COVID FAFO Roll Call

[Bookman 4,639]

54 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I guess you haven’t looked at the Big 12’s academics in a while. Other than Texas, it’s a bit downsy

It's not just academics.

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

7 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Tiger droppings (LSU board) thread about a poster’s wife dying of Covid. The husband is apparently unvaxxed. Who knows about his wife. https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/mrs-m-is-in-lane-hospital-struggling-with-double-covid-pneumonia/100628019/
 

the husband is asking for medical help even though the wife is in the hospital. Leads to pages and pages of questionable care. The advice from doctors on the thread are ignored.  Sad.

the worst advice is telling him to print out certain webpages to show the docs to change up her treatment.

 

i always knew LSU had their fare share of dumb grads / followers (20 years of working with them), but damn that thread just puts it over the top

we should all read that thread

Edited January 9, 2022 by tx 3 putt

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

we should all read that thread

When did you turn into such an asshole?

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

When did you turn into such an asshole?

 

2022 has already been a rough ride, time to share the joy !

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

2022 has already been a rough ride, time to share the joy !

Fave quote so far:

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 I think keeping moving did me way more good than any of the breathing treatments or steroids they gave me

Uh yeah, so how exactly did you differentiate between the efficacy of moving, breathing treatments, and steroids?

Jesus Christ.  (No offense to Jesus Christ.)

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Fave quote so far:

Uh yeah, so how exactly did you differentiate between the efficacy of moving, breathing treatments, and steroids?

Jesus Christ.  (No offense to Jesus Christ.)

 

that whole thread is full great material 

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

Another beauty:

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A MD Certificate in today's world don't mean what it used to. Think Fauci.

Oh, do you mean the guy who got his "MD Certificate" some 56 years ago?

[aggie08 21,496]

I mean, at some level, deep down, they have to know that they're playing make believe, right? Lone hero against the big bad establishment cosplay.

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

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X 1000 If any way possible keep her off the vent. I stayed 13 days in ICU and kept saying no. I made it through at 61 years old, had a few rough days but I made it thru, the other 4 in there at the same time didn't! Trust Jesus!!

Damn, Jesus really didn't like those other 4 patients.  I guess Jesus is an asshole, too.

[hornmpa96 2,618]

Social Media can really suck. These people have always been convinced that they are really smarter than all of the highfalutin eggheads with their advanced degrees. Now, they have a place where they can gather in mass and share their deep thoughts.

[hornmpa96 2,618]

2 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I mean, at some level, deep down, they have to know that they're playing make believe, right? Lone hero against the big bad establishment cosplay.

No they don’t - they are really that fucking stupid

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Damn, Jesus really didn't like those other 4 patients.  I guess Jesus is an asshole, too.

jesus isn’t down with ventilators 

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Damn, Jesus really didn't like those other 4 patients.  I guess Jesus is an asshole, too.

Jesus is at the Mendoza line with that guy and the other 4.  

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Jesus is at the Mendoza line with that guy and the other 4.  

Hey, 0.200 is 0.200 as far as I'm concerned.  No need to disparage Mario.

[atomheartbevo 89,648]

1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

I mean, at some level, deep down, they have to know that they're playing make believe, right? Lone hero against the big bad establishment cosplay.

It's easier to fool people than to make them realize they've been fooled.

But they also become invested in it, and them admitting they were wrong means all of the tens of hours they spent doing their own research on YouTube is wasted.

[brown water 3,777]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

whoa whoa, some people think that viagra and cialis are a treatment for covid ?

welp, quick google search shows tucker carson has deemed it the miracle cure !

 

Seems right. Their purpose is literally to restore dicks to their prior form. 

Edited January 10, 2022 by brown water

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

I don't know anything about viagra other than why it's prescribed. It seems like bad idea jeans for someone to start popping those pills when they don't have ED, or w/o making sure there aren't any contraindications. Not that there was any problem with people buying out Tractor Supply....

