COVID FAFO Roll Call

[Biff Tannen 45226]

46 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

She doesn't care what I think, our communications still occur because she thinks I need Jesus and the End Times are happening right before our eyes! Covid is supposed to signify one of the 4 horsemen, Joe Biden is the anti Christ, and we have to support Trump and the Republicans because of "spiritual warfare." She was an anti vaxxer conspiracy nut before the internet was a thing. She used to have me and my brother watch "documentaries" on the Illuminati, Free Masons, Bildebergers and anyone else attempting to take over the world and install a One World Government. She was a Q conspiracy person before Trump ever ran for office, she's OG crazy. It's a mental disorder that neither she nor my dad are willing to recognize.

 

 

9 minutes ago, Lobo said:

That reminds me, literally.  I need to call my mom this week, it's been awhile.  She's definitely in "End Times/only Jesus can save us" mode for decades, but thankfully she's just a run of the mill Fox News "Obama is a muslim foreigner sent to destroy the country.  What he couldn't finish, Biden will...and only through Jesus can the nation be cleansed."

But every few months, my cousin (who is like a  daughter to her, she trusts her more than me I think) gets her wound up on some Qanon/OAN/MAGA bullshit.  For the first half of the year, it was the evils of vaccinations (I finally talked mom into it by threatening to not let her see her grandchildren until she got her second shot)  Second half of the year is that we are living in a communist state already and just don't know it yet, and Biden is coming to take her grandchildren away (meaning my two daughters).  And my mother believes this shit because my cousin calls her 3x/week with her "updates", and I only call once a month (thankfully my mom keeps that batshit crap under wraps when she does her weekly facetime with the kids).   

That's really half the trick is just beat the unbelievably stupid message into people's heads over and over and over again.  That's half the battle of propaganda.  It has to stir some kinda emotion in you (hatred for immigrants, fear of socialism, contempt for gays, mourning for dead fetuses, etc.); but you also gotta be consistent and frequent with the simplistic message.  There's a reason in WWII movies, every street in Germany is just covered in the same poster over and over again.  So you can walk down the street to the store and be reminded, "Let's see, we need bread.  And some...'Oh yeah, fucking Jews!'...grab some salt and some eggs."  

How the fuck do y'all stay in contact with these people?  They are literally insane.

[Captainant 26927]

36 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Your mom is an idiot.  My mom says to use Windex.

TIL AtomHeart is greek

[mchookem 15574]

dp

Edited October 13, 2021 by mchookem

[mchookem 15574]

38 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

 

How the fuck do y'all stay in contact with these people?  They are literally insane.

 

[Dutchrudder 11075]

How the fuck do y'all stay in contact with these people?  They are literally insane.

I keep it to a minimum, and I don't see my parents in person any more. I had to grow up with that batshit crazy bullshit constantly being blasted, I know how much it impacted how I approached people and the world, and I don't want any of that for my kids.

I have never left my 2.5 year old alone with her, and I have told her that's intentional and why I don't drop him off for the weekend, but the topic keeps coming up and she doesn't understand why I won't do that. If my mom ever got the chance she would baptize him immediately, teach him about Jesus/God/holy ghost or whatever, and possibly try to get him circumcised if she had the time. I have informed my daycare that my parents are not welcome there, they have absolutely no rights to the kids, and to first call the police then call me if they show up. You can't trust people that are this far down the path of insanity, they literally believe this world is nothing more than a trial to see if you pass Jesus/god's test, nothing matters other than accepting Jesus and not doing anything that automatically sends you to hell (blasphemy, divorce, gay stuff, etc).

She can't process anything in reality that conflicts with her beliefs, she can't understand how spouting this nonsense is driving away people, nor does she take any accountability for it. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she kept sending her stuff about how the covid vaccine would cause miscarriages, birth defects, etc, and this was after I told her we both got vaccinated. While those videos and blogs she sent were bullshit, my wife still wanted to verify to make sure she didn't do anything to harm our child, because she loves them so much. We had to research a few of these things to allay her fears, but it's a fucking shitty thing to do to a pregnant woman.

