To discount the views of anyone who uses the word sheepie?

[janemaster]

As soon as I hear or read someone say something like, you are all just sheepie, I just ignore the views of that person. I know people have very different views. That does not mean they have not thought about them, even if I think they are totally wrong. Calling people sheepies is basically saying you are stupid and have not thought about this.

Sheepie = A sheep that can also be used as a pen

It always makes me think the person saying/writing it holds weird and dodgy views like flat-earthism and Holocaust denial

It's used by conspiracy theorists and everyone knows they're tedious and insane.

To be honest op, you are the only person I have seen use the weird sheepie, so I have discounted everything you said in this thread.

HTH.

Oh god I'm so torn between wanting to keep this username and wanting to change it to Sheepie.

YANBU OP and this thread has made me laugh

I was thinking this must be about 3yos!

The usual word is sheeple suggesting people are blindly following the herd like sheep being driven by a sheepdog.

People who talk about “sheeple” have obviously never actually watched sheep being herded. They are a nightmare - there’s always lots of breakaways and changes of direction.

"Look at the sheepies, Jack! Aren't they luvvly"

@CarolHasAnotherUTI

Now I am just wondering why I accepted what my relative said was right, and thought that everyone who has written it down has done a typo. Doh!

So just to check, I am allowed to shout 'sheepie' when I go to feed the sheep? Or will they ignore my view that it is indeed feed time and shun me?

sheepie or sheeple, it doesn't make any difference to the meaning.
It generally means people who feel the need to conform to what the rest of society do or think.

It has nothing to do with not thinking something through or thinking someone stupid.
I use the term quite a lot as I'm one that doesn't tend to conform, not a sheeple.

I am having a right old chuckle at Sheepies OP .

It generally means people who feel the need to conform to what the rest of society do or think.

Why reference sheep though? Anyone who has spent time with them knows that they don’t conform. I think you need another animal with which to express your superiority over the establishment.

Or an insect? Ants and bees are very rigid and rule-based.

used by the conspiracy theorists, flat earthers (and we know from yesterday how that goes...) and 'rebel' types. Usually as they drop litter, swig from plastic bottles and tell everyone else what to do.

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Yes it won't surprise you to know that the relative who uses the word sheepie also believes a number of conspiracy theories. So we have never been to the moon apparently, it is all faked. And 9-11 was a bomb by intelligence services. He also said coronovirus had been engineered to only kill Chinese people - this was about a week ago.

I thought a sheepie was one of those things women can use at festivals to piss standing up.

@NameChangeNugget

Yes the thread did not turn out as I had envisaged. At least I said it here instead of in front of colleagues at work.

It's definitely sheeple but thank you It's brightened up a glum morning for me

You're welcome

its just a word for people who follow the crowd and in some cases refuse to be their own person.

I think you’ve handled it brilliantly @janemaster

Nolongersurprised I believe its to do with either being a black sheep or being like all the others.

Ah I thought you were talking about shepees - those funnels for taking a wee standing up at festivals etc!