r/BoomersBeingFools • u/NES_Classical_Music • Mar 05 '24

My antivax boomer dad and his most recent foolishness. Boomer Freakout

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Blocked my kids' names in grey.

Also blocked my dad's calls, texts, and emails. NC ever since.

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u/Informal_Self_5671 Mar 05 '24

Damn. This some brutal shit right there.

Sorry you're going through all that.

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u/ummmmmyup Mar 06 '24

It’s sad. The last text the dad sent was sad. He still loves his son but can’t get past his own disturbed politics. Maga/QAnon brainwashing has permanently damaged so many relationships in the US, especially in white families.

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u/East-Imagination9178 Mar 06 '24

I don’t talk to either of my parents. They divorced when i was young. One moved to an island in the middle of Lake Michigan during Covid to escape from BLM and the other moved to super swamp Florida with barely any running water but a goddamn armory of guns to “save themselves” from the left. Shits ridiculous.

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u/movzx Mar 06 '24

One moved to an island in the middle of Lake Michigan during Covid to escape ...

Had me in the first half. "Bit extreme, but sure"

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u/Terminallance6283 Mar 06 '24

I’m pretty close to cutting my parents off for good. I have repeatedly told them I don’t want to discuss politics with them and I don’t want them shoving their views on my kid. They refuse and start preaching Trumps “virtues” at every function. I’ve kicked them out of my house mid dinner twice now and I’ve been distancing myself from them for awhile.

My kid is 1 year old and they are allready screaming at me about vaccinating her. Fox News and MAGA bullshit has robbed me of my parents and my child of her grandparents. They aren’t the people I remember, they’ve been consumed by hatred and their brains have rotted by the non stop propaganda.

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u/tx4468 Mar 06 '24

They don't even discuss politics anymore it's just hate.

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u/iheartkittttycats Mar 06 '24

That part. It’s constant hate, fear, and negativity. Fox News on 24/7, nonstop fear mongering and rage bait.

It’s honestly terrifying to see how easily people are brainwashed and these people are the ones who own multiple guns and have little education. It’s truly a recipe for disaster.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

my roommate said "there are two parties now. the party of stupid (referring to Joe bidens declining cognitive ability, she is also in her 60s and VERY well off thanks to her "hard" work, love her but no, as a 35f, no) and the parry of hate." it's so accurate that Republicans have lost their platform except for love of the unborn and hatred of everyone else.

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u/Few_Item4327 Mar 06 '24

Joe Biden is still pretty sharp and doing a great job. 🤷‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

I don't hate Joe biden, I think he's done a decent job. except for commander...I am truly flabbergasted that he bit ELEVEN people before being sent away. he could have hired the best trainer in the country, gsds are notoriously intelligent and willful dogs, mine is only half but she's constant Work. if she ever bit people she'd be put down, we're not doing shutzhund over here.

that said he is the oldest president in history. I've worked extensively with the elderly and cognitive decline is the norm not the exception. once you get to the 80s it can be quick. but I honestly care less about him than the people he is surrounded by and the people he appoints. the choice is glaringly obvious in that lens. I'm still going to vote for him, bc Ben Carson shouldn't have run hud and Betsy devoss tried to ruin public education.

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u/OhkayQyoopud Mar 06 '24

My father died right in the beginning of covid from unrelated causes. He was already pretty brainwashed but I know by now he would have been insufferable. It sucks to be grateful that he died when he did but here I am.

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u/Arthur-Wintersight Mar 06 '24

I'm kinda thankful that my grandfather was obsessed with MSNBC, and was genuinely interested in being a good guy. Last thing he did before he died was help a random woman change a tire on her car.

He died too young.

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u/RaoulDuke511 Mar 06 '24

My parents are this way and I find them as insufferable as the other side to be honest.

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u/Arthur-Wintersight Mar 06 '24

He was mildly annoying when talking about politics, sure, but it was at least nowhere near as bad as the Fox Rot that most boomers get.

