dajarrel Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Benjamin Franklin said: "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 This brings up some really rough memories. Several years ago I was out drinking a couple of cocktails at a social event when when of the very senior executives in the company taps me on the shoulder and tells me he would like me to swing by his office next week - he has some things he wants to run by me. So later, I get on his calendar and the meeting finally comes. I'm in his office, a young manager, realizing that this is an opportunity to really boost the ole' career. So we're going through this one deal and I get a little puzzled on something he says. He looks at me, I ask how he's going to do whatever it is he said, and he rattles off a couple of systems deals that will do it. I looked up at him and said "well, I feel pretty stupid right now" and he smiles, pauses, and says "you're not stupid, you're ignorant" Hmmmmm . . . I felt so much better. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 (edited) never mind Edited October 21, 2005 by ChuckS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Tact and diplomacy is like, so missing on some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Yes Siggy, Some of us have the diplomacy of a speeding locomotive...and we wonder why people get offended...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 My dad always says, "Ignorance can be fixed, stupid is forever!" Dad's pretty smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Ugg - feel like I may have posted my little story in the wrong place after Siggy and David's posts. Wrong place for me to put that in. I apologize all. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 No, no problem with YOU. I just thought it was exquisitely tactless of that 'senior executive' to tell you that you were ignorant. Gah, what WAS he THINKING??!! His motherboard was missing the "diplomacy" chip, ferr shurr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et45 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Never underestimate the power of the motivated idiot.He can screw up a lot of shit.I know,I work with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Being called "ignorant" isn't necessarily an insult. Look it up. It is the misuse of the word that can be insulting. (It is often misused.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Thanks, but I KNOW the meaning of the word. In most contexts--no matter how gently applied--it'd come out sounding like a freepin' insult. "Ignorant" and "stupid" are words I seldom hear publicly used except in EXTREME circumstances... especially used seriously. (In jest and in private doesn't count). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildSF4 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Ignorant means you don't know any better, stupid means you knew better but did it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I think it was Samuel Clemons who said, "Everybody's ignorant.....only on different subjects." From that I decided there's no shame in being ignorant. It just means nobody ever taught you any better. But after you've been shown over and over again, and still presist in ignoring the lessons received, you leap squarely into the realm of stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Ignorance is when you take for granted a door knob on the COF actually works as intended in real life. Stupidity is when you keep trying to push that same door in even when it has been marked "Pull". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 In the immortal words of the poet (Judge Judy): Beauty fades....... but dumb is FOREVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg G Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 "Stupidity has a certain charm -- ignorance does not." - Frank Zappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p99shooter Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ignorance is just not knowing something. There are plenty of things I'm ignorant about, and I'm OK with that! Stupidity is having the knowledge necessary for a certain situation, and not applying that knowledge. Alternatively: knowing the right thing to do, and not doing it anyway. Albert Einstein once told a student "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater." Because of his drive to unravel the mysteries of the universe, he became aware of the limitiations in mathematics at the time. He knew that he didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I don't know if this is ignorance or stupidity or just lack of product knowledge or if it even belongs here but this was what first came to mind when I saw the topic... I called up Bass Pro Shop to look for Ramshot Silhouette powder and you know what the guy on the phone told me? "The only powders we have are Alliant and Hagen Daaz...." I BS you not....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 called up Bass Pro Shop to look for Ramshot Silhouette powder and you know what the guy on the phone told me? "The only powders we have are Alliant and Hagen Daaz...." ROFLMAO that's hillarious... freaudian slip maybe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I called up Bass Pro Shop to look for Ramshot Silhouette powder and you know what the guy on the phone told me? "The only powders we have are Alliant and Hagen Daaz...." Athena. I wish you would have asked Mr. Gun Knowledge, "Will 5.4 grains of Double Chocolate Mint make major in my .40?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 On the Melt scale my information tells me in order of fastest to slowest: Blue Bell Hagen Daaz Blue Bunny Bordens all synthetics... Use this information with caution...over indulgence may cause digestive problems and cause your clothes to shrink in the long run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Blue Bell's blueberry cheesecake flavored ice cream. One of the reasons why I love living in Texas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock17w Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I MISS TEXAS!!!! Lived there for 4 years and I always had some Blue Bell Chocolate Ice Cream in the freezer. Glock17w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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