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Strom Cuzewon posted:There's something grimly amusing about the papers reporting "biggest rise in cases/deaths EVER" every few days as if its a discrete event completely separated from everything beforehand. Media's always had a short memory, but its almost instantaneous now. You need to use a log scale to really appreciate the growth! e: 6 BTC is 30,239 GBP
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Strom Cuzewon posted:There's something grimly amusing about the papers reporting "biggest rise in cases/deaths EVER" every few days as if its a discrete event completely separated from everything beforehand. Media's always had a short memory, but its almost instantaneous now. I don't remember where but there was an article bemoaning that the 2 day "trend" of deaths tapering off was suddenly and shockingly over.
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I'm curious as to the public reaction in a few weeks when it's really a crisis- especially for those still having to go into work. I know someone who genuinely thought herd immunity was a good idea because it lets " us healthy people get on with it and keep the country going". They are definitely the type to come in with symptoms, so I loving hope I have it now so least I have some immunity.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:There's something grimly amusing about the papers reporting "biggest rise in cases/deaths EVER" every few days as if its a discrete event completely separated from everything beforehand. Media's always had a short memory, but its almost instantaneous now. Must be NUMBER GO UP! NUMBER GO DOWN!! NUMBER NOT GO UP OR DOWN!!!
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I work with a handful of 70 year olds who were all bitching and loving moaning about it not being a big deal, total media sensationalism, refusing to self isolate, etc... They're still whining at me via email about how it will all look like a massive overreaction in the aftermath. And yeah, if the lockdown works at all it will look like an overreaction, because tens of thousands of people won't have died. I just don't know how to get through to these loving imbeciles. I almost wish they'd get it just so they would shut up. They're worse than toddlers for their intransigence and inability to use basic logic.
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Imagine how all of history looked before it happened. That's what's you're doing now.
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communism bitch posted:They're still whining at me via email about how it will all look like a massive overreaction in the aftermath. And yeah, if the lockdown works at all it will look like an overreaction, because tens of thousands of people won't have died. Yea this is my entire workplace. I don't think it's just the oldies, it's just decades of British arrogance.
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marktheando posted:Would it be really irresponsible of me to try to get some weed right now? Press it into rosin to deactivate the virus.
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Wachter posted:They also went, racistly, "everyone in Italy smokes, is old, and Continental kisses their entire neighbourhood a million times everyday, so of course they've all got it". I mean I agree but having been to Italy on several occasions, as well as having an Italian best friend and met his extended family etc it is rare to meet an Italian who doesn't smoke, in my experience.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:LearninCurve (or anyone!) I dunno about Tesco, but on the Morrissons one when you check out and go to pick a delivery slot, it's a calendar view but with a little "Text-only version" or whatever link at the bottom. And that gives you all the slots in a list, it's easier to read and maybe it updates before the calendar view for some reason??
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hemale in pain posted:just the flu bro. Cummings/bojo wanted to grasp the opportunity to keep the UK's economy going full tilt while all those touchy feely continental scardy pusses shut everything down and everyone dies eventually so who gives a poo poo. The only real question imo is who came along and said "no, that's too psychotic even for us gtfo"
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Bacon Terrorist posted:I mean I agree but having been to Italy on several occasions, as well as having an Italian best friend and met his extended family etc it is rare to meet an Italian who doesn't smoke, in my experience. If smoking is as major a risk factor as people are thinking, Greece, Serbia and Russia are in for a wild time. They're third, fourth and seventh in smoking rates according to the WHO, while Italy is a modest 47th. We're in 67th place, but seem to have a higher rate of smoking-related illnesses.
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Bacon Terrorist posted:I mean I agree but having been to Italy on several occasions, as well as having an Italian best friend and met his extended family etc it is rare to meet an Italian who doesn't smoke, in my experience. turns out that your experience is not in fact representative of 60 million people
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communism bitch posted:I work with a handful of 70 year olds who were all bitching and loving moaning about it not being a big deal, total media sensationalism, refusing to self isolate, etc... They're still whining at me via email about how it will all look like a massive overreaction in the aftermath. And yeah, if the lockdown works at all it will look like an overreaction, because tens of thousands of people won't have died. I just don't know how to get through to these loving imbeciles. I almost wish they'd get it just so they would shut up. i dunno how anyone can think this is no big deal with 560 deaths in a day
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marktheando posted:Hmm so that graph was misleading then. More that Sweden have not had that many days to match up, and with a smaller population density, it might not be comparable anyhow. Also, the Swedish government are insisting that people are responsible enough to deal with Corona without them imposing too strict rules, even though a poll showed that about a third of the population don't really bother about the recommendations. Rincewinds fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Apr 1, 2020 |
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hemale in pain posted:i dunno how anyone can think this is no big deal with 560 deaths in a day Yes but it didn't happen to me and there isn't news footage of like a big explosion that I can imagine happening to me, so it basically didn't happen. See also: all other tory induced deaths.
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communism bitch posted:They're worse than toddlers for their intransigence and inability to use basic logic. A guy at my work literally once told me that he didn't care about climate change and would continue as normal, because he'd be dead by the time it would affect anything, and by that point it would be his grandchildrens' problem. Some people just loving oblivious, selfish doom cultists who lack any sense of critical thinking, or arrogant or self deluded enough to think that when poo poo does hit the fan, it won't be them affected, just as long as they don't have to change anything, no matter how mild the inconvenience to their lives. [e]: Also, don't know if this is a fake headline but wouldn't be suprised if true  https://twitter.com/ChickenCaoimh/status/1245364440226201605 Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Apr 1, 2020 |
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Well my company are trying to get rid of me then. Furlough or redundancy. Woooo, this kind of instability is exactly what I left contracting for, yessir.
