# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/61 "2014-06-28T17:40:30Z")
This thread is not cromulant. ---
**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 28, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/62 "2014-06-28T18:14:57Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I’m reading this thread and masticating like crazy! > > edit: Dammit Dallas Jones! That reminds me, I really need to masticate right now, I haven’t since early this morning and I’ve just got this dire need, you know? ---
**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 28, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/63 "2014-06-28T20:40:54Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This thread is not cromulant. But all that thespian talk will embiggen the smallest man. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/64 "2014-06-28T23:29:53Z")
This sort of thing actually has a [long history](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_speech_(minstrelsy)). [For example.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezyQdqBETVs) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/65 "2014-06-29T05:12:53Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > So thespians aren’t homo sapiens? They are? Have you ever eaten with one? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/66 "2014-06-29T09:17:49Z")
I don’t believe I’ve ever had the occasion to masticate in the presence of a thespian. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/67 "2014-06-29T10:04:06Z")
My guess is the OP was trying to say “lesbian” and “homosexual” while high and autocorrect came through. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/68 "2014-06-29T12:35:34Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > My guess is the OP was trying to say “lesbian” and “homosexual” while high and autocorrect came through. Nonsense. This sort of obfuscation of the issue is clearly misdirection as to the true nature of the thespian agenda. Fact: a significant number of homo sapiens are self-identified pediatricians. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/69 "2014-06-29T13:33:39Z")
Hey, some of my best friends are homo sapiens. Some of them are even thespians, and some of them have been known to indulge in badinage. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/70 "2014-06-29T14:38:23Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This thread is not cromulant. It’s spelled cromulent, you goddamn heathen! Probably a thespian too. ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/71 "2014-06-29T16:43:32Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > My guess is the OP was trying to say “lesbian” and “homosexual” while high and autocorrect came through. You’ve been whooshed. The OP is a reference to the quote in post #11, which was supposedly said by[George Smathers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smathers) to slander Claude Pepper in a Senate race. (The quote was actually a hoax.) ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/72 "2014-06-29T22:10:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You’ve been whooshed. The OP is a reference to the quote in post #11, which was supposedly said by[George Smathers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Smathers) to slander Claude Pepper in a Senate race. (The quote was actually a hoax.) Ok thanks. ---
**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 30, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/73 "2014-06-30T00:01:07Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > My guess is the OP was trying to say “lesbian” and “homosexual” while high and autocorrect came through. I have never posted while high. Maybe when I’ve been low, but never high. Heights scare me. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/74 "2014-06-30T00:03:27Z")
Eskimo ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/75 "2014-06-30T00:34:39Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > 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? Preach it, brother–I’m sick of having thespians and sapiens shoved down my throat till I choke on buh-cock ([http://www.fearthegaychicken.org/](http://www.fearthegaychicken.org/)). ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/76 "2014-06-30T16:51:19Z")
As if this thread wasn’t odd enough already we get > [@Zebra](#): > > Eskimo I find that highly suspicious. Zebras and Eskimos come from entirely different environments. How would a zebra find an Eskimo? Even **if** an Eskimo wandered it’s way to the African plains, it would have taken off its parka and snow shoes to avoid heat stroke and ease walking by the time it got there, and then how would a zebra know it’s an Eskimo? Something doesn’t add up. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/77 "2014-06-30T16:58:59Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Preach it, brother–I’m sick of having thespians and sapiens shoved down my throat till I choke on buh-cock ([http://www.fearthegaychicken.org/](http://www.fearthegaychicken.org/)). I for one think it’s ridiculous that a t-shirts costs more than a clock. ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/78 "2014-06-30T23:11:35Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > As if this thread wasn’t odd enough already we get > I find that highly suspicious. Zebras and Eskimos come from entirely different environments. How would a zebra find an Eskimo? Even **if** an Eskimo wandered it’s way to the African plains, it would have taken off its parka and snow shoes to avoid heat stroke and ease walking by the time it got there, and then how would a zebra know it’s an Eskimo? Something doesn’t add up. I spent some time on the Africa Plains. Africa is God’s country – and He can have it. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. Then, we tried to remove the tusks, … but they were embedded in so firmly, we couldn’t budge them. Of course, in Alabama the Tusk-a-loosa. But that’s entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about. We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren’t developed. But we’re going back again in a couple of weeks! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/79 "2014-07-01T05:23:32Z")
Some of my best friends are hetero sapiens. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752/80 "2014-07-01T06:02:18Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > It’s spelled cromulent, you goddamn heathen! Probably a thespian too. Well, I drink like Charlie Sheen, am more convincing than Keanu Reeves and better looking that Danny DeVito. Does any of this count? Actually, I’m only _taller_ than DeVito. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752.md?page=5)