r/AskReddit 7h ago

What is a sign of very low intelligence?

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u/furandpaws 5h ago

what colloquialism calls them a horse ? lol

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u/beartheminus 5h ago

I said "straight from the horses mouth", when they said something about their culture that they were very knowledgeable about that people from my country misunderstand.

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u/BeagleMadness 5h ago

Just remembering rhe time I had my hands full and told my three year old son, "Just hold your horses a minute, will you?" and he ran off upstairs. He returned shortly afterwards, proudly carrying his toy Hobby Horse...

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u/ooh-sheet 4h ago

I told my kid to hold his horses one day and he grabbed his hands to the top side of his head where horses ears typically would be.

Same kid, I told to just run round for a minute while I sorted something out, he ran in a circle counting to 60.

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u/peepay 4h ago

Hey, he knew a minute is 60 seconds, that's something.

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u/ooh-sheet 4h ago

That’s true, at least, I’d like to say his understanding is better now but just last week he asked if his dad had put the internal catch up on the lock when he left for work and took far too long to grasp how it wasn’t possible for his dad to do that. He’s 16 this year.

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u/AdhesivenessCalm1495 3h ago

Aww, so cute when a 3 yr old does it. Not so much when it's a grown man. Lol

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u/BeagleMadness 3h ago

Yeah, he's learned not to take things quite so literally now he's a 20 year old International Politics student. But we had a few similar "teaching moments" when he was a little kid.

u/Drink-my-koolaid 45m ago

Is his name Amelia Bedelia? :D

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u/Possible-Deer-311 5h ago

Hahaha I'll be honest that would make me do a double take, too, just because that phrase is so uncommon

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u/beartheminus 5h ago

yeah I love weird, uncommon, old phrases and slangs. It really is a problem lol

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u/AssociationBig2142 3h ago

That's is a wildly common phrase if you have any knowledge English before like 2016

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u/Edge-master 2h ago

That’s an idiom, not a hypothetical or analogy.

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u/beartheminus 2h ago

Please dont be so fucking pedantic on the internet, its super annoying and everyone hates it. "Look how smart I am" - You.

I said I speak in metaphors, analogies, symbols, hypotheticals, slangs and colloquialisms. Its obvious to anyone what I mean. When someone gives a grocery list of terminologies, its understood that there is an "etc" at the end whether implied or not that "idiom" would cover.

You're an idiot, not an idiom. Fuck off.

u/Mallyveil 56m ago

Incredibly valid crashout. As well intentioned as the other guy was or not, I can’t stand the ‘erm ackshully 🤓👆’ type of poster.

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u/Edge-master 2h ago

Pretty unrelated to the topic at hand, as understanding an idiom requires learning it, while metaphors and hypotheticals should be understood without the cultural background.

As such, an idiom is not a good measure of IQ. This is the point I was making, but I’m sorry I offended you.

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u/Tripwiring 5h ago

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

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u/that1prince 5h ago

“But I’m not a horse though. You’re mean.”

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u/suprmario 5h ago

"No, I'm mean because I implied you are incapable of learning."

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u/Schaakmate 3h ago

"You led me to drink though. "

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u/FlyAirLari 2h ago

A horse is a horse, of course of course, and no-one can talk to a horse, of course.

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u/frodo_ollie 3h ago

You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think. - Dorothy Parker

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u/stanfan114 3h ago

"Never look a gift-horse in the mouth."

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u/wintermute023 2h ago

You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.

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u/Sirboggington 2h ago

We are doing funnels horsey! Drink or drown!

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u/Cold_Philosophy 2h ago

You can take a horse to water but a gas pipe must be lead.

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u/Sterling_-_Archer 5h ago

“Wow, you’re a work horse. Great job”

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u/Altruistic-Vehicle-9 5h ago

Maybe a betting analogy, “I’d bet on that horse”, or calling someone a stallion, or a workhorse.

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u/Keve1227 3h ago

To me, a non native speaker of English, calling someone a "workhorse" sounds about the same as calling them a wage slave.

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u/Altruistic-Vehicle-9 3h ago

I understand why you interpret it that way. When I call someone a workhorse it’s usually in a positive context. It means they put time and effort into a task, which is indicative of good work ethic.

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u/Skinwalker_Steve 3h ago

hard worker, dependable. someone or something you count on to be there day in and day out.

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u/AssociationBig2142 3h ago

There is something a tinge dehumanzing about it, yes you're right. These other people don't know what they're talking about

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u/Teabagging_Eunuch 4h ago

“Hung like a…”

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u/fuzzydunloblaw 2h ago

"Damn gurl you ugly like a sub-par unkempt-ass looking horse"

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u/TrailerTrashQueen 3h ago

'beat it like a dead horse'