Sheeple diagnosis. Someone started this topic in a recent comment thread here on MSB.
I thought it was pretty funny and that it would be fun to ask you all for additional “one liner’s” to add for the list.
Just what or who are Sheeple? What is a Sheeple?
‘Sheeple people’ might not exhibit all of the following traits, however they likely fit a good number of them or lean towards them. (Some are added for comedic value – although still potentially valid!)
I will add to the diagnosis list as your recommendations come in…
(filed under ‘systemic risk’ for obvious reasons)
Checklist For Sheeple Diagnosis
– You get all your news from MSFN (main stream fake news) (and believe it)
– You believe it when you’re told that any more than three days of food is “hoarding”
– You have three bottles of water in your cupboard and consider yourself prepared for anything
– You think a BOB is something they put out in the water to warn boats
– You believe Firearms are scary and should be limited to government law enforcement
– Every available storage space is full of candy and soda with no room for unnecessary frills
– You only ever use plastic. Cash is anachronistic and should be eliminated
– You spend a large portion of your income on Starbucks and fast food
– Your EDC (every day carry) consists of a credit card and a cellphone
– You believe that Alexa, Siri, and Cortana only start listening after you call their name
– You have a couple frozen pizzas in the freezer and feel great that you’re all set
– You get a pay raise and run out to the bank and leverage a new car loan
– You get in line behind all the others because that’s what everyone’s doing
– Your iPhone is almost always in your hand
– You cannot resist the text message or FB ‘ding’. Must look immediately
– The first think you look for in a new environment is not where the exits are, but where you can charge your phone or tablet
– You know for a fact cause you did read it on Facebook that:
Your car will always run perfect by itself.
The Uber driver is your friend.
GasX is good for the climate, same with Beano.
The Kardashians are your idols.
Temper tantrums are expressing oneself.
The butcher makes meat.
– Buying that little bundle of firewood at 7/11 for $12 so you can rough it at the RV park.
– You borrow a candle during a power outage and then come back five minutes later to borrow matches (really happened)
– When told to pack survival stuff for an EMP, you pack your lap top and cell phone
– You feel prepared for anything away from home. You have a backup credit card with room left before the limit
– You declare you are coming to my place to ride out an emergency.
– You like to buy the latest fads
– You have an online-presence in all of the popular social media outlets
– You get all of the recommended vaccinations that the CDC advises
– You take mass transit
– You live in a gated community and feel safe
– You trust ‘officials’
– You vote based on someone claiming to be a democrat, republican, liberal or conservative
– You know “the government” will take care of you if there is ever a REAL emergency, because that’s their job
– You believe food comes from the grocery store and it will never run out
– You believe that operators from your Home alarm monitoring company only activate the microphone/speaker when you call them.
– You think that your smart phone never listens or watches you.
– You, like, say, like the word like, like more than once, like in a, like, sentence…
– You actually believe the saying, “I’m with the government and I’m here to help”
– You believe all “un-named sources”
– If you really believe that anyone in DC will go to jail from ANY investigation…
– If you have ever used the term “the government needs to get involved to make everything equal and FAIR”
– If you have ever fought someone over a sale item on Black Friday
– Everyone is looking at their cellphone and won’t briefly lookup when someone enters or exits the establishment
– They install a credit card reader on the vending machine in the workplace and you hear someone say,. Ohh goodie.
– You declare you are coming to “my place” to ride out an emergency
– You believe that you will win the lottery so you can retire in style with no debt
– You automatically ask “how much is the monthly payment?” (never mind the price)
– Only cops should have guns
– You get your news from Facebook
– Milk, bread, and eggs. What is it about a winter storm that makes people crave French toast?
– Your cooking skills only include “nuking” meals in a microwave
– You care more about hollywierd’s opinions than in developing your own
– You think the tap water will keep flowing with no electricity
– ?? (your turn)
You believe food comes from the grocery store and it will never run out.
The government is on your side.
You believe FEMA is coming to help when there is a disaster.
preparednana,
I was on the same page as you.
😄
You don’t worry about natural disasters and stuff like that; you know “the government” will take care of you if there is ever a REAL emergency, because that’s their job.
You vote based on someone claiming to be a democrat, republican, liberal or conservative.
