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  1. 18 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Fair enough, and  I know UV can be used to disinfect things, it just won’t disinfect air constantly coming out of peoples bodies.  I’ve just heard a lot of anecdotal stories schools spending a lot of money on stuff that sounds good but is a rip-off, like special air filters and the like.   No shortage of people eager to con dumb officials out of taxpayer money.

    Good things they have these rocket scientists controlling the purse strings: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/psaki-pressed-covid-schools-funding

  2. 1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Nothing they predicted actually came to pass. It's like telling a group of idiots that the next passing comet is a spaceship that's going to take the true believers into space, and then a comet passes by, nothing happens, and the "believers" are like "you fucking scammed us, fuck you, I'm going to find something else crazy to believe in!" Plus, Ron Watkins told everybody to chill out and get a life and it's more about the friends they made or some shit.

    Also, the biggest social media platforms finally started ditching the craziest of the batshit nuts, which cut down on their misinformation and recruitment a lot.  Hard to get the word out about lizard people and mind control vaccines if nobody can hear you.

    What washparkhorn said.  We are not TexAgs, and for all of our shitposting, Surly has mostly educated users and so you will find few Q faithful here.

    We are just not a crowd of posters that believe in lizard people, that vaccines are Bill Gates's way of injecting tracking chips into us, and that chemtrails are mind control chemicals (never mind the fact that it'd be easier for the government to dump such chemicals in the water supply, rather than an incredibly inefficient distribution system like fucking contrails).

    And Kyle, consider yourself lucky - I've got Q people in my family, and among friends/former co-workers, and it's not pleasant. Every single one of them seems to have something wrong in their lives, whether it's financial issues, health issues, self-esteem issues, romantic issues (or lack thereof), etc. Q was the "perfect storm" to suck these people and their problems in, and make them think that nothing is their fault, etc.

    Covid really ramped things up for them with the isolation and all (for all of their bluster about covid is a hoax, the ones with serious health issues seemed to tread careful when out and about). Unfortunately a shitload of them are against the vaccines, but hopefully we will get things back to semi-normal later this year, and these people will relax and fade back into the woodwork and keep their YouTube videos and stuff to themselves.

    I've been trying to turn the people I know who are Q fans into UFO fans, and hopefully that helps.  The UFO people were always a lot more chill than the Q idiots.

    The closest I have is a Facebook friend who I grew up with. Funny enough he was our elementary class clown. He's always posting crazy stuff on Facebook, but I am not sure if it is Q ... again, really the only thing I know about it is what I hear other people talking about from a CR perspective. As far as I can tell he smokes A LOT of weed ... and his stuff is a mix of pro-weed, Rothschild (SP for Brisket?), etc., stuff. I think his is a mix of Nation of Islam and general conspiracy stuff like Jewish coins show the 9/11 attacks ... 

    Agree 100% on your later post ... there definitely is a type that gets sucked into these kinds of conspiracies ... usually trying to fill a hole somewhere emotionally, etc. <off topic warning> Broadly, as Christianity continues to decline in the West, I think many have made "politics" their religion whether it is Q or TDS.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    actually, that made me remember a funny interaction I had with my Q-disciple neighbor.  Early on she said masks were bullshit because they trapped in Carbon Dioxide that we would continue to breathe in...which was deadly.  I think we all probably remember reading/seeing somebody in America that also believed that.  So instead of the surgeon or painter example, I asked her if was CPR certified and she is.  So if we breathe out deadly CO2, how is mouth-to-mouth safe?  Wouldn't it just kill the person in duress even faster?  She promised to go to some research and get back to me, but neither of us mentioned it again. 

