Borowitz (satire): Many in Nation Tired of Explaining Things to Idiots

[ashling]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/many-in-nation-tired-of-explaining-things-to-idiots

Of the many obvious things that people are sick and tired of trying to get through the skulls of stupid people, the fact that climate change will cause catastrophic habitat destruction and devastating extinctions tops the list, with a majority saying that they will no longer bother trying to explain this to cretins.

Coming in a close second, statistical proof that gun control has reduced gun deaths in countries around the world is something that a significant number of those polled have given up attempting to break down for morons.

Finally, a majority said that trying to make idiots understand why a flag that symbolizes bigotry and hatred has no business flying over a state capitol only makes the person attempting to explain this want to put his or her fist through a wall.

In a result that suggests a dismal future for the practice of explaining things to idiots, an overwhelming number of those polled said that they were considering abandoning such attempts altogether, with a broad majority agreeing with the statement, “This country is exhausting.”

[Betty Karlson]

1. Where would we be without satire?

The world would be unbearable. Thanks for the smile on my face.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Now available in the conservative book club

"Dumbing it Down for Idiots"

[Gothmog]

3. I love good satire

[ProfessorGAC]

4. I'm Not Sure Why This Is Satire!

I know i fell that way, and i mean it. No satire. No irony. No sarcasm. You can't fix stupid in some people.

[annabanana]

6. I'm with YOU, Prof..

You just have to start TOO FAR BACK to get these idiots up to speed. Undoing the massive amounts of misinformation they've ingested IS exhausting.

[Enthusiast]

8. Me too.

[47of74]

10. I am also with you.

It just gets old trying to explain things to reich wing trolls who five minutes after you try to explain something in a reasonable, calm fashion will be right back with their juvenile name calling and reich wing hate radio talking points.

[Fumesucker]

11. Nope, not satire.

I got tired of that ten years ago.

[world wide wally]

5. If you think these are difficult, wait till you try explaining why trickle down economics doesn't

work!

[IDemo]

7. Because Dutch Reagan..

[Enthusiast]

9. That must be it. Because there are no viable reasons for supply side to work.

Well, it works great at giving the well off more money.

[benld74]

12. My favorite post in FB during "discussions with idiots: is below

Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon... No

matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board


and strut around like it won anyway.

[Electric Monk]

13. K&R for pissing off all the right people

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172169598

[ashling]

14. Thanks

and thanks for the link

[seveneyes]

15. No fucking clue ...

[awoke_in_2003]

16. K&R

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" Ernest Hemingway

I live in Texas- I am drunk a lot