# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 203
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4041 "2024-03-02T03:11:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And, of course, there’s no such thing as “Judeo-Christian values”. The main so-called value of Christianity is in direct opposition of the main value of Judaism. But, hey, it’s a cool sounding title the bigots can use to show they’re not really all that bigoted, isn’t it? Given that I have a good guess what religion the “million people every couple of months come into this country that know nothing about God” he also revealed the anti-Catholicism bigotry that defines many Protestants. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4042 "2024-03-02T03:32:09Z")
~~Holy Mother of God~~ ~~Saints preserve us~~ Damnit! Now the secret’s out. p.s. Just this past week, someone in all seriousnesss told me that Catholics are in a cult and are going to Hell. Bigotry apparently is the best preservative. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4043 "2024-03-02T05:20:23Z")
I have been assured by the Pope himself that we should disregard all the kumbaya talk after the annual Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Muslim get together. It’s just BS. ALL the other religions are going to HELL. Keep the indulgences rolling in. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4044 "2024-03-02T05:22:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > All of the serving drinks and the like is just the airlines going “Well, if we have to have them anyway, they might as well keep busy”. I think that’s more indicative of the airlines’ attitude towards the passengers. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4045 "2024-03-02T08:33:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > A flight attendant’s primary job is one that most of them never have to do, and all hope never to do. The reason they’re on the plane is in case they’re needed for emergency response. To be honest with all the flight deck automation it’s much the same with the pilots. Someone of average intelligence with six months training could do it well. Until things go pear-shaped, e.g. Captain Sullenberger. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4046 "2024-03-02T14:28:33Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > To be honest with all the flight deck automation it’s much the same with the pilots. Someone of average intelligence with six months training could do it well. Paging @LSLGuy, @Richard_Pearse, and @Llama_Llogophile! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4047 "2024-03-02T15:04:59Z")
But if people are only paid for their “primary job”, what’s to stop an employer from redefining the job description? “This position’s primary job is to spend five minutes every day fetching coffee for the other people in the cubicle-cluster. Unpaid secondary duties include spending ten hours a day processing accounts, securing contracts, and overseeing business operations.” ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4048 "2024-03-03T00:23:16Z")
You might want to check out Mentour Pilot on YouTube, about the limits of automation and human training 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4049 "2024-03-03T01:52:33Z")
MAGA devotees have been blowing their money on worthless “Trump bucks” that online hucksters have convinced them will be declared legal tender once Loser Donald is reelected. > **[Beware: Trump supporters getting conned with worthless currency](https://www.nj.com/news/2024/03/beware-trump-supporters-getting-conned-with-worthless-currency.html)** > > It's the latest scam targeting the ex-President's followers ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4050 "2024-03-03T03:38:43Z")
Oh, dear God… _that_ is sad. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4051 "2024-03-03T10:31:16Z")
That sounds familiar. Oh yeah, the NFT thing… ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4052 "2024-03-03T10:56:26Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of the Iraqi dinar scam from twenty years ago or so. The hucksters were encouraging people to buy hyperinflated and worthless Iraqi currency from them on the promise that at some future point once Democracy and Freedom kicked in would return to its pre-invasion value where it was pegged at 3.xx USD - 1 dinar, thereby making all those worthless banknotes suddenly worth millions of dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4053 "2024-03-03T14:49:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > MAGA devotees have been blowing their money on worthless “Trump bucks” that online hucksters have convinced them will be declared legal tender once Loser Donald is reelected. > > [Beware: Trump supporters getting conned with worthless currency - nj.com](https://www.nj.com/news/2024/03/beware-trump-supporters-getting-conned-with-worthless-currency.html) > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh, dear God… _that_ is sad. What’s sad is that these people will never realize (or at least admit) that they’ve been conned. It really is a cult, where they’ve given up thinking for themselves in favor of slavish devotion to their Dear Leader. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4054 "2024-03-03T15:16:13Z")
But, can my Trump bucks buy me a Trump MEDBED Card? > **[Home MedBed - Trump MedBed](https://trumpmedbed.com/)** > > back to the future back to the future The Trump MEDBED Card is something that every single Patriot is passionately waiting for.It has been in the making for so long and it is finally available for every single one of you!The 45th promised and he... For those not familiar with this particular ‘rabbit hole’, > So-called medbeds are one of the flashiest, most expensive, and least credible. “Medbeds are coming,” exclaims a woman in one TikTok video. Similar videos have been seen millions of times on the platform. > > According to believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory, medbeds were developed by the military (in some versions, using alien technology) and are already in use by the world’s richest and most powerful families. Many accounts claim former President Donald Trump, if he wins another term in the White House, will unveil the devices and make them free for all Americans. > [Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments - CBS Pittsburgh](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/online-conspiracy-theories-unproven-medical-treatments-medbed-center/) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4055 "2024-03-03T15:22:08Z")
So buy one quick, before they’re free? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4056 "2024-03-03T15:27:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > MAGA devotees have been blowing their money on worthless “Trump bucks” that online hucksters have convinced them will be declared legal tender [It’s been done before.](https://youtu.be/K-6IzkDyl9Q?si=x56fIT7LlMKTCACa) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4057 "2024-03-03T15:28:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So buy one quick, before they’re free? That’s the best part! How stupid are people? [spoiler] way more than you can imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4058 "2024-03-03T15:41:06Z")
And, as most thing I&S, it was copied from [Disney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Dollars). ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4059 "2024-03-03T15:42:43Z")
![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/aFhfFNKcjGUAAAAC/george-harrison-beatles.gif) > **[Menem trucho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menem_trucho)** > > Menem trucho is the popular name given to a series of banknotes of no value with the face of Argentine President Carlos Menem and propaganda phrases that were distributed through street promoters and basic units in the early 1990s in Argentina. With the symbolic title of A value that stabilized the country and Ten years of stability, they were created as a propaganda policy by the then President of Argentina Carlos Menem. Despite the obvious falsity of the bill there were those who used it to pay... ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4060 "2024-03-03T18:42:49Z")
It is set up in such a way that when (not if) it fails the blame falls on the evil commie demoncrats who conspired against them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=202) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=204)