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Phigs posted:You for real? You think me saying I gotcha. I added an edit up there a minute or so ago because I think it did sound like I was coming directly at you - "Not trying to call you out in particular, just pointing out the general poo poo we all kinda fall into."
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Aug 24, 2023 06:26
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Baddog posted:I gotcha. I added an edit up there a minute or so ago because I think it did sound like I was coming directly at you - "Not trying to call you out in particular, just pointing out the general poo poo we all kinda fall into." All good.
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Aug 24, 2023 06:27
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Mekchu, also a a person to person suggestion, you're coming to this thread like every day, at roughly the same time, which I assume means you're finishing work, school, or waking up and jumping right into reading a thread you hate to make sure you can find the previous day's best posts to reply to and go "lmao" or "you're insane" and that's just a really stupid way to spend time. Like I'm clearly failing at it the last couple days but when I took my time off it did help me realize how much other stuff I could be doing when I wasn't reading random junk on the forums. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Aug 24, 2023 06:28
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This is the most dangerous thread on SA. People come here for the cruelty to minorities and calls for genocide against primary care doctors, but they stay for the helpful guides on nasal irrigation.
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Aug 24, 2023 06:32
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like anyone else on the forums i'm here to goof off, so you can calm down with armchair psychoanalyst bit. its creepy and gross.
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Aug 24, 2023 06:35
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Phigs posted:All good. Another COVID success story!
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Aug 24, 2023 06:36
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RandomBlue posted:Another COVID success story! mazeltov!
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Aug 24, 2023 06:37
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There was a reasonable stretch of posting about COVID until about a couple of pages ago and I'd like to get back to that and avoid relitigating drama from months ago unless it's really incredibly relevant to the present. To that end:Shiroc posted:In my brief period as IK, I had queued longer probes on dongicus, who was openly trolling the thread, calling us r-slurs, going on complete breakdowns about how we don't get enough pussy and was told that it would just escalate things to probe people beyond what the rules said. This led to me quitting when it just built up into this absurd thing with posting Mega Tard over and over and WAIST getting an avatar mocking the death of his uncle and feeling like me and Trixie were just getting tons of heat without any support. I'm sorry if you have lingering resentment over your time as IK, but I don't really know what can be done about that. Dongicus hasn't posted here since the reboot a week ago. If they begin to spam the thread relentlessly again, or post anything gross or rulebreaking, I'll do something about it. Shiroc posted:I feel like posting a screenshot of a report and giving it 30 days or giving trashy owl a week for getting frustrated and making a couple dumb posts completely runs against the whole "disproportionate" poo poo vylekin gave me and that people in this thread keep being told we are obligated to be on our best behavior when people can go around making up whatever dumbass lore about the thread and individuals that they want in the fractal drama threads. Look, silicone thrills was mostly posting reasonably until then, but claiming someone wants to genocide immunocomprised people by closing a thread is ludicrous, in a report or otherwise. It could have even been a funny and much more accurate point had it said "lockdown" instead of genocide. Lashing out at the wrong poster for posting a fairly innocuous video game screenshot is also not typical posting. You can argue about the severity of the punishments and mitigating factors or whatever else but they were not dismissable incidents, let alone valuable valuable contributions. Now about current issues: - are there posters who want this thread gassed? Sure, you can find comments like that in SAD, the forum dedicated to posting feedback of that nature. - are there brigading outsider trolls running amok in this thread since it was rebooted? Not really. There was certainly an uptick in reports when the SAD thread was reopened, but very few people actually came here to post, and I don't think any stayed. Not that it really matters, since nobody needs permission to post here. - are there shitloads of reports? Yes, they and they are no more interesting to litigate than to read in context. Too bad for forums janitors, but I have a hard time believing that many people actually enjoy these extended slapfights. - does this thread need special protections due to handling a sensitive topic? I think it already gets more than the average C-SPAM thread. Demanding that emptyquotes or lol/lmaos stop is not going to happen, though. Again, ignore posters if you find them that annoying, and report judiciously.
