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BurnDoubt

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24. This is...

Sun May 18, 2025, 04:10 PM

May 18

about not appearing as though you are "smarter" than those with whom you hang. Choose ignorance over ostracision. Be a "man of the people". That's why we're tearing down education, because those uppity smart people look down on us. Walter Miller's "A Canticle For Liebowitz" had "Simpleton" gangs scouring the world eliminating intellectuals and scientists for causing the Nuclear Holocaust. This time, it's a "War on Woke" driving ignorance and greed.
"Good Morning, Good Simpleton!"

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Well, I learned a new word today [View all] senseandsensibility May 18 OP

It's new to me, also. Glorfindel May 18 #1

There are pretty active Reddit groups TheProle May 18 #2

Are there women involved? senseandsensibility May 18 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed May 18 #15

The very first thing my mind flicked to were the childfree people on Reddit. Sympthsical May 18 #37

DINK? you think? Srkdqltr May 18 #41

I bet they are fun at a party. LastDemocratInSC May 18 #3

... SheltieLover May 18 #10

The few times I've heard this I thought it was some mad-at-the-world crackpot spouting off and nothing more. Abolishinist May 18 #5

That's interesting, and of course senseandsensibility May 18 #7

violence doesn't have to go with it, though NJCher May 18 #16

This! Every word of it. love_katz May 18 #32

So they're pissed because they were born? Biophilic May 18 #12

At least, true to his 'beliefs', Abolishinist May 18 #35

You're not alone malaise May 18 #6

That one has not been the Wordle yet. surfered May 18 #8

It's been around for a while. But... littlemissmartypants May 18 #9

So is it kind of like extreme environmentalism senseandsensibility May 18 #11

Precisely Buddyzbuddy May 18 #13

I researched overpopulation NJCher May 18 #19

I only remember reading about it once or twice. littlemissmartypants May 18 #34

When I was in college, a group of Jesuits had a table set up in the student union, near the anti-choice table. Snarkoleptic May 18 #14

Wow. senseandsensibility May 18 #17

Actually, it sounds very sarcastic to me, a way of pointing out consequences ... Hekate May 18 #45

8 years of Jesuit education....never heard that either. OAITW r.2.0 May 19 #53

In the past decade DENVERPOPS May 18 #18

I will never forgive them for NJCher May 18 #20

I have noticed the same, but mostly among younger folks. MLWR May 18 #21

Same here MLWR DENVERPOPS May 18 #23

This is... BurnDoubt May 18 #24

Trump and Miss Amway DENVERPOPS May 18 #26

Drop the "me" from your quote Dave says May 18 #47

True thinking Dave DENVERPOPS May 18 #48

One of the great things about reading on a kindle genxlib May 18 #29

The words been around for a few decades, Igel May 18 #42

From overpopulation to no population? Iggo May 18 #22

That's kind of where I am senseandsensibility May 18 #25

Aren't these the same people who... BurnDoubt May 18 #30

I look around at all the twenty somethings that are having children DENVERPOPS May 18 #43

Extremists gotta extreme Clouds Passing May 18 #39

catastrophic climate change et tu May 18 #27

I was about to make a similar post - "nihilistic". Totally Tunsie May 18 #28

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Have not heard that term lonely bird May 18 #33

Interesting... littlemissmartypants May 18 #36

The extinction of mankind, eh? Xavier Breath May 18 #46

The CTers are really grasping at straws to think up new ones Clouds Passing May 18 #38

OK I laughed at first. Then I began to think of this in terms of the Handmaid's Tale. flashman13 May 18 #40

The bomber had a much less focused philosophy... AntiFascist May 18 #44

I had heard of it but not of an AN bombing a clinic before now Meowmee May 18 #49

I'm not going to take the FBI or FOX's word on his motives until they provide evidence. LudwigPastorius May 18 #50

Nope. Me either. muffinsforbreakfast May 18 #51

News to me. I read on another thread, he was a Mortalist. He proved that point, I guess. OAITW r.2.0 May 18 #52

No, I have never heard the word used before I read your post wendyb-NC May 19 #54

Geez, all this dude had to do was get a nut-cut. no_hypocrisy May 19 #55