Too Stupid for Words category archive
Crisis Response, Florida Man Style 0
Brendan Kuty is–er–somewhat taken aback at the doings in the Florida Man state.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . unless you have allergies.
Coronastupid 0
David discusses the cavalcade of stupid with which some Americans have greeted COVID-19.
Twits on Twitter 0
Little Marco goes through a bad spell.
TSA Security Theatre 0
Bruce Schneier reports that the cap is off the bottles.
Twits on Twitter, the Entitlement Society Dept. 0
Honest to Betsy, the nerve of some people.
Facebook Frolics, Fallacious Flummery Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David Kyle Johnson reacts to a meme circulated by a person he calls, “Bob,” in which Bob lists all the world-ending crises he has survived. Said meme equates, to cite one example, Harold Camping’s rapture prediction* with avian flu.
Johnson points out that one thing is not like the other thing and warns against false equivalences in a time of COVID-19. A snippet:
Given the amount of stupid flowing down the disinformation superhighway, his piece is well worth the three minutes it will take to read it.
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*Man, I didn’t remember this one at all, but I don’t pay attention to crackpot preachers who are only in it for the money.
Stray Thought, One Tool in the Toolkit Dept. 0
It occurred to me last night that Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers have not realized that you can’t bully a virus.
Facebook Frolics, Going Viral Dept. 0
At Science 2.0, Hank Campbell warns us that Facebook is not a good place to study epidemiology.
Follow the link for his evidence.
Misdirection Play, Going Viral Dept. 0
Sam comments–well, more accurately, casts scorn–on a Fox News attempt to market the notion that the coronavirus and precautions against it are parts of a plot to bring down Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, life doesn’t go on.
Afterthought:
The sad and frightening thing is that persons who spend their days hermetically sealed inside the Fox News/AM talk radio bubble will likely be susceptible to this–at least until they self-quarantine.
And the Farce Renews 0
Once again, we have sprung forward in docile and sheep-like service to an unproven and likely baseless notion.
