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October 19, 2024
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If religious schools teach religion and trade schools teach trade, then what do state schools teach?”

What do state schools teach? "If trade schools teach trades, and religious schools teach religion, then what do state schools teach?" was posted on Facebook by Justin Damask on May 23,…

November 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If science was never questioned, you’d still be drinking cocaine…”

"If science was never questioned, you’d still be drinking cocaine, giving kids cough syrup with heroin, spraying people with DDT, and smoking the cigarette brand your doctor…

May 7, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If sheep could vote, they’d pick the guy who feeds them”

"If sheep could vote" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. The sheep would vote for the person who feeds them and fattens them up, not realizing that this is the…

July 11, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If someone is videotaping a person in a mask, is that a masking tape?”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in some requirements to wear face masks. Masking tape is not necessarily just for face masks, but there are jokes. "If I tear my mask, can I use…

May 7, 2025
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“If someone’s job requires an ‘appreciation week’ it means they’re not getting paid enough”

"If someone's job requires an 'appreciation week' it means they're not getting paid enough" (or "If your job comes with an 'appreciation week,' you’re…

February 10, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If statists can’t even fix potholes effectively, how can they promise to fix an entire planet?”

"Statism is the belief that a group of people who can't fix potholes can fix an entire planet" is an anti-government saying that has been pritned on several images. "STATISM IS…

February 21, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If stealing 100% of the product of someone’s labor is slavery, at what percentage is it not?”

"Slavery: If stealing 100% of the product of someone's labor is slavery, at what percentage is it not slavery?" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying is…

December 4, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out?”

"If stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?" is a silly saying that doesn't fully make sense -- getting out of a mess is different than getting into one. The…

March 27, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If taxation wasn’t theft, IRS agents wouldn’t need guns”

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has some of its agents carry guns to enforce its actions collecting revenue. "If taxation wasn’t theft, IRS agents wouldn’t need guns" was posted on…

March 27, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If taxes weren’t theft, the IRS wouldn’t need guns”

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has some of its agents carry guns to enforce its actions collecting revenue. "If taxation wasn’t theft, IRS agents wouldn’t need guns" was posted on…

May 14, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the ‘germ theory of disease’ were correct, there would be nobody alive to believe it”

"If the 'germ theory of disease' were correct, there'd be no one living to believe it" or "If the 'germ theory of disease' were correct, there would be…

May 14, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the ‘germ theory of disease’ were correct, there’d be no one living to believe it”

"If the 'germ theory of disease' were correct, there'd be no one living to believe it" or "If the 'germ theory of disease' were correct, there would be…

March 21, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the climate were a bank, it would have been saved by now”

"If the climate were a bank, it would have been saved" is a climate change slogan that has been printed on many images. U.S. banks were bailed out in the Emergency Economic Stabilization…

May 29, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the cops have no duty to protect you, then the only point of their existence is…”

The police have no duty to protect you, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. "If the cops have no duty to protect you, then the only point of their existence is to be used against you"…

March 27, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the coronavirus doesn’t take you out, can I?”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to some jocular pickup lines. This was posted on Twitter by yikes on March 9, 2020: "If the coronavirus doesn’t take you out, can I?" "If…

April 1, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the devil can distract you, he can destroy you”

"The enemy doesn’t have to defeat you. All they have to do is distract you" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "If the enemy can't destroy you he'll…

November 23, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the earth is flat, how is it a global conspiracy?”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterFaustslaughter‏ @FaustslaughterThere's actually people out there that believe the earth is flat & the spherical planet is a lie. It's a…

April 1, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the enemy can’t destroy you, he’ll distract you”

"The enemy doesn’t have to defeat you. All they have to do is distract you" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "If the enemy can't destroy you he'll…

April 2, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“If the enemy can’t destroy you, he’ll try and distract you”

"The enemy doesn’t have to defeat you. All they have to do is distract you" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "If the enemy can't destroy you he'll…

July 12, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“If the FBI won’t investigate it, they’re in on it. If the media won’t report it, they’re in on it”

"If the FBI won't investigate it, they're in on it. If the media won't report it, they're in on it. If Congress won't talk about it, they're in on it" is a…

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