How often are you told "That's wrong on so many levels"?

[purplepoppy]

The phrase, "That's wrong on so many levels," is part of the common vernacular, but how often do people use it against you?

[MrOracle]

Not very often. I rarely weigh in with an opinion that I'm not prepared to defend. That's not to say that my way is ALWAYS the BEST way - I don't know everything and others sometimes have a better idea, and I am willing to learn from anyone with a better idea - but I mostly either know what I'm talking about, or will ask questions instead, or will just keep my mouth shut.

When I worked in IT, I spent about a third of my average workday answering difficult questions for my employees, and I regularly had a line of coworkers 4 or 5 deep waiting for their turn. In all 4 of the companies I worked for over 20 years, I quickly outgrew my original job duties and 3 of the 4 companies actually created brand new positions for me. They had corporate names but they all really just meant "the answer guy".

My last job was working for the then #5 credit card company in the US, and my executive director (3 levels above me), Jr. VP (4 Levels), and senior VP (5 levels) all came directly to me when they needed an answer to a technical question. I was one of 5 people in the entire 19,000 employee company who had Enterprise Admin rights on the network - along with the senior engineers of Network and of Server Management, and 2 people in Access Control. That access was one reason they had to create that position, as my original middle management position didn't come close to justifying Enterprise Admin access of an international bank.

The scary thing was that I worked with a retired Navy SEAL who had designed the entire architecture of the system, and that guy was so damn smart that he could (but almost never did) make me look like a dullard. There will always be someone who can humble you. My friends always say that I have such a broad range of knowledge, but this guy could discuss seemingly any topic from the most general, surface level down to the obscure, molecular level details. We would talk about cars, technology, space, movies, music, construction trades, or any other random thing and I always felt like he could go WAY deeper into that subject. It was like sitting in a room with Clark Kent, and only you know he's really Superman.

[Chazmatazz269]

Only when i tell a deliberately vulgar joke, and then it’s not so much “used against me”. It’s more a compliment like “job well done”. Ell oh ell!
I don’t usually do things that are multi-tiered wrong, but i have gotten away with more than my fair share.
I don’t usually say things without knowing what i’m talking about for the most part, and i tend to choose my words very carefully. So while i’m definitely wrong on one level from time to time, i’m rarely wrong on many levels at the same time.

[RandomGirl42]

Like just about every day of my life and I'm really not joking. Some people just don't seem to appreciate my unique perspectives , opinions, awesomeness that some mistake for narcissism and my never ending quest to prove the existence of unicorns.

[jJanSmit]

People should start to appreciate you 😁

[Genie23]

Never used it against me, but I've definitely used it couple of times. On GaG and in real life.

[AviatorTom]

The standard Dad joke goes like this...

I had sex with a hooker on an elevator. That is wrong on so many levels.

[purplepoppy]

Man goes on a business trip to china. Walks into a sky scraper and meets Mr Wong. Then goes to the 2nd floor and meets another Mr Wong. Then the third to find another Mr Wong.

Ok I admit it. This joke is wong on so many levels.

[Chazmatazz269]

Tom, you should feel a twinge of pain that you got out-dad-joked by a girl. 🤣🤣🤣

[AviatorTom]

@Chazmatazz269 @purplepoppy I have no problem deferring to the Welsh lady.

[RavVid]

Quite often, because I habitually seek to be wrong on as many levels as possible at the same moment.

I think I mentioned I offended guys with my erudite discussion of proto Indo European root words in the last answer.

At the building Christmas party there were some comments on my evil laugh. I'm always getting that.

[Sunrising]

Only once as I can remember, someone has told me "That's wrong on so many levels ".

Ah yes, it was today by you!

But I don't think the original author of the expression had spirit levels in mind 🤣

[Sunrising]

My English teacher never said a word, probably thought I was a hopeless case 🤣
Not funny really 😒

[BCRanger10]

I'm really mad at you for robbing me of the opportunity to post that meme.

[coachTanthony]

Not for a long time it's kind of played out at this point.

[FreyaRed]

I have heard that on this website two or three times, however it was just an ad hominem. Invectives directed toward my person, not criticism debunking content of my statements.

[Xawyx-2]

Almost never, I always try to do the right thing, even when others are doing bad things to me.

[fish5505_87]

Not many, usually when i make what is perceived to be an offensive joke, however the people saying "that's wrong on so man levels", are usually laughing!

[dougeats]

Not exactly those but some say "whats is wrong with you?" LOL it's all in fun but I have a hmmm, lets call it a quirky sense of humor I'm told.

[Shiprex]

Never only to calibrate my opinion more finely

[Likes2drive]

I’ve heard the expression, but it’s never usually said to me and I can’t remember the last time it was

[FunkyMonkee]

2, maybe 3 times.

[douride2]

I haven't heard that say in so long.

[Staximus]

I don't know if I've ever been told that

[queenofcardio]

Rarely ever

[WhitneySnow]

Hardly ever

[Kingofkings1992]

Lol.

[Raydergman26]

None