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Yes, a bit (his redemption was still achieved, and the sacrifice was not wasted since it gave them twenty years of relative peace as pretenders to the Emperor took that long to properly reestablish themselves as dominant - so not completely undid), although the existence of a sequel trilogy where evil forces so easily hold sway decades later already did that, though much in keeping with what I know of the Extended Universe stories in that regard.Sunil_Prasannan said:
The thing with RoS is that is, with its "Palpatine didn't die, really" narrative, it completely undid the sacrifice/redemption of Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker in The Return of the Jedi.rcs1000 said:I haven't seen The Last Jedi, but I have seen The Rise of Skywalker.
And RoS was utter shit. Complete garbage. I was bored throughout.
The Force Awaken, that I enjoyed.
Rise of Skwalker. I think that might very well be the worst Star Wars movie ever. Worse even that The Phantom Menace.0 -
Oh for them I get it. I was thinking more of apps of dubious usefulness and no clear way of making money.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.0 -
I think in this instance Jonathan is being genuine. He may not like Boris at all and wish he wasn't PM but I have never seen him wish actual harm on anyone. That is just not his style.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If I thought you genuinely care for Boris health I may think more of your postsJonathan said:
Why even the suit? It’s daft. Especially for Boris. The tie seems to strangle him at one point.FrancisUrquhart said:
I don't disagree, but in all honesty, we don't know if he is working or not. Putting on a suit and doing a bit to camera for 5 mins might be the extent of what he has done for days.Jonathan said:
It’s foolish if he’s got the bug. He should rest, give his body the best chance, and not take risks.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
He should go to bed and leave it to Gove/Raab or ideally Hunt.0 -
Yes, it's the best Star Trek movie ever made! Plenty of nods to classics like Moby Dick and a Tale of Two Cities too!IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)0 -
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.0 -
Nods? Clunking great sledgehammers more like.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Yes, it's the best Star Trek movie ever made! Plenty of nods to classics like Moby Dick and a Tale of Two Cities too!IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)1 -
Used it again this morning to chat with a couple of pals. Very interactive, good visual and sound quality. Pretty hard to fault, really.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.0 -
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
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Resilient, yes; invulnerable, no.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.0 -
eadric said:MarqueeMark said:
Long local walk with the dog today - the only person I saw was a neon lycra-clad cyclist who shot past about 2 feet from me.tlg86 said:
I’ve come across a few couples keeping their distance like that, completely stupid and it’s a pain when they don’t feel inclined to get into single file to let you pass.SandyRentool said:Time for another tedious update from me. Writing this crap is helping me, so please indulge me...
So, my Amazon order for CCS Foot Cream arrived today. Some PBers will recall that I recommended it for dry hands.
After that, I went to close the gate and spotted nine people and one dog in the lane. One pair appeared to be together but were staying 2m apart.
Some things never change.
Ditto. Is there something about jogging and cycling which makes joggers and cyclists uniquely selfish?
Joggers are bloated germ bags.....and should be given the same treatment as mobile suicide bombers...discuss??
I think jogging should be banned...they fucking creep up on you, sweating, panting, and yacking....they don't keep to their distance...likely to be asymmetric super spreaders by thinking a good run will deal with a spot of morning roughness....4 -
The apologism and whataboutism over China (on here as well as elsewhere) is shocking.Andy_JS said:"Boris Johnson's government is reportedly furious with China and believes it could have 40 times more coronavirus cases than it claims
UK government officials say there'll be "reckoning" for China over its handling of the coronavirus.
It has accused of China of spreading disinformation and lying about the number of cases it has.
Scientists have reportedly warned Johnson that China could have up to 40 times more cases than it says.
It could prompt the prime minister to abandon his deal with Chinese telecomms company, Huawei."
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-boris-johnsons-government-reportedly-furious-with-china-2020-3?r=US&IR=T2 -
Not Mrs Thatcher?eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill.
"There really is such a thing as society." 0 -
That's the Roger Moore movie of the Star Trek film series.kle4 said:
I'm the worst person to ask, as I think that one is overrated, which is very against the consensus opinion.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
It is a good movie though, and I haven't even seen the original series.
