# Are there 366,000 stupid Californians? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826 "2018-02-14T13:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/61 "2018-02-15T02:36:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s a wonderful place and I love living here, but [let’s not go too overboard:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials) Fuck. I knew about Fort Bragg but I’m not thrilled about Southern incursion into the far west. Still…we don’t have white supremic…shit, Bakersfield. Never mind. > [@davidm](#): > > She wants to ban the chlorination of municipal water supplies? I hate to think how much sickness and death that would cause. Well, you can start [here](https://www.cdc.gov/safewater/chlorination.html) to get an idea. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/62 "2018-02-15T06:28:13Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Fuck. I knew about Fort Bragg but I’m not thrilled about Southern incursion into the far west. Still…we don’t have white supremic…shit, Bakersfield. Never mind. > > Well, you can start [here](https://www.cdc.gov/safewater/chlorination.html) to get an idea. > > Stranger Hey, what’s wrong with a little cholera now and then? Survival of the fittest and all that! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/63 "2018-02-15T06:40:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There are that many stupid Californians within a 40 mile radius from my house! > > I enjoy running into the Gas Tax assholes. Gives me several minutes of pleasure detailing loudly and publically how stupid they are and how idiotic their ideas are. Venting can be good. 😉 Then you’ll be thrilled that the trumpanzee is favoring a 25 cent tax on a gallon of gas to fund infrastructure improvements. He gives a little, and he takes it back, just with a different hand. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/64 "2018-02-15T12:27:14Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > She wants to ban the chlorination of municipal water supplies? I hate to think how much sickness and death that would cause. Right? It’s a major cause of death in many parts of the world (waterborne illness), and treated water is one of the triumphs of the modern world, so instead of installing a Brita, Pur or otherwise on their sink taps to remove the chlorine, everyone else has to suffer at the expense of a few. :smack: Probably the same people as the Anti-Vax crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/65 "2018-02-15T13:26:01Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Too many dental x-rays? I always tease my dentist when she x-rays me, because she will hurriedly step out of the room and press the button from as far as the thingamajig allows. “Oh aye, that looks \*\*very \*\*safe, doc !” (I know, I know, it’s because while I’m getting the one dose she probably has to perform dozens of those a day and the “safe” doses add up for her. Still funny to watch her behave like her chair’s gonna blow up) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/66 "2018-02-15T14:07:15Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’ve been having a shitty week, but that made me grin. > > Thank you. 😃 I hope your week improves. Be sure to drink only distilled water and pure grain alcohol. Do not avoid women - but do deny them your essence. And _don’t fight in the War Room!_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/67 "2018-02-15T14:25:07Z")
\*\*Are there 366,000 stupid Californians? \*\* Well, let’s see…Hillary Clinton got 8,753,788 votes in California. Yeah, there are a lot more than 366,000. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/68 "2018-02-15T14:28:34Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > \*\*Are there 366,000 stupid Californians? > \*\* > > Well, let’s see…Hillary Clinton got 8,753,788 votes in California. Yeah, there are a lot more than 366,000. When it comes to dumb, there’s no one better qualified than you to talk. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/69 "2018-02-15T14:42:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > \*\*Are there 366,000 stupid Californians? > \*\* > > Well, let’s see…Hillary Clinton got 8,753,788 votes in California. Yeah, there are a lot more than 366,000. Ooooooo…I think someone has a crush! Clothahump and Hillary sittin’ in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G… ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/70 "2018-02-15T14:46:35Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > When it comes to dumb, there’s no one better qualified than you to talk. He literally has one hammer, and everything looks like a nail. Mind you, it’s one of those little squeaky fake hammers they give to toddlers. He just loves to play carpenter, ain’t it cute? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/71 "2018-02-15T15:29:30Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > We also have fantastic food, beautiful natural scenery of mountains, desert, old growth forests, alpine meadows, and coastal ranges, some of the most progressive political and social movements in the country, one of the great land grant public research university systems, Caltech, the Golden Gate Bridge, the world’s sixth largest economy, zero publc monuments to the Confederacy, and a metric fuckton of sun. So putting up with a few hundred thousand nutters is like coping with drought, living with the nation’s highest gas prices, and enduring the occasional significant earthquake. Totally worth it. > > Stranger The good news is that even in Florida, with its similar calculus, there weren’t enough stupid voters to vote for what was probably [the most glaring example of serious problems with ballot initiatives.](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article109017387.html) The ads, paid for by the electric companies, masqueraded as grassroots, green, and pro-solar, but would have increased the fees for anyone with solar panels hooked up to the grid and stiffled solar energy in the Sunshine State. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/72 "2018-02-15T22:02:31Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I hope your week improves. > > Be sure to drink only distilled water and pure grain alcohol. Do not avoid women - but do deny them your essence. > > And _don’t fight in the War Room!_ > > Regards, > Shodan Glennfidditch here. If I don’t spoil myself, no one will 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/73 "2018-02-16T04:06:23Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Ooooooo…I think someone has a crush! > > Clothahump and Hillary sittin’ in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G… Wow. Yet another 5 year old mentality post from a Doper. We need to change the board name from SDMB to The Romper Room. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/74 "2018-02-16T04:36:20Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Wow. Yet another 5 year old mentality post from a Doper. Yet you have zero problem with having a 5-year-old mentality in charge of the country. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/75 "2018-02-16T17:13:26Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Glennfidditch here. If I don’t spoil myself, no one will 🆒 Glenfidditch is spoiling yourself? Then what the hell am I doing to myself with Highland Park 18? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/76 "2018-02-16T18:14:11Z")
A clue that most normal, intelligent people would get would be that if you think everyone else is retarded and childlike, you should probably check yourself for some greater error instead of reveling in your superiority. Not Clothahump. Nope, nosiree bob! But hey, that’s Narcissism for you. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/77 "2018-02-16T18:16:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Glenfidditch is spoiling yourself? Then what the hell am I doing to myself with Highland Park 18? :eek: Probably the same thing I’m doing with a Glenrothes Sherry Cask Reserve. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/78 "2018-02-16T18:20:04Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s a wonderful place and I love living here, but [let’s not go too overboard:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials) Why don’t we (and I live in Cali too) just get rid of those statues? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/79 "2018-02-16T18:21:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Glenfidditch is spoiling yourself? Then what the hell am I doing to myself with Highland Park 18? :eek: I like that too. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826/80 "2018-02-16T19:27:45Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Fuck. I knew about Fort Bragg but I’m not thrilled about Southern incursion into the far west. Still…we don’t have white supremic…shit, Bakersfield. Never mind. > > Well, you can start [here](https://www.cdc.gov/safewater/chlorination.html) to get an idea. > > Stranger the antelope valley too…tho were not that far from bakersfield … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-366-000-stupid-californians/808826.md?page=5)