CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk

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3 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Wow, that's taking the whole "sunk cost fallacy" thing to the extreme

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1 hour ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Read the list, and all that stuff was A-ok when I was a kid. Hard to believe we survived.

1 hour ago, JimmyJames said:

Yeah I kind of look back on it all in amazement. Have had many conversations with friends along the lines of “can you believe what we used to do?” It was nuts

And that list is just what our parents did, not what we did ourselves. 

In hindsight, I miss none of it though.  Especially the lack of seatbelts.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Willfully Horn said:

I enjoyed reading this guy’s response. The tweet explains the context.

What's his Surly handle?

[HenryJames 65890]

14 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Wow, that's taking the whole "sunk cost fallacy" thing to the extreme

Dude’s last words were ‘we should stay in Afghanistan.’

[RDCanecutter 26276]

14 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

In hindsight, I miss none of it though.  Especially the lack of seatbelts.

 

 

The list has to be taken as a whole. It's all interrelated. EG eating the lead paint chips may, sure, knock off an IQ point or two, whatever those are. But it also gives you some bounce-back ability when you face-plant over the handlebars with no helmet on. Then, if you live longer, of course you're driving drunk. You're always drunk, so how would you just cut it off when you drive? And the no seat belts thing makes more sense when you roll back all the sissy manufacturing "standards" and put us all back behind the wheel of Flying Fire Bombs once again. Sure you'll probably die if you're thrown clear, but you can have an open-casket funeral, unlike if you're still inside the crumpled hulk only seconds away from exploding.

And if you're worried about smoking the cigarettes, you don't even want to know what's in the candy kids' version.

[RDCanecutter 26276]

One kid who was smack near the front middle of one of my classes tested positive. Anybody who was within 6' of his desk and unvaxxed is due to quarantine for ten days. This has the effect of knocking out 1/3 of the class. The class was too large anyway and I had split them into two groups to meet at different times, but the point will soon be moot.

So I sent out the mass email, and am now Solomonically fielding individual questions where a more OCD teacher would calculate angles and measurements, but I'm all "if you are at all in doubt, stay home." My basic assumption is that they all already have it and either don't know or aren't telling.

There is probably some political reason I haven't been told to just say "Fuck it, it's all online now," but practically, it's "fuck it, it's all online now." If I allow a half-dozen quarantinees to email me assignments, I'd just as soon they all did. I'll show up to teach in person like they paid me to, maybe sit on a bench and check student emails. If a student just has to come in person, they can sit on a nearby bench.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2059]

5 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 
 

that’s a tasty meme

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[BrickHorn 18194]

88% vaccinated. 

0.05% infection rate among those in attendance.

0.33% infection rate among the unvaccinated in attendance.

Fucking herd immunity: how does it work?

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19093]

 

 

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6 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

 

 

Pls be real

 

[staboner 4959]

sweet jesus

stay out the bushes Jesse! 

[jimmyjazz 45558]

1 minute ago, lmao said:

Pls be real

 

I'm thinking it's not real.

www.lindafinegold.com

[WhatTheBuck 28712]

5 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Read the list, and all that stuff was A-ok when I was a kid. Hard to believe we survived.

Bring back lawn darts!

And smallpox and polio while we’re at it.

Edited August 23, 2021 by WhatTheBuck

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6 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm thinking it's not real.

www.lindafinegold.com

Interesting website..a whippet canister with 'Assholes Live Forever' on it. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

37 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Bring back lawn darts!

And smallpox and polio while we’re at it.

When I was really young I would ride bitch in the frontseat on the fold-down armrest with no seatbelt.  The only thing between me and the windshield was my dad sticking his arm out in time.  To his credit, the one time it mattered he successfully deployed his arm.

[WhatTheBuck 28712]

19 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

When I was really young I would ride bitch in the frontseat on the fold-down armrest with no seatbelt.  The only thing between me and the windshield was my dad sticking his arm out in time.  To his credit, the one time it mattered he successfully deployed his arm.

I used to nap under the rear window behind the back seat. Seatbelts? No one wore seatbelts.

[Mole 4320]

The lead paint may explain some of our current situation.

[Beau Vine 54001]

One kid who was smack near the front middle of one of my classes tested positive. Anybody who was within 6' of his desk and unvaxxed is due to quarantine for ten days. This has the effect of knocking out 1/3 of the class. The class was too large anyway and I had split them into two groups to meet at different times, but the point will soon be moot.
So I sent out the mass email, and am now Solomonically fielding individual questions where a more OCD teacher would calculate angles and measurements, but I'm all "if you are at all in doubt, stay home." My basic assumption is that they all already have it and either don't know or aren't telling.
There is probably some political reason I haven't been told to just say "Fuck it, it's all online now," but practically, it's "fuck it, it's all online now." If I allow a half-dozen quarantinees to email me assignments, I'd just as soon they all did. I'll show up to teach in person like they paid me to, maybe sit on a bench and check student emails. If a student just has to come in person, they can sit on a nearby bench.

We actually figured out that it says in our university policies that "face-to-face" means that you meet in person "for at least 50% of the class sessions." So a bunch of the faculty not scheduled to teach online are choosing to teach online for the first 3 weeks.

[Beau Vine 54001]

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2 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

 

 

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What a fucking pussy. Why not stick to your guns, you betacucktard?? You gonna let a little kung flu move you off your idiotic, q-driven principles?

so much finding out.  And not a one of these amoebic troglodytes will ever apologize for their blatant disregard for facts, science, and basic human empathy. Fuck him and his stupid fuck wife. 

