And, sadly, another 15 percent or so came from the baby being smothered after the sleep-deprived mom gets a moment of peace while breastfeeding in her bed. I know of one confirmed case of this and one assumed. The assumed case had another baby afterwards and all is well. We don't speak about it.

I keep telling people about the blue light bulb trick but few listen.

I totally heard his voice when I read that.

Motherfuckin' whistle while you motherfuckin' work

Depending on when he lost his legs he might need the sticker of Biden that says "I did that!".

I'm going to be so disappointed if one is for the American flag and the other is for a white and blue flag from a foreign nation.

I was just being funny.

I am 50 but I look like complete shit.

I don't know, I'm 50 and I look fantastic.

Yes.

No. In a hyper-liberal city in California.

They can only say "No" if you ask for their permission.

It had nothing to do with getting back at anybody. I was being told that I had to take a shot I was certain would ruin my health or leave my children without a father.

I stood up for myself. I was ready to fight like a lion but I didn't have to because they backed down easier than I expected.

You said "I have rights" and they said "your rights are not allowed" and you said "okay then"?

Not everybody is a fighter.

It worked for me.

Never ask for a religious exemption. DECLARE that you have a religious exemption. If they ask what your religion is tell them they are violating your Constitutional rights. Then tell them what the word 'unalienable' means.

Wow. Interesting take that I have never picked up on before myself. You make a great point.

The American 'Left' does not say "Democracy" they say "Our Democracy" that excludes any American who doesn't agree with them. They/them. The progenitors of Democracy in their mind.

Sorry, but I said "local government", not State. I'm at a county level.

I work in an office with 200 other people. There might be five of us that would even understand what you're talking about. The rest are people in their 40's, 50's, and 60's who are obsessed with Disneyland, sports, and superhero movies. Government workers are smart enough to pass the tests but are really not smart in general.

Pop-culture idiots.

Exactly!

I tell people this all the time.

Something else I tell them is that our Constitution does not give us any rights. When we are born we already have those rights. God given rights. What the Constitution says is that, in America, those rights are unalienable (cannot be taken away by anybody) and that anybody elected to a government position is a public servant. We are the public. They are our servants. They have to do what we tell them to do and they are supposed to take an oath of office agreeing that they understand these terms.

People in government are not "government officials". They are not in a position of authority. We are above them and their position of servitude is temporary. We lost sight of this along the way.

I do not pledge my allegiance to the flag which is merely a symbol of this ideal, but I pledge my allegiance to the Republic itself.

The Republic.

There is not and never has been a Democracy.

I work for local government in California. I'd be willing to quit my job and volunteer to clean up this BS.

I have seen some intentional criminal activity but not much. What I really see a lot of is stupid wasteful spending. The people in charge were pretty much born into it. They never really worked any other job so government is all they know.

Monkeys on a step ladder.

I grew up in the 80s and I loved the comics in the newspaper. B.C. was one of my favorites. Something they used to do often is when they saw something new or unusual they would turn their heads to the side and yell out the thing they just realized. There was no one there to hear it. It was absurd and that's what made it funny. They were shouting into the void.

I don't think the young folks of our world today are any more or any less offended by things that we were when we were young. I just think that we got over it real quick while they relish letting it linger. Then they post on social media hoping somebody will validate them being offended and them saying and doing the right thing while, in reality, they are just turning their head to the side and shouting into the void.

It's laughable and we, as the responsible adults, need to laugh at them.

We took a 30 year break from being offensive. I'm thinking we need to be more offensive. It's for their own good.

Very interesting.

I did find it suspicious that "some dude" had the authority to tell large corporations what to do and they did it.

I'll still watch his content and appreciate his place in it, but I'll watch it cum grano salis.

April Fools shenanigans

Yeah. To be honest I agree.

Fun posts should be allowed every now and then but I saw what happened to VOAT and it became more about fun posts and memes than it was about the real stuff that we come here for.

I'm just one person voicing my opinion. If the majority disagrees with me then I have to accept that. I'm okay with that. If this site becomes more about fun, silly, jovial posts than actual informative news then I would still come here for a chuckle but I'll have to find another forum for serious news.

With all due respect - and I know this is a lighthearted post made in fun, but it's shit like this that made me start disliking VOAT. There are only so many posts that can be made in a day and things like this occupy the space that important posts should be occupying.

I've heard liberals saying (back in the days of VOAT) that the whole Q movement is ridiculous because we get excited every time we find an imperfect Funyun. I wanted to argue but they weren't wrong.

Just my personal opinion. If posts like this are upvoted 30% of our site will be imperfect circular fried foods from here on out.

They might try but it won't work this time.