# The world has lost its mind. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752 "2014-06-27T03:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/1 "2014-06-27T03:39:10Z")
Why do we have to have all the thespian and homo sapiens bull shit shoved down our throats where there is more important stuff to worry about? ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/2 "2014-06-27T03:40:33Z")
lolwut ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/3 "2014-06-27T03:43:29Z")
Yeah! And the anglophile and prophylactics! Won’t someone please think of the tardigrades? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/4 "2014-06-27T03:43:49Z")
Poor communication is what pisses me off. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/5 "2014-06-27T03:47:39Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > Won’t someone please think of the tardigrades? Tardigrades can survive temperatures from near absolute zero to above the boiling point of water, ionizing radiation, extreme pressure, and hard vacuum. I think they can look after themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/6 "2014-06-27T03:48:44Z")
The 'tards \*\*_I_ \*\*grade aren’t that tough, I promise you. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/7 "2014-06-27T03:49:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Tardigrades can survive temperatures from near absolute zero to above the boiling point of water, ionizing radiation, extreme pressure, and hard vacuum. I think they can look after themselves. More embarrassing, I couldn’t remember their name, but a Bing Search on “microscopic teddy bear” gave it to me as the first result. If that isn’t proof that the world has lost it’s mind, I don’t know what is! ETA: OP Join date 2005? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/8 "2014-06-27T04:10:41Z")
Actually, [Bullshit Homo Sapiens](http://www.reverbnation.com/playlist/view_playlist/-4?page_object=artist_1957916) seems to be quite pleasant. (Though I’d like to know what the lyrics mean.) ---
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/9 "2014-06-27T04:10:59Z")
And another thing,This country was ruined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His wife was always out on the loose. Running around with the coloreds. Tellin’ ‘em they was gettin’ the short end of the stick. She was the one who discovered the coloreds in this country; we never knew they was there! ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/10 "2014-06-27T04:20:25Z")
Franklin Roosevelt can be colored [right here](http://www.coloringpagebook.com/wp-content/uploads/president-franklin-d-roosevelt-coloringpage.png)! I don’t hang out in the Pit much, but y’all seem like a nice bunch o’ folks! You’re so good natured and soft spoken! Howdy! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/11 "2014-06-27T04:31:44Z")
> [@http://www.skeptical-science.com/critical-thinking/magic-sexy-words-designed-befuddle-red-flags-scream-bullshit/](#): > > “Are you aware that Claude Pepper is known all over Washington as a shameless extrovert? Not only that, but this man is reliably reported to practice nepotism with his sister-in-law, he has a brother who is a known homo sapiens, and he has a sister who was once a thespian in wicked New York. Worst of all, it is an established fact that Mr. Pepper, before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy.” Big Lolz OP. ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/12 "2014-06-27T04:32:31Z")
Your ideas conflibulate me and I wish to subscribe to your ibis. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/13 "2014-06-27T06:51:13Z")
Is there a rule about posting while high? ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/14 "2014-06-27T08:01:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Is there a rule about posting while high? No, the rule is about driving. You’re not allowed to post while driving. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/15 "2014-06-27T09:02:38Z")
Why do we allow certified pedagogues to work in our schools? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/16 "2014-06-27T10:29:49Z")
I think it’s pretty ungrateful for a guy who works for the Works Progress Administration to be bitching about FDR. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/17 "2014-06-27T12:00:40Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > No, the rule is about driving. You’re not allowed to post while driving. Posting while putting is acceptable though. Chipping is a grey area, as we’ve yet to have a mod ruling on it. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/18 "2014-06-27T12:12:03Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Chipping is a grey area, as we’ve yet to have a mod ruling on it. Not at all a grey area. Posting while putting your chips into fry is very dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/19 "2014-06-27T12:14:42Z")
I for one am relieved that it’s not another thread pissing on the World Cup and the Beautiful 0-0 Game. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/20 "2014-06-27T12:48:42Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > there is more important stuff to worry about There always is! If one were to buy into this POV, one would have to determine which thing is THE most important thing to worry about, and not bother oneself about anything else until something else had overtaken it as THE most important thing. And then be only concerned with that thing, etc. Nobody actually does this, of course. So much for the “shouldn’t worry about X because there’s more important stuff to worry about” bullshit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752.md?page=2)