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luloo123 posted:Pretty much what Blue Footed Booby said. The number of Americans who think that Native Americans are "extinct" (like we're dinosaurs) is really, really disheartening to me and shows how ignorant so many are of their own country's history and current events. The professor should've roundhouse kicked that guy. Oh, that reminds me, when I was a child, I once witnessed my mother- a professional woman who was wearing a suit- get asked if our family lives in a tipi. An actual adult human being asked her this. Where did they think she would hang the suit? In the tipi's closet? Never mind that we were in the wrong part of the country for tipi-building tribes, but I think that would've been too much information to handle for the asker. Do idiots also do stuff like ask everyday English people if they live in a castle? I'm not even joking.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I had a Jewish friend in college who swore up and down that he had been asked where his horns were, on more than one occasion. I think that might have started from all the old statues of Moses during that weird period where people thought he had horns.
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Jan 21, 2016 03:08
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luloo123 posted:That is true, but his point was that they'll keep refilling indefinitely because the earth makes the oil and there will never be a decrease in volume or quality. He also believed that green energy initiatives were a conspiracy by the government. At that point, I think that I made an excuse that my phone was dying, and we had to get back on topic or what needed to be done wouldn't get done. Bertrand Hustle posted:I had a Jewish friend in college who swore up and down that he had been asked where his horns were, on more than one occasion.
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Jan 21, 2016 03:11
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Telemaze posted:Do idiots also do stuff like ask everyday English people if they live in a castle? I'm not even joking. Yes.
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Jan 21, 2016 03:27
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They probably think you're like a servant or butler or something, not the actual owner like the king of England.
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Jan 21, 2016 03:30
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Nostradingus posted:This sounds like something I would tell a kid. I am not a father. If you're not aware, it sounds like some weird bit of nonsense, but it's actually an old-fashioned racism thing. It comes from medieval depictions of Jews as literal demons, and was re-popularised by the Nazis.
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Tiggum posted:If you're not aware, it sounds like some weird bit of nonsense, but it's actually an old-fashioned racism thing. It comes from medieval depictions of Jews as literal demons, and was re-popularised by the Nazis. Yeeeeeah people are dumb but I'm pretty sure at that point that guy was just being a huge rear end in a top hat and was basically going to drawn out extremes to make fun of her. There are certain people who will take rear end in a top hat jokes to an extreme and act extremely ignorant to get a reaction, and if they don't get the specific reaction they want they'll just ride with it the whole way through. It's more common in dudes from middle school to college cause they tend to get weeded out when they're not in a forced peer environment type of setting but that poo poo isn't totally uncommon among weird assholes. Not even the most fervent anti-semetic idiot believes jews are literally born with tails
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Jan 21, 2016 04:51
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GWBBQ posted:I was raised Catholic, and I was still fairly religious when I was in high school. I was on a trip to Tennessee in high school and I said that I was Catholic to a group of people I was chatting with when religion came up. They all looked shocked and someone said said something like "Really? you seem so normal!" I know it's not the same as antisemitism, but it was a tiny glimpse at the "us versus the lizard people" mentality that a lot of fundamentalists have toward everyone else. Southern Baptists get really weird about Catholics. I grew up near a Baptist megachurch and sometimes my classmates would try to educate me on Catholicism like I wasn't going to RCIA and stuff every week anyways. Except all their info was wildly innacurate and it was basically an explanation of why I was going to hell. Unrelated, something said by a high school friend: "I don't know why I have to learn about the French Revolution, I mean, I'm American"
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Jan 21, 2016 04:55
