Dumb and Stupid Quotes Thread: Idiotic Source and Context are Key.

[Bridog7]

I wouldn't mind it if George H.W Bush did donuts on my front lawn.

 

[Cutlass]

"With regard to the picture, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' xxxx stated in substance that the film represented a rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a 'Scrooge-type' so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists."
—

from 1947 FBI report, "Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry"

 

[Cutlass]

"I don't know. It's a question I've never even thought about."
—

abortion foe Ohio state Sen. Jim Buchy, asked by a reporter, "What do you think makes a woman want to have an abortion?"

 

[Cutlass]

"I've been the best mayor that this city's ever had. My record speaks for itself."
—

Toronto mayor Rob Ford, seeking re-election

 

[bhsup]

"If militarism is like the haunting Voldemort of Japan, the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a kind of horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation's soul"
- Liu Xiaoming, PRC Ambassador to the UK

"There are two paths open to China. One is to seek dialogue, and abide by the rule of law. The other is to play the role of Voldemort in the region by letting loose the evil of an arms race and escalation of tensions"
- Keiichi Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to the UK

 

[ReindeerThistle]

"If militarism is like the haunting Voldemort of Japan, the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a kind of horcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation's soul"
- Liu Xiaoming, PRC Ambassador to the UK

"There are two paths open to China. One is to seek dialogue, and abide by the rule of law. The other is to play the role of Voldemort in the region by letting loose the evil of an arms race and escalation of tensions"
- Keiichi Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to the UK

Oh, joy...

 

[Hojsimpson]

"A relaxing cup of café con leche" café con leche = coffee with milk

Ana Botella, Madrid Mayor

In her speech for the 2020 Olympics she speaked some kind of "Spanglish"
Nobody understood her.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

This is a thing that was posted, apparently. Someone find me a Democrat one.

 

[Antilogic]

Stockman surely doesn't stand a chance here. Cornyn has been one of the most reliable conservatives in the Senate for years.

 

[bhsup]

Stockman is a disgrace. Here's another dandy. It's from an email I got (I get all this stuff after donating to Romney's campaign.)

"Obama’s socialism makes me sick! And I have the barf bag to prove it!" - Stockman

Link from email for web version of email

EDIT: That said, I absolutely adore doge, so.... well I dunno, but I adore doge.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I don't think anything else I read today can beat this.
"Citric Acid is a "weak" acid, meaning once it's done it's job in providing energy in metabolism it's eliminated easily via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body. Calcium carbonate then neutralizes the "Strong" acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism."
-Lemons Alkaline?, pHbalance

 

[Antilogic]

Yeah, that's not what the term strong and weak means, citric acid is not usually digested for energy since it's not a carb/fat/protein, it's more of a catalyst, nor is sweat or respiration differently involved, and so on... it's like a rotten onion--it has layers but they all suck.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

While we're on the subject of quackery, we may as well show their train of thought.
"We know this stuff works. We believe in this, it’s just building the evidence base."
-regarding alternative medicine, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini

TLDR: Your study sucks because anecdotal evidence.

Completely false.
I grew up in rural north central Wisconsin in the 70's and 80's
and early 90's. I was born in 1974. We never had a computer in
our household. When I was in grade school we had Commodore
64's that we got to use once in a while. In high school I had ONE
computer class and it was on a Mac Classic. I didn't get into
computers until college when roommates and friends had them
and computer labs were abundant.

Today I have a dozen years experience with Macs and about ten
years experience with Windows based machines. I'm a web
designer and developer and doing very well. I'm sort of the
resident computer guy that everyone asks looking for computer
answers.

Bottom line these kids aren't doomed and like most everything
else printed as "crisis" this is yet another thing we can set aside
and not worry about. To this day neither of my parents know
jack about computers. My dad probably couldn't even figure out
what to do after he turned one on and my mom isn't much
better. It just doesn't matter. Hell, does every kid do what his
parents know about? If I kid goes off to tech school and
becomes an airplane mechanic is he at a disadvantage because
his mother was a nurse and his dad a stock broker?

 

[Cutlass]

"They were helpless before their government just as we are helpless before our government."
—

VA state Sen. Richard H. Black on why the German people didn't stop the Holocaust

 

[Cutlass]

"It's fantastic. This is a great thing because it inspires everbody, gets them motivation to look up to the one percent and say, 'I want to become one of those people. I'm going to fight hard to get up to the top.'...Of course I'm going to applaud it. What can be wrong with this?"
—

Canadian entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary on report that 85 people are collectively worth as much as half the world's population

 

[ReindeerThistle]

Inbelievable, Cutlass... makes me think of Dark Knight Rises...

 

[Antilogic]

Is that the one where the good guys lose?

 

[Dachs]

Is that the one where the good guys lose?

No, that was Beauty and the Beast.

 

[Gucumatz]

Batman never loses.

Moral of the movie must have been if you can be one of those 85 you can screw over anyone else... in a freaking awesome Batsuit.

 

[ReindeerThistle]

Inbelievable, Cutlass... makes me think of Dark Knight Rises...

Is that the one where the good guys lose?

No, that was Beauty and the Beast.

Batman never loses.

Moral of the movie must have been if you can be one of those 85 you can screw over anyone else... in a freaking awesome Batsuit.

I was thinking of the 99.9999999% being "motivated" to throw those 85 out on their behinds.