Author Topic: Idiot of the Day (Read 248821 times)

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #625 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:51:53 PM »

Well, MC, if I was making a joke website mocking teabaggers it would definitely have Ann Coulter on it.

NotMiki · « **Reply #626 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:58:15 PM »

Quote from: For your pleasure Tim Burton presents Schindler's List on April 19, 2009, 08:32:09 PM

Jesus Christ are you fucking kidding me.

On the plus side, the DA repudiated the cops when they wanted to bring the wiretapping charges and get the video taken down from youtube. So at least someone is acting properly.

Cotigo · « **Reply #627 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:49:13 PM »

True, but the fact that such a situation could even arise pisses me off to no end. I suppose the fact that it stopped when it did should offer some comfort, but it really doesn't.

NotMiki · « **Reply #628 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:42:54 AM »

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/21/harman/

Turs out, what's good for the goose is good for Rep. Jane Harman. Well, not good, exactly, because she's apparently been blackballed for agreeing to try to intervene in an ongoing investigation on behalf of the defendants, AIPAC lobbyists accused of giving state secrets to Israel, in exchange for them getting her the chair of the House Intelligence Committee by pressuring Pelosi. oops.

NotMiki · « **Reply #629 on:** April 27, 2009, 11:44:22 PM »

No IotD in nearly a week? C'mon, guys, the world ain't gettin' any smarter.

Case in point.

http://www.slate.com/id/2216714/?GT1=38001

NotMiki · « **Reply #630 on:** April 28, 2009, 01:51:26 AM »

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/04/27/2009-04-27_plane_stupid_mayor_bloomberg_outraged_over_military_photoop_involving_lowflying_.html

Triple post for institutional stupid.

Things to keep secret: Air Force One itinerary.

Things not to keep secret: Air Force One itinerary that involves 3 LOW-FLYING SWEEPS OVER LOWER MANHATTAN WHILE TRAILED BY A FIGHTER JET.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #631 on:** April 28, 2009, 02:28:06 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on April 27, 2009, 11:44:22 PM

No IotD in nearly a week? C'mon, guys, the world ain't gettin' any smarter.

Maybe we're becoming thicker-skinned.

Or complacent... or jaded. Too much of seeing the same kind of stupid, perhaps?

NotMiki · « **Reply #632 on:** April 28, 2009, 02:34:29 AM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on April 28, 2009, 02:28:06 AM

Too much of seeing the same kind of stupid, perhaps?

"I cheated on my wife while sleepwalking." is the same old stupid? good lord you ARE jaded.

Cotigo · « **Reply #633 on:** April 28, 2009, 04:06:07 PM »

Or busy. For many of us it is that time of year where we actually have to do work instead of browsing the internet for tardations.

Yoshiken · « **Reply #634 on:** April 28, 2009, 04:19:20 PM »

Not major, but something on the swine flu, seeing as there's been nothing yet. Was reading a BBC News article about it earlier, with one quote sticking out in particular:

"Britons are being advised to consider leaving Mexico."

Oh, yeah, nice going there. Let's tell them all to leave as opposed to, y'know, containing this potential pandemic. ¬_¬

(Article link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8022103.stm )

Edit: Oh, another epic quote from that article.

"Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said tests were being carried out on nine people who came into close contact with the pair and who also have "mild cold-like" symptoms."

Expect a lot of uninformed fools to start saying "I'm getting a cold - is it swine flu?!" (Yesterday's Xkcd comic sums this up brilliantly.)

Cotigo · « **Reply #635 on:** April 28, 2009, 04:29:50 PM »

I'm fully expecting this Swine flu thing to blow over like West SARS Nile did.

It should be noted that, although the swath of deaths in Mexico seems high, seasonal Influenza kills thousands of people a year. I'm not saying that we shouldn't take steps to contain the outbreak (which is, admittedly, largely WHY SARS and West Nile Virus didn't do more damage), but the whole panic is just stupid.

metroid composite · « **Reply #636 on:** April 28, 2009, 09:31:06 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwDigWvNBTA

Standard failblog fare, but still pretty amusing.

