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In one of Robert Anton Wilson’s books, the government built a wall and declared the state of Georgia to be Hell. They sent violent convicts there to live or die by their own devices. Basically, “do whatever you want but don’t leave.”

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I wouldn’t be surprised if Microcenter took over some of the Fry’s locations. There is a market … B&H and Adorama in NYC have no shortage of customers even now. Microcenter has been packed, since they sell things that are OOS or have long waitlists online.

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Don’t blame Fry’s on the Internet or even COVID hysteria about in-person shopping — the closest East Coast equivalent to Fry’s is Microcenter, and they have had lines out the door, COVID or no COVID.

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Personally im sick of intoxication. I think cheap legal weed may be harmful to young people. Too much, too easy to get, too cheap. Not as harmful as 5 y. Prison tho.

So tax it more. Make people pay for it or put in the work to grow it themselves. Overpaid thugs in uniform throwing people in cages for possession of a plant isn’t a good answer. The cost of sticking people with a criminal record and ruining their opportunities forever is much larger than letting people get intoxicated.

Also, create a society in which people enjoy living and don’t want to escape from reality via chemical means.

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One of my best friends has been in Burlington VT for about 20 years. His oldest graduates HS this year and he cant wait to get the hell out of there and the cold. He’ll be in FLA as soon as possible

Personally, I’ve been loving the “winter wonderland” that we have had on the East Coast this winter … nothing more beautiful than NY when it’s brisk, snowy, and cold.

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Hot? You bet. St. George, UT gets positively *glowing* recommendations! Come for the alphas, stay for the gammas … and bring a survey meter along!

https://old.reddit.com/r/Utah/comments/lngd5s/downwinders_exposed_to_radioactive_fallout/

Oh, and average high in St. G in high scummer is 102F. Sounds like there’s a reason why it’s cheap. Denying COVID, throwing anyone who’s homeless in jail, and a religious monoculture? More selling points! But, hey, whatever floats your dinghy.

Given the choice of somewhere rural, I’d probably go to Maine. Just as beautiful, briskly cold in winter, and smart people who don’t try to cram their idea of G-d down your gullet.

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3. Shouldn’t G-d’s chosen not need the vaccine to save them from the great plague?

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Eurasia. Eastasia. We were always at war with Eastasia.

1984 wasn’t an allegory about Communism. It was an allegory about authoritarianism and denial of reality by authoritarian personality cults. 2 + 2 equals 5.

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Isn’t money just 0’s and 1’s in a computer? Cancelling debts like student loans just takes a few keystrokes. Renting the homeless a decent apartment at $1000/mo, offering them psych treatment/job training as needed, and paying for their food would be a lot cheaper than having them rotate in and out of jails.

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I never took “stay at home” literally … the evidence of outdoor spread, especially with masks, not being a serious concern was pretty convincing even in Spring.

I can’t say that I felt unsafe walking outside, going hiking, going to parks, going to the beach, and so forth. I did isolate (no indoor contact with other households) for two weeks before visiting older family members. Are people taking this literally in California to the point that they don’t leave home for a week or more?

Also, I feel like the messaging and memes were almost calculated to generate opposition and rage. “Shelter in place!” “Stay the fuck at home!” I understand the science, and the messaging still pissed me off on a visceral level.

Had it been explained early on to people that small groups, masked, outdoors are relatively safe, maybe COVID wouldn’t have become such a politically polarized issue.

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I disagree with Gates’ assessment. According to many estimates, US may have anywhere from 60 to 100 million already exposed and 1-3 million new exposures per day. Assuming the vaccine also prevents people from carrying the virus in high doses as well as lowering the effects…

Say 60 million exposed and 1 million exposures per day, at the low end of estimates. That gets us to 150 million exposures per day by March at the current rate, or 40% of all Americans. Assuming they’re more or less evenly distributed and we vaccinate 100 million people by then, 40% of the remaining 230 million will likely have functional immunity, at least for the short-term, or 92 million.

192 million is coming up on 60%, which is only a few tens of millions away from the theoretical herd immunity threshold where spread isn’t exponential. Lock down areas with high infection rates for a few weeks in April, vaccinate some more, and this should burn out very quickly.

Maybe even earlier, if increased basic hygiene measures like masks, disinfection, and hand-washing lowered the herd-immunity threshold from its baseline early last year, when no one was doing much of anything.

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For what it’s worth, I actually missed increased human interaction. I took an in-person “essential” contract job by choice over the summer, while taking as many precautions as I could.

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A fitting end to the bastard who almost ruined nyc in the 90s. Go back to your insane asylum, Rudy, old man.

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Quick-set epoxy also works nicely and is less brittle than superglue.

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^^^ to beat the people who misdesigned the fucking thing after you get out? Reason #3254543634 not to own a post-2010 car unless there’s a compelling reason to, like it’s electric. Or to get the most basic econobox possible.

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