SpikesOtherDog

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on I hate Jeeps · c/ihatethisthing · 32 pts · 22d

Now I want to put ducks all over my Chevy, give it an angry eye mod and plaster "It's a Jeep thing" stickers on the back.

The funny thing about nimrod is that Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd Nimrod sarcastically since Nimrod was known as a mighty hunter in the Bible. The reference was lost on the audience, causing them to believe it was an insult to their intelligence. This means that using nimrod as an insult is generally seen as ableist remark, even if you are calling someone incompetent.

I didn't realize this was up for debate. I was taught in the 90s that smallpox (and many other communicable diseases) came over with Columbus and other 15th century colonists, causing devastation among countless communities which had no immunity.

The word they used was decimated, but that is only reducing the population by 10%. Wikipedia quotes a source that said up to 90% of populations were wiped out.