Too Stupid for Words category archive
Dis Coarse Stupid Discourse
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Aside:
No, I didn’t watch the Oscars. I generally avoid awards shows.
I have no interest in watching show business–er–pleasure itself.
We are a society of stupid.
The Disinformation Superhighway, Bad Fad Dept. 0
Robert Bartholomew, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, takes a look at the role of “social” media in popularizing bad fads. A snippet (emphasis added):
Being part of an internet challenge by filming and uploading one’s exploits can make it seem more acceptable and strengthen the connection to one’s online peers. It can also foster a feeling that ‘everyone’s doing it so it must be OK.’ The ‘Orbeez Challenge’ is the latest in a long list of potentially dangerous internet fads. One recent social media challenge involved daring someone to swallow a spoonful of powdered cinnamon without any water. The so-called ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ has resulted in several students being hospitalized with breathing problems from the fine powder entering their lungs, causing inflammation and scarring.
A Question of Timing 0
Aside:
I think making daylight savings time permanent is a profoundly stupid idea. It’s been tried–and failed–before. But we seem to have become a society incapable of learning from–indeed, even hostile to–history.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and see the America close up.
Breaking Wind 0
What’s with Donald Trump’s weird hangup with windmills?
Blights of the Open Road 0
David comments on the convoy of crazy. (Short commerical at the end.)
We are a society of stupid.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
At the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Patricia Murphy discusses a number of absolutely screwy proposals that have lately been introduced in the Georgia legislature. One, for example, would drop the requirement to vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies, a requirement that has been validated by over a century of science and experience.
You can read the full story at the link. Indeed, I urge you do do so–some of these bills are completely unmoored from reality.
I point only to this telling excerpt to illustrate that some in our polity have chosen to live–and vote–in a fantasy world:
“Actually it’s well documented,” state Sen. Elena Parent responded.
“Well you have your facts, I have my facts, so that’s fair,” he reasoned.
Taking a beat, Parent responded, “Um, no.”
