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yemmy posted...

As of September (Delta variant)40-45% of covid hospitalizations were mild or asymptomatic. This number is expected to grow with omicron.

OK. No sure what that has to do with being vaccinated or unvaccinated.

This is Fox News. FOX NEWS. Reporting that you're 29x more likely to be hospitalized from the Delta variant if you're unvaccinated.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/unvaccinated-individuals-29-more-likely-hospitalized-covid

This is happening with unvaccinated people too.

But at a disproportionate rate compared to those that are vaccinated.

No, the goal of a vaccine is so you won't contract and spread a virus. This was the goal of the smallpox vaccine, the polio vaccine, measles, etc. I don't know why we're changing the definition for covid.

Because they mislabeled what they are currently giving people as a "vaccine" when in reality it's a "symptom suppressor". But for the sake of the conversation it's easier to just call it a vaccine.

Omicron would still be spreading. I don't get how you can say in one breath that the vaccine isn't a cure but just helps you manage symptoms but in the next saying if we were all vaccinated we wouldn't be dealing with it. Lol

It would still be spreading, but there would be MUCH more people that are asymptomatic or have minimal symptoms, and the country wouldn't be struggling to find bus drivers, substitute teachers, etc. that is causing many schools to go virtual, because the more "vaccinated" people there are, the faster they will recover when they catch Covid.

GI Joe for NES.

I found my NES Emulator on an old flash drive mid-summer, and have been playing GI Joe over and over ever since.

I think my main issue is that it's very difficult to find something that doesn't make me think "Oh, this is just an updated/tweaked version of (insert older show/movie I've already watched)".

It's very rare for me to find something that truly original.

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This.

Or "You sure? How about this, let's go find a bar, and I'll buy us a few rounds of drinks as a 'thank you'?"

That would probably be my move.

I watched the first episode on Sunday, and was instantly hooked.

Without spoiling anything, for me, I think it's the combination of what time the "younger" story takes place, as 1996 was the year I graduated HS, so the time period/fashion/music is pretty sentimental to me. Combined with the "What the fuck actually happened/How did it get to that point?" aspect of the "middle" era of the story, the show sucked me right in.

I was working while I was going to school, so no.

In baseball, it's as simple as this...

If you know the umpire's name, it's probably because he' a bad umpire.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

The cop might not be right and the Black man might be right, but wouldn't just showing ID and proof of who you are dispel any suspicion to the cop's claim and make you the winner?

Yes it would. The first half dozen or so times it happens.

But after the 10th or 12th time in a 2-3 month period, it gets annoying.

Imagine you get a new job, and every other day someone asks for your ID because they don't recognize you and assume you're not supposed to be there. It's ok for about a week or so. Eventually, you'll get to the point of "Seriously? I've been here for a month, you still don't know who I am?"

It's basically that, but you may get shot as a result. It's clich, but there are way too many cops that see a black man driving a nice car, not wearing a suit, and assume that car is either stolen or bought with money gained through nefarious means.

MFBKBass5 posted...

lol schools are not equipped to go virtual. Kids dont learn from home. Doesnt work. And is even harder for younger kids.

I honestly think it depends on the age, and how much new material the kids are truly learning.

Other than Math and specialty classes like Tech and computer sciences, once you get past 4th grade, everything is just different levels of reading comprehension.

MFBKBass5 posted...

spitting truth right here

I have no reason not to.

Prismsblade posted...

Why do so many people keep saying this? It's not true, same for the lockdowns.

People are saying it because it's kinda true.

About 85% of Covid hospitalizations are unvaccinated patients.

Vaccinated people that are getting the Omnicron variant are experiencing minimal symptoms. Some are being infected and not having symptoms at all. Which is the goal of the vaccine. It a vaccine, not a cure.

If the US had an 80-90% vaccination rate instead of the 60-ish we have now, we would be in a MUCH better place.

Calling it the "disease of the unvaccinated" is not just a scare tactic. It's the truth.

E_S_M_Z posted...

I've got a coffee maker, so we're good there. Its a good suggestion.

But, uh, $1, 300 extra a year, plus stock appreciation will make you today's Jeff Bezos in...roughly 30 million years.

A 40K a year salary will turn into Jeff Bezos current net worth in 3 million years. Feel free to do the math. I think this is a bit unsettling when someone can tell you "You wouldn't have that kinda money in a million years!" and be correct.

But we're not talking about taking $5 a day an becoming Bezos or Musk.