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Aug 24, 2023 06:44
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So speculation about celebrities/performances getting stomped by COVID is bad, but apparently both Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford got knocked out of the production of Sweeney Todd on Broadway by catching confirmed COVID. Since Broadway functions with understudies for robustness and the show did not need to be cancelled, I guess there's no need for anyone to be coy about the cause. Did a little bit of faffing around to see, okay, is this normal? I concluded no, it isn't normal...because apparently performers are ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED to performing while sick if at all possible! Take this beforetimes article: The Secrets to How Broadway Stars Power Through Colds, Flu and Fatigue. Or this ad riddled clickbait: What should Singers/Performers do when they have a Cold on Stage?, where it talks about testing for COVID and if it's not COVID it's a green light to just push through it with the implication that COVID is a no go zone even if its acute effects are just like those other things. It feels like people are a lot more willing to bow out if the illness can be traced to COVID compared to other illnesses, granted this is just a cursory exploration and I imagine now that we're back to "normal" COVID might join the stable of diseases performers are just supposed to power through soon, assuming they can. I did find one message board thread talking about a 2013 performance so decimated by flu it had to be cancelled and at one point had somebody who wasn't even an understudy taking a main part--apparently 2013 was a bad flu year.
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Aug 24, 2023 06:50
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Here's a good laugh: Some guy says that if your baseball coach demands you cut your hair short and have no facial hair, for no particular reason, you must conform. Then looking in replies, someone makes a comparison to mask mandates, and the OP replies "naw dawg...any person using the reasonable person standard can do an ounce of research on the effectiveness of masks and realize...they're not useful and actually dangerous." Man, sometimes I wish I had the ability to turn off my brain like this, then I think about what the long-term consequences of being that dumb would be. https://twitter.com/nextlevelbb/status/1694381140604326121
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Aug 24, 2023 06:55
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this is unrelated but once i thought to myself "lol this avatar looks like it's a guy jerking his dick off, just absolutely going to town on that fuckin thing and LOVING every second of it" now i can't un-see it anymore
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Aug 24, 2023 07:04
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DominoKitten posted:So speculation about celebrities/performances getting stomped by COVID is bad, but apparently both Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford got knocked out of the production of Sweeney Todd on Broadway by catching confirmed COVID. Since Broadway functions with understudies for robustness and the show did not need to be cancelled, I guess there's no need for anyone to be coy about the cause. Did a little bit of faffing around to see, okay, is this normal? i know in the korean music scene (in the more corporate ran side of things as opposed to indie stuff) artists are more or less expected to perform without much concern towards the illness (eg. cold), unless its contagious or impacts their performance a good deal. they have been canceling concerts or removing specific members from a show due to covid while also having the rest of the group perform thanks to covid though, but not much from what i can glean. Mekchu has issued a correction as of 07:33 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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Aug 24, 2023 07:07
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DominoKitten posted:So speculation about celebrities/performances getting stomped by COVID is bad, but apparently both Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford got knocked out of the production of Sweeney Todd on Broadway by catching confirmed COVID. Since Broadway functions with understudies for robustness and the show did not need to be cancelled, I guess there's no need for anyone to be coy about the cause. Did a little bit of faffing around to see, okay, is this normal? His five days are up and he's back baby https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Josh-Groban-Sets-Return-To-SWEENEY-TODD-Following-Bout-With-Covid-19-20230823
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Aug 24, 2023 07:09
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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230823001452320?section=search S. Korea to downgrade COVID-19 infection level to lowest like seasonal flu quote:South Korea will lower the infection level of COVID-19 to the lowest category to manage the disease like seasonal flu, lifting nearly all antivirus curbs and fully returning to pre-pandemic normalcy, health authorities said Wednesday. edit - for reference, the population in south korea is ~52 million people Mekchu has issued a correction as of 07:45 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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Aug 24, 2023 07:41
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Good thing that five day isolation period is following the science and *touches earpiece* https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/eclinm/PIIS2589-5370(23)00235-3.pdf  Seems like something they should run higher quality studies on, welp cya e: ofc they should also do a high quality RCT on different isolation protocols' effect on airline ceos getting really sad, don't want to exclude the possibility of bias in that critical domain The Oldest Man has issued a correction as of 07:45 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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Aug 24, 2023 07:42
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I’m starting to think that these airline CEOs might be pieces of poo poo. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1472016822639677450
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Aug 24, 2023 07:47
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eXXon posted:Look, silicone thrills was mostly posting reasonably until then, but claiming someone wants to genocide immunocomprised people by closing a thread is ludicrous, in a report or otherwise. It could have even been a funny and much more accurate point had it said "lockdown" instead of genocide. Lashing out at the wrong poster for posting a fairly innocuous video game screenshot is also not typical posting. You can argue about the severity of the punishments and mitigating factors or whatever else but they were not dismissable incidents, let alone valuable valuable contributions. The probe to the poster is complete bullshit, and should have been a sixer at most. making GBS threads on Spanish Manlove posts in whatever fashion is simply good forums etiquette.
