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Sep 13, 2023 19:37
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goddamn this is so stupid Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:Sorry, 2 more. One for the ratio and one for the headline that a million people are about to post on FB amazing headline lol
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Sep 13, 2023 19:40
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My local pharmacy has this note from yesterday. "You can get the new vax once we figure out how to get it"
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Sep 13, 2023 19:41
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Panic Restaurant posted:There was some sort of supervisors meeting at work today about making sure we had cross training and plans in place in case people are out sick because it’s supposed to be “a bad flu/RSV season.” Who knows if our favorite novel coronavirus got a mention or not. Meeting was in a closed room with no masks and I’ve heard nothing about any mitigation plans. If only there were several simple and effective things we could do to significantly reduce viral transmission in an office setting. If only. We are deploying best practice mitigation techniques including both 1. Hooting 2. Hollering
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Sep 13, 2023 19:43
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Dog Case posted:My local pharmacy has this note from yesterday. "You can get the new vax once we figure out how to get it" We had a functional state for like a minute but that scared number so now we gotta go back to jank free market pharma bullshit
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Sep 13, 2023 19:44
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Dog Case posted:My local pharmacy has this note from yesterday. "You can get the new vax once we figure out how to get it" No one could have predicted leaving the decision to the last moment on a massive logistics operation could result in a clusterfuck.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:47
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Louisgod posted:so is moderna creating an updated booster too? I'd like to stick with House Moderna as that's what I've had in me up to now. get this terf bullshit outta here
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Sep 13, 2023 20:06
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puncturewound78 posted:get this terf bullshit outta here lmao was hoping that phrase would piss some people off
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Sep 13, 2023 20:07
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There's also Houses in Game of Thrones and like most every other fantasy, magical, sci-fi worldbuilding ever but lol at the latching onto HP. Thread poster challenge, read literally any other book series.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:09
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tangy yet delightful posted:There's also Houses in Game of Thrones and like most every other fantasy, magical, sci-fi worldbuilding ever but lol at the latching onto HP. Thread poster challenge, read literally any other book series. Sure, but this was an actual thing:
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Sep 13, 2023 20:12
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even posting that image is an act of violence e: deerhoof still refusing to acknowledge normal https://twitter.com/deerhoof/status/1702000238041399573 Insanite has issued a correction as of 20:16 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sep 13, 2023 20:12
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tangy yet delightful posted:There's also Houses in Game of Thrones and like most every other fantasy, magical, sci-fi worldbuilding ever but lol at the latching onto HP. Thread poster challenge, read literally any other book series. "read any other book series" only names a song of ice and fire as an example, incorrectly too, lol. lmao. but I agree. Read more, fuckers.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:14
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really kinda saying the quiet part loud here aren't they? that they can't wait for it to just be yet another disease that the working class are expected to either work through or die of with no further mitigation or protection or consideration, just like every other disease since our society gave up on public health in favor of whatever the gently caress you want to call our particular brand of fart huffing neoliberal capitalism
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Sep 13, 2023 20:16
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Zugzwang posted:Coworker walked into the office and was chatting with folks for 15 mins. Then his wife called to tell him she tested positive. My boss opened the door and was blasting air outside for a while at least, but I remain the sole masked person. So we'll see what happens!! Noone wants to work anymore!
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Sep 13, 2023 20:16
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puncturewound78 posted:only names a song of ice and fire as an example, incorrectly too, lol. lmao. the book is called Game Of Thrones: The Book
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Sep 13, 2023 20:18
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Zugzwang posted:Coworker walked into the office and was chatting with folks for 15 mins. Then his wife called to tell him she tested positive. My boss opened the door and was blasting air outside for a while at least, but I remain the sole masked person. So we'll see what happens!! acknowledging that fresh air might reduce transmission somehow feels like an above-average response now lol
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Sep 13, 2023 20:18
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Pingui posted:Sure, but this was an actual thing: Ah damnit my thread lore was incomplete, mea culpa. puncturewound78 posted:"read any other book series" I'll be sure to think for more than 3 seconds when listing out examples next time for you so that puncturewound78 knows how smart and well read I am. edit: Ok to be nicer instead of just poo poo posting, the reason I said GoT was because it's probably the other biggest most well known example of "Houses" in modern entertainment due to the HBO series. I wish you a blessed day. tangy yet delightful has issued a correction as of 20:22 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sep 13, 2023 20:19
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stop referencing books, try a video game reference next time
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Sep 13, 2023 20:24
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U-DO Burger posted:stop referencing books, try a video game reference next time In the enchanting realm of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world, where magic and mystery intertwine, one finds a captivating parallel to our real-world battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Much like the intricately woven plot elements of the open world video game, "Hogwarts Legacy," the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines have become a saga filled with anticipation, hope, and transformative potential. As we delve into the realms of both wizardry and science, we discover striking resemblances between the power of these vaccines and the enchanting elements that make Hogwarts Legacy a captivating experience. Just as the game invites players to embark on a heroic journey, the global vaccination effort has become a quest of paramount importance, promising a brighter future for all.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:26
