Wore my new "FUCK IT, DIE THEN" vaccine T-shirt to Walmart yesterday

[KS Toronado]

Last edited Fri Oct 15, 2021, 11:02 AM - Edit history (1)

in my red town along with an N95 mask, got a lot of giggles & smiles, but one smart ass mumbled
"fucking liberals" as we passed each other, I turned around and said "I'm a REPUBLICAN" ! (I lied) he stood
there speechless and I added "that's the problem in this country too many people don't want to do their
part to help us get past this pandemic so this country can get back to normal & put people back to work"
He just stood there dumbfounded & I walked away.
Don't know how to post pictures yet, but here's the T-shirt

https://arfstuff.threadless.com/designs/fidt

Edit: Morning everyone, I can't believe how viral this went. Few replies worth reading if you have time IMHO
are...40...18/29....99....& 92, have a good weekend
Mike

[Haggard Celine]

1. That is hilarious!

[Scarlet Begalas]

25. Cojones

You've got more cojones than I do.

[DENVERPOPS]

31. No kidding Scarlet

especially in Texas, some asshole would pull out his concealed weapon, shoot you, declare justifiable homicide and the courts with Jurors who are gun nuts would vote them innocent........

This is not a LOL.......I work hard to avoid ANY type of confrontation........

We have returned to the Ol' West days.............

I have distanced myself from even my friends who insist on getting a concealed weapon permit and carry a sidearm for no occupational oriented reason.

[mrsadm]

82. I am in the same boat, I don't want to start a confrontation for fear of being attacked, threatened,

or shot. We live in Trump country.

[rdking647]

110. i live in texas

i wear a mask that says real texans wear masks

[DENVERPOPS]

113. You are a very brave person!

By the way........we here in Colorado are used to seeing a quantity of California Plates as we drive around. For the last six months, all those California plates have slightly increased, but the numbers of TEXAS plates are way greater.

Why the hell are they re-roosting up here in Colorado?

[Fritz Walter]

59. I deliberately avoid Walmart, so yeah: HUGE cojones

At first, I avoided shopping there because of the way they treat their workforce. Meanwhile, the Walton family rakes in the big bucks, and then actively supports those politicians that align with their evil intentions.

Now, during the pandemic, I choose to avoid places that draw the hard-of-thinking, and those who are looking for a fight. I simply do not engage. Including and especially Walmart shoppers.

About a year ago -- during the final weeks of the election campaign -- I wore a t-shirt to a local watering hole: accompanying an image of Smokey the Bear on the front was the printed message "Only you can resist fascist liars." That provoked a puzzled response from one of the wait-staff: "How do you know who's a fascist?" My response was along the lines of "by what comes out of their mouths." Zoom! It went WAY over his head.

[Jim G.]

51. Well, Hello Again!

[Haggard Celine]

53. "Trashy words"

That's funny too!

[lpbk2713]

56. Anyone who advises others to not get vaccinated is wishing death on them.

So fair's fair.

[Texasgal]

60. Kinda like republicans do?

Hmmm.

[Texasgal]

65. Umm.. I am referring to

Republicans using equally trashy language.

[greatauntoftriplets]

69. Or worse.

Words like MAGA and Donald Trump.

[True Dough]

2. Ha ha! Great anecdote!

Happy to oblige.

[KS Toronado]

7. Thanks for posting the picture, it's even my color

Did you see me there yesterday? LOL

[LakeArenal]

3. "I'm a republican." Great idea.

[demmiblue]

4. Lol, excellent response!

[RKP5637]

5. Excellent!!! n/t

[chillfactor]

6. well done!

[fierywoman]

8. "I'm a Republican" -- I love you for this !!!

[DENVERPOPS]

40. I have found a better comeback:

I tell these type people, if they confront me, that I do not follow politics and I am not a Dem or Repub. I tell them that I gave up years ago on both parties, because I believe that the politicians from BOTH parties are ALL crooked! Interestingly, without exception, they stop, think for a moment, agree with me, and then turn away and move on.

It works every time........

