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  1. 14 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Could you provide a specific example of your grievance? Or is it just one of those "you heard it from a friend" things? I don't recall ever hearing that it would prevent illness, perhaps serious illness

    The President, the President's Press Secretary, the Director of the NIH, the Director of the CDC...

    9 minutes ago, Basil said:

    Told by whom?  Was it a reliable source?  Was the message exact in what would or wouldn't happen?  Just "[w]e were told" is not exactly a great foundation to make an informed choice.

    Are The President, the President's Press Secretary, the Director of the NIH, the Director of the CDC a reliable source?

    4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    I’m sorry there was not a person with reading comprehension around you to explain it to you during the periods in question.

    You are essentially telling us that there is no such thing as global warming because you were camping one night and it got colder than normal. O.K.   

    in the history of the vaccine, nobody ever said the vaccine would keep everyone from getting Covid.  Jesus Christ. I highly encourage you to never get any vaccine of any kind again for as long as you live.   Rock on, Nano-bot Warrior.

    Start at :34.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Captainant said:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00951-8

    COVID-19 vaccine refusal is driven by deliberate ignorance and cognitive distortions

    Vaccine hesitancy was a major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. A common but sometimes ineffective intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy involves providing information on vaccine effectiveness, side effects, and related probabilities. Could biased processing of this information contribute to vaccine refusal? We examined the information inspection of 1200 U.S. participants with anti-vaccination, neutral, or pro-vaccination attitudes before they stated their willingness to accept eight different COVID-19 vaccines. All participants—particularly those who were anti-vaccination—frequently ignored some of the information. This deliberate ignorance, especially toward probabilities of extreme side effects, was a stronger predictor of vaccine refusal than typically investigated demographic variables. Computational modeling suggested that vaccine refusals among anti-vaccination participants were driven by ignoring even inspected information. In the neutral and pro-vaccination groups, vaccine refusal was driven by distorted processing of side effects and their probabilities. Our findings highlight the necessity for interventions tailored to individual information-processing tendencies.

    Mine was driven by the constant goal post moving by the major media outlets when I used to pay attention to them.  I got the first two pfizer shots.  At the time, we were told that we wouldn't get sick.  People started getting sick after getting shots.  Then they said you can't spread it if you're vaccinated, then studies came out about how people were still spreading it even though they were vaxxed.  Oh, well then it was we wouldn't get critically ill.  Deaths started decreasing but infections were going up, causing people to question why even get "boosted" when natural immunity is better than protection from vaccines.

    In hindsight, I wish I hadn't gotten vaxxed.  Mainly because I believe I'm in better physical shape than 99% of the population and have almost zero risk of being hospitalized because of covid. 

    In my opinion, it's not deliberate ignorance, it's logic.

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  3. For those with kids that have Disney+, there is a nice little add on you can do for ESPN+ for cord cutters.  Our annual Disney+ renewal was up in 3 days and my wife was browsing through deals for Verizon.  She increased her phone plan by $5 per month and we got Disney+, Hulu Library with Ads, and ESPN+ for $10 per month.  Disney+ renewal is about $13 per month.  Bundle ESPN+ with Disney+.  It's a good deal.  I know, I know...

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  4. Water temp in Waco is 84 so quite a ways to go before its wetsuit legal there. It’s going to be hot next week with no rain on the horizon so river isn’t going to cool off much. I’m cool with that as I don’t really care for swimming in a wetsuit.
     

    My parents next-door neighbor just did IM Wisconsin last weekend and finished 9th overall. He said it was an insane bike course up in Wisconsin with over 6000 ft of climbing. He did Chattanooga last year and finished 3rd overall. I talked to him for a bit this evening and he has some friends going up to TN and racing. It was nice chatting with him. Thought that was pretty cool. Small world.

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  5. Went to doc for follow up on Wednesday and got the clear to run and bike. Went to the gym yesterday to lift and went on a 9 mile run this morning. Felt amazing. It was 63 with low humidity. I don’t have my bike with me as I’m visiting my parents this weekend. I’ll venture onto the bike Monday or Tuesday and ease back into it. I’ll probably do a 40 mile ride next weekend then start the 2 week taper. Race day is 3 weeks from Sunday.

    @Clintonaldo, Chattanooga is next weekend, right?

  6. 14 hours ago, Hookem10 said:

    Perfectly said, our own fans are repeating what the national media is saying because it’s been said over and over. I guess only Texas has 5 star busts according to media. Not one fucking talking head has said anywhere that aggy talent was overrated. It’s fucking nauseating. 
    Also fuck the media talking about Bitchagain losing all their players. We lost players also WTF. rant over carry on 

    Here's an idea: no one is talking about it because no one gives a fuck about aggy?

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  7. I've had a rough past couple weeks.  After my last long bike ride 3 weeks ago, I had an issue with a recurring roid.  Had to stop biking.  Last week, had it removed and haven't been able to ride for the past 3 weeks.  I'm on the mend now and should be good to go for race day.  Hopefully I'm recovered enough over the next couple weeks to get a couple more training rides in before race day.  I can still run and swim (taken the last 6 days off - follow up appointment tomorrow with doc a week after removal).  It's been a literal pain in the ass.

  8. On 9/7/2024 at 9:24 AM, MirrOlure said:

    Started distance running at age 40 in ‘06 and ran my first of 18 marathons in ‘07.

    Backed it off for a couple of years and am now 90% back in half marathon shape.

    I tell you all this because after 18 years and 1000’s of miles without it ever happening…. I actually shit myself 4 miles into my 10 miler this morning. Broke Rule #2 (Never Trust a Fart). Fortunately I recognized it right away and controlled the damage and was a half mile from a convenience store.

    So…if you’re lucky enough to continue running into middle age….its gonna happen!

    I've always heard the old saying "it's not if you shit your pants, it's when..."

    When I ran my last marathon in April, I was so close at mile 25 to shitting myself that I had to walk for about 100 yards.  It may have been the altitude (I was running from 10k feet down to 4k feet).

  9. 4 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    You and your dad will be in my thoughts.  MDA gonna open a can of whoop-ass on that-there chordoma 

    I truly believe so. My mom is an absolute wreck with it all.

    Of course MDA has a doctor that specializes in Chordoma. It’s still such a small subset of sarcomas that there hasn’t been a ton of research on it. 

    It’s wild though. My dad was very overweight for his entire life. After his first diagnosis, he cleaned his act up. Quit smoking, in the process of losing weight (down like 50 lbs with Ozympic), making better food choices, being more active. Then this. It fucking sucks but I think he’s taking it in stride. He’s tough as a mother fucker.

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  10. 18 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

    If they don’t cut, the stock market will crash.

    If they cut .25, I think the market will suffer some.

     

    I would bet heavily on a .50 cut this month.  Wouldn’t bet against another cut (maybe even another .50) in October.

    Ehhhh. I’m of the opinion that the market has already priced in a 25 basis point cut. I’m also thinking that Powell won’t want to be seen as political and won’t cut more than that this month. I may be wrong though.

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