# Freakouts of the Right **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631 "2022-04-28T22:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/281 "2022-12-13T15:17:21Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Even though fuel prices, and prices of all goods, are rising around the globe as a result of demand after the pandemic, gas and goods prices around the world are Biden’s fault? The answer from the right-wingers on that message board: Yes. Interestingly, in Canada, inflation is all Trudeau’s fault, even though prices are rising all around the world. > I just wish they’d get their stories straight. On the one hand, Joe Biden is a doddering old fool, suffering from dementia,… > > On the other hand, he’s a master criminal, He is Shrodinger’s President. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/282 "2022-12-13T15:24:25Z")
This thread has popped back onto the latest, and thus I read through it and have a few that may or may not have been lumped into things such as ‘wokeness’, but feel that they’re specific enough to have their own entry. [Kneeling for the National Anthem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._national_anthem_kneeling_protests) Flag Burning / Desecration (Which Trump said should be punished by jailtime in 2020) [Pledge of Allegiance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Pledge_of_Allegiance) I’ll add any others that percolate through the mind. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/283 "2022-12-13T15:45:41Z")
I guess I was wrong that sex toys probably were not being sold in chain stores. Doesn’t bother me though, I just didn’t know. I have never been in a Target and rarely go into a Walmart and I’m not cruising the aisles - it’s in and out for the one thing I need. I wonder if the sale of sex toys in these stores coincides with the start of self-checkout? No more checker scanning the item, then looking up at you? 🙂 If I remember right, you work at Winco, the best grocery store around. I know when I was a checker at a grocery store, I had to refrain from commenting on purchases sometimes. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/284 "2022-12-13T17:05:57Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > it’s in and out for the one thing I need. No comment. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/285 "2022-12-13T17:41:08Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > not cruising the aisles No comment here, either… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/286 "2022-12-13T17:42:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > One of the things I thought funny when I first noticed the toys at Target was the discreet understated packaging. It’s an old tradition. Remember the neck massagers sold by mail? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/287 "2022-12-13T18:10:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > I just wish they’d get their stories straight. On the one hand, Joe Biden is a doddering old fool, suffering from dementia,… > > > > On the other hand, he’s a master criminal, > > He is Shrodinger’s President. But remember, it’s the _left_ that engages in doublethink. (n.b. innermost quote from **Spoons** ) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/288 "2022-12-13T18:18:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > But remember, it’s the _left_ that engages in doublethink. Every Accusation Is A Confession. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/289 "2022-12-13T18:28:54Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > No comment. > [@JohnT](#): > > No comment here, either… Just call me Tobias Funke. Any one have a hand-held recorder I can borrow? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NFHZzxga8oI/hqdefault.jpg "Tobias Funke - Tape Recorder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFHZzxga8oI) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/290 "2022-12-13T22:58:20Z")
Well, the self-checkout clerk does have a screen that shows us everything you ring up. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/291 "2022-12-13T23:02:04Z")
Damn, that explains _so_ much. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/292 "2022-12-13T23:02:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, the self-checkout clerk does have a screen that shows us everything you ring up. Hopefully the screen is blurry ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/293 "2022-12-13T23:37:40Z")
Still easier to avoid eye contact 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/294 "2022-12-14T02:27:10Z")
Not sure I’ve ever had much eye contact with a WinCo checker, especially if I’m in the lane opposite the POS terminal. I’m too busy bagging. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/295 "2022-12-14T02:33:38Z")
FWIW, we don’t sell sex toys. _Yet._ It’s my boss’ opinion that we’ll probably be selling marijuana within the next ten years, but that’s a whole other can of worms. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/296 "2022-12-14T02:35:34Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Not sure I’ve ever had much eye contact with a WinCo checker, especially if I’m in the lane opposite the POS terminal. I’m too busy bagging. Bagging. Hmmm. So that’s what they call it now. Shameful I say! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/297 "2022-12-14T02:39:02Z")
The mention of butt plugs has dispelled my usual puzzlement as to what causes Tucks to have that odd facial expression. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/298 "2022-12-14T03:45:51Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The fact mainstream stores are still carrying it after something around 10 years means it must be selling enough to be worth their effort. They also make a not insignificant amount of money from slotting fees. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/299 "2022-12-14T04:27:38Z")
I’m no expert on retail, but IMO that amounts to the same thing. If the product wasn’t moving, pretty quickly the middleman would stop paying those slotting fees. Given 10 years now, I’d expect that if the sex-toys-at-Target experiment had failed the slotting fees would have dried up about 9 years and 6 months ago. Or more accurately, that middleman would’ve long ago stopped paying slotting fees for the non-moving product line and would instead be paying a slotting fee for a different line that people actually buy. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/300 "2022-12-14T07:02:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The mention of butt plugs has dispelled my usual puzzlement as to what causes Tucks to have that odd facial expression. Not so much an odd facial expression, but (ahem) [discomfort.](https://youtu.be/WqD-ATqw3js?t=1269) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631.md?page=16)