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Telemaze posted:The number of Americans who think that Native Americans are "extinct" (like we're dinosaurs) is really, really disheartening to me and shows how ignorant so many are of their own country's history and current events. The professor should've roundhouse kicked that guy. I am 1/4 Native, and I can remember as a little girl that we would have people asking my grandmother (1/2 Cherokee, 1/4 Osage, 1/4 Lakota Sioux) if she had her tomahawk on her and if they could see it. Another time we had someone asking her how many scalps she had, and if she had any extra buffalo around that they could buy off her lol She would just give them this look, and walk away...but I know it made her sad 
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Jan 21, 2016 05:24
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GWBBQ posted:I was raised Catholic, and I was still fairly religious when I was in high school. I was on a trip to Tennessee in high school and I said that I was Catholic to a group of people I was chatting with when religion came up. They all looked shocked and someone said said something like "Really? you seem so normal!" I can confirm from personal experience that it might have been genuinely mind blowing to those people, and that yes, people can be that naive. I was raised as a very, VERY conservative Muslim, and up until I was in secondary school, I firmly believed as sacrosanct fact that Jews were mouth-frothingly evil, that gays were flamboyant pedophiles, that sort of thing. Then I got the Internet, and holy poo poo, there were gays and Jews who seemed so normal! They did things like I did, liked the same things I did- some Jews even opposed the occupation of Palestine! That last bit really threw me for a loop, as up until then I thought religions were these big, monolithic things, where everybody had to follow a certain set of principles even outside of religious scripture. Yeah, I know it sounds horrible, but that's how things were for me, and no doubt for those people as well. If you changed at least one mind though, then that's some good done in the world, I say 
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"We can't have universal healthcare in the United States because we're too diverse. It only works in places like Norway and Taiwan because they have biologically homogeneous populations and doctors can't work on people whose biology is too different from ours..." - in response to a debate about healthcare
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Jan 21, 2016 08:01
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I asked a Home Depot worker where the spigots were located. He said. "Electrical".
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I used to work with a juggalette. I guess it shouldn't be too surprising to hear some dumb poo poo from someone with two visible Insane Clown Posse tattoos, but there were a few times that just kind of had me speechless.  "Did you know the government can control the weather? They have a machine that sends out sound waves that make it rain." "How can we be in a drought when we're right next to the ocean?!" "Deodorant's not good for women! It can give you cancer." "I go to those payday advance places for cash all the time. I just never pay them back." She also complained about having a stomach ache and not being able to work almost every day. I only ever saw her consume cheetos, hostess cupcakes, and red bull.
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Jan 21, 2016 08:43
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:"We can't have universal healthcare in the United States because we're too diverse. It only works in places like Norway and Taiwan because they have biologically homogeneous populations and doctors can't work on people whose biology is too different from ours..." - in response to a debate about healthcare i thought this was just going to go to the actual reason, which is that right-leaning folks don't want to give things to people who don't deserve it, i.e. poor brown folks? Hell, for a decent chunk of that group those probably ARE the same reason...I swear I have read a story or two on SA about some idiot having some Jew-horn kind of belief about black folks.
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Jan 21, 2016 08:44
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Telemaze posted:
People would ask my Scottish ex-step mom where she learned to speak English so well. My dad and I were just normal assholes who would make her say "rooty tooty fresh and fruity" several times when we went to Ihop. Oh yeah, in high school during Theory of Knowledge we were told to put our electronic devices away, and one girl replied that her CD player isn't electric because it runs on batteries.
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Jan 21, 2016 08:46
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The Orange Mage posted:i thought this was just going to go to the actual reason, which is that right-leaning folks don't want to give things to people who don't deserve it, i.e. poor brown folks? No, the person I was debating with at the time was trying to make the argument that minorities literally have different biological structures than "normal" human biology, so it's impossible to apply universal healthcare coverage to everyone equally. Not quite Jew-horn mythology but definitely more than "sickle cell anemia affects black people differently" reasoning. It's both racist and an astounding denial of reality.
