Too Stupid for Words category archive
. . . To an Epidemic of Stupid 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., offers a eulogy for competence. A snippet:
Follow the link for the recap.
Trumpling Science 0
And, for more Trumpling of scientists. . . .
Just the Vaxx, Ma’am, There’s No Vaccination for Stupid Dept. 0
NJ.com attempted to talk with two New Jersey State Senators their anti-vaccine stance. Here’s how it went (emphasis added):
He said he read articles on the Internet: “Social media is full of them.”
We wondered, if he doesn’t trust the overwhelming scientific consensus that vaccines are safe, does he believe the 97 percent of scientists who say human activity contributes to global warming?
“Am I Encyclopedia Britannica?” he countered.
The stupid. It burns.
(More stupid at the link.)
Suffering from Consumption 0
I just took a legitimate on-line survey from a legitimate on-line survey outfit in which “watching the news” was referred to as “consuming content.”
You don’t “consume” news, for Pete’s sake. You watch it or read it or listen to it or perhaps even witness it first-hand.
You “consume” peanut butter (or sardines or chocolates or what have you).
We are a society of stupid.
Bringing New Meaning to the Term, “Cell Phone” 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
We’ve Gone App Sappy 0
We are a society of electronic stupid.
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After Paul says Gig Share suggested that she and her companion sleep in the car overnight on the side of the road, she called for a tow truck “to move us three miles down the road where there is cell service so we can start our car[.] The future is dumb.”
Follow the link. You may find this difficult to imagine, but it gets stupider.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
From coffee break to coffee broken.
Epidemiology, Reprise 0
As I have mentioned before, the panic being fomented, primarily on cable news and “social” media, over the coronavirus is wholly disproportional to the threat. And now that panic is going viral in its own inimical way.
Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich explore this at Psychology Today Blogs. A snippet:
This is because growing fears toward groups associated with emerging epidemic diseases act to hasten disease spread. This may seem counterintuitive, but it is all because of the way stigma undermines effective public health responses. For coronavirus, that stigma is targeting people from China. It is happening all over, including at Arizona State, our own university campus . . . .
Follow the link for their description of how such reactions hinder effective public health responses.
Twitterer-in-Chief 0
As David points out, this isn’t normal.
Or is it the new normal?
Twits on Twitter 0
A pointlessly prevaricating pretend-pedant twit.
Information superhighway my anatomy.
Traffic-jam of terrible is more like it.
Yet More Cause for Despair 0
We are a society of stupid.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Full story at the link.