Cotigo · « **Reply #637 on:** April 29, 2009, 03:31:52 PM »

http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/world_superhero_registry_gallery.htm?

........ Way to miss the point of the book?

NotMiki · « **Reply #638 on:** May 02, 2009, 12:06:41 AM »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090427/ml-odd-israel-kosher-flu/

Israeli health official: the term Swine Flu is offensive. Let's rename it Mexican Flu!

NotMiki · « **Reply #639 on:** May 02, 2009, 04:32:27 AM »

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/the_fatal_attraction_method_of_debt_collection.php

Coulda sworn April Fools Day was last month...

NotMiki · « **Reply #640 on:** May 08, 2009, 02:22:19 AM »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/06/flu-fear-afghanistan-quar_n_197680.html

Afghanistan: saving the population from swine flu the easy way.

metroid composite · « **Reply #641 on:** May 08, 2009, 07:11:17 PM »

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=49315819

Aw yeah, TAing first year psychology.

Grefter · « **Reply #642 on:** May 10, 2009, 04:10:14 PM »

http://elitistjerks.com/f15/t57729-public_discussion_banhammer_infraction_seresthepriest_especially_idiotic/

Wow, this is fucking amazing. EJ is pretty much THE place for WoW theorycraft. This has nothing to do with that. This is a shining example for how they go above and beyond to keep the retarded out of their forums and as a general rule to mock it mercilessly. They blow all previous mockery out of the water here by stickying this in public discussion instead of just tucking it away in the archive of shit.

Grefter · « **Reply #643 on:** May 11, 2009, 02:55:15 PM »

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/06/financial/f152756D57.DTL

Guess what guys. AIG lied. They gave away four times as much money as they claimed (last time they got caught lying).

Edit - http://www.mosnews.com/weird/2009/05/06/drunkenminister/

Also for some more generic IotD

NotMiki · « **Reply #644 on:** May 12, 2009, 01:32:40 AM »

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/05/magic_fan_angry.html

the incident in question is at 1:20 on the video. yep, I bet the kid's seriously embarassed right now, but I don't think it was the push that did it.

metroid composite · « **Reply #645 on:** May 13, 2009, 06:01:35 AM »

http://www.wyseguys.com/shittyroomate.asp

Worst roommate ever?

Cotigo · « **Reply #646 on:** May 13, 2009, 07:28:15 AM »

http://www.1010wins.com/Ex-Student-Says-NJ-Medical-School-Discriminated/4374417

White guy says he's a white African American. People get pissed off, vandalize his car and harass him, university eventually gets offended and suspends him. Sounds like you can see why they got pissed, he's a white guy saying he's African American.

Oh, wait. He's white. He was born in Mozambique. And he later became a US citizen. So... he's a white African American.

...

NotMiki · « **Reply #647 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:50:29 PM »

Quote from: Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti on May 13, 2009, 07:28:15 AM

http://www.1010wins.com/Ex-Student-Says-NJ-Medical-School-Discriminated/4374417

White guy says he's a white African American. People get pissed off, vandalize his car and harass him, university eventually gets offended and suspends him. Sounds like you can see why they got pissed, he's a white guy saying he's African American.

Oh, wait. He's white. He was born in Mozambique. And he later became a US citizen. So... he's a white African American.

...

This is a terminology problem for America: we have no way of distinguishing people who have been here a while with people who are just off the boat. Obviously he doesn't fit the traditional definition of African-American, because it doesn't imply having ever lived in Africa at all. Asian-American is probably even murkier as a category.

superaielman · « **Reply #648 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:00:00 PM »

That case is more an idiocy problem than a terminology problem. The university had no right to suspend there in any case. If the lawsuit's true as claimed, they deserve idiot of the year.

Edit: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601127&sid=aHaGN9r0F698 I like the part about him trying to claim disability so he can collect his pension early.

metroid composite · « **Reply #649 on:** May 13, 2009, 06:49:06 PM »

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lifelong annual pension of $174,000.

O_O. That pension is higher than most people ever get in salary.

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