I didn&#39;t know how to reply. - borosillycat 2. My gf said she had to keep refilling her fishbowl (which is in direct sunlight all day) with water because the fish kept drinking the water. - xSerebii 3. &quot;If the Earth is round, how does the sun get to the other side?&quot; - JamesTheButtler 4. Oh, toast has bread in it, doesn&#39;t it? - ByeguyaBriarLeigh 5. I had this 40-year-old woman come into work and say that she wanted to return a small bottle of hand soap. I asked her if anything was wrong with it, to which she said: &ldquo;Well, it says on the bottle that it&rsquo;s foaming hand soap, and I looked inside and there is no foam. So I want to return it.&rdquo; I had to take a second to see if she was pulling my leg. She wasn&rsquo;t. I explained to her how foaming hand soap worked and she seemed so surprised. Then she left with the soap. That was the first customer I ever had working there. - purplealchemist 6. &quot;I have a photogenic memory.&quot; - cigarettejesus 7. &quot;The sun is cold, otherwise the universe would be super hot.&quot; - toasted314 8. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe in outer space. If there was outer space all our air would be gone.&rdquo; - dontpushyourluck 9. I can&#39;t have a birth mark, I was a C-section - DJFangerz 10. My wife : &quot;What day is Saturday Night Live on?&quot; - Eenvy 11. &quot;Life support is for dead people.&quot; - Iaconicflow 12. My friend when ICarly got dubbed: &ldquo;Dude did you see? Carly knows Dutch!&rdquo; - Sabes1607 13. Why are you depressed? There&rsquo;s nothing to be depressed about? - Thatoneredditpostguy 14. That if they change the clocks to always summer time, the animals and plants couldn&#39;t handle it - ganjaleks 15. &ldquo;If evolution is real, why don&rsquo;t we all turn into cats?&rdquo; - headpeddler 16. &quot;There are only 12 hours in a day because the clock face only goes up to 12&quot; - my brother&#39;s ex-girlfriend. - AngryVirginian 17. In a chemistry lab the TA told a student she needed to wear protective gloves when handling an acid and she replied &ldquo;well that&rsquo;s what I have an immune system for!&rdquo; - mcnuggsRN 18. &quot;There&#39;s no way iron may be contained in food. Otherwise you would break your teeth.&quot; -JesterJennett 

Sometimes someone says something that is so astoundingly out-of-touch or just plain dumb that you don&#39;t know how they could&#39;ve possibly lasted this long on the planet...  A shockingly stupid social media comment or confident...