Comments by joker44 (page 24)

Since it's from Huffpost I wondered how much was taken out of context or re-written for clickbait purposes. Papi - spoken like a devoted Floriduh guy 😁 desertscrub 23 min posted under Are Gun Stores 'Essential'? "I clean my ass in the shower now vs. using TP.. I get a fresh, soapy clean while the strippers finger my ass" scrub - been using the magic wand to clean ur ass hole and accidentally blow ur brains out? 😁

>Trump holds a briefing: Narcissist ! Unprincipled !< Not simply a pejorative accusation about a specific event; unprincipled narcissistic character disorder is a working personality assessment. Trump has been this way for all of his adult life. Long before he became a "Republican" or "President" Ref: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays Hardcover – March 19, 2019 ' Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017,

😁 sincweiser - wtf, we seem a tiny bit kranky these days. 😁 For the record - I'm NOT Jewish and I'm certainly NOT a lawyer [though there's nothing wrong with that] 😁 Get back your sense of humor 😁 Yes, it was off topic for a strip club site, I'll try to post more SC-centric topics like these posts: Lone_Wolf: Trump to quarentine NY. Holy shit SuperFreaky69 Saying China Virus is racists Clubber Favorite Sports Event JuiceBox69 Once the world governments collapse Seriously, sinclair, all joking aside, what's up with U? Years ago you contributed thoughtful posts and comments; within the last 1-2 years your posts have become pervasively bitter if not openly angry. Thankfully, your reviews remain spot-on, thorough, and really useful. And if you're banging that many chicks it can't be sexual frustration. Paul Watzlawick "The Art of Becoming Bitter" : “Leading a bitter life can be done by anyone, but bittering life on purpose is an art that is learned.”

Only an unprincipled narcissistic character disorder would put the 'welfare' of his unrealistically bloated ego ahead of the welfare of all citizens and use visits to the CDC and daily 'press briefings' for political propaganda. Only an unprincipled narcissistic character disorder would use this pandemic to get revenge against his perceived 'rivals' Only an unprincipled narcissistic character disorder would use this pandemic as an opportunity to enhance the family business profits.

Humor bump, lol

"Who would have thought that the land of the free and the top superpower would be so quickly infested with the virus" Who indeed???????????? https://www.businessinsider.com/people-who-seemingly-predicted-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-3?op=1 1. Bill Gates has been warning of a pandemic for years. Bill Gates In a 2015 TED talk, Gates said the world was "not ready for the next epidemic." And in a 2018 discussion about epidemics hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society and the New England Journal of Medicine, Gates said a pandemic could happen within the next decade. 2. Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm has also been warning of a global pandemic for the past decade. According to CNN, Osterholm wrote in Foreign Affairs magazine in 2005 that, "This is a critical point in our history. Time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic. We must act now with decisiveness and purpose." 3. Virologist and flu expert Robert G. Webster predicted an upcoming flu pandemic in a book he published in December [2019]. In "Flu Hunter: Unlocking the secrets of a virus," Webster questioned whether another deadly, disruptive pandemic is possible. "The answer is yes: it is not only possible, it is just a matter of time," he wrote. 4. The US Intelligence Team has warned about the possibility of a pandemic in recent years. In 2018, the intelligence community's Worldwide Threat Assessment warned that a "novel strain of a virulent microbe that is easily transmissible between humans continues to be a major threat," according to CNN's Daniel Dale. And the 2019 threat assessment from last January stated that, "We assess that the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls on the United States for support." 5. Jeremy Konyndyk, former director of USAID's Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance under the Obama administration, has said a virus similar to the 1918 flu pandemic will emerge. Jeremy Konyndyk Konyndyk wrote in a 2017 Politico article that "a major new global health crisis is a question of when, not if." "At some point a highly fatal, highly contagious virus will emerge — like the 1918 'Spanish flu' pandemic, which infected one third of the world's population and killed between 50 and 100 million people," he wrote, adding that President Trump is unprepared for such a pandemic. 6. Dr. Luciana Borio of the former White House National Security Council (NSC) team responsible for pandemics has previously warned of a pandemic flu threat. According to CNN's Dale, Borio, the council's director of medical and biodefense preparedness, said in 2018: "The threat of pandemic flu is the number one health security concern. Are we ready to respond? I fear the answer is no." John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser at the time, later disbanded the team while reorganizing the NSC. 7. More than a decade ago, Massachusetts public health officials projected that millions could become ill from a novel respiratory disease. In a 2006 Flu Pandemic Preparedness Plan, these public health officials projected that as many as 2 million people could become ill, according to local outlet 10Boston. They predicted that up to 1 million people in the state would need to be treated on an outpatient basis and that 80,000 would need hospital treatment, based on models developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 8. Coronavirus Is Coming—And Trump Isn’t Ready In order to combat the disease, the president will have to trust the kind of government experts he has disdained and dismissed. JANUARY 30, 2020 Ronald Klain Former White House Ebola response coordinator https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/now-trump-needs-deep-state-fight-coronavirus/605752/ 9. America Is Acting Like a Failed State -Many businesses, local governments, and individuals are doing what is necessary to beat back the coronavirus—with little help from the White House. MARCH 14, 2020 Derek Thompson, Staff writer at The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/america-isnt-failing-its-pandemic-testwashington-is/608026/

