Stupidity

Out of all the conflicts in the world, ideological, ethnic, political, what-have-you, there's one thing that most people will actually agree on:

People are stupid.

Never mind that they'll never agree on just who these People are. Some will just give you the old "Everyone is stupid except for me and thee, and I'm not too sure about thee" line....

In any case, I've got plenty of evidence of stupidity compiled.

My own Unclear On the Concept compilation — mostly programming stupidities from work, but some from other places. Entirely geeky in content.

SEVERAL SETS OF THE STUPIDEST THINGS EVER SAID

Other Stupidity Resources

You may also be amused by checking out

Computer Stupidities, a wonderful site.
The Darwin Awards, without which no stupidity site would be complete.
News of the Weird, which is chock-full of more stupidity than you can shake a stick at.
Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments. A brilliant demonstration of stupidity at work.
Tips for Managers and Bosses. This isn't, strictly speaking, purely stupidity, but this does seem to be the right place to put this link.
Note: any resemblance of the hypothetical target of this piece to past bosses is, of course, entirely a figment of your imagination.
Note to my present boss: this should not be construed as meaning you. You are, of course, a great boss.

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