Coronavirus

[Treble]

The 4th group for me would be those intentionally spreading it. It is happening, people are doing that.
Even when the fires kicked off in Australia, people went on spates of starting fires to add to the calamity, including one volunteer fireman. Some people are so disaffected and detached they want to see things like this, because it changes the world they are not happy with in the first place.

These times bring out the weirdos as well as the heroes

Isnt there a news report this morning about someone spreading it deliberately. Ironically I think that was Australia too.

 

[brb]

So did I .

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[O'l Gravy Leg]

Isnt there a news report this morning about someone spreading it deliberately. Ironically I think that was Australia too.

Statistically there will be some no doubt, though a tiny minority. Issue obviously is 1 nut can end up infecting 100s or 1000s over time directly and indirectly

 

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[luvgonzo]

Picked my oldest up from Uni, no job so can't afford to stay there.

 

[Archers Road]

There seem to be 3 groups developing.

The first are the eternal deniers and those who still think this is an overreaction.

The second are those who are taking it seriously but responsibly.

The third are the ones who have taken the news to some next level and gone completely fcking stoopid selfish!

Yep. And that middle group appears to be the smallest.

 

[O'l Gravy Leg]

Yep. And that middle group appears to be the smallest.

I wonder though, how much of a % of total panic buying, does talk of panic buying cause
Ideas can be brain viruses and spread much faster than an actual virus.

I swear, even though there is zero supply issues here, just being on this forum has my panic buying meter twitching

 

[Big Ern]

Old people will be like that, because someone who's 70, in their 30s something like a corona outbreak might have gone largely unnoticed and they think we're all too soft now (and they are right in many ways, but the world has changed in connectivity since they were with it) so I kinda understand why some of them are "whats all the fuss about". I'd say its also mainly the men of the older generation, especially those like me who wont see a doctor unless their arm is hanging off

Group 1 on the other hand know ****ing better but dont care because they are not the high risk group. They are willing to accept (or just not think about) the deaths of large numbers of old and or sick people as long as its not their own family and friends.

Self interested asswipes

well, that's really a matter of perspective, it could quite easily be argued that the people stopping Covid running it's course and, by natural selection, cull the old, sick and susceptible from a vastly overpopulated planet, are the people who are really the self-interested asswipes. They're too afraid of the emotional loss that will happen anyway regardless to let what needs to happen happen.

less people means less mouths, less consumption of resources, less environmental damage.

 

[Archers Road]

I wonder though, how much of a % of total panic buying, does talk of panic buying cause
Ideas can be brain viruses and spread much faster than an actual virus.

I swear, even though there is zero supply issues here, just being on this forum has my panic buying meter twitching

Absolutely. Fear is definitely infectious, and so is panic buying.

People hear about shops with empty shelves, so they rush to the shops to empty the shelves - as fast as the staff can fill them up again.

 

[Big Ern]

Absolutely. Fear is definitely infectious, and so is panic buying.

People hear about shops with empty shelves, so they rush to the shops to empty the shelves - as fast as the staff can fill them up again.

wish I'd done that with the bread, can't have a sausage sandwich with ****ing hot-cross buns.

 

[Fox Mulder]

well, that's really a matter of perspective, it could quite easily be argued that the people stopping Covid running it's course and, by natural selection, cull the old, sick and susceptible from a vastly overpopulated planet, are the people who are really the self-interested asswipes. They're too afraid of the emotional loss that will happen anyway regardless to let what needs to happen happen.

less people means less mouths, less consumption of resources, less environmental damage.

it could be argued, but only by an arsehole

 

[Tel (they/them)]

All the smaller shops are fine, just been in one of the small M&S and they had everything.

 

[Big Ern]

it could be argued, but only by an arsehole

surprised it's not you arguing it then.

 

[Archers Road]

wish I'd done that with the bread, can't have a sausage sandwich with ****ing hot-cross buns.

Don’t see why not, you might be onto something there.

 

[Fox Mulder]

surprised it's not you arguing it then.

food for thought pal

 

[Solid Air]

it could be argued, but only by an arsehole

Thats no way to speak about David Attenborough .

 

[Solid Air]

All the smaller shops are fine, just been in one of the small M&S and they had everything.

so you got me some long grain rice & Rigatoni i take it .

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

I wonder though, how much of a % of total panic buying, does talk of panic buying cause
Ideas can be brain viruses and spread much faster than an actual virus.

I swear, even though there is zero supply issues here, just being on this forum has my panic buying meter twitching

If the press didn't report it , people wouldn't know .

 

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[O'l Gravy Leg]

well, that's really a matter of perspective, it could quite easily be argued that the people stopping Covid running it's course and, by natural selection, cull the old, sick and susceptible from a vastly overpopulated planet, are the people who are really the self-interested asswipes. They're too afraid of the emotional loss that will happen anyway regardless to let what needs to happen happen.

less people means less mouths, less consumption of resources, less environmental damage.

Now is not the time to use this to wish for things you've wanted all along
That's No1 on my recent list of things that annoy me about people at this time

99% of life was killed by geology or other creatures not humans. Geological processes have destroyed more eco systems than we've ever known ourselves.
A chimp will rip your scrotum off so you cant reproduce

We're not all that mate, when we're gone, it;ll be like we were never here in a 1000 years.

We're not so bad, "ask the people in Pompei if they felt like a threat to the planet" - George Carlin

FYI we have been told about overpopulation doom since the 70s and Paul Erlich, everything he predicted was typical of blinker "science". Millions dead by the 90s it was claimed. He never even considered technological advancement of human civilization (even though his time was a far cry from 1900) Like duh.

We produce enough food for around 12 billion, every year. Enough to feed 2 billion their daily calorie intake at least, is thrown in the garbage. Vast quantities of meat is thrown out globally by supermarket chains alone.

All in the name of international trade of course.