# 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:** 385
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7681 "2024-09-05T20:24:04Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > HOW THE FUCK ELSE WOULD YOU DRINK A MILKSHAKE?!\>?! Drinking a milkshake without a straw is **STUPID**. I say this as someone who has drank a milkshake without a straw, and I was stupid, and I paid for it. Why is it stupid? Well, if the milkshake is cold and/or thick enough, or not mixed up enough, it can solidify. And let’s say you’ve been drinking it for a while and it’s down halfway in the glass. You can’t just tilt it a little to sip from it. The shake is just kind of stuck in there. So you tilt it more, still stuck, tilt it more, still stuck, and then it gets dislodged and you get one chunk of ice cream falling out of your glass onto your face. Like the milkshake threw a snowball at you as punishment for being stupid enough to drink a milkshake without a straw. You need a straw, or at least a little spoon or something to stir around in the thing to keep it broken up. But of course Jesse Watters gives stupid advice, and tells you to do things that are harmful. He’s a Fox News host pushing a right wing agenda. At least drinking a milkshake wrong will at worst cause a mess for your face and/or clothes. Other advice he gives will cause a mess for your life or the country. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7682 "2024-09-05T20:36:20Z")
Well as I posted upthread, _hiccuping_ is not manly, according to watters. And I presume, since it’s an involuntary reflex, the only manly thing to do is tear out your diaphragm? If not giving a crap about whether something makes you look more manly or whatever means I’m not a true man, then I’m not a true man, and I don’t care. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7683 "2024-09-05T20:48:45Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > If not giving a crap about whether something makes you look more manly or whatever means I’m not a true man, then I’m not a true man, and I don’t care. No, not giving a crap about whether something makes you look more manly or whatever makes you MORE of a true man ™. True men don’t care what others think. True men know lesser men are emulating THEM. So if some faux true man makes fun of you for using a straw, beat him senseless\* and enjoy your milkshake in peace. 🙂 \*do not actually beat him senseless! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7684 "2024-09-05T20:53:57Z")
I’m comfortable enough in my masculinity to be seen in public using a straw. Clearly Watters is not and is projecting on everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7685 "2024-09-05T20:59:33Z")
You know, I’ve been good. I’m down ten pounds, but you people keep talking about milkshakes. I fecking love milkshakes. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7686 "2024-09-05T21:14:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > , originator of “goop” sauce for burgers (basically mustard and sweet relish mixed with equal parts mayo and Miracle Whip), Egads, mustard, mayonnaise, _and_ Miracle Whip? And relish, for texture. (shudder) > [@Mijin](#): > > I’m terms of the segment about watters, she 3 or 4 times joked about him sucking D. I don’t like that kind of joke. > I get it; Watters is talking about “real” men and all that, so she’s joking about repressed feelings etc. But it’s meeting the bigots in their gutter; I don’t want to go there. Fair enough, but he is the one that talked about pursing their lips and the face it makes, so it wasn’t so much gay men aren’t manly as it was Watters is worried about men pursuing their lips and sucking things. Also, I think her last remark was “sucking a man’s cum through a straw” - she certainly says “through a straw”. And one was about playing with your own dick, not sucking dick. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7687 "2024-09-05T21:15:31Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > the only manly thing to do is tear out your diaphragm? Hiccups are driven by the diaphragm, but to eliminate the proximal cause, you would have to yank out your epiglottis. Which is easier to reach and remove and not instantly fatal, though, that milkshake filling your lungs would probably be the last straw. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7688 "2024-09-05T21:24:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > No, not giving a crap about whether something makes you look more manly or whatever makes you MORE of a true man ™. True men don’t care what others think. True men know lesser men are emulating THEM. The first rule of manliness is you don’t talk about manliness. Also, real geniuses don’t brag about their SAT scores or join MENSA, and real war heroes don’t introduce themselves as Navy Seals. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7689 "2024-09-05T21:27:21Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The first rule of manliness is you don’t talk about manliness. I’d have thought that was obvious. But I guess _nothing_ is obvious to “fans of Jesse Watters” (a phrase synonymous with “the IQ-challenged”). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7690 "2024-09-05T21:33:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Rick “Skeletor” Scott says that every single Democrat has voted to legalize crushing the skulls of infants and/or letting them starve to death. I thought they just put them in Scott’s unhinged jaws. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7691 "2024-09-05T21:39:37Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I think her last remark was “sucking a man’s cum through a straw” - she certainly says “through a straw”. Oh OK, I take it back then. That’s not crass at all. Let’s wrap up this tangent. I _love_ Alien Super Show, and Beth Stelling was overall great in this episode. I just thought her quips in those couple of minutes weren’t the right tone, that’s all. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7692 "2024-09-05T21:45:49Z")
I wonder if Watters took the wrong lesson from that old MASH episode, where Hawkeye takes Radar to the officers’ club. hawk orders liquor, but Radar order a grape nehi. The bartender snidely asks “you want a straw with that?” and Radar replies “we don’t use straws on the front.” Manly, Radar, manly, ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7693 "2024-09-05T21:49:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Radar replies “we don’t use straws on the front.” Corporal-Captains are badass that way. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7694 "2024-09-05T22:23:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Mijin](#): > > > > the only manly thing to do is tear out your diaphragm? > > Hiccups are driven by the diaphragm, but to eliminate the proximal cause, you would have to yank out your epiglottis. Which is easier to reach and remove and not instantly fatal, though, that milkshake filling your lungs would probably be the last straw. But a diaphragm is something that a woman uses to avoid getting pregnant! See! It all fits! In other news, I saw an RV at the gas station earlier that had [www.susan4usa.com](https://www.susan4usa.com/) written all over it in what appeared to be magic marker (possibly Trump’s favorite brand…Sharpie). A quick look at her website doesn’t reveal her political affiliation, but her beliefs strike me as being very right-wing. Among the things she’s advocating: 1. the National Guard going door to door and handing out paper ballots 2. using your SSN (social security number, for those not initial savvy) as your voter ID since you are only issued one 3. the National Guard collecting all ballots, and then counting them 3x in order to make sure that no fraud can occur. She’s indicated on there that she’s been communicating with the government of West Virginia about massive voter fraud, and claims to have a case pending with SCOTUS. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7695 "2024-09-05T23:03:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In other news, I saw an RV at the gas station earlier that had [www.susan4usa.com](https://www.susan4usa.com/) written all over it Wow, that was fun. _All_ the text was centered, who does that? But the best line on the page was “_Is it UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO FORCE U.S CITIZENS to "REGISTER to VOTE " to have OUR VOTE COUNTED? YES!_” Maybe not actually FRW, but quite _weird_. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7696 "2024-09-05T23:10:05Z")
Tucker Carlson’s podcast guest says WWII was Churchill’s fault and the Holocaust happened by accident. > **[White House condemns Tucker Carlson ‘Nazi propaganda’ interview as...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/media/white-house-condemns-tucker-carlson-nazi-propaganda-interview/index.html)** > > The Biden administration is denouncing Tucker Carlson after the far-right personality hosted a guest this week who suggested the Holocaust happened by accident, calling the interview “a disgusting and sadistic insult to all Americans.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7697 "2024-09-05T23:35:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tucker Carlson’s podcast guest says WWII was Churchill’s fault and the Holocaust happened by accident. No Tucker, you where the accident. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7698 "2024-09-06T00:02:39Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > No Tucker, you where the accident. He _was_ born in San Francisco, in 1969, to an artist and a gonzo reporter, which tells me that people should be careful about their pre-copulation activities. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7699 "2024-09-06T00:23:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Trump with two middle fingers held up Pity he got into trouble over such tiny little things. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7700 "2024-09-06T00:34:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In other news, I saw an RV at the gas station earlier that had [www.susan4usa.com](https://www.susan4usa.com/) written all over it in what appeared to be magic marker (possibly Trump’s favorite brand…Sharpie). That web site is like the political version of the Time Cube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=386)