Anyways, I take this stuff pretty seriously now. The amount of people she knows that form her echo chamber is pretty sad. Even more disturbing is knowing she used to be on the Texas State Board of Education, using her brain to determine what school books our kids would use to learn. Thankfully she was only there for 1 term, but still a bit disheartening. None of her crazy conspiracy stuff came up during the campaign of course.

[TheStoicPaisano 9848]

 

[SydneyCarton 47486]

One of these days someone's going to have to explain to me why the concept of a One World Government scares the shit out of so many people. Because I can certainly think of some god damn positives, particularly in  the arena of Climate Change.

I wonder, if America turns into Gilead and took over the rest of the world and instilled a Christian state everywhere how many of these folks would be decrying a one world government. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

3 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I keep it to a minimum, and I don't see my parents in person any more. I had to grow up with that batshit crazy bullshit constantly being blasted, I know how much it impacted how I approached people and the world, and I don't want any of that for my kids.

I have never left my 2.5 year old alone with her, and I have told her that's intentional and why I don't drop him off for the weekend, but the topic keeps coming up and she doesn't understand why I won't do that. If my mom ever got the chance she would baptize him immediately, teach him about Jesus/God/holy ghost or whatever, and possibly try to get him circumcised if she had the time. I have informed my daycare that my parents are not welcome there, they have absolutely no rights to the kids, and to first call the police then call me if they show up. You can't trust people that are this far down the path of insanity, they literally believe this world is nothing more than a trial to see if you pass Jesus/god's test, nothing matters other than accepting Jesus and not doing anything that automatically sends you to hell (blasphemy, divorce, gay stuff, etc).

She can't process anything in reality that conflicts with her beliefs, she can't understand how spouting this nonsense is driving away people, nor does she take any accountability for it. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she kept sending her stuff about how the covid vaccine would cause miscarriages, birth defects, etc, and this was after I told her we both got vaccinated. While those videos and blogs she sent were bullshit, my wife still wanted to verify to make sure she didn't do anything to harm our child, because she loves them so much. We had to research a few of these things to allay her fears, but it's a fucking shitty thing to do to a pregnant woman.

Anyways, I take this stuff pretty seriously now. The amount of people she knows that form her echo chamber is pretty sad. Even more disturbing is knowing she used to be on the Texas State Board of Education, using her brain to determine what school books our kids would use to learn. Thankfully she was only there for 1 term, but still a bit disheartening. None of her crazy conspiracy stuff came up during the campaign of course.
 

Thank you for helping me realize that my batshit crazy parents aren’t as batshit crazy as they could be.

[SydneyCarton 47486]

6 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I keep it to a minimum, and I don't see my parents in person any more. I had to grow up with that batshit crazy bullshit constantly being blasted, I know how much it impacted how I approached people and the world, and I don't want any of that for my kids.

I have never left my 2.5 year old alone with her, and I have told her that's intentional and why I don't drop him off for the weekend, but the topic keeps coming up and she doesn't understand why I won't do that. If my mom ever got the chance she would baptize him immediately, teach him about Jesus/God/holy ghost or whatever, and possibly try to get him circumcised if she had the time. I have informed my daycare that my parents are not welcome there, they have absolutely no rights to the kids, and to first call the police then call me if they show up. You can't trust people that are this far down the path of insanity, they literally believe this world is nothing more than a trial to see if you pass Jesus/god's test, nothing matters other than accepting Jesus and not doing anything that automatically sends you to hell (blasphemy, divorce, gay stuff, etc).

She can't process anything in reality that conflicts with her beliefs, she can't understand how spouting this nonsense is driving away people, nor does she take any accountability for it. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she kept sending her stuff about how the covid vaccine would cause miscarriages, birth defects, etc, and this was after I told her we both got vaccinated. While those videos and blogs she sent were bullshit, my wife still wanted to verify to make sure she didn't do anything to harm our child, because she loves them so much. We had to research a few of these things to allay her fears, but it's a fucking shitty thing to do to a pregnant woman.

