Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 12 Aug 13 - 04:04 PM "Chinga" WAY more than stupid! - Chongo |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: treewind Date: 12 Aug 13 - 01:02 PM Not a word as such, but only last week I first heard a nice expression covering the same topic, something like: "If his brains were dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his nose" |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bill D Date: 12 Aug 13 - 11:20 AM My wife laughed, but was appropriately appalled at the Netflix update to the thread... I, on the other hand, was fascinated by seeing two replies after that that seemed to not notice the update, but were still replying to the original post. *grin* Needs to be a word for "knee jerk replies" (Not that the replies were uninteresting, and certainly not stupid...they just reflect the hurry we get in trying to cope with information overload)
(I have wished for years that there would be an automatic red **update** |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 12 Aug 13 - 10:43 AM Shopping carts, phone apps...these can be irritating, sure. But there are times people do things so outrageously brainless that I long for a more bitter word than 'stupid.' For example: a young woman just drove her car into running floodwaters, drowning herself and her 4-year-old son. Here in the Midwest, TV, radio, weathercasters, and the National Weather Service tell people again and again not to do that. Where was her brain? A little girl known to the public as LP was rescued from her abusive (half-crazy) mother, who'd locked her in a closet and hardly fed herfor several years. LP went to Children's Hospital for a good while, then was given to a foster family. The doctors told the family to keep her calorie intake under 1800 a day, because her body was not yet ready to process large amounts of food. The foster family ignored that, and LP was taken to McDonald's etc and allowed to eat far more than 1800 a day. The result: LP has been sent to St Louis and has had to have a heart transplant, because her foster parents thought they knew more than pediatricians. We need a word for people who weren't just born stupid, they are bound and determined to be stupid. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: kendall Date: 11 Aug 13 - 07:22 PM I like Pillock or Cretinous dipshit. When two dipshits block the aisle I simply ram one or both carts out of the way. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 13 - 06:58 PM In an email that I received from Netflix. ------------------------ Please click the link below to contact corporate communications: https://signup.netflix.com/MediaCenter/ContactPR **Please note that this email address is not actively monitored by Netflix staff and any replies will not be answered. ---------------------------- How's that for customer service? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 12 Apr 13 - 09:25 AM Full grown stupidity is posting a link without telling us WHAT THE HELL IT IS. Why is that stupid? For one, it is not wise to follow a link to an unknown destination. You could end up is one of those endless pawn loops and have to shut your machine down to escape. Two, most of us have better things to do than bother following an unknown link. If you really want us to go there, have the courtesy to tell us something about it. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: DMcG Date: 13 Jan 13 - 05:05 AM My smartphone had a pretty good SatNav that I pay a little for a month. On new years eve I was taking my daughter somewhere and discovered that they had disabled it entirely and I had to upgrade to a new improved version - discovered 10mins before I left, naturally. I also discovered the link they provided didn't work on my Brand of smartphone. All of that is everyday irritation, not full grown stupidity. No, the stupidity comes from the new enhanced features, which first of all removed some of the useful SatNav features, but added in for example a Twitter feed. Hello? You think it a good idea to post live TwitterNoise in front of people while they are driving? Even though I can turn it off, I don't really want the people who are too stupid to disable it in cars coming towards me, thank you. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: olddude Date: 12 Jan 13 - 12:27 AM A word that means more than stupid ... "olddude" |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 Jan 13 - 12:16 AM Is that the 1954 definition of folkie? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,roderick warner Date: 11 Jan 13 - 07:09 PM 'Folkie' does it for me... |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Pete Jennings Date: 11 Jan 13 - 09:58 AM Hey, LH, you forgot wanker, a somewhat surprising omission on your part if you ask me...:-) |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 11 Jan 13 - 04:47 AM Oh dear LH, I hope (as a Brit) that I'm not crabby, mean, dour snarly or waspish. Agree about French cuisine and the weather though. