Covid-19 discussion, continued...

And, of course, gas prices actually rose about 20% under Trump.  But that was some real 4D chess he played with his pandemic response to drive gas prices lower.

posted by justincredible

Let's put another shrimp on the barby!

Vegamite on wiener schnitzel.

posted by gut

Of course you're using the pandemic bottom as your baseline.  Not exactly honest.

But $2.58 this time in 2019, vs. $3.42 now.  So my 10% lower would yield $3.08, which is less than 20% above 2019.

And 20% would still be overly generous.  There were already some flashing recession signals late in 2019, and gas had already come down from it's peak at about $2.90.

Still not as high as it was a decade ago - and you understand what the main driver of that was? 

The biggest difference is the wing nut media sites and meme makers would be ignoring the rise.

posted by kizer permanente

Dumb and dumber, man. 

Being honest and vulnerable here…

It took me many years growing up to be able to tell when people were being sarcastic in real life, I still can’t tell in a forum or text if they are unless it is BLATANTLY obvious like with an emoji or something.

If that was a joke my bad.

posted by gut

Of course you're using the pandemic bottom as your baseline.  Not exactly honest.

But $2.58 this time in 2019, vs. $3.42 now.  So my 10% lower would yield $3.08, which is less than 20% above 2019.

And 20% would still be overly generous.  There were already some flashing recession signals late in 2019, and gas had already come down from it's peak at about $2.90.

Still not as high as it was a decade ago - and you understand what the main driver of that was? 

You’re not wrong.

POTUS decisions can affect gas prices but maybe only 10%, 20% tops. 

And Fletch/CC is also being disingenuous at best using last years prices as the baseline when the market was FLOODED in supply due to the low demand with people not driving hardly at all.

posted by jmog

You’re not wrong.

POTUS decisions can affect gas prices but maybe only 10%, 20% tops. 

And Fletch/CC is also being disingenuous at best using last years prices as the baseline when the market was FLOODED in supply due to the low demand with people not driving hardly at all.

Or Fletch/CC is being what he usually is: A complete dumbass pretending his hypothetical "if this had happened, then do you think that would have happened" points are actually legit arguments despite him having a bit less than a small child's knowledge on how anything actually works.

posted by Heretic
Or Fletch/CC is being what he usually is: A complete dumbass pretending his hypothetical "if this had happened, then do you think that would have happened" points are actually legit arguments despite him having a bit less than a small child's knowledge on how anything actually works.

But hey, he sure knows how to teach kids how to play dodgeball  

Funny thing is that I am rarely wrong

posted by Fletch

Funny thing is that I am rarely wrong

Funniest thing I've ever read

posted by Fletch

Funny thing is that I am rarely wrong

Lol, yeah, Rarely…lol  

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/sixth-circuit-wins-lottery-to-weigh-biden-shot-or-test-rule

posted by Fletch

Funny thing is that I am rarely wrong

Yeah, you saying you're rarely wrong is funny. A lot funnier than anything you could say with the actual intent being to amuse.

posted by justincredible

My God, people.

I am sorry.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-covid-hospitalizations-rising-among-vaccinated

Can someone again explain to me about how a vaccine doesnt keep you from infection but its still a vaccine and not a theraputic?

posted by Fletch

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-covid-hospitalizations-rising-among-vaccinated

Can someone again explain to me about how a vaccine doesnt keep you from infection but its still a vaccine and not a theraputic?

Probably not. Since You seem to think they're mutually exclusive. 

posted by kizer permanente

Probably not. Since You seem to think they're mutually exclusive. 

Liberals get to re-define "gender", and right wingers get to re-define "vaccine".

posted by Fletch

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-covid-hospitalizations-rising-among-vaccinated

Can someone again explain to me about how a vaccine doesnt keep you from infection but its still a vaccine and not a theraputic?

Go read what a vaccine is.  It is not a magic cure pill.  This post embodies the idiot fringe.  

I could care less if someone doesn’t want a vaccine - to each his own.  But the idiots who try to redefine “vaccine” when they never had a clue as to its meaning is pathetic.  I’ve heard enough from dumbass conspiracy theorists -who probably were the shittiest biology / chemistry students in HS now try to justify their paranoia of the government by passing off their mistaken understanding of what a vaccine is as hard science.  

Every bit as bad as the woke idiots.  

posted by Fletch

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-covid-hospitalizations-rising-among-vaccinated

Can someone again explain to me about how a vaccine doesnt keep you from infection but its still a vaccine and not a theraputic?

What does it serve anyone to explain things to you when you've proven time and time again to not be bright enough to understand either what you want explained or the actual explanation?

God damn I can't wait until covid isn't the only fucking topic of conversation. Which will never happen, but...

posted by justincredible

God damn I can't wait until covid isn't the only fucking topic of conversation. Which will never happen, but...

We can start another “what are you having for lunch” thread if you want.