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CaliforniaPeggy

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1. There is nothing to understand! No cure for stupidity, NONE.

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Mon Dec 13, 2021, 06:44 PM

Dec 2021

You showed remarkable restraint in your brief conversation.

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This is the level of stupidity that we're dealing with, folks: [View all] 11 Bravo Dec 2021 OP

There is nothing to understand! No cure for stupidity, NONE. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2021 #1

Oh, there's a cure SledDriver Dec 2021 #12

My dear California Peggy, you are so correct. 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #41

Endemic, incurable and dead. Way to self-extinct (and those like them). Texin Dec 2021 #66

Carlos Cipolla examines human stupidity in an essay titled, The 5 Basic RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2021 #59

Remember that George Carlin said Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2021 #68

An illustrated link to the essay Hekate Dec 2021 #74

I remember I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2021 #75

Cipolla notes that stupidity is unrelated to IQ, something I observed as well long ago... Hekate Dec 2021 #78

You are correct Scarlet Begalas Dec 2021 #60

Oh do they suddenly believe in science once getting checked in lambchopp59 Dec 2021 #73

In this case, a simple explanation might do it.. whathehell Dec 2021 #72

I remember reading a story about a woman in the ICU calimary Dec 2021 #82

Yep.. whathehell Dec 2021 #83

You probably should start with vaccine isn't a "cure" or "medicine" Claustrum Dec 2021 #2

That's exactly what TFG and FG jr. think. Eric (Uday) said they gave his dad vaccines to make him brewens Dec 2021 #5

TFG did get shots that cured his COVID. Aussie105 Dec 2021 #42

Reminds me of news reports of maggots not fooled Dec 2021 #20

Clearly to him 'medicine' and 'vaccine' are interchangeable, which they are not. Fucking idiot. CurtEastPoint Dec 2021 #3

About a third of America gets its Science education from Fox News & OANN NullTuples Dec 2021 #28

Movies and television get this wrong all the time... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #36

I have heard that same excuse around here. Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #4

They put TGIF on their shoes as a reminder: Toes Go In First. 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #18

"I haven't caught the Covid, so why should I take any medicine for something I don't have?" A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #6

Car is running fine, why should I change the oil? Walleye Dec 2021 #7

Yup. Notek Dec 2021 #8

"remember to buckle up his seatbelt after his next car crash." OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #9

He haven't caught covid yet? LisaL Dec 2021 #10

The herd-thinning isn't going fast enough. NBachers Dec 2021 #11

It sure isn't... nt EarthFirst Dec 2021 #13

agreement there.. msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #70

You can't cure stupid. Richard58 Dec 2021 #14

Some medical experts are now saying that, soldierant Dec 2021 #50

99.5% of the people who are bit by rattlesnakes don't die from it either DBoon Dec 2021 #57

It's never been about the death rate TrogL Dec 2021 #81

House isn't on fire. Why have a fire department? kairos12 Dec 2021 #15

the gasoline cans in my garage haven't exploded yet DBoon Dec 2021 #58

And then... keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #16

Besides, Jesus will save him while he's gasping for his last breath. erronis Dec 2021 #17

Start printing out the stories of people who died wishing they had gotten vaccinated FakeNoose Dec 2021 #19

Makes sense then that Rethugs offer thoughts and prayers AFTER you're shot dead... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #21

I think you gave a perfect answer! I would never have been able to come up with that in the moment! Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #22

Be nice and K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) Weather, grass, leaves, seasons, & critters. Botany Dec 2021 #23

Careful with weather talk. It slips into 'global warming' kind of easily... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #38

You can always pivot to: Those damn tv weathermen (keep it male orientated no weatherpersons ... Botany Dec 2021 #43

To your next-to-last sentence: lastlib Dec 2021 #24

I should fix that leaky roof, but it's raining gratuitous Dec 2021 #25

The sheeple here are about 50/50 vax/no-vax and they readily mix with one another. ffr Dec 2021 #26

Admitting you are wrong StClone Dec 2021 #27

How is it that guy is running around un-vaccinated with no mask or social distancing Ford_Prefect Dec 2021 #29

Does that mean... cab67 Dec 2021 #30

And you can wait and put on the condom after sex, too. Xavier Breath Dec 2021 #37

Everyone has grown up with vaccines IronLionZion Dec 2021 #31

There are numerous stories from all over the country SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #32

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2021 #33

It was too late for your neighbor Larissa Dec 2021 #34

It's really, really difficult to educate the willfully ignorant... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #35

humans forgot what it was like before vaccinations. small pox? polio is only in the mid east. pansypoo53219 Dec 2021 #39

I said my unvaxxed MAGA neighbor wants to go see Metallica in San Francisco. Initech Dec 2021 #40

I'm just petty enough to hope he does go, is stopped at the door, pitches a major hissy fit, and ShazzieB Dec 2021 #44

Oh I have a feeling like that could, and probably will happen. Initech Dec 2021 #45

Unvaxxed MAGA neighbor Scarlet Begalas Dec 2021 #61

My area of N. Va still has "Bumpkin"signs up too, they wear it as a badge of idiocy traitorsgalore Dec 2021 #46

Can't fix stupid. Want to. Can't. Ain't happenin'. We have to drag these assholes along, every step. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #47

Germany is telling it's citizens... czarjak Dec 2021 #48

Good job! Fucking media can Cha Dec 2021 #49

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You've been busy today. n/t GP6971 Dec 2021 #52

Busy, but brief! marble falls Dec 2021 #53

The briefer the better!! n/t GP6971 Dec 2021 #54

Nuts! What did I miss? 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #76

Longtime troll GP6971 Dec 2021 #79

A token for you to give him next time. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 2021 #55

Too bad the death rate wasn't like MERS. roamer65 Dec 2021 #56

I can tell you exactly what your neighbor thought afterwards. Kablooie Dec 2021 #62

K&R UCmeNdc Dec 2021 #63

BRILLIANT post, Eleven Bang Bang! 👍👏👏👏 LiberalLoner Dec 2021 #64

All their heroes have gotten vaccinated. The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #65

Wow, guy's pretty damn dumb. Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #67

I think he WON'T stop following TFG, even after bluestarone Dec 2021 #69

I'm sure he didn't get your analogy geardaddy Dec 2021 #71

Maybe he will ask someone to explain what you meant. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #77

Ignorance is Strength TrogL Dec 2021 #80