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Author Topic: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.  (Read 341564 times)

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #825 on: November 24, 2020, 06:13:11 PM »
At this point masks are just Star-Bellied Sneetchs

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« Reply #826 on: November 24, 2020, 06:21:07 PM »
Masks are 100% effective...at signaling your submission and fear.

You must have serious self consciousness issues if you care what strangers think of you for wearing a mask. How weak and cowardly that you're so concerned about your personal image to that degree.

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« Reply #827 on: November 24, 2020, 06:32:44 PM »
You must have serious self consciousness issues if you care what strangers think of you for wearing a mask. How weak and cowardly that you're so concerned about your personal image to that degree.

Is this what counts as wit for leftists today? Seems lame even for Twatter.

I don't wear a mask so my disdain for you clowns is unconcealed. I wouldn't want you to miss an ounce of being judged for your submission.

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« Reply #828 on: November 24, 2020, 09:13:47 PM »
You must have serious self consciousness issues if you care what strangers think of you for wearing a mask. How weak and cowardly that you're so concerned about your personal image to that degree.

Is this what counts as wit for leftists today? Seems lame even for Twatter.

I don't wear a mask so my disdain for you clowns is unconcealed. I wouldn't want you to miss an ounce of being judged for your submission.

I am not a leftist by any stretch of the imagination and it's true that your comment struck me as you being deeply self conscious and insecure. If I see someone not wearing a mask, it does not communicate disdain. It just communicates someone with poor personal hygiene. It's roughly like seeing someone go to the bathroom and not wash their hands, and then picking their nose. It's like seeing someone missing teeth and with black teeth because they never bothered to brush their teeth. The image you're conveying is definitely not the one you think you're conveying. "Badass" or "nonconformist" is the last thing from other people's minds when they see you. They are more likely to wonder if you are specially abled.

I mean, some part of you had to know that how you see yourself might not be how others are seeing you, right?
« Last Edit: November 24, 2020, 09:21:46 PM by Mistwell »

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« Reply #829 on: November 24, 2020, 09:56:16 PM »
Hey Mistwell.

https://billwhittle.com/ediwg-invasion-anti-capitalist-nasa-group-fights-to-ban-usa-from-moon-mars-more/

Why does NASA have an 'Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group', anyways?

You mean why do they have such a group under Trump, and why does this have something to do with Biden's policies regarding NASA? Great questions. Can you answer them?
So you can't explain it, but deflect onto Trump.

BTW, the EDIWG dates back to 2010.

But I wouldn't expect you to remember that. You are, after all, a very small, stupid person.

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« Reply #830 on: November 24, 2020, 11:27:07 PM »
You must have serious self consciousness issues if you care what strangers think of you for wearing a mask. How weak and cowardly that you're so concerned about your personal image to that degree.

Is this what counts as wit for leftists today? Seems lame even for Twatter.

I don't wear a mask so my disdain for you clowns is unconcealed. I wouldn't want you to miss an ounce of being judged for your submission.

I am not a leftist by any stretch of the imagination and it's true that your comment struck me as you being deeply self conscious and insecure. If I see someone not wearing a mask, it does not communicate disdain. It just communicates someone with poor personal hygiene. It's roughly like seeing someone go to the bathroom and not wash their hands, and then picking their nose. It's like seeing someone missing teeth and with black teeth because they never bothered to brush their teeth. The image you're conveying is definitely not the one you think you're conveying. "Badass" or "nonconformist" is the last thing from other people's minds when they see you. They are more likely to wonder if you are specially abled.

I mean, some part of you had to know that how you see yourself might not be how others are seeing you, right?
Well, why don't you just round him up and put a bullet in the back of his head, Komrade? Better yet, find out his personal information and post it where everyone can find him! That way, you can silence the dissenters and gain a +5 on your SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE! Remember: NON-CONFORMITY IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY! KILL THE UNBELIEVERS AND RAPE THEIR CHILDREN FOR THE GOOD OF THE MOTHERLAND! SHE BLEEDS FOR YOU!

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« Reply #831 on: November 24, 2020, 11:36:35 PM »
You must have serious self consciousness issues if you care what strangers think of you for wearing a mask. How weak and cowardly that you're so concerned about your personal image to that degree.

Is this what counts as wit for leftists today? Seems lame even for Twatter.

I don't wear a mask so my disdain for you clowns is unconcealed. I wouldn't want you to miss an ounce of being judged for your submission.