My reply to one un-masked guy that got in my face about me wearing a mask:
I said: my wife has cancer. Due to the treatments she has NO immunity to any bacteria or virus, not even the common cold.
If I were to not wear a mask and brought home covid and gave it to her and she died, I would not be able to live with myself.
They guy stopped, and actually apologized, not even realizing that he had just agreed that without a mask I could not only CATCH the virus, but SPREAD the virus....

In either case, it makes them stop and causes them to think, vs them continuing their ignorant rhetoric and rants........

[Sogo]

9. Yes!

We tell lies that will HELP people, not Kill them!

Way to go!!!

[StarryNite]

10. You took one for the team!

"I'm a REPUBLICAN" You must have gagged on your own vomit as you said that. LOL

Well done!

[Budi]

11. We all must do our part.

Yours was exceptionally brilliant!

[Teenage Zombie]

12. T-shirt has an

R Crumb vibe going.

[yonder]

26. It does at that. Good eye.

[AngryOldDem]

73. Thanks! I knew it reminded me of something...

If it wouldn’t be skirting copyright infringement, a caption could be “Keep on dyin’!”

[FoxNewsSucks]

13. I'm gonna have to get that shirt

I wore this shirt to the grocery store a couple weeks ago



and have been wearing it often when I go out. No negative comments, and several people asked where to get one.

WHen I lived in Wichita, I sometimes replied to people "I'm registered REPUBLICAN", so as not to lie and because I wasn't having to choke on the words "I'm a republicon". Since there was no chance of a Democrat winning anything, the only way to have at least a little influence was to register R and vote for the least-crazy in the primary, then the Democrat in the general.

[DENVERPOPS]

41. Through the years,

I have heard many a Repub talk about being registered as a Dem to vote for the worst Dem Candidate in the primary, and then vote for the Republican in the election.

Maybe we should spread that trick among the Dems. Of course, it would have backfired in the 2016 election, because the most putrid candidate was Trump........

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

43. That's the kind of thing that happens when one party totally dominates

a given state.

I used to live in Kansas, and a lot of people who are actually Dems would register as Republicans so as to vote in the Republican primary. I'd say they were equally divided between those who voted for the moderate, sensible Republican and those who voted for the worst one hoping that then the Democrat in the race would win. Unfortunately, the registration numbers were thus skewed even more Republican than they should have been, meaning often there was no Democrat running for that office.

Register and vote for the party you really prefer, if you're in a state that requires party registration and you can only vote in the party primary for that party. If you're in one that doesn't, then do what you think is best. But if you're in the former state, think real hard about registering as Independent or Non Affiliated or however your state does it, because then you give up having any say in the primary. Which strikes me as a poor voting strategy.

[DENVERPOPS]

45. Good points PO NC

[Haggard Celine]

79. I agree.

Here in Mississippi, we don't register by party. Everyone is technically an independent until they vote in the primaries. If I vote in the Republican primary, I can't vote in the Democratic runoff, and vice versa. I often vote in the Republican primary because that's where the election is typically decided. The Democrats often either don't have a candidate or there will only be one candidate running. I always vote for the least objectionable Republican running.

Several years ago there was a primary between conservative incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel. It was a nail-biter. If it hadn't been for the Democrats who voted for Cochran, we would have ended up with McDaniel as our Senator, and that would have been horrible. He's a complete asshole. He raised hell about the results and tried to have the election overturned because of all the Democrats who voted. He really showed his ass, and he gave up what political clout he had. I'm glad we have this "open primary" system.

[FailureToCommunicate]

75. Great message!

[andym]

14. This is the most effective pro-vaccine civil act that I've heard. Brilliant. NT.

[traitorsgalore]

16. Too fucking bad

The traitorous germ warfare covidiot maskhole fuckers hope the rest of us die, tell some school children the truth.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. Endeavoring to not offend women is wise and noble ...

But children ... they're totally overrated

Also, we pretty much teach them that adults are allowed to use certain words that children are expected to refrain from using, so I don't think this shirt on an adult is going to blow their minds or anything.

[Demobrat]

19. If they're old enough to read that word

they’ve heard it before.

[DENVERPOPS]

44. Agreed

And, in my experience, if they can read it, they say it all the time among their friends........but not around the adults or their parents.

