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Fanatical Meat

Fanatical Meat

Lifer
Feb 4, 2009
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CZroe said:
Good for you. That puts you in the same league as the people sharing this on Facebook:
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...they think they look clever until they realize their premise is wrong and they look like a moron instead. Some don't ever realize and go on looking ridiculous while losing the respect of the people around them (on full display here).

Tell me: What's clever about pretending that the schools never closed and the buses never skipped a beat? Nothing. The comparison is supposed to be what's clever, but that only works when the premise is somewhat close to reality.

In reality we did exactly the opposite with unprecedented school closures. It fails to make it's own point because everyone knows we did react more strongly than we ever have for 6" of snow... unless you think we've ever canceled a school year over 6" of snow.

We've never closed schools nationwide for months over snow therefore this is an incompetent comparison for mockingly suggesting that we are taking this less seriously than we do snow... not the clever contrast it presumes itself to be. Why ANYONE would defend such a moronic joke blows my mind.
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JujuFish

JujuFish

Lifer
Feb 3, 2005
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CZroe said:
Good for you. That puts you in the same league as the people sharing this on Facebook:
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...they think they look clever until they realize their premise is wrong and they look like a moron instead. Some don't ever realize and go on looking ridiculous while losing the respect of the people around them (on full display here).

Tell me: What's clever about pretending that the schools never closed and the buses never skipped a beat? Nothing. The comparison is supposed to be what's clever, but that only works when the premise is somewhat close to reality.

In reality we did exactly the opposite with unprecedented school closures. It fails to make it's own point because everyone knows we did react more strongly than we ever have for 6" of snow... unless you think we've ever canceled a school year over 6" of snow.

We've never closed schools nationwide for months over snow therefore this is an incompetent comparison for mockingly suggesting that we are taking this less seriously than we do snow... not the clever contrast it presumes itself to be. Why ANYONE would defend such a moronic joke blows my mind.
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Yep, you clearly don't get it and are overthinking. The joke, regardless of the quality, is about starting up schools in the middle of the pandemic. It has nothing at all to do with the actions of last school year.

You just keep whiffing.
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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JujuFish said:
Yep, you clearly don't get it and are overthinking. The joke, regardless of the quality, is about starting up schools in the middle of the pandemic. It has nothing at all to do with the actions of last school year.

You just keep whiffing.
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It's BEYOND clear that I understand that. The problem is that the comparison is laughably incompetent to the point that it undermines itself. It demonstrably whiffed.
 
Muse

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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Lifer
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K1052

K1052

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ponyo said:
I know zero about medical science but this is the vaccine I have the least faith in. I always say follow the money and the insiders at Moderna don't believe in their own science or their company. That's a major red flag.
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Pfizer/BioNTech def going to get paid too. The closest to corporate altruism we're probably going to come is AstraZeneca's deal with Oxford but that vaccine is much less expensive to mass produce AFAIK.

If the data is there I do not care.
 
ponyo

ponyo

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K1052 said:
Pfizer/BioNTech def going to get paid too. The closest to corporate altruism we're probably going to come is AstraZeneca's deal with Oxford but that vaccine is much less expensive to mass produce AFAIK.

If the data is there I do not care.
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Pfizer and AstraZeneca are real Pharma companies with real products. Moderna yet to have a single actual working product in their entire history and CEO and insiders just continue to pump and dump shares.
 
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s0me0nesmind1

Lifer
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Muse said:
From NYTimes.com today:



If this isn't irony I don't know what is.

www.nytimes.com

Opinion | ‘That’s Ridiculous.’ How America’s Coronavirus Response Looks Abroad. (Published 2020)

From lockdowns to testing, we showed people around the world the facts and figures on how the U.S. has handled the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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I've been saying this that it isn't a "leadership" problem.

The biggest problem we have in America is a cultural problem of "Get the fuck out of my way" type of folks who will do things in life regardless of how ti effects other people.

We really are just home to a lot of inconsiderate people.
 
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darkswordsman17

Lifer
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Welp, Arizona's fucked. This morning tons of people out and about and I'd say less than 1/10th of them had masks. They'll put them on immediately before entering a store but literally see people grabbing door handles then moving their hand up to their mouth to put the mask over their face, and pulling it off literally while walking out the door (while other people just putting masks on are entering, and then standing and talking in groups outside (without wearing masks).
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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Neighbors had what seems like their fifth big party since the lockdown. Saw 16+ cars and no one outside. House had to be packed inside.
 
