# You can't fix stupid **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760 "2021-06-29T22:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/1 "2021-06-29T22:41:42Z")
thought you may have a laugh… > **[Man Gets Run Over By His Own Truck While Filming A TikTok Video](https://vidmax.com/video/205396-man-gets-run-over-by-his-own-truck-while-filming-a-tiktok-video)** > > Somewhere in the Bible, it must say the end of times will come from a Chinese app that makes people do dumb things for views. > > This guy thought it would be a great idea to do a jig next to his moving monster truck. > > Too bad for him, he had two left... ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/2 "2021-06-29T23:46:09Z")
The real tragedy is the “Carolina Squat” on that truck. ---
**Author:** ![hiker16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hiker16](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hiker16)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/3 "2021-06-30T12:14:48Z")
Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/4 "2021-06-30T14:53:26Z")
Believe it or not, this isn’t the worst example of stupid harm from chasing those social media likes. A woman in the north part of my state went to prison for shooting her boyfriend. The two had concocted a Youtube stunt to get shot without getting hurt by having the boyfriend hold a book in front of him while she shot him. Needless to say, books aren’t bulletproof, and he died. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/5 "2021-06-30T15:37:00Z")
The annual issue of The Darwin Awards has many examples of tohose rejecting the laws of nature and killing themselves in the process. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/6 "2021-07-01T13:29:50Z")
As time goes on, there’s less and less that I understand about folks that post videos on social media. Aside from getting attention and/or “likes”…why do people spend their time creating these stupid videos, and then posting them online for the world to see (or laugh at)? Now get off my lawn, you kids! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/7 "2021-07-01T13:40:03Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > Aside from getting attention and/or “likes”…why do people spend their time creating these stupid videos, and then posting them online for the world to see (or laugh at)? There are MILLIONAIRES who made their fortune by posting this stupid stuff on social media. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/8 "2021-07-01T13:41:55Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > why do people spend their time creating these stupid videos, and then posting them online for the world to see (or laugh at)? If you achieve “influencer” status on social media, you can often replace your regular job with it. Some people with a million followers are making a quarter-million per post because brands are paying them to post what are essentially ads for their products. Even people with a relatively paltry 10,000 subscribers can get into 6 figures per year if they’re dedicated. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/9 "2021-07-01T14:20:07Z")
Maybe so. But it’s not a truly lasting, valuable “skill” that can take care of you for a lifetime. Maybe that’s a bit romanticized. But just like the high school football star who suddenly gets injured his senior year…all of a sudden the cheers/money can dry up just that quick. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/10 "2021-07-01T14:24:49Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > Maybe so. But it’s not a truly lasting, valuable “skill” that can take care of you for a lifetime. If you were making $250,000 every time you made a 30 second video, you’d only need to make 60 to be able to retire with more than 7 million in the bank after taxes. Who needs lasting skills for a lifetime with money like that? I guarantee if I had 7 million in the bank right now, I’d be done with the work-a-day grind. I’d live off the interest and do what I pleased for the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/11 "2021-07-01T14:49:42Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > There are MILLIONAIRES who made their fortune by posting this stupid stuff on social media. +1 And… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/b/5b3ade9efaf65d2677fc8cb8bd5a63876962cfcd.png) … and… “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” ― **George Carlin** ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/6/d6c95c69cb9be23669330ee02f09fe47dc050bfe.png) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/12 "2021-07-01T15:16:37Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > Maybe so. But it’s not a truly lasting, valuable “skill” that can take care of you for a lifetime. Doesn’t have to be. Some of these kids have made more money in 5 years then my wife and I have made in our lifetimes. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/13 "2021-07-01T15:58:58Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > If you achieve “influencer” status on social media, you can often replace your regular job with it. Some people with a million followers are making a quarter-million per post because brands are paying them to post what are essentially ads for their products. Even people with a relatively paltry 10,000 subscribers can get into 6 figures per year if they’re dedicated. I’d kill to have 10k subscribers to my new baseball podcast…I’d love to work for 6 figures doing that instead of my regular job 🙂 but I also decided to do it for my own enjoyment and not a primary source of income. (although, I won’t complain if that changes lol) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/14 "2021-07-01T16:03:58Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > Even people with a relatively paltry 10,000 subscribers can get into 6 figures per year if they’re dedicated. There are kids (16 and younger) who make MILLIONS from their subscribers just watching them play their favorite game. So other people with money will PAY to watch these kids play a game. You can’t see the person…just watch their actions on the screen. Only In America - well actually world wide now. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-fix-stupid/177760/15 "2021-07-01T17:44:54Z")
was the SNAP sound his head bouncing off the ground or his ankle? looked like it hurt.