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Why conservatives are not funny
Bradford Pear blossoms have an odor often compared to rotting fish; the smell attracts flies as the primary pollinators rather than bees.
Dating mix-up detected
This concerns the Outdoors section on p. 18 in this week’s issue (“Earliest to bloom trees in San Diego, latest sunrise of the year, moon and mars occult”, Outdoors, Jan. 6, 2025). The paragraph dealing with the Full Moon states it will occur on Friday, Jan. 13th. Problem is, the 13th this month is on a Monday.
Joe Piluso
San Diego
With all the dates in this week’s column — sunrise, sunset, full moon and tides — some of my dates got jumbled. Good catch. It has been corrected in the online version.
-Ed.
Conservative brains explained
I enjoyed reading the letters written by Laurie K of Otay Ranch and Anonymous of Angryville (“Satire on Trump, Ray Kroc, Hunter S. Thompson seen as anti-Trump”, Letters, Jan. 8, 2025). Neurologists and psychologists have used brain imaging and behavioral surveys in an effort to determine why conservatives lack a sense of humor. Numerous peer-reviewed neurological studies indicate that self-proclaimed conservatives are generally less able to understand irony and satire because they are unable to abide two conflicting truths.
The studies also indicate that conservatives have neither the cognitive stamina to understand, nor the ability or willingness to acknowledge, the truth in any humor that conflicts with their beliefs. As a result, conservative humor, to use a paradoxical expression, tends toward the cruel, puerile, and/or scatological end of the spectrum. Notice that both writers made a reference to defecation.
Their disdain for education combined with their credulity regarding certain mythical beliefs render most conservatives perfect marks for such conmen as Donald Trump, Sylvester McMonkey McBean (Thank you, Dr. Seuss!), carnival barkers, fortune tellers, preachers, and charlatans of all stripes.
Voltaire Fils
Oceanside
Stain disdain
The biggest stain on the office of the President is the person who is going to occupy the office and his supporters are a stain on humanity. Ridicule all you want, Reader Co.
Sarah P
Clairemont
Here's something you might be interested in.
Real ranch hands don’t ride bulls
Why conservatives are not funny
Real ranch hands don’t ride bulls
Why conservatives are not funny
Bradford Pear blossoms have an odor often compared to rotting fish; the smell attracts flies as the primary pollinators rather than bees.
Dating mix-up detected
This concerns the Outdoors section on p. 18 in this week’s issue (“Earliest to bloom trees in San Diego, latest sunrise of the year, moon and mars occult”, Outdoors, Jan. 6, 2025). The paragraph dealing with the Full Moon states it will occur on Friday, Jan. 13th. Problem is, the 13th this month is on a Monday.
Joe Piluso
San Diego
With all the dates in this week’s column — sunrise, sunset, full moon and tides — some of my dates got jumbled. Good catch. It has been corrected in the online version.
-Ed.
Conservative brains explained
I enjoyed reading the letters written by Laurie K of Otay Ranch and Anonymous of Angryville (“Satire on Trump, Ray Kroc, Hunter S. Thompson seen as anti-Trump”, Letters, Jan. 8, 2025). Neurologists and psychologists have used brain imaging and behavioral surveys in an effort to determine why conservatives lack a sense of humor. Numerous peer-reviewed neurological studies indicate that self-proclaimed conservatives are generally less able to understand irony and satire because they are unable to abide two conflicting truths.
The studies also indicate that conservatives have neither the cognitive stamina to understand, nor the ability or willingness to acknowledge, the truth in any humor that conflicts with their beliefs. As a result, conservative humor, to use a paradoxical expression, tends toward the cruel, puerile, and/or scatological end of the spectrum. Notice that both writers made a reference to defecation.
Their disdain for education combined with their credulity regarding certain mythical beliefs render most conservatives perfect marks for such conmen as Donald Trump, Sylvester McMonkey McBean (Thank you, Dr. Seuss!), carnival barkers, fortune tellers, preachers, and charlatans of all stripes.
Voltaire Fils
Oceanside
Stain disdain
The biggest stain on the office of the President is the person who is going to occupy the office and his supporters are a stain on humanity. Ridicule all you want, Reader Co.
Sarah P
Clairemont
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