My kid, when he was in the third grade came home from school one day and asked me, "What word begins with F and ends with UCK. I smirked at him and said FIRE TRUCK, and walked away. He didn't think that that same stupid trick question was going around when I was his age so many years ago........

[Demobrat]

67. HAHAHA

I never heard that one!

[DENVERPOPS]

71. There are a whole bunch of those type

things that should be collected in a book and a copy given to every parent on their way out of the hospital after delivery......

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

106. /Points at username... nt

[Demobrat]

108. Wow. Everybody's in on the joke but me.

And all these years I thought I was one of the cool kids.

[DENVERPOPS]

114. Don't feel bad

My ol' lady (actually my StepMonster as I used to refer to her)
taught K-6th here in Denver. For years, I should have kept a journal of stories she came home with....I could have published it as a mandatory textbook for every college that offered a career in teaching.........

My ol' man taught at he Jr. High Level, and I could have done the same with his stories............

[sarisataka]

20. I find it funny

That just a week or so ago many were up in arms over a "Fuck Biden" flag and how profanity in public shouldn't be accepted. Some even suggested it should be criminal.

Children were specifically mentioned, that they shouldn't be exposed to such a public display.

[cilla4progress]

24. That would be me.

And I stand my ground.

In fact, a friend just forwarded me the following link from a recent Daily Show.

https://fb.watch/8D_JdL_zNS/

So, here's my view: it is NOT about using the word fuck, it is about civility / incivility in our political dialogue.

I think it models incivility to our young 'uns...who are watching.

And incivility on sterioids is what got us here.

[hurple]

28. It's only a word

And only has as much meaning, or civility, or incivility, as you allow it to have over you.

[whathehell]

77. Words have power..

If anyone doubts that, they should go cuss out their boss. When he or she fires you, try using "It's only words" as a defense.

[hurple]

78. They only have the power

That you let them have.

[whathehell]

81. You mean if my boss tells me "You're.fired"

those words only have power over.me "if I let them"?

[hurple]

83. Seriously?

Oh for fucks sake.. there is a difference in words not having power to offend, and words not having meaning.

So, this is more along the lines of me deciding the word "it" is offensive to me and demanding everyone else stop using... um... it.

[whathehell]

87. Lol..Yes, "seriously"

and no, dear, your "argument" really doesn't hold. No one wants or "chooses" to be offended -- The person hurling the insult is the one making the "choice" and it is they who should be, and are, held responsible, under the law in harassment cases, for instance.

[sarisataka]

30. Spending many years

In the military and even longer officiating soccer I can't think of a single swear word that I personally find offensive in any of a dozen languages. However many people are offended so I self-moderate.

I do agree about the incivility. 'Our' outrage over that is very selective.

[cilla4progress]

32. I agree it is selective.

I just don't think it's very complicated to try to model civility to children and others.

[llmart]

33. +1

I agree with you.

[meadowlander]

39. I find it funny that "fuck" is what people are upset about but "drop dead" is fine.

I think the shirt is hilarious BTW and would buy one but suspect they don't ship to New Zealand.

I just think it's amusing that we're pearl clutching over the incivility of using a crude word for intercourse and not the incivility of a shirt essentially saying "I don't care if you die."

That's America for you though.

[FailureToCommunicate]

72. Excellent point. Anglo Saxon four letter words

sure do get people’s hackles up.

[whathehell]

89. "That's America for you"? Uh, no.

Americans would hardly be alone in taking more offense to.."fuck you" than "drop dead". .Get real.

[Chakaconcarne]

42. I agree...Kind of trashy.

Surely a different word could be used.

Young kids may have heard it, but really don't need to see adults parading it/advertising it around.

That is my opinion.

[cilla4progress]

66. Yes.

It's almost violent.

I have thought a lot about this.

Why does it feel so good to swear? Have you tried using different words - "oh, shucks," "darn it"? It does not provide the same rush! Believe me - I'm a big time swearer, and I would not even share with you some of my favorites! I always feel better after...well, in some ways, but also worse, in a different way. I get relief, but I feel shitty afterwards.

