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3. "The imbeciles will always be with us. "

Sun May 14, 2023, 07:15 AM

May 2023

That's depressing as hell, but unfortunately true. They've always been with us, and always will.

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On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 OP

LOL "And now James Phipps is dead. Coincidence???????" Tanuki May 2023 #1

As is every other person Jenner vaccinated. Wednesdays May 2023 #6

OMG...I hope somebody notified VAERS!!! Tanuki May 2023 #8

Cotton Mather, the Puritan minister famous for ginning up the hysteria Scrivener7 May 2023 #2

"The imbeciles will always be with us. " BComplex May 2023 #3

I always thought that phrase referred to "the poor"? n/t Backseat Driver May 2023 #9

I once worked with a direct descendant of Cotton Mather jpak May 2023 #7

Watch your pronouns - (they) are capable of shape-shifting! Backseat Driver May 2023 #10

Washington and Jefferson were proponents. paleotn May 2023 #5

Had a aunt that had smallpox as a child in Italy in the early Javaman May 2023 #11

Thank you for reminding us of this fascinating information. niyad May 2023 #12