You like to buy the latest fads
You have an online-presence in all of the popular social media outlets
You get all of the recommended vaccinations that the CDC advises
You take mass transit
You live in a gated community and feel safe
You trust ‘officials’
Good ones MT!
“You believe that Alexa, Siri, and Cortana only start listening after you call their name”
LOL Ken….
Are these people someone that I should know about?
They are not people. They are the voice assistants of Microsoft, Apple and Samsung. And no, you are blessed if you have no idea about who they are
You declare you are coming to my place to ride out an emergency.
One more… You love the vibe and energy of being in a crowd of people.
Hmmm, yep, agree McGyver
Right? Someone once tried “get me out of my shell” by taking me to Disneyland. I lasted 20 minutes before grabbing some guy in a clown shirt selling $8 pretzels implored him to direct me to ‘Exit Land’. Right back in the shell I went
speaking of shells…
take note from the turtle…wear full body armor, keep a low profile…
LOL!
Shepherdess
OHhh,,, that was great rolwl!!
“Heros in a half-shell”
lol
Ken, that is actually a Katahdin sheep you got up there…
The kind we have…Katahdins are actually pretty smart, imho,
they are sheep but not sheeple 😉
They may be smart but they still get ‘fleeced’ on a regular basis, just like the rest of us with income taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes………
You complain that your neighbors at the government housing project are taking your parking spot.
You buy all of your food at the convenience store with your “foodies” card.
car guy,
One grocery store I go to makes a point to declare on the receipt how much, dollar-wise, of my purchase was “EBT eligible”. It is infuriating.. I’ve made remarks on a couple of occasions only to be met by vapid, empty stares from the clerk. I’ve noticed that one can now purchase chicken wings, pizza and anything made primarily from HFCS with EBT.
Thank the democrats and specificly barry obummer, that was his idea to relax the limits on the ebt bs… personally id rather eat weeds or starve than take government assistance, never did, never will
Second that
You people are so weird ,food comes from the store !!! How can you even think about being out in that dirt? Or eat some thing that has dirt on it!!!! What’s that smell ? How come your shoes have that green stuff on them ?just coming here makes me feel dirty ,,,what’s that in the water ? Boy a cow is big ,,,what do you mean by saying ‘sweat’ WHAT DO MEAN a egg comes out of the poop hole !!!
I just ate a what !!! We hear a a lot out on the farm ,,,,,,
Ok so much for the fun ,,,some times I wonder ,,,are we not sheeple too ?some of the stuff I see on the blogs makes me wonder ? Its work to think for ones self ,it’s easy to follow someone else’s thinking ,,,what is the difference between learning from someone else and being a sheepel just following?
Thinking can get you into or out of trouble ,,,
Enough of my vain rambling
Tea and chocolate
Who is John galt ?
That was funny, something from the dirt, as i sit here eating carrots i yanked out yesterday afternoon from my garden thinking i should go pull some more……
My cousins daughter in law wouldn’t let her have a garden at her place when she found out she was going to use steer manure. She said was disgusting and filthy!
You welcome the wolves into your country with open arms.
11HE9, that hit deep…
11He9 ,,,22-250 time
300WM time…
Exhale slowly about halfway, squeeze, let the shot surprise you…
Today I had lunch in a restaurant in a small nearby town(2600 people) and I had a conversation with a city cop that I just met there. I ask him if the city had any plans to deal with the after effects of an EMP. I had to explain to him what an EMP is and its effects such as no electricity. His reply was “the chief will call in the national guard , then the state police and finally the county sheriff”. He said they would confiscate everybodys guns, gasoline, any cars they needed and people’s excess food. People would be herded into the school gym and churches to control any social disorder. This officers face was beaming with pride about how local law enforcement would handle the situation. He had no idea about my thoughts as I smiled and agreed with him. My real thought is “this would be one of the first sheep that would be reeducated”. My question” How can some people be so blind as to what is happening in the world and their community as a whole?”
Somewhat related to your comment:
What Would Happen If Martial Law Is Declared?
Martial Law: Could It Happen Here?