>This is the week when the actions are tailored to the facts on the ground.< "President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would not go forward with his plan to quarantine the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. “On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the CDC to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government,” Trump announced on Twitter. “A quarantine will not be necessary,” he declared. “Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!” he added. ….Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020"

My Great Timing: I hadn't been clubbing for 18 months; metro area clubs were really dreary & uninspiring with poor ROI. Just before shutdown I was considering checking out some nearby clubs 😁 Oh well, word is the stimulus checks will take several months to distribute anyway.

PROTECT YOUR NUTS https://tuscl.net/photos/5e7fe8874f8aa

FLF: An unanswered question is how long immunity lasts after recovery; may get a glimmer from China. NPR reported that some recently recovered Wuhan residents were showing signs of *re-infection* but I've yet to see a follow-up on this. So chalk it up to unconfirmed.

Too wasteful and unnecessary. Just hold a national voice vote to declare Trump 'President For Life' by shouting acclamation.

From the article cited above: These posts may be coming in response to an epidemic, but they reflect the alternative facts problem endemic to American political psychology—just now with a pernicious quantitative twist. As public opinion about the appropriate response to the pandemic becomes—predictably and depressingly—hyperpolarized, people are falling in line. There’s a growing movement in conservative circles to end the shelter-in-place directives and a growing insistence in liberal circles to keep them in place. Earlier this week, trending on Twitter were #ReopenAmerica (among conservatives) and #NotDyingForWallStreet (among liberals). With the help of the president, we’re watching the conversation devolve into a false dichotomy between saving the economy and preserving public health. In this escalating din, I hear the familiar refrains of the culture wars. Posts like [ the examples of armchair epidemiology cited in this article ] entrench each side further, because now each side gets to claim its own set of settled “facts.” *In reality, a rapidly developing pandemic requires we tolerate some amount of uncertainty.*

From the article cited above: One reason back-of-the-envelope hot takes are thriving is that the science of ongoing epidemics is inherently uncertain. And in the U.S., the testing fiasco has only amplified that uncertainty. How many people have the new coronavirus? How many people will become infected and never know? How likely are they to spread it? What role do children play? What is the actual death rate? These are crucial data, and we simply don’t have reliable estimates right now. In addition, how societies behave feeds back into the epidemic’s severity, adding another layer of uncertainty. The way the virus behaves in China or Italy will be different from how it behaves here, depending on what we do. The only thing we know for sure is that things continue to change rapidly, which also means that in these circumstances, anyone claiming certainty is suspect.

