*sigh*
We have created a society of idiots.
I won't even get into the dozen or so idiots I deal with during my (relatively short) morning commute every day.
But I just heard a PSA on the radio. It was warning people about a phone scam.
I am NOT making this up.
Someone calls pretending to be with the IRS. They claim to have law enforcement ready to go just down the street to come and pick up the target for unpaid back taxes.
So far, you would only have to be mildly stupid to fall for it. But you would still have to be stupid none the less.
Here's where it gets "you should be wearing a helmet all day every day" stupid. The scammer then says "I can take care of this right now for you and call off the police. All you have to do is pay these back taxes using (brace yourself) iTunes or gift cards!!!!!
Now, I'm fully aware that we all can't be rocket surgeons. But this radio ad said that they had already scammed people out of MILLIONS of dollars. MILLIONS. They then went on to explain that the "real IRS" will never make these kinds of calls. (Duh)
Now, what kind of DIPSTICK must you be to think that the IRS will accept iTunes payments and gift cards?
Never mind that this scam isn't designed to target 100 year olds. If they are talking iTunes and gift cards they are going after 40 and under.
Tell me this isn't serious. Tell me that I am not walking around on the Big Blue Marble with the kind of dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers crowd that could be a victim of something like this.
It makes me want to go get my children and home school. I can't expose them to this kind of idiocy. It hurts my head to even ponder it.
Come on, people.
Recently a woman was arrested for making a video of herself assisting her BABY with smoking a joint.
Some YouTube prankster in England recently had to be rescued from a block of concrete. He had used an unplugged microwave as a mold, poured a bunch of fast-drying concrete into it, placed his head in it, and held still until it hardened.
There are some pieces of advice we should not have to give anyone..... ever.
1) Don't help your baby smoke a joint.
2) Don't concrete your head in a microwave.
3) Don't pay your back taxes over the phone with your iTunes account.
"The Scarlet Letter" comes to mind. If you don't have a diagnosed mental condition, but fail a standardized test containing questions everyone should be able to answer, you should be required to get a tattoo on your forehead that explains to everyone that you are not to be trusted.
The questions could be....
1) Can you pay your taxes over the phone using iTunes?
2) Should you help your baby smoke a joint?
3) Is placing your head in a microwave (with or without it being filled with wet concrete) ever a good idea?
Come on, people. Stop being stupid.
So let's at least have fun with the idiots. Post your favorite "What a dipstick!" stories, memes, pics, videos, etc.
The official SOP* thread is officially open!
*Stupidity On Parade
We have created a society of idiots.
I won't even get into the dozen or so idiots I deal with during my (relatively short) morning commute every day.
But I just heard a PSA on the radio. It was warning people about a phone scam.
I am NOT making this up.
Someone calls pretending to be with the IRS. They claim to have law enforcement ready to go just down the street to come and pick up the target for unpaid back taxes.
So far, you would only have to be mildly stupid to fall for it. But you would still have to be stupid none the less.
Here's where it gets "you should be wearing a helmet all day every day" stupid. The scammer then says "I can take care of this right now for you and call off the police. All you have to do is pay these back taxes using (brace yourself) iTunes or gift cards!!!!!
Now, I'm fully aware that we all can't be rocket surgeons. But this radio ad said that they had already scammed people out of MILLIONS of dollars. MILLIONS. They then went on to explain that the "real IRS" will never make these kinds of calls. (Duh)
Now, what kind of DIPSTICK must you be to think that the IRS will accept iTunes payments and gift cards?
Never mind that this scam isn't designed to target 100 year olds. If they are talking iTunes and gift cards they are going after 40 and under.
Tell me this isn't serious. Tell me that I am not walking around on the Big Blue Marble with the kind of dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers crowd that could be a victim of something like this.
It makes me want to go get my children and home school. I can't expose them to this kind of idiocy. It hurts my head to even ponder it.
Come on, people.
Recently a woman was arrested for making a video of herself assisting her BABY with smoking a joint.
Some YouTube prankster in England recently had to be rescued from a block of concrete. He had used an unplugged microwave as a mold, poured a bunch of fast-drying concrete into it, placed his head in it, and held still until it hardened.
There are some pieces of advice we should not have to give anyone..... ever.
1) Don't help your baby smoke a joint.
2) Don't concrete your head in a microwave.
3) Don't pay your back taxes over the phone with your iTunes account.
"The Scarlet Letter" comes to mind. If you don't have a diagnosed mental condition, but fail a standardized test containing questions everyone should be able to answer, you should be required to get a tattoo on your forehead that explains to everyone that you are not to be trusted.
The questions could be....
1) Can you pay your taxes over the phone using iTunes?
2) Should you help your baby smoke a joint?
3) Is placing your head in a microwave (with or without it being filled with wet concrete) ever a good idea?
Come on, people. Stop being stupid.
So let's at least have fun with the idiots. Post your favorite "What a dipstick!" stories, memes, pics, videos, etc.
The official SOP* thread is officially open!
*Stupidity On Parade
