Posts by brightpilot6

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What kind of moral high ground are we talking about when they’re handing in their resignations just a month before the election? ☕

He and Njonja split the costs, though he ended up covering her testing while she was out busy with her mountain climbing adventures.

urbanhawk17 said:can't wait 🙏

I guess you're actually excited to see Brko 🤣

Honestly, I'd much rather catch a glimpse of Brk hanging out near the grill than deal with any more talk about those COVID vaccines...

urbanhawk17 said:can't wait 🙏

I guess you're actually excited to see Brko 🤣

The one who's messing with you.☕

Hey Papi, I was just cruising past the fairgrounds today, and it feels like game day is almost here! Brko and Mario sent their best...

If Miro Red could pull it off, then there’s really no reason why the rest of us can't.

The tension is thick enough to cut with a knife.

restlesssurfer97 said:brightpilot6, can you even imagine going through that exact same scenario during the height of COVID-19?

Since when did you become so exclusive?

I personally think it’s more than obvious now that a nationwide lockdown wasn't actually necessary, if you just look at all the numbers.
For the people who are going to tell me it’s easy to be a general after the battle is over, that’s not really the point here; the point is the massive range of measures available, stretching from doing absolutely nothing to a total shutdown.

There is a spectrum, certainly.

In our case, we didn't even implement a complete lockdown, so I truly believe we didn't go to any extremes. Most of you seem generally dissatisfied with the measures taken, yet you don't have—and especially didn't have back in early March—a clear vision of what specifically you would have done differently. I am talking about the entire system, the entire country. Let's be honest, probably nobody actually has that kind of blueprint.

Furthermore, it is an issue—and something I have witnessed firsthand within certain sectors of the public service I deal with—that people have interpreted safety guidelines very selectively, often interpreting them in whatever way allowed them to do the least amount of work. I wouldn't be surprised if that's been happening in parts of the non-COVID healthcare sector too. But then again, that is simply a flaw in a decaying system, and that decay has merely become more visible due to this stressful situation.

And perhaps that’s for the best; maybe more people will finally see things for what they are. Because once the virus passes, the rot will still be there.

restlesssurfer97 said:It honestly feels like people don't fully grasp how much this whole massive hysteria is making a broken healthcare system perform even worse than it already was.
I mean, let's be real, it wasn't exactly running like a well-oiled machine before all this started either.

Are we seriously doing this right now?

So, are you suggesting that absolutely nothing should have been done simply because the system was already flawed?

I’ve experienced this kind of runaround at least three times before—though honestly, I might have lost count—and one of those instances ended with them practically trying to dissect my father right there on the table just to figure out what was wrong with him. Even as a complete layman, the lack of logic was glaringly obvious; nobody could offer a single coherent explanation for why they were rushing such a drastic move. If I hadn't been able to get someone important on the phone to intervene, that would have been the reality. We eventually spent four hours just waiting to head home without any surgery being performed, simply because a specialist finally showed up and actually bothered to give him an honest examination.

We managed to get through it unscathed, but I can only imagine how many people aren't so lucky.

Since then, I don't trust the "system" with even a fingernail.

Anthony Wright30 said:I suppose the point is that no one will ever be held accountable for this catastrophic string of decisions and the countless lives that may have been lost in vain.

It isn't just that no one will answer for it; I almost expect people to hand out medals for success instead.

Perhaps. But if no one is being held responsible even during normal times when people are dying simply because there isn't enough emergency care available, why should anyone be surprised that things continue this way in such a chaotic era? The system didn't just collapse now; it hasn't been buckling under the weight of mismanagement and neglect—both financial and personal—for decades. And more often than not, it's the person who actually trusts the system that ends up paying the price.

Unfortunately, we see these kinds of tragic stories all the time; the only difference is that usually, the cause is just "standard" incompetence and poor organization. Now, however, it’s being rebranded as "COVID-related incompetence," which makes it the perfect narrative for those fighting against the mandates. That was essentially the point of my previous comment.

If you have ever had to personally escort someone through hospitals, or if you happen to rely on the healthcare system yourself, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Is the suspension and poor enforcement of all other health-related content (aside from COVID-19) actually an official anti-COVID policy?

Or is it simply a byproduct of the sluggish rollout of general pandemic measures, combined with the insufficient capacity and quality of our healthcare system—shortcomings that manifest on a daily basis even during normal times?

And what is the purpose of those of you who aren't shortsighted and understand that this isn't some binary struggle between public health and the economy? What is the real fight here? And specifically, what should or shouldn't have been done during the beginning and middle of March?

Please be specific; anyone can post cryptic comments and dislikes until they're blue in the face.

Anything would be an improvement over that tedious Space Odyssey,

but that’s why Interstellar wins out. 🙏

urbanhawk17 said:What about gravity?

It’s quite straightforward, really; since its inception some 6,000 years ago, the terrestrial disk has been steadily accelerating at 9.81 meters per second squared.

I understood him perfectly, both through the initial headline and after sitting down to read the entire piece from start to finish.

I am, but my comment wasn't actually about the article itself; it was a response to your take on it (which, if you look at the title, makes the point pretty clear). If anything else seems fuzzy, I’m happy to clarify.

As for the idea that I was just mocking the piece, well... honestly, I don't even know if there's a lower bar to hit than that. 🙄

Yeah, right, because as soon as COVID-19 isn't around, everything just suddenly functions perfectly, doesn't it?
Good grief, some people act like they were born yesterday.🤣

They are truly unbelievable.

Everyone in New York City already knew it was all just hot air from the very start—not that it was actually harmless, much like a plague, but the whole thing was being blown way out of proportion 🤣

They knew!

To me, these are people with a diminished capacity for critical thinking. It stems from a failure to grasp the risks born from early insights and unknowns, as well as a tendency to trivialize a situation that, here in the States, is actually far more manageable than it is in places like Italy, Spain, or Belgium for reasons we still haven't quite pinned down.

The reality shifts drastically even within a single country. I looked at the data where, back in March, death rates in Italy were 50% higher than the five-year average, even though some southern provinces and islands saw a rate that was 1.8% lower. This implies that in the north, that 50% spike was likely even more extreme. Honestly, if someone finds a scenario like that worthy of mockery or chooses to ignore it and carry on as if nothing is happening, more power to them. Personally, I’ll always make sure my life doesn't depend on people like that.

And perhaps the most absurd delusion of all is the idea that without lockdowns, the "economy" would just keep humming along as if nothing had changed 🤣

Tabloid journalism is obviously another huge factor at play here, but honestly, who actually gives a damn?

Regarding Paul Sanders5 and Jessica Gonzalez discussing the whole COVID-19 situation ☕