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blatman
May 10, 2009

14 inc dont mez


Crow Buddy posted:

Is that lady posting here?!?

Kinda curious too about what does need to happen to return to normal is for some of you. Covid is going to be endemic and is never going away. I certainly hope it isnt that lady coming back and apologizing to you, as I think youre gonna be waiting on that one.

lol people trying to force an early return to normal is just forcing it to take way longer

it's also what is allowing covid to become endemic in the first place + probably destroying any hope we had of actually returning to the way things were

edit: :69snypa:

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enki42
Jun 11, 2001
#ATMLIVESMATTER

Put this Nazi-lover on ignore immediately!
When a lot of people are still forced to work in close proximity (not everyone can be a computer toucher), kids are still packed to the gills in classrooms, and a significant percentage of the population are ignoring whatever meager regulations do exist, you not going to a patio is going to do exactly nothing to help eradicate COVID. Look out for yourself and your family, and advocate for better more sane restrictions, but trying to solve COVID via personal choices alone is pointless.

Tighclops
Jan 23, 2008

Unable to deal with it


Grimey Drawer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxR8NTW7tCo&t=28s

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Virtual Russian posted:

I do love that we've just kind of given up. Cases are increasing and a new variant is making the rounds, but hey "what can we do? gotta go out and spend money."

Like I hear what you are saying, it will likely be here for a long time/ever, but maybe we can do something about it now? Again, I feel like I must be looking at a totally wrong data set or am just insane. Either that or we've collectively hardened ourselves to the idea that people are expendable at some level if it interferes with our social lives. It would be one thing if things were not actively getting worse by the day.

Am I the crazy one?

you are not crazy. you are entirely correct to be angry at our society for loving you over and throwing you under the bus.

i was a walmart worker but i managed to get onto CERB and ride out the pandemic without exposing myself to customers. I'M NOT GOING BACK. i don't care what society tries to do to pressure me i will never do service work again and i'd rather die. I have saved every penny from CERB and lived like an actual monk. the pandemic money is ending september, but i have enough saved to live until next march. if society hasn't collapsed to sorted itself out by then i am pawning all of my power tools, packing a bag and wandering into the wilderness to live as a true hermit. i have chosen March because its the start of spring so i will have the maximum amount of time to build a wilderness shelter before winter. I'm crazy

Rutibex has issued a correction as of 12:52 on Aug 22, 2021

blatman
May 10, 2009

14 inc dont mez


Rutibex posted:

you are not crazy. you are entirely correct to be angry at our society for loving you over and throwing you under the bus.

i was a walmart worker but i managed to get onto CERB and ride out the pandemic without exposing myself to customers. I'M NOT GOING BACK. i don't care what society tries to do to pressure me i will never do service work again and i'd rather die. I have saved every penny from CERB and lived like an actual monk. the pandemic money is ending september, but i have enough saved to live until next march. if society hasn't collapsed to sorted itself out by then i am pawning all of my power tools, packing a bag and wandering into the wilderness to live as a true hermit. i have chosen March because its the start of spring so i will have the maximum amount of time to build a wilderness shelter before winter. I'm crazy

it's not crazy to want to escape danger, that's just your survival instincts kicking in

Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


This is the new normal.

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003


You're such an rear end in a top hat. I have a 6 year old who can't be vaccinated, has seen his family changed by it, and now knows he's being put into a dangerous situation because of smart geniouses like you

gently caress them kids am I right?