We're talking about taking that $5 a day for 40 years and growing a decent nest egg to leave to your kids.

Gen X is the first generation that will (on average) live their lives with less wealth than the generation before them. Mainly because they were the first generation that lived through the 1980's "decade of excess" where people started putting more value on possessions than their internal happiness.

BlueTigerLion posted...

Anyone can buy stocks and play the same game as Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. It is not the 1% fault people spend all their money instead of saving/investing.

I wouldn't call it the "same game".

That's like saying throwing a football around in the backyard with your kid is like playing in the Super Bowl.

That being said, taking 10% of your paycheck an properly investing in your (or your child's) future is an easily attainable goal for most Americans.

Stewman_Magoo posted...

Why tf would you sit anywhere in Florida

Fixed

Yes, and shes feeling mild symptoms and will fully recover.

As opposed to the countless Covid and Vaccine deniers that are getting it and dying instead.

100% run of GTAV
GI Joe for NES

NOM posted...

CCCCCCCCCCCCC

Wouldn't have to work anymore, could work on myself physically and mentally with all my time free. Buy a house somewhere secluded and just enjoy myself.

I don't really care about getting a woman. They ain't shit to me.

You think that, but money makes many people lazier than they are while theyre struggling

Solid Snake07 posted...

Meh, I've kind of reached the point where the benefit of more money on my life in general has significantly plateaued. I'd be able to buy more extravagant luxuries. Which would nice but it wouldn't make me a happier person really.

Im in the same spot.

Yea, paying off my mortgage a decade earlier than Im currently scheduled to would be awesome, but thats really all a page cash windfall would do for me right now.

HagenEx posted...

Nah, Ima go with crackhead grandma body.

I need to meet more crackhead grandmas if they have bodies like this.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWmLl0LtHe9/?utm_medium=copy_link

Donomark posted...

It wasn't bad, but it doesn't really hold up to today.

Theres, like, 8 non-RPG Genesis games that hold up to todays standards.

Punished_Blinx posted...

Superman 64
All of The Simpsons games
All of the Jurassic Park games
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Small Soldiers
Any 007 game that wasn't Goldeneye
Any South Park game
Spice World

All beg to differ.

I'm sure there's loads more shit I don't remember.

So, in conclusion, like every game genre, games based on movies and TV shows are hit & miss.

And dont tell me you all considered Quack Shot a bad game.

Donomark posted...

I think that part of it also has to do with the fact that video game technology and genres were more limited back then, and therefore couldn't quite capture the license in the best way. For example, there wasn't really a great Spider-Man game until 2000 (that was the first time you could really swing from building to building). Due to the advent of new technology, you could do more.

The Spider-Man game for Genesis was pretty good from what I remember.

Solid Snake07 posted...

I'm pretty sure there are way more than 36 old shitty licensed games to offset the exceptions to the rule.

90% is pretty generous tbh

But its all a matter of opinion.

For example, in my opinion, GI Joe for NES is one of the best games of that generation.

Little Mermaid for NES, while incredibly easy once you get the hang of it, is a great game.

Theres a lot of pre-2000 WWF and WCW wrestling games for NES, Genesis, and SNES.

All the TMNT games for Genesis and SNES are good to great.

I could keep going.

kirbymuncher posted...

that's 4 games, which means you only need to think of 36 awful ones for TC's statement to still be true <_<

I couldve kept going, but its all a matter of opinion.

Like, theres a few more I personally liked but did not get the universal praise that these 4 got.

Tell me youve never played Batman on NES without telling me youve never played Batman on NES.

Or Aladdin on Sega Genesis

Or Goldeneye on N64

Or Little Nemo in Dreamworld on NES

Bio1590 posted...

It's 200 feet under ideal conditions, and Tile only has like 40 million units sold lifetime worldwide. Between iPhones and Macbooks Apple has well over a billion devices in circulation at any given time.

It's obviously possible to track people using a Tile device but it isn't even close to the same level of threat that AirTags are simply given the scale of the user base and the fact that they're useless if they don't encounter someone else using the Tile app.

All it takes is one person though. People have been using tracking devices to stalk people for decades, but all those other devices dont fit the Apple = Evil narrative.

Bio1590 posted...

It's much more difficult to pull off with any Tile device on the market because it requires that someone with the app ends up within range of the device.

AirTags literally just work natively with every single iPhone or Mac on the planet.

And I'm pretty sure Tile devices actually don't have a "This device has been following you for an extended period of time" feature, although I believe you can see any Tile

The Tile Mate has a 250ft range. Thats almost a football field. You can basically track someone from nearly a block away.

