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Poll indicates that many in Nation are tired of explaining things to idiots

Started by Sandy Eggo, September 18, 2015, 06:11:13 PM

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Sandy Eggo

September 18, 2015, 06:11:13 PM
QuoteMINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report)—Many Americans are tired of explaining things to idiots, particularly when the things in question are so painfully obvious, a new poll indicates.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/many-in-nation-tired-of-explaining-things-to-idiots

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Locutus

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September 18, 2015, 06:23:56 PM
I think some of us around here can relate to that!  ;D
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AbbyTC

#2
September 18, 2015, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: Locutus on September 18, 2015, 06:23:56 PM
I think some of us around here can relate to that!  ;D

So true, Locutus!   :yes:
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Palehorse

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September 19, 2015, 11:29:33 PM
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me

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September 20, 2015, 12:33:05 AM
What I find sad is you all take this as real news.  :rolleyes:
Trump 2020

Henry Hawk

#5
September 21, 2015, 08:30:25 AM
Quote from: Locutus on September 18, 2015, 06:23:56 PM
I think some of us around here can relate to that!  ;D

I know I can....
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


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Exterminator

#6
September 21, 2015, 09:22:42 AM
Quote from: me on September 20, 2015, 12:33:05 AM
What I find sad is you all take this as real news.  :rolleyes:

Do we need to explain it to you?   :biggrin:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

me

#7
September 21, 2015, 01:00:51 PM
Trump 2020

Exterminator

#8
September 21, 2015, 01:37:32 PM
I am sometimes frustrated that the science some people refuse to accept provides them the technology to spread their ignorance so easily.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

Bo D

#9
September 21, 2015, 01:59:13 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on September 21, 2015, 01:37:32 PM
I am sometimes frustrated that the science some people refuse to accept provides them the technology to spread their ignorance so easily.

And that people rail against government "interference" when that very "interference" saves their lives and property.


"Lower taxes + less government = more freedom!" Unless firefighters just saved your house.


"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

Locutus

#10
September 21, 2015, 02:37:12 PM
Quote from: me on September 20, 2015, 12:33:05 AM
What I find sad is you all take this as real news.  :rolleyes:

:rolleyes:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Henry Hawk

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September 21, 2015, 02:48:45 PM
Quote from: Bo D on September 21, 2015, 01:59:13 PM
And that people rail against government "interference" when that very "interference" saves their lives and property.


"Lower taxes + less government = more freedom!" Unless firefighters just saved your house.



THIS is a great point of this threads title....like explaining why lower taxes + less government = more freedom.  It doesn't mean getting rid of firemen.  It means getting rid of the red tape and half the BS in Washington, on a federal level.  :rolleyes:

It has absolutely nothing to do with less firemen or less cops.
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


"The future ain't what it used to be."– Yogi Berra

"Square roots are rarely found on any plant." FTW

Y

#12
September 21, 2015, 04:40:47 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on September 21, 2015, 02:48:45 PM
THIS is a great point of this threads title....like explaining why lower taxes + less government = more freedom.  It doesn't mean getting rid of firemen.  It means getting rid of the red tape and half the BS in Washington, on a federal level.  :rolleyes:

It has absolutely nothing to do with less firemen or less cops.

"HAH!"(TM)

That's exactly what it means because you RW idjits don't want to cut expenditures from things like the military - which the last I recall took up over half of .gov spending - or from corporate welfare and other corrupt bilking of the the American people.

Therefore, when it comes down to spending cuts, infrastructure, safety, education and all other sorts of spending which supports society it what you cut.

So don't sit there and BS us that's not the end result of your corruption and stupidity.
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In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Henry Hawk

#13
September 21, 2015, 04:46:44 PM
Quote from: Y on September 21, 2015, 04:40:47 PM
"HAH!"(TM)

That's exactly what it means because you RW idjits don't want to cut expenditures from things like the military - which the last I recall took up over half of .gov spending - or from corporate welfare and other corrupt bilking of the the American people.

Therefore, when it comes down to spending cuts, infrastructure, safety, education and all other sorts of spending which supports society it what you cut.

So don't sit there and BS us that's not the end result of your corruption and stupidity.

Case and Point
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


"The future ain't what it used to be."– Yogi Berra

"Square roots are rarely found on any plant." FTW

Y

#14
September 21, 2015, 04:50:50 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on September 21, 2015, 04:46:44 PM
Case and Point

"Prove it!"(TM)

You can't, and that's just your go to crap because you haven't the facts or the brains to back that up.   :wink:
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa
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