Whatever idiotic actions humanity has committed over the centuries, these are all flowers compared to the future. Scientists (and not only British) have discovered that people are rapidly becoming stupid. The Flynn curve (an increase in the intelligence of mankind over decades), which the apologists for progress previously loved to refer to, not only slowed down, but also began to plummet downward. And not only on the scale of individual educational institutions - whole nations begin to become stupid! Write off all the new-fangled hobbies with gadgets will not work, because the curve went down as far back as the 1970s, when the prototypes of tablets and smartphones were only in science fiction.
But even against the background of the general stupidity of mankind, individual individuals will give odds to the entire population. Their actions are so stupid that whole sites are dedicated to them and even bonuses are given out.
The most stupid people on earth
10. Gary Allen Bunning
The list of human stupidity opens with the winner of the Darwin Prize - posthumously. In 2012, Gary came to visit a friend and noticed a sauce can with a mysterious golden-colored liquid. What will a smart person do? He will ask what it is. Gary decided it was someone's drink and sipped it right away. It turned out to be gasoline that the owner used to flush parts.
The idiots had fun loudly when Gary spat out gasoline and poured all their clothes on them, but their laughter quickly became terrified when he decided to light up to calm down ... The poor guy died in the hospital from burns.
9. Andrew Hennels
The influence of social networks is subject to all, even the most antisocial elements. Andrew Hennels was caught when he boasted on Facebook that he was about to rob a supermarket. In addition to showing off, the post contained a selfie of the future offender and a snapshot of his favorite knife. The police appreciated the portrait resemblance and detained Andrew 15 minutes after the robbery.
8. Harry Hoey
Harry worked as a lawyer on the 24th floor of an office building in Toronto. They said that the windows of the building could not be broken, and Hoi liked to brag about it. And even demonstrated to law students the achievements of Canadian glass construction. So one fine day in 1993, Hoi, in front of students, as usual, ran up and impressed his shoulder into the glass. No, it didn’t crash, it just flew out of the frame entirely with Hoi.
7. Lukash Choynovsky
In 2014, a pair of retirees from Lancashire returned home, only to discover that the robber was sleeping peacefully on their beds. The robber, however, was polite and distinguished by excellent manners - he washed all the dishes, washed their laundry and even bought some products.
The landlady admitted that the house was not particularly clean, but thanks to the efforts of Choynovsky, it really shone. “True, he burned an old frying pan, but with whom it does not happen,” the old woman generously said. The illegal assistant received two years probation and was forced to pay 200 pounds of fine. But a good housekeeper could come out of it.
6. Philip Kontos
A normal person is inclined to agree with maxims such as "Do not fit, kill" or "If you ride a motorcycle - wear a helmet." However, these are not American motorcyclists! They even hold whole demonstrations on the topic of their right not to wear a helmet while riding. So in 2011, more than 550 alternatively gifted people marched along the roads of New York State, defending their right to a dangerous ride. Until one of the Protestants named Philip Kontos hit the brakes sharply so as not to crash into the bike in front, he flew out of the saddle and hit his head on the sidewalk. The doctors who examined the body said that if he wore a helmet, he would survive.
5. Nick Flynn
2006 will be remembered for a long time by the staff of the Fitzwilliam Museum in England. It was then that someone Nick Flynn, going down the stairs, managed to stumble and catch and smash three Chinese vases, standing deep in niches, in flight down. They were at least three hundred years old, they cost about 200 thousand dollars each.
Precious objects survived the uprisings in China, two world wars - only so that some fool would crush them to smithereens. Not only that, instead of falling into sacred horror from the severity of the perfect, Nick Flynn did not even apologize and instead began to reproach the museum's management: they say that they keep their valuable exhibits badly! Which earned the award in the nomination "Who is the most stupid person in the world" from the World Stupidity Awards.
4. Rice Owen Jones and Keri Muls
What does an ordinary person with at least average intelligence do during a trip to Australia? Sightseeing and shopping. But Welsh tourists were made from a different dough! First and foremost, they got drunk, then broke into a nearby zoo, where they raced with dolphins, released foam from a fire extinguisher into a pool with sharks, and then stole a penguin from there (do not ask).
To the honor of the robbers, I must say that they tried to take care of the bird as much as they could (even despite the hangover) - they fed it and allowed it to swim in the bathroom. Later they were caught trying to release a penguin into the channel.
3. Shamizo Kanyama
And now from sunny Australia we will be transported to the no less sunny Zimbabwe. Shamizo served as a pastor in his own city and believed that God granted him the ability to heal people. So when five of his hometown asked for help in treating a mysterious disease, he, without hesitation, ordered them to bury him in the ground. Shamizo motivated his unconventional desire by the fact that in this way he is fed by the energy of the earth. Five obeyed the pastor.
Later, after a predictable result, all five were charged with murder, despite numerous witnesses confirming their version of what happened.
2. James Allan
One of the most idiotic robberies in the world happened in 2012 in the city of Abington, England. Someone James Allan tried to rob a store selling printed products. During the robbery, he shot the balaclava several times (and it turned out to be very good on the camera), fell on the drink counter and brought it down, and at the end he couldn’t even open the door to escape - because he was pushing, not pulling himself. The saleswoman, whom he had only recently threatened with a toy gun, had to help him and open the door in the right direction.
But these are still flowers - the main thing is that James, apparently distinguished by constancy in his habits, tried to rob the same store exactly ten days ago.
1. Donald Thompson - The Dumbest Man
Judge Donald Thompson was recognized as the most stupid person in the world, according to a rating from the World Stupidity Awards. For 23 years he worked in court. And right during the court sessions he used a penis enlarger for masturbation, and the severity of the proceedings did not stop his hand with the pump. Apparently the laurels of the person with the longest penis in the world did not give Thompson peace.
As one of the court correspondents said: “One case was especially difficult, my grandfather testified about the murdered grandson, who had barely begun to walk, everyone was crying. And the judge under the table worked as a pump. ”
However, Themis does not like to be ridiculed. Thompson was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting a court and obscene exposure during court hearings. Surprisingly, the trial in this case did not turn into an extravaganza of laughter and jokes, although the jury constantly smiled, and the prosecutor and the defendant's lawyers repeatedly made gestures that it was the 59-year-old Donald Thompson who did under his court robes.
