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Here's what I don't get...

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Friday the US hit a new record for cases in a day.

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    @jon-nyc said in Here's what I don't get...:

    Friday the US hit a new record for cases in a day.

    Most people don't even follow the numbers anymore.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Here's what I don't get...:

      So, on Saturday, we decided to get take-out from Five Guys - you can order online at pick it up, and there's one right by Gillette Stadium in the outdoor mall type place.

      We went to get it, and I have literally never seen the area so busy - it was absolutely packed with people shopping, drinking in bars, eating at the restaurants, wandering around aimlessly.

      Am I the odd one out, here?

      People have made their decision. Lockdown be damned.

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      @Jolly said in Here's what I don't get...:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Here's what I don't get...:

      So, on Saturday, we decided to get take-out from Five Guys - you can order online at pick it up, and there's one right by Gillette Stadium in the outdoor mall type place.

      We went to get it, and I have literally never seen the area so busy - it was absolutely packed with people shopping, drinking in bars, eating at the restaurants, wandering around aimlessly.

      Am I the odd one out, here?

      People have made their decision. Lockdown be damned.

      Some people clearly have. I'd make a joke about Darwin, but it's not really that funny.

      When I said 'Literally never seen the area so busy', I really wasn't exaggerating, it was heaving. The only time there are more people there is on a game day.

      I was only joking

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        Here’s the thing. On an individual basis, the chances of my getting exposed to COVID going out to get a bite and a beer are relatively small to begin with. Maybe 1/100.

        If I am exposed, the chances of my actually contracting are relatively small. Maybe 1/10 if I am careful about how much time I spend too close with somebody else.

        If by some chance I am exposed and do contract the disease, the chances that I am going to suffer significant consequences are relatively small (1/5), as are the chances of somebody catching it from me having serious consequences (1/10 of catching it, 1/5 if they do of having serious issues).

        So the chances of it seriously affecting my life from 1 dinner are pretty low... Of course, when you use that reasoning 100 times, the odds start going up. When 250,000,000 people start using that reasoning hundreds of times the odds start going way up.

        The Brad

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          Pandemic Fatigue is a thing, unrelated to the only recently talked about economic consequences (now that Biden is about to take over). Watch how we suddenly start worrying about our economy. Lol.

          Pandemic Fatigue has a big write up in the WSJ I think...

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            Pandemic Fatigue is a thing, unrelated to the only recently talked about economic consequences (now that Biden is about to take over). Watch how we suddenly start worrying about our economy. Lol.

            Pandemic Fatigue has a big write up in the WSJ I think...

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            @Loki said in Here's what I don't get...:

            Pandemic Fatigue is a thing, unrelated to the only recently talked about economic consequences (now that Biden is about to take over). Watch how we suddenly start worrying about our economy. Lol.

            We have always worried about the economy. The Democratic House passed a $3 Trillion COVOD-19 economic stimulus package in May, then a $2.2 Trillion package in October. The White House and the Republican Senate are too inept to pick those up.

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              Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Jolly

                Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

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                @Jolly said in Here's what I don't get...:

                Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

                I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  @Loki said in Here's what I don't get...:

                  Pandemic Fatigue is a thing, unrelated to the only recently talked about economic consequences (now that Biden is about to take over). Watch how we suddenly start worrying about our economy. Lol.

                  We have always worried about the economy. The Democratic House passed a $3 Trillion COVOD-19 economic stimulus package in May, then a $2.2 Trillion package in October. The White House and the Republican Senate are too inept to pick those up.

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                  @Axtremus said in Here's what I don't get...:

                  @Loki said in Here's what I don't get...:

                  Pandemic Fatigue is a thing, unrelated to the only recently talked about economic consequences (now that Biden is about to take over). Watch how we suddenly start worrying about our economy. Lol.

                  We have always worried about the economy. The Democratic House passed a $3 Trillion COVOD-19 economic stimulus package in May, then a $2.2 Trillion package in October. The White House and the Republican Senate are too inept to pick those up.

                  That's absolute ignorance.

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                    @Jolly said in Here's what I don't get...:

                    Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

                    I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

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                    @George-K said in Here's what I don't get...:

                    I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

                    That’s a hard border to draw with any objectivity.

                    I mean, there are things are on both extremes that most people would classify similarly but much of it would be subjective.

                    After all, most everything was affected by the pandemic

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      @George-K said in Here's what I don't get...:

                      I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

                      That’s a hard border to draw with any objectivity.

                      I mean, there are things are on both extremes that most people would classify similarly but much of it would be subjective.

                      After all, most everything was affected by the pandemic

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                      @jon-nyc said in Here's what I don't get...:

                      After all, most everything was affected by the pandemic

                      Agreed.

                      I just keep thinking about the $25MM given to the Kennedy Center, which then went on to stop paying the members of the orchestra.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        @George-K said in Here's what I don't get...:

                        I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

                        That’s a hard border to draw with any objectivity.

                        I mean, there are things are on both extremes that most people would classify similarly but much of it would be subjective.

                        After all, most everything was affected by the pandemic

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                        @jon-nyc said in Here's what I don't get...:

                        @George-K said in Here's what I don't get...:

                        I'd love to see a breakdown or analysis of what are truly "bailout" portions of the proposals vs that which is, as Jolly claims, "pork."

                        That’s a hard border to draw with any objectivity.

                        I mean, there are things are on both extremes that most people would classify similarly but much of it would be subjective.

                        After all, most everything was affected by the pandemic

                        In a better day, perhaps the extremes could be cast aside, with a leaner, better targeted bill.

                        Stop and think...Did you or I need a stimulus check? A lot of people didn't, since a lot of that money was banked.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

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                          @Jolly said in Here's what I don't get...:

                          Or they're too smart to pay for a train load of pork we don't need.

                          You lost me at "they're too smart"

                          I was only joking

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