Too Stupid for Words category archive
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Sara Gorman and Jack M. Gorman look at how “social” media helps spread dis- and misinformation about mental health and offer some suggestions for combating the flood of FUD. A snippet:
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The dialog, at about the 24 minute mark: You’ve got to ‘elp us, Ken.
The closed caption: You got elbows, Ken.
The words: They fail me.
About five minutes later:
The dialog, as Ken calls the name of another character: Rocky! Rocky!
The closed caption: Rookie! Rookie!
Afterthought:
Just because Big Tech calls it “intelligence” doesn’t make it so.
The Journalist 0
“Totally stole a car today! Something I never thought of doing,” Vanessa Guerra wrote.
Words fail me.
This Is Just Bananas 0
Just in case you need more evidence that wealth and intelligence are independent variable.
No Place To Hide 0
There’s a reason internet companies make their terms of service virtually unreadable.
It enables stuff like this.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
It just keeps getting coarser.
Influencer Idiocy, Reprise 0
I previously observed that the internet, particularly “social” media, is an incubator of stupid.
Here’s another example for the exhibit table.
Freedom of Screech 0
Donald Trump’s fee-fees are hurt because he didn’t get his way, so he’s filed (yet another) empty suit. From Above the Law:
Issues Voters . . . 0
These voters seem to have issues.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
It just keeps getting coarser.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this up.
Untruth in Labeling 0
More stuff you couldn’t make up.
Keystone Kops of the Kali Kind 0
Even Mack Sennett could not have made this up.
Phoning It In 0
Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Paper Fail 0
Arthur Dobrin went shopping and was somewhat taken aback by what he encountered. A snippet (emphasis added):
Then I realized what was going on: the carts were piled high with toilet paper.
(snip)
The dockworkers’ strike will have very little, if any, effect on toilet paper availability. This is because toilet paper products are domestic and are shipped by truck around the country. Products that are reliant on overseas shipments, such as bananas, will be in short supply if the strike lasts long.
If there is a toilet paper shortage, it will have been caused by panic buying.
We are a society of stupid.
Misdirection Play: about Those “Issues” 0
Dick Polman has a message for those who say that they don’t know enough about Kamala Harris’s positions on “the issues” (follow the link for context):
Afterthought:
Honest to Betsy, it’s not like she’s keeping her positions secret. There’s this thing called “a website.”
You may have heard of it.
Georgia on His Mind 0
The wrong Georgia, that is.
Originalist Sin 0
It’s encoded in Cannon law.
