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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #210 on: May 18, 2020, 11:10:58 AM »
Quote from: illinicalvin on May 17, 2020, 11:02:45 AM
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I’ve learned a lot about identity politics
Instead of watching FOX or Colbert or Trevor Noah, find something useful. Youtube has a lot of really cool stuff on it.
I love Youtube but wish there was a way of filtering out viral nonsense and that their "recommended videos" algo wasn't a piece of hot shit.

But when you search "Fertilizing pumpkins" you don't get viral nonsense. I don't bother with the feed, I go straight to direct search terms. There's some incredible stuff - a few years back my air conditioner crapped out. I have no knowledge of AC units at all, within a day I had it fixed for like $14, by watching a YouTube, "it's probably your starting capacitor, here's how to replace it". Probably saved me $200
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #211 on: May 18, 2020, 11:12:52 AM »
Quote from: spark mandrill on May 17, 2020, 01:08:45 PM
Quote from: ILLove1997 on May 15, 2020, 11:01:41 AM
Quote from: ThePAMan on May 15, 2020, 06:54:09 AM
Quote from: ILLove1997 on May 14, 2020, 11:25:00 PM
https://www.aier.org/article/why-didnt-the-constitution-stop-this/

Good question

Because the Constitution is not a suicide pact?

I'm disappointed in you PAM!  Also disappointed that its come down to ruining the economy for decades or killing a few unhealthy boomers is now a political football

I fucking hate election years and this one has been far and away the worst!!!

'killing a few unhealthy boomers'

selfish as fuck.  pathetic.

It's quite bizarre - all the wingnuts rail for years on Michelle Obama and her PR for healthy eating, and now Azar is up there saying "well, the reason the US has so many deaths is because we have so many unhealthy people". Being unhealthy is MAGA defined
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #212 on: May 18, 2020, 11:18:08 AM »
Quote from: Custard on May 17, 2020, 04:44:26 PM
I also learned that I take haircuts for granted, I’m getting awfully close to having a full on Jeremiah Johnson look going on.

Co-sign. We have a pair of clippers now, I remind my wife daily that if she doesn't figure it out this week I'm gonna cut it myself. Not like anyone's gonna see me with a bad haircut, but I can't take this long hair. I just don't want to shave it all off because I have too many under the hair scars from various childhood mishaps, like getting stitched up 3-4 times.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #213 on: May 18, 2020, 11:41:43 AM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 18, 2020, 11:10:58 AM
Quote from: illinicalvin on May 17, 2020, 11:02:45 AM
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 17, 2020, 12:20:15 AM
Quote from: Custard on May 16, 2020, 08:54:47 PM
I’ve learned a lot about identity politics
Instead of watching FOX or Colbert or Trevor Noah, find something useful. Youtube has a lot of really cool stuff on it.
I love Youtube but wish there was a way of filtering out viral nonsense and that their "recommended videos" algo wasn't a piece of hot shit.

But when you search "Fertilizing pumpkins" you don't get viral nonsense. I don't bother with the feed, I go straight to direct search terms. There's some incredible stuff - a few years back my air conditioner crapped out. I have no knowledge of AC units at all, within a day I had it fixed for like $14, by watching a YouTube, "it's probably your starting capacitor, here's how to replace it". Probably saved me $200

most of the internet, like reddit, youtube etc is fantastic for specialized hobbies, repairs and an occasional laugh... there are endless amounts of forums and such for everything under the sun, problem is that is difficult to monetize, so these silicon valley giants shove a bunch of pre-programmed garbage like Jimmy fallon, whatever mainstream reality trash or celebrity vlogger, and politics in your face because its approved for advertisers already and in need of little to no moderation and is already advertiser friendly
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #214 on: May 18, 2020, 11:50:26 AM »
Thanks for sharing the epoch times I just signed up for their newsletter so I can listen to the audiobook about the specter of communism
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #215 on: May 18, 2020, 11:55:04 AM »
Someone shared this with me. This page is definitely NSFW so beware. If you decide to check it out make sure to read the description which is right below the video. The best is at the end. Fucking celebrities.

https://efukt.com/23065_CELEBRITIES_REACT_CORONA_VIRUS.html
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #216 on: May 18, 2020, 05:09:34 PM »
Crikey…

‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Scientists still trying to understand baffling, unpredictable coronavirus

The new coronavirus has spread like wildfire, killed — and spared — people of all ages and all health conditions, baffled doctors, defied guidance and conventional wisdom, and produced an unprecedented array of symptoms.

There’s never been a virus like it.

“This gets into every major biological process in our cells,” said Nevan J. Krogan, a molecular biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied HIV, Ebola, Zika, dengue and other viruses over the last 13 years.

“At the molecular level, it’s something we’ve never seen before, and then look at what it does to the body — the long list of symptoms — we’ve never seen that before.”

https://www.sj-r.com/zz/news/20200518/something-weve-never-seen-before-scientists-still-trying-to-understand-baffling-unpredictable-coronavirus
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #217 on: May 18, 2020, 07:18:15 PM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on May 18, 2020, 10:23:41 AM
Quote from: fucking on May 17, 2020, 06:56:20 PM
Quote from: illinicalvin on May 17, 2020, 11:02:45 AM
I love Youtube but wish there was a way of filtering out viral nonsense and that their "recommended videos" algo wasn't a piece of hot shit.