Texas boy,
Would love to meet this “city cop” you speak of. I was a city cop for 34 years and never met one as clueless as this one you describe. Most were like me, college educated with around a thousand hours of academy training and twenty hours a year mandated continuing education to keep their certification. Part of that continuing education included prep for EMP’s , beginning over twenty years ago, and nuclear attack aftermath going even further back. Never once was confiscation of guns or food from civilians ever mentioned. Never was “herding people” to control social disorder discussed. The order in which your “city cop” said that outside help would be called in is completely out of whack. First, the “chief” has no authority to call in the National Guard. Second, the sheriff would be the more likely outside agency to call for assistance, since the city is already inside his jurisdiction, then the state police. One thing is a constant when speaking of all these law enforcement entities is that the minimum basic police training and education is the same for all law enforcement officer certification in the state of Texas. I hold the basic, intermediate, advanced, instructor,and Master Peace Officer certifications in the state of Texas.
The cop you describe sounds more like a caricature of a country bumpkin “Barney Fife” so many like to tout as indicative of local law enforcement. Whatever, if he told you this drivel, it was certainly had nothing to do with his training and you should inform his chief of your conversation.
Hey there, I’ve been city cop and “Barney Fife” rural county deputy sheriff. I’ve been into prepping for over 40 yrs (before there was such a term – it was just called preparedness). I’ve been an emergency services manager and disaster coordinator for a big city police department. That “City Cop” that Texas Boy talked to must have been some rookie who didn’t know what he was talking about – just trying to impress – or yank your chain…
He might have been giving you a load of bologna….
I would think a town of 2600 people would be the last thing on the priority list for the Nat. Guard, Sheriff or State police.
Dennis nailed when he said that city cop is clueless country bumpkin. But he sounds like the towns biggest threat in a emergency or any other day.
Adapt and Overcome
Keep that one in the front of your mind my friend, if anything goes awry i plan on being very scarce and very fast to be able to act, it will be necessity, number one, be able to cause massive loss to your opponents
Our border collie is smarter than that
You feel prepared for anything away from home. You have a backup credit card with room left before the limit.
country
Sadly, my wife fits in with many of these.
When told to pack survival stuff for an EMP, you pack your lap top and cell phone
You ride Amtrak because flying is so scary.. (Too soon?)
Mc Gyver,,, just heard amtrack wreck was not a accident
I heard that this morning. Apparently the jihadis have a DIY terrorism magazine (no kidding!) that recently published instructions for easy train derailment.
Perhaps my tinfoil hat is firmly on -but- does everyone by that the train derailment and power outage at Chicago were just coincidence?
Sure, it was a coincidence…and I have some ocean-front property in Arizona , to sell you too. Look up Leo Wanta
Talking with neighbor about the huge new high school. She comments how it looks like a college campus and that it must have cost them a lot of money. She looked surprised when I corrected her with “you meant it cost us a lot of money?” After a few seconds goes Oh yeah.
Actually, I heard the train was going 80 mph in a 30 mph area. They didn’t say why the train was going 80.
You borrow a candle during a power outage and then come back five minutes later to borrow matches (really happened)
that is toooo funny!
ROFL!!! That’s priceless.
Adapt and Overcome
DK,
Oh, good grief!!! You just can’t make this stuff up.
A city dweller getting away from the hustle and bustle, hooking up to that RV and going to a resort area to stay in a 1000 unit RV park. Bingo on Wednesday nights.
Buying that little bundle of firewood at 7/11 for $12 so you can rough it at the RV park.
Buying that food pack advertised on TV – that has all the ingredients for you to prepare a meal at home. I hope there are simple directions.
You know for a fact cause you did read it on Facebook that
Your car will always run perfect by itself.
The Uber driver is your friend.
GasX is good for the climate, same with Beano.
The Kardashians are your idols.
Temper tantrums are expressing oneself.
The butcher makes meat.
Grey…hysterically funny!!!
Thanks Shepherdess
Someone that also stops on the highway to join in throwing food to that big furry animal and hope to take a selfie with it.
You put a bumper sticker on your car saying “I’m with Her”
Let’s talk smells, meant to be light hearted and fun ok? 🙂
Sheeple fav smells:
Starbucks (of course!)
a mall
fast food
expensive perfume/cologne
febreeze car inserts so you can smell that you are in another place (yes they sell this)
Non-sheeple fav smells:
good hay
animals (am I crazy I love to smell my animals, well not the chickens LOL)
farm clothes (nicely hides when you haven’t showered in…..”awhile” 😉
burning wood in a fire pit
fresh homemade ANYTHING
tractor smell (yes it’s true)
muddy earth after a late spring rain
bunny pellet feed (I’m really weird)
🙂
I suppose it’s only logical that “Shepherdess” would be the resident expert on, errm.. sheep(le).