EvilJoven
Mar 18, 2005

NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?
Fun Shoe
We're going to have a fall of "we're vaxxed everything goes back to normal!" followed by the complete collapse of our health care and education systems by November and then we'll be seeing some absolutely amazing content.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

skewetoo posted:

You're such an rear end in a top hat. I have a 6 year old who can't be vaccinated, has seen his family changed by it, and now knows he's being put into a dangerous situation because of smart geniouses like you

gently caress them kids am I right?

i would love to know what i am doing to put your six year old in danger.

i do not work with children or the immunocompromised, i wear a mask while indoors with others and social distance wherever possible, i have followed the gathering limits, stay at home orders, and lockdowns at every turn, i have received both vaccination shots as soon as they were available to me.

what can i do to help keep your child safe? please note, i live in ontario and i am not the education minister. i have limited ability to prevent a return to in-personal learning in september anywhere.

infernal machines has issued a correction as of 15:02 on Aug 22, 2021

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

EvilJoven posted:

We're going to have a fall of "we're vaxxed everything goes back to normal!" followed by the complete collapse of our health care and education systems by November and then we'll be seeing some absolutely amazing content.

given that ontario has paused on moving past the "stage 3" reopening, i'm slighly more optimistic about things here. although reopening schools for in-person learning in september, up to two months before many school age kids can be vaccinated is definitely a mistake and is going to drive case counts again.

Cromulent_Chill
Apr 6, 2009

skewetoo posted:

You're such an rear end in a top hat. I have a 6 year old who can't be vaccinated, has seen his family changed by it, and now knows he's being put into a dangerous situation because of smart geniouses like you

gently caress them kids am I right?

We must protect the country's last 6 year old from all harm.

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

infernal machines posted:

i would love to know what i am doing to put your six year old in danger.

i do not work with children or the immunocompromised, i wear a mask while indoors with others and social distance wherever possible, i have followed the gathering limits, stay at home orders, and lockdowns at every turn, i have received both vaccination shots as soon as they were available to me.

what can i do to help keep your child safe? please note, i live in ontario and i am not the education minister. i have limited ability to prevent a return to in-personal learning in september anywhere.

You're not an rear end in a top hat because it's your fault lol

You're an rear end in a top hat because you dismiss reality and use your very clear privilege to insulate you from it

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Killin_Like_Bronson posted:

We must protect the country's last 6 year old from all harm.

Wouldn't be mine. Probably some insulated old stock

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
if my privilege is "being able to have some semblance of a social life again because i don't have children who are at risk" then you got me, it's a fair cop. i'm sorry for your lots.

after being entirely isolated from november to april, i've enjoyed being able to get out and interact with other people in a capacity that isn't strictly transactional, but if the thought that i'm doing that make you feel bad, i'll not post about it.

infernal machines has issued a correction as of 15:14 on Aug 22, 2021

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

infernal machines posted:

if my privilege is "being able to have some semblance of a social life again because i don't have children who are at risk" then you got me, it's a fair cop. i'm sorry for your lots

Hey as long as you're not inconvenienced. After all. You deserve this

enki42
Jun 11, 2001
#ATMLIVESMATTER

Put this Nazi-lover on ignore immediately!

skewetoo posted:

Hey as long as you're not inconvenienced. After all. You deserve this

Seriously, what difference does it make it people who aren't in high risk situations do things that are safe for them? Outside of sour grapes and jealousy, how does this affect you at all? Someone vaccinated eating outside on a patio is such a minor thing compared to the millions of people working indoors in close proximity that it's completely irrelevant to ongoing spread.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
okay, what would "inconveniencing" me solve for you, or anyone else?

i'm trying to cut through the indignation here to understand what it is i should be doing or not doing to help keep your child safe.

StealthArcher
Jan 10, 2010




The misery must continue, for how else am i righteous.

Cromulent_Chill
Apr 6, 2009

skewetoo posted:

Hey as long as you're not inconvenienced. After all. You deserve this

If you see any fun up there on your high horse that you don't approve of, you call down and let us know so we can shut that poo poo down.

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Killin_Like_Bronson posted:

shut that poo poo down.

mods please

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through
time to start shooting the unvaccinated and booster shots by drone

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

EvilJoven posted:

We're going to have a fall of "we're vaxxed everything goes back to normal!" followed by the complete collapse of our health care and education systems by November and then we'll be seeing some absolutely amazing content.

:hmmyes:

Another Bill
Sep 27, 2018

I stumbled ass-backwards into a comfortable, easy life for reasons beyond my comprehension and now I think I'm better than you for it.

