Comments by RandomMember (page 26)

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^^ but not nearly the thrill that @gammaNut gets out of inserting gerbils up his cancel-ridden rectum

It's not just the cholesterol. Bacon, sausauge, hot dogs -- they all increase the chance of getting colon cancer. I don't eat processed meats.

"Everyone’s a Day Trader Now Bored, isolated and out of work amid the pandemic, millions of Americans are chasing stock-market glory—and bragging about it online." https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyones-a-day-trader-now-11595649609?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2 The article goes on to say that the last time amateur investors binged on day-trading was the dot-com period in the late '90s (which ended very well).

Already covered: Kiss, Metalica, AC/DC ...all more annoying than white noise or Lindsey Graham's southern drawl.

She probably gives the same Orwellian spiel to all the other aging, pompous, right-wing gasbags that come in.

Every day you think Trump can't sink any lower -- then he does.

Trump’s Warm Words for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I Just Wish Her Well’

Good topic. For dance or a one-time OTC doesn't matter. For sugaring, of course it matters. For example, I had a meet-and-greet with a girl who turned out to be a metro-Denver stripper. I forget how the conversation started, but she brought up the Confederate flag and claimed that most people don't understand what it stands for (or some equally nonsensical bullshit). Pass. Compare the above to, say, one of my previous SBs from San Francisco who was a peace and justice major and volunteered in homeless shelters during high school.

@O-Ring- There are countless articles out there about the purely mathematical reason for a lot of false-positives in the early stages of a pandemic. Google "Bayes theorem and Covid testing" and you'll get hundreds of hits. In the first month or two, the infection fatality rate wasn't well understood. If the infection fatality rate were really 2-3%, then deaths of 1 or 2M would be possible. But the infection fatality rate was revised down to about a tenth of that by Fauci and others. Nothing nefarious or political about any of this.

I plan to hide under the bed.

tl;dr: As a textbook narcissist, @Dugan proclaims that since he didn't fall seriously ill, the pandemic is a joke and the data from the US and other wealthy economies is fake -- all without a shred of evidence. The stories trickling in here about mild cases shouldn't surprise anyone. Dr. Fauci's estimate two months ago is that the infection fatality rate is about 0.1%. In other words, the probability (averaged over all age groups) of dying from Covid is only about 1 in 1000 and a fraction of that if you're under 60-yrs-old. 140,000 deaths is horrible and we'll probably hit 200,000 deaths by October. Here's the WSJ article @Dugan cherry-picked a while back: "Now they tell us" https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-they-tell-us-11586450916 The article goes on to say that we shouldn't hobble the economy because the U. of Washington simulations showed deaths plateauing at 61,000 (coincidentally about the same as the flu). We're over twice that, still in July, and the very same study is now predicted 200,000 deaths by October. Reminder: One purpose of masks, social distancing, etc, is to keep the ICUs from reaching capacity. The purpose of one-time lockdowns is to make contact-tracing feasible, which is what other countries have done with success. But we fucked that up and opened up the economy too soon and we'll suffer the consequences.

I thought you were nearly 60 Warrior? What about your wife? Did she get tested?

"The friend that went out with them was totally asymptomatic. All tested Positive. " ------------------------- Could be a false-positive. There's a theorem called Bayes' theorem that applies to Covid testing. Statisitical theory has been around since the 18th century, but it's confusing if you've never seen it before. The number of false positives can be very high if you're in an area where not many people are infected.

^^^^ https://youtu.be/XM8RbPgheT4

I've been there dozens of times over the years. Their standards for the dancers are comparable to the two downtown clubs and it's one of the "cleanest" clubs in existence. Glendale's an okay area, about 2 miles from the upscale Cherry Creek Mall area. Dancers have told me that there's a fair amount of crime in the immediate area outside the club. I remember another murder occurring outside the club several years ago, and an unruly customer died inside during a skirmish with a bouncer (or bartender?) in a chokehold incident about a year ago. The violence is just another reason the sugaring scene is a better choice.

"Ain't no way that any kind of additional stimulus package will be done this year before the election." __________________ Well, you got that right. Never mind the strippers -- mass suffering three months before the election isn't a very good campaign strategy for the GOP.

I'll tell you what's irrelevant: the stupid and ill-defined case- or infection- fatality rates that @BabyDick and @Mr_O keep citing. Who cares -- the number of people who die per unit time is the only thing that matters. I'm sure you've looked at the curves for the US and the EU and both peaked about mid-march. But the US chose to open things up before the curve really flattened and we're paying the price now. As I said, having a daily per-capita death rate in Florida 20x that of the entire EU is nothing to brag about. The death totals won't be known for a long time. Will the EU flare up again? I don't know, but taking reasonable steps with masks, social distancing, tracing, etc may help. The EU is doing much better than we are and at this point and we're pitied by the rest of the world for our cartoonish lack of leadership.

It gives you a snapshot of how badly Florida is doing.

The current number of deaths per day in Florida is about the same as the number of deaths per day In the entire EU. Yes or no

Do you understand English @Mr_O? The case fatality rate doesn't tell you the number of people who are actually dying per unit time. Florida has about the same number of people dying per day as the entire EU

I don't see any badges or ID?

Just read this: daily death toll in Florida is about the same as entire EU, even though EU has 20x the polulation of Florida.

^^ still more romantic than Muddy's car dates

@Meathead- Some of my longest arrangements started with a Starbucks date. If you meet in an upscale area, you can walk outside safely without a mask. Also gives you chance to see if she's attractive, and gives her a chance to find out that you're a complete bore. Win-Win