Anyways, I take this stuff pretty seriously now. The amount of people she knows that form her echo chamber is pretty sad. Even more disturbing is knowing she used to be on the Texas State Board of Education, using her brain to determine what school books our kids would use to learn. Thankfully she was only there for 1 term, but still a bit disheartening. None of her crazy conspiracy stuff came up during the campaign of course.
 

Shit. These days she could probably run for head of the board and get elected for life. 

[mchookem 15574]

7 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I keep it to a minimum, and I don't see my parents in person any more. I had to grow up with that batshit crazy bullshit constantly being blasted, I know how much it impacted how I approached people and the world, and I don't want any of that for my kids.

I have never left my 2.5 year old alone with her, and I have told her that's intentional and why I don't drop him off for the weekend, but the topic keeps coming up and she doesn't understand why I won't do that. If my mom ever got the chance she would baptize him immediately, teach him about Jesus/God/holy ghost or whatever, and possibly try to get him circumcised if she had the time. I have informed my daycare that my parents are not welcome there, they have absolutely no rights to the kids, and to first call the police then call me if they show up. You can't trust people that are this far down the path of insanity, they literally believe this world is nothing more than a trial to see if you pass Jesus/god's test, nothing matters other than accepting Jesus and not doing anything that automatically sends you to hell (blasphemy, divorce, gay stuff, etc).

She can't process anything in reality that conflicts with her beliefs, she can't understand how spouting this nonsense is driving away people, nor does she take any accountability for it. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she kept sending her stuff about how the covid vaccine would cause miscarriages, birth defects, etc, and this was after I told her we both got vaccinated. While those videos and blogs she sent were bullshit, my wife still wanted to verify to make sure she didn't do anything to harm our child, because she loves them so much. We had to research a few of these things to allay her fears, but it's a fucking shitty thing to do to a pregnant woman.

Anyways, I take this stuff pretty seriously now. The amount of people she knows that form her echo chamber is pretty sad. Even more disturbing is knowing she used to be on the Texas State Board of Education, using her brain to determine what school books our kids would use to learn. Thankfully she was only there for 1 term, but still a bit disheartening. None of her crazy conspiracy stuff came up during the campaign of course.
 

man that's a tough read. my mom passed in 2019...and not a few times my sister and i have admitted we're honestly grateful bc we have no doubt she would have been on a similar crazy train the last two years and it would have been awful 💔 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33723]

any check on Ben Garrison? he said he wasn't going to the hospital. he's still tweeting, though

[HenryJames 65567]

12 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Even more disturbing is knowing she used to be on the Texas State Board of Education

[High Plains Drifter 10938]

 

I told my mom years ago at either christmas or thanksgiving (I don't remember which) that we (me, wife, kid) were leaving if she didn't turn off fox news.

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89054]

8 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

I told my mom years ago at either christmas or thanksgiving (I don't remember which) that we (me, wife, kid) were leaving if she didn't turn off fox news.

When my oldest was a toddler, we were at my dad's, and Fox News was on, and out of nowhere they had some story about some dude's penis - some injury or something, I don't remember the context, but the second time they mentioned penis, I got up and turned it off and told them "look, what you all watch when we aren't around is your business, but I'm not going to allow my son to hear this filth!" 

I wish I had a photo of the look he had on his face.

[BrickHorn 18072]

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

Edited October 13, 2021 by BrickHorn

[Longhorn_Fan68 33723]

8 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

pretty much my mom too. dad has always been a windsock

[The Royal We 3051]

6 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

Consider yourself very fortunate.  My folks have leaned into the crazy even abandoning Fox News for the more comforting pastures of Newsmax and OAN. 

In order for us to be able to maintain any kind of relationship we can't talk politics.

The only crazy thing that my mom let slip out on our last visit is that the Facebook whistleblower is really a false flag attack from FB itself so that the other platforms that don't censor speech will all be regulated too.  Her precious Parler is in danger!

I just rolled my eyes as hard as I could and told her to GTFOHWTMFBS.