As a TNG man First Contact was probably my favourite, though I've a soft spot for the comedic IV - the voyage home.0 -
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)2 -
People like to believe their leaders are superhuman and draw strength from that.Nigelb said:
Resilient, yes; invulnerable, no.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
Churchill understood this. As did Thatcher.0 -
By keeping his distance he is doing zero harm. Rules aren't for mindlessly obeying. That is the path to Milligan. https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.htmlMarqueeMark said:
Another politician gets himself in trouble by posting on Twitter......Andy_JS said:
There is a purpose to the rules. In this case it is to stop onward transmission. He's doung that.
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"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)1 -
Sky have just pointed that out and saying it is more like ChurchillDecrepiterJohnL said:
Not Mrs Thatcher?eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill. "There really is such a thing as society." 0 -
I think you have to be a bit of a moron to wish ill harm on another human being on the basis of their political beliefs...especially in the UK...and certainly not Jonathan....Richard_Tyndall said:
I think in this instance Jonathan is being genuine. He may not like Boris at all and wish he wasn't PM but I have never seen him wish actual harm on anyone. That is just not his style.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If I thought you genuinely care for Boris health I may think more of your postsJonathan said:
Why even the suit? It’s daft. Especially for Boris. The tie seems to strangle him at one point.FrancisUrquhart said:
I don't disagree, but in all honesty, we don't know if he is working or not. Putting on a suit and doing a bit to camera for 5 mins might be the extent of what he has done for days.Jonathan said:
It’s foolish if he’s got the bug. He should rest, give his body the best chance, and not take risks.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
He should go to bed and leave it to Gove/Raab or ideally Hunt.
That said internationally Bolsonaro and Trump stretch that maxim for me
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Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)0 -
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)1 -
Nearly 30% of all the recorded new cases in the world were in the US today and most of them were in NY.0
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Yes agreed - joined up last week, used it a few times - seems pretty good.DavidL said:
Used it again this morning to chat with a couple of pals. Very interactive, good visual and sound quality. Pretty hard to fault, really.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.0 -
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OugtctqToegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9S5FCThroFrancisUrquhart said:
You know it has got really bad when you feel like watching the Hans Solo movie. And definitely call 999 if you feel an urge to listen to Radiohead live at Glastonbury.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
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Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)0 -
'I did nothing - except get caught with my britches down!'Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
The only time that character has used that line in a non-romantic context...2 -
ProbablySandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
It has a character who has read Moby Dick obsessively for decades, who *wants to be* Ahab.0 -
Good grief! 'If he survives'? You are less cheerful than the grim reaper. Let us hope Boris is on the mend.eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill.0 -
In news that may have completely slipped beneath the radar, North Macedonia (previously known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) has just joined NATO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia–NATO_relations3 -
Now that would be fun.SandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)0 -
What’s Roundee?0
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"There only remained the trivial business of dying."eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.
