On some deep level the “permanent lockdown” mentality is one of the clearest examples of a people becoming unmoored from the stream of time, alienated from past and future and therefore willing to tear down everything that could be in order to save themselves at all costs.

— The End Times (@TheAgeofShoddy) April 16, 2021

That, and it signals that other vital parts of society have completely disintegrated because the “permanent lockdown” mentality is not what a collective response looks like — unless you consider solitary confinement to also be a community-oriented response.

Question: if I ask you what’s 24 x 16 what do you do in your head?

— Jessie Frazelle (@jessfraz) April 17, 2021

Think about the quickest way to get a calculator because I am completely and utterly incapable of doing math of any kind in my head.

It’s a really weird idea that people can and should endure lockdowns for months and months at a time. No one is built for that.

So much for “flatten the curve.” Going to be some interesting long-term mental health consequences of all this.

How long before the liberals define any sex as “trafficking?” Doesn’t seem that far off, really.

Wind generation capacity increased three times faster than optimistic expert projections 5 years ago. A large part of the reason was underestimation of how fast technology & manufacturing capability would grow. A good source of hope for the future! https://t.co/IXovaWhjsU

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) April 16, 2021

I remember about 25 years ago when “experts” confidently predicted we’d never have the solar and wind generation capacity that we had…a decade ago (It’s way more now).

Got banned from forums for disagreeing with those mooks.

Woman Goes On Punching And Biting Spree After Being Asked To Wear a Mask.

And they wonder why people don’t want to work for $8 an hour. It’s a huge mystery for sure.