Feb 20

Never Not

Posted on February 20, 2021 by quoderat

Remember that when the lockdown lifers are advocating for eternal lockdown that there will always be some new variant, or some new pandemic even, just around the corner. This will never not be the case. In their way of viewing the world, it is filled with constant peril and getting worse, so we must be ever-fearful and hide inside just in case.

I am worried that they’ll win and we’ll treat completely from the social. They certainly seem strong now, and from them we might get a Surrogates world. Resist this now or it’ll be too late.

Feb 19

As You Will

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

“In education, where our rivals from their very cradles by a painful discipline seek after manliness, in Athens we live exactly as we please, and yet are just as ready to encounter every legitimate danger.”

–Pericles

Feb 19

Com

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

Old enough to remember when only the most beyond-the-pale heterodox people — me, for example, — said things like this. pic.twitter.com/fQ3XFnIhyD

— Jo Michell (@JoMicheII) February 18, 2021

Same. I remember being called a “commie” and other choice epithets for writing things like that in the early 2000s.

Feb 19

Fizz

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

COVID-19 is on the run — expect the pandemic to be under control by Memorial Day.

I agree. Though I don’t have a good firmly-grounded empirical reason for thinking this, I believe the variants will mostly fizzle out in the Western hemisphere due to seasonality, vaccination, and other unknown factors.

Mostly, I believe they will amount to about nothing — and I am no optimist, as I am sure most of you know already.

Feb 19

Enemies Spur Action

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

Anyone who believes we should huddle on this planet, hoping all goes well, never learning or exploring anything beyond our tiny sphere, is my sworn enemy. I don’t care if they are “left” or “right” or in the middle. No different than the lockdown lifers and the lockdown looters, they are my foe and I want nothing to do with them if possible, and if I am forced to deal with them, I wish to defeat and humiliate them.

Feb 19

To Boldly Go

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

You may be asking "Why send robots to Mars when there are so many problems here on Earth we could be spending our money on?"

So a short thread on that.

— Gwen C. Katz (@gwenckatz) February 18, 2021

Great thread. Dipshits who ask that question understand nothing about anything and are terrible humans almost always.

Feb 19

Cry Gravy

Posted on February 19, 2021 by quoderat

For the past several days I have felt like I needed to cry but have been incapable of doing so, and it is really, really annoying

— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss) February 19, 2021

Cry? I think I’ve heard of that. How does one “cry,” exactly?

I never feel more like a robot than when people talk about crying. I just don’t have that module and I suspect I never did, beyond an infant’s instinct. I don’t think it has anything to do with my acculturation as masculine, either.

Feb 18

Get Jabbed

Posted on February 18, 2021 by quoderat

As Israel Reopens, ‘Whoever Does Not Get Vaccinated Will Be Left Behind.’ New government and business initiatives are moving in the direction of a two-tier system for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, raising legal, moral and ethical questions.

What questions? There are no questions here. If you choose not to get vaccinated, fuck you. You don’t get to play anymore. Should be mandatory house arrest until you get jabbed. This is the same as the anti-maskers should’ve been treated too, by the way.

Feb 18