# What the fuck is wrong with Tucker Carlson (this time)? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433 "2020-12-20T01:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/181 "2024-02-22T00:06:41Z")
I’ve never seen a dumpy McD’s or really any fast food. At least at McD’s I know for a fact there is a huge weight put on cleanliness, and franchisers must comply or lose their franchise. Is that franchisees? Hmm have to check that. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/182 "2024-02-22T00:12:53Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > There are three McDonalds near me. Even the one at the truck stop is not a dump. Same with the ones I’ve seen. They are usually clean and well-maintained. And I’ve gotten off the highway, stopped at a McDonald’s, entered and used the bathroom without needing a door code and left without even buying anything and no one seemed to mind. That’s not bad, ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/183 "2024-02-22T00:49:35Z")
What the fuck is wrong with all of you? When somebody wants to defend fascist dictators by making inaccurate, racist, AND classist stereotypes about…you know what, never mind. I have no idea where that was supposed to go that made any damned sense. Not that the original sentiment made any damned sense either. ETA: Oh, and the trains definitely did NOT run on time in Mussolini’s Italy, nor was it especially ‘clean’. But, like Putin, Mussolini [knew the value of taking advantage](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/stop-saying-mussolini-made-the-trains-run-on-time) of gullible journalists and sympathetic foreign simps for propaganda purposes. And he did such a good job, people are still buying the line generations later ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/184 "2024-02-22T01:45:58Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Hey, he can flee to Russia along with Tan the Conman! I thought that that was the whole reason why we allowed Spirit Airlines to still operate. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/185 "2024-02-22T01:58:44Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I’ve never seen a dumpy McD’s or really any fast food. I remember a trashy Burger King I once visited but it was clearly falling on bad times. They were short on people, supplies, etc. Trash was overflowing onto the floor, flies were everywhere, and some kind of manager was openly warning customers that 90% of the menu was unavailable because they hadn’t gotten their shipment of food. It was like a post apocalyptic Burger King. It was out in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Eastern Washington. I remember it vividly because it was so bizarre. Most fast food restaurants are kept very clean and orderly, at least where the customers are. It’s hard to know how clean they are in the back, though with my experience in that line of work, they try to keep it clean back there too. Making customers sick and injuring employees is bad for a restaurant’s bottom line. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/186 "2024-02-22T02:39:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It was like a post apocalyptic Burger King. It was out in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Eastern Washington. Wow, a coworker of mine quit, bought a BK franchise in central/eastern Washington and moved up there. It was before the Mt. St. Helens erruption, so it was a looooong time ago. But he was doing well enough that he was able to buy a second franchise location after a few years. I hope it wasn’t his! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/187 "2024-02-22T02:41:51Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I hope it wasn’t his! Probably not. But who knows. We were passing through and I can’t remember exactly where we were. We needed a bite to eat so I went in to get us some food, and after being in there for a short time, seeing it look disgusting, seeing the manager openly griping about how bad the situation was to customers, pretty much telling people they probably should leave… I think we went to a Wendy’s or something. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/188 "2024-02-22T02:51:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It was like a post apocalyptic Burger King. It was out in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Eastern Washington. To be fair, “post-apocalyptic” is a good way of describing most of Washington east of the Cascades. Yakima is the only place I’ve ever seen a Taco Bell that closes at 8 PM. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/189 "2024-02-22T03:07:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > To be fair, “post-apocalyptic” is a good way of describing most of Washington east of the Cascades. Eh, I used to support an office in the Tri-Cities (Richland) years ago, and while it was pretty bleak it wasn’t that bad. And Cashmere is just a gem, we’ve vacationed there more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Guapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/190 "2024-02-22T08:17:56Z")
I was in Moscow for New Year before the current Ukraine invasion. It is a very interesting place. The subways are beautiful and there are great museums and parks. The food was surprisingly good. But the parts that compare favorably to the US are just just like any European capital. You could do a similar puff piece about any of them, but I thought conservatives hated Europe, so Tucker’s enthusiasm was odd. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/191 "2024-02-22T08:43:40Z")
I think the real question here should be “What the fuck is wrong with Tucker Carlson’s face?” I don’t watch him, except, occasionally, for links posted here, but it seems his parents gave him botox injections from an early age. His expression (and he has just one) exudes stupidity. Someone in another thread described it as a labrador that has lost its ball, which I think is apt, except labradors are not stupid. It is so clueless, Forrest Gump exceeds him. Even Alex Jones, who I similarly abhor, manages to come across as someone who experiences thought from time to time, and shows that in his facial expressions. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/192 "2024-02-22T08:51:13Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Someone in another thread described it as a labrador that has lost its ball, which I think is apt, except labradors are not stupid. Someone else said “Looks like a labrador that was just told that it can’t eat it’s poop” ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/193 "2024-02-22T08:56:02Z")
I’ve heard “like he just found out his parents had the same last name before they got married”. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/194 "2024-02-22T10:50:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > His expression (and he has just one) exudes stupidity. I’ve noticed this for a long time, and I believe it’s because his constant _schtick_ is expressing amazement at the latest example of alleged liberal stupidity\* that he’s so cleverly uncovered. Although he ends up looking more like someone just asked him to add 6+8 without using a calculator. \* Or more recently, the amazing superiority of Russian shopping carts. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/195 "2024-02-22T12:16:42Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I think the real question here should be “What the fuck is wrong with Tucker Carlson’s face?” His face has always looked like the bottom of a big toe with a face drawn on it and some bad hair glued onto the top. I always thought that he must smell like feet. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/196 "2024-02-22T13:19:40Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > ETA: Oh, and the trains definitely did NOT run on time in Mussolini’s Italy, Bergen Evans, the proto-Cecil, pointed this out in his book _The Natural History of Nonsense_, way back in 1946. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/197 "2024-02-22T14:39:43Z")
I’ve heard that face Tucker makes described as “baby’s first poop”. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/198 "2024-02-22T14:42:09Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > it seems his parents gave him botox injections from an early age And every drop of it seeped through the blood-brain barrier. > [@](#): > > His expression (and he has just one) exudes stupidity He looks like one of those Victorian drawings made to warn boys of the supposed horrific effects of habitual masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/199 "2024-02-22T14:54:55Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > But, last I heard tell, Mr. Carlson was on the side of the Republican party and he shouldn’t be a fan of Eminent Domain, massive government expenditures, nor taxes. He’s basically just saying that Big Government is juicy and delicious. That was my take on the subway thing as well. “If you did try to build this as a US government, everyone and his dog would be screaming bloody murder about wasting taxpayers’ money.” Ugly (but cheap!) architecture is a society problem, not a government problem. Take a look at Washington, DC. There _was_ a time when Americans were willing to spend money to have their important institutions look nice, but that was a long time ago now. And it’s the “No Taxes Ever!” crowd that mostly pushed you away from that. And we have the same problems here in Canada. We currently don’t have an official residence for the Prime Minister, because for decades now, we just let [24 Sussex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Sussex_Drive) rot rather than pay for its upkeep, and now we’re arguing about paying to build a new place. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433/200 "2024-02-22T15:09:59Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Ugly (but cheap!) architecture is a society problem, not a government problem. Ironically, brutalist architecture was inspired by Eastern European aesthetics (or lack thereof), particularly from the Soviet Union. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-tucker-carlson-this-time/928433.md?page=11)