StarsMISaligned · 51-55, F
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Sparklesatnite · 51-55, F
This question is unnecessary and should not be even be asked in my opinion
I understand that we all notice things in others that might frustrate or confuse us, but framing it as “what screams this person is dumb” feels unnecessarily cruel and dismissive. Everyone has different strengths, experiences, and ways of learning. What one person struggles with might be something another excels at … and vice versa.
Labeling someone as “dumb” doesn’t encourage understanding or growth, it just reinforces judgment and exclusion. We should be fostering curiosity, patience, and compassion, not shame. Let’s be kinder… the world has enough harshness already.
I understand that we all notice things in others that might frustrate or confuse us, but framing it as “what screams this person is dumb” feels unnecessarily cruel and dismissive. Everyone has different strengths, experiences, and ways of learning. What one person struggles with might be something another excels at … and vice versa.
Labeling someone as “dumb” doesn’t encourage understanding or growth, it just reinforces judgment and exclusion. We should be fostering curiosity, patience, and compassion, not shame. Let’s be kinder… the world has enough harshness already.
supersnipe · 61-69, M
@Sparklesatnite I believed this - or some version of it - until comparatively recently. While it's true we 'should be kind', the fact remains that there is a lot of stupidity around, and it's dangerous. As dangerous as deliberate malevolence.
Sparklesatnite · 51-55, F
@supersnipe
I agree…there’s certainly a lot of stupidity out there, and it can be frustrating, even dangerous. But my concern is when that frustration turns into generalisations , where individuals in a community are broadly labeled as “dumb.”
Once we start reducing people to a single label, it becomes all too easy to extend that judgment unfairly to others. The term “dumb” gets used so readily, without much thought about the person or their circumstances. Once we start reducing people to that kind of label, it becomes all too easy to extend that judgment unfairly to others. And when that happens especially to someone vulnerable, like a child it can be genuinely harmful, not just in the moment, but in how they begin to see themselves over time.
I agree…there’s certainly a lot of stupidity out there, and it can be frustrating, even dangerous. But my concern is when that frustration turns into generalisations , where individuals in a community are broadly labeled as “dumb.”
Once we start reducing people to a single label, it becomes all too easy to extend that judgment unfairly to others. The term “dumb” gets used so readily, without much thought about the person or their circumstances. Once we start reducing people to that kind of label, it becomes all too easy to extend that judgment unfairly to others. And when that happens especially to someone vulnerable, like a child it can be genuinely harmful, not just in the moment, but in how they begin to see themselves over time.
Dallas7 · 22-25, F
Shaming on other peoples jobs such as small jobs , thinking people with disabilites arent capable of anything or lack intelligence or shouldnt be allowed equal oppuntities , being sobby about their education such as shaming on those who didnt go to college/uni or couldnt afford to or chose an cheaper college ( im an student myself whos chosen an commuinty college ) thinking grades measure intelligence when really they dont , you can be smart but bad at exams.
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Tumbleweed · F
@mindstruggle Stop that MinMin
mindstruggle · 31-35, F
@Tumbleweed
Just stating facts, Tums.
Just stating facts, Tums.
Tumbleweed · F
@mindstruggle No
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BiasForAction · M
A mirror
YoMomma · 41-45
Too many things 😏
Michael1227 · 26-30, M
When they say "dude".
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@pride49 I did that with a combination of Bing image generator, an Android app called Meme Generator Pro, a quick Google search for the character in your profile picture, a website called Haluo AI, and another Android app called YouCut. I still like to put in the effort to give the videos my personal touch, because some of them that it generates are pretty cringe, but like the first half turns out good.
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faery · 31-35, F
Clever question, braniac
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HumanEarth · F
Pinky, from Pinky and the Brain
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Punxi · F
Perhaps a deeper question would remain, how might someone be a coward.?
pride49 · 31-35, M
City ppl and school teachers with no common sense. People with excessive face tattoos.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@pride49 Does your definition of excessive pretty much mean any? Because that's my definition.
When they think they're fooling people
empanadas · 31-35, M
They call me about my car warranty
Tumbleweed · F
pfft
jackrabbit10 · M
@ExperienceDLT a pfft is a pfft .we dont count the pfffts
ExperienceDLT · M
@jackrabbit10 thats 3 pfffffts sir and ill count pffffts if i wanna by golly 😡
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Elessar · 26-30, M
@basilfawlty89 Nowhere close to half, I've a (1/4) branch of my family who's from Turin (north-West) with a southern surname because they originally migrated there from Salento
I'm about as much southern as those guys oversea who start gesturing randomly and expect we issue them a passport the moment the ancestry test comes back 2% Italian 🙈
I'm about as much southern as those guys oversea who start gesturing randomly and expect we issue them a passport the moment the ancestry test comes back 2% Italian 🙈