Too Stupid for Words category archive
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.
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.