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by JPKab 5y ago
Do you think that video game addiction contributes to this kind of thing, or is the video game addiction a coping mechanism? I think video game addiction is an incredibly underreported and highly destructive phenomenon. I encounter (and ha
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by JPKab 5y ago
I wish it was reported but we can't talk about it and I understand why that is. Realistically it would create vaccine hesitancy in some percentage of people that heard about the story. I already had to talk my dad into getting his boo
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by JPKab 5y ago
I"m not an anti-vaxxer at all, and despite what I'm about to tell you, I do think the COVID vaccine is a good idea for most people. My MIL just died as a result of her second Pfizer shot. It was a rare side-effect that's hap
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by JPKab 5y ago
There is also social pushback. I've had a few longtime friends who got angry with me for not remaining completely silent about this. They insist that it's just a coincidence, and since THEY got the shot and are OK, it must be saf
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by JPKab 5y ago
I agree, but I understand why they are doing this. I think it's a counterproductive strategy, and dislike it. But I'm too tired of being pissed at this point to say much more on it. People in the US, at least, just don't s
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by JPKab 5y ago
I want to emphasize that these events are rare, although probably not as rare as you we think, and that I recommend to people to get vaccinated. That being said, I don't know a single person personally (I live in Colorado, with lots of
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by JPKab 5y ago
Excellent point. And I would have innoculated every single one of my kids in a heartbeat, knowing the risks, because smallpox is such a vicious disease.
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by JPKab 5y ago
There is a relatively high rate (fully acknowledged) of high fever from the MRNA vaccines, particularly after the second dose. Compared to standard vaccines of the past, the rate of fever and illness is dramatically higher. But COVID is s
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by JPKab 5y ago
My mother-in-law died 9 days ago, after being on life-support for 2 weeks. All following a sudden onset cardiac arrest 3 hours after getting her second Pfizer shot. She had a fever from the shot, was sitting in the living room watching a
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by JPKab 5y ago
Agreed. The moral certainty is obnoxious to a comedic level, bordering on tropes of self righteous college students in Che Guevara shirts lecturing about their enlightenment after two semesters at uni.
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And here I was thinking it was just optimistic. Everyone that talks about how horrific a cancer the human race is on the planet is a hypocrite because they are still alive themselves. If they really meant it they would take action by endin
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by JPKab 5y ago
Do keep in mind that there is no other species on the planet that is capable of protecting the ecosystem from the eventual and inevitable asteroid impact. We might not be there yet but we are going to be the first species in the history of
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by JPKab 5y ago
I'm a huge fan of ambient music and have been since 1995 when I first heard Aphex Twin and Brian Eno. My point is that this author/critic has absolutely no idea what the musician was thinking when he created this music and he cert
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by JPKab 5y ago
"The Caretaker has come to define a youth culture ravaged by unchecked mental health crises, economic disparity, looming climate catastrophe, and technological malevolence." Music journalism is hilarious when you realize how full
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by JPKab 5y ago
True story: My mother in law went into cardiac arrest hours after her second shot, on May 21st. It was a rare, adverse event. (The vaccine is a net positive, and is safe for vast majority of people) We eventually had to take her off life
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by JPKab 5y ago
What I'm curious about is why I'm not able to flag comments. I have 8633 karma yet users with a much lower number appear to be able to flag comments. I'm assuming I lost this privilege because I had comments that were flagg
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by JPKab 5y ago
When you say support their own government you should remember that it's not their own government. They don't have any choice in who represents them unless they are one of the 9% of the population that is a member of the CCP.
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by JPKab 5y ago
Prepare to have your head explode further. https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-peop... https://reporter.nih.gov/search/xQW6UJmWfUuOV01ntGvLwQ/proje...
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by JPKab 5y ago
I'm sorry, but you are ignoring the chain of low probability coincidences that were evident from the very beginning. Also, the Lancet letter denouncing the theory, written by scientists who claimed no conflict of interest, falsely. Th
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by JPKab 5y ago
Ahhh, so if I disagree with you on a point, it's due to lack of education? That's a hell of a worldview. I grew up in an impoverished family, in a trailer park, in a mostly black county. I know far better than you do about "
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by JPKab 5y ago
Thanks for this info. Very useful and good to know. I have a positive covid test on record, so fingers crossed.
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by JPKab 5y ago
Look I'm not going to quibble about what is and is not Appalachia. My definition of Appalachia part of the South that was inaccessible to rivers and navigable waterways and had poor soil and was therefore not remotely of interest for
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by JPKab 5y ago
Walk into a trailer park in Appalachia and talk about white privilege. See what they think. Not that you've spent a minute of your life in one. Ever met a coder from that background? Didn't think so. Class is the issue, but putt
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by JPKab 5y ago
Companies are diverse as a side effect of hiring for competence. They aren't competent as a side effect of hiring with diversity as a goal. The statistically illiterate HR minions who preach the correlation between diversity and perf
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by JPKab 5y ago
Yes. Kids don't see skin color the way these ideologues do. They look at it like hair color. My twin brother and I were literally the only white kids on our school bus, attending mostly black public schools in a mostly black county i
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by JPKab 5y ago
No, this post isn't callous, and I appreciate the information. I've had a few days to process, because her last few days on life support..... well, when I saw her, I could just sense that "she" was no longer present....
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by JPKab 5y ago
I just took my mother-in-law off of life support last night, after her medical team confirmed she was brain dead. This was after about 10 days of trying to save her after a sudden cardiac arrest 3 hours after her second vaccine dose. The te
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by JPKab 5y ago
In the past, both my brother and I worked in military intelligence. Specifically, he spent a long time working for ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) doing war game simulations. He routinely would get shouted at by various Admirals, for fa
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by JPKab 5y ago
I think you have a well-reasoned, thoughtful post here, but perhaps the person who operates a BBQ food truck might not be the best positioned to take futures contracts out on brisket? Scale matters.
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by JPKab 5y ago
You forgot the nauseatingly formulaic "I wouldn't be where I am today without the :insert unsung low status figure here:" posts from high status people who you know couldn't give two s** about said low status people.

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