This probably isn't worth fighting over, but...

theseaword

so for some reason, I'm in a FB group for alumni of my high school. I say "for some reason" because I know I didn't consciously join it. I was super uninvolved in high school, I only have like 2 friends I keep in touch with from high school, nobody even contacted me about the reunion, etc. I think maybe I put in my profile that I went there and then clicked the wrong button one day or something, because I'm in this stupid group.

It's mostly full of olds asking questions about teachers or sharing pictures. But yesterday, one of the admins posted this gem of a joke (I'm posting below as 2 photos because you can't copy/paste from FB and lazy).

I'm annoyed. A few people did ask "why would you post this here?" And he just responded with crap like "where else should I post this?" And "if I made a few people smile, I did my job". Aside from the inappropriate placing of a religion joke on a public high school alumni page, this joke doesn't even make any goddamn sense and it makes me mad. The "smug" atheist (who could probably actually make an educated guess as an answer to this "intelligent" question) wanted to talk about atheism, not poop. If someone can't answer the poop question, does that make them unqualified to talk about anything, ever? Like, should I tell the plumber here to fix my leak that how can he expect to know how to fix a leak, if he doesn't know shit?

I hate this joke so hard. Is the joke that the answer to the question is "why, because of the majesty of god!" and any true believer would know that, and that's why the atheist is dumb?

Tell me this isn't worth net battling over.

MyMorningCoffee

Nope. Not worth it. Even if you did get into it, there is no way it would go anywhere useful at all. I predict that if you engage you will get some ridiculous science-ish sounding questions thrown at you that have no answer because they aren't actually things, and your inability to answer how evolution can work when it is contrary to their mixed up understanding of the second law of thermodynamics or something will leave them feeling as though they won. 

At least that is what happens to me every time I try to respond to this sort of nonsense because sometimes it is really hard to resist. 

pearlofwisdom1

People can just add you to their groups so that could have happened.

jesuisfatiguee

Wow, that was super un-funny.

RayRay007

It's dumb and not worth it.

vandelay

I think you are investing way more thought and analysis than this dumb and unfunny joke is worth. I think the "point" is just supposed to be: 1) "you don't know shit" is a "funny" way to say "you don't know anything," and 2) atheists are stupid and smug. That's it. Hurr hurr.

I wouldn't waste time on idiots, especially if you don't really care about the group.

Helenahhandbasket

I get being bothered by a religious joke on an alumni site, but don't netbattle about the joke itself, because who cares.

divinemsbee

mcbenny said:

I have seen similar jokes to this related to being blonde etc.

1) I would not unfollow the group based on the actions of this one person. Unless of course you want to unfollow the group cause you want to.

2) I didn't read it as you did - Why discuss shit with you when you don't know shit as in why discuss these things (God, heaven, etc) with you when you don't know them. Not that you are dumb in all things.

note - I also saw this joke very similar but it was an Alabama fan and an Auburn fan or something like that.

Yeah, I think when I heard this joke it was about football teams. And again about insurance. It's not a great joke but it's common.

Beevol

I would unfollow the group and not feed the troll. 

If this person is employed by the school, I would send the screen shot and a well-worded letter to his superior. That sort of BS is usually against policy and he should be held accountable.