Stupid

People find humor in the oddest things. Like being clumsy, or being unable to figure something out.

I guess I can see why that might be endearing in a child or animal, but not in a fully functioning adult.

I find it annoying in adults unless they actually need help.

And that is the gist of it. People often pretend to be clumsy or ignorant or even stupid because they get something out of it.

It is the pretension I detest, not the person who is honestly in need of help.

If they simply want attention, there must be a better way. 

We have generations of people who have learned these self effacing habits that do no one any good and actually do a great deal of harm.

They allow people to generalize in ways that keep people from realizing their full potential. The idea that the "little woman can't put things together,'" or that some brains are defective simply because of gender, or any of a million little ways society has of demeaning people.

I do not believe people are incapable. If you approach me, I won't laugh at you, I will work and work with you to find a way you can do almost anything any other human being can do. 

It may be frustrating. It may take a while. It may take a long while, but patience and belief and the fact that I've seen it work makes me persevere.