Starbucks — I’ve worked on their delivery trucks. You cannot possibly imagine the gut-wrenching, rancid STENCH of a case of frappacrappa-whatever syrup, after it has fallen over, broken open, oozed into every crack and crevice… then baked in the sun for weeks at a time in an enclosed truck body. Truly, you haven’t fully lived until you’ve had that experience.
Febreze — Speaking of gut-wrenching stink. I don’t know what the manufacturer puts in that stuff that makes it so different than every other air freshener, but it hits me like CS gas. I once gave up the entire Holiday Express chain, where I spent 100 days of every year, because “korprit” issued a mandate that the stuff be sprayed in every guest room. Of course they had an existing mandate to bolt all the windows shut. For my safety, of course. Because in all reality I would rather jump out of a hotel window then to breathe that garbage.
McGyver
That smell is just to take your mind off the bed bugs. And everyone knows the bed spreads are laundered every week or after each guest stay.
McGyver, you are cracking me up!
#”frappacrappa-whatever syrup” products are now trending! 😀
McGyver and hermit us, I just read your two responses to my husband and he is CRYING with laughter…..THANKS!!!! 🙂
I always stick my nose in the fur of my goats when I’m milking them….they smell awesome! And pelletized timothy grass hay smells like fresh tea leaves to me….another great aroma!
Goatlover ,,,,thanks , Now I won’t feel nuts. We do that too
0ldhomesteader
Not to worry, we still think your nuts.. LOL
Gee maybe I’m missing something….I’ll have to try sniffing my chickens….lol…
Love that smell of fresh cut alfalfa or rye,,, good stuff
Its not wierd either, its admirable
New case of beer, can of nuts and salami sticks to ride out the storm.
The first think you look for in a new environment is not where the exits are, but where you can charge your phone or tablet.
hermit us,
Who has time to look at the new environment… enough to do trying to walk, text, tweet and balance the $5 beverage of choice from you-know-where at the same time.
SCG
Yup, all those that don’t know who Charles Darwin was – as they walk into traffic. Sheeple all know everyone will stop for them even on a freeway.
You think that all your friends are in your phone–
IMO there’s no such thing as a “sheeple”. That’s a name people call someone who doesn’t believe exactly like they do.
I own two businesses, I’m a prepper, a 2nd Amendment supporter, I live debt free, I’m as independent as they come, and almost every time I disagree with someone on the internet I get called a “sheeple”.
People are smart. Living a different life doesn’t make them sheeple.
Mr. Grey
I think you got that wrong. A sheeple is someone who blindly follows the crowd without thinking. You sound perfectly normal to me.
Has an EMP survival APP on their phone.
Theres sheeple, then theres just plain stupid,
Mr.Gray, We’re just having some fun here…
The term “sheeple” has been used with a fairly wide variety of meanings. Apparently you have encountered those who take it to mean someone who doesn’t believe exactly like they do. I’ve never encountered that one.
However I mostly see it used in very general reference to those who diligently follow the norms of our modern way of life without apparent realization of what goes on beyond their ‘box’. In fact they don’t even know they’re boxed in 😉
Can not SHEAR them if you do not Pen them in first.
Sigh for the price of some of my casual coffee house friends spend on their data plans they could have a deep pantry and emergency cash set aside. OH and the are PROUD of their Expensive data plans. It is Sheeple Bragging Rights.
You think that all those up votes for that gizmo are from actual purchasers of the product.
Thats funny, my sweety was reading me some reviews on a clothing website she buys her excercise wear from,
Im a 44F and 156# but the small was just too tight, and im petite…..
Cant make this sh it up bud, they walk amongst us
Nailbanger
Yes, they order size 4 shoes for their size 6 feet and then complain the shoes fit small.
See it here all the time, big fat beech in teeny tiny shorts with a teeny tiny tank top, EESH
SOME STUFF NEEDS TO BE KEPT COVERED UP,,,,
Spandex and mini skirts should require a permit to purchase in anything over size 6.
Something basically wrong with a mini skirt that is wider than it is long.
If you really believe Hillary, Bernie,________(fill in the blank) actually give sh_t about you.
