Posts by Joshua Myers432

It’s a solid film. Or maybe I’ve just completely lowered my standards because I'm constantly being bombarded by absolute garbage lately. 🤔

Gary Cooper3 said:Look, I’m not necessarily against these measures—nor am I against the deployment of the military—but I really hope that once this is over, there isn't some grand plan to return to "normalcy" across the entire US without any more of these ridiculous cycles of lockdowns, semi-lockdowns, and similar nonsense.

On a broader scale, though, I am genuinely curious about where the people who support these restrictions draw the line... what would they consider "too much," if such a thing even exists.

Just as a quick reminder: that much-discussed Chinese lockdown was actually milder—even in Wuhan—than what happened in places like Spain or France, where for a while there, you practically weren't allowed to breathe the street air without permission. And outside of Wuhan? I'm not even sure if anyone was ever truly shut in, despite how many folks from Wuhan were being shipped out everywhere.

What the Chinese did—which hasn't been implemented here in the US yet—was essentially trapping people with positive tests inside their own four walls, with absolutely no way out.
Would you all actually support something like that?

Sure, because the virus will just magically vanish after 40 days, right? Yeah, sure... 🤣

I wouldn't support stripping away freedoms and civil rights at the cost of our lives. I don't give a damn. Even if cholera, typhus, and the plague all showed up at once, I wouldn't trade my rights for this Covid stupidity.

Megan Green72 said:Look, saying people in America are gonna die because of an economic crisis is just wrong. Yeah, we’ll be broke—sure. But we aren't gonna be dropping dead from starvation because nobody can find a job. No way.
In countries that are already struggling—places where people are actually starving even before COVID-19 hit—an economic crash could definitely spike the death toll caused by the crisis.

Look, nobody is claiming people are going to starve to death. It’s about the ripple effects: chronic stress, worse nutrition, a decaying infrastructure, failing healthcare, or people skipping vital checkups because hospitals are overwhelmed by COVID-19. It’s a domino effect.

wearypilot34 said:Naturally, economic fallout leaves its mark on life expectancy. It isn't the patrons of the breweries who suffer from their closure, but certainly the owners and the staff. And it isn't just breweries shutting down...

Unemployment leads to shorter lifespans:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sci.../2016/8290435/

The economic crisis will also result in lower incomes for most of the population. The gap between the wealthiest and the poorest spans a full 14 years, covering the entire spectrum.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...rticle/2733322

Life Expectancy by Household Income
Higher household income was associated with higher life expectancy (Figure 1A). For the years 2011 to 2015, men with income in the bottom 1% had a life expectancy of 70.6 years (95% CI, 69.6-71.6), while men in the top 1% had a life expectancy of 84.4 years (95% CI, 83.4-85.4 years), a difference of 13.8 years (95% CI, 12.3-15.2) (eTable 2 in the Supplement). Women in the bottom 1% had a life expectancy of 78.0 years (95% CI, 77.1-78.9) and women in the top 1% had a life expectancy of 86.4 years (95% CI, 85.7-87.1), a difference of 8.4 years (95% CI, 7.2-9.6) (eTable 2 in the Supplement).

Of individuals with income in the lowest 1%, 50.6% (95% CI, 50.4%-50.8%) lived in single-person households (Figure 2), while only 9% (95% CI, 8.9%-9.1%) of individuals in the top 1% of income were single-person households. Of individuals in the bottom 1% of income, 18.2% (95% CI, 18.0%-18.4%) had a university education, and of individuals in the top 1% of income, 53.9% (95% CI, 53.6%-54.1%) had a university education. Life expectancy was higher for individuals with higher education in All levels of income (Figure 1B and C), and the shape of the curves showing life expectancy by income were similar when stratifying by level of education.

The indirect loss of life will dwarf the actual deaths from COVID-19. It’s interesting how there are no similar projections for this, unlike those "off the cuff" estimates for COVID-19. You know, the kind where they claim 150,000 people will be dead by Christmas and other nonsense like that.

urbanhawk17 said:It’s always the same story: the biggest cheats in the world of sports start crying foul the second they lose. 🙂

Those Spaniards are used to having at least a 30% head start in every single sport they enter. And the second things don't go their way? They immediately run to the press to play the victim. 🤦

They only slapped a 20% penalty on them yesterday, which seems completely unacceptable. I’d love to see the data showing exactly which second they call a passive play against us versus when they turn a blind eye for them.

electriccanyon15 said:here's the official statement from the Korn:

It’s a decent statement, even if they’re leaning way too hard into conspiracy theories. There isn't some grand plot here. It’s much simpler: most people in this country are just incompetent, including the organizers working alongside the police. Chronic inadequacy has basically seeped into every single layer of our society. That's why we're stuck where we are. Deep in the gutter...

wiredotter12 said:The USA, the EU, and most other nations are drowning in debt too... why should everyone go bankrupt, including America? Who actually benefits from that?
Wouldn't it be simpler to just use inflation—devaluing the currency—to wipe out the debt and move on? Similarly, America could implement some modest cuts, join the EU, and let a weaker Euro make paying off those debts much easier.
Why don't we do that?

Exactly. Everyone is in debt. Me and my neighbor. Only difference is I have a small overdraft $6.75 which puts me "only" $2333 in the red. My neighbor is doing even better than me—nearly twice as good—he's "only" $1167 in the hole. His credit limit is about $1000 😁 That’s probably why he’s digging through dumpsters every morning. 😁

They're going to be absolutely thrilled with your grasp of economics, genius. 👍
What kind of dark fantasy is this "paying off debt" nonsense? Even in sci-fi movies, America couldn't function without taking on more debt, let alone paying it all back. 🙏

Are you a Republican youth organizer or just a freshman economics major? What are you, a kid?

I honestly think this country is beyond saving at this point. We can't even cover the interest on our debt, let alone touch the principal. 😁
We need to implement some brutal, radical austerity measures and then just sit tight for 10 to 15 years to see if they actually work. But which administration or party is actually going to step up? No one. They’ll just keep things exactly as they are and pile on more debt just to coast through the next election. Their only real priority is grabbing power and clinging to it for dear life. 😉

The Republican Party will likely lose the next election by a landslide, but don't hold your breath—nothing significant is actually going to change. Maybe we'll see some cosmetic tweaks, but there is zero chance the Democratic Party is ready to make any real cuts. They proved that back in 2000. Aside from diving headfirst into new debt and systemic looting, I haven't seen anything truly radical from them. In fact, they were so pathetic they wouldn't even touch the privatization scandals or throw anyone in jail. Of course they won't; there's an unspoken agreement in play here: You loot for four years, then We loot for four years, then it's back to You. Nobody goes to prison. 🙂