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Jan 21, 2016 08:52
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:No, the person I was debating with at the time was trying to make the argument that minorities literally have different biological structures than "normal" human biology, so it's impossible to apply universal healthcare coverage to everyone equally. Not quite Jew-horn mythology but definitely more than "sickle cell anemia affects black people differently" reasoning. This is a fairly common belief among people in China and probably other east-asian countries. They really do think they're structured differently and that Chinese medicine doesn't work the same for westerners
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Aesop Poprock posted:This is a fairly common belief among people in China and probably other east-asian countries. They really do think they're structured differently and that Chinese medicine doesn't work the same for westerners Well, there's sort of some truth to "medicine doesn't work the same for everybody" because some people just don't respond to some treatments. Genetics is a factor and there are certain disorders, diseases, or problems that are literally impossible for some people to get because of genetics. Certain ethnicities also have particular problems that are entirely unique to them. But the reason "traditional Chinese medicine" doesn't work on westerners is because it doesn't work on Chinese people either. A great deal of it is just straight up snake oil bullshit from what I've heard.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Well, there's sort of some truth to "medicine doesn't work the same for everybody" because some people just don't respond to some treatments. Genetics is a factor and there are certain disorders, diseases, or problems that are literally impossible for some people to get because of genetics. Certain ethnicities also have particular problems that are entirely unique to them. There are some truly bizarre beliefs in China. I saw an article where they were talking about radiation, saying that Westerners are harmed by radiation but not Chinese people because they have a special kind that can't hurt them.
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:"We can't have universal healthcare in the United States because we're too diverse. It only works in places like Norway and Taiwan because they have biologically homogeneous populations and doctors can't work on people whose biology is too different from ours..." - in response to a debate about healthcare I have heard the argument that places like Norway have high taxes and high social welfare because of their homogeny, but it sounds like someone heard that already questionable argument and took it in a bizarre literal direction.
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Dahlia posted:"Deodorant's not good for women! It can give you cancer." A childhood friend's mom is a nurse and believes this. Of course, she also told my mom, "If you don't force your daughter to do sports, she'll just get into trouble!" that "Art isn't worth anything and you guys will never make money" (both of us are working artists) and she was all about crystals and angels and poo poo.
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Scathach posted:A childhood friend's mom is a nurse and believes this. Of course, she also told my mom, "If you don't force your daughter to do sports, she'll just get into trouble!" that "Art isn't worth anything and you guys will never make money" (both of us are working artists) and she was all about crystals and angels and poo poo. This just reminded me of another one. A friend was trying to fix me up with a girl a few years back, and he warned me in advance "she's a little odd, but she's really nice and super cute..." So he gives the girl my number and we talk on the phone, and she IS nice. She does talk about some crystal-gazing, hippie-dippy things. but otherwise she seems smart and funny and cool. So we make plans to go out a few days later. The day of our date, she calls me early in the day to cancel and why? "I was talking to the angels, and they told me that we are not meant to be, so we can't go out." I basically was just like "oh" and that was that. After thinking about it, I realized that while it's dumber than a basket of hair - it's basically the PERFECT excuse for anything, because it leaves the other person with no way to respond. If they say they don't believe in angels, then they have spoken out against your core beliefs. If they say the angels are wrong - they are literally arguing with the will of divine beings. Either way - you're out. My buddy apologized later saying "sorry, man - I knew she was a little odd - I didn't think she was out and out crazy."
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Scathach posted:A childhood friend's mom is a nurse and believes this. Of course, she also told my mom, "If you don't force your daughter to do sports, she'll just get into trouble!" that "Art isn't worth anything and you guys will never make money" (both of us are working artists) and she was all about crystals and angels and poo poo.
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I got a co-worker who constantly splurts out things like "now I ain't no racist but them gypsies! They can't be trusted!"
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:A frightening amount of nurses are completely loving bonkers. My sister is a nurse and... yah. She has a creepy obsession with people with Down's Syndrome.
