# Fucking maskholes and vaxholes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339 "2020-07-14T21:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/982 "2021-10-04T18:48:08Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I have to say, proposing a pay cut to nurses in the middle of a pandemic which has stretched our hospitals and their staff to the breaking point, is probably the biggest “WTF?” moment of the whole pandemic. Isn’t Alberta also known as Samstoneistan? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/983 "2021-10-04T18:49:38Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I mean, even if you’re ideologically committed to cutting as much spending as possible, and also believe that nurses are ridiculously over-paid, you have to at least realize that this suggestion is a complete non-starter for an overwhelming fraction of the populace, right? But but but, they are getting paid all that overtime!!11!! /s ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/984 "2021-10-04T18:51:30Z")
I hear they want to develop time travel, so they can go back to Sept 12, 2001, and have a go at firefighters. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/985 "2021-10-04T19:02:26Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I mean, even if you’re ideologically committed to cutting as much spending as possible, and also believe that nurses are ridiculously over-paid, you have to at least realize that this suggestion is a complete non-starter for an overwhelming fraction of the populace, right? Conservative government - there are several types of elected officials: 1. Authoritarian “what we say goes” mindset 2. Some think unions are the work of the devil, and everyone should agree with them. 3. A subset probably thinks that the nurses are crisis actors, or “in on” the conspiracy 4. Just fucking stupid ---
**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:** [October 4, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/986 "2021-10-04T19:06:48Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I have to say, proposing a pay cut to nurses in the middle of a pandemic which has stretched our hospitals and their staff to the breaking point, is probably the biggest “WTF?” moment of the whole pandemic. 🎶Where have all the nurses gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago. Where have all the flowers gone? Left for BC every one. Oh, When will you ever learn? Oh, When will you ever learn? 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/987 "2021-10-04T20:04:50Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > I have to say, proposing a pay cut to nurses in the middle of a pandemic which has stretched our hospitals and their staff to the breaking point, is probably the biggest “WTF?” moment of the whole pandemic. > > Isn’t Alberta also known as Samstoneistan? I’ve heard it called the Texas of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/988 "2021-10-04T20:29:03Z")
[![](https://www.motika.com.mk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26/images_002948_005-860x649.jpg) ](https://www.motika.com.mk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26/images_002948_005-860x649.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/989 "2021-10-04T23:59:47Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > [https://www.motika.com.mk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26/images\_002948\_005-860x649.jpg](https://www.motika.com.mk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/26/images_002948_005-860x649.jpg) Yeesh, poor Yukon can’t even rise to the level of “color photography”! (That’s hilarious. I’m not even sure which is most insulting!) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/990 "2021-10-05T03:31:48Z")
I’m pretty sure that equating Ryan Reynolds to a cat is the most insulting. > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/5pai08)** ( … but for the record I will still Always have a crush on Cobie Smulders… ) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/991 "2021-10-05T06:25:20Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > Isn’t Alberta also known as Samstoneistan? I so want to see what his position is on this! ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/992 "2021-10-05T18:10:06Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I so want to see what his position is on this! Probably Trudeau’s fault for not funding healthcare, or for not allowing for-profit hospitals which would clearly solve all the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/993 "2021-10-05T18:14:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Probably Trudeau’s fault for not funding healthcare, or for not allowing for-profit hospitals which would clearly solve all the problems. Trudeau used [Reverse Psychology on them by praising nurses!](https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2021/05/10/statement-prime-minister-national-nursing-week) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/994 "2021-10-05T18:27:05Z")
Take a lesson from Indy. Punch 'em in the face, shove them out the window, then cock your thumb at them and growl,“No ticket!” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/995 "2021-10-05T18:53:46Z")
Yesterday as I walked into a grocery store, an unmasked woman leaving the store yelled at me (masked), “YOU KNOW THAT MASK DOESN’T DO ANYTHING?” I yelled back, “FUCK OFF, KAREN!” Another guy flashed me a thumbs up.👍 ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/996 "2021-10-05T18:55:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yesterday as I walked into a grocery store, an unmasked woman leaving the store yelled at me (masked), “YOU KNOW THAT MASK DOESN’T DO ANYTHING?” > > I yelled back, “FUCK OFF, KAREN!” > > Another guy flashed me a thumbs up.👍  Consider this a second one. 👍 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/997 "2021-10-05T19:03:28Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > Yesterday as I walked into a grocery store, an unmasked woman leaving the store yelled at me (masked), “YOU KNOW THAT MASK DOESN’T DO ANYTHING?” > > > > I yelled back, “FUCK OFF, KAREN!” > > > > Another guy flashed me a thumbs up.👍  > > Consider this a second one. 👍 - Third. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/998 "2021-10-05T19:12:05Z")
Fourth. 👍 Fuck all the Karens and Bubbas. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/999 "2021-10-05T21:17:28Z")
I saw the response somewhere (here?), paraphrased, “It’s to keep me from catching whatever it is that causes you to act that way.”, although I can get behind “Fuck you, Karen”, too. Fifth. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1000 "2021-10-05T22:33:41Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > I’m pretty sure that equating Ryan Reynolds to a cat is the most insulting. It _is_ a nice-looking cat, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1001 "2021-10-05T22:38:26Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It _is_ a nice-looking cat, though. I dunno… but if I ever found a cat that looked like John Cusack… Now That would be a handsome cat! That would be a cat that you would buy & gift to one of his sisters if only so you could imagine the conversations at their house on Thanksgiving! ( Someone once said, “That’s why nobody famous likes you…!” They might be right. ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339.md?page=51)