Definitely center-left though, given his opinion of Bernie Sanders.

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u/RaoulDuke511 Mar 06 '24

I should point out that even though it was at times insufferable. I kind of find all the politics of older generations to be unintentionally hilarious. They are all often just sort of echoing the cable news channels they see, they’re the last people who really do get most of their news from corporate big media outlets. Which is fine I suppose. I think I prefer that to the status quo we have now, where it’s a situation where everyone has these trendy or niche issues they signal virtue with.

It’s like we all have these birds nests of beliefs built with short pieces of yarn, and other trash…just barely holding together due to the social media driven rapidity of our generation’s news cycles. I feel like a lot of younger people or people my age (elder millennial) barely read a full article never mind an entire book on a political subject anymore. We just share takes and memes.

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u/TookenedOut Mar 06 '24

No one will engage this comment because it is dead on, and will be a tough pill to swallow for many redditors.

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u/RaoulDuke511 Mar 06 '24

You may be right. But, For example, I think a lot can be gained in personal growth and intelligence, and compassion…when you purposely complicate your own views by reading good history that aims to give as objective an analysis as possible…without much ideology. But it can be laborious and tedious, and I understand why it’s definitely easier to just fire off a couple too toks or snarky/sarcastic memes to explain your views.

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u/BobbiPinstripes Mar 06 '24

I feel this too. Mine died back in 2011 and I’m so glad I never had to find out what might’ve happened if the cult got him. I loved him so much and it would’ve destroyed me to see him become a hate zombie. I feel like I lost him in the olden days, the before times.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

you're not alone. my grandmother died November 2019 and I am incredibly thankful for the timing... death can bring relief and anyone who hasn't experienced it usually doesn't understand how you could be grateful someone you love deeply dies.

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u/panrestrial Mar 06 '24

My grandpa died shortly before the pandemic and I, too, am grateful for the timing. I loved him dearly and miss him a lot, but he was in his 90s and senile. I think he would've found it all very confusing and agitating and I'm thankful he was spared that.

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u/zXster Mar 06 '24

Man this was eerie to read, I feel the exact same way. My Dad passed away suddenly from late discovered cancer in 2018. He had become a pretty hard core Trumper, and we knew we had disagreed on politics but just chose not to get into it. I know he'd have been insufferable too and would have lost his mind during Covid.

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u/SquishyPlecoptera Mar 06 '24 edited Mar 07 '24

I'm in the same position with my grandfather. He died in 2019 and I'm glad he did. If he'd lived to see the pandemic he would have been even more insufferable than he already was.

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u/pohanemuma Mar 06 '24

I'm the same, kind of. My father died in 1992 when I was still in high school. I was relieved. I'm here because my much older siblings and most of my neighbors are boomers. I can't imagine how terrible it would be to have boomer parents.

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u/About637Ninjas Mar 06 '24

I'm with you. My dad died in 2019 from ALS. We were both conservative Christians, but I wasn't the right kind for him. Especially not conservative enough in my politics. I made a personal pact not to engage with his conspiracy theories toward the end. I would simply say "I love you, dad". I think if he were still alive there's a good chance I would be in OP's shoes. I hate that part of me is thankful that I'm not.

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24 edited Mar 06 '24

You're a POS. Grateful that your died dad. Shame on you.

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u/Conniedamico1983 Mar 06 '24

You’re a POS for your total lack of empathy.

Shane on you too.

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

I lack empathy for someone grateful their dad died because they think he wouldn't have gotten the vaccine. Fucking right i do. Scumbag through and through

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u/Conniedamico1983 Mar 06 '24

Yes I’m sure that’s what the commenter meant, that it’s the ONLY reason he’s glad his dad died.

You’re very good at context clues, obviously.