Name the source of the quote and win a roll of toilet paper.0 -
Give it a rest!eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.1 -
This is discussed in the television programme mentioned earlier, Churchill's First World War.Casino_Royale said:
People like to believe their leaders are superhuman and draw strength from that.Nigelb said:
Resilient, yes; invulnerable, no.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
Churchill understood this. As did Thatcher.0 -
Morris Dancer and his deadly space cannon ?Malmesbury said:
ProbablySandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
It has a character who has read Moby Dick obsessively for decades, who *wants to be* Ahab.0 -
The one that gets me every time is the Glactica’s penetration of the Cylons’ blockade of Ragnar on the second episode of TRS miniseries. The storming of New Caprica is fun too.Malmesbury said:
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)0 -
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
DougSeal said:
The one that gets me every time is the Glactica’s penetration of the Cylons’ blockade of Ragnar on the second episode of TRS miniseries. The storming of New Caprica is fun too.Malmesbury said:
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
I always figured he would be more the chief of the Silurians - the mutated haddock faithfully following their creator/warlord..Nigelb said:
Morris Dancer and his deadly space cannon ?Malmesbury said:
ProbablySandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
It has a character who has read Moby Dick obsessively for decades, who *wants to be* Ahab.0 -
These villains crop up everywhere.Malmesbury said:DougSeal said:
The one that gets me every time is the Glactica’s penetration of the Cylons’ blockade of Ragnar on the second episode of TRS miniseries. The storming of New Caprica is fun too.Malmesbury said:
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
I always figured he would be more the chief of the Silurians - the mutated haddock faithfully following their creator/warlord..Nigelb said:
Morris Dancer and his deadly space cannon ?Malmesbury said:
ProbablySandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
It has a character who has read Moby Dick obsessively for decades, who *wants to be* Ahab.0 -
Still not serious enough for Trump to lock down the North Eastern Seaboard region or so it would seem.DavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
But he’s a complete twat so that doesn’t signify anything one way or the other.Mexicanpete said:
Still not serious enough for Trump to lock down the North Eastern Seaboard region or so it would seem.DavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
True - but the Expanse had a great skill in drawing characters quickly.DougSeal said:
The one that gets me every time is the Glactica’s penetration of the Cylons’ blockade of Ragnar on the second episode of TRS miniseries. The storming of New Caprica is fun too.Malmesbury said:
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
Jean Yoon *built* the character of a captain who you'd follow in about 10 minutes of screen time. Smart, capable and flexible enough to deal with everything she *knew* breaking around her.1 -
We did a church business meeting via Zoom. Really worked quite well.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.
When the free 40 min was up, it seemed to allow us to Rejoin for free for a continuation meeting.1 -
The fuller quote from Thatcher:DecrepiterJohnL said:
Not Mrs Thatcher?eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill. "There really is such a thing as society."
“Society. There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.
It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations, because there is no such thing as an entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation ...”
0 -
I think any other Post War President would be taking a lockdown of the world epicentre of the pandemic more seriously than Trump.DavidL said:
But he’s a complete twat so that doesn’t signify anything one way or the other.Mexicanpete said:
Still not serious enough for Trump to lock down the North Eastern Seaboard region or so it would seem.DavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
That’s really uncalled for. Nasty even. My boss tried to plough through a bug last autumn. He nearly died because it impacted his heart valves. He has still not recovered and is now at risk from this bug. Boris shouldn’t muck around. I don’t agree with him, but good grief I don’t wish him ill. He should rest, get well, and do the job.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If I thought you genuinely care for Boris health I may think more of your postsJonathan said:
Why even the suit? It’s daft. Especially for Boris. The tie seems to strangle him at one point.FrancisUrquhart said:
I don't disagree, but in all honesty, we don't know if he is working or not. Putting on a suit and doing a bit to camera for 5 mins might be the extent of what he has done for days.Jonathan said:
It’s foolish if he’s got the bug. He should rest, give his body the best chance, and not take risks.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
He should go to bed and leave it to Gove/Raab or ideally Hunt.
I5 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAAYeoypKUwegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OugtctqToegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9S5FCThroFrancisUrquhart said:
You know it has got really bad when you feel like watching the Hans Solo movie. And definitely call 999 if you feel an urge to listen to Radiohead live at Glastonbury.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
0 -
The Expanse is fantastic. I’m the kind of person who watches space battles on YouTube when bored at work though.Malmesbury said:
True - but the Expanse had a great skill in drawing characters quickly.DougSeal said:
The one that gets me every time is the Glactica’s penetration of the Cylons’ blockade of Ragnar on the second episode of TRS miniseries. The storming of New Caprica is fun too.Malmesbury said:
The space battle that felt anywhere near "right" I have seen was the Donnanger vs Stealths. CQB.DougSeal said:
It’s generally regarded as the best of the movies. I love it. It’s the final showdown with the bad guys has the claustrophobic tension of a submarine action, very unlike your normal space battles.IshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)
Jean Yoon *built* the character of a captain who you'd follow in about 10 minutes of screen time. Smart, capable and flexible enough to deal with everything she *knew* breaking around her.2 -
I’ve not been there since Katrina but I had read that the city had been gentrified somewhat with a lot of the urban poor displaced.eadric said:
I think he means 1. The mood and 2. The likelihood of unreported cases and deathsDavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”
If you know NOLA then you know a corona plague there would be devastating. It has almost 3rd world levels of poverty0 -
Data? The statistics you have dreamed up over the last few weeks are very much on the outlier side of expectations.eadric said:
Er, it’s true?Mexicanpete said:
Give it a rest!eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.
Statistically, Matt Hanckok is extremely likely to survive, and Boris Johnson is very likely. But there is an unignorable risk that the PM will not.
Or would you rather we ignore it?
This site deals with data, not wishful dreams.
And I do take the situation seriously.0 -
Yes, I finally got up today feeling bright enough, but putting away the laundry did me in.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.0 -
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known."SandyRentool said:
Is it set in Yorkshire?Sunil_Prasannan said:
"To the last, I grapple with thee!"Malmesbury said:
"From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."BluestBlue said:
If you've never seen it, you're in for an absolute treat. I envy youIshmaelZ said:
Tangentially, would I enjoy Star Trek - Wrath of Khan? Never seen a Star Trek movie, enjoyed the tv series when it was originally broadcast.kle4 said:
It really isn't. It's definitely not a good movie for some very well documented reasons, but memory has really been twisted on that one. Genuinely terrible movies are not watchable, except in a 'so bad it is good' sense for a select few. But the Prequel Trilogy are all watchable without purely being in a morbid sense.Freggles said:
It's not actually as bad as I remembered it.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
I maintain there's 1 good movie altogether combining the best bits of the prequel trilogy, 2 good movies combining the best bits of the sequel trilogy, 2.5 good movies combining the best bits of the original trilogy, and 1 good movie from the two side stories (being 90% of Rogue One and 10% Solo)0 -
Can't Mexico pay?HYUFD said:Her Majesty had a word with Donald?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1244338645198352386?s=20
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Some numbers from worldometers, without comment:
2,836 covid deaths today vs 2,500 suicides, 2,300 malaria deaths, 3,900 HIV, 1,300 seasonal flu.0 -
You stopped reading too soon. "There is no such thing as society" comes lower down.Stocky said:
The fuller quote from Thatcher:DecrepiterJohnL said:
Not Mrs Thatcher?eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill. "There really is such a thing as society."
“Society. There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.
It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations, because there is no such thing as an entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation ...”
https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/1066890 -
Trumps idiocy has allowed Cuomo apparently to get away with vetoing the first proposed stay in place order for New YorkMexicanpete said:
I think any other Post War President would be taking a lockdown of the world epicentre of the pandemic more seriously than Trump.DavidL said:
But he’s a complete twat so that doesn’t signify anything one way or the other.Mexicanpete said:
Still not serious enough for Trump to lock down the North Eastern Seaboard region or so it would seem.DavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism0 -
Take it easy. We need you. And the NHS probably does too. But no one needs you more than your family.Foxy said:
Yes, I finally got up today feeling bright enough, but putting away the laundry did me in.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.0 -
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it1 -
New O is, I believe, already worse than NYC on a per capita basis. Or at least it was until the recent NY surge.eadric said:
I think he means 1. The mood and 2. The likelihood of unreported cases and deathsDavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”
If you know NOLA then you know a corona plague there would be devastating. It has almost 3rd world levels of poverty0 -
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It looks like you have to pay to read it too.. dearly me.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism0 -
The story is about those who didn’t stay at home.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
And right at the start acknowledges the millions that did.
Not sure your vicar would approve your language.3 -
If he hadn't posted on Twitter, nobody would know.Barnesian said:
By keeping his distance he is doing zero harm. Rules aren't for mindlessly obeying. That is the path to Milligan. https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.htmlMarqueeMark said:
Another politician gets himself in trouble by posting on Twitter......Andy_JS said:
There is a purpose to the rules. In this case it is to stop onward transmission. He's doung that.
