COVID-19 - On the Ground

[ousdahl]

So....what happens in your socialist utopia again?

I think you’re confusing a socialist economic model with an authoritarian government model.

Or sumptin.

Yes. It cant be that your socialist utopia dreamt up with a unemployed wookie while rolling through a DMT thunderstorm is flawed in practice.

Actually bro, she’s got a good job as a graphic designer for the corporate office of some dispensary chain. Career girl with the hookup on herb, she’s kind of a catch.

Don’t tell CnB tho, cuz next thing you know he’ll want sloppy seconds

[ousdahl]

Sorry CnB, just another Eskimo bro joke, but I’m leaving it up for now

[Mjl]

Most of the environmental crisis is created by a handful of corporations. By a margin.

“Yeah sure we destroyed the planet, but for a beautiful moment in time, we created a lot of wealth for shareholders.”

If they do do anything to address the environmental crisis, it’s usually just some token bullshit that achieves little more than good PR

And go figure they lecture us average joes about how it’s our own personal responsibility to not use straws.

Huh? Ever heard of China? Communist nations are far worse for the environment. They don't have to be environmentally conscientious because there is no competition, and there's no reason to regulate emissions unless the person in charge cares more about the environment than the economy (and they never do).

[Deleted User 863]

just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions since 1988

(per the Climate Accountability Institute)

That's wild.

[ousdahl]

Perhaps I shouldn’t attribute the concept of infinite growth and consumption exclusively to capitalism.

But at the same time, it just seems capitalism embodies those things to a fault.

Too much emphasis is put only on shareholder wealth, and too little on pretty much everything else

[pdub]

This Covid thread.
Woof.

[ousdahl]

Yea for real.

Makes me long for the days when all this was just the occasional bump in the Petri dish thread.

[sdoyel]

Randy’s wife?

https://twitter.com/cdotharrison/status ... 60519?s=21

[PhDhawk]

This Covid thread.
Woof.

I blame the mods

[Deleted User 863]

This Covid thread.
Woof.

I blame the mods

Blame the greedy capitalists.

[pdub]

This Covid thread.
Woof.

I blame the mods

Me too.

[jhawks99]

353 pages and half of it full of the kaaarazzzy.

[sdoyel]

https://twitter.com/waterslicer/status/ ... 61348?s=21

[TDub]

I tried reading that and gave up after the 9th consecutive pop up ad. How do people wade through that crap to read anything.

[pdub]

Angela Watercutter.

[sdoyel]

thread:

https://twitter.com/jessicam6946/status ... 32140?s=21

[JKLivin]

thread:

https://twitter.com/jessicam6946/status ... 32140?s=21

And then when you read the rest of her thread, you realize that she is completely unhinged.

[jhawks99]

Yes, a nurse mourning the loss of her 14 year old patient is unhinged.

[ousdahl]

Beav was down in Denver yesterday and said he stopped by a store to get a pair of pants. He walked in and they asked him to mask up. He walked out.

He says he already got poked, what more is he supposed to do, so if any bidness wants him to mask then he refuses to give them his bidness.

I guess I dunno why it’s such a big deal

Or why it’s such an insult to one’s personal freedom.

Shrug

[JKLivin]

Yes, a nurse mourning the loss of her 14 year old patient is unhinged.

Read the rest of the thread. It devolved into a profane, hateful, blame-filled rant.

Solves nothing; makes nothing better; serves no purpose other than virtue signaling. Then again, that’s pretty much Twitter in a nutshell.