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conuly1. "Oh, but cloth bags are *really* bad for the environment! You have to use them 138 times to make up for the energy cost!"
So, um, about once a week for two and a half years? Seems about right to me. My cloth bags have paid for themselves. Huzzah!
2. "Uh, no, people can buy diapers with food stamps. Stop being so naive!"
No, they can't. That's why they're called food stamps. Doofus. FFS, you could've googled this.
3. "This story is being perpetuated by the lying liberal media!"
(That story was being presented by Fox News. Lying, maybe. Liberal? Not so much.)
4. "Oh, oh, but I can never remember to bring my bags! What a chore!"
Yeah, well, sometimes I arrive at the store with no means to pay for food and I have to go back home to fetch cash, but I don't accuse the store of oppressing me by asking for money. Put your bags where you can see them. Then you're less likely to forget.
5. "But the family benefits momentarily from a pregnancy because they get more money for food which means they can spend money else where. " (This one isn't a paraphrase)
a. I believe you mean "monetarily" and b. no, no, they don't. SNAP and welfare do not add up to all that much money. No, not even if you have a LOT of kids.
6. "Women can hold their pee much longer than men! The issue is makeup!"
No, we cannot. The issue is that women have smaller bladders (to make room for the womb), get pregnant (about 4% of women in the US are pregnant at any given time), and then generally have to take small children to the bathroom a lot more often than men do. Plus, we have to take off more clothes to pee, and we have to use the bathroom to deal with menstruation. I assure you, personal grooming is NOT the reason we have longer lines.
7. "People voted for Trump because he's not an elite! Only parasites wanted Clinton!"
I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.
8. "We're a republic, not a democracy!"
And you don't even know what those words mean! You also don't know what the words "elite" or "parasite" mean, just like the guy above you. I mean, I'm assuming here, but it seems a fairly safe assumption.
9. "PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BEING OFFENDED!!!!!! I just get so MAD that we can't just ENJOY a simple MOVIE without people making a BIG DEAL about things!!!!"
Take. Your. Own. Advice.
10. "My doctor said the law says this." "Here is the relevant government webpage spelling out the law in question. Your doctor is wrong." "It's mean of you to call my very smart doctor a liar! You can put anything on the internet, you know!"
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Shockingly, I usually manage to avoid the worst of it, but I don't know, this week... it's like the entire internet has turned silly in a bad way.
So, um, about once a week for two and a half years? Seems about right to me. My cloth bags have paid for themselves. Huzzah!
2. "Uh, no, people can buy diapers with food stamps. Stop being so naive!"
No, they can't. That's why they're called food stamps. Doofus. FFS, you could've googled this.
3. "This story is being perpetuated by the lying liberal media!"
(That story was being presented by Fox News. Lying, maybe. Liberal? Not so much.)
4. "Oh, oh, but I can never remember to bring my bags! What a chore!"
Yeah, well, sometimes I arrive at the store with no means to pay for food and I have to go back home to fetch cash, but I don't accuse the store of oppressing me by asking for money. Put your bags where you can see them. Then you're less likely to forget.
5. "But the family benefits momentarily from a pregnancy because they get more money for food which means they can spend money else where. " (This one isn't a paraphrase)
a. I believe you mean "monetarily" and b. no, no, they don't. SNAP and welfare do not add up to all that much money. No, not even if you have a LOT of kids.
6. "Women can hold their pee much longer than men! The issue is makeup!"
No, we cannot. The issue is that women have smaller bladders (to make room for the womb), get pregnant (about 4% of women in the US are pregnant at any given time), and then generally have to take small children to the bathroom a lot more often than men do. Plus, we have to take off more clothes to pee, and we have to use the bathroom to deal with menstruation. I assure you, personal grooming is NOT the reason we have longer lines.
7. "People voted for Trump because he's not an elite! Only parasites wanted Clinton!"
I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.
8. "We're a republic, not a democracy!"
And you don't even know what those words mean! You also don't know what the words "elite" or "parasite" mean, just like the guy above you. I mean, I'm assuming here, but it seems a fairly safe assumption.
9. "PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BEING OFFENDED!!!!!! I just get so MAD that we can't just ENJOY a simple MOVIE without people making a BIG DEAL about things!!!!"
Take. Your. Own. Advice.
10. "My doctor said the law says this." "Here is the relevant government webpage spelling out the law in question. Your doctor is wrong." "It's mean of you to call my very smart doctor a liar! You can put anything on the internet, you know!"
...
Shockingly, I usually manage to avoid the worst of it, but I don't know, this week... it's like the entire internet has turned silly in a bad way.
