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RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
00:50
@Robusto neither did I, actually. But I overheard here or there that Total Eclipse of the Heart was rather notorious for its key changes.
Not that I'd know, I never listened to it that closely.
And any other song by Tyler I plain can't even name.
 
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skullpatrol
skullpatrol
03:41
in Pandemic Positivity, 8 hours ago, by Carcer
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skullpatrol
skullpatrol
04:16
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a map of the world with all countries social distancing
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
04:27
#Be-Virally-Nice policy
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
11:39
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Cerberus
Cerberus
13:16
@skullpatrol Not much left of Europe.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
statnews.com/2020/03/17/…
> The one situation where an entire, closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers. The case fatality rate there was 1.0%, but this was a largely elderly population, in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Færd Ugh. I didn't know Biden was that bad.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> If we assume that case fatality rate among individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 is 0.3% in the general population — a mid-range guess from my Diamond Princess analysis — and that 1% of the U.S. population gets infected (about 3.3 million people), this would translate to about 10,000 deaths. This sounds like a huge number, but it is buried within the noise of the estimate of deaths from “influenza-like illness.”
Cerberus
Cerberus
Except that 1% infected seems rather low.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
An interesting opinion from John Ioannidis
Cerberus
Cerberus
13:19
Why not 50%?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
John Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis (born August 21, 1965 in New York City) is a physician-scientist and writer who has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, data science and clinical research. In addition, he has pioneered the field of meta-research (research on research). He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good scientific standards of evidence. Ioannidis studies scientific research itself, especially in clinical medicine and the social sciences. He is one of the most-cited scientists in literature. His 2005 paper "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False...
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Færd No, if the Oxford English Dictionary agrees with you, then I believe it. Dutch sources are somewhat less definite: they say bieden "to offer, to place a monetary bid" is related to Greek punthanomai "inform", but they give three different possible origins for bidden "to pray, request", one of which is the same as that in the Oxford English Dictionary (the one related to Greek peithô "convince").
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> In the most pessimistic scenario, which I do not espouse, if the new coronavirus infects 60% of the global population and 1% of the infected people die, that will translate into more than 40 million deaths globally, matching the 1918 influenza pandemic. The vast majority of this hecatomb would be people with limited life expectancies. That’s in contrast to 1918, when many young people died.
@Cerberus Good point.
I will now be reading an answer piece by another scientist
Cerberus
Cerberus
> world population of between 1.8 and 1.9 billion
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
doesn't everyone have a limited life expectancy?
are there people expected to live forever now?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
13:35
and here's the reply piece to Ioannidis article
Mitch
Mitch
@skullpatrol great idea... is this a web site? or just some local thing?
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MattE.Эллен Some say yes.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
who wants to live forever?
who dares to love forever?
Mitch
Mitch
@MattE.Эллен Everything I've done so far has not resulted in my demise. So I pretty much expect to continue.
@MattE.Эллен searches for lyrics
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@Mitch what if things you haven't done will lead to your demise at an unspecified point?
Mitch
Mitch
13:38
@MattE.Эллен I have no evidence of that. They've done me good so far.
They may be bad for other people but I'm not them.
Ha!
I win!
I'm living forever!
stubs toe
expletive
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
and they'll continue to keep you in the dark. just because I'm not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me
Mitch
Mitch
"I don't want to be an alarmist here but..."
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
ALARM
Mitch
Mitch
usually followed by something strongly alarmist.
like that
I don't want to set of the fire alarm but...
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
starts smoking
Mitch
Mitch
13:41
OH MY GOD I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT JUST TURN OFF THAT FIRE ALARM
@MattE.Эллен Hey, don't do that.
smoking is stinky
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
smoking will prolong my life if I get CoVID19
Mitch
Mitch
Really?
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
because each cigarette only shortens my life by 10 years
Mitch
Mitch
stockpiles cigarette boxes
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@Mitch no, but imagaine
but CoVID19 will probably kill me within one year
Mitch
Mitch
13:42
Sorry, I have a migrine
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
lol
Mitch
Mitch
@MattE.Эллен And that's logic!
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
impenetrable logic
Mitch
Mitch
That's how you win arguments
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
usually
getting people to imagine counterfactual situations until they believe I'm right is highly effective
Mitch
Mitch
13:51
What if counterfactuals were impossible to imagine?
I really don't see why people bother to be fatalistic.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
then I'd cease to exist
lol