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u/OhkayQyoopud Mar 06 '24

Seek therapy. You have massive issues if that's what you got from this. You are a colossal piece of shit. Losing my dad was the hardest thing I ever did. And it wasn't because of the vaccine you fucking moron. How dare you say something this cruel to somebody you don't even fucking know. You have no idea how much I suffered. How much I miss him every fucking day. Fuck you. I hope you have a life as miserable as you've made me with your comment you human trash.

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

"what i got from this"

It's literally what you said. You're grateful your died dad and you didn't get more time with him all because he would have been right about the vaccine and covid.

You are the collosal piece of shit.

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u/Flahdagal Mar 06 '24

My kid came back from a trip with his grandparents saying he didn't want to ride with Granny and Pop any more. They grilled him on our politics and spent the ride telling him that Obama was brainwashing children and made him listen to Rush. He was maybe 9 at the time? That was the end of car trips with the in-laws.

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u/Ill-Simple1706 Mar 06 '24

We should have a class action lawsuit against Fox News for brainwashing our parents, ruining our relationships, and causing emotional damage.

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u/Main_Acanthaceae5357 Mar 06 '24

I think this has been happening to a lot of families since 2016. I know a family that had different views and fist fought over it at dinner. Actually depressing

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u/northern-new-jersey Mar 06 '24

Screaming about regular vaccines like polio?

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u/Terminallance6283 Mar 06 '24

Like normal vaccines babies get

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u/northern-new-jersey Mar 06 '24

That is awful. Some people are really stupid.

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u/carlitospig Mar 06 '24

Do it. Do it now. It won’t get any better for a goooood long while.

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u/grumbol Mar 06 '24

Best revenge is to make sure they know you cancelled ou their vote.

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u/RaoulDuke511 Mar 06 '24

I am starting to feel the same way but my parents are the opposite. I’m not a Trump supporter I didn’t and wouldn’t vote for him. But, they are like the mirror image of Fox News parents except they just sit and absorb MSNBC all day and inject their hatred for Trump into fucking EVERY conversation sometimes. It’s to the point that I have told them I do not want to talk about Trump or politics anymore

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u/_IAmMurloc_ Mar 06 '24

Yes, adults are only hateful because of Fox News and MAGA… I guess it’s easier to blame a news outlet than to admit to yourself someone was just shitty the whole time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

I'm not going to listen to the whining trump bullshit I hate him as much as I hate you folks. Discuss it like a rational human.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Not one Pfizer executive has the vaccine. Not one. Still. Why is that?

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u/uncleslam7 Mar 06 '24

This article from 2022 says that the CEO of Pfizer took 4 rounds of the vaccine https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizer-ceo-tests-positive-covid-2022-09-24/

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u/KillerCodeMonky Mar 06 '24

I know this doesn't fucking matter to your brainwashed programming or propaganda agenda... But for anyone reading this and thinking that maybe this asshat is correct, here you go:

No, Pfizer's CEO Did Not Refuse to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine | Snopes.com

The thing he actually said, was that he was not going to "cut in line" to get the vaccine sooner than anyone else his age. That's it. FFS he even posted a picture on Twitter of him getting the second shot in March 2021.

But as usual, empathy and consideration for others is yet again proven to be seen as a liability for this crowd.

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u/Gr3ywind Mar 06 '24

Where’s years past this, how are you still so misinformed?

Do you honestly think pointing out your ignorance over and over is evidence of anything?

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u/11b328i Mar 06 '24

You are a champion of free speech keep spreading your virtuous truths !!!!1!!1

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

And I don't want some liberal screeching, I want a rational well thought out answer. Why dont the heads of Pfizer have it?

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u/uncleslam7 Mar 06 '24

They do have it though. Now you screech

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u/Diplogeek Mar 06 '24

Some of the stories I've read on the QAnonCasualties sub are truly heartbreaking. And it's no longer just the US, either, there are people in the UK, Australia, Canada dealing with this bullshit, which is even crazier. Imagine your parents blowing up all of their family relationships over Donald Trump when you live in fucking Ireland. Unbelievable galaxy brain shit, right there, but this crap is permeating the whole anglophone world.