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Aug 24, 2023 07:54
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Mekchu posted:like anyone else on the forums i'm here to goof off, so you can calm down with armchair psychoanalyst bit. its creepy and gross. you lied about Shiroc making a false pedophilia accusation? creepy dude...
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Aug 24, 2023 08:14
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Platystemon posted:I’m starting to think that these airline CEOs might be pieces of poo poo. I think they're sick fucks
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Aug 24, 2023 08:17
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Shiroc posted:Mekchu, also a a person to person suggestion, you're coming to this thread like every day, at roughly the same time, which I assume means you're finishing work, school, or waking up and jumping right into reading a thread you hate to make sure you can find the previous day's best posts to reply to and go "lmao" or "you're insane" and that's just a really stupid way to spend time.  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Aug 24, 2023 08:21
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lmao
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Aug 24, 2023 08:22
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finally, a breath of fresh air
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Aug 24, 2023 08:47
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Fur20 posted:it actually caught me off guard, the toilet paper shortage hit japan a little over a month before the US and i was about one week away from buying a new box of rolls when they disappeared from store shelves. wtf, I thought Japan had fully specced into bidets?
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Aug 24, 2023 09:12
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Not everywhere, no.
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Aug 24, 2023 09:13
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Shiroc posted:Mekchu, also a a person to person suggestion, you're coming to this thread like every day, at roughly the same time, which I assume means you're finishing work, school, or waking up and jumping right into reading a thread you hate to make sure you can find the previous day's best posts to reply to and go "lmao" or "you're insane" and that's just a really stupid way to spend time. lmao
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Aug 24, 2023 09:14
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covid seems over ?
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Aug 24, 2023 09:39
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its over
palindrome has issued a correction as of 10:27 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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Aug 24, 2023 09:55
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Steve Yun posted:
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Aug 24, 2023 10:03
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Platystemon posted:
 to be made on the theatrical release, oh well snake eating itself etc. hope it's good for lessening covid in theaters
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Aug 24, 2023 10:10
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Epitope posted:In grad school we joked that "virologists get excited when terrible stuff happens" but that is academia where everyone pretends to not be a part of capitalism it's very funny to point out to academics that in order for academia to exist, someone has to labor to grow the food. you can't just do math in a vacuum.
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Aug 24, 2023 10:19
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captainbananas posted:The probe to the poster is complete bullshit, and should have been a sixer at most. Not an emptyquote.
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Aug 24, 2023 10:19
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Pingui posted:Horseshoe theory of public health:
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Aug 24, 2023 10:21
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Zantie posted:Washington state's weekly update, cobbled together from the state's excel reports Cumulative Counts and EpiCurve Counts. 
