On Oct 16, 2021:
posted by gutAnyway, can I assume by ignoring the question that you tacitly admit that viral load is not the same as transmissibility?
I think shorter posts confined to a single, simple question are probably much more effective with you.
Peter North was famous for his viral load.
On Oct 14, 2021:
Seems to have generated into the worst thread ever.
posted by QuakerOatsLuckily the Stones are celebs, so they won't be cancelled out of existence by the fascists.
Don't tell that to JK Rowling.
posted by Fletchlooks like the progs got to the Rolling Stones.
Saw that. Very sad the Stones caved. Morons are incapable of understanding the nuance of Brown Sugar. Probably the same crowd that listens to rappers talk about murder, rape, n-word etc.
On Oct 11, 2021:
posted by FletchIn the end, the vaccines will end up not working, Big Pharma won’t care because they got their $ and they also got a free pass to test MRNA research with no liability .
You’re spot on with everything else, so I’m sure the conspiracy you’ve outlined here will also come to pass.
posted by sportchamppsNo because his victim is also black. Also living in Dallas everyone who went to that school says it’s total BS. The kid comes from a rich family and acts like he’s a gangster. Wears all blue and a grill to school most of the time. His social media is filled with him shutting down streets downtown for street racing. All the kids at the school have said he was the bully and choose the wrong kid on the wrong day. Got his ass beat and embarrassed so he came back with a gun. His parents threw him a welcome home party supposedly.
We all know he will be portrayed as a victim in all this and racism will somehow be invoked. It’s 2021 after all.
Will BLM get involved?
On Oct 10, 2021:
posted by iclfan2I’m not convinced the east coast backup is that bad. CHS is about the 6th ranked port in the US and I drive past it everyday. There are not ships just sitting around.
Ships are not sitting delayed in the Great Lakes either. I can also say the port of Mobile is not significantly delayed.
I went to my first game in the Shoe yesterday morning n 10+ years. It was a beautiful day and a blast watching the Buckeyes play. Luckily Coach Day seemed to have reached out individually to some of the great offensive and defensive coordinators on this site to get input on improving his “trash”.
Great win for the Buckeyes. Looking better every week.
On Oct 9, 2021:
The reason I bumped the thread is because I just read a piece about this and remembered we had a thread from way back.
On Oct 8, 2021:
posted by Spockposted by GOONx19CCrunner hates Tiger, but no one has ever impacted a sport the war he has golf.
Please.....he isn't even the greatest golfer of all time. To make your claim he has to be GOAT. He is not. Just the best of his generation. Others on the list can claim that though. I am not a Brady fan but he dominated football and can claim he is the greatest QB of all time.
Tiger isn’t the greatest golfer of all time in my opinion. That would be Jack Nicklaus. However neither Nicklaus in golf, or anyone else in the modern era of professional sports was as dominant as Tiger was from 1999-2005. Go back and look at the results over that time. Dominance by a single athlete over a huge field of others never happened like that before or since.
posted by justincredibleMy wife and I did trivia tonight and our team name was “Let’s go, Brandon.” The trivia guy chanted it every time he said it when announcing standing and bonus points. Fun times.
“You can hear the chants from the trivia guy ‘Let’s Go Brandon!’. He loves you and your wife.”
On Oct 7, 2021:
posted by gutI think there may be some industry correlation, but IMO it's mostly determined by locale.
Also, in my work travels I've rarely heard a Repub/conservative talk politics or religion. Either they're afraid of reprisals, or they just don't care (probably a bit of both). Sadly, the cancel mob doesn't have the same fear or reservations. But fortunately, I haven't run into much politics on either side.
A true psychopath doesn’t care either. He/she will be whatever political persuasion the audience demands.
posted by gutGive it time. Family said he has been bullied and robbed at school. So, you know, he's a "victim". Media will have a field day with this trial.
Agreed. When it’s all said and done, his name will probably become a rallying cry. I bet his dad is disappointed - oh wait, never mind, he’s not involved.
posted by sportchamppsAnyone Watching Squid Games 9/10
I know it’s not a movie but it’s original and ente
I've watched a couple of episodes. It's okay. The English translations / overdubs are horrible though. Almost ruins the show.
posted by sportchamppsI would love to see the way these million dollar CEOs vote because most larger companies I have dealt with the CEOs are all liberal and pushing liberal workplace policies. Most of the companies I have dealt with are retail businesses so that could also factor into their party affiliations.
In my case, the CEO's were all hard core Republicans (not conservatives, because I don't think values had anything to do with it). This was heavy manufacturing, so that makes sense. But regardless of where they are on the political spectrum, there is a lot of psychopathology.
I would also guess most of our presidents have psychopathic tendencies.
posted by gutArticle in Harvard Business Review years ago...Forget the exact numbers, but it was saying that Execs are something like 20X more likely to be a psychopath....so like 20% of management teams. I assume sociopaths might even be a majority of management teams.
Successful politicians have all the traits of psychopaths - charismatic, manipulative, skilled liars. I don't know how a normal person could last lying constantly to people's faces every day like that. I'm not talking about the petty and trivial, either, but shit like "you can keep your doctor". You know you're going to screw that guy, but you smile, shake his hand and tell him everything will be alright.
My experience is all I have - I have worked for three Fortune 500 companies. Much of the management team and certainly most of the executives I encountered were some of the least admirable people I've ever met in my life. The executives were largely there not because they were good, but because they were political animals who would step on a grandmother's face to get ahead. Those experiences informed a lot of my opinions of private industry (where I still work). Not that everyone is like that. But that those firms that largely influence the direction of our economy are run by scumbags. I see politicians in the same light.
I guess this is why I get fired up at the QO/Trump pumping of private industry as some sort of altruistic alternative to big government. In many ways, referring specifically to large corporations, it is the exact same thing. Sick people managing for themselves.
posted by iclfan2You can get bail after attempted murder?
Suspected Texas high school shooter released from jail https://t.co/LDLuyxGlBg pic.twitter.com/RE2IurFUeM
— New York Post (@nypost) October 7, 2021
Helps make up for slavery I guess. Nice kid and great family.
On Oct 6, 2021:
posted by queencitybuckeyeIsn't anyone who would want to run the world or a country pretty much one by definition?
Maybe so. I do think there are some in leadership roles who have a conscience. But I think many politicians and Fotune 500 - type CEOs are psychopaths.
posted by justincredibleI don't trade. I buy and hold. HUGE difference.
Just having fun with you. I actually thought the fact that a Bitcoin addiction center existed was funny.