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Quote from: SredniVashtar on May 15, 2020, 03:45:26 AM
Your Freudian slip is showing.

That is a good one but unintentional and all of Apple’s fault.

Quote from: SredniVashtar on May 15, 2020, 03:44:21 AM
We've been through this. The fatality rate might not be high but we know that it's very infectious, hence the lockdown. If the level of infections gets out of control then so will the deaths. I think you're so locked into your own way of thinking that you can't see a very simple calculation.

I think that politician and the media hype every situation into potential death.  I once thought that only the National Enquirer (not sure of your equivalent) would run the headline Hangnails: The new scourge sure to bring the end of humanity.  Somehow we all survived the avian flu, swine flu, SARS, MERS and Ebola.  Has everyone forgotten the story of the little boy that cried wolf?  No doubt Coronavirus one is killing many, but we are far from the tens of millions millions threatened.  Also don’t forget that initially we were told that this was not a worry but then it changed to we’re all going to die.  The ridiculousness of the “officials” reaction to this has been sublime.  I don’t think WOTR is locked into a way of thinking.  I think you may be frightened of looking at things objectively and realizing How messed up  the governments of the world really are.

P.S. Eventually the people carrying “The End Is Nigh” signs will be right.  I still don’t see the need to take them seriously.

P.P.S.  I forgot to mention the mount of politicization about this Pandemic leads me to believe it is not as big of a threat as stated.  I like to believe that when Godzilla shows up and starts destroying the world very few will be pro-Godzilla.  Politics seem to vanish when the rubber hits the road.

George still has refrained from playing Norwegian death metal to honor my dead goldfish.  I think we have quite the bond and may have personally connected at a deeper level.  He still has not responded to my original email so I sent 113 more in case he forgot.

Quote from: K_Dubb on May 15, 2020, 12:58:35 AM
Hindsight will only get you so far; things looked pretty unknown a couple months ago.  We are a lot more certain of the danger now.  The problem is politicians who now have the responsibility for millions of lives (because they took it, a fact I suspect more than a few are regretting) and know they will be held to account for every death that happens, will be exceedingly careful giving it back.

I don't think it's entirely just to impute dictatorial motives to them even if they're from another party -- that requires psychic-level woo -- but being politicians they are far more in touch with the mood of their constituencies than, say, I am.  I'm glad some places like GA were brave enough to do something different from everybody else because it's a sort of limited test case for the rest of the country.  It's been three weeks since they reopened and the new cases have gone down, even with more testing, which should encourage other people to follow.  If GA is successful, even in their urban areas, maintaining the strict lockdowns elsewhere will be really hard to justify.

The one part of my old worldview model that still holds is that anyone that wants to make a living telling others what they can and can’t do is highly suspect.  Perhaps people will now start to question the idea of being a politician as an acceptable carrier choice.  However, I don’t think enough people see things this way.

Quote from: WOTR on May 14, 2020, 02:44:03 AM
Just so long as your convinced that your free...

The most important thing I learned over the last few months is that the mental model I had of reality is about as accurate as the COVID infection models.  That’s a sobering thought.

Quote from: nooryisawesome on May 13, 2020, 02:09:48 PM
was going to join the airforce had third highest test score

I picture George crammed into the cockpit of an F16 as the ground crew furiously duct tape JATO packs to the Falcon to give it a chance to leave the ground with its massive payload.  The Benny Hill theme happens to be blasting from someone’s radio.

Quote from: WOTR on May 13, 2020, 06:50:51 PM
My mother said a month ago that you could shoot a person on the corner of her street and that the news would not report it because all they cared about was COVID.

Well, it turns out she was right. The fucking conservative politicians shot every Albertan on April 2 by introducing bill 10 and using their majority to force it through in 2 days. See if you think that any state would even try this? It gives several people in government the ability to unilaterally write new legislation without any vote, apply penalties, enforce their new law and make it retroactive. Oh, and this new law has to sunset clause.There are now 20 sleazy individuals with dictatorial powers in my province.

"In addition to the already existing powers, one single politician can now also write, create, implement and enforce any new law, simply through ministerial order, without the new law being discussed, scrutinized, debated or approved by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

A cabinet minister can now decide unilaterally, without consultation, to impose additional laws on the citizens of Alberta, if she or he is personally of the view that doing so is in the public interest.

Further, the new law can be made retroactive to the time when the public health emergency was declared. This includes the right of government to create new offenses, again without oversight from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta."

FUCK THEM, and fuck them all. This is the so-called conservatives. I hated when the Wild Rose (right wing grass roots party with traction) merged with the old school conservatives who have decades of entitlement and corruption behind them. And here we are. Living in a provincial dictatorship where anybody can write any law they feel like and then enforce it using the gestapo.

Our little piece of shit Premier can join Justine in front of a firing squad. He has shown his true colours as a traitor.

Does your Republic sell bananas?

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 12, 2020, 09:32:39 PM
Ha. He is Senda as he should have been.  If you only watch one video of his, this is the one. Good advice - pandemic or no.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AGW3bbcb3Y

Here is that guys favorite cooking show.

https://youtu.be/wVRrYw9mqEA

Quote from: Pizzapunch on May 12, 2020, 07:11:04 PM
He's fine
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Why was he scared for his kitties?  If he dropped dead they’d have food for weeks.

