A response to Scylla that I can't make in MPSIMS

[Unreconstructed_Man]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

You see, the Straight Dope is so full of Liberal Zealots/Usual Suspects/True Believers, that if only Scylla had told the story in a way that the four-year-old were a conservative wanting a Republican wanting a Trump lunchbox, the nasty liberals would’ve cheered Scylla’s shitty behavior, just like we always cheer it when people beat up on conservatives like Sam! Ha! Ha! Ha!

It was a pretty funny post, and not entirely untrue.

[QuickSilver]

@Sam_Stone

Actually, I was just telling a little joke. But now I have to point out that you just engaged in self-parody, accusing me of thinking that ‘libruls’ are humorless snowflakes - while behaving like a triggered humorless librul snowflake.

Right. Because what libruls hate more than Trump are children with Trump lunchboxes.

You’re a smart conservative, Sam. But you’re not a funny smart conservative. You tried. You failed. It’s just not your thing.

[xenophon41]

@Left_Hand_of_Dorkness

“Triggered”? Oh boy.

Well for me the post triggered an eye roll. YMMV

I do have to admit, Sam, the admirable brevity of your post was an improvement on Bricker’s old ‘liberal hypocrisy’ gambit. He’d have soaked his post in wounded earnestness and inserted a link to an inapposite situation that occurred in NYC in the mid 80’s so that we could all witness the violence inherent in the system of liberal bias.

So, props.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@xenophon41

I do have to admit, Sam, the admirable brevity of your post was an improvement on Bricker’s old ‘liberal hypocrisy’ gambit.

It is, however, proof that wit needs more than soul.

[Lance_Turbo]

@Sam_Stone

Actually, I was just telling a little joke. But now I have to point out that you just engaged in self-parody, accusing me of thinking that ‘libruls’ are humorless snowflakes - while behaving like a triggered humorless librul snowflake.

You’re going to have to try a lot harder to be funnier than Scylla’s childish, snowflake, tantrum, meltdown story morphing into Scylla’s actual childish, snowflake, tantrum, meltdown.

Hurr durr liberal hypocrisy just isn’t gonna get it done.

[Ravenman]

Looks like Scylla has stuck again.

Mom responds to stranger's phone-shaming at Costco in a viral post

If he just keeps shopping, pretty soon he can tell every American mom why they are doing it wrong.

[erysichthon]

@Ravenman

Looks like Scylla has stuck again.

You had me worried there. When I saw that this thread had been bumped, I thought maybe Scylla had de-flounced.

False alarm! Whew!

[HelenGawn]

A few months ago I saw a family having breakfast. The baby was bored and squirmy and tried to get out of his high chair a couple of times. Dad would pick him up, the kid would relax a bit, Dad would put him back and resume eating, repeat. I took over a couple of jelly packets - those things are sealed pretty well - and suggested he’d be happy playing with them. It worked, and they thanked me.

It doesn’t take long to be helpful.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

My husband has spent more than one plane ride (he travels a lot for business, including internationally) walking a fussy baby up the aisle or playing with a restless toddler, while a grateful parent gets some rest and relief. It’s just not that to not have to be a jerk.