stupid
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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
“Yeah, that’s a crazy stupid thing,” Cassidy replied.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Social media accounts spiked, shirts sold out, match tickets went for stupid money.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
This might sound harsh, but I think that logic is, flatly, stupid.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I’m not risking everything I’ve worked for because of a stupid letter I didn’t even write. I’m leveling up tomorrow, so any future Cocoons you get, just keep them to yourself.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“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
What could he say: I thought up an even stupider conspiracy than yours, and even though I can’t prove it’s true, I’m still afraid it will kill you?
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
“I won it fair and square from the Elkton boys up the street. I got a pair of boots out of it as well. You never seen a couple of stupider boys.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
“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
This is the stupidest thing I’ve done in recent memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
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
I did pretty much the stupidest thing it's possible to do.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
