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Covfefe-19: We Can Handle Slight Inconveniences. Part 8.

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Kepler said:
I was rooting for nature to expunge us.

A handful of works of art and math equations and Christina Hendricks is all humanity has to show for 20 million years. Give the squids the next chance.
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Did they just end the last episode with Keith Richards and a cigarette?
 
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LynahFan said:
This is not a complaint, nor a request to change - just a statement. These posts somehow don't have the emotional impact on me that it seems they should. I think it's probably because I've barely heard of any of these mid-range cities, so thinking about wiping a city that I've never heard of just doesn't bring the gut punch that it seems it should. To me, it doesn't seem any different than if we were listing cities of these same sizes in China or France or South Africa. Sad, sure, just not personally emotionally impactful.

On the other hand, I just found out that my wife's cousin's father in law (who I've never met) died from it yesterday - that single death is more of a gut punch to me. Maybe I'm just weird.
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Not at all.

It's no different than trying to process the enormity of the Holocaust. It's much easier if you can humanize a small fraction of it than just look at the numbers.

It's like an old joke my father always told me since back when I was a kid.

"What's the difference between a Recession and a Depression?"

"A Recession is when your neighbor losses his job. A Depression is when you lose your job."
 
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Kepler said:
I was rooting for nature to expunge us.

A handful of works of art and math equations and Christina Hendricks is all humanity has to show for 20 million years. Give the squids the next chance.
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Well, in all fairness to humans, we haven't been fvcking stuff up for 20 million years yet. I think we've only been homos for a couple million years.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
Not at all.

It's no different than trying to process the enormity of the Holocaust. It's much easier if you can humanize a small fraction of it than just look at the numbers.

It's like an old joke my father always told me since back when I was a kid.

"What's the difference between a Recession and a Depression?"

"A Recession is when your neighbor losses his job. A Depression is when you lose your job."
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A single death is a tragedy. A million is a statistic.
 
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Kepler said:
I was rooting for nature to expunge us.

A handful of works of art and math equations and Christina Hendricks is all humanity has to show for 20 million years. Give the squids the next chance.
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This.
 
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WeAreNDHockey said:
Well, in all fairness to humans, we haven't been fvcking stuff up for 20 million years yet. I think we've only been homos for a couple million years.
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I thought we had been homos way longer than that and only been homo sapiens for about 5 but you are right:

Habilis (2.1M)
Erectus (1.9M)
Heidelbergensis (600k)
Sapiens (200k)
 
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Kepler said:
Won't load. Is it Jared?
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Surprisingly, no. One is a "We fought this together" coin, while the other is to commemorate the Task Force. Only naming Trump and Pence.

It does load, but it is REALLY slow.

EDIT: I guess it does have some other names, but they are much smaller (missed them at first)
 
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Kepler said:
I thought we had been homos way longer than that and only been homo sapiens for about 5 but you are right:

Habilis (2.1M)
Erectus (1.9M)
Heidelbergensis (600k)
Sapiens (200k)
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What always amazes me is how arrogant we (homo sapiens) are for only being around 200,000 years or so. If the Earth had not accidentally wandered into the path of an asteroid 65 million years ago, it's not likely we'd be atop the food chain now. The fact that we are here doing the kind of damage to the planet we are doing is pure luck. Yet another fact I struggle to square with my Christianity. It's actually good to know I don't just struggle squaring it with how many people I want to see get shot.
 
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state of hockey said:
No. It is actual commemorative covid-19 task force coins on sale for $100.
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Apparently there is a whole series of commemorative coins. One of Trump, one of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, one of Trump and lil' Kim. Maybe you can buy one of those blue books like they used to have to stick pennies into if you wanted to collect them.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Surprisingly, no. One is a "We fought this together" coin, while the other is to commemorate the Task Force. Only naming Trump and Pence.

It does load, but it is REALLY slow.

EDIT: I guess it does have some other names, but they are much smaller (missed them at first)
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Does that mean those other folks can't be fired now?
 
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This point sent Chuckles into a frenzy on Div 1 forum, but I’ll say it again: If these Trumpettes were around during WW2, we would all be speaking German. None of them would be willing to sacrifice, ration(yeah, right). They prefer to have the Trumpvirus kill thousands as long as they get what they feel they want/need. Just selfish.
 
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Sorry to break up your self-congratulatory, social distancing sewing circle, but I thought that it would be nice to share some good news in the fight against the coronavirus. A good friend of mine, a dyed in the wool liberal (can you believe it?), passed this statistic along that is most fascinating, almost shocking. Massachusetts has some of the best hospitals in the world and this really shows. For comparison, the average life expectancy in the US is 78.54 years of age (2017).

MA - 2018 Avg Age of Death - 80 years 8 months

MA Avg Age of Death from Coronavirus - 82 years

So statistically in Massachusetts, your life expectancy is longer WITH the coronavirus than without.
 
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