# A big middle finger to the people who took advantage to politicize the school shooting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107 "2018-02-19T09:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/441 "2018-03-01T18:05:44Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > When Mr.Wrekker was still working and taking a lunch a few times a week, I never got the containers back. Or sometimes I got a container that wasn’t ours. > I was so happy when Ziploc put the disposable ones out. > But me being me, I started lamenting the loss of them, they were highly reusable. > It just doesn’t pay to be me.At.All. My son would take reusable containers with him to work. He’d leave them sitting in his bag for days before taking them out and putting them in the sink, unwashed. He was a lifeguard. Just try to imagine the smell of leftovers sitting in the sun for several days. I considered sticking his nose in it to break him of the habit, but everybody knows teenagers are untrainable. So we switched to the disposable containers for the sake of adult sanity. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/442 "2018-03-01T18:22:43Z")
[Oh for the days when lunch was carried in briefcases, and the only thing briefcases carried was lunches.](https://previews.magnoliabox.com/corbis/flat/42-45230691/MUS-FAPC2020_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/443 "2018-03-01T18:35:12Z")
I feel like cutting off some posts of the Pit and adding them to my first sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/444 "2018-03-01T18:40:37Z")
Does language have any meaning at all in your world, or is it all just random word generation? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/445 "2018-03-01T18:44:16Z")
Well, that’s just some cheesy baloney. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/446 "2018-03-01T19:11:02Z")
I lost a drink in my own home. I’ve examined every horizontal surface very carefully, it’s not on any of them. It had a couple ounces of an Islay single-malt in it, so if nothing else I should be able to sniff it out. It has vanished. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/447 "2018-03-01T19:28:23Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Does language have any meaning at all in your world, or is it all just random word generation? He really should mackdonna handheld shoehorn butterhorse. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/448 "2018-03-01T19:29:22Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I lost a drink in my own home. I’ve examined every horizontal surface very carefully, it’s not on any of them. It had a couple ounces of an Islay single-malt in it, so if nothing else I should be able to sniff it out. It has vanished. I have a very strong hunch this wasn’t the first drink of the day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/449 "2018-03-01T19:39:28Z")
No _true_ scotch-man would mislay his glass! Go forth and search again until you’re done! Detail your efforts to search every cabinet and locker! Be thorough! Perth! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/450 "2018-03-01T19:42:58Z")
It’s always a shame to mislay islay. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/451 "2018-03-01T19:43:15Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > He seems to be a pro-more-guns-for-everyone sort, and so he lied about the email that CNN sent him in order to discredit them, and to further his pro-gun agenda. > > When he got caught, he lied again, claiming that him altering the words in an email before forwarding them to pro-gun media outlets to show that CNN was “coaching” the students was just a mistake. Oh Christ, what a scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/452 "2018-03-01T19:44:19Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > He really should mackdonna handheld shoehorn butterhorse. You can froop _that_ bananaphone. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/453 "2018-03-01T19:47:14Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > No _true_ scotch-man would mislay his glass! Go forth and search again until you’re done! Detail your efforts to search every cabinet and locker! Be thorough! > > Perth! Nice 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/454 "2018-03-01T19:59:52Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I have a very strong hunch this wasn’t the first drink of the day. 😃 I dunno. At least he didn’t see double. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/455 "2018-03-01T20:06:02Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > I dunno. At least he didn’t see double. Good point. Somewhere in the 3-5 range. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/456 "2018-03-01T20:19:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You can froop _that_ bananaphone. Smile when you say that, partner. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/457 "2018-03-01T20:43:54Z")
It’s been years since I lost that drink. There are only so many horizontal surfaces to search. Islay tends to make its presence known, so if it was around I’d know it. Maybe the Langoliers took it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/458 "2018-03-01T20:54:58Z")
Amateur. It’s been years that I lost drinking. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/459 "2018-03-02T02:49:38Z")
> [@Luciano700](#): > > I feel like cutting off some posts of the Pit and adding them to my first sandwich. I don’t understand. Have you never had a sandwich, such that your first sandwich is a future event? And, are you under the assumption that you’re posting to a print medium, so you can put cut up paper in this theoretical sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/460 "2018-03-02T02:57:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I don’t understand. Have you never had a sandwich, such that your first sandwich is a future event? And, are you under the assumption that you’re posting to a print medium, so you can put cut up paper in this theoretical sandwich? I mean fist, but I must say quite a typo:D [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107.md?page=24)