# Anything else you motherfuckers need? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231 "2009-07-16T16:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/721 "2009-07-19T23:33:51Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Why do you care about health insurance? Just get a job. If they have an insurance policy that will cover you, fine. If not, just ask your father to pay for the medication. What’s wrong with that? You know, there’s insults, and then there’s out of line. It’s not your concern, **Crafter\_Man** , if Guin ever has a job. It’s not your concern who pays for her medication. She hasn’t asked for a dime from you and unless you are amongst the top 0.8% of wage earners in the armpit of America that is Ohio, you’re not going to pay a penny more in taxes to bring the plan put forth in H.R. 3200 into fruition. So why don’t you just shut up with all the personal invective. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/722 "2009-07-19T23:34:22Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because you can’t run a society well with a population that has the libertarian attitude that you can take from it and never give back ? So it’s a good idea to give a segment of society that doesn’t give back the opportunity to take even more from it? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/723 "2009-07-19T23:43:51Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Newsflash for ya: Respect has to be earned. What, in 36,000 posts, deserves respect? Your chronic unemployment? The malady of the week? “Thoughts” about your kitties? I’m not seeing it. That I’m not you? That people actually like me?\* 😃 Besides, it’s not like you seem to like or respect anyone else here. I don’t give a shit what you think of me – but you seem to feel the same way about the entire Dope. So why are you even _here_? \*[sub]You just can’t stand it that, can you?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/724 "2009-07-19T23:49:49Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > So it’s a good idea to give a segment of society that doesn’t give back the opportunity to take even more from it? And what does an ad-exec who makes $ 500k per year shilling Coca-Cola products give back that is so much more valuable than what others give back? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/725 "2009-07-19T23:52:10Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > So it’s a good idea to give a segment of society that doesn’t give back the opportunity to take even more from it? You’re right; all children should be cast out to fend for themselves. After all, they contribute nothing to society! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/726 "2009-07-19T23:52:50Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > in the armpit of America that is Ohio Hey! We’re “the heart of it all” not the armpit of it all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/727 "2009-07-19T23:53:48Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > You’re right; all children should be cast out to fend for themselves. After all, they contribute nothing to society! Oh my God. You clearly have no idea who you are talking to. Trust me, do not go down that road with this one. She was on the edge of the diving board, and you just shoved her into the pool. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/728 "2009-07-19T23:53:52Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > You’re right; all children should be cast out to fend for themselves. After all, they contribute nothing to society! While we’re at it, lets cast out the handicapped too! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/729 "2009-07-19T23:53:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > That I’m not you? That people actually like me?\* 😃 I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/730 "2009-07-19T23:54:51Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh my God. You clearly have no idea who you are talking to. Trust me, do not go down that road with this one. She was on the edge of the diving board, and you just shoved her into the pool. Oh, now you cannot just drop something like that into a thread and then walk away. > [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!: Well, they certainly like me better than they do you. If they like you at all, that is. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/731 "2009-07-19T23:57:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, now you cannot just drop something like that into a thread and then walk away. [Here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512715) Hope you have some free time. I think that thread hit the record for longest Pit thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/732 "2009-07-20T00:00:28Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > And what does an ad-exec who makes $ 500k per year shilling Coca-Cola products give back that is so much more valuable than what others give back? I imagine that ad-exec pays a hell of a lot in taxes, if nothing else. Unlike a rather large segment of US society which pays little to no taxes yet take plenty out of society. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/733 "2009-07-20T00:01:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh, now you cannot just drop something like that into a thread and then walk away. > > Well, they certainly like me better than they do you. If they like you at all, that is. Where did you get the idea that life is a popularity contest, you dumb snatch? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/734 "2009-07-20T00:02:30Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > So it’s a good idea to give a segment of society that doesn’t give back the opportunity to take even more from it? Well, why do you assume they will never be able to give more later? Think of JK Rowling and the treatment she got for her depression when she was on welfare in the UK, lots of people at Warner Bros in Hollywood are happy for the jobs made possible now because she got free treatment then, as it was reported that she contemplated suicide after her divorce. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/735 "2009-07-20T00:03:22Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > You’re right; all children should be cast out to fend for themselves. After all, they contribute nothing to society! Snort. Not everything is about the chyldren you know. Such as that post you responded to. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/736 "2009-07-20T00:04:20Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Hey! We’re “the heart of it all” not the armpit of it all! 😃 I’m sorry, that was a potshot because Crafter\_Man was annoying me. But if I’m honest, I have never, not once, in my 36 years of life, had a good experience that involves Ohio. (I live in Pittsburgh, I’ve been in and through Ohio a fair bit.) I don’t know why Ohio hates me, but I hate it back. I’m sorry, there are good people in Ohio, like you and MsWhatsit, but otherwise… blech. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/737 "2009-07-20T00:04:41Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh my God. You clearly have no idea who you are talking to. Trust me, do not go down that road with this one. She was on the edge of the diving board, and you just shoved her into the pool. ?? It was, of course, over-the-top sarcasm to illustrate the absurdity of **curlcoat** ’s statement taken at face value – ideally with the goal of getting him (her?) to focus the point he/she was making more closely. If **curlcoat** has issues with children, or is childless by choice, he or she would surely concur that the majority of society considers that children need care and upbringing until they are of age to be able to take care of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/738 "2009-07-20T00:07:05Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I imagine that ad-exec pays a hell of a lot in taxes, if nothing else. Unlike a rather large segment of US society which pays little to no taxes yet take plenty out of society. At least this is honest: the worth of people is nothing more than financial. If someone isn’t making money and feeding the beast, they aren’t worthwhile, screw 'em. > [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Where did you get the idea that life is a popularity contest, you dumb snatch? Whether it is or isn’t, do you think you’re engendering respect or positive interest by insulting people like this? You claim to be so damned superior by virtue of your hard work and debt-free living and all of that, but you talk and engage people like the most common street slag. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/739 "2009-07-20T00:12:28Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > It’s not your concern, **Crafter\_Man** , if Guin ever has a job. It’s not your concern who pays for her medication. It is if the taxpayers are paying for it. She lives at home. She’s 30 years old. Presumably her parents pay for \*everything \*- food, shelter, clothing, internet, heat, electricity, etc. Except her meds, of course. Why? Because the taxpayers can be forced to pay for them. How convenient. Her situation is a perfect example of how broken our system is. She is a dependent of her parents, and a safe assumption is that they can easily pay for her meds. But because there exists a program to force strangers to pay for them, they opt for that instead. Nice system. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231/740 "2009-07-20T00:12:28Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Whether it is or isn’t, do you think you’re engendering respect or positive interest by insulting people like this? You claim to be so damned superior by virtue of your hard work and debt-free living and all of that, but you talk and engage people like the most common street slag. Sounding like a two-year-old, I know, but Guin started tossing out the insults first. Why didn’t you go after her? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-else-you-motherfuckers-need/503231.md?page=38)