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

34 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I don't know anything about viagra other than why it's prescribed. It seems like bad idea jeans for someone to start popping those pills when they don't have ED, or w/o making sure there aren't any contraindications. Not that there was any problem with people buying out Tractor Supply....

or you supposed to take human or horse viagra ?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

Tangent: The lsu board might be the texags of texags. Another thread is where a parent discusses their son being discharged from the marine reserves today for failing to get the vaccine. Overwhelmingly people are congratulating the poster for raising a good son. One person says they wouldn’t want their child to ever serve in the military. Very surprising viewpoints.

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/my-son-and-half-his-artillery-battery-is-being-dismissed-from-the-marine-reserves-today/100656737/

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

If you can’t follow orders, the military isn’t for you 

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

39 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Tangent: The lsu board might be the texags of texags. Another thread is where a parent discusses their son being discharged from the marine reserves today for failing to get the vaccine. Overwhelmingly people are congratulating the poster for raising a good son. One person says they wouldn’t want their child to ever serve in the military. Very surprising viewpoints.

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/my-son-and-half-his-artillery-battery-is-being-dismissed-from-the-marine-reserves-today/100656737/

Today I learned from tigerdroppings that 3 guys = half of an artillery battery.

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

If you can’t follow orders, the military isn’t for you 

I read a few of the posts. The Tiger Brigade had that covered. Apparently they have their own military logic relating to how that goes down, and Patriots are to stand down and stand by. The radicalization continues, and after reading that thread and then spending some time earlier today in the Confederate Hero Remembrance thread, I'm not liking where this is headed. Each police department is already militarized and quasi ready to thrown down with the citizenry, with these keyboard generals egging them on. Not a good thing.

[aggie08 21,496]

Say what you will about the quality of an SEC degree (yes, my own included), but those are (I assume) largely educated individuals. I imagine that it only gets worse. Holy fuck.

Edited January 10, 2022 by aggie08

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

5 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I read a few of the posts. The Tiger Brigade had that covered. Apparently they have their own military logic relating to how that goes down, and Patriots are to stand down and stand by. The radicalization continues, and after reading that thread and then spending some time earlier today in the Confederate Hero Remembrance thread, I'm not liking where this is headed. Each police department is already militarized and quasi ready to thrown down with the citizenry, with these keyboard generals egging them on. Not a good thing.

when trump takes office in n 2021 or 22 or 23 or 24 or …… he’s going to give them all the Medal of Honor !

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

The Woeful Tale of the Unvaxxed Marine had some bizarre replies, but most of those guys come across as the sort of geriatric loons you'll bump into at coin shows.

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

General discharge?  Should get dishonorable for ignoring an order. 

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

General discharge?  Should get dishonorable for ignoring an order. 

Probably the whole damn story is made up.

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

If you took all the other vacccines, you have no ground for refusing this one. Stfu and follow orders 

[Scheiss Meister 8,407]

That dickweed is a pussy and undeserving of the title "Marine".  Fuck him.

[Chewbacca 7,773]

On 1/7/2022 at 5:40 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

a non vax couple i know had a friend, healthy 40 male die of covid. douche was in icu for two months. said couple will fight you if you say he died from covid

Sounds like a challenge to me.

[F250 28,767]

1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

Say what you will about the quality of an SEC degree (yes, my own included), but those are (I assume) largely educated individuals. I imagine that it only gets worse. Holy fuck.

Texas grads when an aggy talks about their Animal Science degree.

 

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

Say what you will about the quality of an SEC degree (yes, my own included), but those are (I assume) largely educated individuals. I imagine that it only gets worse. Holy fuck.

inbredding is a high hurdle 

[Goredho 17,399]

They should rename their board to tigerdroppinglikeflies.com

[South Austin 52,463]

8 hours ago, aggie08 said:

but those are (I assume) largely educated individuals. 

[DigglerontheHoof 21,186]

10 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Exactly.  My mom's side of the family is all Louisiana and Mississippi...."largely educated" is not their challenge. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

While reading tigerdroppings, I was picturing many of the posters as LSU grads working in the Houston O&G industry. Which is my main experience with their grads. On their threads about Covid testing and calling in sick to work, many are referencing blue collar jobs like working on a loading dock.

absolutely nothing wrong with working on a loading dock. People that work hard get my respect. 100%. But their board may have more people that have less formal training in critical thinking or experience in problem solving.

back to the main reason I started referencing that site: the woman in question was intubated yesterday. Very sad. In terms of this thread, very few on that thread appear to make a connection that unvaxxed and severe complications of Covid are related.

Edited January 10, 2022 by Nice Guy Eddie

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

While reading tigerdroppings, I was picturing many of the posters as LSU grads working in the Houston O&G industry. Which is my main experience with their grads. On their threads about Covid testing and calling in sick to work, many are referencing blue collar jobs like working on a loading dock.

absolutely nothing wrong with working on a loading dock. People that work hard get my respect. 100%. But their board may have more people that have less formal training in critical thinking or experience in problem solving.

From time spent lurking on the ag site, they have the tag that is only for grads. Really makes you think..... but apparently not some of them.

With respect to your initial post, I noticed that the wife of the LSU fan has been intubated. Meanwhile, the ivermectin debate was raging onward.

[atomheartbevo 89,648]

10 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

General discharge?  Should get dishonorable for ignoring an order. 

If it was a true story, any decent employer would question why it was a general and not honorable.  

[jimmyjazz 45,899]

1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

With respect to your initial post, I noticed that the wife of the LSU fan has been intubated. Meanwhile, the ivermectin debate was raging onward.

There is a general herd behavior in which "experts" are not to be trusted, except for those who propose alternative viewpoints that go against the vast majority of mainstream science, etc.  It's a fascinating thing to see.  I assume there have been thousands of PhD's awarded over the years in which this type of fringe attitude was studied, but there are about to be a whole lot more.

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

20 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If it was a true story, any decent employer would question why it was a general and not honorable.  

That first part keeps jumping out at me. We are probably discussing a fictional character.

Even if he's real, the story of getting out of the Marines over the vax is probably:

1. the excuse the Marine Corps took advantage of after the dude's 19 other tedious fuck-ups. or

2. the excuse the guy took advantage of himself because he just wanted out, or

3. some myth the guy invented for whatever murky reason he really left the Marines, because it feels good to tell it like that at Thanksgiving.

[csb]I knew a dude who lurked around in college, telling all the girls he was a "deserter" from the Army. He made good progress with ladies of the tie-dyed mien. A few months later it turned out he had gotten out in some completely normal way. Who could have seen that coming.[/csb]

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

7 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

That first part keeps jumping out at me. We are probably discussing a fictional character.

Even if he's real, the story of getting out of the Marines over the vax is probably:

1. the excuse the Marine Corps took advantage of after the dude's 19 other tedious fuck-ups. or

2. the excuse the guy took advantage of himself because he just wanted out, or

3. some myth the guy invented for whatever murky reason he really left the Marines, because it feels good to tell it like that at Thanksgiving.

[csb]I knew a dude who lurked around in college, telling all the girls he was a "deserter" from the Army. He made good progress with ladies of the tie-dyed mien. A few months later it turned out he had gotten out in some completely normal way. Who could have seen that coming.[/csb]

Considering it is the alleged 'dad' who related the story, the possibility of either him being lied to by his son, or him covering for his son are what, 50-50?

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

1 minute ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Considering it is the alleged 'dad' who related the story, the possibility of either him being lied to by his son, or him covering for his son are what, 50-50?

I usually factor a 50% chance of false info for each human a story goes through, so by my math:

50% true (son)

25% true (dad)

12.5 true (because it's being repeated on the internet)

0% true (because this shit is all made up anyway.)

[TheStoicPaisano 9,922]

What happens when you add Kurt Angle to the mix?

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

27 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

That first part keeps jumping out at me. We are probably discussing a fictional character.

Even if he's real, the story of getting out of the Marines over the vax is probably:

1. the excuse the Marine Corps took advantage of after the dude's 19 other tedious fuck-ups. or

2. the excuse the guy took advantage of himself because he just wanted out, or

3. some myth the guy invented for whatever murky reason he really left the Marines, because it feels good to tell it like that at Thanksgiving.

[csb]I knew a dude who lurked around in college, telling all the girls he was a "deserter" from the Army. He made good progress with ladies of the tie-dyed mien. A few months later it turned out he had gotten out in some completely normal way. Who could have seen that coming.[/csb]

Stolen cowardice?

[RDCanecutter 26,411]

8 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

What happens when you add Kurt Angle to the mix?

The virus jumps out of the ring and flees the building.

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

21 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

I usually factor a 50% chance of false info for each human a story goes through, so by my math:

50% damn true (son)

25% damn true (dad)

12.5 damn true (because it's being repeated on the internet)

0% damn true (because this shit is all made up anyway.)

 

10 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

What happens when you add Kurt Angle to the mix?

See above correction

[Nivek 16,923]

22 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

There is a general herd behavior in which "experts" are not to be trusted, except for those who propose alternative viewpoints that go against the vast majority of mainstream science, etc.  It's a fascinating thing to see.  I assume there have been thousands of PhD's awarded over the years in which this type of fringe attitude was studied, but there are about to be a whole lot more.

It really isn't.  If you checked out the Flat Earth Society documentary on Netflix you would see all of the same playbook talking points from one fringe group to another.  When you couple that with peoples need to feel accepted in society and how social acceptance is one of our primary motivators, then you can understand how when political group spreads obvious lies they all just go along with it and then whip themselves into a frenzy.   Hell the rocket guy in the show didn't really believe in the flat earther views but he took their money and used it to make a rocket and he ultimately started buying it more and more.  Not because of the excellent science he was presented with, but rather because he welcomed into a group.   

This is all about belonging into a group.  The right is full of people who have malleable morals/beliefs that will change with the political winds.  They are on the right because they want to identify that way, it is why they are so militant and angry, because deep inside they know they are wrong.   

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

26 minutes ago, Nivek said:

It really isn't.  If you checked out the Flat Earth Society documentary on Netflix you would see all of the same playbook talking points from one fringe group to another.  When you couple that with peoples need to feel accepted in society and how social acceptance is one of our primary motivators, then you can understand how when political group spreads obvious lies they all just go along with it and then whip themselves into a frenzy.   Hell the rocket guy in the show didn't really believe in the flat earther views but he took their money and used it to make a rocket and he ultimately started buying it more and more.  Not because of the excellent science he was presented with, but rather because he welcomed into a group.   

This is all about belonging into a group.  The right is full of people who have malleable morals/beliefs that will change with the political winds.  They are on the right because they want to identify that way, it is why they are so militant and angry, because deep inside they know they are wrong.   

 

One of the main skeptic/conspiracy playbook sayings is about "follow the money." Whether it's Fauci or Gates earning billions. Or the mainstream healthcare community is lying because they don't want to impact their revenue or individual salaries.

When someone starts to say that people are solely motivated by money, it's more of an indictment of the person who is making the comment because that is how they would act. Apparently if they see some unethical or illegal behavior at work, they are going to look the other direction. Every comment is an admission of guilt.

 

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

11 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

That dickweed is a pussy and undeserving of the title "Marine".  Fuck him.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

From a quick google search, the US military is claiming that active duty personnel are vaccinated, or have an exemption, in the high 90 percentiles. The Marines were the lowest percent at 95 in December. Perhaps the Marines Reserves are lower due to their non-active status but I can't believe that most reservists are that prone to not following orders. Or as stated, they already had one foot out the door for some reason and this makes them a hero at the Thanksgiving table.