It's OK to blame the unvaccinated — they are robbing the rest of us of our freedoms

[u/skl692]

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/12/its-ok-to-blame-the-unvaccinated--they-are-robbing-the-rest-of-us-of-our-freedoms/

[u/jasandliz → u/[deleted]]

I don’t want to be a pedant but the bottom of the totem is the most revered position. They hold everybody else up.

[u/lost_arrows → u/jasandliz]

TIL! Thanks for posting this.

[u/Dunkel_Phil → u/jasandliz]

In a way, the unvaxxed are “holding everybody else up.”

[u/jasandliz → u/Dunkel_Phil]

True, but they are more likely to die and bring everyone else down. Let’s go with the unvaccinated for actual medical reasons at the bottom, they must be going through a lot of shit right now. Let us hope they stay strong through this. I’m good with them holding us all up.

[u/Prof_Cecily → u/jasandliz]

Agreed.

Let's not confuse apples and oranges.

[u/pointlessly_pedantic → u/jasandliz]

I hereby put forth a motion to make "bottom of the barrel" no longer a degrading modifier, as the bottom of the barrel is the most important part of a barrel.

[u/jasandliz → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

I guess that would depend if you’re a barrel half full type?

[u/pointlessly_pedantic → u/jasandliz]

I suppose it also depends upon the substance that barrel holds and your preferences regarding it. If anyone wishes to start a committee about evaluating the complexities of "half full"/"half empty," I fully support it.

[u/yoproblemo → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

"Bottom of the barrel" is always negative (least revered) though.

"Revered" means "respected" (positive inference) more than it does "important". I think we might be getting that mixed up.

[u/moosemasher → u/jasandliz]

My father is an engineer so I was raised on the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

[u/jewelbearcat → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

Let’s just go ahead and call it the “bottom of the PortaPotty” for full accuracy.

[u/HertzDonut1001 → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

I would argue whatever seals the barrel is the most important part of the barrel.

[u/Dogsy → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

Well, if you don't have the sides it's just a wooden circle.

[u/chaogomu → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

Bottom of the barrel is referring to what's left after you remove everything.

It's a saying that comes from food storage, particularly. By the time you got down to the bottom, things were maybe not quite rotting, but close to it.

[u/Agoraphobicy → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

Without the bottom it's just a wooden tube.

[u/Mastaj3di → u/pointlessly_pedantic]

Ah but the phrase about the barrel is not referencing the bottom of the barrel itself, but the end of the contents within which usually are the nasty, worst leftovers that settle to the bottom.

[u/DrewSmoothington → u/jasandliz]

Yeah, this is pedantic as fuck. When you say "low man on the totem pole," or "bottom of the totem pole," everybody knows what you're talking about.

[u/Mello_velo → u/jasandliz]

Technically no position on the totem pole is more regarded than any other. They're just there to tell a story with no hierarchy.

[u/bcppp → u/jasandliz]

yeah fuck human lives!!! almost like we’re being divided!! but i hope they all die too