When our daughter was growing up she would get VERY UPSET when we swore! I think it feels like a debasement. Crude, vulgar - as it is meant to, and why I get so much relief from it?

I have also observed others' reactions when I swear. Sometimes they even take a step back! I have learned never to swear in professional situations even if others do. I just don't like how it makes me feel. Again, uncivil.

Each to their own, though!

[AngryOldDem]

76. Sometimes the word just fits.

And I can pretty much guarantee that most kids have heard or said it at some point.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. What's funny is if you're RePuQ, you could possibly interpret this as being anti-vaxx

A lot of them think the vaccine will kill you, so ...

[KS Toronado]

29. Very insightful Hugh.......thanks for the idea

That would explain all the giggles & smiles vs 1 asshole, they were seeing what they wanted to see..... an
anti-vaxx person. So maybe the next person who attempts to get smart with me I'll go "what's your
problem, I'm not getting the vaccine" (another lie) Glad you don't go to hell for white lies, I've told a
bunch in this red town to keep peace.

[louis-t]

70. Every anti-vaxxer I know claims they 'know' someone

that got the vaccine and died the next day.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

84. Of course. And the Deep State/Gates/Soros/Clinton/Fauci Consortium

is killing Patriots who are trying to expose it, because Big Pharma Profitz!!!11!

[soldierant]

86. And don't tell you they were hit by a truck the next day.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. does classic mutley laugh.:)

/revision/latest?cb=20090729102006


im republican... jaw drop. killing him kindly with science .

[DinahMoeHum]

23. Here ya go. . .

[Old Crank]

22. Great shirt.

How do you post pictures to this site?

[sakabatou]

36. You just have to post the picture's url

[Old Crank]

95. Pictures I take

Don't have a URL that I know of.

[sakabatou]

96. Hmm... you could upload them to Photobucket.

[TXPaganBanker]

27. Just ordered mine! Thanks :)

n/t

[orangecrush]

34. ....

[former9thward]

35. I am sure you were a hit with mothers of young children.

If I was a Walmart manager I would have thrown you out for vulgarity.

[orangecrush]

38. Because

The "F" bomb is obscene, but dying on a respirator isn't?

[former9thward]

46. One has nothing to do with the other.

Sad you think they are.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

85. Children are overrated (nt)

[KS Toronado]

112. Only seen people old enough to have a drivers license

Plus I would have steered away from children old enough to read if there had been any.

[Cozmo]

47. Good for you! don't you just love being referred to as adverb?

You're not a human being, just an adverb. Happens to me all the time.

[lpbk2713]

48. I like it.

I like the T-shirt and I like the way you handled it.

[Evolve Dammit]

49. Very good. Love your response to the knuckle-dragging asshole.

[FakeNoose]

52. NBA star Drayman Green - Golden State Warriors - has excellent taste

Maybe you saw this posted a week or two ago.

[Celerity]

68. problematic choice of player

Draymond Green sounds off on vaccine mandate: 'You're not giving anyone freedom'

https://warriorswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/01/draymond-green-sounds-off-on-vaccine-mandate-youre-not-giving-anyone-freedom/

When asked if he would try to persuade Wiggins to receive a vaccination for the good of the team, Draymond Green compared the situation to demanding a player stay with his team instead of leaving for the birth of a child. Green went on to stress that the feelings and personal beliefs of players are being disregarded in the conversation over vaccination status.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

88. It's like when EVERYONE is just pressing, pressing, pressing me ... to stop shooting smack!

I'm like ... honor my personal fucking feelings, ya know?!?

Look, I LOVE HEROIN, so what's your problem with FREEDOM?

What's your nefarious angle here?

[Celerity]

91. +10000000000000000

[KS Toronado]

99. It was this pic on DU when I first seen it

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Someone had a link where to buy and I went for it. Wore it at a bar & grill tonight also and the first
negative comment I got I shot back with "Do you know over 300 people have died from the
vaccine? We need to warn people!" He thanked me for my patriotism, think I could have sold him
some ocean front property in Arizona.

Edit: misspelling

[The Jungle 1]

54. My wife is 63 and a nurse.

She is pulling the plug. It is just not worth the risk for people who don't care about other Americans. So I guess we pay cobra for a year.