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Cerberus Was Europe much to begin with?
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@Mitch they can't help themselves
Mitch
Mitch
@M.A.R. Ooh... sick burn.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@M.A.R. Not really.
But it did have a lovely shape, if I do say so myself.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
14:01
I'd say the Middle East is lovelier but I have no idea what it looks like
All I know is Iran's cat.
Mitch
Mitch
> While humans carry out social distancing, a group of 14 elephants broke into a village in Yunan province, looking for corn and other food. They ended up drinking 30kg of corn wine and got so drunk that they fell asleep in a nearby tea garden. Face with tears of joy
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Or whatever @Mitch likened it to, he made sense but meh
Mitch
Mitch
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Mitch that image is fake
No place is that green
Mitch
Mitch
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
14:03
Except maybe that elf garden thing with the elf witch
Mitch
Mitch
@M.A.R. China is a rooster
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
That's racist
Mitch
Mitch
Asia is a cat batting around Australia
Cerberus
Cerberus
@M.A.R. Hmm not the first thing I thought of when looking at Iran.
More like...a squeezed piece of liquorice.
Mitch
Mitch
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there we go
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
14:06
@Cerberus I dunno where the idea comes from, but it's popular
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Mitch Silly animals!
@Mitch Image not found.
@Mitch Oh, why didn't I see that before.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Mitch O.O
Now I wonder what the other 14 maps are
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch I pity poor Australia.
Mitch
Mitch
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bock bock bock
Robusto
Robusto
Well, England, Scotland and Wales are a witch riding a hog.
Mitch
Mitch
14:11
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Robusto
Robusto
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I saw it on Reddit so it must be true.
Mitch
Mitch
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Robusto
Robusto
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That one's a little clearer.
Mitch
Mitch
@M.A.R. You're green deprived
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
I always though the UK + Eire looked like a kangaroo and a koala
Mitch
Mitch
14:14
@MattE.Эллен Which one is ...
OK I see Ireland is the koala...
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@Mitch Eire + NI is a koala
Mitch
Mitch
but... kangaroo?
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
yeah
Robusto
Robusto
@MattE.Эллен Kangaroo?
Jinx.
Mitch
Mitch
The witch riding a pig at least looks like a witch riding a pig.
Which is mean towards witches and pigs!
Robusto
Robusto
14:15
Matt is annoyed that he lives somewhere in the witch's stirrup.
Mitch
Mitch
hahahha ha haha oink ahahha ha hahah
Robusto
Robusto
All this raises the question: When did witches stop riding broomsticks in favor of pigs?
Mitch
Mitch
@MattE.Эллен Not to be all whatever it is I'm being but...
It's really hard to register NI as a separate thing.
It's all just Ireland and that little border thing is a footnote.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
a stood up knagaroo
Robusto
Robusto
Stood up as on a date?
Mitch
Mitch
14:16
where are the little arms?
is that the isle of skye?
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
the top of wales
who knew I was so contraversial!
Mitch
Mitch
them's the pig's ears!
Robusto
Robusto
BTW, the witch is doing dressage, so her arms are at her sides.
Pig dressage. My wife would have a fit.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
you can put dressage on a pig
Mitch
Mitch
I know. Pig's are not so malleable as horses.
Robusto
Robusto
14:18
I've never tried to ride one.
Mitch
Mitch
the one's that are big enough to ride are...
too big to ride?
Robusto
Robusto
Dunno. Horses are pretty damn big.
Mitch
Mitch
@MattE.Эллен OK I'll give that too you, but that's one weird looking kangaroo
@Robusto I meant pigs.
Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
@Mitch it's one weird looking pig, too
Mitch
Mitch
If there are any pigs reading this, it's all in good fun.
Robusto
Robusto
14:21
@Mitch I know. My statement was by way of saying "Horses are bigger than pigs, so size can't be the issue."
@Mitch Too late. They've already taken note. Watch your ass around farmyards.
If humans domesticated horses, though, they must have tried other animals as well. Pigs might have been a brief experiment, some caveman saying, "Hey, I wonder if I can ride that." Hilarity ensued.
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto I've heard that riding elephants or using them as pack animals is really bad for their backs, unlike horses. well, not that it's good for horses, but it's not -bad- for them, not exactly, then again, I'm no horse, at least people tell me, or t=rather they don;t tell me otherwise. notwithstanding. Nonetheless.
Robusto
Robusto
Are you typing with mittens on?
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.
@Robusto How swollen do your fingers have to be before you get concerned?
Robusto
Robusto
So swollen that you type semicolons instead of apostrophes?
Mitch
Mitch
14:45
Longest Sand Marble Rally 750 feet with commentary!
►
I was rooting for #3.
> I joined a dyslexic poetry club last night.

I ended up making 2 pots and a vase.
Cerberus
Cerberus
15:06
@Mitch Hah!
Mitch
Mitch
15:31
@Cerberus It took me a good 15 seconds to figure it out.
Cerberus
Cerberus
At first, I read vase as verse.
Only 1 vowel apart.
And pots as posts.
Robusto
Robusto
15:52
Took me a few seconds at first.
 
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Færd
Færd
16:54
@Cerberus Very well.
@Cerberus He's worse.
 
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Daniel Rigg
Daniel Rigg
22:21
What words mean ''to say something unexpectedly and unintentionally''?
And what does it mean ''to be or not be emotionally prepared to say or do something''?
Cerberus
Cerberus
23:09
@Færd Bleh. Oh, well, he is certainly much better than Trump.

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