Thats just as dangerous, but it doesnt have the Apple name attached to it, so no one cares.

Isnt this thing just basically Apples version of The Tile, that came out WAY before the AirTag?

Is Apple playing the bad guy role simply because nobody though of using the Tile instead?

Bad_Mojo posted...

i find a bunch attractive, but never really a crush

Same

Butterfiles posted...

Golf is a waste of public land

That could be used for...?

In most states there's hundreds of thousands of acres of government owned land that is being unused.

At least the public golf courses generate money for the towns/cities/states.

There's not shortage of government owned land.

So they can still work.

There's a reason why 80-something percent of the Covid patients in hospitals are unvaccinated.

Like it or not, there's a reason why Covid is now being considered the "Virus of the Unvaccinated"

Yes, you can get it if you are vaccinated, but you'll have MUCH milder symptoms than someone that is unvaccinated.

The plan this whole time was to get as many people vaccinated as possible, so as the virus mutated and became weaker and weaker, it would get to the point that most of the country would be asymptomatic should they contract the virus.

Put "No Tip" and tip in cash.

Problem solved.

Duncanwii posted...

How? How is this in any way good news?

Because, eventually, the wages are going to have to go up.

Every voluntarily (doubt it), or by force (Gov't raising the Federal min. wage).

HagenEx posted...

She has the body of a crackhead grandma nowadays.

Or she just posts unedited videos of herself without a gallon of makeup on.

gamer167 posted...

El Gallo Negro, the baddest Chicano in the barrio.

You better recognize, vato.

Smooth Cruz Candelaria was always my guy.

Vatos Locos Forever!

There's a lot of movies like that out there.

One that always come to mind is the movie "Blood In, Blood Out".

Bit of a cult following, but it's not streaming anywhere, or at least wasn't the last time I looked to watch it. I had to break out my DVD player.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Wow, she looks like a cougar. Almost like she's in her 40s but has kept in shape.

Could be because he's in her 40's but has kept in shape?

Veggeta_MAX posted...

One of the best advice I got from a female friend is that we gotta remember that not all women are the same or that they think the same. And the women who thinks they speak for all women, who thinks they represent all women are the ones you need to avoid.

Theres enough guys out there that are overweight, sloppy, short, poor, etc that have very pretty wives or GFs that proves all women arent looking for the same thing.

Both of those can be true though.

daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Nope. None of Trump's shenanigans resulted in me having to pay significantly more to fill my tank or buy groceries. Disagree with me all you want but you'll see how the dems do in the midterms.

Oh God. You're one of those "Why is gas so high when the Dems are President?"

Completely ignoring the fact that gas was literally 99 cents when Clinton was President, and went up to $1.65 under Bush Jr.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ZERO CONTROL OVER GAS PRICES.

daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Saving hundreds of thousands of lives in the process.

He literally did what any other person in his position would have done.

Sorry, but being the guy in charge of the pen without actually doing any of the work is not worth my praise.

Especially when his initial downplaying of the severity of the situation is what (partially) caused the scenario we were in that required him to write that blank check.

It's like trying to get credit for repainting a wall that got ruined because you wrote all over it.

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Yeah, but I don't think it would be digging in. It would just be to say that I'm open to them voicing issues with us so that we can know and maybe change something if it's that big a deal

Is it something that would cause a big issue.

It's tough to really give advice if you don't know what was actually said.

Like, were they complaining about something petty, like you didn't buy as many boxes of Girl Scout Cookies as the other couples did, or was is something big, like refusing to pay your fair share of a dinner bill or something.

Without knowing what the actual issue is, it's tough to tell you if it's worth bringing up.

Edit: Saw you posted what happened. I wouldn't pay it any mind. If they're not comfortable, that's on them.

Yes.

I didn't even read the OP, but if the choice is let it go or dig in, I always say let it go.

Live is too short to hold a grudge.

daftpunk_mk5 posted...

He's doing nothing states didn't do first. And Trump arguably did much more to fight covid with Operation Warp Speed.

All Trump did was open the checkbook and write a blank check to Big Pharma.

sondast posted...

Why not? USA would be way more fucked if Trump was actually competent.

If Trump was "actually competent" he wouldn't have accomplished nearly as much as he actually did, because most of his campaign ideas were pie in the sky promises he had no plans on actually following though on.

I absolutely loathe Trump as a person, but he 100% would've got re-elected had it not been for him bungling and politicizing the Covid situation.