Cleverness and intelligence are two very different things. The difference can be spotted freely lurking throughout technically correct dumb jokes and moments. Honestly, just knowing things can be boring. Setting up oneself up with some potentially confusing technically accurate logical acrobatics or painfully stupid literalisms is the way to go.

As much as we'd all like to think we're perfectly rational, we're all creatures of suspicion and superstition. Sometimes we see strange events that we can't logically explain like having some weird premonition or out-of-body experience, and all we're left to do is sit there and go "alright, that was weird. People aren't going to believe this."

If you owe any institution a few cents, there's a good chance they'll use their full financial apparatus to hound you until the end of days, bellowing "the cents, we demand the cents!" And as it turns out, it's pretty common for people to have to deal with paying back trivial sums of money to the faceless corporate monsters who demand them. All this revitalized debt talk is reminiscent of this tumblr user who got a scary money lesson. For some bad ideas with what to do with money, here's the dumbest financial advice people have gotten.

For most people, geology is pretty uninteresting. Considering the vast ages of comparable piles of rocks shouldn't be that captivating, but then of course tumblr has its way of making seemingly boring details extremely interesting. For instance here's a tumblr thread about various sciences judged on their lickability.

We're well aware at this point that the folks in this world who work in tech support or just the IT department in general really do hold the keys to the kingdom in some sense. With that being said, tech support deals with all kinds of mind blowing acts of cluelessness from paid professionals that seemingly fell through the cracks on some of the most basic technological knowledge. It could be a scenario where you find yourself being the IT guy who is dealing with a professor that doesn't understand how internet browsers work. That kind of daunting realization requires nothing short of a saintly patience to be able to move forward in the troubleshooting process without losing grip on your sanity altogether.

Or, maybe you're another one of those lucky IT guys who has to calmly walk a company's CEO through how to reboot a computer. Yes, these people really exist. You never know what you might encounter while you muddle through your job in the tech support world. The stories we're able to enjoy from an established subreddit like "Tales From Tech Support" though are eye-opening tales about just how lost some of the world's poor souls are, for when it comes to navigating the use of their computer or other pieces of technological equipment.

Maybe some of the most grim stories from the tech support world will manage to make you feel better about your moments of profound confusion when trying to use your work device. Some people's brains just operate at a frequency where they're completely not tuned into how to use a fancy computer. Perhaps, this is the inevitable collective manifestation of technology continuing to evolve at such a rate that the older generations especially, are pretty much helpless in their pursuit toward getting the most out of their fancy computers, tablets, phones etc. Seems like a reasonable enough assumption to draw. You very well might have fond memories of trying to explain to a parent how they can turn off their iPhone, or change the input on a TV.

But alas, we're straying off the topic of programmers explicitly. Programmers are definitely the backbone of many esteemed companies. They're out there in the pits of the coding world, providing the infrastructure necessary for a company to keep up with these fast moving technological times. With that being considered, it should come as no surprise that programmers are regularly pushed to their breaking point in terms of the kinds of unbelievably clueless questions they field on a daily basis. And these same programmers are furiously working away at all kinds of projects that many of us couldn't hope to understand the first thing about. Maybe we're just gradually sliding into a reality where everyone's going to need to know how to code at some level. The skill itself seems to continue to skyrocket in value, and more and more it's as if people that are able to code have some kind of golden ticket for when it comes to locking down the next promising job opportunity. All in all, these gems from the world's fed up programmers should certainly get the laughs going for anyone who has ever dabbled in the dark art of coding.

Don't judge a book by its cover. For better or for worse. What initially seems like a promising situation with a professor who gives off technology savvy vibes, ends up devolving into a puzzling situation where the IT dude has to work around the professor's glaring lack of knowledge on how an internet browser works. At least the issue was able to be "resolved."

Passive aggressive behavior is gross. People can take their passive aggressiveness to nauseating heights as well. In the case of this little housing drama we have a roommate who insisted on leaving very annoying sticky notes around the place about the pettiest of matters. So, our star engineer in the act of a petty revenge decides to leave a nice little picture for them to stir things up. This isn't the first time we've seen roomies come to blows over something like toilet paper in the place. We also have that recent story of a roommate who wouldn't chip in for toilet paper, so the toilet paper was hidden from them. 

Perspective can change when you realize you've been taking something for granted. In this case it's interesting to think about how there are so many seemingly inconsequential things that color is used to indicate, like locked doors or plant health. It can be enlightening and pretty funny to learn about how everyone interprets the world, like this tumblr thread that appreciates different perspectives.

It should go without saying that if someone cold calls you and says they can increase your money tenfold, that crap is fake and they deserved to get messed with. For some more absurd displays of the human condition, here are influencers getting called out for their free lobster scam, as well as the story of an Aunt Karen's scam falling apart.

James Fridman has made himself the de facto authority on misinterpreting people's photoshop demands, and that's a good thing. People think they want to see strangers removed from photos, small touch ups and corrections, but that's never what they get. They get what they deserve, some sweet James Fridman photoshop trolls.

It sounds like Jake is in dire need of a reality check, and on top of that a serious reassessment of boundaries. The dude's out there trying to spike his vegetarian friend's meals with meat. Zero chill, my man. Regardless of whether or not you're friends with someone who has committed to being a vegetarian/vegan, you should encourage them and not try to disrupt their practice with your own self-concerned motives. 

Man oh man, pro revenge meets malicious compliance in this glorious tale. We have a customer who was without internet, and unable to even get an ETA from their internet service provider. Fortunately, the frustration went on to inspire a calculated, terribly effective act of revenge on the company. We're talking about a whole lot of tickets. Armies of tickets. 

It's all about aligning those incentives and consequences. This bus driver was told not to pick people up outside of the designated zones, but dudes just kept parking in those zones, so naturally something had to give. When put in a no-win situation, it's time to change the game. Parking can be a big source of stress and justice, like this one where a guy teaches a lesson to a handicap spot hog.

Ever wanted to know things that you have no right figuring out yourself, or have no means of discovering? As it turns out, there are people who will follow people around and sift through records to figure that stuff out. Private investigators discoveries can span the shocking to the utterly banal.

We all remember not knowing things, but sometimes we don't realize the absurd extents of our not knowing things. It's no mystery why kids are stupid and weird people; they just don't know how the world works. They do stuff until people tell them not to, and even then only some of them end up become functioning adults. Here are some more signs that kids are weird and stupid.

Someone on AskReddit got a fun thread going about the most ridiculous things that people have witnessed in classrooms. Classrooms have an uncanny ability to bring out people's most devilish behavior. The tomfoolery very well could be a manifestation of people just getting bored out of their minds, and trying to keep themselves entertained. These might remind you of that one time you witnessed a full-fledged class clown create chaos in an otherwise peaceful classroom.