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

I told my mom years ago at either christmas or thanksgiving (I don't remember which) that we (me, wife, kid) were leaving if she didn't turn off fox news.

 

 

That's understood for all family events.   No fucking agitation channels of any kind, or I am fucking gone.  No time for shit like that on MY time.

Reading a few posts upthread, I am  grateful for my mom's disposition.  She became a widow  this time last year. I go see her about 5 out of every 6 weekends, or so.  All she wants to talk about are the grandkids, her kids, bowling or football.  Fuck all that other shit.

[mchookem 15574]

18 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

congratulations, your parents are now part of the liberal cabal!

[RDCanecutter 25995]

1 hour ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

Everybody in that photo looks like a Harry Potter goblin.

[RDCanecutter 25995]

27 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

I kinda miss the old days when being right-wing just meant that you owned a Franklin Mint chess set and made snide jokes about Welfare Cadillacs.

[High Plains Drifter 10938]

30 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Man, I’m fortunate. All this antivax, Q, conspiracy theory crap finally woke my parents up to how insane and stupid rightwing politics are. They still hold onto some of their old beliefs, but the GOP’s festering lunacy has turned them pretty hard against even core conservative beliefs.

My mom used to attend Life Chain events (basically religious folks standing on the sidewalk during rush hour, praying for an end to Roe v. Wade). Now she says things like “I don’t particularly like abortion, but do these pro-lifers ever think about the societal cost of unwanted pregnancies?” So, nicely done, Republicans. You turned right-leaning single-issue voters against you on the ONLY issue they used to agree with you on. 

 

sounds like my inlaws. They are Catholic, and went from being one issue voters (anti-abortion), to "I can't stand that man (trump)" to "I can't vote for anyone who supports that man". We don't talk politics, this is all coming second hand from the wife.

 

 

19 minutes ago, slorch said:

That's understood for all family events.   No fucking agitation channels of any kind, or I am fucking gone.  No time for shit like that on MY time.

Reading a few posts upthread, I am  grateful for my mom's disposition.  She became a widow  this time last year. I go see her about 5 out of every 6 weekends, or so.  All she wants to talk about are the grandkids, her kids, bowling or football.  Fuck all that other shit.

 

That's how it used to be- we talked about family, the farm, gardening, cooking, the weather, more family, played some cards, watched normal crap TV. I miss the person my mother used to be. She was onery, and didn't take any crap from anyone, and very opinionated, but it was ok because it wasn't all about mean-spirited politics.

Maybe she was always like that and I lost my tolerance for it. But seeing her (she lives with my sister now) is a beating.

 

 

[hookemATL 11510]

JFC. God bless my godless, hippy, liberal cabal parents.

Tots and pears to all y’all dealing with honest to god batshittery. 
 

[Beau Vine 53737]

1 hour ago, mchookem said:

man that's a tough read. my mom passed in 2019...and not a few times my sister and i have admitted we're honestly grateful bc we have no doubt she would have been on a similar crazy train the last two years and it would have been awful 💔 

I could have written the exact same thing.

[Ten Bears 2443]

I am so lucky that my authentic frontier gibberish lifetime rancher father and step mom are lifelong Democrats in a fuckin sea of West Texas ivermectin swilling idiot racists.  I told him thanks for that the other day and he teared up.

[Dutchrudder 11075]

Ah yes, and to add to these silly FAFO stories, both my parents are taking Hydroxycloroqhine in small doses as a preventative measure. They are cutting the pills in half, cause apparently you don't need a full dose every day.

They have bags of ivermectin stashed at their house, and they are ready to play doctor at home if they have to. My dad went to an actual doctor about a year ago for a routine checkup at the VA, and dad tried to pressure him into getting an HQC scrip, but the doc didnt go for it. Not sure how they acquired it at this point, but I wouldn't be surprised if they bought it on Craigslist and it turned out to be vitamin C pills.

[High Plains Drifter 10938]

 

The last time I talked to my mom she asked if we had any ivermectin on hand "just in case".

