Category: Stupidity
Flat Earth Society is Growing in the United States
July 10, 2017 - 9:26 am July 8, 2017 - 5:32 pm Chris	3 Comments 758 views
Damn the facts, full stupid ahead:
Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., three dozen Coloradans from every corner of the state assemble in the windowless back room of a small Fort Collins coffee shop. They have met 16 times since March, most nights talking through the ins and outs of their shared faith until the owners kick them out at closing.
They have no leaders, no formal hierarchy and no enforced ideology, save a common quest for answers to questions about the stars. Their membership has slowly swelled in the past three years, though persecution and widespread public derision keep them mostly underground. Many use pseudonyms, or only give first names.
"They just do not want to talk about it for fear of reprisals or ridicule from co-workers," says John Vnuk, the group's founder who lives in Fort Collins.
He is at the epicenter of a budding movement, one that's coming for your books, movies, God and mind. They're thousands strong — perhaps one in every 500 — and have proponents at the highest levels of science, sports, journalism and arts.
They call themselves Flat Earthers. Because they believe Earth — the blue, majestic, spinning orb of life — is as flat as a table.
And they want you to know. Because it's 2017.
"This is a new awakening," Vnuk says with a spark in his earth-blue eyes. "Some will accept it, some won't. But love it or hate it, you can't ignore Flat Earth."
Proposed bill deems children born through artificial insemination illegitimate children
February 12, 2017 - 10:14 am Chris	705 views
Because science makes baby Jesus cry?
NASHVILLE, TN (WMC) –
A proposed bill in the Tennessee General Assembly seeks to classify children born through artificial insemination as illegitimate children.
Representative Terry Lynn Weaver (R-Lancaster) proposed HB 1406, which is intended to repeal the current statute regarding children born through artificial insemination.
TCA 68-3-306 provides for the child to be considered the legitimate child of a husband and wife if the child is born through artificial insemination and with the consent of the husband.
"A child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination, with consent of the married woman's husband, is deemed to be the legitimate child of the husband and wife." (TCA 68-3-306)
However, the bill proposed by Weaver, with the Senate equivalent (SB 1153) proposed by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald), would repeal that statute and label the child as illegitimate despite the couple being married and both consenting.
Outraged
December 29, 2016 - 11:39 am Chris	2 Comments 987 views
Slate is so incensed by Cinnabon's tacky Princess Leia tweet that they actually ran an article on it titled: Twenty-Four Questions Raised By Cinnabon's Regrettable Tweet About Carrie Fisher.
The tweet was stupid but do we really need to ask 24 questions about it?
Then there's this: After Backlash, Steve Martin Deletes His Twitter Tribute to Carrie Fisher
I think we need to save our outrage for some more important stuff coming up. But I guess this is just business as usual on Twitter.
Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks.Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!
Stupidity / Twitter
Mother Upset That Child In School is Receiving an Education
October 5, 2016 - 7:43 pm Chris	3 Comments 1435 views
A mother wants a textbook change because it has the audacity to cover Islam. She doesn't seem to understand that there's a big difference between education and indoctrination.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN (WJHL)- A Sullivan County mother, upset about the way Islam is taught in her child's school took her concerns to the board of education Monday night.
Michelle Edmisten was the only parent to speak during public comment about how Islam is being taught in schools.
She pleaded with the board asking for an immediate change.
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"It is time as parents, teachers, and administrators we stand up and take back our families, our schools, and our country," Edmisten said.
Edmisten said her daughter just finished the Islam unit, and felt some of the assignments went against her beliefs as a Christian.
She said her daughter refused to complete some of the assignments regarding Islam because of those beliefs, and as a result failed several of those assignments.
Monday night, she asked board members to change the curriculum.
"I would like to see the Pearson book yanked from the school immediately. I would like to see parents, Christians, veterans, anyone that's anyone, stand up for this fight. How can I, as a Christian, say that I have these values? And I want to instill these values in my daughter, but then say its okay go ahead and do it," Edmisten said.
Board of Education members listened, but said changing a textbook involves a process.
Religion / Stupidity
Anti-Vaxxer Mom Changes Mind After Her Three Kids Fall Ill
September 26, 2016 - 6:35 pm Chris	2 Comments 996 views
Moron. Seriously, every fucking doctor out there says vaccinate your kids and you listen to Jenny Fucking McCarthy?
Kristen O'Meara chose not to vaccinate her young daughters because she was a big believer in anti-vaccination research. That changed when all three were stricken with a case of rotavirus, which causes acute stomach distress.
"It was awful, and it didn't have to happen, because I could have had them vaccinated. I felt guilty. I felt really guilty," she told ABC News.
O'Meara and her husband also fell ill.
A teacher living outside Chicago, she added that she had "scoured everything" about why vaccines might be harmful and had become "pretty convinced." She chose not to vaccinate based on the results of her research but had read only material that cast doubt.
"I put my kids at risk," she said. "I wish that I had taken more time to research from both sides before my children were born."
Her three children — all under the age of 7 — are now fully vaccinated, after an aggressive regimen to bring them up to date on recommended shots.
Health / Stupidity
A Mattress Company Remembers 9/11
September 8, 2016 - 7:30 pm Chris	8 Comments 1147 views
Did anybody involved say, "Maybe this isn't such a good idea?"
A San Antonio mattress store has drawn widespread criticism after posting a video on Facebook promoting a "Twin Towers Sale."
In the video, Miracle Mattress manager Cherise Bonanno says that there's no better way to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks than the sale, which offers any size mattress for the price of a twin mattress. Two employees stand in front of a pair of towers of mattresses and an American flag.
At the end of the video, which has since been removed from the store's Facebook page, Bonanno swings her arms and the employees tumble into the mattress towers, knocking them over.
Jerks Destroy Sandstone Formation
September 6, 2016 - 7:40 pm Chris	3 Comments 975 views
This is why we can't have nice things:
The Cape Kiwanda sandstone pedestal, a beloved spot on the Oregon Coast, appears to have been toppled intentionally in a video captured by visitor David Kalas of Hillsboro.
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