IgnoranceI once was in a programming class where the task was "build a calculator". A student did one with buttons 1, 2, 3 all the way up to about 25 and then ran out of space on the screen. We've asked this before but liked it so much we're asking again: What's the best example of ignorance you've encountered?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 12:30)
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A conversation with one of my highschool friends a few years ago.Me: I'm slathered in sunscreen, I have too many freckles.
Diana: ...you get freckles from the sun? I thought you were born with them!
Me: ?!
Diana: You know, cos only Europeans get them, I thought it was genetic. Stop laughing!
Me: Well it is genetic... but it's genetic to get them *when we go out in the sun.*
Five minutes later:
Me: Hang on, Diana, HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A EUROPEAN BABY? They don't have freckles! They're all, all pink and rosy-cheeked and stuff!
Diana: Yes but, don't laugh at this... I thought it was like... well, babies are born without hair, but they grow it later, right? I thought it was the same with freckles! I said stop laughing!
(, Sat 1 Sep 2012, 13:24, 1 reply)
"European"? EDIT: I have friends from all over the world, and they ALL get sun freckles. Is your friend from mars??
EDIT EDIT: I'm more baffled by this than the thought that people are/aren't born with them...
(, Sat 1 Sep 2012, 14:31, closed)
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