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Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
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I generally don’t watch his videos mostly his other acquaintances like Bald and Bankrupt but he’s one of the few still travelling around so it’s interesting to see
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I mean - it's fair to reinforce my point that we are not all affected by this in the same way.
Most certainly, hence why we need to land somewhere in the middle. Leaving that purely up to the general population doesn't seem likely to work well though.
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Having said that, if you or people around you face a greater risk at this time it's absolutely up to you and them to take responsibility for that yourselves. Anybody can self-isolate at any time. That is their choice. From the beginning the message has been STAY HOME. Just because the restaurant reopened doesn't mean you should go there unless you are willing to accept the consequences of doing so. Do not blame the government for failing to protect you from situations you can avoid.
If you don't want to come into my store - don't come. But if you do come in please don't expect me to call the cops if the customer that walks in behind you isn't wearing a mask.
Yes people can mostly self-isolate and avoid things like restaurants. But at some point those people will have to go to a doctors office, go to a pharmacy, etc and may not have a car to get there. People in apartments have to bring in their groceries and mail using the common areas. The more infected people they encounter in those areas the more risk they have. The more open things are the more infected people there will be at a time.
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BTW I'm absolutely pro mask. I also think that the government could lead the way here by requiring them in government run establishments and programs. Transit - hell ya that should be mandatory. You could employ a ton of university kids to hand out free masks all over the transit system. We already have a transit police that can enforce it. Not fines, not arrests, not big youtube viral vids - just denial of service. Same thing in government buildings, liquor stores etc.
(it's neither here nor there, but yes - people in my life are severely compromised, and we have lost a family friend to covid)
I feel like that would make a big difference. Require masks everywhere it's possible to wear them so that the higher risk areas are reduced to the places where it isn't practical (ie restaurants etc). If possible then similarly assist those places in being equipped to deny service to those breaking the rules. That way if people do need to venture out they're more likely to be on a bus that has one sick person instead of ten.
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half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
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reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
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OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
Btw, I would love to see a study on mask causing cancer.
I'm more interested to see a study on masks condemning you to hell
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our strategy has been to give people the opportunity to make their own (right) decisions. why do we need the government to make and enforce more laws so that the population does the right thing? do you stop at red lights because the government decrees it? or because you want to stay alive? do you wear your seatbelt because you're afraid of a traffic ticket? or because you want to survive a crash?
Those are terrible analogies. Why do you think there are police handing out fines and tickets for those violations in the first place? You would be surprised how many people wouldn't wear seatbelts if they didn't have to.
To all these "I was at ____ and only saw ____ masks on" posts. How many of you actually channeled your inner Karen and spoke to the manager of these establishments voicing your concerns about this? Tell them you will no longer be patronizing their establishment until their employees are all masked up/social distancing is enforced/etc, etc.
It would sure as hell be more effective than ranting about it every day on some car forum or reddit.
I did for the restaurants. Basically felt like they didn't really care.
What happened to twdm's posts in this page? Saw them last night.
He called out Skinnypupp saying there is no such thing as getting mild coronavirus as it would be equivalent to saying you have mild HIV.
His second post was about how he has seen an increasing amount of people lining up to get coronavirus tests at his hospital clinic, and how the first wave in HK never ended - people simply didn't bother getting tested so now cases are going up.
EDIT: Looks like he got banned. Like his posts, stirred some interesting discussions..
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I'm more interested to see a study on masks condemning you to hell
Those are terrible analogies. Why do you think there are police handing out fines and tickets for those violations in the first place? You would be surprised how many people wouldn't wear seatbelts if they didn't have to.
that's pretty cynical - most people wear a seatbelt because it provides them with a better chance to survive a crash
wearing a mask gives you (or others) a better chance to survive a virus.
my point at the beginning was simply that most people respond pretty well to a request, but not as well to an order. BC (BH) recognized this at the very beginning. Ask, don't order. People are ready to raise statues in her name - do you think that would happen if everybody was afraid a cop was going to give them a ticket for walking down the street without a mask? The shit tickets they were handing people in ontario for stepping off a sidewalk made national news.
that may not be the case in other parts of the world, where the population is more accepting of government authority, but here it is a better plan.