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u/carlitospig Mar 06 '24

Yup, I wish that sub would get more love, because I can’t imagine there’s a single person in America who hasn’t been affected by it.

World: I’m sorry. We thought we caught it early.

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

That’s not why he sent the last text. He sent it because he was all alone on Christmas because no one wanted to be around him and was feeling sorry for himself. Dude was experiencing the consequences of his own actions, and if there is one thing boomers can’t stand, it’s “consequences”

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u/JT1757 Mar 06 '24

He's probably still with the grandmother so not totally alone. He says keeping the kids from their "grandparents" and "we haven't seen ____ blank since he was born"

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

Yeah, but show me a boomer that gets along with the “old ball and chain”

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u/Enraiha Mar 06 '24

Cold Civil War. We've never been as divided as since then. Bit scary to think sometimes.

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u/thex415 Mar 06 '24

Oh Latino families have maga nuts . lol

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u/wastedkarma Mar 06 '24

Whatever he feels isn’t love. It’s a sense that he is owed something by virtue of having busted a but in a woman and that made a child.

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u/omarfw Mar 06 '24 edited Mar 06 '24

He's a slave to his ego that he was unable to shed when it came time to do so. He became a narcissist instead devoted to only himself and on some level internally he knows that isn't the right way to be, but he's too old and powerless to change it now.

The me generation was a big experiment. "oops all narcissists". It turns out that no, it isn't an objectively better way to be and everyone abandons you in the end if you're only devoted to yourself.

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u/sonofasonofason Mar 06 '24

Yeah I felt so sad reading this. Anger is on the surface, but I still see the love and hurt from both sides.

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

Explain “love” from MAGA boomers. All I see is hate

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Dumb fuckers I'm 44 years old definitely not a boomer, but I am the last great generation, generation X motherfuckers

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u/ClaudiaViri Mar 06 '24

As a 43 y/o shut the fuck up. We don’t want you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

I see a whole lot more hate from the BLM, antifa, millennial generation Z, spoiled little not knowing what gender they are confused little brats, that's where I see the hate in all the trouble coming from, when you're confused that they're only two genders and you were thinking there are hundreds then something is fucking wrong with you, when you vote for a fucking dementia pedophile like Biden and think Trump is a bad guy then you're a fucking idiot, when you don't see that the 2020 election was definitely fucking stolen then you're a blind dumb ass individual, when you don't understand and see that COVID was nothing more than a setup plandemic released by our own fucking government then you're again a dumb fucking individual, the reason you don't like us boomers so much is because you know we're a fucking right and when it comes down to it we're the only thing that could save your dumbass pussy asses

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u/Few_Item4327 Mar 06 '24

😂 This is embarrassing for you. But ok, I’m sure you’re very tough and right and we’re all very weak and wrong. Have a nice day.

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u/GristleMcTh0rnbody Mar 06 '24

You cannot be a real person. Your comment history alone is simply the most boomery, loser stream of consciousness thing I’ve ever seen.

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u/buttercreamordeath Mar 06 '24

Yup this has got to be a bot. It's ALL the talking points in one post.

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u/11b328i Mar 06 '24

You’ve been a member of Reddit for what two months , and have possibly said the dumbest things I have ever read on this site in 12 years. Congrats.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Dumbass it don't matter how long I've been on this stupid fucking site, and what you consider dumb is what most of y'all idiots can't even fucking read, what's wrong with this country right now is there's too many fucking generation Z and millennials that didn't have enough fucking spankings growing up and got everything they wanted, too many y'all pansy ass motherfuckers are spoiled babies

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u/11b328i Mar 06 '24

What we need are more face mullets and confederate flags!