K1052

K1052

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ponyo said:
Pfizer and AstraZeneca are real Pharma companies with real products. Moderna yet to have a single actual working product in their entire history and CEO and insiders just continue to pump and dump shares.
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Neither has BioNTech I think. No RNA vaccine has ever been licensed.
 
K1052

K1052

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K1052 said:
I mean this was predictable. America's "Let's just hope for the best" strategy in miniature.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287745297439952896
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1287750533638430723

Is this the meeting where they realize they should have bubbled like the NBA?

Also lol at everybody who thinks schools are going to be open for more than a couple weeks if MLB can't keep it out with nearly unlimited resources. There's just too much virus circulating in the US.
 
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s0me0nesmind1

Lifer
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K1052 said:
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1287750533638430723

Is this the meeting where they realize they should have bubbled like the NBA?

Also lol at everybody who thinks schools are going to be open for more than a couple weeks if MLB can't keep it out with nearly unlimited resources. There's just too much virus circulating in the US.
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I'm torn on the whole sports thing...


On one hand - I think it's absolutely retarded to perform professional sports in an entirely empty stadium.... That and it's stupid to expect containment.


On the other hand, MAN I've seen a ton of people that have been going apeshit and posting on Facebook of how excited they are to watch opening day. I guess I'm just not a big sports guy.
 
K1052

K1052

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s0me0nesmind1 said:
I'm torn on the whole sports thing...


On one hand - I think it's absolutely retarded to perform professional sports in an entirely empty stadium.... That and it's stupid to expect containment.


On the other hand, MAN I've seen a ton of people that have been going apeshit and posting on Facebook of how excited they are to watch opening day. I guess I'm just not a big sports guy.
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I think playing without fans is fine. The Europeans are doing it too. Stadiums just can't be filled until there is a vaccine available so I don't have any issue with leagues and players making money to do their thing. Though it seems that some approaches are more likely to be successful (NBA and NHL) than others (MLB and NFL).
 
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s0me0nesmind1

Lifer
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K1052 said:
I think playing without fans is fine. The Europeans are doing it too. Stadiums just can't be filled until there is a vaccine available so I don't have any issue with leagues and players making money to do their thing. Though it seems that some approaches are more likely to be successful (NBA and NHL) than others (MLB and NFL).
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I mean, aside from money from TV and advertisers... I honestly think they are missing out on so much from ticket sales that it's just a net negative overall... so... why? Whats the point exactly?

I honestly feel bad right now for anyone that has a job amongst a crowd... stadium workers... ticket people.... security... then you get into stage performers, actors, musicians, orchestras, etc...
 
CZroe

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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Despite never having bought a bottle of aloe vera lotion in my life* I keep finding bottles of it around. Also found more of my isopropyl dispensers that were missing since the last move so I managed to top off my home-made isopropyl alcohol hand sanitizers, yet again. :) Found one VERY old bottle of aloe in the attic to my accessory building when dealing with the damaged roof... no idea how it got there. The other was under the kitchen sink and probably belonged to a former roommate.

When I topped off last time it was with a bottle of aloe my friend gave me since he knew I still had isopropyl and the bottle was cracked/leaking anyway. If I can keep this up I might not ever have to buy the crappy Ethyl alcohol stuff everyone is selling due to isopropyl shortages. You know... the kind the FDA keeps recalling due to denaturing toxins that can be absorbed through the skin... and it stinks terribly even when it isn't toxic.

*I did buy a bottle of some aloe health drink many years ago but that obviously shouldn't count. ;)
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K1052

K1052

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s0me0nesmind1 said:
I mean, aside from money from TV and advertisers... I honestly think they are missing out on so much from ticket sales that it's just a net negative overall... so... why? Whats the point exactly?

I honestly feel bad right now for anyone that has a job amongst a crowd... stadium workers... ticket people.... security... then you get into stage performers, actors, musicians, orchestras, etc...
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Of course they are missing out on the in person revenue but making some money is better than making no money. Billions will still be made over even shortened seasons.
 
Ichinisan

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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Muse

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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ponyo said:
You believe that Communist propaganda? Vietnam like China is still Communist.
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I suppose a question is, why does the NYT report that and not register suspicion. Has anyone heard about Vietnam with respect to their handling of the pandemic? I assume they have had deaths. It's hard to imagine otherwise.
 
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