" I had to explain to another adult that a computer mouse does not grow up to be a scum bag . "
We’ve all found ourselves in those situations when we’ve been like ‘I can’t actually believe we’re arguing about this’. Well,u/PhenomenalPancakeaskedr/AskReddit"What’s an argument you couldn’t believe you had to have with an adult?" And here are some of the best responses:
1.“Why two tablets of vitamin B6 do not equal one of B12…”
– Kuni - Braeu
2.“Someone who was an ELECTED OFFICIAL at the time was completely unaware of the fact that the seasons are at opposite times of year between the northern and southern hemispheres. Convinced that I was ‘fucking with her’ when I tried to explain that Christmas is observed in the summertime in Australia, she took to Google, confirmed the date for Xmas being 25th of December, and decided that I was indeed full of shit…”
– 712 _
3.“I met someone who didn’t believe in space. Not space travel,outer space. Just didn’t think it was real.”
– laughingstock - of - mendes
4.“I once had to explain that going 60 miles per hour meant you would literally travel 60 miles in an hour to a colleague. We were both in our mid 20s at the time. I don’t know how they passed math class ever.”
– ihadaverybadday
5.“I had to have a long chat with someone in their 30s about Mexico not being a US state. She was sure that Cancun was an American city because most of the people there were white & Black Americans and not Mexicans. I asked how far outside the resort she had gotten and she said ‘what do you mean?'”
– WaxyPadlockJazz
6."‘STD’s aren’t real’ and also, ‘I’ve had syphilis in the past’ from the same person."
– Mixter_Master
7.“A coworker insisted Okinawa was a Hawaiian island and couldn’t be convinced otherwise.”
– Competitive_Pace_976
8.“No joke, I went to pick up an item at the grocery store and it was labeled ‘1/3 lb’ and an older lady tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a competitive item next to it for the same price, but was labeled ‘1/4 lb’. She said, ‘It’s smarter to buy the larger package for the same price. Your wife would know that.’ She could absolutely not be convinced that 1/3 lb was larger than 1/4 lb. Even explaining the math and showing her the weight in ounces on the package, she wasn’t having it. I just laughed to myself and walked away.”
– beeedeee
9.“Reindeer are real, I am not trying to convince you that there are actually flying deer that pull Santa Claus’ sleigh.”
– Aduro95
10.“I had an undergraduate university professor (subject: French) who would not, for the life of her, believe her students when we told her that a kilogram of feathers and a kilogram of stone weighed the same. It was a true or false question on an exam and she graded us all incorrectly on it.”
– orch4rd
11.“I had to explain to another adult that a mouse does not grow up to be a rat.”
– fifteentango88
12.“I once needed to actually give a lecture of poultry reproduction to a 45 year old man who was claiming that chickens are hermaphrodite and that they do not need to have sex to procreate. It was surreal.”
– NotoriousBedorveke
13.“Once I had to explain to an ex what jury duty was… He thought it was where ‘adults go to talk about their feelings once a year’… This man was 19 lol.”
– QueenCater
14.“Met someone who believed he didn’t need to brush his teeth because he had some gene that made his teeth have some kind of self-cleaning abilities. Apparently, the gene he was referring to actually just meant he was less susceptible to build-up than others may be. I argued with him about the general hygiene, odour, and his inability to get a date if he continued to avoid brushing. Thanks to this argument, he finally started to brush his teeth… at 24 years old.”
– sammichboss
15.“That thunder is not created by two clouds bumping into each other.”
– GreatlyUnknown
16.“When I was a kid, I got into an argument with a teacher about being able to see the moon during the day. They were insisting that the moon could only be seen at night. Middle school science teacher 6th-8th grade where I’m located. I walked out of the classroom, looked around, pointed at the moon, and then received in-house suspension for it, but at least I got to prove the cunt wrong.”
– DrDredam
H/T tou/PhenomenalPancakeandr/AskRedditfor having the discussion!