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,999 Date: 10 Jan 13 - 10:38 PM In Sri Lanka (Ceylon) they will understand. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,999 Date: 10 Jan 13 - 10:35 PM GUEST post was me. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 10 Jan 13 - 10:33 PM DDO? Really? Okay....I'll keep that in mind. But what if I'm in Sri Lanka at the time? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST Date: 10 Jan 13 - 10:30 PM 'I think you're a wassock, a prat, and a tosser for implying that I would be ignorant of the meaning of "clot" in the context you used it in. I am gobsmacked at your impudence!' Talk like that in public and you'll be locked up for DDO. ###################################### Q A word that means more than stupid A What is stupider? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 10 Jan 13 - 10:22 PM In retrospect, that may have been a bit harsh. I should have taken into account that Englishmen have to put up with This sort of thing.... Anyone might get a little tense and defensive after a bit under such appalling social conditions, right? And those bloody surveillance cameras everywhere! And the weather! Awful. I should have shown a bit more compassion, given what you all must have to endure just to earn a few miserable quid. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 10 Jan 13 - 09:56 PM Only the most recent of a whole long series of mistakes on your part, Don. You probably thought I was being deadly serious in my last post too, right? Wrong again, old chap! I was just "taking the piss" to quote another popular UK witticism. I've never seen a crabbier, meaner lot of people than (some of) the regular UK members of Mudcat, nor more waspish repartee than yon worthies indulge in when regularly savaging each other over their various political differences, etc., and I enjoy taking the piss with such dour chaps whenever I can, just to see if you'll rise to it in the usual snarly form, stiff upper lip and all. I know what really gets up your noses, though. The French are simply more interesting than you are! ;-) They have more poetry in their souls. And they have superior cuisine. Furthermore, berets are far more stylish than bowler hats. Do you imagine Matisse would have been caught dead wearing a bowler? It doesn't bear thinking about, does it? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 10 Jan 13 - 07:57 PM And I was convinced you had a sense of humour. I apologise for mistakenly seeing in you either humour or sense. Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 10 Jan 13 - 04:58 PM I am well aware of most English slang terms, Don, including "clot". In fact, I think you're a wassock, a prat, and a tosser for implying that I would be ignorant of the meaning of "clot" in the context you used it in. I am gobsmacked at your impudence! ;-D |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,999 Date: 10 Jan 13 - 09:02 AM "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." Kierkegaard |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 10 Jan 13 - 08:57 AM Maybe it's the language barrier LH, but in the UK a "clot" refers to a stupid human being as well as coagulated blood. Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 10 Jan 13 - 08:48 AM ""This isn't the fault of the machines. It's the fault of business practices that use machines to replace people, and assume that that will take care of everything "just fine" (and save them having to pay a whole bunch of salaries to living human beings!). Your bank, your grocery store, and every other business around you is looking for ways to expand on that idea and lay off their human staff, if at all possible."" IT WAS A JOKE FFS! I thought the reference to a static clot would make that bloody obvious. Sheesh Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 09 Jan 13 - 11:55 PM Ah yes Ed T, Small fonts. The most stupid use of small fonts is on shampoo and conditioner bottles. The designers are way too stupid to realize that people TAKE OFF THEIR GLASSES when they are in the shower. Uberdumm AND wet. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Jan 13 - 11:04 PM I didn't say the machine made an error, Don. ;-) I said it made a decision...one that was no doubt pre-programmed, therefore devoid of any conscious volition or intelligence to bring to bear on the problem. Machines, as you pointed out, don't normally make errors...unless they're malfunctioning in some respect. Nevertheless they end up doing many things that seriously annoy millions of people. This isn't the fault of the machines. It's the fault of business practices that use machines to replace people, and assume that that will take care of everything "just fine" (and save them having to pay a whole bunch of salaries to living human beings!). Your bank, your grocery store, and every other business around you is looking for ways to expand on that idea and lay off their human staff, if at all possible. This would be nice if there were good jobs available for their human staff. Often, there are very few such jobs around. They've been taken by the machines...or sent to Asia. The thing about machines.... They don't ask for any overtime pay. They don't complain about poor working conditions. They don't expect pensions or medical care or civil rights or anything. They don't think! Is it any surprise how popular they've become with management? ;-) It's like having slaves who don't even know they're slaves and who work till they die. Very handy. People are much more difficult to control. Maybe management should just eliminate 98% of humanity, and have the other 2% live in absolute luxury, served by uncomplaining machines? Hmmm. Sounds like a good plan for the elite to start working on, eh? Now, how could it be arranged? That's the question. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Jack the Sailor Date: 09 Jan 13 - 06:40 PM Saying that this is the 100th post is pretty stupid. but there is no word for it. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 09 Jan 13 - 06:20 PM ""It was probably a stupid effing machine that made that decision, Bert. ;-) Real people hardly do anything anymore."" I might be inclined to take issue with that analysis LH. In my experience, every error by a machine since computers were invented has been a result of "Firmware Input Thrombosis", which occurs whenever there is a static clot at the keyboard. Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 09 Jan 13 - 06:14 PM ""Perhaps 'Uberdumm'?"" I second that. Uberdumm as the adjective, e.g. ""Uberdumm merchant bankers"" And as an alternative the noun ""UBERDUMMSCHITZ"" Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Ed T Date: 09 Jan 13 - 04:41 PM From the Urban Dictionary: Nitwit One with very little intelligence and no fucking clue what they are doing. Nitwitness The essence of a nitwit. Nitwiterizing The actual process of thought that is involved in planning nitwitery, can be done with a group of people or by ones self. Nitwittendom A community of nitwits. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Ed T Date: 09 Jan 13 - 04:22 PM Whoever designs/puts small fonts for the phone mumbers on plastic cards (credit phone cards etc) when there is plenty of room to put bigger fonts deserves the "Archie Bunker Meathead Award". |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Jan 13 - 03:10 PM It was probably a stupid effing machine that made that decision, Bert. ;-) Real people hardly do anything anymore. If you don't believe me, try calling a "help" number at any major organization and see if you can find a real person in less than five minutes! And then see if you can get any real help from them... |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 09 Jan 13 - 03:07 PM Microsoft win the award today. I set up my laptop so that it doesn't update automatically. I did manual update a little while ago and the stupid effing morons at Microsoft decided that this update should override my decision. This afternoon I set up the laptop with Netflix so that Kylea could watch a cartoon while I was fixing lunch. And Uberdumm Microsoft started an update. I had to stop making lunch and it took half an hour to get back to the cartoon. Thanks Microsoftinthehead. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 24 Dec 12 - 04:47 PM LOL Midchuck, I bet you did! But my husband doesn't understand bras, his womenfolk in Adjame don't wear them apparently. I believe you, Sturgeon, because Googone smells very like petrol. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Midchuck Date: 24 Dec 12 - 01:26 PM As for a special Designers Hell, the idea appeals. Designers of hooks-and-eyes on the back of bras,... Oh heck, just find an older guy to help you. We all learned to work those things, blind, with one hand, fifty years ago. P. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,sturgeon Date: 24 Dec 12 - 01:11 PM There's a far simpler method of removing sticky labels - lighter fuel. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 24 Dec 12 - 01:06 PM 'Uberdumm' I love it. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 24 Dec 12 - 07:24 AM On the other hand, I bless sincerely the person who invented a liquid called GooGone, which dissolves effortlessly the gunk left behind by sticky labels on items. Little Hawk, I agree. Perhaps 'Uberdumm'? |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Little Hawk Date: 23 Dec 12 - 10:30 PM The German-English word for it might be uber-stupid, with the two little dots above the "u". |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 23 Dec 12 - 04:44 PM Yes Eliza, Every one is so true. I don't wear a bra myself, but often get to undo one;-) I love corned beef, and the only way to open those cans is to remove the paper label first and open them very slowly. I also hate those sachets, along with all shrink wrapped products. I'm seriously thinking of shrink wrapping some dollars for next time I buy that crap. And watch the clerk trying to get at the money. