In other news (apolitical thread)...

[Brutus Buckeye]

At least there are no plastic straws in the vicinity. 

[847badgerfan]

Good times yesterday.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Owning a boat in FL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> owning a boat in AZ

[FearlessF]

unless you live in Lake Havasu City...........

[847badgerfan]

That's a crappy Lake.

[FearlessF]

well, its not an ocean

[Brutus Buckeye]

unless you live in Lake Havasu City...........

[img width=500 height=332.997]https://i.imgur.com/HEtRVFu.png[/img]

Or Mohave Lake, or Lake Mead, or Lake Powell. 

[Gigem]

Not sure where to put this so I’ll just put it here. 

I work with a flat earther. This guy is an I&E tech in my department. 60’s. 

Usually stops in my office for 15-20 minutes everyday to BS. One day he randomly started talking about flat earth stuff. Fake moon landings and whatnot. 

[Gigem]

I never truly believed that anyone would really believe that shit. But oh man. 

I hate to even engage with someone with this level of stupidity, but I just started asking him questions about it.  Just out of curiosity. 

[Gigem]

The funniest thing was him explaining to me how we could never go to the moon because of the Van Allen radiation belt. So I asked him how he knew about that…to which he replied NASA. 

So you believe NASA about the Van Allen belts, but not about landing on the moon?  

Doh! 

[utee94]

Yeah there are some real kooks in the world. 

[Gigem]

It made me realize how many frauds there are out there in the world, selling misinformation.  Such as Candace Owens and some of their ilk.  Alex Jones is the other one that was super popular.  

You take something that is somewhat complicated, throw a bunch of simple sounding explanations to prove your right, and all you need is the underlying belief that "they" have been lying about everything, and you've got traction.  

I'm still struggling to understand what "they" would gain from making everybody believe the world is round when it's really flat.  Who benefits from such a lie? 

[utee94]

It made me realize how many frauds there are out there in the world, selling misinformation.  Such as Candace Owens and some of their ilk.  Alex Jones is the other one that was super popular. 

You take something that is somewhat complicated, throw a bunch of simple sounding explanations to prove your right, and all you need is the underlying belief that "they" have been lying about everything, and you've got traction. 

I'm still struggling to understand what "they" would gain from making everybody believe the world is round when it's really flat.  Who benefits from such a lie?

Yeah, another example is all of this "sovereign citizen" stuff out there.  Have you seen any of this?

I stumbled down a Facebook reel/Youtube rabbit hole after seeing a video of these crazy people that think that state rules don't apply to them with respect to needing a driver's license and car registration.  They're convinced that the wording in the Consitution and in other ancient court cases allows them to "travel" anywhere they like, and that because that is a guaranteed right, they don't have to be properly licensed and registered.

It's all bullshit of course-- you do have a legal right to "travel" but that doesn't include driving a car.  Driving is a privilege, not a right, and the courts have established that decisively over the decades.  If you want to walk from state to state that's fine, but if you're driving a car, then you have to be properly licensed and registered.  These encounters invariably end up with the cop that pulled them over, dragging them out of their cars and taking them straight to jail.

And of course the majority of these people already have suspended licenses anyway, which I imagine is why they opted to go down this goofy route in the first place.  They always have these "documents" that are supposed to be Federal and official.  But what I suspect is that there's some website out there with a lot of fake wording that convinces these people they can take the easy way out, and literally sells them this fake stuff. Someone's making money off these idiots.  Sucker born every minute and all that.

[Honestbuckeye]

Yeah, another example is all of this "sovereign citizen" stuff out there.  Have you seen any of this?

I stumbled down a Facebook reel/Youtube rabbit hole after seeing a video of these crazy people that think that state rules don't apply to them with respect to needing a driver's license and car registration.  They're convinced that the wording in the Consitution and in other ancient court cases allows them to "travel" anywhere they like, and that because that is a guaranteed right, they don't have to be properly licensed and registered.

It's all bullshit of course-- you do have a legal right to "travel" but that doesn't include driving a car.  Driving is a privilege, not a right, and the courts have established that decisively over the decades.  If you want to walk from state to state that's fine, but if you're driving a car, then you have to be properly licensed and registered.  These encounters invariably end up with the cop that pulled them over, dragging them out of their cars and taking them straight to jail.

And of course the majority of these people already have suspended licenses anyway, which I imagine is why they opted to go down this goofy route in the first place.  They always have these "documents" that are supposed to be Federal and official.  But what I suspect is that there's some website out there with a lot of fake wording that convinces these people they can take the easy way out, and literally sells them this fake stuff. Someone's making money off these idiots.  Sucker born every minute and all that.

Bingo.  I actually feel a little guilty saying this, but here goes.
I have seen so many cop shows where they pull someone over who tries to pull this baloney. When they refuse to cooperate or get out of the vehicle, they are warned that if they don’t, they’re going to send in the dog and the person is going to get bit.
It always ends the same; the dog ripping at their arm or leg and the person screaming for mercy