Too Stupid for Words category archive
Supply and Command 0
Badtux explores the shortage of medical personal protective equipment (PPE), explaining that it’s a result of an unprecedented and unplanned for spike in demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. He argues convincingly that the responsibility lies in only one place: the office of the man who was repeatedly warned that the pandemic was coming and did nothing. A snippet (emphasis added):
G-Farce 0
El Reg is less than amused that a major British media personality was legitimizing the loony theory that 5G cell phone towers are somehow responsible for a respiratory virus. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.
So Much Winning . . . . 0
When I go to a store wearing a cloth mask where an employee wearing a medical mask and gloves opens the door for me and asks if she can spray my hands with sanitizer before I enter (as happened to me yesterday), for some fool reason, I don’t feel as if winning is taking place.
An Off the Rails Reality Check 0
I am not sanguine.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Language.
It’s been nearly a month since the local supermarket we use most often has had either TP or paper towels on the shelves. To paraphrase my internet friend Brad, “I don’t get the toilet paper thing. It’s not diarrhea. It’s a respiratory disease.”
We are a society of stupid.
Antisocial Distancing 0
Florida Man (and paramedic) coughs on cashier because he’s fed up with “social distancing,” then defends himself by calling it a joke.
Antisocial Distancing 0
Florida Man tries to jump the line at the dollar store.
Nattering Nabobs of Narcissism 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Kristy Lee Hochenberger writes of the danger posed by narcissists who believe that they are entitled to ignore the advice of experts in these viral times. A snippet; follow the link to see whether her depiction of narcissism and narcissists reminds you of anyone in the news.
The April Fool 0
The sad thing is that this is quite plausible.
Don’t Look! 0
This is a classic example of treating the symptom, not the cause.
Words fail me.
The Epidemiologist Quacks Up 0
E. J. Montini warns us to get medical advice from persons who know what they are talking about.
Rand Gestures 0
And yes, Joe Patrice, to use your words, some Senators are indeed gobsmackingly stupid.