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justiceischeap

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11. Yet we do the same thing with "Get a brains Moran!"

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 11:55 AM

Sep 2014

We poke fun at the right when they misspell things... but you're right, at least this person is working (if the sign is real). Obviously though, the person that wrote the sign has the "wrong" kind of job according to the meme starter. I wonder what they feel is worth $15/hr

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"No Frise Sorry" - The guy that wrote this sign wants 15 dollars an hour? [View all] TalkingDog Sep 2014 OP

Does that mean that the guy who created that meme image Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #1

I am slow. what does frise mean? Awesome response I must say. roguevalley Sep 2014 #84

I'm going to take a guess.... Historic NY Sep 2014 #100

Well, I saw the title and thought it meant frisee lettuce betsuni Sep 2014 #119

Perhaps the meme creator is saying that dyslexics don't deserve to survive. DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #134

Afreakingmen PeaceNikki Sep 2014 #2

Wow... That is a pretty great put down. Xyzse Sep 2014 #3

Awesome rant!! Coventina Sep 2014 #4

K & R. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #5

K&fuckingR.... daleanime Sep 2014 #6

I thought the guy who wrote the sign was being discriminatory snooper2 Sep 2014 #7

awwwww niyad Sep 2014 #13

Cute doggy! Prophet 451 Sep 2014 #20

No! 7962 Sep 2014 #43

No, you get another one. Brigid Sep 2014 #57

Actually it will prove that you are comfortable in your manliness. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #92

Well, I'll never be a parent Prophet 451 Sep 2014 #99

That's nice. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #137

Not at all! The hottest and sexiest men I know are sweet and gentle around little animals! calimary Sep 2014 #120

The thing that gets me about this meme is justiceischeap Sep 2014 #8

Maybe if he made a living wage he could help himself out. Atman Sep 2014 #9

Yet we do the same thing with "Get a brains Moran!" justiceischeap Sep 2014 #11

The guy who wrote the "Get a brains" sign is claiming superior intelligence jeff47 Sep 2014 #16

^^^ This Atman Sep 2014 #30

False Equivalence. We don't question whether the "Moran" guy should have the right to vote TalkingDog Sep 2014 #18

I gotta post it--- packman Sep 2014 #33

I think the moran guy should get a living wage. Ash_F Sep 2014 #37

"And for all you know the frise guy is a right winger." justiceischeap Sep 2014 #40

Meaning he/she could be against minimum wage. Ash_F Sep 2014 #41

I've known a couple too. Their reasoning was they did more work & deserved more than the others. 7962 Sep 2014 #44

That's rich! Ash_F Sep 2014 #45

Yep. I suggested to one that he should get moved to the front since they didnt work so hard 7962 Sep 2014 #48

Well there is a reason why we mock signs like "No Socalized Medicin" which is held madinmaryland Sep 2014 #90

This may reflect the correlation dotymed Sep 2014 #139

Dyslexia abelenkpe Sep 2014 #15

$15 accounts for productivity gains jeff47 Sep 2014 #34

Just asking. Did you count the outrageous high rents now? BlueJazz Sep 2014 #91

Yes. jeff47 Sep 2014 #122

Oh..OK....I was just wondering. (I like getting the facts straight when I "Lay into" Republicans) BlueJazz Sep 2014 #123

Amen! bobGandolf Sep 2014 #29

So, how do we know .... Quasimodem Sep 2014 #42

"...could be a product of our public school systems that emphasis testing over learning..." CrispyQ Sep 2014 #82

That's it exactly. (nt) Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #86

They're being pushed so hard as part of a frantic minimal crew that they didn't have time to think NBachers Sep 2014 #102

Look closely at the letters on the sign. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #112

Indeed - which means they're attempting to become fluent in TWO languages, not just their calimary Sep 2014 #121

Very happy to K&R this. Should be applicable across the board bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #10

kand r and hurrah for david. niyad Sep 2014 #12

perfect... excellent... handmade34 Sep 2014 #14

The "fair tax" actually doesnt work that way. 7962 Sep 2014 #47

Well fucking said Prophet 451 Sep 2014 #17

Nicely said, Dave Cartoonist Sep 2014 #25

a decent rant hfojvt Sep 2014 #19

Not abusive Cartoonist Sep 2014 #26

False equivalence. Ash_F Sep 2014 #38

Exactly: Tolerate everything but intolerance. knightmaar Sep 2014 #50

ah no, his statement said hfojvt Sep 2014 #76

It is not abuse Ash_F Sep 2014 #78

and everybody thinks that their OWN attack is warranted hfojvt Sep 2014 #126

This has been thoroughly explained by multiple people, including myself Ash_F Sep 2014 #135

Arrrgggg! God I hate that type of thinking. Stop it! 20score Sep 2014 #51

I hate your type of thinking too. hfojvt Sep 2014 #77

Good strategy. Remain steadfast in your reactionary wrongness! Cheers! 20score Sep 2014 #83

my point hfojvt Sep 2014 #129

On the bloody morning after, NBachers Sep 2014 #103

LOL, the old "it's abusive to call out abuse" meme. Wrong. Dead wrong. bettyellen Sep 2014 #53

+1000 baldguy Sep 2014 #89

+2000 nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #128

Can you please give me a Facebook link to this? HomerRamone Sep 2014 #21

I cannot. It's from an Imgur account. TalkingDog Sep 2014 #24

Not enough magnification on Facebook. Thanks anyway HomerRamone Sep 2014 #32

you can right click and download the file, then.... steve2470 Sep 2014 #67

I used OCR to make a text version to go with the picture. Thaks for the suggestion, though! nt HomerRamone Sep 2014 #70

