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I got sent the latest Darwin Awards<\/a> this morning. Here’s something else that makes me rant. Not that people should amuse themselves be recounting how stupid people manage to remove themselves from the gene pool. I think that sort of thing is hilarious. No. What makes me rant is that they stole the entire bloody idea from the inestimable Cult of Father Darwin<\/a>, a fine group of people who can write and think and argue properly, not to mention rant with the best of them. Ah yes. The Cult of Father Darwin, even less tolerant of fuckwits and stupidity than I am, and that’s saying something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got sent the latest Darwin Awards this morning. Here’s something else that makes me rant. Not that people should amuse themselves be recounting how stupid people manage to remove themselves from the gene pool. I think that sort of thing is hilarious. 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