# so lets take a break from the race discussion in ferguson and talk about this **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732 "2014-08-17T02:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jay4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@Jay4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay4)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/1 "2014-08-17T02:07:17Z")
> **[Trooper in charge in Ferguson marches with protestors | USA NOW](https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/usanow/2014/08/19/14099529/)** > > Hundreds of protestors gathered and marched again in Ferguson, MO Thursday night. But this time it was primarily peaceful. The credit for the shift in atmosphere goes to the commander of the Missouri Highway Patrol who's now overseeing security. do you think this should be acceptable ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/2 "2014-08-17T02:11:33Z")
No, I don’t think Sears should be trying to sell me refrigerators before I get to look at information about a serious issue. Thanks for pointing that out. if that’s not what you meant, then I am baffled why you’d claim that you are taking a break from race discussion in Ferguson by posting a video about the race discussion in Ferguson. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/3 "2014-08-17T02:17:25Z")
Really, how on earth is Sears still even a thing? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/4 "2014-08-17T02:21:42Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Really, how on earth is Sears still even a thing? Because K-Mart is keeping Sears off the bottom of the list. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/5 "2014-08-17T02:25:53Z")
Look, you smartasses are deliberately distracting from the major point here. How the hell is USA Today still a thing? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/6 "2014-08-17T02:46:25Z")
Yeah! It doesn’t even have any embedded videos! **WTF?!?** Also, while we’re on the subject - where are those foldable smart-screens I was promised? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/7 "2014-08-17T03:03:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Because K-Mart is keeping Sears off the bottom of the list. Hah! Joke’s on you - [They’re the same company!](http://www.searsholdings.com/) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/8 "2014-08-17T04:11:19Z")
Is ISIS arming the Negros in Missouri with RPG’s and automatic beheading laser-guided scimitars, or am I just spectacularly ignorant of the situation like the people starting threads about it in GQ? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/9 "2014-08-17T04:18:12Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Is ISIS arming the Negros in Missouri with RPG’s and automatic beheading laser-guided scimitars, or am I just spectacularly ignorant of the situation like the people starting threads about it in GQ? Now, now, we’re taking a break from all that, as directed by the OP. When’s the last time you bought anything from Sears? Me, it’s been so long I can’t even remember. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/10 "2014-08-17T04:21:20Z")
I bought a laser-guided scimitar in St. Louis yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/11 "2014-08-17T04:26:55Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Now, now, we’re taking a break from all that, as directed by the OP. > > When’s the last time you bought anything from Sears? Me, it’s been so long I can’t even remember. It’s been a long time. Or maybe it was K-Mart. I always have trouble telling the two apart. Yes, I’ve known for a long time it’s the same company ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/12 "2014-08-17T04:27:03Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I bought a laser-guided scimitar in St. Louis yesterday. Well, I understand Craftsman’s offerings are still of reasonable, if not spectacular, quality. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/13 "2014-08-17T04:38:27Z")
No riots in Latvia. Unless there is a potato. Then sad riot. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/14 "2014-08-17T04:49:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No riots in Latvia. Unless there is a potato. Then sad riot. During the Soviet era, if you could smuggle a few sets of Mr. Potato Head accessories into Latvia and sell them on the black market, you could pretty much name your price. Fact. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/15 "2014-08-17T04:59:03Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > During the Soviet era, if you could smuggle a few sets of Mr. Potato Head accessories into Latvia and sell them on the black market, you could pretty much name your price. Fact. That was because of the Great Mr. Potato Head Famine, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/16 "2014-08-17T05:22:31Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > That was because of the Great Mr. Potato Head Famine, wasn’t it? [Mr. Potato Famine Make him wave hello, shake hands, get drunk and starve to death\* Now with Pencil Thin Arms / For Fun-Starved Kids of All Ages!\*\*]([Mr. Potato Famine - Lost Wackys - Wacky Packages](http://www.lostwackys.com/wacky-packages/lost-wackys/1990s/mr-potato.htm)) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/17 "2014-08-17T05:25:41Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > During the Soviet era, if you could smuggle a few sets of Mr. Potato Head accessories into Latvia and sell them on the black market, you could pretty much name your price. Fact. > [@guizot](#): > > That was because of the Great Mr. Potato Head Famine, wasn’t it? They modelled Mr Potato Head on Stalin. Same moustache and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/18 "2014-08-17T05:36:20Z")
Well, to get semi-serious for a moment (yeah, I know, what the hell am I thinking?), something relevant I said about the OP a couple days ago: > [@Are you a racist? Warning signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/1496): > > Check out some of his other posts…actually, on second thought, that’s probably a bad idea. > > The guy is either kind of a troll (but doesn’t try hard enough) or the type of idiot that makes me despair for the entire human race. Unfortunately, it’s really hard to differentiate between a lazy troll and a fucktarded idiot. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/19 "2014-08-17T05:47:59Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > They modelled Mr Potato Head on Stalin. Same moustache and everything. Great Leader not wear glasses, bend light to fit eyes. Or else. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/20 "2014-08-17T06:13:15Z")
By the way, what the heck does Sears have to do with anything? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732.md?page=2)