161 Times When People Failed At Being Smart (New Pics)

Everyone likes to think that they’re pretty smart and at the top of their game all the time, but the truth is, we all do and say some pretty dumb things sometimes. Like eating an entire bucket of KFC or looking everywhere for our glasses while we’re wearing them (true story). However, sometimes people mess up so badly that they end up on the internet when it looks like brain.exe stopped working for them.

Most of us know that embarrassing memories of dumb stuff that we did back in school/work/last Monday tend to resurface at the worst possible moments. So to make you feel better about yourself, Bored Panda has collected a list of some awesomely dumb things that people have said and done.

There’s nothing like other people messing up to make us forget all of our mistakes for a moment, right, dear Pandas? Scroll down, upvote your fave pics, and if you feel brave, let us know what the stupidest things you’ve ever done were! You can check out our earlier articles about stupid people doing stupid stuff here and here. Oh, and here's the coronavirus edition of dumb people acting dumb.

#1 That's Not How That.... Nevermind

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#2 She Doesn’t Speak English And I’m 90% Sure That The Last Line Is A Google Translation Of Sugar Daddy And I Can’t Stop Laughing

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#3 A Guy Purchased A Watermelon During A Train Stop And Didn’t Realize It Didn’t Fit Through The Bars

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There are two kinds of stupidity. The kind where we don’t know that we’re being stupid. And the type where we definitely know but don’t want to stop. No matter how important and wise we might be, we’ll still make mistakes.

But there are reasons why human beings do stupid things, even if we’re aware that what we’re doing is wrong.

There are two kinds of pleasure. The first one that some call ‘liking’ is happy satisfaction that we get from eating a good meal, having a drink of water after a fun game of basketball, or getting a hug from a friend you haven’t seen in ages. Simple, wholesome things that make life wonderful.

#4 Anti-Vaxxer Accidentally Advocates For Vaccines

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#5 Student Uses Light On Phone To Charge A Portable Solar Battery So That He Can Charge His Phone

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#6 Elementary School Dropouts Ahead

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The second kind of pleasure, ‘wanting,’ is associated with thrills and desire. It’s the second kind of pleasure that makes us do stupid things that can have lots of negative consequences.

Sometimes, we say, “Damn the consequences” and do something small that’s stupid; no real harm done, right? Wrong. This can have a snowball effect and we’ll start doing dumber and dumber things. The next thing you know, we might end up on the internet before our brain.exe could reboot and save the day.

#7 Sometimes You Wonder

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#8 To Be Fair, It Is A Family Guy

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#9 To Ask For A Mysterious Service

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#10 My Wife Said Measure The Door, I Told Her All Doors Are The Same Size

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#11 He's Figuring It Out, Slowly

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#12 How Stupid Soap Opera Can Be

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#13 Pickle Problems

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#14 Idiotic Landlord

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#15 Few Biology Classes Would Help

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#16 Vehicular Social Distancing

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#17 I Read It On The Internet, It Must Be True

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#18 Throwback To When The White House Secretary Posted His Password Publicly 2 Days In A Row

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#19 We Should Stop Teaching Cursive Too So Kids Don't Learn Swearing

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#20 Tried To Hang A Curtain Over My Front Door, But Didn’t Realize What I Did Until I Stepped Back

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#21 I Wish This Was Fake. Meet Jenn

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#22 CB At Wally World Thinks They Deserve A Discount Because The Kayak Got Wet

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#23 The First Ingredient Is Honey, So It Probably Mostly Is

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#24 She Has Bigger Issues

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#25 Mystery Solved

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#26 Sir, Do You Know How Wrong Numbers Work

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#27 This Man Trying To Smuggle A Kilo Of Cocaine Under A Wig At The Barcelona Airport

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#28 Why Korean Man Make Korean Movie

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#29 I Am Speechless

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#30 Just What

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#31 Umm Ok

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#32 When The Bakers Make The Mix Wrong And Don’t Realize Yeast Doesn’t Just Stop Working Because It’s In A Dumpster

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#33 Do They Actually Think Trump Is Using His Own Money

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#34 Okay, 1 Star Then

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#35 Just Realized My Soap Wasn’t Working Because It’s Literally A Block Of Cheese

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#36 Trust No One, Not Even Yourself

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#37 And Passports Too

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#38 Bye, America See You - Never

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#39 Nailed It

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#40 Popular Google Searches Are Making Me Question My Existence

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#41 Me Neither

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#42 Woman Cuts A Hole In The Face Mask So That It’s Easier To Breathe

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#43 Halloween Couple Of The Year

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#44 Is It So Hard To Get Just A Little Proof?

