I just saw the following post on Facebook and felt prompted to write about it:
"The Assault Fork
Responsible for
Thousands of People
Dying Every Year
of Obesity And
Heart Disease
(picture of a fork)
Ban It Before
More Lives Are Lost"
This post is obviously trying to be clever by comparing forks and their alleged link to obesity and heart disease (leading to death) to guns and their link to gun violence (leading to death).
These comparisons are getting more and more ridiculous. So we're now comparing a fork, which provides us food, and leads to obesity and heart disease (and death) to a gun, which provides us bullets, and leads to death. First off, a lot of the fattier foods which lead to obesity and heart disease are typically eaten with our hands. I don't know too many people whom eat Big Macs or Whoppers with forks, who eat french fries, onion rings, potato chips, ribs, pizza, or buffalo wings with forks. How about drinking soda pop? The last time I saw someone try to drink a can of soda with a fork was when George W. Bush was dared by his invisible friend Pocahontas to do so. So yes, "clever" Facebook post - let's ban our hands "before more lives are lost."
"The Assault Fork
Responsible for
Thousands of People
Dying Every Year
of Obesity And
Heart Disease
(picture of a fork)
Ban It Before
More Lives Are Lost"
This post is obviously trying to be clever by comparing forks and their alleged link to obesity and heart disease (leading to death) to guns and their link to gun violence (leading to death).
These comparisons are getting more and more ridiculous. So we're now comparing a fork, which provides us food, and leads to obesity and heart disease (and death) to a gun, which provides us bullets, and leads to death. First off, a lot of the fattier foods which lead to obesity and heart disease are typically eaten with our hands. I don't know too many people whom eat Big Macs or Whoppers with forks, who eat french fries, onion rings, potato chips, ribs, pizza, or buffalo wings with forks. How about drinking soda pop? The last time I saw someone try to drink a can of soda with a fork was when George W. Bush was dared by his invisible friend Pocahontas to do so. So yes, "clever" Facebook post - let's ban our hands "before more lives are lost."
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