COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events

[Jovan Dragisic]

Campbell apologizes for misleading the public with regards to masks.
Masks, the jury returns - YouTube

You were right about him obviously, he is good intentioned.

[Subby]

So what you are saying is...

Shut up, Cathy.

[golftdibrad]

With the increasing prevalence of AI it reminds me of this:
The Animatrix - The Second Renaissance Part I (1/2) [HD] - YouTube

I thought the same thing.

This is a catastrophically bad idea to toy with. Failed crops, altered migration patterns, disturbing trade winds, and the potential to trigger an ice age are just a few of the terrible downstream effects if this goes wrong.

Even if one day in the future its determined that the AGW hypothesis is has some shred of truth to it AND CRITICALLY we can quantify its effect, toying with anything that can meaningfully alter the energy balance of the earth should be a non-starter discussion point. And for those true believers of the AGW hypothesis out there, it is clear that co2 cannot meaningfully alter the energy balance of the earth per the historical data.

I know the Matrix was just fiction, but darkeneing they sky didnt turn out well for humanity much less earth as a whole if I recall correctly.

[vkp78]

So what you are saying is that a 17 year old kid can have someone purchase a firearm that he was not legally allowed to purchase on his own, bring it with him into another state as he attempts to play vigilante during a riot to protect property he does not own and no one asked him to protect, shoot a couple people and no trial should have happened? I can understand his claim of self defense in this case and understand why he was found not guilty. But what if the other guy whose arm he shot decided not to pull up his gun and was able to shoot him first and Rittenhouse was killed. Would he also not be able to claim self defense as Rittenhouse was pointing a gun at him as well? Rittenhouse is currently and should be facing civil trial, although he seems to be purposely misleading with his address to authorities to avoid being served the civil lawsuit.

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Let us draw a parallel to another favorite conservative martyr, Ashley Babbit. The same people who are defending Rittenhouse are often the same one calling for the arrest and trial of Michael Byrd (the officer who shot her). Here you have an officer who shot a person who was actively participating in a riot, while trespassing. Yet this officer should be arrested and stand trial according many of the same people who defend Rittenhouse. I am also curious what your feelings would be if some BLM group entered the grounds of the Capitol on January 6th also armed and confronted the rioters/protestors. Should there be no trial if they started shooting people when they felt threatened? I personally would see no difference in their actions vs the actions of Rittenhouse and would like to see them both charged and stand trial. What are your thoughts?

8 Times Left-Wing Protesters Assaulted Government Buildings

[CommanderFun]

Do you not realize that white guys are not exactly indigenous to North America?

They're no less "indigenous" than Mexicans are.

[Mark Rippetoe]

They're no less "indigenous" than Mexicans are.

How does this keep getting forgotten?

[VNV]

How does this keep getting forgotten?

It's more like a stack operation: last in, first out. Unwind the stack until primeval bliss is achieved. So it doesn't matter, since the Mexicans are next. Keep popping peoples off the stack until neolithic identity emerges and culture is corrected to scavengers and flint (we get to keep fire).

[Jovan Dragisic]

This is a catastrophically bad idea to toy with. Failed crops, altered migration patterns, disturbing trade winds, and the potential to trigger an ice age are just a few of the terrible downstream effects if this goes wrong.

Do you think humans have the technological capability to trigger an ice age?

[CommanderFun]

It's more like a stack operation: last in, first out. Unwind the stack until primeval bliss is achieved. So it doesn't matter, since the Mexicans are next. Keep popping peoples off the stack until neolithic identity emerges and culture is corrected to scavengers and flint (we get to keep fire).

But even the earliest humans to end up in the Americas were not truly "indigenous", they migrated from elsewhere. How many generations back does it have to go before you count as "indigenous"? Is there some preset number that keeps getting pushed up periodically so white Americans can never be called indigenous, kind of like how copyright expiration keeps getting pushed up so Mickey Mouse doesn't go public domain?

[johnst_nhb]

You were right about him obviously, he is good intentioned.

He’s also a fucking moron if he ever thought masks were going to work. Every scientist that works in any BSL2+ lab knew this.