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don Firth Date: 23 Dec 12 - 03:45 PM Cross posted. In principle, I feel your pain, Eliza. Even as a child, I would shake my head over the level of wisdom displayed by whoever designed women's dresses that zipped up the back. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Don Firth Date: 23 Dec 12 - 03:39 PM Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not commit nincompoopery.--Carl Sandburg. Don Firth |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 23 Dec 12 - 07:01 AM Bert, better still, I could apply the pliers to some part of the designer's anatomy. (And to cap it all, my husband announced the other day that he doesn't really like corned beef!) As for a special Designers Hell, the idea appeals. Designers of hooks-and-eyes on the back of bras, dishwasher doors you trip over, toilet paper rolls that are glued shut, sachets impossible to tear open, brooms whose brush drops off the handle, milk cartons you have to attack with a knife, wheelie bin liners whose perforated tear-lines are invisible, jam jar lids needing the World's Strongest Man to twist.... the list is endless. They could all end up in Hell, obliged to use their idiotic devices for all eternity. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: gnu Date: 22 Dec 12 - 07:49 PM There is, Bert. It's called "this is a piece of crap and I want my money back". |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 22 Dec 12 - 07:45 PM Eliza, you need to keep a pair of needle nose pliers in the kitchen for those corned beef cans. That's the only thing that can grab the broken end and continue opening the can. And the person who designed that is probably long since gone to his just rewards; that's a pretty old design. I can forgive designers of a century or more ago, they didn't know any better. But I'd like to get my hands on the twerp who designed my cell phone and put buttons on the outside, just where you pick the thing up. Every time I take my phone out of my pocket I bugger up the settings. Maybe there's a special hell for bad designers where everything they touch goes wrong. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 22 Dec 12 - 05:42 PM LOL Bert! Personally, I'd like to get my hands on the stupid twit who designed those silly key things that 'open' (we use the term loosely) corned beef tins. They inevitably break off, and no tin opener on this earth will fit the corners of a little corned beef tin. I've slit my fingers open so often trying to take over where the key left off. We have corned beef with blood sauce. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Bert Date: 22 Dec 12 - 03:57 PM ...cookies have some privacy... Not really Eliza ,cos I have to keep opening the door to see if they are done ;-) The thing that pisses me off is that they PAID someone to design that. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: GUEST,grumpy Date: 22 Dec 12 - 02:16 PM 'Fuckwit' also does it for me. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: gnu Date: 22 Dec 12 - 02:09 PM In Newfese... stunnedasmearse; more commonly, stunasmearse. "At b'y's as-tunasmearse." Proper usage demonstrated by Buddynab'ys. |
Subject: RE: BS: A word that means more than stupid From: Helen Date: 22 Dec 12 - 01:12 PM Someone told me that a new word going around is "dipshidiot", i.e. a dipshit & an idiot. I'm anticipating that I'll be using this word a lot. Also, re: discussions about shopping trolleys, I'm with gnu (16 Dec 12 - 06:46 PM)"Do these idiots drive cars on the roadways too!!?", only my question to myself is always, "Do you drive like you walk? Because I wouldn't want to be driving near you." Changing lanes without looking around, parking in the middle of the road and having a chat and getting annoyed at other people interrupting them by trying to move around them, bumping into people, i.e. displaying what I call the "Centre of the Universe Syndrome". And Chongo, have you been tuning into my thoughts about impatient, ignorant and downright dangerous drivers? (16 Dec 12 - 07:14 PM) "Them people, Bee-Dub, just can't believe that the world ain't arranged ONLY to suit their own exclusive convenience...cos they are Number 1 in the world as they see it. Life as they know it revolves around THEM. They wonder why you are botherin' them...why are you botherin' NUMERO UNO and causin' such an unfair inconvenience.." I think I'm turning into a Grumpy Old Woman: young people these days, they don't show respect for others, blah blah blah, etc Dipshidiots! All of them! :-D Helen |