"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread (pt 2)

[BugI02]

How to seem like you're doing something worthwhile, and have an 'accomplishment' you can point to, while not tackling ANY of the hard stuff. A Democratic/progressive specialty

 

[jamil]

How to seem like you're doing something worthwhile, and have an 'accomplishment' you can point to, while not tackling ANY of the hard stuff. A Democratic/progressive specialty

In pursuit of unconstrained subjective morality.

 

[Hoosierkav]

Or we could get rid of the day altogether.

As I watch the basketball tourney, maybe we could let some huge corporation give a pile of money to the country (not Congress), and we'll name that day after them.

"This day off brought to you by Amazon--while you're sitting at home, buy something from them!"

 

[Dead Duck]

I will admit that I've had some bad nights in my life but nothing quite this entertaining.

In the real-life horror show, Joanne Cullen bent down to fix a bow on a wreath by the headstone when a sinkhole formed and began to “swallow” her up, according to court papers.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-woman-sucked-into-parents-grave-suing-cemetary

 

[actaeon277]

I will admit that I've had some bad nights in my life but nothing quite this entertaining.




https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-woman-sucked-into-parents-grave-suing-cemetary

You are already scooped
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/466561-i-wouldnt-go-back-cemetery-either.html

 

[x10]

Because we wouldn't want to offend.

New Mexico state Senate votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day


https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-mexi...lace-columbus-day-with-indigenous-peoples-day

How many Hundred years does it take to be considered Local?

The current landlord is around 300 years now. Maybe not all at once but When the European wave hit the beach it rolled right across.

 

[HoughMade]

Because we wouldn't want to offend.

New Mexico state Senate votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day


https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-mexi...lace-columbus-day-with-indigenous-peoples-day

We can discuss current mores and how they may have affected the "age of explorers" had they been in place at that time...but why?

People have been exploring, invading and conquering for a long, long time. Even in the "new world" before Columbus got here...and before the Vikings as well.

What happened, happened.

Great men are seldom perfect men. I have no issue with celebrating historical greatness.

 

[spencer rifle]

It's not like all was sweetness and light before the Europeans got here. Tribal warfare was ongoing and serious, and many native communities were in a race to see who could get new, powerful allies among the "invaders" to help them against their tribal enemies.

 

[jamil]

It's not like all was sweetness and light before the Europeans got here. Tribal warfare was ongoing and serious, and many native communities were in a race to see who could get new, powerful allies among the "invaders" to help them against their tribal enemies.

That’s what I keep telling people who insist we contritely acknowledge that we took the land from native Americans. Well. Who did they take it from? Who had it first? How far down are we willing to go? I didn’t take it anyway.

 

[rob63]

That’s what I keep telling people who insist we contritely acknowledge that we took the land from native Americans. Well. Who did they take it from? Who had it first? How far down are we willing to go? I didn’t take it anyway.

I visited the Jamestown Settlement park in Virginia a couple of years ago. One of the park rangers asked a group of people I was with who the land belonged to, the settlers or the Native Americans that they took it from? The crowd, naturally, all responded that it belonged to the Native Americans. He then explained that those particular Indians had only been there 3 years and had gotten the land by exterminating the tribe that had been there previously.

I don't know if any of it makes Columbus worth celebrating or not, that is a separate issue. However, attempting to assign "good guy" and "bad guy" hats to historical figures always tends to be messy if you spend any time at all studying history. It's like almost any issue, the more someone insists that they have the answers, the more likely it is that their confidence is simply an indication of their ignorance.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I don't know if any of it makes Columbus worth celebrating or not, that is a separate issue. However, attempting to assign "good guy" and "bad guy" hats to historical figures always tends to be messy if you spend any time at all studying history. It's like almost any issue, the more someone insists that they have the answers, the more likely it is that their confidence is simply an indication of their ignorance.

Absolutely. The "good guys" of history are not always that good.

Look at the movie Free State of Jones. They seriously whitewashed Newton Knight as this righteous man. He apparently was anything but. But he did do some good. (some might say that movie summed up the entirety of his life's good work)

Having trouble locating the article at the moment, but I read a fairly long piece that showed his true colors and that he wasn't the awesome wholesome figure portrayed in the movie.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

IDK, that symbol did cause me grief and anxiety.

 

[Dead Duck]

I've had days like this.
One morning after slaving to make me a Dagwood Sammich, I fumbled it all over the floor. I contemplated calling 911 for help but instead I let the dogs in to clean it up. Then went back to bed.

Police come to the rescue after boy with autism calls 911 to report lost teddy bear


https://www.foxnews.com/health/police-help-boy-with-autism-who-called-911-for-lost-teddy-bear

 

[Phase2]

Denny needs to go over there and refresh their training on curb-stomping 101.

 

[Dead Duck]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...ament-by-alabama-tv-station-in-on-air-blunder

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Denny needs to go over there and refresh their training on curb-stomping 101.

Denny's an amateur. Frank is the curb-stomping expert.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...ament-by-alabama-tv-station-in-on-air-blunder

It's not a contest! (Or at least that's what I keep telling myself)

 

[Phase2]

Denny needs to go over there and refresh their training on curb-stomping 101.

Denny's an amateur. Frank is the curb-stomping expert.

Did you just Denny my joke?

 

[Denny347]

You want Denny to Denny this thread?