Quote from: FearBoysWithBugs on May 12, 2020, 05:15:27 PM

Unfortunately George would infect and kill the COVID.

Quote from: aldousburbank on May 12, 2020, 03:51:41 PM
So there was a wet market with a bat on a comet?

FIFY.  YW.

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 12, 2020, 02:19:43 PM
So how are these high flyers getting their hair cut?  Mrs. Walks cuts mine and has done so forever but I don't think that is common.
None of these mugs ever seem to have a hair out of place.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

My goldfish died yesterday.  I became a Coast Insider and emailed George asking him to refrain from playing Norwegian death metal.  He did not respond to my email but graciously complied.   

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 11, 2020, 11:19:23 AM
Anyone from Portland?   Curious as to who came out on top.  Team Pointy Stick or Team Schwinn?


https://twitter.com/pdxalerts/status/1259673838784135169

We need licenses for sticks and bikes, they’re dangerous.

Quote from: paladin1991 on May 10, 2020, 06:23:01 PM
looks like she could suck a baseball through a garden hose.

Not interested unless it’s a basketball through a coffee stirrer.

Quote from: ACE of CLUBS on May 09, 2020, 06:11:11 PM
Why not use 'spellcheck' . . . .

This is a forum post, not a novel.

Quote from: ItsOver on May 09, 2020, 02:24:30 PM
Won't be long before we'll be hearing this guy pushing them. 

Shoe polish, makeup for men.

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on May 09, 2020, 01:39:28 PM
Actually he is all bold and all italics, which sort of defeats the purpose of them. When it’s all bold and italics none of it is.

i missed that, it must be the pitcher of Sangria I consumed.  Everything is sort of leaning.   . He must be the sort that mixes serif and sans-serif fonts. 

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on May 09, 2020, 01:19:27 PM
I don’t think she should answer until you answer why all bold?

That is a fair question.   Why use bold and not itlalics?

Quote from: chefist on May 09, 2020, 01:25:53 PM
Down in Gulf Shores Alabama now... seafood is amazing...blue crab gumbo...glad the thread is still going.

If you are ever in central VA let me know.  I’ll feed you well.  I just sort of resurrected it.

18 hours later and it’s ready to rest a couple of hours.  Now to make some flour tortillas and cut up some vegetation...

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on May 09, 2020, 12:42:25 PM
I think he’s swept that under the rug now. He’ll be back if the numbers start going up again. You can set your watch by corrupt Democratic opportunism because it’s constant.

I suspect any American will be able to buy their own personal ventilator for $59.99 soon.  So many companies getting ready to pump these babies out and no real demand.

Quote from: WOTR on May 09, 2020, 12:29:11 PM
Maybe I'm the only one who sees that as good? Look, the curve is "flattened." The idea from the start was to stop a massive spike, but that everybody would eventually get it. (Narrative since changed to "one death is on death too many.")

It looks like the controlled infection that will be necessary if people EVER want to resume life and end their lock-down. If nobody has caught it, then when one case eventually surfaces in society it is going to time to lock us down. Again, and again, and again. (See news article from Korea a few posts down...)

Stop talking sense or you will be disappeared!

Quote from: paladin1991 on May 08, 2020, 09:34:07 PM
don't you need a rabbi for that?

No silly, it’s already been circumcised.

Quote from: Norm on May 08, 2020, 04:12:00 PM
Correct, I started working at mostly minimum wage jobs at age 18 and by the time I reached 32 the IRS mailed me a letter stating I had accumulated enough credits to qualify for social security benefits when I retired -or- should I become disabled.

Senda has never had a job long enough in his entire life to satisfy basic social security requirements so he draws supplemental security income (SSI) otherwise he'd be living on the street giving blowjobs to winos for free WiFi.

Please don’t wish that on the winos.  That’s cruel. Snaggletooth would cause an impromptu castration.

Quote from: ItsOver on May 08, 2020, 03:03:47 PM
Ha!  Of course.  I'll even strap one of those Alien facehuggers on if they meet 95 specs.  Hell, the look alone should send Corona Chan into a panic.



"Feet, don't fail me now! "

This line of talk made me bring back an old avatar.

Quote from: Lilith on May 08, 2020, 02:08:59 PM
Is George just dumber than rocks, or is he lying?

I suspect both, but I’ve met some pretty smart rocks (compared to George).

Quote from: nooryisawesome on May 08, 2020, 01:34:45 PM
No kathy as George promised
george hasn't payed back kathy, needs to pay her back
says he cant run for office because he doesn't have $900 filing fee or walk well
complains it is too hard for kathy and him to visit eachother due to bus and walking
says he couldn't do anything with a girl due to being 68

They’ll need a crane.

https://youtu.be/6XdqMGBZjGM

I’m attempting my first brisket tomorrow night into Saturday.

Quote from: ItsOver on May 07, 2020, 02:33:08 PM
Dayum, it's not like Ronald is serving Popeye's chicken sandwiches or something.

https://www.koco.com/article/police-identify-woman-accused-of-firing-shots-at-mcdonalds-after-she-was-told-dining-room-was-closed/32403518

"According to police, the suspect entered the restaurant and was told by employees the dining area was closed. She was asked to leave but refused, and police said a physical altercation ensued between the suspect and an employee.

Police said the suspect was then forced out of the restaurant by employees. She reentered the restaurant with a handgun and fired about three rounds in the restaurant, according to police."

That’s a hell of a testimonial.