• taanegl@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is probably a stupid question, but what’s the difference between being dumb and being stupid? Is stupid just a ranking of dumb, or is dumb a quantifiable measurement and stupid is not?

    Please advise.

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      8 months ago

      the way I do it is dumb is stupid without harm.

      Stupid is dumb with harm.

      An example…

      Dumb is dropping your drill bit 3 times in a row, having to climb back down the ladder each time to get it.

      Stupid is dropping the entire drill on your friends unprotected head.

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        8 months ago

        I like this definition and will steal it as well as claim it as my idea for perpetuity, until someone checks me - because I am stupid.

        Or, instead, I’ll just misremember it when quoting it in conversation - because am dumb.

        Ladies and gentlemen, the real good vs evil metric. We’ve finally found it. It wasn’t good vs evil, but dumb vs stupid.