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I can't remember the context, but a coworker said "I shouldn't have to care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it."

I remember being stunned..

Many years ago I worked tech support for a software company. I had one caller who could not conceive that our software couldn't print to two printers at once. She didn't want to print to one then the other. She just kept repeating "this is the 21st century" whenever I tried to explain.

Eventually I told her it was a question for her IT and she went away.

A colleague saying "I don't believe in facts"

My bank does that regularly..

Baddum-tsh.

"You're an atheist because you want to rebel against God!" - My mother 😭

Okay fine personal one’s first:

• I once overheard someone saying it was hard to go left on a round about because the entrance slopes right…. As in they were not using a round about like a round about. (Tbf the round about in question was originally an intersection that was poorly modified into a roundabout)
• I had a psychopathic roommate who, when I called him on it, flat out admitted that given a choice between killing himself or thousands of others he’d choose the mass murder option. I also once asked him if he thought slavery was morally acceptable and his response was “if it would benefit me then yeah.”

My boss, her boss, her boss’s boss, the big boss (who reports to the CEO) and I are on a meeting last week.

At the beginning of the meeting there were some pleasantries being shared. The big boss shared her kid was going to be featured in some large chess tournament

My boss replies “that’s great. What kind of chess does he play?”

I was shocked because there is only one type of chess just like there is only one type of checkers. Yes I know there is 4-d chess, Star Trek chess, and chess game variants. But typically there is only one type of chess.

The big boss answers “You know chess. He is a grand master.”

My boss replies “Grand master. Does that mean he is a performing magician?”

I sat there looking at my screen in shock. My boss had not idea what grand masters are.

The big boss had to explain the chess grand masters to her.

A neighbor told me that all foreigners should be deported from Germany.
She clarified (after I asked) that when someone is born in Germany to parents who immigrated legally, never visited their parents' home country, only spoke German, and had a job here, they're still a foreigner and should be deported.

She was born in Romania and had immigrated 5 years ago.

I'm having a conversation with a family member. Somehow the topic of firefighters comes up. She pauses, looks very thoughtful for a moment, then asks, "Do you not like firefighters, either?"

"What? Why would I not like firefighters?"

"Like how you don't like police."

She knows me well. I boggle at how my distaste for cops could be this misunderstood.