Comments on: My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night.

By: asiangrrlMN

asiangrrlMN — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:01:51 +0000

Well, considering that’s pretty much what folk religion in general is based upon, it’s not a surprise.

TBogg, you cannot take a vacation because my sanity depends on you reading this shit so I don’t have to sully my innocent mind with all the paranoid bullshit. Yes, you are taking one for the team. Enjoy your martyrdom!

By: woodrowfan

woodrowfan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:59:02 +0000

Stick: It helps to think of Rush/Faux/Beck as a cult with the usual cutting off of contacts with non-believers, the non-reality based world-view, etc. A couple years after my Dad died my Mom took me aside to say there was something about my father I should know. I immediately though, OMG he was married before and I had step-siblings or something. Nope, she whispered, “he listened to Rush Limbaugh.” I knew Dad was a Republican but I was horrified. My Mom assured me that she didn’t let him listen to him when she was around and if my Dad turned Rush on in the car my Mom “made him turn that idiot off.”

By: StringonaStick

StringonaStick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:38 +0000

Ha! I tried that “agree to disagree” over an easily debunked with Snopes bit of email lunacy from my wingnut father. That was 2 years ago and I haven’t heard from him since. Well, except for the “I believe it, so GOODBYE!” email I got in reply. He always was a paranoid righty, but now he has shoved all his relatives away in favor of his BFF, Rush and O’Reilly. One-sided conversations (meaning “yelling”) always were his specialty.

By: TheKenoshaKid

TheKenoshaKid — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:12 +0000

Obviously I have been reading way too much of this crap in the service of blogging and I really need a vacation.

Snark never sleeps.

By: Hatmandu

Hatmandu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:57 +0000

Hillary w/jetpack. That funny.

By: Sagra

Sagra — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:59 +0000

It works better if your target is still capable of feeling shame, so don’t bother trying it with politicians.

By: MichiganMarkW

MichiganMarkW — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:30 +0000

“…add a snarky line about what kind of Christian would send such a vile, hateful lie without spending 60 seconds to see if it was true.”

This is very effective; call the liars on their lies to all of their contacts. You’re not trying to change the original sender’s mind, just preventing the spread of misinformation.

By: Downpuppy

Downpuppy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:07 +0000

I have to assume that by “vacation” you mean “a stealth mission to track down the Princess Jesus Boobies masturbation tape”.

By: kama

kama — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:59:18 +0000

What drives me nuts is the people that, when engaged in discussion, just “know” some fact to be true without offering any coherent reasoning/proof behind it. Realizing that it is impossible nor profitable to argue with a revolving door, I just give up and use the ‘ol “We just have to agree to disagree.”

By: woodrowfan

woodrowfan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:28:24 +0000

I found a good way to get off thos emailing lists is to not only do a “reply all” with Snopes, but to add a snarky line about what kind of Christian would send such a vile, hateful lie without spending 60 seconds to see if it was true.

This also cuts down on the ol’ Christmas card list, BTW,,,,