# Mundane and Pointless and had me in fits of laughter

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**Created:** [May 9, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-and-had-me-in-fits-of-laughter/621414 "2012-05-09T19:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Ayebaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darth_ayebaw/32/9870_2.png) [@Darth\_Ayebaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Ayebaw)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-and-had-me-in-fits-of-laughter/621414/1 "2012-05-09T19:15:14Z")

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I love these boards, and the usual dry, ironic or otherwise witty posts that usually make me grin. Rarely though do I fall into a fit of uncontrollable laughter, but when I read this, I just lost it -

_There is not one single document written or signed by him giving any orders to kill Jews so how can you hold him responsible **besides being head of the Reich?** _

From: [Are Austrians still considered to be Germans? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650848)

The bold part especially. The whole thread is kind of a goldmine as you slowly watch him lose it, but that particular sentence just slayed me. Hardcore conservatives(“fascists”)/liberals(“communists”), religious fundamentalists/zealots, conspiracy nuts, science deniers, they all annoy me. Sure, their beliefs are ridiculous and laughable in and of themselves, but they make up such a proportion of the population that I view them with worry, precisely because they are able to make their views so widespread that they are able to actually influence public policy. That’s why I, unlike a lot of people, can’t watch FoxNews for its humor value: it’s the difference between O’Reilly and Colbert, even if they say the same stuff, one of them is actually serious :eek:. But with Holocaust Deniers and Neo-Nazis? I just couldn’t help but laugh, and I hope you do too.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-and-had-me-in-fits-of-laughter/621414/2 "2012-05-09T19:26:40Z")

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Thank you for sharing. Since that poster has been banned, however, it’s not appropriate to keep taking potshots at him.