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Aug 24, 2023 10:21
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Zodium posted:it's very funny to point out to academics that in order for academia to exist, someone has to labor to grow the food. you can't just do math in a vacuum. skill issue
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Aug 24, 2023 10:23
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https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1694210288159953330
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Aug 24, 2023 10:27
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Shiroc posted:Thankfully she was aware of the forums 
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Aug 24, 2023 10:34
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doing a bit of cleanup. if there’s anyone in portland suburbs or near cannon beach i’ve got an excess of some n95 and adjacent masks if you want them. no cost or anything. if there’s nobody nearby that claims them in about a week i can mail them out to whoever thinks it’s a good idea to give out an address BNX model F95B (black N95) - tried a couple, don’t fit. pack is open, they aren’t individually wrapped. 8 ish. comes with external metal nose bridge strips that someone in the last thread recommended Xiantao Zhong Yi model ZYB-11 - no idea how or where i got these. cup style white, guessing n95. i not individually wrapped, plastic open, about 10. if these are trash, and i’m not sure they aren’t, i’ll pitch em. Powecom KN95 model GB2626-2019 - guessing these are from 2019. not individually wrapped, white, about half a dozen 4 Flo mask Pro replacement filters and 5 everyday replacement filters. individually wrapped. just the filters, no other parts of the mask kit. adult size. Gerson 3230 N95 model TC-84A-9285 - about a half dozen white duckbill masks. individually wrapped, have a kinda loosey goosey headband thing, don’t fit my fat head. also not sure where they came from or if they’rea reputable brand 3M Vflex 9105 - about a dozen, not individually wrapped, pack has been opened. not sure how old they are, lot # is A221101419501, ordered from a 3M partner listed on their site Avery Dennison N95 sticky strapless masks - yellow. not individually wrapped, 8.00 x 6.25 inch size, model # 58460ADMN1906L lot # M0803601 from 8/27/2022. i figure if enough different people want these i can split them out, there’s around 35 of em (work OK ime but i don’t do a lot of stuff i couldn’t just use other masks for) 3M 8293 P100 - disposable P100. individually wrapped. it came really puffed up with air inside, but that’s no longer the case. haven’t opened it but i assume it’s not like clinically sterile or whatever that air might have been doing. only one of these LG Airwasher black KF94 - large size, individually wrapped, 8 total. looks like they expire in roughly june 2025? i can see the year but month/day is blurry. BOTN KF94 - black, size medium, 4 or 5, individually wrapped. expire Feb 2026. lot # is probably BBCE92201 2 sealed vials of Allegro Industries Bitter Fit Test Solution - 2 needed per test, so one test worth. Lot # 012622-0292 expire 1/26/27 finally since my partner settled on a different mask right after i got the big box on sale: handfuls of individually sealed 3M 9210 (white stretchy band aura). these are normally what i use so i’ll keep a pile of them but this was from that fischer sci deal a little while ago. idr how many total that was. they’re loose in a big box, not the 20 to a box style that 3M ships but iirc we found that these were legitimate last time, let me know where to find a lot number on these and i can provide it if needed uh i think that’s it. outside of those cup n95 from unknown location, i’ve tried all of these and they seem fine or whatever, just hard too beat the aura for me. hopefully someone can make better use of them than just having them sit in storage like i’ve been. feel free to PM either of i should take this down or whatever or if you don’t feel comfortable asking for more info or whatever itt
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Aug 24, 2023 11:41
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something i would really like for this thread is if more non-regulars read it for whatever reason and realize / can act on what the actual public health recommendation guidelines are. i think when i link people to treatingcovid.info — which is basically linked to/from the NIH 400+ page canonical clinical guidelines — they're often surprised by 1) how many people should be taking antivirals under the current guidelines vs how many actually are 2) how many people are dying right who qualified for antivirals and should have taken them but did not for many reasons that amount to a failure of public health institutions in the broadest terms 3) given 1/2, it might make sense to adopt more cautious behavior for oneself and for the broader public, regardless of the research on how cov2 is qualitatively different from other viruses that last thing is where I think this thread, and me personally, have the hardest time navigating, because in fairness so are the fields of virology, immunology, and public health, as best as I can tell. It does seem to me to be worth asking the question, as vincent often does on twiv: well, do other viruses cause post-acute sequelae? is there long flu? and if the answer is yes (which seems to be true), what lesson do you then take from that? is it that we should accept the pre-2020 status quo re: flu, or that one might also want to modify behavior to more aggressively avoid/treat flu? that just feels like it splits down based on personal risk aversion and political differences — and connecting both of those is bound to generate conflicts, on dead comedy forums and otherwise.
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I mean yeah, how many other EB style delayed actions bombs are there out there?
StratGoatCom has issued a correction as of 12:38 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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