I am not a leftist by any stretch of the imagination and it's true that your comment struck me as you being deeply self conscious and insecure. If I see someone not wearing a mask, it does not communicate disdain. It just communicates someone with poor personal hygiene. It's roughly like seeing someone go to the bathroom and not wash their hands, and then picking their nose. It's like seeing someone missing teeth and with black teeth because they never bothered to brush their teeth. The image you're conveying is definitely not the one you think you're conveying. "Badass" or "nonconformist" is the last thing from other people's minds when they see you. They are more likely to wonder if you are specially abled.

I mean, some part of you had to know that how you see yourself might not be how others are seeing you, right?
Well, why don't you just round him up and put a bullet in the back of his head, Komrade? Better yet, find out his personal information and post it where everyone can find him! That way, you can silence the dissenters and gain a +5 on your SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE! Remember: NON-CONFORMITY IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY! KILL THE UNBELIEVERS AND RAPE THEIR CHILDREN FOR THE GOOD OF THE MOTHERLAND! SHE BLEEDS FOR YOU!

fucking murderous pig.
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« Reply #832 on: November 24, 2020, 11:38:20 PM »
Greetings!

Strange, I guess I do live in the Neanderthal lands! *laughing* LOTS of people here do not wear masks. People at the hospital, the grocery store, and restaurant workers wear masks. Everyone else? Not so much.

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« Reply #833 on: November 25, 2020, 12:07:16 AM »
I am not a leftist by any stretch of the imagination and it's true that your comment struck me as you being deeply self conscious and insecure.

But of course! Anyone who does not bend the knee and "obey the science" is so obviously "deeply self conscious and insecure"! Nothing says self-confidence like unthinking obedience to your shamdemic masters.

Remember to hide inside Mistwell. Don't chew without your mask! No singing and no hugging Grandma because the virus with the 99.7% survival rate might get you!

But its funny how your shamdemic masters don't "obey the science" and have parties, vacations and gatherings all without masks, without distancing and without any the fear you and the rest of the sheep crave.

Funny that.

They are more likely to wonder if you are specially abled.

Project much?  If you look half as dumb as what you post, you've got a bad case of Down's syndrome. [But they are good people, enjoyed teaching them immensely]

But what you said is quite telling though. You wear your diaper for conformity to make sure you aren't judged as disobedient and to signal to your fellow sheep that you submit as they submit so they approve of you.
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« Reply #834 on: November 25, 2020, 12:10:10 AM »
But what you said is quite telling though. You wear your diaper for conformity to make sure you aren't judged as disobedient and to signal to your fellow sheep that you submit as they submit so they approve of you.
A lot of us wear pants in public too. Same kind of thing. But I'm sure you resist that too and show your ass at every opportunity.

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« Reply #835 on: November 25, 2020, 12:17:15 AM »
I do rock a Speedo. You finally got me HappyDaze.

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« Reply #836 on: November 25, 2020, 05:24:43 AM »
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time.  I’m enjoying seeing family again.  Puts things in perspective

One conversation topic that rang true was how “save the world” is all they have left.  There’s no going back from it.  Kinda like how once RPG settings (and fantasy fiction generally) got hooked on cataclysms they stared happening in-setting every few years; reboot = cataclysm.

Why is environmental policy X’s implementation necessary?  To save the world.  Why must you remake social functions from the ground up when a new virus hits with effects within historical norms?  To save humanity.  What happens if we make political decisions that don’t arc towards the history forecasted as our future?  Then people are heinous assholes which might need some mandatory reprogramming if they won’t come along quietly.

None of that is sane.  But it’s mainstream messaging.  And they can’t ever come down off that world-teetering ledge; they’re all-in.  There is no way to dial back to normalcy without losing credibility forever. 
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« Reply #837 on: November 25, 2020, 05:25:43 AM »
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« Reply #838 on: November 25, 2020, 06:43:30 AM »
One conversation topic that rang true was how “save the world” is all they have left.  There’s no going back from it.  Kinda like how once RPG settings (and fantasy fiction generally) got hooked on cataclysms they stared happening in-setting every few years; reboot = cataclysm.
Reminds me of the recently sunset show Supernatural that progressed from monster-of-the-week to story-arc monsters, to season-long nemeses, to stopping the apocalypse. Then it just kept doubling-down season after season, and we even had the characters in-show asking "What's the apocalypse this time?"

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« Reply #839 on: November 25, 2020, 10:54:26 AM »
What I find most incredible is how discerning covid-19 is. Classist, even. Very few supermarket staff have been off sick since the start of the pandemic, despite them being exposed to the general public the entire time. Nor have there been outbreaks centred on retail locations.

Yet in the NHS, even parts which don't actually deal with coronavirus patients, most trusts are dealing with around a third of staff being off. That might be "off sick", "shielding" or "self-isolating". One trust reported 60% of their staff out. Curious.
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