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10 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

What a fucking pussy. Why not stick to your guns, you betacucktard?? You gonna let a little kung flu move you off your idiotic, q-driven principles?

so much finding out.  And not a one of these amoebic troglodytes will ever apologize for their blatant disregard for facts, science, and basic human empathy. Fuck him and his stupid fuck wife. 

naw, she's off making him a sammich.

[brakeman 28248]

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4 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

 

 

I realize that isn't real but George Hahn is one funny MF'er.

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8 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I realize that isn't real but George Hahn is one funny MF'er.

You can buy those at that website that's listed.

So they are technically real.

[F250 28688]

11 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Read the list, and all that stuff was A-ok when I was a kid. Hard to believe we survived.

The helmet thing came up a lot when my kids were little. A lot of Gen-X dads would point out how our generation didn't wear helmets and I would bring up the fact that I had 3 different childhood friends that were taken away in ambulances due head injuries. Risk mitigation mother fuckers!

 

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[956 Worldwide 34443]

I feel some empathy for this guy, because he lost a family member. Still, this logic is infuriating: “My uncle didn’t take the medicine that could keep him alive. The doctors and nurses didn’t give him medicine that isn’t approved to treat the disease he got. He wanted it though, because of internet. I’m mad at the doctors and nurses.”

 

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58 minutes ago, F250 said:

The helmet thing came up a lot when my kids were little. A lot of Gen-X dads would point out how our generation didn't wear helmets and I would bring up the fact that I had 3 different childhood friends that were taken away in ambulances due head injuries. Risk mitigation mother fuckers!

 

Yeah, I am a dad on the cusp of the meaningless line between Gen-X and Millennial. I didn’t wear a helmet and made it. Several friends had stitches/concussions. My kids wear bike helmets. It’s almost like I take precautions with the things I value even though something bad might not happen. I’ve driven several cars I never crashed and it never occurred to me to just not get insurance.

Edited August 23, 2021 by 956 Worldwide

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4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

 

 

This is a horseshit statement. 
 

“Look Joe, I know you say that I need new brake pads. But let’s talk about what other car repairs may be available. I strongly believe that changing the transmission fluid may be right for me.”

[Francisco 2.0 32341]

 

[DigglerontheHoof 21063]

4 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19093]

I feel some empathy for this guy, because he lost a family member. Still, this logic is infuriating: “My uncle didn’t take the medicine that could keep him alive. The doctors and nurses didn’t give him medicine that isn’t approved to treat the disease he got. He wanted it though, because of internet. I’m mad at the doctors and nurses.”
 

Is this from TexAgs?

Fuck this guy and his uncle. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Post Oak 20187]

Doctors should ask patients to use "literally" correctly in a sentence before deciding if they will receive treatment or not.

[Anastasis 23395]

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

“Do we drink it or do we put it on?”

 

 

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37 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Is this from TexAgs?

Fuck this guy and his uncle. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Eh, you gotta find empathy when you can and hold on. Boomers and Fox Junkies who get brainworms are victims of propaganda as well as their own bad decisions. They have people who love them and hopefully in balance were people who did nice things for loved ones and their communities even while having those brainworms.

Now people who have platforms and actively spread this propaganda at scale and hurt others, like pols and radio hosts? Probably their deaths are a net positive. 

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3 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Eh, you gotta find empathy when you can and hold on. Boomers and Fox Junkies who get brainworms are victims of propaganda as well as their own bad decisions. They have people who love them and hopefully in balance were people who did nice things for loved ones and their communities even while having those brainworms.

Now people who have platforms and actively spread this propaganda at scale and hurt others, like pols and radio hosts? Probably their deaths are a net positive. 

They can all go fuck themselves, as far as I'm concerned. 

[bad_teammate 13132]

overworked nurses across the nation have clinically obese right-wingers screaming at them for cow medicine

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5 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Eh, you gotta find empathy when you can and hold on. Boomers and Fox Junkies who get brainworms are victims of propaganda as well as their own bad decisions. They have people who love them and hopefully in balance were people who did nice things for loved ones and their communities even while having those brainworms.

I agree 100% with this.

[Bozo_Casanova 26283]

8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

“Do we drink it or do we put it on?”

 

 

Eau de moron

[Aqua Buddha 14518]

Oh my:

[WBT 20422]

Smuckers?

[Radical Larry 28528]

Apple flavored!

[Post Oak 20187]

6 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Oh my:

The vets are siding with the paste eaters. This conspiracy goes deeper than I thought.

 

Your dog has a cough.  Sure I can prescribe ivermectin.  Total will be $375.

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by Post Oak

[HenryJames 65890]

6 minutes ago, WBT said:

Smuckers?

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5 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I feel some empathy for this guy, because he lost a family member. Still, this logic is infuriating: “My uncle didn’t take the medicine that could keep him alive. The doctors and nurses didn’t give him medicine that isn’t approved to treat the disease he got. He wanted it though, because of internet. I’m mad at the doctors and nurses.”

 

His last sentence is right.  It should be a sober warning for all.  Get the vaccine because our emergency medical services are fucking red lining, or be a-o-fucking-k with 3rd world emergency medical conditions.

[bad_teammate 13132]

I want one of those wordy, aggressive t-shirts about this

 

yes I'm a 
VETERINARIAN
who gives
DEWORMER
to patriots who
LOVE OUR COUNTRY
and I won't
APOLOGIZE
for killing
DOZENS
of overweight, elderly
HEROES