What's the stupidest thing you ever had to explain to somebody?

[Q]

Via reddit.

This one makes me chuckle:

My ex called me one afternoon, clearly in the middle of a panic attack, and told me that her mother had "deleted google". And she wasn't even joking. Her mom was in the living room crying, thinking she had "ruined the Internet for everyone". So I spent an hour on the phone explaining to the super-hacker the difference between a web page and a bookmark.

[–]CellPhoneFlush 565 points 15 hours ago
Google fears this, and has several backup googles just in case.

[–]meAndb 650 points 15 hours ago
"We're down to our last Google!"

 

[Harrod]

Explaining to one of my cousins, why changing his mac address would do nothing to keep his isp from finding out what he was torrenting.

 

[HAL9000]

Explaining to one of my cousins, why changing his mac address would do nothing to keep his isp from finding out what he was torrenting.

Lolz.

Mine would be explaing to a friend of mine that there is no way he could "only turn his PC one when his sister turns her xbox on at the same time"... Had to go round and demonstrate in the end...

 

[mmntech]

Explaining to my mom that her circa 2003 laptop isn't as fast as mine not because it has a virus, but that's it's so old.

 

[Darwin333]

Lolz.

Mine would be explaing to a friend of mine that there is no way he could "only turn his PC one when his sister turns her xbox on at the same time"... Had to go round and demonstrate in the end...

Did you also explain how to turn his PC two?

(sorry, couldn't resist)

 

[JEDI]

that children are seen as a retirement insurance or cheap labor.

most people think of them as a luxury.
explaining to them that they're wrong is frustrating.

 

[HAL9000]

Did you also explain how to turn his PC two?

(sorry, couldn't resist)

Lol :awe:

 

[davmat787]

Explaining (well, trying) that a gun is an inanimate object to HAL9000.

 

[Joseph F]

Explaining to one of my cousins, why changing his mac address would do nothing to keep his isp from finding out what he was torrenting.

ROFL

 

[Jeeebus]

explaining to the Op that there is no such word as "stupidest"

 

[Joseph F]

explaining to the Op that there is no such word as "stupidest"

Winnar!

 

[AMDMaddness]

I think the tops was a thread from earlier today asking where the money comes from to pay for lottery winnings.... taxes?? really? search is broke so no link.

 

[Q]

explaining to the Op that there is no such word as "stupidest"

Good try, but I didn't really come up with the title (see link).

 

[HAL9000]

Also had to explain to someone... Age 22 that there aren't "little generators behind plug sockets, which is where electricity comes from" but that houses are hooked up to the national grid.

Srs.

 

[lxskllr]

I've had a couple, but damned if I can think of them atm. You know, the kind of questions that leave you asking "Are you fucking with me?!" :^D

 

[vi edit]

An ex-gf of mine was a very book smart girl but had some moments of total loss of common sense.

One time we sitting in the high school parking lot and a friend of mine pulled up next to us with a beautiful '67 Camaro that he fully restored.

She looked at the car and said: "That's a nice car".
I replied: "Yeh, you have no idea how much money he has in it".
To which she responded: "Is it more than you keep in a wallet?"

 

[Jeeebus]

An ex-gf of mine was a very book smart girl but had some moments of total loss of common sense.

One time we sitting in the high school parking lot and a friend of mine pulled up next to us with a beautiful '67 Camaro that he fully restored.

She looked at the car and said: "That's a nice car".
I replied: "Yeh, you have no idea how much money he has in it".
To which she responded: "Is it more than you keep in a wallet?"

You do know this is ATOT, right? I'm pretty sure most of us have more in our wallets than he spent on that car. Don't hate the ATOT playas. Hate the game.

 

[HAL9000]

You do know this is ATOT, right? I'm pretty sure most of us have more in our wallets than he spent on that car. Don't hate the ATOT playas. Hate the game.

That's true, the last time Alkemyst lost his wallet Greece went bankrupt.

 

[shortylickens]

Trying to explain the Roku box to my mom.
Never used them until I got one for her. I figured it out in 10 minutes and weeks later she's still struggling. The thing practically runs itself, I honestly dont know what her problem is.

 

[CZroe]

I had to explain the difference between a zip drive and a zip file to a CIS instructor teaching a college course / A+ Certification course. He kept saying that zip files were bad because they place your files in a big tumor on the disk. He musst have heard about the "Click of Death" and thought it had something to do with zip format files.

 

[weadjust]

I was driving my 69 VW beetle this summer when the engine over heated and shut off. I coasted into circular driveway and stopped. The homeowner came outside and I asked him if I could park there for a few minutes while the engine cooled off.
He said sure. Does your car need some water or antifreeze.
I said no it's air cooled.
He said what's the temp. gauge reading.
I said 220
He said sounds like your thermostat is sticking.
I said it's air cooled once again while opening up the engine compartment.
He pointed to the fuel pump and said that is the thermostat. If you tap on the thermostat it will make it open. Do you want me to get a screw driver and tap on it.
I said sure
He returned and tapped on my fuel pump with the screw driver
I checked my temp gauge and it was down to 180 so I fired it up and told the guy thanks and drove away
He looked pleased that he had solved my problem.

 

[lxskllr]

I was driving my 69 VW beetle this summer when the engine over heated and shut off. I coasted into circular driveway and stopped. The homeowner came outside and I asked him if I could park there for a few minutes while the engine cooled off.
He said sure. Does your car need some water or antifreeze.
I said no it's air cooled.
He said what's the temp. gauge reading.
I said 220
He said sounds like your thermostat is sticking.
I said it's air cooled once again while opening up the engine compartment.
He pointed to the fuel pump and said that is the thermostat. If you tap on the thermostat it will make it open. Do you want me to get a screw driver and tap on it.
I said sure
He returned and tapped on my fuel pump with the screw driver
I checked my temp gauge and it was down to 180 so I fired it up and told the guy thanks and drove away
He looked pleased that he had solved my problem.

You lost a golden opportunity for some real life trolling. You should have made a big production over losing your radiator. Open up the hood, and tell him it was there when you started, and you don't know how it fell out :^D

 

[janas19]

I was driving my 69 VW beetle this summer when the engine over heated and shut off. I coasted into circular driveway and stopped. The homeowner came outside and I asked him if I could park there for a few minutes while the engine cooled off.
He said sure. Does your car need some water or antifreeze.
I said no it's air cooled.
He said what's the temp. gauge reading.
I said 220
He said sounds like your thermostat is sticking.
I said it's air cooled once again while opening up the engine compartment.
He pointed to the fuel pump and said that is the thermostat. If you tap on the thermostat it will make it open. Do you want me to get a screw driver and tap on it.
I said sure
He returned and tapped on my fuel pump with the screw driver
I checked my temp gauge and it was down to 180 so I fired it up and told the guy thanks and drove away
He looked pleased that he had solved my problem.

Ha ha ha ha!

 

[Jeff7]

I tried to explain infinity to a kindergartener who thought that 100 was the highest number.

I was also in kindergarten at the time. :awe:



I tried to explain a simple linear graph to someone at work. It didn't work out so well.

I seen a rubber band.

I seen a peanut stand.


Alas, nothing else comes to mind at the moment.:\

I've had a couple, but damned if I can think of them atm. You know, the kind of questions that leave you asking "Are you fucking with me?!" :^D

Yes, this happens at work more often than I'd like.

 

[Zorander]

I was chatting with a group of friends when the conversation turned to traffic lights. A couple started complaining how stupid traffic lights are because it only slowed them down and that they should be abolished.

D: