| Regardless of when we get pass this COVID-19 pandemic, I truly believe this has taught us that DEEP changes are in order for us humans. This is not the first time humanity has faced a disease that has ravaged huge populations, but it IS the first time in modern history and we were WOEFULLY unprepared. Healthcare MUST be a bigger importance going forward, there has to be better cooperation with each other. This will NOT be the last pandemic or even the worse one that humans will face... |
| people don't take anything global seriously, they just know how to laugh and immerse themselves in their own incredibleness. The same happens in the manga, they only know how to laugh at the misfortune of others until it is their turn to suffer it. |
BlakexEkalb said: I literally have not been affected by the corona virus at all. It's a domino effect. Maybe your domino was not at the beginning but later on. Eventually ALL of us will feel the affects one way or another. |
| I see your REM song and I raise you a baby fiddler's wiseman's words: it's not the end of the world now, darling, but I can see it from here. |
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| I just got sent home from work after I had a coughing fit. Which is nothing unusual for me since I have GERD and shit happens. So I got pushed out of work out of pure panic which is understandable. Temp is 98.2, so I'm not sick with it from this moment in time. But I may be self quarantined for 2 weeks without pay. Kinda feel like I'm dreaming rn, this is all so fucking bizarre. |
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| I'd like to introduce you to my good friends the plague, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, yellow fever and last, but not least. Ebola It's concerning, but we've been through worse |
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mascarpone said: I'd like to introduce you to my good friends the plague, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, yellow fever and last, but not least. Ebola It's concerning, but we've been through worse The point is not that we've been through worse, it's that none of that has actually taught us anything. Technology has helped us, no doubt, but it's the least possible help it could yield; in other words, we have failed to leverage the means at our disposal. Once again, our tools are only as smart as we are at using them, which is not very smart at all. Human irrationality is at the heart of every disaster, and nothing's getting done about that, nothing. |
| It's the end of the world as everyone else knew it. I have been a NEET since June 2013. |
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mascarpone said: I'd like to introduce you to my good friends the plague, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, yellow fever and last, but not least. Ebola It's concerning, but we've been through worse And HIV. Many people sweep such diseases under the rug, but COVID-19 is hardly the most impactful disease in modern history. The only reason its getting so much spotlight is due to media. If we had such technology back when the bubonic plague was at its peak, the world would be on fire. The largest concerns during this pandemic are the crashing markets with large corporations asking for gov bailout after poor economic choices in prior years, the dwindling of supplies that others (medical and non-medical personnel) so desperately need, and the massive lay offs, shitty companies that don't offer PTO, contractors & unpaid bills that will lead to further economic crisis. |
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| The numbers have grown far too high, so a virus of any kind is more than welcome. Although this one has proven itself to be quite ineffective when compared to its prior versions. |
  “The most shameless thing in the world is political power that can be inherited regardless of ability or talent!” |
Thanakos said: mascarpone said: I'd like to introduce you to my good friends the plague, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, yellow fever and last, but not least. Ebola It's concerning, but we've been through worse The point is not that we've been through worse, it's that none of that has actually taught us anything. Technology has helped us, no doubt, but it's the least possible help it could yield; in other words, we have failed to leverage the means at our disposal. Once again, our tools are only as smart as we are at using them, which is not very smart at all. Human irrationality is at the heart of every disaster, and nothing's getting done about that, nothing. Good point being made here. I mean look at all of the dipshits in Florida still chilling on the beach en-masse. There are so many prior epidemics/pandemics and resources online that can teach anyone with a brain a thing or two about viral transmission, yet spring break and fun somehow prioritize safety. And the worst outcome from this is that these people are likely going to turn out just fine; its the elderly and those with co-morbid conditions who suffer. Some people never learn. Some people are so selfish. |
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Thanakos said: The point is not that we've been through worse, it's that none of that has actually taught us anything. Technology has helped us, no doubt, but it's the least possible help it could yield; in other words, we have failed to leverage the means at our disposal. Once again, our tools are only as smart as we are at using them, which is not very smart at all. Human irrationality is at the heart of every disaster, and nothing's getting done about that, nothing. I agree. If the Chinese government had not been keeping secrets. We could've put the flames out, before they spread. Or at least controlled it a bit. iluvtofu said: And HIV. Many people sweep such diseases under the rug, but COVID-19 is hardly the most impactful disease in modern history. The only reason its getting so much spotlight is due to media. If we had such technology back when the bubonic plague was at its peak, the world would be on fire. The largest concerns during this pandemic are the crashing markets with large corporations asking for gov bailout after poor economic choices in prior years, the dwindling of supplies that others (medical and non-medical personnel) so desperately need, and the massive lay offs, shitty companies that don't offer PTO, contractors & unpaid bills that will lead to further economic crisis. I'm not a economist, or very well informed about this. So forgive any misinformation. If those companies had just made sensible financial decisions. The shitty companies would be more prepared and wouldn't need a bailout. Even if PTO isn't an option. They could just have employees, who don't need to be in the building all the time. Stay at home and just work from the computer. |
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| The world ended in 2012. This is just Hell. |
| “Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel: You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it. If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes.” - Havamal 127 |
| What do you mean WE? I wouldn't say the whole world was unprepared just certain governments and civilians. Some countries handled things quite well. I assume you really mean the US. As I mentioned before I think it has potential to change election outcomes both for primaries and the main election. |
| maybe, there was panic and paranoia after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, people thought the world will change drastically, but after a while it was business as usual.Of course, they never shut down businesses and schools worldwide though. |
Luchse said: The numbers have grown far too high, so a virus of any kind is more than welcome. Although this one has proven itself to be quite ineffective when compared to its prior versions. The target demographic is on point though. About time economic dead weights become dead weights. |
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Auron_ said: Even the nature wishes to avoid dealing with those who are deemed to be of no use.Luchse said: The numbers have grown far too high, so a virus of any kind is more than welcome. Although this one has proven itself to be quite ineffective when compared to its prior versions. The target demographic is on point though. About time economic dead weights become dead weights. |
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| Yep, its the end of the world but a new world will be born after that. Humans locked in their houses are going to be more commonly accepted than before. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that in spite of everything that happens to people, they can still be convinced to vote against their best interests. |
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| What the fuck do you mean "us"? This is 110% China's fault and every first world nation should be taking aim at that barbaric tyrant regime's malpractices and massive violations of human/animal rights that have gone heavily ignored for decades. |
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| In the U.S this pandemic has clearly shown the TERRIBLE state that the American Healthcare is in, something MANY of us already know. HOWEVER....we had ONE man a champion of the people who truly cares about fundamentally changing the TERRIBLE healthcare we currently have...and what is the result? The establishment beat him down. We are now in an unprecedented CRISIS that will almost undoubtedly cause a DEEP RECESSION the likes we have probably NEVER seen. We will have potentially thousands die (unnecessarily) because we are not prepared for this nor did we want to change our ways BEFORE when we still had the chance. And I say all of this as the BEST case scenario. Anyone who still believes this will “go away” by magic or god knows what is deluding themselves. We will have to bear with this for the next several months if not the entire year. There is NO vaccine....and we are still almost a year away (realistically speaking). And I don’t say these things to fear monger or whatever. I say it as the BLUNT and BRUTAL realist that I am. |
| the history major in me is itching, knowing how people stormed the churches (which also worked as the hospitals) after the black plague (iirc, it's been a few years since i took that class). granted, it's not the hospitals that are to blame, but big pharma. so time to storm the pharmacies?? nah, let's just raid the benefactors of big pharma's houses. cut right at the heart. i'm suddenly reminded of the facebook argument i got into with a pharmacist's ex-wife over socialism about a month ago. she was all like "fuck socialism" and i'm all like "...democratic socialism is actually quite nice, wtf" granted, in a way science is working against us with this change, as no one's gonna wanna riot while social distancing is such an important factor of flattening the curve and making sure more people end up okay. so, ironically, likely the only way we'll have a strong enough social (and/or political) revolution is if things get much, much worse. as in, everyone-knows-someone-who-died worse. in other words, like, italy worse. italy will likely implement changes, but america as it is now? ehh. edit: now i'm just thinking about it this way:  edit 2: the title of this thread just reminded me of my favorite apocalypse story, a book called life as we knew it. granted, that apocalypse and this apocalypse ("apocalypse") are very different. the apocalypse in the book is by a meteor hitting the moon and bringing it closer, causing natural disasters everywhere... heh. |
OfDeathandLoveMar 19, 2020 4:19 PM
mascarpone said: I'd like to introduce you to my good friends the plague, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, Spanish flu, yellow fever and last, but not least. Ebola It's concerning, but we've been through worse if we're talking pandemics from the 21st century, covid-19 just spreads quicker and that's it.   *images courtesy of Reuters |
--ALEX-- said: In the U.S this pandemic has clearly shown the TERRIBLE state that the American Healthcare is in, something MANY of us already know. HOWEVER....we had ONE man a champion of the people who truly cares about fundamentally changing the TERRIBLE healthcare we currently have...and what is the result? The establishment beat him down. We are now in an unprecedented CRISIS that will almost undoubtedly cause a DEEP RECESSION the likes we have probably NEVER seen. We will have potentially thousands die (unnecessarily) because we are not prepared for this nor did we want to change our ways BEFORE when we still had the chance. And I say all of this as the BEST case scenario. Anyone who still believes this will “go away” by magic or god knows what is deluding themselves. We will have to bear with this for the next several months if not the entire year. There is NO vaccine....and we are still almost a year away (realistically speaking). And I don’t say these things to fear monger or whatever. I say it as the BLUNT and BRUTAL realist that I am. Yes, the US healthcare system is truly broken. There's no denying it. It has to change. Yes, there is one candidate that has tried his best to drive for change. However, it comes to no one's surprise when a plan to fund medicare for all includes taxing offshore profits, impose fees for large institutions, adding a premium tax to the top 0.1%, instilling a progressive personal income, and adding a premium payment by employers, all of which threaten the wallets of the wealthiest in America. Also bud, please don't forget your history. The great depression of the 1930s was THE single worst economic crisis in US history. On top of that, we just had a major recession 10 years ago due to the housing bubble which lasted 1.5 years and caused a global financial crisis. While this current pandemic may rival both economic crises, it's not like this is the first time we've seen this type of bloodbath in global economy. The single take-away from this crisis is that humans are fucking stupid. We never learn. And the people punished for it are the ones whose words will never reach the top. We'll continue to turn down a candidate who pushes for healthcare for all, which should be a right, not a privilege. We'll continue to bail out massive corporations like airlines who didn't expect any economic crisis and continued to cash purchase buybacks. Fuck that. We'll continue to prioritize our celebrities and VIPs over normal folk just because they have money We'll continue to disregard health regulations and follow the words of our great leader who believes this crisis is well contained. Words aging like milk, as usual. And once again, much like 2008, our stimulus package plan will be ineffective and the recession will hit with the federal debt tripled. |
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| Yea, we aren't going back to where we were before the pandemic. Some radical restructures are needed all around the world. Especially in China and the UN. |
| I want everyone here to be infected with Coronavirus and see what they say afterward. |
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Kaiser-chan said: I want everyone here to be infected with Coronavirus and see what they say afterward. no thanks lol i would rather not catch that coronavirus. it looks like a pain to deal with |
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Kaiser-chan said: yeah and wait for them to say "we've been through worse"I want everyone here to be infected with Coronavirus and see what they say afterward. |
| Keep calm and wash your hands, folks. We're all going to make it. Just watch cozy YouTube vidyas like this one while you're hunkering down, and you'll get through this while laughing throughout. |
| Good for you. And to be honest, you only feel fine because deep down your subconscious you know nothing's actually gonna end. |
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| Here in the US my grandparents are at risk of dying from this pandemic because a bunch of Spring Breakers think this virus is a buzzkill and are still gonna gather and attempt to party, even though their actions could actually get people killed. They're even going on TV to bitch about bars closing down due to all this, completely ignoring the fact that everyone's losing their jobs because of this shit. What. The. Fuck. I think I finally understand why the hell so many countries hate us, and maybe I should board that hatetrain. |
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