I just saw redcat records is requiring patrons to wear a mask - good on em for taking responsibility for their own business space. Not because the bylaw guy will come around, but because it's the right thing to do.
Is it just me or have you guys had delays with usps shipping?
I've had 3 packages now that havn't moved since June yet theres no way to contact anyone in usps international to do anything about it.
What happened to twdm's posts in this page? Saw them last night.
He called out Skinnypupp saying there is no such thing as getting mild coronavirus as it would be equivalent to saying you have mild HIV.
His second post was about how he has seen an increasing amount of people lining up to get coronavirus tests at his hospital clinic, and how the first wave in HK never ended - people simply didn't bother getting tested so now cases are going up.
EDIT: Looks like he got banned. Like his posts, stirred some interesting discussions..
Yeah, it's too bad. I liked his posts too. They were from someone actually in the medical field.
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Is it just me or have you guys had delays with usps shipping?
I've had 3 packages now that havn't moved since June yet theres no way to contact anyone in usps international to do anything about it.
Took me a month to get my GPS update that was shipped up from California. Should've taken 2 weeks tops. Good thing the new updates are free downloads from Hyundai now.
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Is it just me or have you guys had delays with usps shipping?
I've had 3 packages now that havn't moved since June yet theres no way to contact anyone in usps international to do anything about it.
Yah, now that you can't go to Pt Roberts to pick up and have to get things shipped across border, not only is it super long ... some items have automatic additional customs/duties plus higher shipping cost to Canada.
I regret buying a few things, after all is said and done ... not worth it.
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twdm shoulda been banned months ago, didn't see his recent posts, but if those actually sparked a ban then damn! They must've been pretty bad considering his past posts that slid by :P
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Is it just me or have you guys had delays with usps shipping?
I've had 3 packages now that havn't moved since June yet theres no way to contact anyone in usps international to do anything about it.
slight delay for things getting out of the US into Canada, regardless of the shipping company
once things arrive into Canada I've only had a problem with ups, I don't know if they have a backlog or what but my packages sit at their depot for over a week before getting sent out to me, FedEx/CanadaPost on the other hand get sent over to me in a day or two
twdm shoulda been banned months ago, didn't see his recent posts, but if those actually sparked a ban then damn! They must've been pretty bad considering his past posts that slid by :P
Oh really? He shoulda been banned?
And why's that?
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To anyone who says "are you surprised" I have literally only ever banned TWO PEOPLE EVER. And both times they LITERALLY ASKED FOR IT. So yeah, you should be surprised.
So how about you tell us all exactly what he said to get banned.
Just so we know what is and isn't acceptable speech around this place.
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Oh really? He shoulda been banned?
And why's that?
So how about you tell us all exactly what he said to get banned.
Just so we know what is and isn't acceptable speech around this place.
Just go back and read the thread... He wanted to be banned back then, but I didn't get around to it. If people ask for a ban, I usually oblige. That is literally the only time I ban people besides spam bots. Last night he came back with the same shit again, and I remembered the ban and placed it.
If I remember incorrectly I apologize. Honestly we have little need for shitposters these days, the community just isn't big enough for that. Again it doesn't matter what your job is, if you're going to troll the thread over and over, you don't belong here. Go do that on reddit.
Even Hehe in the George Floyd thread isn't as bad as this guy... I mean he may never learn but I don't think he's actively trying to cause conflict.
As for his post, he came in calling this place a "shithole" and then incorrectly stated that there aren't varying viral load levels, and incorrectly stated that you are either infected or not infected. It's actually one of the main focuses of research right now, since viral load seems to be correlated to level of contagiousness, but not actually level of sickness one feels. In other words, the people with the highest viral loads are those who are asymptomatic. Just google it if you want to know more.
He then said the reason there are so many people getting sick is because we're doing a lot of testing, he praised Donald Trump and said we should stop testing so much.
It's the same shit as before. Absolute blatant trolling, trying to poison the well, and using appeal to authority fallacy despite getting humiliated over and over again in this thread. In other words, if he wasn't a troll, he would never want to come back anyway.
But if enough people see value in his shitposts, I guess I can't argue with the majority for too long. I bet I could list the 5 or 6 people who'd want that kind of shit here anyway... Then again maybe that's the majority by this point
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