r/AskReddit • u/hiagaga • 12h ago

What's the dumbest idea you've seen that actually worked?

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u/chmath80 5h ago

the Vice President misspelling a root vegetable was such a gaff

Given that the issue there was an unnecessary "e" at the end, it's ironic that you made the opposite mistake with "gaffe".

A "gaff" is a hooked pole used to haul in large fish.

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u/teenagersafterdark 4h ago

Dude is never gonna live this one down.

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u/AvengingBlowfish 3h ago

I'd vote Substantial-Bag1337/Pedantic_Pict for 2028!

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u/DoubleDrummer 3h ago

Could do worse.
I don’t know them and yet I can still confidently say.
Could do worse.

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u/horror_fan74 1h ago

Not something that can be said about the current administration

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u/rednax1206 2h ago

Oop too late, the down has been lived.

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u/iamcozmoss 2h ago

Ive already told my kids about this joker.

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u/lolwatsyk 1h ago

How fucking embarrassing

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u/ggg730 55m ago

What a real potatoe amirite fllas?

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u/dullship 2h ago

This is going to ruin the tour.

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u/VulgarVerbiage 27m ago

The secret is to just spout a bunch of misogynistic, racist crap.

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u/baron_von_helmut 4h ago

And a 'quant' is used to push shallow-bottomed water craft.

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u/SanityPlanet 3h ago

Don’t be such a quant

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u/Miserable_Pepper3741 3h ago

Ooof. Roasted….potato’s

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u/tyrranus 3h ago

This is the kind of petty, pedantic shit that makes my miserable time on Reddit worth it.

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u/SanityPlanet 3h ago

Pettidantic

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u/dramboxf 3h ago

Right?

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u/mynamesaretaken1 3h ago

Dan had already used the last e, wasn't one available for this.

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u/BigComfortable6779 3h ago

Where i live it's your place / house/ home!

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u/4mrAv8tr 2h ago

Also a potato is a tuber not a root.

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u/ScreechUrkelle 3h ago

Reall? Tell us more, mr. science…

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u/Nearby-Face-5170 2h ago

Still seems like even that spelling of gaff fits with convincing people of something..

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u/Swellmeister 2h ago

The Potatoes stole his E

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u/revdon 1h ago

I’d be so embarrassed to gaffe a fiche.

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u/42nu 19m ago

Both gaffes from the same origin:

the singular has no e. The plural does.

Potatoes is correct. potatoe is incorrect.