Which is why I both love and hate it. Most of the time it’s highly amusing, but then I stop and realize these people can vote. In fairness, The Onion can sound convincingly real and, at times, oddly prescient, but a lot of these news items are so ridiculous that you’d have to have the . . . → Read More: “Literally Unbelievable” is one of those soul crushing websites that document the gullibility of the average person.
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Republicans have mastered the art of looking like they’re doing something when they’re not really doing anything. Because we wouldn’t want there to be any chance something might pass that both sides actually agreed on. Boehner schedules fake vote on bipartisan payroll tax holiday extension Pretty slimey, even for Boehner. He scheduled a “vote” on . . . → Read More: Republicans have mastered the art of looking like they’re doing something when they’re not really doing anything. 
We’ve mentioned here on SEB before that studies have shown that watching FOX News will make you stupid. So it probably shouldn’t be a big surprise that there is yet another study that pretty much says the same thing. OK, to be fair, what it says is that not watching any news at all will . . . → Read More: Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don’t watch news at all. 
Cartoon by XKCD (http://xkcd.com/51/). I write about stupid people pretty often so I’m not often surprised by what they do, but this surprised me. Apparently there is a group on Facebook which you can join to find out about Pox Parties in your area or to arrange to have infected items sent to you . . . → Read More: The anti-vaxers are holding Pox Parties to intentionally infect their kids. 
Harold Camping at 6:01PM Saturday, May 21st, 2011. Hey, remember back in May when apocalyptic preacher Harold Camping’s prediction that the world would end on the 21st of that month totally failed to happen? His excuse at the time was that it was a “spiritual” judgement day and the actual apocalypse — the part with . . . → Read More: SEB PSA: You have 3 days until the End of the World. Again. 
A thread over on Reddit shows a sign that one drug store felt was necessary to curtail some inappropriate shopping habits:
Seriously, who the fuck does this? In the comments at least one person suggested that the reality is probably that someone got caught trying to steal condoms by opening a package and stuffing . . . → Read More: Drug store puts up sign asking folks not to try on condoms before buying them. … it’s an easy judgement to make when you see them asking monumentally stupid questions like: Does the discovery of volcanism on the moon in some way disprove climate change on the Earth? Seriously, check it: You can see by his expression that Bill Nye (The Science Guy) may have had a minor stroke . . . → Read More: I’m not saying the anchors on FOX News are scientifically illiterate, but… 
I'm right there with you on that one, Chuck. It says something about the depths of human stupidity that I can still be surprised by the depths of some people’s stupidity. Take, for example, the Philadelphia woman who decided that she’d had enough of her ex-boyfriend (and father of her child) and decided to do something . . . → Read More: SEB Pro Tip: Don’t use your Facebook profile to solicit for a hit man.
I'm right there with you on that one, Chuck. It seems you can’t even trust your friendly neighborhood PC repair technician anymore (unless it’s me): Trevor Harwell, 20, a technician for Rezitech Inc., provided home computer services to users with Macintosh computers, said Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich. Harwell went to elaborate lengths to . . . → Read More: Why it behooves you to have some computer literacy or at least some skepticism.
Harold Camping at 6:01PM Saturday, May 21st, 2011. We’ve all been waiting with bated breath for Harold Camping to come out of his shell and explain why the rapture didn’t occur last Saturday like he said it would. Will he shift the goal posts as is often the tactic of the overly credulous when . . . → Read More: Harold Camping has unveiled his excuse: The Apocalypse did occur, just not the way we thought it would. |
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