" There are the great unwashed with degrees who still lack vital mentation . "
There’s nothing worse than finding yourself on the other side of a conversation with someone who has no idea what they’re talking about; whether you’re at work, at home, or just trying to get your damn coffee order right. This frustration sparked a conversation in ther/AskRedditsubreddit.u/stepha_95asked, “What’s something that loudly says ‘uneducated?'”
The responses were hilarious and super specific. Here are a few of them:
1.“Lack of curiosity.”
2.“Someone voting against their own best interests because their entire political worldview comes from quick soundbites, and they don’t do their own research.”
— uracil / LurkHereLurkThere
3.“Flat Earthers.”
— atomic number 92 / No - Month502
4.“There are people with degrees who still lack critical thinking. Not being able to hold two opposing opinions in one’s head is, for me, the hallmark of a limited intellect.”
— u / mizmaclean
5.“Voting for Trump.”
6.“I’ve noticed that racists are consistently some of the dumbest fucking people on planet earth, so that’s my vote.”
— u / epsteinsepipen
7.“Getting rid ofPBS.”
— u / Lordnoallah
8.“Making politics your entire personality.”
9.“Not understanding that your religion doesn’t dictate everyone else’s life.”
— u / ris-3
10.“Quickly reverting to whatabout-isms as soon as someone challenges your argument.”
— u / ertyuiertyui
11.“I’ve been in aviation for over 15 years. I cringe and get annoyed when family or those outside of the industry just state strong opinions without knowing the whole picture or even a sliver.”
12.“Pretending to be knowledgeable about everything. Reasonable people will be able to just say, ‘You lost me,’ or ‘I don’t know.'”
— u/067021
13.“MAGA hats.”
14.“Stubbornly categorizing things or people as right or wrong, no shades of grey.”
— u / yoshhash
15.“I love when the repeat button gets hit. They just keep spamming whatever over and over. ‘I don’t care bro! I don’t care bro! I don’t care bro!'”
— uracil / ImCaffeinated_Chris
16.“People who still insist vaccines causeautismbecause somehow autism is worse than literal death to them.”
— uracil / curiousgirls
17.“Lack of cognitive flexibility/ability to consider different perspectives. If you’ve never used the phrase ‘I think I was wrong about…’ then you are probably uneducated.”
18.“Expressing a personal opinion as something objective.”
— u / Street_Leading
19.“Being fooled by rage bait/ propaganda.”
— u / SeymourScratch100
20.“People who jump on the hate whatever/whoever bandwagon because it’s the flavor of the day.”
21.“Getting homophones wrong: Their, there, and they’re; two, too, and to; affect or effect, etc. Mixing up allowed and aloud really bothers me.”
— uranium / cwang76
22.“Putting an apostrophe in every plural.”
— u / openhopes
23.“Sharing something or echoing something you heard one time without at least attempting to either do a bit of research or, at the very least, quickly Googling it to see if there’s any possible truth to it.”
24.“Thinking that science denial or straight up contrarianism is a sign of a free mind or critical thinking.”
— uracil / magicmulder
25.“Being wrong, then being offered proof from a reliable source, making up an excuse, and continuing to willingly be wrong.”
— u / Gizmo135
26.“The belief that alternative facts are a thing. Omg.”
27.“Screaming incoherently when you are losing an argument.”
— u / debitorcreddit
28.“Common sense being used as a phrase instead of any actual argument or evidence.”
— u / Bamres
29.And finally, “Using 100 swear words in a single sentence, it’s not cool, it sounds weird.”
response have been edit for distance / clarity .
