Stupid people, news, etc.

[OldAirmail]

Ok, the post above was about people making stupid exaggerations. There's no need to be overly dramatic with the subject.


THIS story, however, takes being Stupid to new heights.

The case of the painted lady

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Yes. She actually painted her whole body thinking that it would look like a great tan.

Some other twit, Amy Ridler, gave her the idea on Facebook.

Imogen Silversides, the star of this post, saw that Amy Ridler's post about painting yourself with a roller had gotten over 21,000 "likes". How could she, Imogen, go wrong?

Well, it worked. Imogen's picture got over 41,000 likes.

I always "like" a good laugh too, although I would hope that she gets spayed soon.



I'd like to say that we, in the US, are better off. But we have plenty of people like her. Of course, I don't think that I've heard of anyone over here painting on a "tan" in the same way.

[logjam]

The word "budget" comes to mind. How much is left in the budget to pay how many metric scientists to continue being employed? Scary!

[OldAirmail]

Jihadists are being shot by "Jesus rifles".

Oh the humanity!



Considering all the horrendous and inhumane stuff that the Taliban, ISIS, and Al Qaeda do, I find it ludicrous that they're complaining about the "Jesus rifles".

Military Discovers They've Been Using Guns Marked With Bible Codes, AKA 'Jesus Guns'



I do understand that the US military doesn't want to provoke more jihadists, but even if we stop breathing, they'll still hate western civilization.

[OldAirmail]

OMG! This isn't a "blond woman joke, it's for real.

Passenger thinks Penn prof from Italy is terrorist, flight is delayed

An olive-complexioned, curly-haired University of Pennsylvania economics professor was deeply focused while scribbling an algebraic equation Thursday night, waiting aboard an American Airlines flight....

He didn't have time to talk to the passenger next to him - a blond-haired woman wearing flip-flops who appeared to be in her 30s.

His behavior, his looks, and the little that he said to his seatmate apparently frightened her. She passed a note to a flight attendant.

The next thing that Guido Menzio, 40, knew, the plane had returned to a gate at Philadelphia International Airport. Menzio - who is Italian - was met by what he described as an "FBI looking man-in-black."
....
He was told the passenger thought he was a terrorist.

The moral of the story is that if you find yourself sitting next to a blond woman and don't pay attention to her, she'll turn you in for acting strange.

[OldAirmail]

Am I the only one worried about "higher" education?


The short story - The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) had someone come on campus for a murder-suicide.

After shots were heard on campus, everyone was told to shelter in place (stay where they were).

Students in the Engineering IV building noticed that there were no locks on most of the doors.

BTW - As building code requires, all doors open outward.



Here's a short story praising (I suppose) the ingenuity of the students.

UCLA Students on Active Shooter Lockdown Are Engineering the Hell Out of Doors Without Locks

"...engineering the hell out of doors without locks"



These picture demonstrate the ingenuity of our best and brightest.



To protect the students privacy, I've obscured their identity.


Lets suppose that it was an attack by islamic terrorists as used to happen at Israeli universities.

Does anyone think that tying lightweight office equipment to a door knob would keep anyone out? Anyone older than 13 that is.

And in the second picture, is that an overhead projector on an audio-visual cart? They usually have wheels don't they?


So is it just me, or does anyone else think that this is pathetic?

[logjam]

The engineering principle behind this seemingly unintelligent effort is that as the door opens outward, any attempt to open them would be thwarted by the equipment jamming against the door jamb, thereby getting them out of a jam. Mind you the door would then not be a door, but ajar. (slightly)Presumably they could then continue jamming uninterrupted inside.

[OldAirmail]

San Francisco pol wants flyover ban so
Blue Angels can't 'strafe' city

“It’s about them crashing and hitting a building — a place where people live,” Avalos told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s about the terror that they cause in people when they strafe neighborhoods. That’s something I hear about all the time when Blue Angels fly overhead.”

In 2012, he was conflicted over whether to name a ship after Harvey Milk, one of the nation’s first openly gay politicians, who was gunned down by a colleague in 1978. Avalos wondered how Milk might have felt about the idea, so he used a Ouija board to solicit his opinion.

God must love idiots, He made so many.





Hhhmmmm

I wonder if we should start a war of secession.

If he doesn't like the Blue Angels "killing machines" strafing San Francisco, he probably doesn't have his own "killing machines".

I want to force San Francisco to ceded from the union!

[B0ikat]

The guy sounds like a pie-eyed idiot.

If he doesn't like the Blue Angels "killing machines" strafing San Francisco, he probably doesn't have his own "killing machines".

I guess when the Il-78's start landing, he'll meet them at the airport to watch them let out the Asian butterflies and give out free puppies.

[OldAirmail]

Well... yes .... but that's an entirely different story. Those are the Good Guys!




OOPS! Secede ( ) from the union.

[Anthindelahunt]

What next?

The Canadian Snowbirds bombing the city with snowballs?

Anthin.

[logjam]

Yeah, an if they're not careful we'll send all our Canadian geese down there to poop over their beaches.

[Anthindelahunt]

Go Canadian goose,you good thing.

Anthin.

[Hawkeye07]

Yeah, an if they're not careful we'll send all our Canadian geese down there to poop over their beaches.

I vote for sending the geese in now as a pre-emptive strike.

[Anthindelahunt]

Followed by a battalion of Turkeys.

Anthin.

[OldAirmail]

Can I change this to "stupid judges and people"?

Sure, why not.


First off, I'm not really criticizing the judge or this individual. He/she wants to be Whatever, fine. Doesn't bother me. So far.

But we live in a twitter era where stupidity is something to be held up for all to admire.

The new philosophy is "I emote, therefore I am", and every idiot thinks that their life has great value because of their emotions, and NOT for what they've accomplished.


To point - Oregon judge allows person to change gender from female to 'non-binary'

Now, unlike most, this guy has had it lopped off, along with other changes. You've gotta respect someone's dedication to an idea who'll go that far.


So where is the stupidity?

"It's a huge barrier to being able to live your life, to having a driver license, to employment, to having records about your life, transcripts, all of those things," Haque said. "In all the ways our lives are gendered in ways they frankly don't have to be, it can be a barrier for people whose identities aren't easily put in a box."

However, Shupe said her win felt “liberating.”


Believe it or not, Jamie and Haque, there are some things that are even harder to live with. Just ask a wounded vet.