You may be a ‘sheeple’ if you beleive NRP’s “TP” is only about Toilet Paper….. 😊
You may be a sheeple if you are registered as a Liberal.
You may be a sheeple if you have an EBT card and buy cigarettes with it
NRP
And if you believe that you will be able to sit and relax in two weeks when retirement becomes a reality.
hermit us, ahhhh hell no. Retirement is when i get FIRED UP!!!!
Retirement is the day after i fall over dead!
You believe that pay day loans are good – those interest rates are a benefit for that trickle up economy.
If you have ever fought someone over a sale item on Black Friday.
Adapt and Overcome
11HE9
I actually witnessed exactly that situation – a big woman and a small Eastern man each had one shoe of a pair and where hitting each other with them in an attempt to get the other shoe.
11HE9 and hermit us,
It’s hard not to give up on humankind as a species when watching that kind of crap.
It’s just amazing what people are willing to do for stuff in a “normal” society. I see it as a handbook on how society will react when things go very bad.
Adapt and Overcome.
If you have ever used the term “the government needs to get involved to make everything equal and FAIR”.
That one is for So Cal Girl. She just loves the word FAIR. Lol.
Adapt and Overcome.
11HE9,
Hahaha!
Wait, that wasn’t really funny at all. In fact, I think you are trying to trigger me, which I find a terrible violation of my emotional well being. I am going to try to get over this by indulging in several overpriced cocktails the newest local hotspot for beautiful people to see and be seen. After which, I will pay someone to drive me home where I will eat overpriced fusion/vegan take-out food while binge-watching reality TV. If that doesn’t work I may have to call Gloria Steinem for legal advice. And don’t call me sheeple – I don’t want to be associated with farm animals of any type, that’s just gross!
Great response. You had me laughing the whole way. Thanks.
Adapt and Overcome.
SCG
And you wonder why some people have a poor opinion of Southern California. Come to Idaho if you are looking for that safe space. Or Montana if you like more mountains.
hermit us,
No, sadly, I don’t wonder. That’s why it’s funny – there’s a lot of truth woven in there. Just as long as everyone know “we” are not all like that.
Yes your post has a ton of truth in it. That’s why it was so funny that you posted it. I was expecting a good response but you sent it over the top with the sarcasm.
Hermit Us, So Cal Gal is not like all the others is So Cal. She gets it as do many here from So Cal and Ca overall. Good people, just in a bad state.
Adapt and Overcome.
SCG
Sadly, may innocents have paid the ultimate price for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take care.
Thank you both!
*Storing water because you bought a bug in house without a well.
*Buying many guns and lots of ammo for the big one but no body armor or no FAKs.
*Having a garden but no seeds stored to replant the garden.
*Get that rocket stove, but no fuel to burn.
*Your bug in house has electric furnace heating and no other means of heat.
*All your survival animals have names and you have never tasted any of them.
*None of your survival animals can scavenge for food.
*All your shooting experience is at the range with a paper targets in daylight.
*You have no night vision capability.
*You actually believe there are good guys and bad guys that you can trust.
not so sure
You can trust that the good guys are wearing the white hats and the bad are in black – I was going to say sarc, but the traitor antifa group actually do wear black – how convenient. 🙂
not so sure,
I think i failed your list LOLOL
NRP
Add that body armor, 3rd gen night vision, freeze drier, …. to your list – you may have to work a few more years. There is always wally world as a greeter position.
NRP and hermit us,
Oh man, I am really yucking it up now!
Maybe WW was what NRP meant when he wrote that he was really going to get going once he retired. You know NRP just LOVES to visit WW! He always says such complimentary things to say about all the “interesting” folks he sees there! Ha!
SCG
We just have to remind him that he can not beat up the customers, no matter how ignorant they seem.
So Cal Gal
Yeah me at Wally W, ” welcome to Walmart, get in get you’re crap and get out, I’m tired and going home”
NRP and hermit us,
I think NRP will be fine, sure, he may spend some quality time in the HR dept working on those people skills, but eventually he will have that same blank stare and forced smile most big box store employees have.
What could go wrong? 😂
SCG
Now that was funny. hahaha 🙂
So Cal Gal
AND I would get a discount on Gin & TP…. LOLOL sign me up 😁
I got kicked out of walmart.
Doc Jackson,
What for? Not wearing flip-flops, pajama bottoms, and a tank top?