When I get a link to a recommended Hannity or Tucker clip, I'll open Incognito. Invariably, it's sponsored by the Epoch Times.

Thing I can't figure out is why they (Epoch Times) think anyone will be persuaded by a Russian guy, with an obvious Russian accent, who's pretending to be a regular American.

Worse is contemplating that Fox viewers might be.

lay off the drugs man, what are you like an opiod addict now or something?  you're being way more strange than normal

Pot - Kettle
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #218 on: May 18, 2020, 07:26:15 PM »
Quote from: alum74 on May 18, 2020, 05:09:34 PM
Crikey…

‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Scientists still trying to understand baffling, unpredictable coronavirus

The new coronavirus has spread like wildfire, killed — and spared — people of all ages and all health conditions, baffled doctors, defied guidance and conventional wisdom, and produced an unprecedented array of symptoms.

There’s never been a virus like it.

“This gets into every major biological process in our cells,” said Nevan J. Krogan, a molecular biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied HIV, Ebola, Zika, dengue and other viruses over the last 13 years.

“At the molecular level, it’s something we’ve never seen before, and then look at what it does to the body — the long list of symptoms — we’ve never seen that before.”

https://www.sj-r.com/zz/news/20200518/something-weve-never-seen-before-scientists-still-trying-to-understand-baffling-unpredictable-coronavirus

"At first, the virus was thought to be mostly a risk to older adults and people with chronic illnesses; its primary point of attack, the lungs. Then 30- and 40-years-olds with the virus began dying of strokes. Recently, a small number of infected children have died of a mysterious illness resembling Kawasaki disease."
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #219 on: May 18, 2020, 07:55:26 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on May 18, 2020, 11:18:08 AM
Co-sign. We have a pair of clippers now

I last sat in a barber's chair in 1998.

I think I have three sets of Wahl, all from dumpster diving (mostly in their cases, clean, with all the gadgets). Where the fuck is CT?

I already had a smaller Norelco clippers, which worked well enough for grooming. But the keys to home haircuts are mirrors and long-ass scissors.

Luckily, I discovered a pair of long-ass scissors at Target, in the dollar section, among cheap plastic toys. They were being marketed as a cheap toy for $1. The blades are 13 inches long.

We have mirrors on both sides of the bathroom, plus a handheld mirror. I use the scissors on the lower rear portion of my head, and work outward around the sides. The clippers even things out. From there, I comb everything forward and clip the ends. The final result is a basic crew cut. It doesn't take much time, but I usually do it after I've been drinking for a while and highly recommend that incentive.

I guess it helps that my hair decided to stop growing on significant portions of my head.

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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #220 on: May 18, 2020, 08:27:10 PM »
“They think they are taking away Donald Trump’s greatest tool, which is being able to go into an arena and fill it with 50,000 people every single time. You watch, they’ll milk it every single day between now and November 3. And guess what, after November 3, coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen.” -- Eric Trump (Justice with Judge Jeannine, May 17, 2020)
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #221 on: May 18, 2020, 09:03:00 PM »
Quote from: Custard on May 18, 2020, 11:55:04 AM
Someone shared this with me. This page is definitely NSFW so beware. If you decide to check it out make sure to read the description which is right below the video. The best is at the end. Fucking celebrities.

https://efukt.com/23065_CELEBRITIES_REACT_CORONA_VIRUS.html

I mean, you could have linked the original Twitter version. But then we wouldn't know as much about "your friends" and what makes them tick.

I appreciate your forthrightness. Personally, I'm intrigued to find that my tastes at 49 are the same that they were when I was 14.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #222 on: May 18, 2020, 09:50:44 PM »
It’s the cesspool man
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #223 on: May 19, 2020, 02:15:36 AM »
Quote from: fucking on May 18, 2020, 07:55:26 PM
I last sat in a barber's chair in 1998.

I think I have three sets of Wahl, all from dumpster diving (mostly in their cases, clean, with all the gadgets). Where the fuck is CT?

I already had a smaller Norelco clippers, which worked well enough for grooming. But the keys to home haircuts are mirrors and long-ass scissors.

Luckily, I discovered a pair of long-ass scissors at Target, in the dollar section, among cheap plastic toys. They were being marketed as a cheap toy for $1. The blades are 13 inches long.

We have mirrors on both sides of the bathroom, plus a handheld mirror. I use the scissors on the lower rear portion of my head, and work outward around the sides. The clippers even things out. From there, I comb everything forward and clip the ends. The final result is a basic crew cut. It doesn't take much time, but I usually do it after I've been drinking for a while and highly recommend that incentive.

I guess it helps that my hair decided to stop growing on significant portions of my head.

That's cool, won't shade it, but I can fade 20 bucks to go have Greg cut my hair, he's a good guy. I grow my own fruits and veggies, fix my home appliances, design the processors in my computer. Everyone has their own skillz.

Sucks for Greg, his shop got nuked in the Tubbs Fire, he was shut down 6 months, had finally crawled back to par, and this shit happened.
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Re: WTF is the deal with the caronavirus?
« Reply #224 on: May 19, 2020, 02:16:51 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on May 18, 2020, 08:27:10 PM
“They think they are taking away Donald Trump’s greatest tool, which is being able to go into an arena and fill it with 50,000 people every single time. You watch, they’ll milk it every single day between now and November 3. And guess what, after November 3, coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen.” -- Eric Trump (Justice with Judge Jeannine, May 17, 2020)

Melania can attest to this.
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