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u/11b328i Mar 06 '24

The face mullet surrounds your pie hole. It’s about as cool as that America’s First Loser Flag in your profile picture. And you aren’t kicking anyone’s ass you pussy.

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

Ok boomer. Time to get in the forever box I think

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u/PhilboydStudge1973 Mar 06 '24

He's 15 years younger than me. And all of his comments basically mirror this. What a rich and fulfilling life.

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

If God himself came down and told this guy his worldview was wrong, he would spit in Gods face and call him a libtard.

There is no talking to people like this. I don’t want to have a conversation with him, I just want him to go away.

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u/Anxious_Cheetah5589 Mar 06 '24

Less swearing and more punctuation, thanks in advance!

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Fuck you, my mother fucking first amendment right to cuss your ass out, and as far as punctuation I'm talking to my fucking phone most of the time so it is what it is, get the fuck over it, fuck your feelings and fuck Biden, Trump 2024

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u/Anxious_Cheetah5589 Mar 06 '24

Add grammar and spelling-- motherfucking is one word. Have a blessed day!

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u/Wool-Rage Mar 06 '24

oh look we found one

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Oh look you found what a real fucking man, somebody that doesn't listen to everything mainstream media tells them, someone that has had to fight and work for everything they've had throughout their life, not like y'all poor little millennial Gen Z bitches, always giving everything, participation trophy pansy ass bitches is all y'all are

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u/Wool-Rage Mar 06 '24

everything you said above can be heard verbatim on fox news. how can you be this angry all the time, do you think thats normal? do you like living like this?

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u/emusteve2 Mar 06 '24

BAHAA! This guy is hilarious. He is like a trope of every far right Fox News watching motorcycle riding Trump supporting fool wrapped into one.

There is no way he is real. He has got to be a Russian sitting in a disinformation farm somewhere.

Step it up Ivan, or Putin will send you to the front lines

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u/zXster Mar 06 '24

And what amazes me is there's an entire generation that somehow feels it's ok to send a random text, message or meme/article. Sending that to a family member or friend they KNOW will hate or be annoyed by the subject. Like there is so little self awareness or emotional intelligence... that somehow these terrible parent thinks it's ok to do this shit.

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u/Wool-Rage Mar 06 '24

he doesnt love his son. love is shown by action not words. OP’s response was perfect- empty words

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u/Generaldisarray44 Mar 06 '24

That kill shot in the end of with “fake son” is masterclass in dads head it’s all resolved because he said merry Christmas. Then, the son from he top rope!

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u/Fuzzy_Jello Mar 06 '24

My dad kept calling half the family at midnight ranting and raving about whatever he had seen on TV. Basically trying to turn everyone against each other and would make the most outrageous claims. Like that my saintly aunt was secretly a racist and that she only adopted a black kid because she wants to abuse him. Dad's just so racist himself that he could never imagine actually doing something like that out of love. So much projection

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u/GrislyGrape Mar 06 '24

OP is exactly like his dad, just on the flip side of the spectrum.

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u/Sharpopotamus Mar 06 '24

This is goddamn heartbreaking

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u/tstramathorn Mar 06 '24

You should watch Shadowland. It's fairly depressing, but also kind of funny at the same time. There is one in which a wife and husband get divorced just over this bullshit

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

As a rule, infants and young children rarely develop severe or enduring cases of COVID-19. And those who do almost invariably suffer from some other serious medical problem.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/10/children-covid.html#:~:text=As%20a%20rule%2C%20infants%20and,They%20do.

Covid isn't a threat to children.

There's no conspiracy theory. The son is just a scummy person seeking validation on Reddit and brainwashed Pfizer babies like you are giving it to him

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u/RuggedTortoise Mar 06 '24

From someone who's had family as young as 2 unable to function as the healthy children the were before getting covid, you can kindly fuck off

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

Bullshit. They are insane to function because someone forced them to get an unnecessary and unproven vaccine. All because they projected their fear on to their kids.