From another website blog commenter: Please, Let’s Stop the Epidemic of Armchair Epidemiology "An article which might amuse some readers here: https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/armchair-epidemiology-coronavirus.html It's about the phenomenon of Very Smart People -- who happen to be pig-ignorant about epidemiology -- showing great confidence that their own analyses and forecasts of the present pandemic are better than those of people who've devoted their careers studying and monitoring infectious disease transmission, and epidemics in particular." Tidbits from the article: Ignore the people misconstruing their expertise and offering false certainty. As one Twitter user quipped, “Coronavirus can cause a hacking cough. As a software engineer, I know a thing or two about hacking. Just because you can analyze data doesn’t mean you should .................... We now return you to your regularly scheduled TUSCL Bullshitters Forum

A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our *common sense*, our *practical point of view*. But these are just names for an all-absorbing familiarity with things as they usually are. These vibrant memories of a pleasant and secure existence make other realities, however imminent, seem vague and visionary. So it happens that when the times become unhinged, it is the *practical people* who are caught unaware and are made to look like visionaries who cling to things that no longer exist. based on Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Sub: ✔

Seems to me we are all involuntary participants in the middle of a giant novel pandemic virus experiment. Our view as 'lab rats' running the pandemic maze is narrow and biased as we run madly toward our individual goal reward. The Experimenter has a different picture and a better understanding of the results.

@Sub - Saw the Textonic heatmap too. Similar ? as you. Interested in any further info you find out. IMO; the leap from GPS tracking of location of mobile devices once within 6 feet of each other on a particular FL beach to possibly infected humans carrying those devices to infected humans spreading the infection seems possible but tenuous. Moreover, the number tracked may be too small for meaningful extrapolation to much larger pop.

LOL. Probably better to say '12% ADMITTED to being nude when surveyed; others may have lied.'

Strippers ARE NOT a representative sample of gen pop. Way more gen pop individuals look better clothed than strippers. Still, many dancers are more attractive clothed in natural lighting than made up in SC lighting. First impressions in SC are heavily distorted by the novelty of full nudity! Related frightening observation: “What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.” - Eric Hoffer.

I vote for a solid corp of veteran dancers mixed with newer dancers [ 50/50 ] for local clubs where 20-25 dancers / shift would be the upper limit. Tale of two local clubs a few blocks apart. Club A had, for a long time, a stable corp of a half dozen dancers. Reliable, solid entertainers. Kept any dancer conflict confined to the dressing room. Helped 'induct' new dancers into the 'unwritten' rules and flow of the club. In other words, helped make sure things ran smoothly w/o mgmt interference. Problem dancers were isolated / shunned and quickly departed. Club B also had dancers who'd work there for years but they were a temperamental lot given to repeated conflicts with other dancers, management, and, even, customers. Not very reliable in keeping to schedules, leaving management scrambling to fill the void in their absence. Sometimes this club was exciting with a party atmosphere. Sometimes you could 'cut the tension with a knife'. Minutes away from an explosion of conflict among dancers and perhaps dancers and mgmt. Out on the floor, rarely confined backstage. Bouncers and sometimes LE escorting dancers out of the club. Best approach to Club B in these circumstances: Write off the cover, walk right out again and go to Club A for the evening.

LOL gsteph. Remember, Elohim tested poor, law-abiding and all-around-good-guy, Job. In the Old Testament good people suffered as well as bad.

March 26 (UPI) -- A survey of stay-at-home workers in the United States suggests 12 percent of workers have kept their cameras switched off during video calls due to a lack of clothing.

FLF - official name ?? For me closest match for SJG is oppositional know-it-all. The troll game is to post on a site like TUSCL but with the majority of your posts advocating practices [eg FRAMOS], beliefs, and ideas that are diametrically opposite of prevailing board opinions. If most members are politically conservative the troll posts flaming progressive views. On a progressive website this same troll will post ultra-conservative, extreme right, white nationalist stuff; on an autism support site this troll will strongly advocate that autism disorders DO NOT exist and members should not accept counseling or medication but follow the troll's advice [similar to buying dances is a chump's game > FRAMOS, back room...etc] All of the postings are unbending in their positions [I am right, you're doing it wrong]. The same stuff is repeated for YEARS! with little shift is position. The motive is to provoke blowback responses from other members; to engage others in sealioning exchanges, to disrupt or derail discussion, to feel that you the troll our in control of the discussion flow.

Wally, explain *your use* of the term passive aggressive; I know what it means in personality theory. Just curious as to your understanding. I'm saying what I mean in the comments above. I have no reason to mute any comments here. Since you got to use a psych term I'll throw one back -- projective identification 😁