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A Not-So-Simple Question: Why Do We Laugh?

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Dark_Falcon6/12/2014 5:58:59 pm PDT

re: #3 teleskiguy

Speaking of laughter, here’s one of the wingnuttiest things that’s passed across my Facebook timeline probably ever. The man writing this is my disgraced 8th grade teacher (back story: he resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a couple of the male students in my class, he was to be arrested but he fled and after that the victims refused to press charges. He installs security systems now, I think, and hasn’t set foot in Colorado in well over a decade.). Lizards, oh connoisseurs of wingnut, behold!

Parse that however you wish. It’s a wonderful cornucopia of derp, religious extremism, sci-fi references (I think ? ) and general fear and loathing. Hey, it made me laugh!

Naturally, I had to say something! So, with nuance and brevity, I chimed in.

Good evening Lizards!

So what is Obama supposed to being in that hallucinatory bit? Options:

A. Sauron

B. Lord Voldemort

C. Darth Vader

D. [the n-word]

E. The Anti-Christ

F. All of the above

G. Rand Paul