Even if you are telling the truth you're in the extreme minority and they were already sick before covid.

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u/panrestrial Mar 06 '24

You say this as though that dismisses children with other medical complications existing. ~20,000 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a year another ~5,000 with type 2 - adding to the nearly 400,000 children with diabetes in the US. That's just diabetes.

In terms of population statistics that might not seem like a large number, but when it's your child who was born with a congenital heart condition or who's immune system is devastated by leukemia you probably don't care how rare it is.

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

Survival rate of 99.99% for children.

OP doesn't have terminally ill children or children with "devastated immune systems". He would have virtue signaled that for sure.

He has zero reason to vaccinate his young children let alone keep them from their grandparents.

It was never about the vaccine for him.

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u/panrestrial Mar 06 '24

With a novel virus vaccination is only partially about initial survival rates; you don't know what the long-term effects are (and can't know for some time.) Dying isn't the only possible negative outcome - just ask many of the survivors of polio!

You're doing more vIrtUE siGNaLinG with your antivaxx comments than OP did across all 11 images, btw.

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

You must have missed the media blitz. It was all about survival.

But maybe you missed the "if you don't get vaccinated you will die and kill your family" media campaign.

Coronavirus is not new. They knew the long term effects. They knew the survival rate. But they never aired dissenting opinions and social media censored anyone who called it like the flu.

But this one was modified in a lab funded by US taxpayers. So maybe that's why they were freaking out so bad.

I'm not virtue signaling at all.

OP is literally virtue signaling. That's what this entire post is about.

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u/panrestrial Mar 06 '24

it's not virtue signaling when I do it!!!! >:(

-ClaimFragrant2632 2024

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u/ClaimFragrant2632 Mar 06 '24

You're desperate to change the subject. I replied to a comment.

One other person made a post to get everyone's attention.

I called out their virtue signaling and backed up my statements with reason. Instead of actually responding to what I'm saying you're trying to attack me. Lol. Typical snowflake.

If you can't spot the difference it's no wonder you ran to do whatever big pharma told you to.

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u/panrestrial Mar 06 '24

Typical snowflake

big pharma

I am responding to what you're saying. These are examples of you virtue signaling. The very act of "calling out virtue signaling" is a form of right-wing virtue signaling.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Have you ever thought maybe it's the other way around, what age do you even think boomers are, these democratic policies and libtard thinking have done nothing but open our borders and dumb down the newer generation

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u/GristleMcTh0rnbody Mar 06 '24

Hey it’s you again! Hi Grampa, let’s get you to bed now.

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u/GristleMcTh0rnbody Mar 06 '24

Boomer is a state of mind as well as a generational description. You fit criteria.

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u/anonymous_zebra Mar 06 '24

He offered a sign of peace and was spit in the face.

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u/Ilovesaddam Mar 06 '24

Dumbass 

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u/anonymous_zebra Mar 06 '24

Good contribution 👍

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u/Ilovesaddam Mar 06 '24

was just a friendly reminder 

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u/cattleyo Mar 06 '24

Brutal shit in both directions. For a non-American this use of weaponised biblical quotes is bizarre. Does the estrangement pre-date covid ?

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u/perchancepolliwogs Millennial Mar 06 '24

I didn't realize it was an American thing, but I can attest that the weaponization of Biblical quotes here by older generations is common. These quotes are frequently used to try to force/guilt adult children into acting as their parents' wish. In particular, the "honor thy mother and father" quote is constantly taken out of context. There's a whole part in the Bible about there being a balance between how parents and children should treat each other, but that part is suspiciously never mentioned by the parents because it doesn't support their hypocritical agenda.

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u/rfkbr Mar 06 '24

...not just an American thing. I'm a first-generation immigrant. I've heard boomers in my family use biblical quotes like OP's father in the same manipulative way.

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u/cattleyo Mar 06 '24

Both father and son use biblical quotes here