That got me curious.Do WW employees get a discount? I just went to the WW site and did a search for body armor. They actually sell it.
yes- I think it’s 10%
No body armor? Depends ya know, maybe sometimes better to be able to relocate light and fast,,,, yea armor is a good idea, but your still not exactly bullet proof,
Given the information related above by Texas boy, I would add: You know you’re a Sheeple if you believe all cops are your friends. Any one who wants to argue this point would do well to google the following names: JACK YANTIS, KELLY THOMAS, MIRIAM CAREY, LA VOY FINICUM, and the latest casualty by the Mesa, AZ PD, DANIEL SHAVER. These individuals were murdered by police officers/deputy sheriffs: “…in the line of duty while resisting arrest.”
Keep in mind what the grinning fascist told Texas boy in the restaurant. This attitude IS the mindset of the vast majority of city/county/state/federal law enforcement in the USA. We had a small preview during Hurricane Katrina. Some stayed home, others helped themselves right along with the looters.
The police are not your friends. Never talk to them or volunteer information, Always demand an attorney. The only times you are legally required to give information to law enforcement personnel are: 1) you have been in a traffic accident and someone has been injured; 2) You are a caregiver/teacher/healthcare worker, etc., and you uncover real or suspected child/elder abuse. Beyond that, avoid cops as much as possible.
Dweezil,
I used to believe as you do about cops. And there are definitely too many bad ones, on a percentage basis. However, I have an adult son, who for whatever reason has had dozens of contacts with our local PD. There are about 40 cops in our town, and I believe every single one of them has been to our house at some point over the past ten years. There were only two that I could recall who were unprofessional, obnoxious or aggressive. Both are no longer with the department.
The rest of them have been extraordinarily kind, compassionate and helpful. Please try not to paint them all with a broad brush. God forbid one day you might find yourself needing help from a cop.
But the problem is knowing the good ones from the bad ones.
98% of cops give the rest a bad name.
The key words here are RESISTING ARREST. If not guilty, why resist. In time it will work itself out. Put yourself in the cops shoes.
My late BIL was a deputy sheriff. He always went easy on those he delt with if they were respectful but if they gave them a hard time, he’d cuff and stuff and take them in to be booked.
The charge of “resisting” is often an automatic one in some departments as it is difficult to defend ones self against. Dash cams and body cams “malfunction”, footage gets “lost”, and where there are dash cams only, much action can be arranged to take place off camera.
The reason it can be an automatic charge is to shield the department and the officer from potential lawsuits.
I was with the Sheriffs Department, back before all these cameras were everywhere. The idea that if you are innocent “it will work itself out” is a myth in most places. Even if you did not do what you were arrested for, you still resisted arrest, thus you are still guilty of a crime. Believe it or not, it used to and probably still does make a difference when it comes to lawsuits, plea deals, etc.
Your going through your dozen credit cards to see which one still works, to buy that beer and frozen pizza.The person behind you finally offers you money,but you just know you have one that works.
If you really believe that anyone in DC will go to jail from ANY investigation…
But I’m really hoping!! I know hope in one hand poop in another and see which one gets full first.
Adapt and Overcome.
If you get mad that your dealer won’t take your EBT card when you look to score some more crack…
BJH,
Don’t you hate it when that happens!!!
A sheeple will tell you everything you do is racist, especially if you are white.
That’s the sheeple answer for anything they don’t have a legitimate argument or answer for.
Given the information cited by another poster about interactions with police, never take advice from someone with an axe to grind. Considering that daily there are literally multiple tens of thousands of police/citizen contacts and the ones that go bad can be counted on your hands in any given year, it’s a safe bet that the “vast majority” of cops are not the murderous enemy of the common man. Google the examples given, and without bias, put yourself in the cop’s position, ask yourself what you would have done. A jury has done that in all but one and ruled the cops were justified. Even Lavoy Finicum, whose cause I felt had merit, chose to make himself a martyr, pushing a confrontation to the point of forcing a “suicide by cop” scenario.
Having said that, there is one case that I, as a retired cop, have a real problem with, yet that has somehow faded out of the spotlight. That is the case where the pajama clad woman was shot and killed by the Somali immigrant, affirmative action, Minneapolis police officer. Stinks to high heaven, yet political correctness seems to have dulled any interest in it.
