Dude didn’t think the flu was dangerous

Oh yeah, champ? Why don’t you quote for the class, to illustrate your point? Nobody said that, you said they said that. And you want an apology from me? Fucking lol. I’d give you basic reading comprehension skills instead, but such miracles are beyond my powers.

COVID wasn’t novel in 2022, and it still killed 267,000 people. Meanwhile you keep equating it to a virus that killed 608 in that time span. Bud, I don’t know how to explain that those zeroes on the end are important. More number mean bigger number. Bigger death == worse, yes? Yes.

You’re one of those dangerous cunts who knows how to speak with authority and spouts nothing but bollocks, like this:

and now we can’t do the “more or less dangerous” science in a simple statistical manner.

That’s a load of wank if ever I’ve heard one; of course we can compare them. COVID is about 439 times deadlier than the flu, in addition to causing an increased rate of post-infection complications and illnesses compared to other respiratory illnesses.

If this is your best, it isn’t remotely good enough. Try putting some effort in.

It is not short-lived or mild with COVID which is kind of the whole point here.

You do know we can spot non-sequiturs, and that they make you look stupid, right? You did that because you don’t have an answer, so you just twisted their words in a weak attempt to mock them.

COVID causes long COVID. I’ve never heard of “long flu” because it doesn’t exist. As far as actual death goes, the flu killed 608 people in 2022. COVID killed OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION in the same time period. Two hundred and sixty seven thousand of my countrymen. You fucking clown.

Not “might”. Will. And voting is absolutely not tantamount to telling other people how to live their lives, it is rather a statement on the way you think things should be run. You have a right to that, because we live in a society together. If you think you can go be a hyperindividualist all by yourself, you will most likely die early, but more importantly you will never enrich anyone else’s life, or have your own enriched by others. We’re all individuals, but we are part of a greater whole.

And just to play this angle: if you won’t vote because you “won’t tell others how to live”, then you would equally stand by and let the evil harm the helpless, for the same reason. Get off your fence and stand for something.

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By not voting, you’re abdicating your chance to vote against the destruction of the country. If a Republican wins and does what they’re promising, tens of millions of people will suffer in all sorts of ways, a full spectrum of ouch. A painbow, so to speak. COVID alone killed over a million people here when Trump was president, nevermind his disastrous impact on the country as a whole or his foreign policy (mostly because numbers are hard to come by for the Kurds and Afghanis we abandoned, but go ahead and get opinions on how the Taliban has been running the place).

If you don’t vote, the suffering and death is partially on you, because you could have tried to stop it. That’s the immoral act, regardless of how you feel about the system itself. Hold your nose if you have to, and do it.

Not to mention the paint on residential house walls, paint on toys, lead water pipes… the symptoms seem to line up, too: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lead-poisoning/symptoms-causes/syc-20354717

Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with 😞

There’s already more content than any of us can see in a single run, why do you want more?

When the bugs develop soap, we’ll have to find another way to deter them. Until then, wash your fruits and veggies.

Given the demographics, are we sure they’re stupid? Couldn’t it just be advanced lead poisoning?

No, the fuel is paid for because the flight is paid for. The plane is still going to its final destination, it’s just going to use less fuel because there’s one fewer passenger. I’d argue as well that skiplaggers don’t check bags, so the fuel savings are even greater since that’s one less bag than planned on both flights.

Over time, those fuel savings do add up. Airlines do care about that, or checking bags wouldn’t be an optional extra charge with so many of them. It’s just not as optimal as having someone pay the full price for a ticket to destination 1, and full price for destination 2.

Frankly, I feel that airlines can shut up. Overbooking flights is the same practice in reverse - they deoptimise passenger travel plans by bumping people when everyone who booked a seat shows up.

Yep, I travel very light anyway and I don’t trust the baggage handlers and TSA not to lose or outright take my shit. I can fit toiletries, a few days’ clothes, my laptop, and any chargers in my backpack. If you treat air travel as a particularly inconvenient bus line, it goes a bit smoother in my experience.

These look great, cheers!

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If you’re being honest, perhaps you could share some of your reasons for saying so with the class? The request itself sounds pretty reasonable, and the tone is polite.

To be honest, I feel a little guilty of this; I started c/starsector because it didn’t exist when I searched for it, but it’s not active and I’ve only posted once. I’m planning on making content, I love that game, but I have a full time job and a side project I’m investing actual money into, not to mention social obligations and travel and family and making sure to take care of my home and my body… where am I supposed to get time to make content too?

I guess it’s not abandoned, just quiet, but I felt compelled to respond. And if you like Starsector or games like it, drop on by, we’d love to have you! I’m a lot better at commenting than I am at posting 😊

I disagree that this is a rule to be followed. I think there’s two premises at play here:

1. Some people want to speak, but not listen. This implies they think what they have to say is interesting enough that other people should listen, but that anything anyone else has to say has no value.
2. Some people are wrong and don’t care about the facts.

Neither of those are people I particularly want to offer courtesy, as the attitude itself is so discourteous. The point of this place is public discussion of ideas; if someone doesn’t want to participate in that, they can stop posting and keep their thoughts to themselves instead. In my opinion, as long as you’re following the rules, you’re good 👍

I feel you bud, and if you have to delete your comments for your own peace of mind then no troubles. But as I said above, the whole point of commenting here is public discussion. Fuck anyone who tries to stifle that. As long as you’re following the rules, like not harassing anyone, you’re good.

I’m with the people who think this concept is dumb. It’s a public forum, the entire point of posting here is to put your ideas out there for people to talk about.