(I agree he is doing nothing to add to the risk of onward transmission, especially if they arrived by car. The police are not taking people with them when they intervene like this. And they have to, now and for weeks and weeks and weeks. Clamp down on the dickheads - and let the rest of us get on with being sensible.)1 -
I was there a year after Katrina and there were whole neighbourhoods abandoned.DavidL said:
I’ve not been there since Katrina but I had read that the city had been gentrified somewhat with a lot of the urban poor displaced.eadric said:
I think he means 1. The mood and 2. The likelihood of unreported cases and deathsDavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”
If you know NOLA then you know a corona plague there would be devastating. It has almost 3rd world levels of poverty
People had relocated to other parts of the country.0 -
I apologise if you think that I thought you wish him harm. I know you do notJonathan said:
That’s really uncalled for. Nasty even. My boss tried to plough through a bug last autumn. He nearly died because it impacted his heart valves. He has still not recovered and is now at risk from this bug. Boris shouldn’t muck around. I don’t agree with him, but good grief I don’t wish him ill. He should rest, get well, and do the job.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If I thought you genuinely care for Boris health I may think more of your postsJonathan said:
Why even the suit? It’s daft. Especially for Boris. The tie seems to strangle him at one point.FrancisUrquhart said:
I don't disagree, but in all honesty, we don't know if he is working or not. Putting on a suit and doing a bit to camera for 5 mins might be the extent of what he has done for days.Jonathan said:
It’s foolish if he’s got the bug. He should rest, give his body the best chance, and not take risks.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
He should go to bed and leave it to Gove/Raab or ideally Hunt.
I0 -
Funny how we are furious with China just as we are asking President Trump for favours.Casino_Royale said:
The apologism and whataboutism over China (on here as well as elsewhere) is shocking.Andy_JS said:"Boris Johnson's government is reportedly furious with China and believes it could have 40 times more coronavirus cases than it claims
UK government officials say there'll be "reckoning" for China over its handling of the coronavirus.
It has accused of China of spreading disinformation and lying about the number of cases it has.
Scientists have reportedly warned Johnson that China could have up to 40 times more cases than it says.
It could prompt the prime minister to abandon his deal with Chinese telecomms company, Huawei."
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-boris-johnsons-government-reportedly-furious-with-china-2020-3?r=US&IR=T0 -
I think Microsoft will do very nicely out of the pandemic.kle4 said:
Oh for them I get it. I was thinking more of apps of dubious usefulness and no clear way of making money.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.We have seen a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/update-2-on-microsoft-cloud-services-continuity/0 -
I went there for a conference pre-flood. Did Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop survive?eadric said:
I was there for several weeks last autumn. I absolutely loved the city, but the poverty and deprivation is still intense. A lot of it has just been moved a few miles further out of town.DavidL said:
I’ve not been there since Katrina but I had read that the city had been gentrified somewhat with a lot of the urban poor displaced.eadric said:
I think he means 1. The mood and 2. The likelihood of unreported cases and deathsDavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”
If you know NOLA then you know a corona plague there would be devastating. It has almost 3rd world levels of poverty
A few of the younger guys wanted an authentic bar and we ended up a few streets from the French Quarter. And realised we had left the zone quite rapidly... a lot of people sobered up quite fast...0 -
Another colleague down with it today. Never sure whether caught occupationally or socially. I think I caught mine socially, as Mrs Foxy came down with it more or less the same time and we work in different areas.DavidL said:
Take it easy. We need you. And the NHS probably does too. But no one needs you more than your family.Foxy said:
Yes, I finally got up today feeling bright enough, but putting away the laundry did me in.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.0 -
Cuomo's currently high stock will surely decline.IanB2 said:
Trumps idiocy has allowed Cuomo apparently to get away with vetoing the first proposed stay in place order for New YorkMexicanpete said:
I think any other Post War President would be taking a lockdown of the world epicentre of the pandemic more seriously than Trump.DavidL said:
But he’s a complete twat so that doesn’t signify anything one way or the other.Mexicanpete said:
Still not serious enough for Trump to lock down the North Eastern Seaboard region or so it would seem.DavidL said:
I think that your friend is misinformed. NY has 59k cases and Louisiana has 3540. NY is currently looking like the epicentre of infection of the whole planet.eadric said:Message from a friend in New Orleans
“Day nine of two weeks isolation, Lindsey is five days behind that (isolated in a different part of the house). I’m feeling ok but the situation in Nola is awful. Way worse than New York but not being covered in the media. We have a dem governor so trump will make him kiss his boots before sending ventilators...”0 -
It’s a balancing act, though, as there comes a point when powerful religion is able to inhibit free thinking and hence slow innovation and invention. Hence catholic Europe overtook the medieval Islamic world but was itself eclipsed by Protestant europe. Or compare North and South America.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it0 -
OK I'm starting to see why so many people get the flu each year.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)0 -
You don't have to give The Guardian a cent, it's not behind a paywall.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
Since you won't read the article you won't be able to point out its inaccuracies, but if you had read it you still wouldn't be able to find any either.2 -
Well that's me bolloxed too then!eadric said:
Here you go. The death rate for corona sufferers over 50 is 1.3%. Given that Boris has two other significant and relevant conditions: being male (men are 50% more likely to die than women) and being overweight (we know it is material, we just don’t know how much yet), that puts him in my 2-4% category of possible death.Mexicanpete said:
Data? The statistics you have dreamed up over the last few weeks are very much on the outlier side of expectations.eadric said:
Er, it’s true?Mexicanpete said:
Give it a rest!eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.