You are correct in your words. I have been critical on some actions by Leos. But always state their are more good than bad. I have friends that are Leo’s and would back them anyday. As I would a Leo in need of assistance.
The MN shooting is unbelievable and the new ruling the town just came out with will make you shake your head. I’m still bothered by the Mesa AZ shooting. That one doesn’t sit right with me at all, but that’s my opinion.
Adapt and Overcome.
11HE9,
Initially, I too had problems with the Daniel Shaver shooting. But, as I analyzed the events leading up to his being shot, placing myself in the officer’s position, this is what I saw. Officers received a call concerning a person aiming a rifle out of a 5th floor window of a motel room (prior to Vegas massacre, but note the parallels)– Officers determine location of room and challenge occupants to come out, giving very specific instructions– suspect obeys to a point, but ignores some instructions, maybe because he’s intoxicated as was later learned, but at the moment it was just as plausible that it was willful refusals– he reaches for his waistband against explicit instructions (normal reaction for a drunk? Maybe, but only he knows he is drunk up till now)– officer must, in that fraction of a second, make the decision of shooting the suspect now (a suspect who had already pointed a rifle out a window), or wait to see if the reaching hand comes back with a gun (fact- if some one makes the decision to go for his gun and shoot you, even if you already have your gun out, will always get off the first shot, if you wait to react until his gun appears). Hell of a bad place to be. Everything that led up to that moment can be laid at the feet of Mr. Shaver. Being drunk excuses none of it.
One aspect of this case, and the thing pointed to by Mesa PD that precipitated the officer’s firing that should be pointed out. The officer had one of those “cute” dust covers on his AR carbine that said- “YOU’RE F__KED” -, in violation of department policy. I’ve read posts by some folk speaking of signage on their property promising violence towards trespassers. Even if intended to be tongue in cheek, such things are really unhelpful in the aftermath of a shooting, even a justified shooting, as a prosecutor can, and will, point to that as a predisposition to violence and your state of mind.
Sheeple will believe all “un-named sources”. I know we all remember 30 or 40 years back and can remember where we were on a specific day. I think we all must begin to wear body cameras from now on.
You are a Sheeple if…
You wish our country had open borders for everyone to come in, like they talk about on TV.
You wish our country had that “socialized medicine plan” like they do in Canada. It seems to work great for the Canadians.
You wish our last President was still in office, because there were no scandals while he was in office (like they explain on CNN).
You know it was a sheeple,, they were very upset that their friends had to buy cash cards for Christmas presents. All the stores were closed because of a fire, only the biggest in southern California.
No kidding saw it on tonight’s news.
Question: do you think it is ignorance or apathy that will be the demise of our nation?
Sheeple: I don’t know and I don’t care!
Textbook description of sheeple in an article on American Thinker, The Decline and Fall of American Nationhood.
You actually believe the saying, “I’m with the government and I’m here to help”.
You might be a sheeple if-
You denounce border walls as evil…… as you install two more deadbolts to your apartment door.
“You know you’re a sheeple if…”
You have a wierd neighbor who you will help you out anyway if the s##t hits the fan…
You wait for a comment on your comment so you can comment again…
You know you’re a sheeple if…
You, like, say, like the word like, like more than once, like in a, like, sentence…
Jacksoneson
I would have to disagree with #2
I for one like conversation and myself looking for a reply to my response or visa versa IS conversation. Typed message can be very different than one on one.
Because someone has replied, I feel responsible to acknowledge them. Just the way I was brought up.
As they say” just my 2 cents.”
The “like” thing was pretty funny tho.
Operators from Home alarm company’s, only activate the microphone/speaker when you call them. Your smart phone never listens to you.
“how much is the monthly payment?” (never mind the price)
And even better… “I’m saving money (monthly) by leasing my car (forever).”
Sheeple believe they will win the lottery so they can retire in style with no debt.
Sheeple think reverse mortgages mean you can keep you house.
Sheeple will be giving the transgender Barbie doll for Christmas.
Is that the doll that you can add or remove certain parts?
Hah!
Joe c
No, they have to “self-identify”
Hermit us
That’s good.
But is it “self-identify”
Or
“self-identify” whilst “I pressurize”? – Influence –
OHHH so that is why Ken looked sort of , well , you know generic! He was ahead of his time………
They will also give the doll to boys!
