From reality television to dumb-and-dumber films, contemporary entertainment often amounts to watching stupid people do stupid things.
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Yet people do stupid things, and highly-indebted people do not follow the logic of economics textbooks.
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It was a stupid thing to do and we apologise for any offence caused.
In retrospect, it was a highly effective but incredibly stupid thing to do.
This story is further proof, as I have written previously, that stealing art is a really, really stupid thing to do.
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It was a stupid thing to do and I regret it.
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This book will make you laugh at all the stupid things we do for dogs and with dogs, while it treats us to some of the crazy things that dogs themselves do.
If my parents had told me that what I wanted to do was stupid and foolish, that would probably be the fastest way to guarantee I was going to do it.
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Teenagers sometimes do stupid things, said Ismagulov, stressing that his son didn't know he was doing anything wrong.
He also knew that social fads cause smart people to do stupid things.
Insiders do stupid things all the time, they are human.
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"In the aviation environment, that was a really gruelling, stupid thing for him to do, " says Fallows.
Two myths the author does reaffirm: Teenagers do "stupid and reckless things, " and "religious people are happier" than those who aren't.
And it doesn't have greenhouse gas emissions, so it would be stupid for us not to do that in a much more effective way.
Investors who are starved for yield do desperately stupid things.
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Unless the ECB were to do something stupid, a debt default by Greece would have no impact upon the value of the euro, so the Greek economy would still have a viable currency.
My first reaction was shock: Did I really do something that stupid?
Not that you would ever do anything so stupid, but what if you were to buy each side of this bet at the less favorable price?
Sure, but I doubt Amazon would do anything truly stupid.
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The question is, are we so stupid to allow these intelligent bankers to do this again.
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Do they just become stupid the moment, like, we get put a badge around the neck.
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So however stupid or appalling the idea is we do have to conclude that it is at least being seriously considered.
We have our own product managers and quality assurance testers, and we are liable to our users and the courts if we do anything evil or stupid.
Occasionally Facebook will do something greedy and stupid like the recent Instant Personalization feature, and they may not tend to rush to keep users in the loop when they do.
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