Statistically, Matt Hanckok is extremely likely to survive, and Boris Johnson is very likely. But there is an unignorable risk that the PM will not.
Or would you rather we ignore it?
This site deals with data, not wishful dreams.
And I do take the situation seriously.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pOfAv9gQzsegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OugtctqToegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9S5FCThroFrancisUrquhart said:
You know it has got really bad when you feel like watching the Hans Solo movie. And definitely call 999 if you feel an urge to listen to Radiohead live at Glastonbury.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now0 -
Crikey, as someone who does both quite a lot I’d have to say it’s never crossed my mind that I’m superior or better than people who do neither. I’d quite like to be able to be comfortable not exercising a lot, but I feel it’s almost essential for my all round well being to do it, and I prefer much cycling to drivingCasino_Royale said:
Yeah. Sense of superiority that they're exercising and therefore healthier and better with you.eadric said:MarqueeMark said:
Long local walk with the dog today - the only person I saw was a neon lycra-clad cyclist who shot past about 2 feet from me.tlg86 said:
I’ve come across a few couples keeping their distance like that, completely stupid and it’s a pain when they don’t feel inclined to get into single file to let you pass.SandyRentool said:Time for another tedious update from me. Writing this crap is helping me, so please indulge me...
So, my Amazon order for CCS Foot Cream arrived today. Some PBers will recall that I recommended it for dry hands.
After that, I went to close the gate and spotted nine people and one dog in the lane. One pair appeared to be together but were staying 2m apart.
Some things never change.
Ditto. Is there something about jogging and cycling which makes joggers and cyclists uniquely selfish?
Possible that they're pumped full of adrenaline and testosterone too which makes them more aggressive.1 -
There is that, but also the altruism and collective actions of religion foster civilisation.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it
I have never had a problem with Darwinism. I think God is clever enough to create systems that improve themselves.1 -
It wont let me read it without paying. They can fuck off.Benpointer said:
You don't have to give The Guardian a cent, it's not behind a paywall.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
Since you won't read the article you won't be able to point out its inaccuracies, but if you had read it you still wouldn't be able to find any either.0 -
Yes I would agree. I'm thinking of much earlier, more like the time when farming and agriculture was taking hold.IanB2 said:
It’s a balancing act, though, as there comes a point when powerful religion is able to inhibit free thinking and hence slow innovation and invention. Hence catholic Europe overtook the medieval Islamic world but was itself eclipsed by Protestant europe. Or compare North and South America.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it0 -
Surely by being in the fraction that display symptoms that increases the likelihood?eadric said:
Here you go. The death rate for corona sufferers over 50 is 1.3%. Given that Boris has two other significant and relevant conditions: being male (men are 50% more likely to die than women) and being overweight (we know it is material, we just don’t know how much yet), that puts him in my 2-4% category of possible death.Mexicanpete said:
Data? The statistics you have dreamed up over the last few weeks are very much on the outlier side of expectations.eadric said:
Er, it’s true?Mexicanpete said:
Give it a rest!eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.