This popped up in my Facebo0ok feed; I wonder if it was yours? arcane1 Sep 2014 #80

David Gerrold rocks - TBF Sep 2014 #22

I think the subject line does not do it justice - many might have no idea what it is about karynnj Sep 2014 #35

It was not that long ago that we had a vice president that did not know the plural of potato. nt logosoco Sep 2014 #23

I have no problem with that spelling, frankly. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #27

Bravo, kind sir! Bravo! ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #28

I'm going to semi-defend Gerrold packman Sep 2014 #31

Its a software application Ruby the Liberal Sep 2014 #95

My husband made upwards of $30/hour as a CNC programmer. He was also dyslexic. ScreamingMeemie Sep 2014 #116

I looked at the sign and wondered what was wrong with it -- thinking salad bar and the green, frisee karynnj Sep 2014 #36

It too me a minute, too. randome Sep 2014 #46

I had the same response, and looked it up. Frisée, aka curly endive. Shrike47 Sep 2014 #59

I was confused to! BobbyBoring Sep 2014 #143

you nailed it. mountain grammy Sep 2014 #39

I've read a good amount of David Gerrold. His stuff is good. navarth Sep 2014 #49

He is an equal rights activist who is a hound on raising the minimum wage Ruby the Liberal Sep 2014 #96

Good to hear navarth Sep 2014 #109

Sometimes I completely forget how to spell a word. And sometimes I have to put it into google Maraya1969 Sep 2014 #52

Rather than "The GUY THAT wrote this sign" delete_bush Sep 2014 #54

Yes. Brigid Sep 2014 #60

Thanks! delete_bush Sep 2014 #79

I'm going to bet that guy who wrote that sign is dyslexic. MADem Sep 2014 #55

k and r...nt Stuart G Sep 2014 #56

I'm sick of the way the right-wing keeps the mantra that the poor need to Rozlee Sep 2014 #58

The majority of the workers at my local fast-food joints justiceischeap Sep 2014 #62

My parents never noticed anyone aside from Latinos working in the fields and Rozlee Sep 2014 #65

Social Control daredtowork Sep 2014 #106

Years ago I inherited some money. I remember after a week or so of it finally sinking in. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #94

I think that's just human nature. Rozlee Sep 2014 #107

Your words ring so true. I find it comforting to see people who wake up each day with all... BlueJazz Sep 2014 #115

A most righteous rant. Brigid Sep 2014 #61

I agree wholeheartedly Warpy Sep 2014 #63

"Maybe people will start to realize just how many adults are being paid suburban teenager wages." nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #130

How does he know the manager didn't write it? rocktivity Sep 2014 #64

For all anyone knows, a manager did write that. Brigid Sep 2014 #66

No, $15/hour is clearly not enough. The GOP should immediately make him a VP at $200K/yr TrollBuster9090 Sep 2014 #68

awesome rant by Mr. Gerrold steve2470 Sep 2014 #69

Not only that rock Sep 2014 #71

IME the worst spellers in the world have masters' degrees jmowreader Sep 2014 #72

Agree 100%.. I have been proofreading for my husband for 44 years SoCalDem Sep 2014 #74

A lot of lawyers making a few hundred bucks an hour can't spell. Misskittycat Sep 2014 #114

Using "that" to describe a human being negates any possible superiority claim. displacedtexan Sep 2014 #73

I just had a facebook argument Sweet Freedom Sep 2014 #75

Good for Mr. Gerrold on putting that moran in his place. ladyVet Sep 2014 #81

that was RIGHTEOUS! BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #85

Not particularly important treestar Sep 2014 #87

Hey, spelling is important. Just as Wisconsin Governer (sic) Scott Walker! Scuba Sep 2014 #88

Preach it! shenmue Sep 2014 #93

Loved it AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #97

Entitled douchebags complaining about a harmless sign, they could kindly offer to correct it whereisjustice Sep 2014 #98

Everyone needs to watch this video and listen very close. Milliesmom Sep 2014 #101

Why can't I think on my feet like that??? ret5hd Sep 2014 #104

He left off the final letter in frisee? MineralMan Sep 2014 #105

As a special education teacher with a reading specialist certificate, his spelling is not as bad as wcast Sep 2014 #108

Was probably management. n/t tazkcmo Sep 2014 #110

I dont know if I'd pay 15 an hour for the crap photoshop job that switched the "S" and "E" Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #111

Um... what don't you buy? That somebody would create a piece of propaganda to prove a point? TalkingDog Sep 2014 #117

Look closely at the allegedly misspelled sign itself. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #125

I did seem to notice some blurring/pixelation that would indicate a Photoshop job. nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #131

I fully realize it's not worth this level of conspiratorial overthinking. That said... Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #136

I wouldn't be surprised. n/t nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #138

it doesnt look shopped to me. mopinko Sep 2014 #142

I spent a grand total of five seconds on mine. If I was trying to put something over on Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #144

Totally Agree! bluedeer71 Sep 2014 #113

apart from all the other considerations mentioned here, I will add one more: the number niyad Sep 2014 #118

Right Wingers talk like a job,...ANY job is a cure all.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #124

"There are no freakin' french fries!" R. P. McMurphy Sep 2014 #127

Maybe he meant little old ME: WinkyDink Sep 2014 #132

My thoughts exactly, said better than I could. To David: MWAH! MWAH! MWAH! And a HUG!!! DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #133

How about the manager that approved the sign? marym625 Sep 2014 #140

It probably was the manager who wrote it. B Calm Sep 2014 #141

k&r for David's response and for labor. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #145