Is the Java Compiler retarded?

Its telling me I need a return statement on the last line of my method even though that part can never be executed.. I am a novice at Java and I am teaching myself.. so is it just me that has bad coding style or is the java compiler a bit too OCD?

yeah i hate compilers that cant handle that. oh it makes me RAGE so hard.

there are some FAGGOTS who believe functions should only ever return at the end and not have multiple exit points. but that is gay.