Statistically, Matt Hanckok is extremely likely to survive, and Boris Johnson is very likely. But there is an unignorable risk that the PM will not.
Or would you rather we ignore it?
This site deals with data, not wishful dreams.
And I do take the situation seriously.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/1 -
Tbf to @IshmaelZ he needs to pump this comparison out today because in 3 days it just won't look nearly so unworrying.eristdoof said:
Ah, that makes it OK then.IshmaelZ said:Some numbers from worldometers, without comment:
2,836 covid deaths today vs 2,500 suicides, 2,300 malaria deaths, 3,900 HIV, 1,300 seasonal flu.0 -
But the male-female thing appears to derive mostly from lifestyle: smoking, drinking, poor hygiene, and recklessness. Johnson certainly ticks the last, and probably the second last, but not the first.eadric said:
Here you go. The death rate for corona sufferers over 50 is 1.3%. Given that Boris has two other significant and relevant conditions: being male (men are 50% more likely to die than women) and being overweight (we know it is material, we just don’t know how much yet), that puts him in my 2-4% category of possible death.Mexicanpete said:
Data? The statistics you have dreamed up over the last few weeks are very much on the outlier side of expectations.eadric said:
Er, it’s true?Mexicanpete said:
Give it a rest!eadric said:
Sobering to think that, in about six/seven days, we will know whether the prime minister is likely to die, or not. Ditto the Health Secretary and the CMO.Casino_Royale said:
I hope (for his sake) it's all for show and for national morale, and 99% of the time he's resting.DavidL said:
Yes but I did note @Foxy saying that when you got this it was very important to rest up and give your body every chance.Casino_Royale said:
Boris gets a bit of respect for me for soldering on and being notably chipper despite obviously being unwell.DavidL said:
Looking seriously tired around the eyes.Big_G_NorthWales said:
That's leadership. Like him or not.
People need to think their leaders are resilient and invulnerable.
With all that means for the leadership of the UK.
Statistically, Matt Hanckok is extremely likely to survive, and Boris Johnson is very likely. But there is an unignorable risk that the PM will not.
Or would you rather we ignore it?
This site deals with data, not wishful dreams.
And I do take the situation seriously.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/1 -
Really?? Where are you?squareroot2 said:
It wont let me read it without paying. They can fuck off.Benpointer said:
You don't have to give The Guardian a cent, it's not behind a paywall.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
Since you won't read the article you won't be able to point out its inaccuracies, but if you had read it you still wouldn't be able to find any either.0 -
Feel sure that is true.Nigelb said:
The story is about those who didn’t stay at home.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
And right at the start acknowledges the millions that did.
Not sure your vicar would approve your language.0 -
If only they enforced that 40min timer paid or not so that ALL meetings were no more than 40mins and it would be perfect.Foxy said:
We did a church business meeting via Zoom. Really worked quite well.Alistair said:
Zoom currently has revenue and American airlines do not.kle4 said:
I really don't know how technology companies get valued, as some really stupid ones have been worth astronomical amounts.Theuniondivvie said:Golly, is this correct?
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1244288588633825280?s=20
Zoom is head and shoulders the best videoconferencing software out there.
When the free 40 min was up, it seemed to allow us to Rejoin for free for a continuation meeting.0 -
Protestant - Catholic: Sunni - Shia and they're ostensibly the same religions. Religion often stinks.Foxy said:
There is that, but also the altruism and collective actions of religion foster civilisation.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it
I have never had a problem with Darwinism. I think God is clever enough to create systems that improve themselves.1 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11TsQwzA_XANigelb said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pOfAv9gQzsegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OugtctqToegg said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d9S5FCThroFrancisUrquhart said:
You know it has got really bad when you feel like watching the Hans Solo movie. And definitely call 999 if you feel an urge to listen to Radiohead live at Glastonbury.Scott_xP said:Thought it was coping OK with quarantine.
