Posts by Daniel Wood9

Noah Anderson66 said:Where exactly is this younger generation "dropping like flies" from Omicron? And what on earth does "dropping like flies" even mean in this context? Are we talking about those news reports out of China at the start of everything where people were just collapsing in the streets or what?...

When people say kids are "dropping like flies" in this context, they just mean the infection is ripping through schools and colleges at lightning speed. I'm not claiming they're all getting hit with brutal symptoms or dying off—it's just that this Omicron strain spreads insanely fast. Especially over in England.

Anthony Taylor393 said:https://news.yahoo.com/dominic-raab-...7bwux5SUc9CUyS

I guess Dominic Raab was stretching the truth a bit regarding those Omicron hospitalization numbers. 😁

Raab is just an incompetent jerk—honestly, pretty much the standard for most of Johnson's administration.

Gerald Chavez7 said:1) First off, looking at the detailed report out of South Africa—which isn't exactly some third-world nation struggling with malnutrition issues—it mentions 70% efficacy against severe disease (severe—likely meaning hospitalization or death) when you've had two doses of Pfizer. Honestly, I’d bet the numbers in the US will be lower, mostly because our vaccination rollout happened much earlier (most people were done between March and July). If I had to make a conservative guess, I’d say we're looking at maybe 50% efficacy against the severe stuff. As for reinfection? I expect practically zero protection from just two doses here in the States—maybe 20-30% at most.

2) I still think age remains the dominant factor in the data structure. It’s not like South Africa is a developing nation where they're dealing with widespread malnutrition issues.

P.S. Here is that Danish report on Omicron, released today (in English)
https://files.ssi.dk/covid19/omikron...-13122021-i30w

A staggering 75% of Omicron cases are among those fully vaccinated, compared to 49% during the Delta wave. Given that overall vaccination rates are hovering around 80%, Omicron basically treats the vaccine as invisible when it comes to symptomatic illness.

Plus, the hospitalization rate is higher (check table 6).

But look, they've got high rates of HIV and TB, plus vaccination numbers are pretty low. Their population is definitely younger than what you see in most European countries, though.

boldotter2 said:Omicron seems to be hitting way less hard than Delta did. According to Alice: View on twitter
It’s a big deal that this milder trend is showing up across all age groups. Most people, whether they're vaccinated or not—kids or seniors—seem to get out of the hospital within about five days.

So, when you look at that alongside
https://fortune.com/2021/12/13/omicr...irst-surfaced/
the idea that the Omicron wave in New York City might already be peaking,

it gives off some pretty optimistic vibes, I guess.

velvetranger4 said:If you're going to comment, maybe actually watch the video first. 🐔

She's saying their healthcare system isn't overwhelmed because Omicron is a milder disease; most people just recover at home in five days.

Sure, some people will still need hospital care, but what they're seeing in the USA after four weeks of Omicron sirens is a completely different story than what happened with Delta.

Meanwhile, the media over in the USA has been preaching pure apocalypse lately. 🕺

South African Alice was actually on CNN tonight, and while she did mention how things are being blown out of proportion to stir up panic, she was also very clear about the need to keep the public informed and push for vaccinations and booster shots—both in South Africa and the UK.

The UK has a much older demographic, but their vaccination rates are way higher than in South Africa. People, especially the younger crowd, are dropping like flies from Omicron, but so far, it doesn't look like mortality rates have actually spiked significantly.

I'm looking for some solid recommendations for a really thorough, top-tier physical exam in Washington, D.C. We're talking about a 60-year-old guy here. Thanks.

Who am I even supposed to talk to about this?
So, I just realized today that I can't block certain users anymore—which is honestly a huge deal if you want to avoid all the constant trolling and repetitive nonsense.

Is this some kind of permanent change from the Admins?
Because if they actually killed that feature, they might as well just announce it now so we can all collectively bail on Reddit.

Jamie Turner80 said:All things considered, August: Osage County is a pretty decent cinematic ride, even if it doesn't quite hit that "perfect" mark for me. The main reason you’d bother sitting through it is the acting—it’s top-tier stuff—and the fact that it keeps that classic American drama tradition alive and kicking. You'll definitely get some entertainment out of it too, especially if the characters remind you of a particularly unhinged version of your own family (or maybe your in-laws, if you're feeling brave). Personally, while the movie holds its own, I honestly think I'd prefer seeing the stage play instead.

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I can't believe I'm even sitting here typing this out—it’s honestly exhausting how much people miss the point when it comes to certain movies. Let's talk about *Prisoners*. Seriously, let's just dive straight into the deep end because there's a lot to unpack here, and most of what you hear from the "casual" crowd is just surface-level noise. First off, if you haven't seen it yet, consider this a spoiler OFF. You need to go in blind to actually feel that suffocating, dread-filled atmosphere that Director Denis Villeneuve builds so perfectly. It's not just a thriller; it's an absolute grind on your nerves. The whole thing centers on this desperate, messy search for missing kids, and Hugh Jackman plays the father with this raw, unhinged intensity that makes you want to both hug him and tell him to sit down and shut up. He’s pushed to the edge of his sanity, and watching that slow descent? It's brutal. Then you’ve got Jake Gyllenhaal playing the detective, and he brings this quiet, twitchy energy that balances out the chaos perfectly. It's like watching a high-stakes chess match where someone keeps knocking over the pieces just to see them break. Now, I know some critics were trying to compare the performances to the usual heavy hitters—you know, comparing things to Meryl Streep or Julia Roberts levels of prestige—but honestly, that feels like a reach. This isn't a polished Hollywood drama where everyone delivers a perfect monologue in a ballroom. This is gritty, it's dirty, and it’s deeply uncomfortable. It’s more like being stuck in a small town in the Midwest during a thunderstorm where you know something bad is about to happen, but you can't quite see through the rain. The cinematography is another beast entirely. Every shot feels heavy, almost like the air in the movie is thicker than the air in New York City. It captures that sense of isolation so well—that feeling that no matter how much you scream, the world is just going to keep spinning while your life falls apart. Is it a masterpiece? Maybe. Is it a gut punch? Absolutely. If you're looking for something light to watch while you eat popcorn, stay far away from this one. But if you want a movie that stays in your head like a persistent headache for three days after the credits roll, then yeah, this is it. Just don't say I didn't warn you.

I caught an American production back in New York City about four or five years ago—wasn't sure if it was the original version or what, but who cares? It ran for over three hours, and honestly, I wasn't bored for even a single second. It had all the hallmarks of a top-tier, high-budget soap opera, just dialed up to eleven. Total quality stuff.

Look, even without having sat through the movie, I’ve got a massive problem with drama as a genre when it's handled like this. For me, it’s all about that nuance—that subtle, understated quality where you don't have everything spoon-fed to you. This whole thing just feels way too on the nose, almost like... Look, they’re acting all halfway—sort of middle-of-the-road, if you catch my drift—and honestly? It’s all because of that one specific thing and that other thing too. It's like when a driver keeps hovering right between lanes instead of just picking a side—it's indecisive, it's messy, and it's happening precisely because of those exact reasons.I honestly don't think you always need to spoon-feed the audience—sometimes, just let them figure it out.

Look, just because you want to call something a tragicomedy doesn't mean you have to lean on those extreme, gut-wrenching tropes to give it any actual weight—you know, the heavy stuff like pedophilia or incest—just to make it feel "deep." Honestly? This whole thing feels way too overloaded with that kind of shock value for my taste.

Morgan Scott8 said:The plot tries to juggle way too many stories at once and stays incredibly shallow—it honestly feels like the whole movie is just a bloated intro to ten different spin-off films that would actually bother to explore each character properly. That whole subplot with the aunt and uncle? Totally useless. It’s just "too much" of everything without actually delivering anything. Basically just a sketch about one caricatured, dysfunctional family.