Sheeple believe that diversity includes letting in millions of people that will not adopt our culture, way of life, love of freedom, democracy, …… and then they wonder why they get raped in no go zones – you say not true – French Mayors now begging for help because their cities are becoming war zones. In Sweden all people that are able to, are moving out of the major cities that have become too dangerous to live in. Wake the hell up sheeple while you still have a country.
Part of my family that still live in California and keep telling me about all I’m missing out on. (fire,beach, traffic, crazy people, dope, heat in the summer, high priced home, 10 round mags and back ground check to buy a box of 22 lr) the list goes on.
I have been following on here for a while now, and in fact, most of what I have learned about living with a preparedness mindset is from all of you. Just a quick reminder that there are not only 2 catergories of people – there is a great spectrum. I certainly have a ways to go, but the changes I have made in the last couple of years make me at least more well prepared for certain things than I used to be.
Personally, my favorites are “You declare you are coming to my place to ride out an emergency.” and “You know “the government” will take care of you if there is ever a REAL emergency, because that’s their job.”
You know your amongst sheeple when:
Everyone is looking at their cellphone and won’t briefly lookup when someone enters or exits the establishment.
You complained about the last POTUS and their response was,. Awww give him a chance.
They install a credit card reader on the vending machine in the workplace and you hear someone say,. Ohh goodie.
We have all had fun making fun of “sheeple”. In the interest of fair and balanced discussion, maybe we should have a thread called “you might be a delusional prepper if………
An example would be “you might be a delusional prepper if……you plan on bugging out in the wilderness, but regularly lose your car in a large parking lot.
Dennis
Some of us are so over prepped, that you will know us in the parking lot with that surface map and a compass to find our vehicle. We also have those high grade bino optics hanging around our necks to spot that off-road monster truck with the man-eating guard dogs in the back.
hermit us,
Yep, and all while thinking you are playing the part of being a “gray man”. This could be fun.
You think the tap water will keep flowing with no electric.
If you are one of the majority in Australia.
If you bury your head in the sand & ignore what the corrupt government is doing to the people & our environment.
you have a terminal case of normalcy bias
when you think nothing bad will ever happen to you or yours
If trees planted 40 years ago as a wind break at a golf course are now victimizing you.
Those racist pine trees segregatin your neighborhood from those uppity golf courses.
Let’s spend $170,000 tax payers dollars to remove them!
(Where is a tree hugger when ya need one?)
Build a wall. hahaha
Could be a whole lot of urban redevelopment if they try the Cali solution for the vegetation.
too many snowflakes out there in “it’ll never happen” land get really upset and offended when you use the word “sheeple”, I wonder how they’ll fair post SHTF when an “offensive” word will be the least of their problems?
you know the old saying ” you can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink”??lol.
When Toledo, Ohio had that drinking water crises, I tried to use it as a platform to get my non – prepper friends to stock up. Their response: that was in Ohio, this is Tennessee.
Your a Sheeple if you think Darwin Awards only happen to stupid people. Yes Virginia Well Educated People can be awesomely STUPID too.
You might be a “sheeple” if – you live in an area that gets heavy snowfall, several times a year, and you’ve lived there for many years, but yet, when the forecast comes, that snow is on the way, you wind up in a packed grocery store, completely surprised ( -!-) that all the bread is sold out, and all the milk is sold out, (the store’s fault – they should stock more !) and you end up getting in an accident on the way home in the snow, etc. etc. etc. Note, you own a freezer, and milk in gallon jugs can be frozen for future use, bread can also be frozen, as well as cheese, to make “grilled cheese,” as a back-up, for snow days. Milk also comes in shelf stable boxes now, to be stocked in for future snowstorms.
You might be a “sheeple” if – you care more about hollywierd’s opinions than in developing your own.
You might be a “sheeple” if – your cooking skills only include “nuking” meals in a microwave, and arranging food boxes and place settings on the table. (Men need to learn too ! Time to learn how to take good care of yourself and those you love ! Lots of free you tube videos on how to cook ! Prepared food is no longer healthy or edible ! )
Milk, bread, and eggs. What is it about a winter storm that makes people crave French toast?
You believe only the police are trained and should carry guns.
Cops are raysis pigs looking for black people to murder.
Only cops should have guns.
I draw the line at vaccines. I can’t stand or respect people who believe vaccines are evil.