Facepalm Moments

[SckizoBoy]

OT: When I told a friend of mine that the Pope was visiting England, he replied "Is he the leader of the Catholics?"

It might not seem that bad, but the friend in question was a Catholic.

Reminded me of a right idiot moment when the new Pope was elected. A friend mentioned that the new Pope was a guy called Joseph Ratzinger. Another said, "Rap singer?! Funny, never heard of him."

 

[Flailing Escapist]

I do it whenever anyone posts one of those Picard pictures in a forum because they misread or misinterpreted the argument that someone was trying to make.

 

[elbrandino]

A few of my own shameful moments:

"What if they made all gross income equal, but taxed the poor more than the rich?"

Dear god, that is either the most brilliant thing that has ever been said, or that person is incredibly, incredibly dumb. I have a feeling it's the latter.

OT: Well, just today I took an English Final and someone realized after writing a 3 page essay that they didn't skip lines or write on only the front side of the paper. Poor guy.

Also I once got into an argument in the 6th grade as to whether Europe was a country, Japan and Asia were the same place, and whether or not Catholicism is Christianity.

Oh, and I can't forget the time in English when we were reading The Merchant of Venice and a girl raised her hand when it mentioned Mexico and said, "Wait! America was discovered at this time?!"

 

[Ghostydash]

"Yeah I'm from Sweden"
"Dude that's awesome! What part of France is Sweden in?"
"uhm?whaaat?"
"And dude, you totally don't look Swedish more like Mexican sup with that?"

Yes? Because all know we swedes are frog eating stripe wearing poofs. And of course the American thinks that Mexico is the only Hispanic country in this world. Not to forget that I am a halv breed
Jesus Christ I facepalmed so hard I broke my nose.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is my one and only real life experience with Americans.

Don't get a bad first impression. not all Americans are idiots. I myself am a competent American. It's just that some people decide that after they learn certain stuff, just blatantly remove all traces of it from their memory.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

"Yeaaahhhhh, I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday."

 

[holy_secret]

"Yeah I'm from Sweden"
"Dude that's awesome! What part of France is Sweden in?"
"uhm?whaaat?"
"And dude, you totally don't look Swedish more like Mexican sup with that?"

Yes? Because all know we swedes are frog eating stripe wearing poofs. And of course the American thinks that Mexico is the only Hispanic country in this world. Not to forget that I am a halv breed
Jesus Christ I facepalmed so hard I broke my nose.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is my one and only real life experience with Americans.

Don't get a bad first impression. not all Americans are idiots. I myself am a competent American. It's just that some people decide that after they learn certain stuff, just blatantly remove all traces of it from their memory.

I know. I just think it's funny how the stereotype was true the for my very first encounter.
I see this as my licence to make fun of Americans. At least till the day I meet a normal American, hihi ^^

 

[Kenbo Slice]

Well my sister always gets the meatball marinara sandwich at subway, then complains her bread is soggy, GEE I WONDER WHY???

Friend: What kinda movies do you like?
Me: Sci-fi, fantasy, horror.
Friend: What's fantasy?
Me: *facepalm*

 

[Grunt_Man11]

A number of kids in my middle school couldn't find New Mexico on the map. Here's the punchline, we lived in New Mexico.

I've lost count of the number of times I've had to explain that New Mexico is not another country but the 47th state of the United States.

It's an inside joke for our state.