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  • HoraceH Online
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    Horace
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    I had an eye exam today and one of the letters on the chart was O. I got it right and he said it was like Donald’s IQ - zero. I assume he meant Trump.

    Education is extremely important.

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      Did you see Disney posters there?
      Maybe he was referring to the duck.

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        People I am paying for a service should keep their political opinions to themselves.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          Yes, because good manners obligate you to respond, and that at minimum demands a nod, just to shut them up. Otherwise you're rooked into a conversation you don't want to have.

          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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            My barber used to spend the entire haircut going on about immigrants and how they'd ruined the country, along with Obama obviously.

            Every single fucking time. I never had the courage to point out to a guy with scissors that I was an immigrant.

            I was only joking

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              Well, since you kept coming back he had to keep telling you. I expect he thought you a bit thick.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                He'd say 'Have they ruined Canada, too?'

                The thing is, initially there were four barbers, so there was a good chance I wouldn't get this guy (who owned the store), but as time went on, all the other barbers left, for reasons that are probably obvious. Eventually, I did too, even though I could easily walk there for a cut.

                Of course, he might just have been irritated that I knew nothing about American football, which in our town is a sin against Patriotism, and probably took up a very large percentage of his other conversations.

                I was only joking

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                • MikM Mik

                  People I am paying for a service should keep their political opinions to themselves.

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                  @Mik said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                  People I am paying for a service should keep their political opinions to themselves.

                  Mik - I totally agree with you!

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                  • HoraceH Online
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                    I had to check myself from calling him a fucking imbecile and walking out.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      I had an eye exam today and one of the letters on the chart was O. I got it right and he said it was like Donald’s IQ - zero. I assume he meant Trump.

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                      @Horace said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                      I had an eye exam today and one of the letters on the chart was O. I got it right and he said it was like Donald’s IQ - zero. I assume he meant Trump.

                      You liked like a bird of the feather.

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                      • HoraceH Horace

                        I had to check myself from calling him a fucking imbecile and walking out.

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                        @Horace said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                        I had to check myself from calling him a fucking imbecile and walking out.

                        I wouldn't have called him an imbecile, but it would have been on, like donkey kong.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • HoraceH Online
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                          Horace
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                          @Loki said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                          You liked like a bird of the feather.

                          You mean, I look like a Trump supporter? I don't think anybody around these parts looks like a Trump supporter, since they all but do not exist and there is no established norm of what they look like.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            Would you have the same reaction if he'd said political stuff you agree with?

                            I was only joking

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                              Same reaction as in private thoughts and no substantial response? Yes, in fact that is exactly the reaction I would have. I have no interest in attempting to ingratiate myself to anybody who would inject their own personal politics into that situation. I have noticed however that the only political side ever thusly injected is the left. Your experiences have apparently differed.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                The common feature is their apparent total obliviousness that the person they are speaking to might feel radically different. I suspect they both live in a bubble.

                                Obviously, my barber didn't disapprove of immigrants 'like me', which is why he totally ignored the possibility that I might take offence.

                                I was only joking

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                                  A guy goes to the barber, and has his 5 year old daughter with him. She's shy, so she sticks right to her daddy. So when it was his turn to get in the chair, his daughter stood right beside the chair, one hand touching daddy, the other hand holding a snack cake.

                                  The barber was trying to work around her, but she was in his way. Finally the barber said "Honey, you're going to get hair on your Twinkie." The little girl says "Yeah, I know. I'm gonna get boobs too.."

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                                    @Loki said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                    You liked like a bird of the feather.

                                    You mean, I look like a Trump supporter? I don't think anybody around these parts looks like a Trump supporter, since they all but do not exist and there is no established norm of what they look like.

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                                    @Horace said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                    @Loki said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                    You liked like a bird of the feather.

                                    You mean, I look like a Trump supporter? I don't think anybody around these parts looks like a Trump supporter, since they all but do not exist and there is no established norm of what they look like.

                                    White. That’s a good start.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      The common feature is their apparent total obliviousness that the person they are speaking to might feel radically different. I suspect they both live in a bubble.

                                      Obviously, my barber didn't disapprove of immigrants 'like me', which is why he totally ignored the possibility that I might take offence.

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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                      Obviously, my barber didn't disapprove of immigrants 'like me', which is why he totally ignored the possibility that I might take offence.

                                      There's another, similar situation where this happens. A stranger to me, (like a garage mechanic or some such) calls me Honey. I say, don't call me Honey, and he gives this stupid grin and says, Oh, I call all pretty ladies Honey.

                                      Thereby doubling the offense, did he but know it. It's like, your/my taking offense at something they say doesn't count because of some belief in their own head. 'Immigrants like you', or 'Honey'. It can't be offensive because of whatever THEY think.

                                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                        I can tolerate most anything as long as they don't start smacking their fingers against their mouth while saying "woo woo woo woo" and jumping around like they're walking over lit charcoal barefoot.....

                                        I'll go Tonto on your ass over that........

                                        😉

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                                        • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                          Obviously, my barber didn't disapprove of immigrants 'like me', which is why he totally ignored the possibility that I might take offence.

                                          There's another, similar situation where this happens. A stranger to me, (like a garage mechanic or some such) calls me Honey. I say, don't call me Honey, and he gives this stupid grin and says, Oh, I call all pretty ladies Honey.

                                          Thereby doubling the offense, did he but know it. It's like, your/my taking offense at something they say doesn't count because of some belief in their own head. 'Immigrants like you', or 'Honey'. It can't be offensive because of whatever THEY think.

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                                          @Catseye3 said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in My optometrist doesn’t like Trump:

                                          Obviously, my barber didn't disapprove of immigrants 'like me', which is why he totally ignored the possibility that I might take offence.

                                          There's another, similar situation where this happens. A stranger to me, (like a garage mechanic or some such) calls me Honey. I say, don't call me Honey, and he gives this stupid grin and says, Oh, I call all pretty ladies Honey.

                                          Thereby doubling the offense, did he but know it. It's like, your/my taking offense at something they say doesn't count because of some belief in their own head. 'Immigrants like you', or 'Honey'. It can't be offensive because of whatever THEY think.

                                          Cats, I guess you should have killed him.
                                          The woman at the post office calls everyone something endearing. One time, she called me Sweetie. I walked out with some guy, and I told him as if boasting, "she called me Sweetie!" He said, "yeah? She called me Dear!" If I were to have scolded her, I know it would have really hurt her feelings.
                                          I think most people are good, and overall kind. To jump on them for some little thing as if it's a Mountain, I don't get it.
                                          It's like opening a door for a female, and getting yelled at, "I'll open my own door!" Turn a kind act or affectionate word into an argument. What huge point is being made? Other than the guy never opening a door for a female again, and then the complaint, "what a rude guy, no manners, must be a jerk that has no etiquette."

                                          The door thing I remember when in college. It was a certain type of female, the way she dressed, hair style (or lack of), where you learned never to hold the door open, because "she" was on some feminazi crusade based upon turning manners into hate.

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