stupid
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For the first half-hour or so I was reflexively covering the brake pedal at intersections and merging lanes, ready to engage if the super-intelligence at the wheel did something stupid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some of Ullom’s richest themes need only a casual mention, like Fisher muttering that he has fewer photos of his family on his phone than stupid memes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Tapper reminded Cassidy that the senator previously called for someone to challenge “crazy stupid things” that undermine confidence in immunization and asked whether Trump’s statements qualified.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
This might sound harsh, but I think that logic is, flatly, stupid.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
But a few minutes later, Lou Ann’s stupid haircut looks way cool.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
“I was a bit stupider back then,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
“When they need to make stupid stupider, they send me up. I’m part comedian, I’m part activist, I’m part artist. I just want a better society,” Stevens said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Other news reports more definitively declared that, yes, ChatGPT is becoming stupider.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 2, 2023
"They will do what he did," Matsson says, referring to Logan, "but they will do it stupider and uglier and less amenable."
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
“I was like, ‘That is the stupidest looking bait I have ever seen in my life,’” Anaya says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said: "We send Uganda money to plant trees as well, because we won that competition, who can find the stupidest use of taxpayers' money"
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Some pundits might be calling it “the most important chart in the world,” Perkins said, but in reality, it is closer to “the stupidest chart in the world.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
That’s “completely bogus,” writes TS Lombard Managing Director Dario Perkins, who calls it “the stupidest chart in the world.”
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
“I was stupid. I’m the stupidest son you have, and it was the stupidest thing I’ve—” “Nathan.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
