Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

[oggsmash]

So because some of you either don't believe in Covid or want to downplay how dangerous it can be for the elderly I am supposed to stop following proper quarantine procedures around my mother and mother in law who are both in their 60s and my fiance Grandparents who are in their 90s because of your reasons and feels and carefully constructed personal narratives. Fuck that no.

I don't know if some of you realize it or even care your becoming as bad as the SJWs with the same narratives. Coming off as cold uncaring social retarded members of the hobby. I don' expect better from sJws I suppose I should expect the same from some here. You guys come off as nutcases. If it's not one poster stocking ammo to kill Leftists it's another who wants to hang them from trees. Maybe it's all bark and not bite and simply trying to be a social retarded edgelord. Still some of you are really starting to scare me some of you are not all there in the head.

I was going to invite some members of my gaming group to come and register here and two did lurk and they want nothing to do with this place. And it's because they are easily scared special snowflakes either. When members of the board come across as not giving a shit about others while wanting to murder those who oppose them ideologically it's not a very welcoming atmosphere. It's like that friend who is at the dinner table asked how his last date went and the response at the table is " I fucked her hard and threw her ass to the curb".

Before anyone says it I leave this board when I am damn good and ready so anyone who thinks of telling me to leave well don't waste your time. Maybe I need a break from this area of the boards as emotions post elects seem to be running high on both sides and with posters in general.

Couple things, restaurants or bars that are never crowded go out of business, or are 'hobby ventures' that do not make money.  The margins are razor thin.  You are concerned for your parents, So am I, you do not have kids, so you personally experience one, not all of the issues these restrictions bring.  You can lecture me as to what is important, but the fact is I have different stakes, more stakes, in this game than you do.  I have a much more complicated decision to make than you do.  You can call me cold, sociopath, or whatever you like.   Because you do not have the same decisions to make that I do, or even the owner of a restaurant does.  What do you think it would do to a restaurant owner in his 50's to have to go out of business because of restrictions?  I can tell you, it is likely to kill him if he has invested most of his adult life into that business.  Should he #learntocode?  I think you doing for the people close to you is smart, and what is best.  To assume when I want what is best for me and the people close to me is sociopathic, you signal you are finished discussing it and ready to draw a line on the ground that we have to toe and face one another. 

    My point, is the restrictions have done little to slow anything because they are largely for thee and not me.  If the politicians asking for these restrictions shut EVERYTHING down for 2 weeks there may have been a positive effect.  But if a governor calls for harsh restrictions on restaurants, then goes out to a huge dinner party eating and drinking all night in a crowd at a politically connected restaurant that is seemingly allowed to operate as they wish... Well it starts to seem the good governor and those like him is the actual sociopath and the rest of the population takes notice and decides if he can do as he wishes, why can't everyone?  I have gone along with these bullshit rules.  I vent my concerns over them, but I also have reached my limit.  I had a business deleted by the restrictions and took my ass back to school to #learntocode.  I am very resilient and adaptable, and it has been a mental strain to adapt to this.  I am pretty sure there plenty of business owners who are looking to suck start a shotgun or already have in light of how things are looking.  I get the perspective of people who can work from home, get paid to keep working because they are "ESSENTIAL" (most poorly described word in modern history) as "what is the big deal".  I also very clearly understand the other point of view.  The bar owner is operating on an edge in the good times.  You MUST have crowds a few days a week in any restaurant or bar to stay afloat, much less profit.   Had we not saved money over the years and my wife not have the job she has, I would be righteously fucked right now.   
    As for violence, well I think right leaning people have no ability to 'cancel' people for the most part.  But if leftist groups or organizations 'cancel' someone over a point of view, is that not essentially killing them?  It is just a means to kill someone passive aggressively, where the high minded can feel good about "not using violence".  Well when you use a tool the other side does not have, you may eventually convince them to use a tool they do have.  Personally I have been around violence my entire life (my father was shot when I was in the 1st grade, a guy he worked with was murdered when I was in the third grade, I have been in numerous scuffles several that were knock down drag out, etc) and I understand when we get into a violent situation, EVERYONE gets hurt.  So I am for avoiding it at every opportunity.  I also know what can push to the point that people like me decide the opportunity is lost and the only language we can communicate in now is bullets, blades and blood.   I used to laugh at the idea, and there have always been way fringe people on the internet since forums and discussions were a thing.  But now a days I see ideas that were very fringe 25 years ago on the internet being pushed on mainstream television.  The ideas are still fringe to the majority of the population, but normalization and pushing to tolerate or accept an idea starts this way, with constant droning propaganda.  So I guess expect violence.