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#45 Facebook Gem

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#46 Oh My

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#47 It's A Funny Facepalm Though

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#48 Because Math

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#49 Who’s Gonna Tell Her

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#50 Fake ID Fail

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#51 Do These People Have Brains?

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#52 "I Thought This Was Common Sense"

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#53 My Mother-In-Law Keeps Complaining That Her Kindle Wouldn’t Charge

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#54 What A Time To Be Alive

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#55 Get This Idea Patented

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#56 The Look On His Face Is Priceless

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#57 Mother Knew I Wanted A Roomba But Didn't Want To Waste That Much Money On One. So She Found One For A Bargain. Note, It Has Zero Vacuuming Ability

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#58 She Thought She Was Getting A Deal

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#59 Math Be Hard

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#60 Welp, Better Throw This iPhone Out Then

#61 To Do Math

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#62 Hmmm

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#63 Maybe Not The Best Choice For A Sign

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#64 Male Or Female

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#65 Ghost Baby

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#66 You’ve Never Seen A Pink Lion?

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#67 No, It Does Not Have A 2nd Part

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#68 Well, Obviously, You Have To Have Blue Eyes For It To Work

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#69 Some People Aren’t Even Trying

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#70 A Guy At My Wife's Job Still Thinks That His New Plant Is A Cactus. It's Actually A Pickle That Is Replaced By A New One Each 2 Days

It's been like that for 2 weeks now

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#71 Cooking Skills Out Of This World

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#72 Damn, If Bike Gears Scare The Kid Then Car Engines Are Gonna Traumatize Them

#73 If Only Someone Had Thought Of That

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#74 We Have Ourselves A Genius

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#75 Ahm, Who Wants To Tell Her

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#76 This Is Stupid

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#77 Blind People Can’t Draw

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#78 Actually, That's Exactly What You Voted For

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#79 How Is This Even Possible

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#80 You Ever Wanted To Fight Your Past Self

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#81 Your Address, Mark

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#82 Don’t Tell Them About Nigeria

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#83 I Wonder Why

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#84 One Of My Coworkers Was Eager To Unpack Her New Mouse

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#85 There Are No Koalas In The Amazon

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#86 Hold Up

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#87 It's About Time To Learn What The Real Italian Cuisine Is

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#88 Verizon Coverage Map

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#89 He Did Do It, Technically

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#90 I'm An Idiot. Just Painted The Stairs To My Basement Now I'm Trapped

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#91 I Bought A Used Car And Have Been Waiting For My License Plates, Even After Receiving My Registration With License Plate Number. I'm An Idiot

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#92 I'm An Idiot

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#93 Oh No

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#94 Old Man Smoking While Pumping Gas. When The Attendant Told Him He Couldn’t Smoke While Pumping Gas, He Replied “It’s Diesel, Not Gas”

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#95 Welcome To Calculus 101

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#96 You're Standing Right In Front Of The Best Example In The Whole World That Proves That Walls Don't Work

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#97 Just Awkward

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#98 Maybe He Should Hire Someone For That

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#99 Thinking That Everyone In Chernobyl Is Called Conrad

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#100 Jeez, NASA Just Take A Picture

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#101 Baby Smoothie

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#102 My Sister Drove Her Entire Way To Work Like This, And She Had To Call Our Dad To Find Out What Was Wrong With Her Car

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#103 It Will Never Happen Again I Guess

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#104 He Exposed Himself

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#105 America Is The Reason You Have Cars. Nope

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#106 Bluetooth Hose

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#107 Can't Even Be Mad, That Edit Was Perfect

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#108 I Can't Show You Proof Vaccines Are Dangerous Because The Government Controls The Internet

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#109 It’s Not A Real Fire

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#110 You Can’t Make It Up

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#111 The “Boat” Scene

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#112 He Didn't Want His Xbox To Get A Virus

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#113 Yesterday, I Asked My Coworker To Send Me A Description Of The Investors I’ll Be Meeting Today. This Is What He Sent Me

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#114 Wearing Glasses Defines Your Sexuality

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#115 Very Smart

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#116 Do I Really Have To Tell Them Or Should I Let Them Figure It Out

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#117 There's Some Dumb People In This World

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#118 I Should Walk A Mile In This Guy’s Shoes

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#119 Fixing A Toilet Leak. I'm An Idiot

I took 2 trips to Home Depot, worked with a hernia, had a load of time putting the wax ring, and screws on... Only to install the toilet and forgetting about the door.