I WILL NOT COMPLY

"And that inverted bowl we call The Sky
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die"
(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, C11 to C12.)
Just about sums it up.

comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 15 minutes ago
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That’s by far the funniest one.
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Again, it doesn't make much sense (to me at least).

The universe according to our current understanding is so vast that God could exist somewhere within it and remain just as inaccessible to us as He would on the outside of a dome or whatever.
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Well yeah, of course. But it’s more that the idea that world leaders across the ages - vast majority being religious - and everyone involved in their governing, have colluded to hide the existence of a god.
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And often they've done this by invoking him at every possible opportunity. Genius!

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comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 42 minutes ago
Any covid deniers are absolute nutters.

I do however believe that’s it’s ok to feel that covid was/is massively exaggerated and that lockdowns and restrictions were OTT.

I do feel here in Ireland it was often used as an excuse to ease the burden on an inadequate healthcare system.
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We have a healthcare system? When did this happen?

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 42 minutes ago
Any covid deniers are absolute nutters.

I do however believe that’s it’s ok to feel that covid was/is massively exaggerated and that lockdowns and restrictions were OTT.

I do feel here in Ireland it was often used as an excuse to ease the burden on an inadequate healthcare system.
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We have a healthcare system? When did this happen?
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Now you said it.

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 7 hours, 50 minutes ago
These people also 'think' that:

🤡 The fires in Hawaii were caused by lasers in space operated by the WEF

🤡 The crumbling concrete story is either a distraction (although they don't say what it's distracting us from) or another way of preparing us for more lockdowns

🤡 India didn't land a spacecraft on the moon, and no other country has ever done so either

🤡 The rise in cancer in young people over the last 30 years is due to 'the vaccine'

🤡 Putin and Trump are the good guys
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So Americans, then? (relax 4za, it’s a joke)

Robb mentioned alex jones, isn’t he in the hole for some massive amount of damages to the families of the Sandy hook victims he spouted utter bullshiiit about? Who the fack is giving an utter lowest of the low piece of shiiiit like that time to air his spew? (Musk and x, probably).

It’s very disturbing in this age, that’s there is people so utterly thick they listen to people like him. Fack progress, idiocracy was spot on

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 4 hours, 12 minutes ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 42 minutes ago
Any covid deniers are absolute nutters.

I do however believe that’s it’s ok to feel that covid was/is massively exaggerated and that lockdowns and restrictions were OTT.

I do feel here in Ireland it was often used as an excuse to ease the burden on an inadequate healthcare system.
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We have a healthcare system? When did this happen?
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Now you said it.
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Delaying all those treatments and operations really eased the burden?

I know a whole bunch of chlorine dioxide advocates.

They'll invariably tell you it cures almost every known disease (including those that don't really exist, like Covid-19, of course) but that it's all being kept under wraps (hello?) because it would be the ruin of Big Pharma.

They've thought up these two-day seminars to learn how to use the product, at €200 a pop, 10 people max., or a tidy €2000 for a couple of days' work.

Some time ago I dID mY oWn rEsEaRcH and decided to check ClO2 prices on line. The price difference between the largest bottles I found and the most common retail sizes was more than 800%, so there's a killing to make merely by rebottling the stuff. And that's just the ready-made solution, not to mention the margins there must be if you make it from tablets and distilled water, which would be far, far cheaper.

But yeah, Big Pharma's a massive grift, we're just here to spread the word.

comment by TheFoxOutsideTheBox (U20459)
posted 17 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 3 minutes ago
Any covid deniers are absolute nutters.

I do however believe that’s it’s ok to feel that covid was/is massively exaggerated and that lockdowns and restrictions were OTT.

I do feel here in Ireland it was often used as an excuse to ease the burden on an inadequate healthcare system.
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Hindisght is a wonderful thing as well though and people forget that those making decisions are just people who are, to a degree, having to guess their way through certain things as well.

I'd probably be overly cautious etc and rather deal with fallout for that than not be cautious enough and go down in history as the tlome responsible for messing it up so badly it led to X deaths.

It's easy for us to sit and point fingers but when you're making those decisions I expect that the potential to be recorded in many history books to come as the one responsible for X is a big weight to burden tbh. We say it was badly handled and it was in ways but we also have no idea how many different outcomes there could have been had things been done differently and that goes for worse outcomes as well as better.

But yeah the average person with Internet access would have known exactly what to do haha. Always reminds me of times I've overhears people I a call cente talking about how the business should be ran whilst between calls. Yep, sure, I believe you do have the faintest clue what you're on about. Like Frank Gallagher sat around the social club half cut on a Tuesday morning with all the answers for how things should be done.

(not aimed at you btw, just generally)
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Its all very well stating that it was exaggerated but then the Government has faced massive justified criticism for some actions which contributed, such as delayed lock downs and no strategy for care homes.

You have people aggrieved that they were not allowed to see their dying relatives while others area aggrieved that a slow response and loose controls meant that their relatives were died.

While it is quite easy to say it was handled badly, i am not sure what handling it well would have looked like, other than in a few specific areas, and would this had any massive impact on numbers who died.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 23 hours, 2 minutes ago
comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
I hate how politicised wearing a mask has become. I wish this country was similar to the likes of Japan where they're worn on public transport or when somebody is ill.

I don't want someone coughing in my face on the morning commute.
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I don't know if anyone else feels the same, but after going through the Covid experience, I feel much more conscious of the fact that when people cough, they are spreading germs around the place. I don't feel endangered when this happens - I know it's probably the common cold - but it feels a bit antisocial in a way it didn't four years ago. I'm not sure I've had a cold while travelling on public transport since Covid, so I can't say whether I'd wear a mask or whether it would feel strange to do so. I'm not judging those who don't, as it hasn't become the done thing as it is in parts of Asia. But I like the idea of it being generally considered common courtesy.
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No, you’re not alone, RR. That’s exactly how I feel about things post-lockdown.

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