[HappyDaze]

I don't know if some of you realize it or even care your becoming as bad as the SJWs with the same narratives. Coming off as cold uncaring social retarded members of the hobby. I don' expect better from sJws I suppose I should expect the same from some here. You guys come off as nutcases. If it's not one poster stocking ammo to kill Leftists it's another who wants to hang them from trees. Maybe it's all bark and not bite and simply trying to be a social retarded edgelord. Still some of you are really starting to scare me some of you are not all there in the head.

Damn, you sound like you've come around to my position. Remember when I said I was here throwing shit back at the assholes that seek to escalate violence, dehumanize the "other side" to justify it, and follow hard-right narratives beyond any reasonable limits as a dark mirror of the SJWs that they claim to hate? That's also when I said most of the posters here are not 'real' but rather are (hopefully) just a bunch of trolls.  Well, welcome to my world. Can I still call you shitstain?

[Shasarak]

Sureshot, are you sure that you want to join the side that calls you shitstain?

I mean, it is up to you and on the other hand we are cold uncaring social retarded gamers so what do I know.

[HappyDaze]

Sureshot, are you sure that you want to join the side that calls you shitstain?

Maybe he's up for taking it back and making the word his own?

[Shasarak]

No, too dangerous.

Better to stay home and wait for death in safety.

[Shasarak]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

[HappyDaze]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

[oggsmash]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

  I do not think being fat was a huge issue in middle ages settings.  That is a first world malady.

[HappyDaze]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

  I do not think being fat was a huge issue in middle ages settings.  That is a first world malady.

There is almost nothing in D&D settings that is accurate to the real world middle ages. You'll find plenty of obese people in Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and elsewhere.

[Shasarak]

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

Bring back the random disease and infestation table, then you will not have to worry about your fat.

[oggsmash]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

  I do not think being fat was a huge issue in middle ages settings.  That is a first world malady.

There is almost nothing in D&D settings that is accurate to the real world middle ages. You'll find plenty of obese people in Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and elsewhere.

You realize your retort eliminates tooth decay right?  T

[HappyDaze]

I was just wondering when the party of science is going to recommend we start the fat shaming?

Obesity is a scientifically proven risk factor for many diseases and death so should be the logical next step.

Unfortunately there is no current vaccine for reducing fat but luckily if the party of science recommends a very tight fitting mask then we can reduce both the China Wuhan virus and obesity at the same time.

I always wondered if magical effects in D&D that cure disease (like the spell of the same name or paladin's lay on hands ability) can be used to counteract obesity or, that most widespread of human diseases, tooth decay. The idea of a paladin going around groping the fat off of people or slapping them on the mouth to fix their smiles amuses me.

  I do not think being fat was a huge issue in middle ages settings.  That is a first world malady.

There is almost nothing in D&D settings that is accurate to the real world middle ages. You'll find plenty of obese people in Forgotten Realms, Eberron, and elsewhere.

You realize your retort eliminates tooth decay right?  T

Fair enough. It does seem like every D&D character (PC & NPC) has either absolutely perfect teeth, or is an evil bastard with a mouthful of rotten pegs. I can't say as I've ever seen them portray a non-evil character not of advanced age that was obviously missing teeth or had visibly broken teeth.

[consolcwby]

I wonder how many of you here are going to go out this Christmas and LARP yourselves into killing the dreaded...
PLAGUE RATS


https://theslot.jezebel.com/look-whos-a-modern-day-plague-rat-1845827404

It seems the PARTY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS is equating PEOPLE to RATS again, like they did in one of those WORLD WARS...
Which way are the DEATH CAMPS, again? Oh, right - WALFART!

[moonsweeper]

I wonder how many of you here are going to go out this Christmas and LARP yourselves into killing the dreaded...
PLAGUE RATS


https://theslot.jezebel.com/look-whos-a-modern-day-plague-rat-1845827404

It seems the PARTY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS is equating PEOPLE to RATS again, like they did in one of those WORLD WARS...
Which way are the DEATH CAMPS, again? Oh, right - WALFART!

What do you expect from people stupider than my dog.  That article mentions Biden winning Georgia and then unironically calls Newt Gingrich a racist in the very next sentence.

[Ghostmaker]

I wonder how many of you here are going to go out this Christmas and LARP yourselves into killing the dreaded...
PLAGUE RATS


https://theslot.jezebel.com/look-whos-a-modern-day-plague-rat-1845827404

It seems the PARTY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS is equating PEOPLE to RATS again, like they did in one of those WORLD WARS...
Which way are the DEATH CAMPS, again? Oh, right - WALFART!

I'll just quote Doc Holliday in Tombstone: "I'm your huckleberry."