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Grokenstein

(6,375 posts)
22. "Both sides baa"
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 03:31 PM
Dec 2020

It's the bleat of the intellectually lazy who can't be arsed to do the research but still want everyone else to think they're clever.

"If you want to be a genius, it's easy! All you gotta say is, "Everything stinks." Then you're never wrong! That's how much of a genius I am!" -- Wilbur J Cobb, The Ren & Stimpy Show

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'Bothsiderism': Wajahat Ali FTW [View all] Tommymac Dec 2020 OP
I second that! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1
I third it. Biophilic Dec 2020 #2
There's a CNN reporter richdj25 Dec 2020 #3
Indeed. We can get back to looking at both sides when both PatrickforO Dec 2020 #4
This. Tommymac Dec 2020 #6
And I am teaching my cat to speak English housecat Dec 2020 #8
Does the little fellow know any words yet? We have four cats, PatrickforO Dec 2020 #19
Yes and no housecat Dec 2020 #23
And anyone taking bothsiderism seriously lunatica Dec 2020 #5
Both realities? housecat Dec 2020 #7
Exactly. Tommymac Dec 2020 #9
President Wilson Dakota Flint Dec 2020 #10
Nice one. nt Tommymac Dec 2020 #11
Is that what he was thinking of when he misanthrope Dec 2020 #21
K&R MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #12
K&R Hiawatha Pete Dec 2020 #13
......Absolutely..... titanicdave Dec 2020 #14
......Absolutely..... titanicdave Dec 2020 #15
The most common and perhaps most egregious kind of BSism I've seen lately is failing to Nitram Dec 2020 #16
They also need to get a thorough mental examination by a real doctor. BigmanPigman Dec 2020 #17
K&R Blue Owl Dec 2020 #18
It's already a de facto retirement from journalism. Might as well make it official. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #20
"Both sides baa" Grokenstein Dec 2020 #22
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