Mine is the volume of their voice. If all that they can do is just talk too loudly with no reason for it and don’t control the volume of their voice. That to me is a sign that you’re a stupid fuck. Because people think the louder they are, the more righteous and attention seeking they are. Than it is to just listen, digest and respond accordingly to anyone talking around you.
- Fonzie! ( @lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ) 23•17 days ago
Not learning and adapting, never admitting they’re wrong when they actually do realise they are wrong.
Managers tend to not like me.
- Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) English8•17 days ago
Refusing to learn is the most frustrating things. Working computer repair this would be the surefire way that 1) I was not going to like you and 2) you were going to be a moron who will give me a lot of money of the years.
“I lost my Gmail password.”
“Sure let me show you how to reset it”
“NO. JUST DO IT”
“sigh, that’ll be $30.”
I would always try to teach people how to do things. Refusing to learn at all though, well, I’ve always wondered if there’s a link to refusing to learn anything new and dementia
- some_guy ( @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 22•17 days ago
People who believe in the bible as a historic document.
- wizardbeard ( @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English8•17 days ago
Very frustrating, especially when the book itself has a lot of fairly direct “this is symbolism/allegory/not to be interpreted literally” statements within.
- Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 3•17 days ago
Can you share some?
- Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 20•17 days ago
Inability to see things from different perspectives. Assuming any perspective you talk about is your own personal belief.
- AnarchoSnowPlow ( @AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social ) 14•17 days ago
Above everything, lack of curiosity. If someone is uncurious, it’s a big red flag to me.
- modifier ( @modifier@lemmy.ca ) 4•16 days ago
This is the main thing I come up with because curiosity is the one thing that keeps ignorance from being a temporary state.
- Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 2•17 days ago
Unfortunately extremely common
- NaibofTabr ( @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ) English13•17 days ago
Not keeping a constant speed when driving on the highway. Just pick a speed and drive.
- Maestro ( @Maestro@fedia.io ) 7•17 days ago
If you don’t have cruise control and keep your foot steady, your speed will vary naturally with the road.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English4•17 days ago
While I agree with you, I would like to point out one exception I’ve noticed: veeeeeery occasionally you’ll run into someone with an old junker that either has a broken cruise control or an old, not fully maintained cruise control system.
My old busted up, 70% rusted-out ’99 Ford Ranger that I had bought for like $1000 had the latter problem, where the cruise control would work, but its accuracy sat at around ±1–2 mph or so.
- MoonMelon ( @MoonMelon@lemmy.ml ) English5•17 days ago
It’s annoying when the vacuum system has a small leak so, over that long road trip, the car is always slooooowly losing speed. It’s such a nightmare to diagnose, at least as a DIYer.
- Zikeji ( @Zikeji@programming.dev ) English4•17 days ago
My car is a 2015 and didn’t come with a cruise control lol :(.
To be fair, I can drive at and maintain a consistent speed without it, though I didn’t have to often thanks to stop and go traffic 🎉.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English2•17 days ago
Like, at all? From the factory? That’s very strange, I would think.
- Zikeji ( @Zikeji@programming.dev ) English2•17 days ago
Yup. Toyota Yaris '15 stock. Lowest trim they offer.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•17 days ago
Wowzer.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English2•17 days ago
I drove a base model Ford Fiesta about five years ago that did not ship with cruise control functionality of any kind. I was surprised as well, but the practice does exist.
- Hanrahan ( @hanrahan@slrpnk.net ) English12•17 days ago
Conservative politics, as Mill points out, stupid people are attracted to it. Many of them will plant a sign on their lawn to let you know.
"I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. . - John Stuart Mill
- sndmn ( @sndmn@lemmy.ca ) 10•17 days ago
Religion of any type.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English7•17 days ago
I’m less certain. Lots of intelligent people can get caught up in such things. Religion depends also on upbringing and cultural background.
- BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 3•17 days ago
This. One of the smartest guys I know, running a worldwide software business, is religious. Faith does not equal stupid.
- wizardbeard ( @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English6•17 days ago
Blanket elitism about atheism, or rather blatant anti-theism, is one of mine.
- Aniki 🌱🌿 ( @aniki@discuss.tchncs.de ) English10•17 days ago
Anyone who refuses to change for any reason.
- Dr. Wesker ( @wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ) English9•17 days ago
When they don’t use their indicator signal.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English8•17 days ago
for no reason
Just for the sake of argument, one good reason is actually something I dealt with for a while there: after having worked in a factory where hearing protection was absolutely mandatory for close to a year, for like two years after leaving that job I found myself shouting, even indoors, without even realizing it. It had just become second-nature.
My point is even if there doesn’t seem to be a reason, there might be.
Edit: Just to be clear, it was a job where hearing protection was mandatory, and I was there for close to a year; it wasn’t only mandatory for close to a year. Lol.
- BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 8•17 days ago
Some people aren’t self monitors. A lot of stupid/ignorant people are loud, but being loud can also be lack of awareness of their volume, hearing deficit, or cultural
- cheesymoonshadow ( @cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ) 4•17 days ago
My brother has tinnitus and sometimes doesn’t realize his voice is really loud.
- Maeve ( @Maeve@kbin.earth ) 5•17 days ago
Maybe they’re hard of hearing and don’t know.
- Xylight ( @Xylight@lemdro.id ) English4•17 days ago
I have really bad social anxiety and will either speak too quiet or too loudly when i have to talk to somebody, there’s other reasons someone might speak too loud.
- some_guy ( @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•17 days ago
I’ve always valued privacy when having a conversation in public. I speak loudly enough for the person I’m with to hear me. I’ve never understood people just yacking loudly so the whole world knows their business.
Loud college students were having a conversation behind us yesterday (the museum is near the university). I stopped and my partner was stopped by us holding hands. Waited till they got about fifteen feet in front of us and resumed walking.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 3•17 days ago
And NOW on the mobile phone on speaker… it’s a concept I don’t get, nor want to.
It also makes me feel like an old grumpy man because I dislike it so…
- Maestro ( @Maestro@fedia.io ) 1•17 days ago
Don’t ever go to Spain. They are loud as hell. They all yell at each other at full volume while having multiple TVs and phones blaring on speaker.
- BigDotNet ( @BigDotNet@lemmy.ml ) Español2•17 days ago
I usually associate that term to intellectually disabled people.