    It amazes me the cross-section of Qanon believers there are in this country.  There really is no "typical" demographic.  Levity aside, it's kinda weird to me how quiet Qanon has gotten in the last several weeks.  I don't follow Q, but the chatter amongst the followers has gotten real quiet.  Or maybe they were instructed to be quiet about it to the rest of us.  But something is much different than it has been for the last year.  And I don't think it's because 25 million Americans just suddenly realized they've been duped.  I've been asking Immamac to put a Q page up on DT forum so a few folks could come out of the woodwork.  I'm genuinely curious to get to know what got them interested, because I know people in real life that are down that rabbithole and I want to know how they got there. 

    And as pandemic hopefully continues to wind down, I want to know what they're gonna glob onto next.  So we can monetize the fuck out of it.  Scientology is almost 70 years old, locks people in far deeper than Qanon and Catholocism in terms of lifestyle, committment, and money...but they're only 20,000 strong.  Catholicism has a Billion practicing with moderate influence over lifestyyle, committment, and money...but it also took them 2000 years to get there and I think they're on the backslope of growth/assets.  Qanon may be more invisible, and has wildly varying degrees of lifestyle and committment, but two things blow me away...it is incredibly ripe for financial exploitation especially since so many believers are actually of decent financial means  The second is 20-30 million believers in just 3 years.  That type of growth is just surreal to me.  Look who was all around this whole time.  How did we not see this?  People have always been starved for answers, this is something altogether different.

    I regret I have not encountered an actual, legitimate Q person. I genuinely want to interact with someone that believes in Jewish Space Lazers (I think that's part of it but honestly not 100% sure).

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  4. 2 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

    That whole spin article is utter nonsense.  Funny how "unintentional injury" had a massive spike.  Further, if you read it, it's provisional data.  

    More COVID suicides than COVID deaths in children

     

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    My wife is a teacher. There are myriad students for whom school is their safe space from emotionally and physically abusive homes as well as just the basic human need for companionship and social interactions. For kids, school is both intellectual and emotional / social development

     

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  5. 2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    Cheese-Because he wasn't "not wearing a mask."  He took it off to drink.  Everybody does.  It's physics.  If he had just not shown up with one, or had one and not worn it all game, or had one around his chin from innings 1st-8th, or dropped it on the ground and just left it there.  That'd be hypocritical.  

    I believe in safe sex.  But I don't always have my condom on with Kyle's mom.  I take it off for oral.  I'm a gentleman, she might not be able to eat latex.

    I bet you're a hoot at the Q meetings.

  6. 4 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    Before I take a sip of a beverage in public...I often pull my mask down/to the side.  I think 90% of sane adults do the same thing.  Or after I take a sip, the mask be off for a couple of seconds before I get it back on.  He's 80 years old, he doesn't have the lightning quick reflexes to mask, remove, sip, mask, remove, sip, mask, remove, sip, mask with each gulp at warp speed.  I guess I don't get your point.  With 100 camera affixed on him, one caught him without a mask on between sips of his Dasani for a couple seconds outside without lots of people around?  

    I admire your commitment.

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  7. 26 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    He took his mask off to have some water.  It wasn't the scandal it was made out to be.  He has made a handful of communication missteps in the last 15 months.  I choose to look at the broader scientific narrative on Covid-19.  If what a national leader said 12 months ago, or walked back, was a career-ender...there's be nobody left in our government.  The catalog of errors made by people ranking above Fauci will be poured over and mocked by our great-grandchildren, and rightfully so.  All of these people failed us.  Some...more than others.  

     

    Fauci Wife Mask I.jpeg

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  8. 6 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    LOL.  This reminded me of another point that pissed me off recently.  Was at f'n Disney on ice with the family last week.  The arena is at like 20% capacity.  There is nobody in row in front or behind me.  Nearest person to me was probably 12 feet away.  They are selling beer so I have a beer.  And I have some damn usher (in the middle of the show) yell at me for not wearing a mask while my kid is in lap and beer in my free hand.  I point to my beer and she says I could only take mask off to sip the beer.    I mean give me a break.   First of all, I'm fully vaccinated and I'm sure many others were as well.  But in any event if you are at Disney on Ice during a pandemic I think it's fair to say you are accepting some risk of exposure.  So if you are going to profit by holding an event and selling food/concessions - maybe cool it with the mask nazi nonsense while seated in a socially distanced arena.

