Things That Exist Because People are Dumb

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Eric Lund
May 13, 2020 2:00 PM EDT

People are dumb. You don't even need to see any classic facepalm moments of dumbness to know that. The interesting thing is that people are so reliably dumb that it's changed the reality of our world. Laws, warnings, products, industries and many other things exist because of human stupidity.

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    Text - supraspinatus 30.9k points · 1 day ago "Wearing this costume does not enable you to fly." -tag on a Superman Halloween costume.
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    Text - Text - Cion318 27.3k points · 1 day ago Several warning markings like "dont put your cat inside your microwave"
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    Text - Text - solo_een_vir 21.8k points · 1 day ago 32 The word "AMBULANCE" written in reverse on an ambulance. for those people that don't realize that the huge vehicle behind them, with the flashing lights and siren is, in fact, an ambulance.
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    Text - irishamerican 52.8k points · 1 day ago 2 The companies that get you out of timeshares.
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    Text - God_is_carnage 1.6k points · 1 day ago 3 Babysitters. If babies weren't so stupid you wouldn't need one. Georg13V 410 points · 23 hours ago If loser unemployed babies would just get off their fat arse and get a job society would be so much more productive
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    Text - evilpotato1121 20.3k points · 1 day ago · edited 21 hours ago Let's not get on a tangent about the topic of TV ads for prescription medication, but recently (last couple years) they started adding a sentence in the commercials: "Do not take trivexica if you are allergic to trivexica." What happened to make that a thing that they need to mention now? Why the hell would anyone knowingly continue to put a drug in their body if they knew or realized they were allergic to it? Answer: people ar
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    Text - Swimminginsarcasm 14.0k points · 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago Measles. In 2000, measles was nearly eradicated, but then anti-vaxxers brought it back to popularity.
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    Text - Stahlflittchen 13.8k points · 1 day ago · edited 19 hours ago The warning on my dad's old motorcycle saying "This is a motorcycle and only to be used as such."
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    Text - Apprehensive-Damage 7.7k points · 1 day ago warnings on hammers saying this object can cause damage if you strike yourself
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    Text - Pokeplushman 5.3k points · 1 day ago The emoji movie VereDiz 1.8k points · 1 day ago Having watched it, I firmly believe it was the product of Columbia pictures going through Pixar's trash and finding an initial concept for Inside Out.
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    Text - UndeadInBed 1.2k points · 1 day ago Peanut allergy warnings on jars of peanut butter
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    Text - justinwatt 619 points · 1 day ago "Do not eat contents" on a claymore mine.
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    Text - spikywindowcleanser 45 points · 21 hours ago The warning label on my scooter. "Caution: object moves when used"
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    Text - Sporkazm 154 points · 1 day ago TV ads for water.
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    Text - rijento 174 points · 1 day ago All of IT jobs. As a programmer who's done some IT work before, I can safely tell you that 90% of the job is googling how other people solved the problem.
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    Text - cavegoatlove 2.8k points · 1 day ago lets see: dont stop on the tracks contents are hot straw paper can go in your eye the list goes on and on!
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    Text - general-turtle1 3.2k points · 1 day ago Some really strange laws, like handling fish suspiciously can end you up in jail in the uk Dr-Jellybaby 1.5k points · 23 hours ago You mean handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances?
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    Text - Lord_Destros 18.5k points · 1 day ago Flammable tags on underwear.
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    Text - annoyinglyskeptical 11.3k points 1 day ago The Darwin Awards alx924 1.7k points · 23 hours ago My favorite is the gasoline truck driver. When they get back to the yard, they would fill the tanks with water to evacuate the leftover fumes. It was late at night and he wanted to see how full his tanks were, but he didn't have a flashlight to see into the tank. But he did have a cigarette lighter. You can see where this goes.
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    Text - Beginnerer 6.2k points · 1 day ago 3 the belief of a flat earth BATTLEHOOG 2.4k points · 1 day ago This is by far my favorite conspiracy just to laugh at just cause like.... why? Who would lie about that?! What is there to gain from people thinking the earth is actually a globe?!
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    Text - Knuckles316 1.7k points · 1 day ago · edited 23 hours ago Pyramid schemes, spam email, and pool gates jordanleveledup 454 points · 23 hours ago It's not a pyramid scheme it's a reverse funnel system!
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    Text - doubleflusher 4.7k points · 1 day ago Zero tolerance policies. yours_says_sweet 76 points · 23 hours ago "zero tolerance" policies are not about the welfare of the kids, they're about abdicating the administrators from the expectation of good judgment and the accountability that entails. You can't get in trouble for making the wrong decision if there are no decisions.
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    Text - Onyx_Owl 5.6k points · 1 day ago · edited 22 hours ago Most warning labels. "Do not pick up lawn mower while blades are in motion." "Do not drive after taking this narcotic pain killer/sleeping pill." "Do not use this curling iron internally." I don't remember which comedian said it, but maybe we should remove all warning labels from products and let the stupid people weed themselves out.
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