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Comment · 5 years ago
As a daily runner: it might be because of the high you get after running/exercise. You’re never desperate for the drinking high because you can get it naturally running the next day.
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Comment · 5 years ago
The title feels incorrect grammar to me. Is it?
Comment · 5 years ago
> don’t do very well at stopping spread

It‘s probabilities. The vaccinated kid who dies after getting infected because of transmission via unvaccinated.

Although interestingly, not everyone gets the annual flu shot. So maybe this will turn out to be the same.

Comment · 5 years ago
But how long would you have us wear masks for?
Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks, had a good read up on epistemology.
Comment · 5 years ago
Precisely.
Comment · 5 years ago
A good way to try out waterboarding is swimming with a face mask. It’s not for everyone.
Comment · 5 years ago
> If the vaccine killed 90%

Yes I would take it. Because if there is a vaccine available and recommended to the general population that has 90% kill rate, the thing it’s protecting against would undoubtedly have a higher kill rate then this. End of days scenarios we would be talking about nonetheless.

Comment · 5 years ago
> “I decided the risk was worth it”

It’s funny though how you say this phrase for a vaccine and not for the hundreds of other riskier situations you face daily. “I drove a car…risk was worth it I decided”. It sounds a bit self-important. Vaccines are just something you do. For me it was not a decision. It’s an interesting exploration in psychology where people oppose something mostly because they are told to do it. Like a teenage rebellion attitude. I get this feeling when I feel like I am being taken advantage of or have been recently.

I can imagine it’s tough being a Google employee in the SJW era. There are a thousands ways they tell you you need to change. New language, etc. Constant unrelenting bullshit that you cannot oppose.

I think this is a way for people to take back control of something because they feel a loss of control in other areas.

Just like brexit, people want to go against things because of the people telling them to do something.

Google shouldn’t tell me. The government shouldn’t tell me. SJWs shouldn’t tell me.

But sadly I don’t think there is a way around this. But I do think the SJWs and vaccine/mask crusaders make things much worse.

Comment · 5 years ago
“I am vaccinated. Look at this unvaccinated person. I am not like them. They are not like us. Lets go find more of them. Let’s throw stones at them. We’re not usually allowed to throw stones, but we can because they are bad. And I am now doing good, and it brings me satisfaction and purpose.”
Comment · 5 years ago
4 billion people have been vaccinated. Don’t oh think you have your risk numbers wrong?

Do you think you are consistent in your risk judgement across all parts of your life? E.g have you ever taken drugs? Illicit or prescription?

Comment · 5 years ago
Same. Best purchase in a long time. Can’t believe I was wondering if it would be worth it.

The VR UI paradigms are really nice.

Comment · 5 years ago
The Japanese were fanatical and vowed to fight to the very end. There is also the story where they found a couple of Japanese soldiers who didn’t realize the war ended and maintained their post for several years after the surrender. Who knows how long a ‘bit longer’ would be. And a land invasion would have been devastatingly long drawn out conflict.
Comment · 5 years ago
Google “git subrepo”

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