dumb people

As the world crumbles and burns around us, it feels a little wrong to be engaging in schadenfreude. We've all got a lot on our plates between the pandemic and pretty much everything. While we know we should be extending sympathy and patience to the citizens of the world, stupid people make it so easy to, well, laugh at them. On the bright side, with moments of laughter so few and far between, these challenged souls have provided an invaluable service. It's not all cruel mockery. We've got some appreciation for the IQ-deficient as well.

While we realize that not everyone qualifies for Mensa, these posts shout out people who have somehow managed to take stupid to the next level. And we have to admit we're completely here for it. There's something extremely satisfying about witnessing someone exhibit a lack of intelligence that rivals your own. It's a sick ego boost, but we'll take doses of elevated self-image when and where we can get them. We just hope these poor souls invest some of their time into exercising their brains and familiarizing themselves with common sense. They clearly need all the help they can get. 

There's such a thing as blissful ignorance, but we're pretty sure these people aren't it. We do feel sort of bad for them, but at the same time, they provide us with a lot of entertainment, and they kind of make us feel better about our own intellect...

Some people take a long bath or treat themselves to a pastry when they're feeling low. Maybe they talk to a friend who can make them smile. But when we're feeling depressed or insecure, our favorite pastime is observing stupid people do what they do best: inflate our egos with their embarrassing antics. There's nothing quite as uplifting as seeing people f*ck up worse than we do on a day-to-day basis. And we've got a whole lot of that stupid for you to scroll through right here.

There are some people in this world who should just not be on game shows, and unfortunately some of those people indeed ended up on game shows. The following pics will make you cringe and wonder how stupid people manage to get so far in life. We don't know either...

Some people in this world are just unmatched contenders for the Darwin Awards, and we feel incredibly lucky to have caught some of them on camera, which you can scroll through below! Fail Blog has endless more fail-y content, so go check them out!

No one wants to personally deal with horrible customers or patients, but we do appreciate someone who takes one for the team and lives to tell the tales from it. We thoroughly enjoyed the following stories from an unamused medical secretary! 

If (for some odd reason) you enjoy feeling angry, have some more enraging stories about entitled people via Fail Blog!

You know the saying that there's no such thing as a stupid question? Yeah, well that is blatantly untrue and you should feel bad if you asked any of the following questions submitted to sites like Quora and Yahoo Answers. 

Just kidding...we appreciate it because we got some hearty laughs out of it!

It's official: James the Intern is our new hero. We're not sure if it counts as schadenfreude, but the dude's lovable buffoonery (as told in a series of epic tweets) is something we definitely feel slightly guilty for enjoying. Hopefully the subject of this twitter thread has found himself a new job where his skill sets...exist. 

It's no secret that the stupidity of the world is more evident on the internet. From idiotic forum posts to anti-vaxx ramblings, r/facepalm is basically the mecca for anyone who revels in observing stupid people act stupid. Bonus? The subreddit is perfect for anyone who might need a gentle reminder that they're probably superior to most people. 

Technology is an amazing thing. With the internet, we have a world of knowledge at our fingertips, and also a great many ways to display our lack thereof. These poor souls will rue the day they signed up for social media.

If there was ever an appropriate time to utter the old Southern saying "bless your heart," it's right now. It's probably safe to say that most people in the English-speaking world are familiar with the troll-y ways of publications like The Onion or Clickhole, yet some naive souls, like the following, never got the memo. It's totally okay to laugh now and feel sorry for them later.

Let the idiocy flow through you!