[grantcart]

93. Open season for ACA starts next month

[Eliot Rosewater]

55. You are my hero for today...

[Jirel]

57. Aw crap.

I just bought this for my husband. It's all your fault.

[proud patriot]

102. ha ha just did the same

[jmowreader]

58. Love the Creem Magazine homage

[spudspud]

62. That's freaking awesome. You made his tiny brain explode. lol

Maybe he'll reconsider his stance on the pandemic and try to do his part to get us back to normal.

[bringthePaine]

63. ha killer shirt!🤣

[AngryOldDem]

74. This...is great.

Love it — both the shirt and your trip to Wally World.

[OMGWTF]

80. Yesterday, the checker at Safeway asked how I was. I said great!

She said, it must be because of the vaccine, which I thought was weird. I said I was very grateful to have had my shots. She said she refused to get the vaccine. I said I knew three people who were dead because of Covid. She told me a customer yesterday told her she was just scared of the shot. Checker tells me it took 30 years to perfect the malaria vaccine. At this point I just said, you do you, but I want to see my grandkids grow up.

She obviously likes to bring up a controversial subject which is unhelpful, unprofessional, and unhealthy. I thought about telling the manager that her conversation topic pissed me off and was wildly inappropriate. I may still.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

92. They all have their stupid bullshit talking points, that spread like a virus in their bubble world

"it took 30 years to perfect the malaria vaccine"

You may hear that again, so if it ever comes up, ask ...

"So, what was wrong with it ... before it was perfect? What was the problem, exactly? Did the public receive imperfect shots during those 30 years of development time?"

Watch them flail cause they have no idea the answer to any of those reasonable questions.

Then just say 'did you know Malaria isn't even caused by a virus, and that's why it was so much harder to develop and took so long'?

They will stare at you dumbly because people like this know fuck-all ... but think they know everything.

[grantcart]

94. It took 30 years because MALARIA is NOT A VIRUS

It's a living parasite.


Comparing these two diseases is like saying Apple's and Pineapples are similar, passing them through one's bowels would prove to the cashier how different seemingly similar things are when you actually understand something about them.

[nilram]

104. Yeah, a multi-celled organism! And a virus doesn't have any cells AT ALL!!

Would blow their freaking mind. haha

[BlueIdaho]

90. Too many fascists packing side arms in my local Walmart

So it’s off limits to me. But you - are something special - well done!

[bluecollar2]

97. Wouldn't work here in Miami-Dade county

Unless there's a Spanish version...

[Martin68]

98. I love it that you said you're a Republican. These people need a wake-up call.

[KentuckyWoman]

100. Beautiful

Count me in as thankful you shared.

[Karma13612]

101. Best story of the week

For me.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME LAUGH!!!!!!

[Beartracks]

103. Getting him to maybe listen to sense is more important...

... than correctly identifying your political party.

Good job! 👍

============

[Demovictory9]

105. lol

[CarmanJohn]

107. My Family went off the DEEP end

When I told them the same thing. Although I didn't put it on a shirt I posted it on my wall on FB. I told them it's All about CHOICE!
i would Never FORCE someone to do anything against their wishes. It's YOUR CHOICE. However, if you CHOOSE to do something that can be FATAL do NOT come to me, or for that matter, Society and Say SAVE ME!!!
NO, Fuck You. YOU made the choice, now YOU are going to DIE because of YOUR choice. People want it both was. It doesn't work that way. YOUR CHOICE.

[mdmc501]

109. can someone please post how to upload pictures

I forgot myself.
thanks!

[rdking647]

111. you have to post it somewhere else and then put the link here

for example put it on flickr and then copy paste the address of the photo rom flickr into your post here

[cilla4progress]

115. And more.

Link to tweet

?t=OOzfYvF-CjslI92tWLTq-w&s=19

[cilla4progress]

116. And yet more...

Link to tweet

?t=8lyRufXlpyAlkmUjFPUr0Q&s=19

I wrote in my local newspaper's discussion board seeking local opinions about the fuck Biden flags. Most thoughr it childish, vulgar, pathetic.