Just in case what? We get worms from drinking ditch water?

[conVINCEd 21468]

My crazy ass parents were actually first in line to get vaxxed, which is depressing, because it shows they are still able to process information and arrive at the correct decision, but only when it comes to living or dying.  They’re all in on the rest of the craziness.

[Genco 3035]

3 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

[Hefeweizen 5229]

My mom is long dead.  My dad is 81 and thrice vaccinated now, and luckily for me is too busy to have time for any of the political bull shit.  He has tennis to play, books to read, and still goes dancing with his third wife.  Hell he will outlive her too and probably marry a fourth.

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

21 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

any check on Ben Garrison? he said he wasn't going to the hospital. he's still tweeting, though

This guy is still tweeting and he's dead

[South Austin 51681]

15 hours ago, Hefeweizen said:

Hell he will outlive her too and probably marry a fourth.

Straight up baller.

[Lou 264]

I don't know if anything has been posted about his guy.  It's jaw dropping to me.

Rob Skiba, 52, Dallas, TX, Author, Evangelical Flat-earther, Anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.

https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/post/rob-skiba-52-dallas-tx-author-evangelical-flat-earther-anti-vaxxer-on-ventilator-with-covid

[Guest Lobo]

Do we just push his body off the side...or ? 

[Js1 83679]

Remember that Alaska state legislator who got banned from flying for not wearing a mask?

Anti-Masker Alaska Pol Lora Reinbold Gets COVID, Boasts About Taking Unproven Meds (thedailybeast.com)

[jimmyjazz 45211]

 

[South Austin 51681]

Still mind bottling to see these fuckers fall out.

I love life too much, and fear death too much, to put notions of freedom and stubborn principle over medical advancements that could keep me at work, out of a hospital, and on this planet a little bit longer for my kids' sake and my own. 

[Aqua Buddha 14258]

14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

 

Alpha and Omega ain't gonna protect you from the Delta.

[C-Man 26755]

25 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

 

What is YHWH? 

[Guest Lobo]

The name of our God.  Some people, particularly Jews, don't type/write all of Yahweh, just YHWH.  Which automatically just screams Yiddish.

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

What is YHWH? 

Code name for god.

[sidis 9675]

2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

What is YHWH? 

tetragrammaton.

Yod He Waw He...shortened to yahweh.

[C-Man 26755]

5 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Code name for god.

 

4 minutes ago, sidis said:

tetragrammaton.

Yod He Waw He...shortened to yahweh.

You can tell how tuned I am in to organized religion. (Another reason to make this life on Earth as good for as long as you can. Who knows what comes after this!)

[South Austin 51681]

9 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Code name for god.

I'll always rep somebody for a well-placed Raising Arizona reference.

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

8 minutes ago, C-Man said:

 

You can tell how tuned I am in to organized religion. (Another reason to make this life on Earth as good for as long as you can. Who knows what comes after this!)

I had to look it up as I too am not up to speed with all these weird ass cults. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33723]

40 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Still mind bottling to see these fuckers fall out.

I love life too much, and fear death too much, to put notions of freedom and stubborn principle over medical advancements that could keep me at work, out of a hospital, and on this planet a little bit longer for my kids' sake and my own. 

sure, but how does your mom feel about things?

[South Austin 51681]

Just now, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

sure, but how does your mom feel about things?

She still thinks OU sucks.

[High Plains Drifter 10938]

28 minutes ago, C-Man said:

What is YHWH? 

 

[wildcat09 28563]

55 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Still mind bottling to see these fuckers fall out.

I love life too much, and fear death too much, to put notions of freedom and stubborn principle over medical advancements that could keep me at work, out of a hospital, and on this planet a little bit longer for my kids' sake and my own. 

It doesn’t even have anything to do with freedom or principle. It’s just a visceral hatred of liberals and literally anything they think is a good idea.

[Horn Dog 9473]

45 minutes ago, C-Man said:

What is YHWH? 

Yohimbe.  You know the stuff that gives you a firm erection.