These people are the reason my electric blanket has a tag telling me not to use it in the shower

[KelleyKramer]

My God

Kind of explains how a certain percentage of Americans still can't see that Trump is dumber than a bag of dirt .........


38% of Americans wouldn't buy Corona beer "under any circumstances" because of the coronavirus, according to a recent survey.

Just to be abundantly clear: There is no link between the virus and the beer.

Link to tweet

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[Habibi]

1. I feel like I should pick up a six-pack of Corona today.

Lime optional.

[blugbox]

16. Corona virus AND lyme disease?!

You are really asking for it!

[whistler162]

2. Ayds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds

Move along nothing new to see here

[True Blue American]

8. I used those once

To lose 20 Lbs after childbirth. I asked my Doctor for something to lose weight.. That was back when pills were supposed to be miracle workers. He told me the best way to lose weight was to put my hands against the table and push back.

Made me angry, I bought a calorie book, went on a thousand calorie a day diet, using Ayds, (25 Calories,) for my sweet tooth, I lost over 20 Lbs. Shocked the heck out of him! I can still see his face.

To this day I know that is the way to lose weight.

[CaptYossarian]

13. This is most likely the Freedumb Fries crowd.

Because the actual fries were created by a chef named French.

While working in a bakery, I once told a young kid to wash his hands after touching yeast so he wouldn't get yeast infection. He rushed over to the sink. All the women were laughing.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. Another 38% will believe it will cure coronavirus.

KY............

[sl8]

5. What the Dubious Corona Poll Reveals

Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2020, 06:50 AM - Edit history (1)

From https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/607240/ :

What the Dubious Corona Poll Reveals

Americans are desperate to believe the worst about one another.

YASCHA MOUNK
FEBRUARY 28, 2020


Corona beer bottles
HENRY ROMERO / REUTERS

Have you heard that 38 percent of Americans won’t drink Corona beer, because they are afraid of contracting the coronavirus?

For the past hours, this finding has spread across the internet like wildfire (or, more apt, a dangerous disease). CNN, the New York Post, and Vice all wrote up the poll.

On Twitter, where “38% of Americans” was the top national trend for parts of the day, many writers with large followings used it as an occasion to condemn their fellow citizens as idiots. “38% of Americans shouldn’t be allowed to roam free,” Benjamin Dreyer, an author, wrote.

The problem here is that the poll, published by the PR agency 5WPR, absolutely did not find what the wags on Twitter say it did. Its dissemination, however, does tell us an awful lot about a screwed-up media system that allows unscrupulous companies and individuals to spread misinformation.

[...]

More at link.

[BigmanPigman]

10. From the article at the link....

"But this connection is manufactured, and Torossian is ignoring far more mundane reasons Americans might not buy a Corona, including that they don’t like the taste. Of those Americans who did report regularly drinking Corona, only 4 percent said they would now stop drinking the beer."

That is a 34% difference from the bogus 38%.

[cwydro]

14. And this nonsense about people afraid to drink Corona has been posted at least half a dozen time

right here on DU.

[Duppers]

6. Omg, seriously?!! 😵

Don't whether to laugh or to cry?

[robbedvoter]

7. It's funny, but not real

[GoneOffShore]

9. The statiscal sample was so small as to be meaningless.

[wishstar]

11. Reminds me of rightwingers spreading rumor that Target was Muslim owned foreign French company

That rumor took hold in 2004 when Target wouldn't let Salvation Army bellringers set up outside their stores and France had opposed the Iraq war and wouldn't send troops. Repub (ex)friends of mine actually believed that due to their partipation in viral chain emails and I would expect that Trumper rightwingers with animosity to Mexico are equally gullible to the false Corona rumors on rightwing social media.

[markbark]

12. I'd be willing to bet that

a good percentage of those who would not buy Corona "under any circumstances" also added "Whatchoo buyin that Messican crap for anyhoo. You oughta be buyin and drinkin MURICAN bee, dammit!"

[Ligyron]

15. I was pretty sure this was fake first I heard it.

They're dumb alrite but not that many dumb.

If it looks and feels too good to be true...

[yellowcanine]

17. I call bullshit on that poll.

That is all.