Idiots......

[Wood and Wire]

"What's the best health product for metal?"

WD-40

 

[bholder]

I get these calls, too, almost believed the first one, because the IRS is trying to get me - they owe me money, but I haven't sent the paperwork to prove it to them yet. I played with the scammers for a bit, now I just hang up.

 

[D M C]

I’m thinking of going to Dublin to get a cuppa bacon infused coffee for my duck-billed platypus. Rumblekat!

 

[Wood and Wire]

I used to work at tech support for comcast and there’s sone gold there. I heard this one from a friend.

One day a customer calls lets call him John well John was having problems with his internet really weak signal, they went through the usual process, send a signal, soft reset and hard reset after all this John still had issues in this point my friend actually tried to solve the issue, comcast has a tool that can actually boost the signal but my friend wanted to have fun so he told John to grab a potato, wrap it in tin foil and put it on top of the modem Jhon did all of this, then my friend sends the boost and the potato magically works.

But that wasn’t all just before hanging up John being the genius that he is asks my friend. How often do I have to change the potato?.

Brilliant!


It's important to note, these scams a very carefully designed, to eliminate all but the most susceptible people.

There's much less chance of the scammers getting caught, or wasting time on a dead end mark, who comes to their senses at the last minute, if the scam is so far fetched, that only a certain type of person would fall for it - through to its conclusion.

 

[ONYX]

Just remember, half the population has below average IQ.

I see what you have done here.

 

[JRA]

https://deadspin.com/idiots-hold-idiot-summit-1797659081 :
"...the public was treated to a rendition of one of Aesop’s lesser-known fables, The Troll, the Moron, and the Stooge. There was no real moral, just a reminder that a sizable portion of the internet consists of opportunists tugging on their own nuts and screeching when they feel they haven’t received enough attention in the last hour."


Contemporary:
Classification -- IQ Limits ---- Percent of Population
Very Superior --- 128 and over -- 2.2%
Superior --------- 120-127 ------- 6.7%
Bright Normal --- 111-119 ------- 16.1%
Average ----------- 91-110 ------- 50%
Dull Normal ------- 80-90 -------- 16.1%
Borderline --------- 66-79 -------- 6.7%
Defective 65 and below ----------- 2.2


"Historical" IQ Deficiency Classifications
70-80 ------ Borderline deficiency
50-69 ------ Moron
20-49 ------ Imbecile
below 20 --- Idiot

 

[ONYX]

"Historical" IQ Deficiency Classifications
70-80 ------ Borderline deficiency
50-69 ------ Moron
20-49 ------ Imbecile
below 20 --- Idiot

That's good to know. Next time my wife calls me a "moron", I can take it as a compliment!

 

[ScrewDevil]

Just so everyone knows, the IRS will never call you, even if you want them to. They conduct all business by mail.

 

[Downunderwonder]

My neighborhood is out in the country. We don't often do it, but we are allowed to shoot firearms in my area. Usually if we see a poisonous snake or something like that....

To that end....

I would LOVE to get one of these calls. I would scare the crap out of the caller.

Me....

"Really????? Woooooohooooo! I'm going down in a blaze of glory, brother!!!!! Let's do this thing!!!! You talking about the guys in that white van???? Take that you piece of $#!+!!!!!"

During my rant, I would have made my way out to the woods behind my house. Pop off a few rounds into the ground and hang up.

Why not full auto, and then ask the guy to take your last will and testament over the phone 'before you cap yourself'?

 

[two fingers]

Just so everyone knows, the IRS will never call you, even if you want them to. They conduct all business by mail.

That's exactly what the PSA said. They "never EVER conduct business over the phone". Am accountant friend of mine told me that the only time you'll get a call from the IRS is if you are in the middle of an audit. In that case the same agent you have been working with may call to update you or ask fir clarification of a document you gave them during the process. But it will be someone you know by name and have been working with during the process.

 

[rtslinger]

No sure why you created a poll and added names of some of our own TBers and then talk about a scam? So because of that I'm out.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I'm just thinkin' I wouldn't be too happy if my name were in a poll for being called an idiot.

I'm cool with @two fingers playfulness.

Just as long as I don't win.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Those were only mildly strange, the one I thought that was in worse taste was "Yep. Most of them are here.".

Is this kind of like walking into a roomful of folks & announcing they're mostly idiots?

 

[Pbassmanca]

I voted @Spidey2112....
But you know who the real idiots are..........? The people who don't want to pay you a fair rate for all the extra work FIXING THEIR EFFED' UP CEILING....... ......I'm going to mix some more sheetrock and drown my sorrows in a couple hours of mixed yacht rock including the best of Boz Skaggs.........

 

[Bassbeater]

Those were only mildly strange, the one I thought that was in worse taste was " Yep. Most of them are here.".

If you count falling for troll-bait, most of us have been guilty at some point.

 

[FingerDub]

Woman pleads guilty to boyfriend's death in YouTube stunt gone wrong

 

[Killed_by_Death]

If you count falling for troll-bait, most of us have been guilty at some point.

Ha, yeah if it bothered me that much I'd just keep scrolling. I just found it odd to ask in a poll.
but there are people out there dumb enough to fall for these things & sadly I'm related to a couple of them

 

[Stumbo]

Allow me to clarify: I was referring solely to people who have fully functioning mental capacity.

The whole in you logik is that people that r mentally ill or have lost metal capacity because of dementia do not no they are ill.

My brother has had a brain dysfunction for nearly 50 years that has kept him from living a full life so I know everything you all are talking about.

It's cruel to make fun of people you don't know, whatever their actions are.

 

[Bassbeater]

@FingerDub That article is nuts.
I've jumped off of a house into a pool... More than several times. Liquor was usually involved and once so was a BMX bike.
It's too big of a leap for me to try to trap a bullet with an encyclopedia. That's well beyond tide pod territory. Is youtube making people act like asses or do we just get to see it now? I wonder.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

The 15 minutes of fame thing has taken over concerns for safety. They wanted the YT views, so sad!