# A Fun Fact I Learned Today **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218 "2016-06-24T11:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/41 "2016-06-25T14:34:08Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > The youngest Brits did not get out to vote in the same proportion as the older ones. It’s not smart to skip voting & then bitch about the folks who do. What are you basing this claim of British youth voter apathy? 72.2% of total registered voters participated. That’s a higher percentage of voters than the last 5 general elections. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/42 "2016-06-25T15:18:33Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “You’re soaking in it!” Thanks Madge! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/43 "2016-06-25T16:30:37Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Sarcastic? > > Why, I should think not. I learned this fact from all my butthurt liberal friends on Facebook who just simply had to castigate those that disagree with them with howls of racism-xenophobia-bigot-you-hate-brown-people attacks. > > I tell you, it’s like I had seen it before or something. It’s like anytime you hold a differing viewpoint from a liberal that automatically turns you into a racist. And boy, are they just jumping out of their knickers to tell everyone about it. > > I love the smell of liberal tears in the morning. Sorry your Big Bro super-nanny experiment isn’t working out so great. I just cringed so hard at your writing style that I’m now in the autofellatio club. So thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/44 "2016-06-25T18:34:52Z")
While everybody hates a sore loser, conservatives have managed to create a new category-The Sore Winner. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/45 "2016-06-25T18:39:50Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > friends Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/46 "2016-06-25T18:45:37Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Why, I should think not. I learned this fact from all my butthurt liberal friends on Facebook who just simply had to castigate those that disagree with them with howls of racism-xenophobia-bigot-you-hate-brown-people attacks. > > I tell you, it’s like I had seen it before or something. It’s like anytime you hold a differing viewpoint from a liberal that automatically turns you into a racist. And boy, are they just jumping out of their knickers to tell everyone about it. > > I love the smell of liberal tears in the morning. Sorry your Big Bro super-nanny experiment isn’t working out so great. I’m surprised you have any friends, let alone liberal ones. Why are they your friends when you despise them so much? So, your response to liberals over-generalizing about conservatives is to over-generalize about liberals. You’re not just stupid, you’re a hypocrite. And you’re too self-unaware to even understand that. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/47 "2016-06-25T19:28:11Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > You don’t actually believe this. You’re just a crisis actor. Where’s your gofundme page to pay for your waaaaambulance? [I’ll throw in.](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiO57GS9MPNAhVEySYKHccjAQkQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F244883298463888332%2F&psig=AFQjCNHQVc4IsyqTiBJ19Q-enQlibsNr2Q&ust=1466969043447574) > [@Stringbean](#): > > \I should think\ Yes, you really should. It would be a welcome change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/48 "2016-06-25T22:59:15Z")
I learned a new word today. “proto-fascist”. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/49 "2016-06-25T23:33:52Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Sarcastic? > > Why, I should think not. I learned this fact from all my butthurt liberal friends on Facebook who just simply had to castigate those that disagree with them with howls of racism-xenophobia-bigot-you-hate-brown-people attacks. > > I tell you, it’s like I had seen it before or something. It’s like anytime you hold a differing viewpoint from a liberal that automatically turns you into a racist. And boy, are they just jumping out of their knickers to tell everyone about it. > > I love the smell of liberal tears in the morning. Sorry your Big Bro super-nanny experiment isn’t working out so great. Is he **Qin Shi Huangdi** in disguise? Has anyone ever seen them in a room together? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/50 "2016-06-26T13:57:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > How dumb is **Clothahump**? He’s so dumb that _ **Stringbean** _ is too subtle for him. Fuck off. Apparently, you liberal twits claim to recognize sarcasm from your own ilk but you apparently can’t when it comes from a conservative. Do I have to put a smiley on it so that your overheated tiny brains will recognize it in the future? Ghods, you people are dumber than a box of rocks. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/51 "2016-06-26T14:19:09Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Fuck off. Apparently, you liberal twits claim to recognize sarcasm from your own ilk but you apparently can’t when it comes from a conservative. Do I have to put a smiley on it so that your overheated tiny brains will recognize it in the future? > > Ghods, you people are dumber than a box of rocks. How about a contest? You and **Stringbean** try to out-stupid each other. The rest of us decide the…winner. I wager 30 quatloos on the idiot. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/52 "2016-06-26T14:39:47Z")
Um. Ok. It certainly _appeared_ as though you were the one not getting the sarcasm. By, yanno, asking for a cite. But I’ll take your word for it that you were merely being bone-dry. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/53 "2016-06-26T16:06:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How about a contest? You and **Stringbean** try to out-stupid each other. The rest of us decide the…winner. > > I wager 30 quatloos on the idiot. Wait…they are **both** idiots. Which idiot are you betting on? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/54 "2016-06-26T16:19:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Fuck off. Apparently, you liberal twits claim to recognize sarcasm from your own ilk but you apparently can’t when it comes from a conservative. Do I have to put a smiley on it so that your overheated tiny brains will recognize it in the future? > > Ghods, you people are dumber than a box of rocks. Nice save. Very convincing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218/55 "2016-06-26T17:01:18Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Fuck off. Apparently, you liberal twits claim to recognize sarcasm from your own ilk but you apparently can’t when it comes from a conservative. So you’re saying the OP is a liberal?:dubious: > [@](#): > > Do I have to put a smiley on it so that your overheated tiny brains will recognize it in the future? > > Ghods, you people are dumber than a box of rocks. **Clothahump** , you’ve demonstrated your utter idiocy here so many times that the default assumption is that you don’t understand what’s going on. In any case, if that was intended as a joke it was an exceedingly inane one. Either way you’re a dweeb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-fact-i-learned-today/758218.md?page=2)