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hemale in pain posted:i dunno how anyone can think this is no big deal with 560 deaths in a day Tick all that apply: [ ] media scaremongering [ ] government scaremongering [ ] Blitz spirit [ ] it'll never happen to me/anyone I know [ ] it's just the flu [ ] it's my/their time [ ] I'll/they'll be dead soon anyway [ ] what about the economy? [ ] insane conspiracy theory (please specify) _________________
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RE: 'it's just the flu' I was curious so I looked up some statistics and apparently 600 people die of flu-related complications in the UK every year on average(although some years it spikes to ~10k). So just yesterday COVID killed almost as many people as usually die of the flu in a year.
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Pretty much everyone I know including some quite lefty people thinks Johnson is ‘doing a surprisingly good job’ at worst even while discussing the spiking death figures and impending ventilator crisis. It hasn’t hit home and I doubt it will. To anyone even vaguely normal he’s Boris Churchill now.
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floofyscorp posted:RE: 'it's just the flu' I was curious so I looked up some statistics and apparently 600 people die of flu-related complications in the UK every year on average(although some years it spikes to ~10k). So just yesterday COVID killed almost as many people as usually die of the flu in a year. 2014/15 28k 2015/16 12k 2016/17 18k 2017/18 26k 2018/19 2k. Taken from page 51 of the newest report.
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Yeah, but what about all the other diseases, and car deaths, murders, yoof stabbins and cannabis overdoses? Add all them up and it's probably more than corona, so what you worried about?  (I've actually heard a less exaggerated version of this) Can we get a boomer version of smuggo? Maybe combine it with "this is fine"?
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Julio Cruz posted:https://twitter.com/CardiffLiberal/status/1245281402054160385 I'll see that, and raise you: https://twitter.com/timfarron/status/1244951288422465538
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Azza Bamboo posted:Lol they don't have many MPs lmao
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communism bitch posted:I work with a handful of 70 year olds who were all bitching and loving moaning about it not being a big deal, total media sensationalism, refusing to self isolate, etc... They're still whining at me via email about how it will all look like a massive overreaction in the aftermath. And yeah, if the lockdown works at all it will look like an overreaction, because tens of thousands of people won't have died. I just don't know how to get through to these loving imbeciles. I almost wish they'd get it just so they would shut up. It's like the millennium bug. Everyone thought "nothing happened, what a waste of time, money and effort!" When the time, money and effort is why nothing happened.
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What was the name of the thing where you read about your own subject in the newspaper, laugh at how wrong it is, then read the other things?
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Shogi posted:Pretty much everyone I know including some quite lefty people thinks Johnson is ‘doing a surprisingly good job’ at worst even while discussing the spiking death figures and impending ventilator crisis. It hasn’t hit home and I doubt it will. To anyone even vaguely normal he’s Boris Churchill now. lots of rage on my facebook from the looks of it
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Julio Cruz posted:https://twitter.com/CardiffLiberal/status/1245281402054160385 I'm with the bird on this one.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Where did you get 600 from? The official UK reports seem to suggest: Ah, that does look more indepth. The 600 number(which I did think seemed low) came from here, but they don't show their working for it.
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Pesky Splinter posted:A guy at my work literally once told me that he didn't care about climate change and would continue as normal, because he'd be dead by the time it would affect anything, and by that point it would be his grandchildrens' problem. They keep texting me telling me how desperate they are for O+ (if anyone's keeping a spreadsheet of goon blood types, there you go) even though I have an appointment booked to give on Monday. Anyway I decided to reschedule it as the sore throat I've had for a couple of days is 99.9999% to be from me scratching one of my tonsils with a burnt chip but I don't want to risk it. Next available session? July. You want my blood? Come loving get it, bitches.
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In reality the card should read "the liberal democrats are primarily responsible for the conservatives enacting everything they claimed to be against in 2019"
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Bobstar posted:What was the name of the thing where you read about your own subject in the newspaper, laugh at how wrong it is, then read the other things? Comrade Fakename posted:It's like the millennium bug. Everyone thought "nothing happened, what a waste of time, money and effort!" When the time, money and effort is why nothing happened.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:They keep texting me telling me how desperate they are for O+ (if anyone's keeping a spreadsheet of goon blood types, there you go) even though I have an appointment booked to give on Monday. Anyway I decided to reschedule it as the sore throat I've had for a couple of days is 99.9999% to be from me scratching one of my tonsils with a burnt chip but I don't want to risk it. Next available session? July. You want my blood? Come loving get it, bitches. :o you have the forbidden blood type. that's the good one.
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Julio Cruz posted:https://twitter.com/CardiffLiberal/status/1245281402054160385  Shamless self-promotion
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goddamnedtwisto posted:They keep texting me telling me how desperate they are for O+ (if anyone's keeping a spreadsheet of goon blood types, there you go) even though I have an appointment booked to give on Monday. Anyway I decided to reschedule it as the sore throat I've had for a couple of days is 99.9999% to be from me scratching one of my tonsils with a burnt chip but I don't want to risk it. Next available session? July. You want my blood? Come loving get it, bitches. I’m O+. Didn’t realise we were in demand.
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