    Karens going to Karen ... at least the usher at the Ranger games acknowledged my hands were full when he admonished me to put my mask back on ... I'm with you as shocking as it will be to many ... adults are capable of processing information and making their own unique risk-assessment and related decisions ... if one is attending  a sporting event or performance, I assume one has done the calculation and are will to accept that risk. And LOL at Fauci and water ... 

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  9. Went to the game yesterday ... new ballpark gets a C. Overall, it lacks the character of the Temple and really does not have any interesting features. It's very bland besides being an obvious copy of Enron (sue me). The biggest problem that will be a shit show is the 200 and 300 levels share a single concourse - lines were terribly long for concessions and the john. Baylor's McLane stadium has the same design and similar terrible lines. I do not think they fully thought that through ... no one is going to want to stand in line for an hour for a $10 hot dog. Maybe I'm just grumpy because of whatever that is on the field, but I think it will be a disaster whenever there are big crowds.

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  10. 2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

    Fauci is the worst spokesman ever.

    He's an all around disaster. The worst was last year's All Star Game when he wore a damn mask to through out the first pitch and then was seen in the stands without it. Not to mention his initial (correct) assessment that masks are not really effective and his silly walkback around "I did not not want to cause a run on PPE." 

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  11. 2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Nobody seems willing to believe that mask mandates and mask utilization don’t have a strong correlation.  The state eliminating the mandate doesn’t change the policies of county or city, private business, or personal choice. 
     

    maybe evaluate those factors before you assume mask usage must have plummeted when the state mandate expired. 

    100%. However (not you per se), why all the histrionics about the state lifting the mandate? That's why this conversation always feels like starting with a conclusion and picking facts to meet it: 1) California cases spike after it locks down in December ... it's just crazy anti-maskers defying the order; 2) Texas cases fall after the state mandate is lifted ... people are responsible and still wear masks. For me (and I think others) this is partly why it is hard to take many seriously when it comes to so-called "science." When the answer always is the answer regardless of the data one is not discussing facts or science but an agenda.

  12. 2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    Austin is right on track to mirror many other large urban cities. Taxes so high the only ones left are the top 1% and bottom 1%. Middle and working class leave for the burbs and no longer vote in those elections. What’s left just accelerates the decline by their chosen leaders. 

    So much this across the U.S. Most large cities have no discernible middle class. Basically the rich who can hide behind their gates and the poors ... the middle class workers and visitors get to deal with the homeless fun.

  13. 7 hours ago, Lobo said:

    If it were up to people like me, these anti-vaccers would be on trains to re-education camps where they'd help fold boxes for vaccine vials to be shipped to real Americans.  

    I can't wait to ostracize and marginalize people that had a chance to take the shots and refused (we're not there yet, obviously---gotta get through the priority groups before we start making "the other list").  Your guy had his chance to cleanse the nation.  Now, it's my turn (by the way, I know you don't like to hear it, but I a far more powerful Republican that you could ever possibly be).  

    Might I recommend:
     

    art school.jpeg

  14. 47 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

    The thread crapping by the usual subjects is nothing new and quite frankly, it is all intellectually lazy and antagonistic for the sake of argument in itself and proves nothing and changes no one's belief.

    As I said in the semi-annual thread by whoever that claimed we were all better off without churchy stuff, there is nothing new under the sun here.  The high school level debate stingers ("challenges") are easily searchable on Google and have academics who can coherently answer your controversies without needing to rehash them here because you decide to internet throwdown on Sunday afternoon.

    Is there any particular reason you cannot let a thread about what some find to be hopeful stand within itself?  

    "but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles," - I Cor 1:23

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