# I thought we were past this crap. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310 "2008-11-05T17:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/1 "2008-11-05T17:51:35Z")
How can we claim to be an enlightened, civilized nation when we allow stuff like this to happen? I swear, I don’t know how much more of this I can stand. When will we be willing to ignore a man’s skin color? [Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/black_man_given_nations) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/2 "2008-11-05T17:54:26Z")
I laughed. Thanks **lok** for giving me a giggle! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/3 "2008-11-05T23:28:13Z")
The article didn’t even mention this: ```auto Fatality rates: Logging workers .000924 http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/ President: .093 ``` (God forbid that should happen to Obama, and this Republican means that emphatically and 100% sincerely). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/4 "2008-11-05T23:41:23Z")
That fatality rate doesn’t even take into account the presidents that simply died. Sure, four out of forty-three were killed, but four also died of illnesses. So eight out of forty-three died in office. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/5 "2008-11-06T02:07:15Z")
Did you see the slide show of the election year? Typically, the gags run at 50%, but for the ones that made mark…nice work! [http://www.theonion.com/content/news\_in\_photos/election\_2008\_in\_review](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_in_photos/election_2008_in_review) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/6 "2008-11-06T03:01:12Z")
Man, shitty job with high mortality rate… nope, no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/7 "2008-11-06T14:45:39Z")
And he’s going to be living in government housing! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-we-were-past-this-crap/471310/8 "2008-11-06T16:48:27Z")
And eat cafeteria food from a restaurant that even its fans call a mess.