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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#331451: Oct 4th 2020 at 11:50:02 PM

Rats are an extremely convenient vector for disease.

Which is a bit sad, because they're one of the most empathetic and social animals in existence.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#331452: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:24:28 AM

The Black Death was on ticks anyway.

Fucking ticks.

In any case, the Republicans don't deserve elephants.

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#331453: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:27:30 AM

[up] White elephants maybe. Expensive to keep around and pretty much useless. tongue

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#331454: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:28:56 AM

But the elephants didn't do anything wrong.

Dumb thought of the day: Trump looks much less... weird now that he isn't in a situation to make his hair and everything else "perfect".

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#331455: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:29:45 AM

Didn't this whole virus start because someone ate a bat?

Lesson learned, don't eat bats, they are great creatures and deserve our respect.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331456: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:37:56 AM

[up]Eh, no. That's not how it spread. It didn't happen because someone ate a bat.

Also, it's kind of racist to blame this virus on people who eat bats.

NBC News: Singer Bryan Adams slammed as racist for post blaming 'bat eating' people for coronavirus

Canadian singer Bryan Adams is being criticized as racist for social media posts in which he blamed "bat eating" people for the coronavirus.

"Tonight was supposed to be the beginning of a tenancy of gigs at the @royalalberthall, but thanks to some f——— bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards, the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands that have suffered or died from this virus," Adams wrote on Instagram and Twitter Tuesday, alongside a video of him performing his song "Cuts Like a Knife."

Adams added that his message "to them other than 'thanks a f——— lot' is go vegan."

Though Adams has since deleted his tweet and appears to have disabled commenting on his Instagram post, his rant sparked immediate backlash online, with "Bryan Adams" and "Bryan Adams racist" trending on social media Tuesday.

"Now that I see #Bryan Adams trending because he's a a racist f—-wit, I am a lot happier that I converted his concert t-shirt into my first ever homemade respiratory mask," one person tweeted.

"Well, I didn't have #Bryan Adams being a screaming racist on my 2020 #Stopthe Madness Bingo card," wrote lawyer and media consultant Katie Phang.

Also, we're drifting off-topic again. This would be better suited to the COVID-19 thread.

Edited by M84 on Oct 6th 2020 at 3:40:54 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#331457: Oct 5th 2020 at 12:41:24 AM

People eating things that are a bad idea to eat does happen to cause a surprising amount of diseases, just not this one.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#331458: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:29:44 AM

I dunno, Ozzy made it look badass.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#331459: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:31:26 AM

People are upset at the "bat eating" part more than the "virus making" part? Because that's the real dogwhistle here IMO.

Edited by AlleyOop on Oct 5th 2020 at 4:32:12 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#331460: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:38:42 AM

Mitch refuses to answer what his covid test said.

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#331461: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:40:56 AM

So it's positive then?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331462: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:43:00 AM

I am having trouble thinking of a reason to keep a negative result secret, so probably.

Edited by M84 on Oct 5th 2020 at 4:43:13 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#331463: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:43:53 AM

That sounds the most basic version of Revealing Cover-Up ever.

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Ayasugi Since: Oct, 2010
#331464: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:50:37 AM

Watch as he'll still try to ram through the SC nomination. He'd probably keep doing it if he were on his deathbed.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#331465: Oct 5th 2020 at 1:55:10 AM

And infect so many other people around him in order to maintain the charade.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331466: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:14:04 AM

It's getting to the point where just being in the same room as a Republican politician is a health hazard.

Disgusted, but not surprised
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#331467: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:16:35 AM

You'd think people who scheme to stay in power would be aware that "dropping dead due to infectious disease" is somewhat counterproductive to said scheming.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331468: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:19:09 AM

Chalk it up to the tendency to deny being sick no matter how obvious the symptoms are, and to deny the very real chance of dying.

Even if they test positive and start showing symptoms, they probably all still think they'll live through it with no real lasting effects.

Disgusted, but not surprised
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#331469: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:19:42 AM

Lots of I reject reality here.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331470: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:21:18 AM

It doesn't help that Mitch and Trump and a lot of the GOP politicians aren't exactly spring chickens.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#331471: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:23:11 AM

A lot of them don't believe in the science either unless they get the one scientist out there whom believes in batshit crazy things or the grifters whom claim they are good scientists but just want to make money on their sides.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#331472: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:26:37 AM

You’d think that Mitch of all people would be afraid of this stuff, the guy had Polio as a kid.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331473: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:33:02 AM

He probably buys into the line that COVID-19 isn't much worse than the flu or a cold.

He probably also figures that if he could survive polio, then he can survive this. Never mind that, again, he's not young anymore.

Disgusted, but not surprised
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#331474: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:36:30 AM

Well, I don't think that Evil Turtle lives in make-believe land like Trump as that totally goes against all of his other politics. I suspect that it's more of a mundane "Why do you care?" refusal.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331475: Oct 5th 2020 at 2:39:16 AM

"Because I think people ought to know whether it's safe to be near you."

Disgusted, but not surprised

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