I have a 38 year old colleague, who tossed up a seemingly innocent passing comment on our way to work, which almost made me catatonic in its sheer innocent ignorance.
In fact, it was so appalling, I had to actually ask whether he's pulling my leg or not.
He said:
It's a wonder how sun and moon fly from east to west every day and night.
I fucking froze.
I was reluctant to go all ACKSHUALLY on his ass, because I seriously couldn't tell, if he was joking or not, but then he went and hammered the point down with a nuke, saying
>like, how exactly are some of the stars just falling down to earth sometimes?
At that point, I was lost.
I couldn't say a word and just looked at the scenery in quiet disappointment.
This man is by no metric stupid.
He's very bright, judging by my other interactions with him.
Why do people like this still exist in this day and age?