Do Some Young People Choose To Act Stupid, Or Are They Really That Stupid?

[hc4361]

I've been watching a few reality tv shows that I don't normally watch (Dinner Date, Come Dine With Me, Botched) and cannot believe some of things that some of the younger people have said:

I was dating a girl from Wales but dumped her after Brexit as I knew she'd have to leave the country. "But Wales is in the UK!" Well, I know that now!

Who's Winston Churchill? You mean that nodding dog in the advert?

What do you mean, South Pole? There's no such thing - there can't be, cos I've never heard of it.

Trying to follow a recipe. What's tbsp? What's tsp?

I can't help but think this is an act because they think it is somehow cute or attractive. I work with young people and have never encountered this level of ignorance.

[pixie374]

Righto sanmac :-)

[Arksided]

^ You're quite clearly a youngster Pixie.

[ummmm]

Lol...Pixie :-)

I always thought my daughter was a little bit dense (in a nice way) turns out she's not. It's just things we presume people should know, but if they're not told it, how would they know?

My mum bought us a book of countries and challenged us to memorise every capital city in Europe. We did it. She used to test us (as fun, not dictatorship)

[pixie374]

No,arky, sadly not :-)
My oldest son is very intelligent , with no common sense whatsoever, and must daughter said "you have to be so brainy to act that retarded". I kind of understood what she meant :-)

[ummmm]

Lol again, Pixie.

[pixie374]

:-)

[ummmm]

My daughter once asked me if Northampton was in London! It was a serious question!! Her younger brothers just shook their heads.

[pixie374]

I once booked a taxi company (4 months early... so they had plenty of time...) who believed that Devon was somewhere in London. We held them to their price too.

[ummmm]

Was this before SatNavs?

[pixie374]

It was a few years ago, but we had Google at least.

[ummmm]

Adults are stupid as well. OH was going to a stag do in Cornwall. He phoned me from Coventry because the driver had forgot to turn off 'avoid motorways'

It took them 9 hours to get there :-D

[pixie374]

Lol :-)

[ummmm]

Coventry is north from where we live. I found it funny.

[hc4361]

Spelling and grammar are in a different class.

My local Freecycle and Gumtree regularly advertise three peace sweets of chester draws.

[pixie374]

One of my friends (45) genuinely thought they were called "Chester drawers".
I had to slap her :-)

[sanmac]

We were on holiday in Montego Bay, and my niece asked her father if he would buy her a radio. He told her that she already had radios at home. She then told him that she liked Jamaican music and would like to listen to it when they got back!

[hc4361]

Well obviously you need a reggae radio to listen to reggae :D

[ummmm]

hc..that is so funny.

[Cloverjo]

A colleague of mine, aged 60, thought they were Chester drawers. I didn’t have the heart to point out the error.

[hc4361]

Discusting, Cloverjo :D