I have a good friend who always says, “I love humanity. I tolerate people.” I don’t know why that quote has always stuck in my head, but 20 years later, I still think of it from time to time. (He also says, “the gene pool could use some more chlorine”).

I really do like most people and I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but man, sometimes it’s pretty hard seeing the good in human beings.

Here are some examples that might tip the scales a little bit…in the wrong direction.

1.

It’s hard to tell if this person is trying to be funny or is…well, kind of a dummy. Let’s assume they were serious with this question. If so, humanity might be in trouble…

A bonus: apparently, this was a submission in the “No Stupid Questions” subreddit.

2.

Was this person trying to say “my husband is less than your husband?” If that’s the case, this guy really hit the jackpot!

I think she meant the exact opposite. Might be time to crack open a book!

3.

I might have a solution here, just stick with me. What about…neither of you orders pickles on anything ever again!!! Just an idea, I know it sounds crazy.

4.

Do we have a troll on our hands here or has this woman legitimately never heard a “knock knock” joke? I don’t know why I find this so amusing.

Can someone in this day and age (or any day and age) have really NEVER heard a knock knock joke? I’m at a loss…

5.

Zing! This whole anti-vaccine thing really leaves me shaking my head. And do they really think it works that way? Like you’d take whatever was dripping out of your IV in the emergency room and spread it on a sandwich or drink it up in a smoothie? Once again, shaking my head…

I like the response though.

6.

I grew up in Kansas, that’s not how you spell it. Oh, and it’s not a country (also, it’s not in the South, which I hear constantly: “why don’t you have a Southern accent?). Facepalm.

But it looks like we really do have some Rhodes Scholars here. The best and the brightest! By the way, have you ever been to the country London? It’s a really beautiful country.

7.

How do you not recognize the greatest skateboarder of all time? And he doesn’t even really look that different than he did 30 years ago. Epic fail, TSA.

8.

A frightening headline. No, not because China is being sneaky with their submarines. Because, well…you see it, right? I wonder if they’re using the sky to hide their airplanes. Or the roads to hide their tanks…

They are sneaky people.

9.

Listen, I talked to the sun, and she (yes, it’s a woman) is totally cool with rescheduling this event. So don’t panic. Your kids won’t have to miss any school and the sun said she can move a few things around. Everybody wins!

10.

Hey, call me old-fashioned, but I’m not the kind of guy who puts Clearly Canadian or Gatorade in his iron when I need to make those pants look brand new. Am I behind the times? A little out of touch, perhaps?

11.

Wow. This guy actually had to use a lifeline for this? Also, how is 29% of the audience wrong about on this question? Is Idiocracy becoming a reality quicker than we thought it would?

It was only supposed to be a movie!

12.

Here we go again. First, it was the anti-vaxxers, now it’s the flat-earthers. Which group do you think is worse? Also, look at that sentence: see the word “A*ROUND*”?

Yes, it says ROUND. Like Earth. Where most of us live.

13.

I will stand behind my belief that if you eat meat, you are not a vegan. Call me crazy, it’s just how I feel. If you want to be a vegan, GO FOR IT! (I wish I had the discipline, alas, I like ribs, steak, and burgers too much).

But if you go vegan, and you want to announce it to the world, at least know what you’re talking about, okay?

14.

No, you’re not, like, the only person not on your phone right now. You took the photo!!! This, however, is not an uncommon sight, I’m sorry to report. Everywhere you look you see people with their noses in their phones, completely oblivious to the world around them.

I especially like seeing this when people are clearly on first dates with each other. Maybe they’re texting to the person across the table?

15.

How big is it? Oh, that big! I don’t know about you, but I’m sold! Sign me up! Can’t this person find one other single solitary person on the planet to snap a pic of their phone? Seems a little fishy to me. Like, maybe the phone doesn’t exist? Maybe I’m being too harsh, maybe they’re stranded on a desert island and their only companion is a volleyball with a face painted on it…

16.

So we’re just supposed to take their word for it, right? Wrong. I don’t think that’s how this whole process actually works, do you? Sound pretty fancy, though. I’m willing to bet that some people go for it.

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Maybe we’ve all just gotten incredibly lazy in this day and age since everything is pretty much at our fingertips. And also because everyone thinks they are now a professional photographer. Need a filter? No problem. Want to distort your face? Absolutely.

What these amazing phone apps can not do however, (yet) is take the damn picture for you. If you want your kid to be facing forward, walk up to him, tap him on the shoulder, and tell him to turn around. That’ll probably do the trick.

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Hold the phone, we’ve got a mathematician on our hands! This is an honest mistake. I’m so bad at fractions that I am a complete disaster when it comes to recipes. Buuuut, this person put this information out there so we are obligated to make fun of them. Sorry!

19.

This is absolutely classic. And hilarious. Flip that baby around and you’re appealing to two completely different audiences. What’s up with the two different costs, though? That part is confusing me quite a bit. Does the seller think the Dutch are inferior to the French? Let’s hope a lot of people who live in those countries don’t see these beautiful pillows, or we might have a problem on our hands.