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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:02 AM Sep 2021

People who don't "do" irony ...

They're the people who scream Don't get vaccinated against Covid - and then die of Covid.

They're the people who yell Don't tell ME what to do with my own body - and then attack those who are getting vaccinated because they are choosing to do what they want to do with their own bodies.

They're the people who claim dominion over their own bodies when it comes to refusing to protect themselves against a deadly pandemic - but believe the government has a right to tell women that their bodies are subject to government interjection.

They're the people who claim to be Jesus-loving Christians while voting against any efforts to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, or care for the sick and dying.

They're the people who call themselves "patriots" while storming the Capitol in an attempt to overthrow democracy, and kill those trying to protect it.

They're the people who epitomize the concept of irony - but are just too stupid to appreciate it.

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People who don't "do" irony ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Sep 2021 OP
This just the start of a very long list The Blue Flower Sep 2021 #1
America. multigraincracker Sep 2021 #2
Wow!!! Traildogbob Sep 2021 #7
Not sure how you do it. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #10
Sounds like enough stickers to cover the back of a pickup gate: church - gun - china shit - complain erronis Sep 2021 #14
DAYUM, that's a good one!!! calimary Sep 2021 #25
Terrific piece Pantagruel Sep 2021 #3
Irony requires thought The Wizard Sep 2021 #4
Mr. Krabs said "crabs are born without an innate sense of irony" cojoel Sep 2021 #5
K&R spanone Sep 2021 #6
Wonderful mgardener Sep 2021 #8
Thank You for posting...K and R....Great Post on "Irony" Stuart G Sep 2021 #9
Perfectly stated again Nance. Dang you're good. You should have a column or spots on cable. Serious. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #11
They're also the people who tell other people, especially women, MineralMan Sep 2021 #12
Have to think about this a lot. Even if you are at the 50 percentile Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #13
"Cruelty and lack of compassion for other human beings" PatSeg Sep 2021 #16
True. But do you think it correlates to covid? The same theory Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #21
That does appear to be true, PatSeg Sep 2021 #22
Irony Deficiency is a life threatening condition... Probatim Sep 2021 #15
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Sep 2021 #17
bingo! E. Normus Sep 2021 #18
they are just too stupid... True, but those effected by Saturnism may be slow ffr Sep 2021 #19
Irony Impairment... bpcmxr Sep 2021 #20
Spot on, as always, niyad Sep 2021 #23
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #24
It's performative irony Silent3 Sep 2021 #26
They claim Jesus will protect them from Covid thucythucy Sep 2021 #27

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)
1. This just the start of a very long list
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:11 AM
Sep 2021

Pick any indicator of compassion or morality and you'll find the same gross hypocrisy.

Traildogbob

(8,720 posts)
7. Wow!!!
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 12:27 PM
Sep 2021

That is the bumper sticker I want. I live in a rural WNC county. We are thick with churches, gun stores and dollar stores, equal in numbers and strategically place near each other. Go to church, go to gun store, then go buy China shit while bitching about China. Filled with hate. Filled with trump.

erronis

(15,241 posts)
14. Sounds like enough stickers to cover the back of a pickup gate: church - gun - china shit - complain
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 01:20 PM
Sep 2021

All comes from and leads to trump and his libertarian allies (and foreign devils, of course.)

calimary

(81,220 posts)
25. DAYUM, that's a good one!!!
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 08:41 AM
Sep 2021

Definitely belongs on a bumper sticker!

“ America. So many churches and so little love.”

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
4. Irony requires thought
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:42 AM
Sep 2021

and thinking is a form of work. They're essentially lazy and stupid. Lazy and stupid is the original meaning of the word nixxer. They are what they project onto others. They feel entitled because of their melanin shortage. Whoever turned this illness into a political football deserves a blindfold and cigarette for the dead bodies in their wake. I forget, who called it a "Democrat hoax?"

MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
12. They're also the people who tell other people, especially women,
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 12:58 PM
Sep 2021

what they can and cannot do with their bodies.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
13. Have to think about this a lot. Even if you are at the 50 percentile
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 01:06 PM
Sep 2021

as far as IQ, half the rest of the people in the whole country are dumber. However what you say adds a new dimension, cruelty and lack of compassion for other human beings. I assume that correlates with IQ

PatSeg

(47,412 posts)
16. "Cruelty and lack of compassion for other human beings"
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 01:31 PM
Sep 2021

And that goes beyond IQ. Very intelligent, well educated people can be extremely cruel and insensitive. They are often the most dangerous, using their superior brains to look down on other less worthy people, while exerting power over them. Many of them tend to go into politics.

Some of the kindest, most compassionate people I have known did not have high IQs, but they had enormous hearts and a moral center.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
21. True. But do you think it correlates to covid? The same theory
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 05:16 PM
Sep 2021

I've been trying to think of a high IQ person I know that won't take the vaccine and haven't thought of any. Although I guess you've got self-centeredness and empathy for others as a factor too.

I just know a lot of low IQ people and none of them are vaccinated.

Back to the drawing board Pat LOL

PatSeg

(47,412 posts)
22. That does appear to be true,
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:29 PM
Sep 2021

though I have encountered quite a few anti vaccine people who appear to be relatively intelligent, but also brainwashed. It is such a weird phenomenon, as you can't always predict who will take the crazy path. My ex husband is one of the smartest men I've known and he's bought into the most bizarre conspiracy crap. We were all shocked. Some people just seem to be more vulnerable, even if they are smart.

I don't think there are any simplistic answers, though certainly lower intelligence people would usually be more susceptible. That drawing board has gone through a whole lot of changes the past four or five years!

ffr

(22,669 posts)
19. they are just too stupid... True, but those effected by Saturnism may be slow
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 01:50 PM
Sep 2021

to recognize that the damage to their brains is more significant than they realize. A brain that is broken in the way that theirs is cannot be reasoned with.



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