Then I caught myself thinking, "Maybe I should watch The Phantom Menace"
Seriously worried now
0 -
UKIP HQBenpointer said:
Really?? Where are you?squareroot2 said:
It wont let me read it without paying. They can fuck off.Benpointer said:
You don't have to give The Guardian a cent, it's not behind a paywall.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
Since you won't read the article you won't be able to point out its inaccuracies, but if you had read it you still wouldn't be able to find any either.
1 -
Surprised more of his detractors haven’t accused him of putting it oneadric said:Mexicanpete said:
Good grief! 'If he survives'? You are less cheerful than the grim reaper. Let us hope he is on the mend.eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill.
There’s a non-trivial risk he could die. He’s 50-something, male, somewhat overweight.
I am presuming he has no other co-morbidities but the death rate for all the boxes he ticks is maybe 2-4%.0 -
It was certainly key in bringing about the remarkable transformation from relatively equal and participatory hunter gatherer societies to empires with a few powerful wealthy rulers (appointed by god) and many slaves and serfs.eristdoof said:
Yes I would agree. I'm thinking of much earlier, more like the time when farming and agriculture was taking hold.IanB2 said:
It’s a balancing act, though, as there comes a point when powerful religion is able to inhibit free thinking and hence slow innovation and invention. Hence catholic Europe overtook the medieval Islamic world but was itself eclipsed by Protestant europe. Or compare North and South America.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it0 -
Lol but I woukdnt give ukip a cent either.eristdoof said:
UKIP HQBenpointer said:
Really?? Where are you?squareroot2 said:
It wont let me read it without paying. They can fuck off.Benpointer said:
You don't have to give The Guardian a cent, it's not behind a paywall.squareroot2 said:
Typical Guardian mistepresentationNigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
Our church us closed
We talk by phone. Our vicar does a service online ..
I will.never give the shitbag that is the Guardian a cent.
No need to read the article. The Daily Mail type headline is typical of lazy journalism
Since you won't read the article you won't be able to point out its inaccuracies, but if you had read it you still wouldn't be able to find any either.0 -
Any politician falsely claiming Covid-19 symptoms would have to be a certified moron.isam said:
Surprised more of his detractors haven’t accused him of putting it oneadric said:Mexicanpete said:
Good grief! 'If he survives'? You are less cheerful than the grim reaper. Let us hope he is on the mend.eadric said:
He is obviously unwell.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If he survives, and guides us to safety through this pestilence, he will become a beloved wartime leader. So, yes, Churchill.
There’s a non-trivial risk he could die. He’s 50-something, male, somewhat overweight.
I am presuming he has no other co-morbidities but the death rate for all the boxes he ticks is maybe 2-4%.0 -
Certainly so, but so does science...alterego said:
Protestant - Catholic: Sunni - Shia and they're ostensibly the same religions. Religion often stinks.Foxy said:
There is that, but also the altruism and collective actions of religion foster civilisation.eristdoof said:
A theory of mine* is that religion became successful in the first place is because of social darwinism. Populations are more likely to be sucessful are ones with a reasonable level of compliance such as not stealing or killing and general obeying laws. A population with religion obtians this level of compliance quicker.DavidL said:
Darwinism in action.Nigelb said:Churchgoers all over world ignore physical distancing advice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/church-goers-around-the-world-ignore-social-distance-advice
(Not my mum.)
*but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come up with it
I have never had a problem with Darwinism. I think God is clever enough to create systems that improve themselves.
Humans do not always use their knowledge wisely.0 -
Actually, I already find the figures terrifying, never mind worrying. Bear in mind we have had commenters here in the past 6 weeks ridiculing the risk posed by covid by comparison with Italian road deaths (3,300 road deaths a year, as against - now - 10,000 in 6 weeks) and UK suicide figures (17 suicides a day, as against 209 covid).Benpointer said:
Tbf to @IshmaelZ he needs to pump this comparison out today because in 3 days it just won't look nearly so unworrying.eristdoof said:
Ah, that makes it OK then.IshmaelZ said:Some numbers from worldometers, without comment:
2,836 covid deaths today vs 2,500 suicides, 2,300 malaria deaths, 3,900 HIV, 1,300 seasonal flu.0
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