I'm with you on that. It’s like they tried to cram a bunch of episodes from some—let's call it an "intellectually superior" soap opera 😉—into a single feature film or drama.

I haven't actually sat through the movie yet, but I've seen the stage play twice, and the film is basically just a carbon copy of it.

vividraven7 said:(spoiler)
It’s almost like they couldn't settle for them being biological parents and had to make them half-siblings instead.

That’s exactly what crossed my mind while watching the play—the moment that happened, the story lost all its dramatic weight and turned into a complete farce.

nimblemason3 said:Really good! I dig movies like this where there's a huge ensemble cast with all these tangled, messy relationships. There's a certain Bergman vibe to it.

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That style is actually pretty close to the dramas and adaptations based on Tennessee Williams. You should check out some movies based on his plays.

*who was heavily influenced by Chekhov

Sam Murphy said:I'm not entirely sure if there was a similar thread here—I’ve been scrolling through and just can't seem to track it down—but I was really curious about what everyone thinks regarding agritourism... specifically, whether it actually makes sense from a business standpoint. It feels like everyone is constantly rushing toward the coast or heading up into the mountains, and while I know that kind of rural tourism is thriving over in places like Canada or Austria, they have those massive ski resorts to lean on... so I guess I'm wondering, what exactly can we offer here, and what kind of clientele could we actually pull in?...

Personally, I’m all about agritourism—full of hope and optimism there. Honestly, it feels like a crime that the Hilly Region, the Midwest, the Mountainous Region, etc., are just sitting there looking empty and neglected while everyone forces the coastline as the only way to do tourism.

In pretty much every other country, this stuff is cultivated—not to mention France or Italy, where they’ve mastered it to an enviable degree, regardless of the fact that both those countries also have incredible coasts and places like Paris or Rome, just to name a few.

In America, I think the target audience for agritourism would mostly be foreigners looking to pair a rural stay with, say, a week at the beach—plus our own urban population (with kids or without) who would see this as the perfect little getaway.

The real issue is this obsession with the mantra of having "the most beautiful ocean in the world," which has basically brainwashed the public since the old socialist days. Then you've got the Department of Tourism, which for decades now has been playing the same broken record, exclusively promoting Venice, Corfu, and so on.

Don't get me wrong, I love the ocean—I hit the same spot every single year—but lately, I've been spending more of my time living outside the States. It honestly sucks when I'm over in the United Kingdom every year, right before summer hits, and I start noticing ads from the Tourism Board that exclusively feature the coast—always the same shots, always the same spots.

No biggie.🙂

If only someone else could actually remember those Zlatko chocolate-covered biscuits from back in the eighties.
I feel like I’m just rambling on about the same old stuff to an empty room—nobody ever chimes in, so I’m starting to wonder if that snack was just some fever dream my teenage brain cooked up to satisfy a craving!🤷

rapidangler55 said:Does anyone else remember those cookies? They were large and round. They came in other shapes too, but I specifically remember those ones. I can't recall if only the big round ones were called Panini, or if the whole line was...😕 anyway, does anyone remember them? This was almost 20 years ago.😁

I’m pretty sure they were called Banini, not panini.
There were probably around four different kinds—different shapes and styles. Honestly, I was thinking the exact same thing, but I can’t quite remember if they actually tasted that good or if we were all just brainwashed by those massive ad campaigns. You couldn't turn a corner without tripping over some commercial like "Hey, here come the Baninis..." or something along those lines. It was everywhere.

Bajadera is legitimately high-class stuff. Maybe they’re a little extra, but honestly, that’s kind of the whole point—it’s a sophisticated treat, so you aren't supposed to just inhale them by the handful. Like, have one or two with your coffee. Though, let’s be real, I could definitely go overboard with them 😉.

Someone brought up Hershey's Cakes, and man, those are hands down my absolute favorite snack! But—just like pretty much everything great in life—you gotta watch out. If they aren't super fresh and crunchy, they basically just turn into some mediocre wafer, but when they're fresh? Absolute perfection!😍