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coronatae posted:Southern Baptists get really weird about Catholics. I grew up near a Baptist megachurch and sometimes my classmates would try to educate me on Catholicism like I wasn't going to RCIA and stuff every week anyways. Except all their info was wildly innacurate and it was basically an explanation of why I was going to hell. So true. My ex-wife had a Southern Baptist friend from a rural town who was just terrified when she found out we were Catholic. She was convinced that Catholics worshiped Satan and we were so going to Hell!!! It amazes me what people are told, I mean this was preached to them in their Church!
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One of my friends' exes was kind of religious, and when I said that the Romans crucified people all the time and that early Christians didn't use the cross as a symbol of Christianity, her response was "theories theories theories." Churches are like brain scramblers.
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:A frightening amount of nurses are completely loving bonkers. I work in a dementia unit and I've heard a lot of staff try to blame people's behaviors on the phases on the moon.
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RillAkBea posted:My sister is a nurse and... yah. She has a creepy obsession with people with Down's Syndrome. Uh... in what way?
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rodbeard posted:I work in a dementia unit and I've heard a lot of staff try to blame people's behaviors on the phases on the moon. My sister is a nurse that believes this. I tried to explain confirmation bias to her but she just told me to "stop saying big words" 
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:A frightening amount of nurses are completely loving bonkers. Yeah, one of my exes was a nurse. Great in bed though
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My uncle said to me the other day "I'm a MLP Brony fedora trilby weeaboo jort republican internet critic juggallo nazi trump supporter libertarian bitcoin racist homophobe athiest mra pua pozzer tumblr freak gamergater furry pedo ephebophile doodoo liker lets player memer 4channer redditor goon and i like the wrong politics of the xbox one gamergate gender equality wage gap tipping religion." 
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BigglesSWE posted:I got a co-worker who constantly splurts out things like "now I ain't no racist but them gypsies! They can't be trusted!" We have Euro SA posters who literally post this poo poo.
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rodbeard posted:I work in a dementia unit and I've heard a lot of staff try to blame people's behaviors on the phases on the moon. That's really amusing when you consider that that believe is what spawned the word Lunatic.
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rodbeard posted:I work in a dementia unit and I've heard a lot of staff try to blame people's behaviors on the phases on the moon. My mom's a nurse and apparently a lot of her coworkers fully believe that a full moon means their patients will be unruly that night.
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Dongicus posted:My uncle said to me the other day "I'm a MLP Brony fedora trilby weeaboo jort republican internet critic juggallo nazi trump supporter libertarian bitcoin racist homophobe athiest mra pua pozzer tumblr freak gamergater furry pedo ephebophile doodoo liker lets player memer 4channer redditor goon and i like the wrong politics of the xbox one gamergate gender equality wage gap tipping religion." Oh wow, we all just got collectively served.
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Bobby Digital posted:My mom's a nurse and apparently a lot of her coworkers fully believe that a full moon means their patients will be unruly that night. Was literally about to post this. The full moon one is loving everywhere but particularly bad with medical staff. The issue is that these people work either directly or very close to a field that deals with people being loopy or hurt etc.. so in their own minds they are more correct then anyone outside that world. Same deal with sugar highs with kids not being an actual thing but parents just know better man.
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Sugar rush doesn't exist, but why would anybody hand a four year old a full size Hershey bar and a can of Coke? A body that small doesn't really need all that caffeine. And then they blame the sugar when the kid can't sit still.
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Dongicus posted:My uncle said to me the other day "I'm a MLP Brony fedora trilby weeaboo jort republican internet critic juggallo nazi trump supporter libertarian bitcoin racist homophobe athiest mra pua pozzer tumblr freak gamergater furry pedo ephebophile doodoo liker lets player memer 4channer redditor goon and i like the wrong politics of the xbox one gamergate gender equality wage gap tipping religion." but does he think hot dogs are sandwiches
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ToxicSlurpee posted:But the reason "traditional Chinese medicine" doesn't work on westerners is because it doesn't work on Chinese people either. A great deal of it is just straight up snake oil bullshit from what I've heard.
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