# Idiots who insert political comments in non-political topics **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349 "2022-07-21T21:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/21 "2022-07-22T14:26:50Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Eh, I was hoping for more funny stuff like with social media, phones, etc. But if people want to post political stuff I guess that’s fine albeit depressing. ⁢ The problem is that a lot of people are themselves quite depressed with what’s going on. The current political situation does seem absolutely crazy to a lot of people who thought that “it couldn’t happen here.” I get why it came up, though I also get why no one really wants to talk about it in a fun thread. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/22 "2022-07-22T16:30:11Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > It would be enough to tell people that Donald Trump won the 2016 election Considering the date of 1985, the obvious parallel with Back to the Future is already there, and Trump can be brought in easily enough without going on a big rant about it in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/23 "2022-07-25T23:15:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Honestly on this board, I’ve seen Liberals do it more often if anything. But that is partially as the Conservatives are heavily outnumbered at this point. Yeah, this happens a lot here. Even when the thread is clearly marked non-political. Some people just can’t ever let it go. We’ve got an entire category for politics and it’s still not enough for some people. I can’t imagine going around with just politics on your mind 24 hours a day. Actually, this is the only place where I read anyone’s comments about anything, right or left. I find it’s much better to just skip random comment sections any other place I read. Not worth the time. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/24 "2022-08-18T13:50:33Z")
Years ago I was checking a wealthy looking WASPy couple in and she looked at the reg card and said “oh, you charge a resort fee? **Thanks, Obama!** Nice to know THIS is how we’re paying for Obamacare!!!” in a really nasty tone of voice. I just stared at her and was all “um. No”. And for the record I hate resort fees but I’m not the owner. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/25 "2022-08-18T14:19:51Z")
Is it okay to insert political comments into non-political topics if you’ve got an IQ greater than 20? ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/26 "2022-08-18T16:38:14Z")
This thing with people who never had a political thought in their life not being able to go five minutes without turning whatever the topic may be into a political argument began years ago before Obama’s election, and it’s just gotten worse thanks to T—p and right-wing media. Maybe a dozen years ago I was a member of a Facebook group that was local people talking about growing up locally and the people and places they remembered. It was a very happy group of friendly strangers. Then one day one member essentially said that we’d still have something (I don’t know what) were it not for Obama and those Democrats. Within an hour this previously friendly group was at each other’s throats. I intervened as the voice of reason and suggested we make this a group in which politics was verboten. Everyone agreed, but a week later, that same guy was at it again. I very publicly quit the group and never looked at it again. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/27 "2022-08-19T15:29:59Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > it’s just gotten worse thanks to T—p and right-wing media. Let’s be honest here. It’s gotten worse thanks to political pundits, politicians and news media across the board on both sides of the aisle. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/28 "2022-08-19T16:28:01Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > on both sides Sorry, but I couldn’t quite hear that dog whistle. Maybe if you were driving a car at me… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/29 "2022-08-19T16:31:59Z")
So which one of those two sentences are you promoting? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/30 "2022-08-19T16:41:01Z")
A cousin of mine can make wiping your butt political. He will claim it’s Biden’s fault the toilet paper didn’t get his butt clean enough and it’s Patty Murray’s fault his underwear has skid marks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/31 "2022-08-19T16:50:46Z")
Wow. Whose fault is it that he pooped in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/32 "2022-08-19T16:53:47Z")
Of course, this would cease to be a problem once we abolished capitalism and the state and lived in anarchs-syndicalist communes. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/33 "2022-08-20T18:31:57Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Wow. Whose fault is it that he pooped in the first place? Some A-hole. Speaking of Trump… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/34 "2022-08-22T23:27:02Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Here’s an update on some new bus shelters](https://www.arlnow.com/2022/07/21/new-transit-stations-coming-to-columbia-pike-starting-this-summer/) that have been in the works [for just over a decade.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/1-million-bus-stop-opens-in-arlington/2013/03/24/49e5c47e-917c-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html) Okay, I’ll bite – what does this have to do with the OP? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/35 "2022-08-23T13:27:11Z")
The idiot who inserted the political comment: > [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Brandon has Covid.” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/36 "2023-02-18T13:56:43Z")
Nvm old thread ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/37 "2023-02-18T14:11:38Z")
Old? Are you implying that Joe is senile? It never fucking ends. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/38 "2023-02-18T14:31:05Z")
This is my relative who always finds fault with him for just about everything that goes wrong. Just this week it’s their dog has the shits because of Trudeau (why? Because according to them he banned their favored brand of Fido chow.) They’re a Piece of work you’re welcome to them Ontario. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/39 "2023-02-18T14:42:12Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Because according to them he banned their favored brand of Fido chow. Did you dare delve into the depths of delusions to determine why they decided he did this? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/40 "2023-02-18T14:43:02Z")
> [@HorribleMutantBoy](#): > > The vast majority of the time I’ve noticed it’s done by conservatives who seem to take every chance to try and “own the libs”. Do these people live in some bizarre world where liberals haunt every dark corner and need to have their nefarious deeds exposed? The ones who do this are (mostly) the ones who spend all day with an RW propaganda spew going on. Fox News is on the TV in the background, they’re streaming Hannity’s vid-blog to their phone, etc. Literally all day that noise is being injected into their brains. So pretty quickly it comes to ~~dominate~~ control their thoughts. Everything is seen in the propagandish light of “_X_ happened, and here’s how the Evil Enemy made that so.” For any/all possible _X_. It’s _fun_ to think that way. For a certain delusion-addicted sort of mind and a certain childish but bullying definition of “fun”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349.md?page=3)