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it's worrying how many people believe "a virus mutates to be less severe over time" which is absolutely not true
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A Wheezy Steampunk posted:it's worrying how many people believe "a virus mutates to be less severe over time" which is absolutely not true Every successive wave has killed more Americans. Most spread occurs before you become symptomatic, or among completely asymptomatic people. There are zero evolutionary pressures to make this virus less lethal whatsoever and people are still running on hopium on year three. Toxic optimism.
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Feb 11, 2022 18:41
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woke up this morning and had a brief moment of thinking it was saturday before i remembered: oh yeah, i took friday off! this owns!
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Feb 11, 2022 18:42
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Every successive wave has killed more Americans. i don't think it's optimism; i think it's because most people who get it experience it like a bad flu. whereas people who have comorbidities drop dead, and they don't care about those people inconvenience is worse than killing the weak
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Feb 11, 2022 18:44
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:woke up this morning and had a brief moment of thinking it was saturday before i remembered: oh yeah, i took friday off! this owns! love that feeling, especially if it happens again the next morning by thinking it's sunday when it's saturday
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Feb 11, 2022 18:46
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A Wheezy Steampunk posted:it's worrying how many people believe "a virus mutates to be less severe over time" which is absolutely not true
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Feb 11, 2022 18:47
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prefect posted:i don't think it's optimism; i think it's because most people who get it experience it like a bad flu. whereas people who have comorbidities drop dead, and they don't care about those people yeah. we're at the point where folks might know a couple hundred people who got covid and were fine after a bit, and might know one or two who died directly, and a few more instances of "so-and-so's sick grandpa died". those are really bad numbers, but humans kinda suck at evaluating that kind of risk and end up seeing that and thinking 'yup, no big deal.' and by the numbers, chances are they'll be right and nothing bad'll happen to them ("after all im not like so-and-so's sick grandpa"). until they are old, or are sick, etc.
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Feb 11, 2022 18:48
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Did we figure Long COVID would be this generation's leaded gasoline yet?
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Feb 11, 2022 18:50
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prefect posted:i don't think it's optimism; i think it's because most people who get it experience it like a bad flu. whereas people who have comorbidities drop dead, and they don't care about those people "I don't think it'll happen to me because I'm the main character in this thing called life" is absolutely a form of toxic optimism. The CDC's list of comorbidities includes things like "being over 180 lbs". Most of America has at least three comorbidities from that list.
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Feb 11, 2022 18:51
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Achmed Jones posted:yeah. we're at the point where folks might know a couple hundred people who got covid and were fine after a bit, and might know one or two who died directly, and a few more instances of "so-and-so's sick grandpa died". those are really bad numbers, but humans kinda suck at evaluating that kind of risk and end up seeing that and thinking 'yup, no big deal.' and by the numbers, chances are they'll be right and nothing bad'll happen to them ("after all im not like so-and-so's sick grandpa"). until they are old, or are sick, etc. this is how climate change is shaping up too. i forget where i saw this, but someone described climate change as "watching an ever increasing number of extreme weather events via cell phone video and eventually the person taking the video is you"
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Feb 11, 2022 18:51
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CPColin posted:Did we figure Long COVID would be this generation's leaded gasoline yet? this generation's leaded gasoline is social media.
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Feb 11, 2022 18:52
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Sagebrush posted:this generation's leaded gasoline is social media. and vape contaminants
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Feb 11, 2022 18:53
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nah it's gonna be lack of socialization
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Feb 11, 2022 18:54
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Sagebrush posted:this generation's leaded gasoline is social media. yeah and this
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Feb 11, 2022 18:54
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This omicron wave is on track to kill fewer oregonians than the delta wave or the alpha + gamma wave a year ago fewer hospitalizations than the delta wave as well, capacity's starting to come back which is the main thing I worried about
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Feb 11, 2022 19:00
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anyway cjs: it's fuckin' friday and I'm working on a new feature instead of running around plugging holes and putting out fires, feels good
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Feb 11, 2022 19:01
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i fully believe that even if i live to see 80 it will still not be safe to go to any public space. covid will never end until the last human is dead, and right now is the least deadly it will ever be.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:14
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carry on then posted:i fully believe that even if i live to see 80 it will still not be safe to go to any public space. cool. hope that attitude works out for you.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:15
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It's nice to see the word "covid" and skip pages until you don't.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:19
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Being rich kicks rear end, you don't have to worry about things that are killing normal working people.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:19
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openshift could not find its own rear end with both hands, 55 gallons of astroglide, and a road cone.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:21
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fresh_cheese posted:openshift could not find its own rear end with both hands, 55 gallons of astroglide, and a road cone. more like openshit!!!
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Feb 11, 2022 19:24
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[cone bro voice] ugh, tell me about it
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Feb 11, 2022 19:25
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fresh_cheese posted:openshift could not find its own rear end with both hands, 55 gallons of astroglide, and a road cone. it's the best kubernetes, stop using it wrong
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Feb 11, 2022 19:26
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i just ordered some flowers for valentines day
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Feb 11, 2022 19:30
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Achmed Jones posted:i just ordered some flowers for valentines day i did that on monday because i was paranoid about them running out
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Feb 11, 2022 19:32
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A Wheezy Steampunk posted:i did that on monday because i was paranoid about them running out yeah, i should have. i was so focused and then pleased with myself re: other gifts that i forgot about flowers shell be stoked about the book and birkenstocks and candy (gummi lobsters and hearts from wilburs in maine) though
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Feb 11, 2022 19:37
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Achmed Jones posted:yeah, i should have. i was so focused and then pleased with myself re: other gifts that i forgot about flowers that sounds nice 
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Feb 11, 2022 19:39
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loving Friday!!!
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Feb 11, 2022 19:40
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I'm wrangling 2 households full of kids while my wife and her friend have a chill evening getting tapas and sangria.
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Feb 11, 2022 19:41
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carry on then posted:i fully believe that even if i live to see 80 it will still not be safe to go to any public space. covid will never end until the last human is dead, and right now is the least deadly it will ever be. i still dont know if this is an elaborate posting gimmick or not
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Feb 11, 2022 19:43
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Chipped beef last night didn't really live up to nostalgia but at least I got it out of my system. 
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Feb 11, 2022 19:44
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we don't really do any presents for specific days but i'll probably try and make a fancy dessert for the day
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Feb 11, 2022 19:45
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Video Nasty posted:Chipped beef last night didn't really live up to nostalgia but at least I got it out of my system. I found the problem: you're supposed to put food into your system. hth
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Feb 11, 2022 19:47
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Video Nasty posted:Chipped beef last night didn't really live up to nostalgia but at least I got it out of my system. its gonna be a while before it's _really_ out of your system
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Feb 11, 2022 19:47
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Met a chick at the bar last week and kinda glad nothing's come of it, hooking up right before valentine's day is a classic recipe for awkwardness
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Feb 11, 2022 19:48
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she's married op
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Feb 11, 2022 19:51
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there’s a faux scientific logic to the mutation thing mutations will take over if they spread more then older variants. and if it kills people then they’re dead and can’t spread it, right?? (no)
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Feb 11, 2022 19:51
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carry on then posted:it's the best kubernetes, stop using it wrong the kube part isnt even the problem. its the pile of crap that is their coreos / networkmanager / openvswitch network setup that cannot reliably get an ip on an interface after reboots. its entirely composed of jank.
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my cats will eat all the flowers so just a card and some chocolates i guess we don't really care for this and dont need insta clout
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