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A friend shared a graphic by the Tea Party, with a picture of a box of Crackerjack. The captions said "White Americans find this name offensive. If it's good enough for the Washington Redskins, Is it also time for Obama's patent office to CANCEL Cracker Jack's trademark as well, right?"

I said, "this is the stupidest thing you've posted in months."

His reply, "Yep and it follows the stupid things that people do in the name of political correctness."

Me... breathe... Pause... Eventually...

"So you posted that in seriousness? You think the requests by certain ethnic groups for others to not portray them as caricatures is PC? And they're told, "oh lighten up, it's a joke." "You think my culture is a joke?" And you think those requests are not only unnecessary political correctness, but stupidity? And not just regular stupidity, but as stupid as the made-up shit in this picture? That's fucked up. Really fucked up. To be honest, it disgusts me that my friends believe this shit. I like to think I have smart friends, but you're challenging me."

He liked that comment.

A facebook acquaintance posted, "Do we look like we are boozers? Every restaurant tries to put us in the bar and then doesnt just ask but tries to push "adult beverages" on us! I am going to start wearing a sign "WE DON'T DRINK!""

Only teetotalers consider a frequent, "can I get you guys a beer?" as pushing alcoholic beverages on them.

And no, this complaint doesn't make these teetotalers complete morons. Not like the previous complaint was about.

I had to come in to work for a couple of hours, and I'll have to come back for a couple more, later. The furnace guys said they'd be finished sometime between one and two o'clock. Right in the middle of the day.