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U-DO Burger posted:stop referencing books, try a video game reference next time i have to grind 130,000 gil to afford this drat buff potion that only lasts like one week
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Sep 13, 2023 20:29
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house pfizerin has the magicians counsel in its pocketses (lego harry potter)
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Sep 13, 2023 20:30
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puncturewound78 posted:"read any other book series" currently reading the Children of Time trilogy and in the first book there's a pandemic that almost wipes out one of the main species
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Sep 13, 2023 20:34
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only about half as many customers as usual today and two of them full on hacking and choking in the store lol AURA DON'T FAIL ME NOW
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Sep 13, 2023 20:34
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U-DO Burger posted:stop referencing books, try a video game reference next time 
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Sep 13, 2023 20:38
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tangy yet delightful posted:Ah damnit my thread lore was incomplete, mea culpa. just playing back! reading rules! Le Guin is my favorite author also Octavia Butler slaps, especially Xenogenesis and Parable. fav new author is Julia Armfield most impactful book ive read this year was Tell Me Im Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
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Sep 13, 2023 20:39
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OK look Fauci is Ganoes Paran. he forces the virus (the Crippled God, clearly) to play by the science and binds unaligned ascendants to House Pfizer or Moderna joe biden is K'Rul Anthony Leonardi is Gunshow Poophole has issued a correction as of 20:43 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sep 13, 2023 20:41
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puncturewound78 posted:just playing back! I've been reading some Terry Pratchett this year in terms of fantasy. I've actually never read anything by Le Guin, I really should rectify that.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:41
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puncturewound78 posted:just playing back! Butler's Parable of the Sower is so loving good but it's so accurate about the present and our near-future that it's legitimately pretty spooky.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:42
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puncturewound78 posted:just playing back! please suggest some must-have Le Guin books, always want suggestions. Parable of the Sower was great though Parable of the Talents was... not. had some great ideas marred by segments that went on far too long, with a floundering story. the ending was neat though.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:44
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as a Le Guin megafan I can say there's basically no bad choice. Always Coming Home is probably the only book to avoid until you've read several of her other books and know reading her fake textbook and anthropological examination of an imaginary people living in the pacific north west thousands of years from now seems like fun! It is but it took me months. I recommend The Left Hand of Darkness and then The Dispossessed to almost everyone who would be open to their ideas. The Hainish Cycle is so cool. Love all the Hainish books and stories that I've read. Earthsea is very cool too!
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Sep 13, 2023 20:50
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if we're talking book recs, i'm enjoying Hagakure. it's starting to seem like you want to read the 2014 translation first, because it's more transliterally-accurate and it has lots of footnotes that give you context for feudal japan, followed directly by reading the 1992 one, because it's more visceral and hardcore but also engrishy. i read some Arsene Lupin earlier this year, too, and the first three-quarters of The Road to En-Dor is really great (but after they escape the prison camp they just sit in a psych ward for six months lol)
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Sep 13, 2023 20:51
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But aren't there are other countries still needing vaccines? Ew, they're poor.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:55
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Parable of Talents is definitely not as mind blowing as Sower but it's very good still. I think the parts about Acorn being taken over by white supremacists and the detailed examination of forced labor and slavery is so loving vivid. Butler's voice through that, describing literally just carving and moving a massive hill, for no reason, just slave work. loving brutal, terrifying.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:55
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Indoor Dying posted:But aren't there are other countries still needing vaccines? How much could it cost to send them our outdated bivalent vaccines?
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Sep 13, 2023 21:01
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PerniciousKnid posted:How much could it cost to send them our outdated bivalent vaccines? here take these, they do nothing
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Sep 13, 2023 21:02
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Indoor Dying posted:But aren't there are other countries still needing vaccines? Unfortunately three guys in this thread getting vaccines early two years ago made it impossible to ever supply poor countries SAD tried to warn the world, in vain
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Sep 13, 2023 21:05
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I got to shake Le Guin's hand once. Nice lady. My girlfriend had stolen her dad's copy of I believe Left Hand so she could secretly get it signed for him, the whole situation was pretty adorable puncturewound78 posted:"read any other book series" Dune was right there Real Mean Queen has issued a correction as of 21:13 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Sep 13, 2023 21:05
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PerniciousKnid posted:How much could it cost to send them our outdated bivalent vaccines? It would demonstrate that value exists independently of financial profit, which is the gravest cost of all
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Sep 13, 2023 21:13
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Real Mean Queen posted:Dune was right there The pax must flow
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Sep 13, 2023 21:16
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puncturewound78 posted:Parable of Talents is definitely not as mind blowing as Sower but it's very good still. yeah it was extraordinarily striking and unfortunately topical. only issue I had is Butler labored a bit too much on the misery of the situation when she had already established how horrible everything is. beyond that, great series. I also enjoyed Kindred. gonna go buy a bunch of Le Guin books now
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Sep 13, 2023 21:21
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