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[–] webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml 162 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being poor and idolizing the rich.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 118 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Bigotry and prejudice. Not necessarily uneducated, but certainly poorly educated.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coping mechanism for the poor, they can't admit they're at the bottom and so it feels good to put other people down for nonsense reasons

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[–] plumbus@feddit.de 116 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being proud of not knowing things, and having no desire to change that.

[–] Sunrosa@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Sometimes my friends laugh at me for how little I know about pop culture. I laugh back though. I wouldn't say I'm proud of it but it's just funny.

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[–] AngelJamie@lemmy.ml 100 points 1 year ago (32 children)
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[–] DePingus@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thinking that someone without a formal education is somehow beneath you.

[–] ram@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

On the flipside, the belief that someone with a formal education is somehow beneath you or brainwashed for it.

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[–] SeverianWolf@beehaw.org 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People who litter. Throw their rubbish out the window of the car. Or who throw rubbish in public, like into drains or sidewalks.

It’s in the mentality, and I say the lack of education is the reason for it.

It’s sad to see the people of my country do this, and to see it with your own eyes.

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[–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Being a conservative and accusing every progressive person of being a pedophile.

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Not being able to entertain ideas. "What would the world be like with 100% renewable energy?" "Would basic healthcare for every person help our country?"

I tried to explain the 4 day work week to someone that gets paid by the hour. You make the same money but work 4 days a week instead of 5. Insisted he got paid less. Had to explain like a Bingo card with a Free Space, 1 day he is paid even if he stays home.

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[–] utopia_dig@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

Not trusting in science.

Edit: Since there are many comments, I would like to clarify my statement. I meant that you should rather trust scientists, that the earth is round / that there is a human-made climate change, etc. and not listen to some random internet guy, that claims these things are false although he has made no scientific tests or he has no scientific background. I know that there are paradigm shifts in science and sometimes old ideas are proven to be wrong. But those shifts happen through other scientific experiments/thoughts. As long as > 99 % of all scientists think that something is true, you should rather trust them then any conspiracy theorist...

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[–] Jode@midwest.social 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

I see this in a lot of places I do work:

Toolboxes covered in union stickers, AND Trump stickers...

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[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being a baby. What do they even know?

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[–] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Parents feeding their baby cola in bottles and smoking while pregnant are two things that usually cause me to make assumptions

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[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not understanding the marginal tax rate.

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[–] salarua@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

taking Ayn Rand's work seriously. five seconds of critical thought and her entire philosophy comes crashing down

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[–] 6368_39162@lemm.ee 55 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Being proud of not owning books

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They think opinions are facts.

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[–] vldnl@feddit.dk 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Black/white thinking. Everything is either bad or good, the problem or the solution.

[–] LimitedBrain@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Thinking everything is gray is also an uneducated response to this kind of thinking. Too many people refuse to stand up for a point because they think that 'all sides are bad' or 'well the good side isn't perfect'.

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[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Racist and intolerance to people different than them

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Reckless driving, speeding, having a loud car, having a lifted pickup truck.

[–] 6368_39162@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] sambal@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not wanting to tax the rich because "I might be rich one day".

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Refusing to accept that they are wrong.

[–] alienzx@vlemmy.net 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Big Mouth Billy Bass that's been hacked with a recording of someone screaming "POORLY EDUCATED!"

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[–] Adonnus@beehaw.org 37 points 1 year ago

Utter confidence in an area without expertise and without room for doubt or challenge.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Associating with arbitrary groups, such as football fans, nationalists, wearing certain clothing brands

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[–] ShlorpianMafia@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trying to push mlm schemes like essential oils

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[–] StankFlipper@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Let's go Brandon!" Bumper stickers.

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[–] Antik@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Being a republican. Sure there are some educated grifters who decide to label themselves as republican, but your average republican voter is a mouth-breathing fucking idiot.

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[–] CalamariSafari@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not listening to other people's opinions and ideas

[–] HighJudge@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Not being curious. Education should never stop. You should constantly be seeking intriguing books, new ideas, different perspectives. Once you've lost your curiosity or pridefully believe in one opinion and one way of thinking, no matter your schooling, you have at that moment become poorly educated.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"Whataboutism", or if you are unfamiliar with the term:

"The act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offense committed by another is similar or worse"

People that use this mechanism are "poorly educated" and unable to hold a conversation and they should just be mocked by whatabouting even harder, so they can maybe understand that they're dumb and that's not how you should debate.

Example of the last argument I had recently with my dumb c*nt father:

  • Me: You shouldn't idolize that politician, he evaded literally billions in taxes and that befalls on citizens like you
  • Dumb c*nt father: Yeah? And what about that other politician?
  • Me: What about the disappearing middle class?!
  • D.C.F.: What...?
  • Me: WHAT ABOUT THE BEES!?!
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[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironically, defending arguments using scientific studies and experiments, but not being able to think critically about the methodology used or what the results mean. Too often people will cite scientific literature based off the title and MAYBE skim it. Trying to have a discussion with them will usually result in them calling you anti-science.

A good example is the pseudo-scientific belief common within incel circles that women can store and absorb dna from past sexual partners and that their children can then have more than one genetic father (an excuse to shame sexually active women while fear mongering about cuckoldry). If you track down the source the study actually explicitly explains exactly why this isn't the case.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Believing that capitalism lifts people out of poverty.

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

religion and the belief in the supernatural/paranormal. also the belief in conspiracy theories.

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[–] multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any reference to "common sense", which really means "what I believe". Violating it is used as a universal rebuttal for any intellectually sophisticated argument.

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[–] Toothpickjim@lemmy.fmhy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Believing the earth is flat

[–] probably_a_robot@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago

Nationalism

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