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In reply to the discussion: Now you've done it. You've made Jacob Wohl angry. [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(67,861 posts)36. The first law of holes, or the law of holes, is an adage which states that
"if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging". Digging a hole makes it deeper and therefore harder to get back out, which is used as a metaphor that when in an untenable position, it is best to stop carrying on and exacerbating the situation.
Law of holes - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_holes
You'd think that someone, somewhere, would take him aside and point out to him that he is reinforcing people's notion of him as a colossal idiot. His parents, maybe?
From that article:
In June, Wohl tweeted calling the Arizona Corporation Commission a "racketeering organization full of Angry Democrats," citing an article detailing allegations that Corporation Commission head Gary Pierce, who is a Republican, was accepting money in exchange for favorable votes affecting a utilities company. When Pierce was tried on those allegations, jurors deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial.
Sure enough:
The Arizona Corporation Commission turned out to be a racketeering organization full of Angry Democrats!
New Emails Show ACC Head Gary Pierce did political work for Arizona utility he was supposed to regulate
Link to tweet
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Wikipedia goes to extraordinary means to preserve the veracity of their articles
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2019
#1
Some twit who seems to have committed crimes as a teenager, under his parent's umbrella.
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2019
#16
Go for it Jake...You don't have to be arrested or charged to be a fraud, look at your 'president'
spanone
Feb 2019
#6
LOL, the article actually calls him an "American far-right[citation] fraudster[citations]"
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#8
He DOES know how Wikipedia 'works', doesn't he? This is freakin' laughable ... (nt)
mr_lebowski
Feb 2019
#9
Awww. Was he one of the billions of snowflakes I've thrown to the curb in the last couple weeks?
LakeSuperiorView
Feb 2019
#10
I bet a nickel that he and his friends edited/re-edited his page to create a controversy
blogslut
Feb 2019
#15
The first law of holes, or the law of holes, is an adage which states that
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2019
#36