EvilJoven posted:

We're going to have a fall of "we're vaxxed everything goes back to normal!" followed by the complete collapse of our health care and education systems by November and then we'll be seeing some absolutely amazing content.

This is most grounded in reality post I've ever read by EJ and that's kinda scary.

e: fwiw I don't think Ontario will have another lockdown no matter what happens which is also scary.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
i think we might, a couple weeks after poo poo gets really bad, if that happens.

otoh, people like the barber i used to use across the street have straight up said they won't comply with another shutdown, so that should be interesting.

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Killin_Like_Bronson posted:

If you see any fun up there on your high horse that you don't approve of, you call down and let us know so we can shut that poo poo down.

Life --- Economy

Trying to find a balance

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Consent manufacturing machine in overdrive

Terror Sweat
Mar 15, 2009

skewetoo posted:

You're such an rear end in a top hat. I have a 6 year old who can't be vaccinated, has seen his family changed by it, and now knows he's being put into a dangerous situation because of smart geniouses like you

gently caress them kids am I right?

You're an rear end in a top hat. I have nieces and nephews who are going to live in a world that is on fire because you just can't stop using fossil fuels. They're being put in a dangerous situation because of you. gently caress you

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

So much dumb lib poo poo itt

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

skewetoo posted:

So much dumb lib poo poo itt

your post needs more than just a signature block

apatheticman
May 13, 2003

Wedge Regret
All provincial governments are cowards for not making the vaccine compulsory.

Kenney doubly so for removing the ability to do so from the books.

It's ok to drop out of a society that shows it doesn't give a gently caress about itself. But begrudging others that are still taking decent precautions is a fruitless exercise. It's screaming into the void and the void screaming back that they can't hear the next table's order.

Duck Rodgers
Oct 9, 2012
is visiting fully vaccinated family you haven't seen in a year while cases are low dumb lib poo poo?

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Mods plz move thread to DD thanks in advance

bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m
Apr 16, 2017

Í̝̰ ͓̯̖̫̹̯̤A҉m̺̩͝ ͇̬A̡̮̞̠͚͉̱̫ K̶e͓ǵ.̻̱̪͖̹̟̕

infernal machines posted:

i would love to know what i am doing to put your six year old in danger.

Are you or have you ever been the moderator of an internet forum

Duck Rodgers
Oct 9, 2012

skewetoo posted:

Mods plz move thread to DD thanks in advance

blaming individuals for a societal failure is the most lib poo poo going on ITT

enki42
Jun 11, 2001
#ATMLIVESMATTER

Put this Nazi-lover on ignore immediately!
edit: ^^ :hmmyes:

skewetoo posted:

So much dumb lib poo poo itt

yes, the ones arguing that individual action is pointless without collective action are the shitlibs

we're not going to solve COVID if we all clap and say "i believe in coronaviruses" and lock ourselves in our basements so long as we live in a society that forces people to go to work / school and spread 1000x more than seeing your friends outside will

skewetoo
Mar 30, 2003

Lol all the libs now coming out going I'm not the lib it is you who is the lib lol

enki42
Jun 11, 2001
#ATMLIVESMATTER

Put this Nazi-lover on ignore immediately!

skewetoo posted:

Lol all the libs now coming out going I'm not the lib it is you who is the lib lol

lib means something other than "person i disagree with"

or i missed the branch of socialism that says that society's problems can be solved by rugged individuals all choosing the most moral action.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



We're all vaccinated, time to get back to normal!

Mafic Rhyolite
Nov 7, 2020

by Hand Knit
yeah uh it's almost as stupid to think that me ruining my life and isolating from everything in the world is going to help anything as it is to think that recycling and taking the bus is going to do anything for climate change

regular people do not have literally any influence on how things go in real life, sorry lol

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DariusLikewise
Oct 4, 2008

You wore that on Halloween?
sounds like a ton of you are internalizing your guilt for performing actions that may accelerate the spread of covid and coming itt to find acceptance and justification for your actions. but dont worry only god will judge you.

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