# 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:** 279
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5561 "2024-06-05T00:31:22Z")
Hmm, and you’d think a hard turn to the right would just come naturally to some folks. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5562 "2024-06-05T00:35:19Z")
Jesse Watters thinks RFK Jr. is RFK Sr.'s nephew. > ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5563 "2024-06-05T00:42:55Z")
Are those Wing-Dings characters instead of stars?? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5564 "2024-06-05T00:47:14Z")
That’s what it looks like when a computer program that has no concept of written language tries to generate text. More examples; [![](https://preview.redd.it/fixing-text-gibberish-in-ai-generated-images-v0-uvsmxm4zerib1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e67ffe8932ae145b5983118bab68f7cf7543641) ](https://preview.redd.it/fixing-text-gibberish-in-ai-generated-images-v0-uvsmxm4zerib1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e67ffe8932ae145b5983118bab68f7cf7543641) [![](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c26f248fea4da0fe107bcc3ab4878aba) ](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c26f248fea4da0fe107bcc3ab4878aba) [![](https://preview.redd.it/i-was-on-a-walk-in-norway-v0-7fqfjwkkxjqc1.png?auto=webp&s=085f892029b5d1f1aa41797065c3200e2617da4b) ](https://preview.redd.it/i-was-on-a-walk-in-norway-v0-7fqfjwkkxjqc1.png?auto=webp&s=085f892029b5d1f1aa41797065c3200e2617da4b) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5565 "2024-06-05T00:54:52Z")
Do anrodes dream of electric shep? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5566 "2024-06-05T00:55:38Z")
That fake animals poster is the most epic thing ever. “Very long cat”. Yes that is EXACTLY what it is! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5567 "2024-06-05T01:17:06Z")
Is it Cthulhu’s pet cat? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5568 "2024-06-05T01:29:12Z")
Yeah. I would turn right. Even if I was drunk, which I’m not advocating. But even then. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5569 "2024-06-05T02:21:25Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Is it Cthulhu’s pet cat? It’s the cat whose name must not be spoken. It bats at the infinite ball of yarn that exists in the sightless part of your mind’s eye… ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5570 "2024-06-05T02:35:33Z")
Isn’t that just a flerkin? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5571 "2024-06-05T03:41:39Z")
All I know is if I ever see a pigoon on my bird feeder, I’m moving. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5572 "2024-06-05T03:59:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The whole think is such a masterpiece of mixed imagery and questionable choices that it astounds me someone made it. (unless it is AI?) AI? No, “mixed imagery and questionable choices” is the _very definition_ of the Republican party today. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5573 "2024-06-05T04:20:19Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > That fake animals poster is the most epic thing ever. It’s nightmare fodder! It’s creepy beyond the mind’s ability to comprehend. It’s interdimensional 4D beings being viewed by 3D humans. I think they are cenobites. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5574 "2024-06-05T05:03:54Z")
Considering the name of HP Lovecraft’s cat, I hope not! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5575 "2024-06-05T15:08:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tim Allen says “LOL HOW DO TRAFFIC SIGNS WORK, GOVERNMENT DUMB” > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Hmm, and you’d think a hard turn to the right would just come naturally to some folks. Um, guys, you do understand that he’s being sarcastic here, don’t you? I mean, anyone with two brain cells to rub together who came to that intersection would quite obviously know they can’t turn left. He’s making fun of how many different ways you have to tell people they can’t turn left. Unfortunately, without those “no left turn” signs at the stop sign, I’m sure there’s people stupid enough to ignore the “wrong way” and “do not enter” signs. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5576 "2024-06-05T15:29:44Z")
Turn right? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5577 "2024-06-05T16:04:58Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Um, guys, you do understand that he’s being sarcastic here, don’t you? Not obvious. In my experience, the reason there are so many signs is, people keep turning left. The intersection _looks_ like it goes left. Short of digging up the road and making it “flow” to the right, they are stuck with signs. So who knows what the known right wing nut job is really trying to say. From his history, I’m going with “look at these stupid nanny-state libruls. haw haw.” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5578 "2024-06-05T16:14:18Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > I’m sure there’s people stupid enough to ignore the “wrong way” and “do not enter” signs. I’m not sure there can be too many _Wrong Way_ signs. [![](https://tti.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/v58n3ww-signs-led-lg.jpg) ](https://tti.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/v58n3ww-signs-led-lg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5579 "2024-06-05T16:40:19Z")
I’m not sure if this link will work for everyone, it’s a google maps streetview of an intersection on Long Island. 10 Wrong Way / Do Not Enter signs for this exit, and every highway exit nearby has the same thing. Kid Cheesesteak’s eyes popped out of his head looking at it, we’re lucky to get 1 or 2 signs here in Jersey. [link](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8230991,-73.3434631,3a,19.9y,111.89h,90.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNyXUtMJmH2r20F9uv-gfTw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu) And an attempt to direct link https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sNyXUtMJmH2r20F9uv-gfTw%212m2%211d40.8230991%212d-73.3434631%213f111.89%214f9.019%215f0.199 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5580 "2024-06-05T16:44:30Z")
FYI here is the location of the “government dumb” intersection: > **[Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/zLzSHgm87NLLHpSp7)** > > Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. It’s up in the Hollywood hills, where all the streets are winding. If you turn left, you’ll be going about a half mile on a narrow, winding, canyon, one way street, with no place to turn around. Oh and this explains it. Allen lives about a half mile away (2634 Astral Dr). I bet he went the wrong way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=278) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=280)