D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

You can’t have your cake and breathe it, too.

And, following up on this one -

When questioned about the threat of folks quitting the State Police, the Massachusetts Governor said, "We'll have to continue to work hard with our folks at the Mass. State Police and our folks in the Legislature to make sure that we fund classes and that we recruit aggressively to refill the ranks."

So, yeah, not putting up with it.

Edit to add: So, in the original reporting on this issue, it was said that "dozens" of officers were prepared to hand in their resumes. In rhetoric, that became scores and hundreds. Turns out... there's ONE known documented case of an officer resigning over this.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

And, following up on this one -

When questioned about the threat of folks quitting the State Police, the Massachusetts Governor said, "We'll have to continue to work hard with our folks at the Mass. State Police and our folks in the Legislature to make sure that we fund classes and that we recruit aggressively to refill the ranks."

So, yeah, not putting up with it.

Edit to add: So, in the original reporting on this issue, it was said that "dozens" of officers were prepared to hand in their resumes. In rhetoric, that became scores and hundreds. Turns out... there's ONE known documented case of an officer resigning over this.

Turns out that even though a lot of people say "I'd rather lose my job than get vaccinated!!!", when it actually comes down to it, the vast majority realize how much it sucks to lose your job and instead get the vaccine (while grumbling about it, of course).

It feels like I should be angry about them being so selfish and prideful, but I'm just happy that more people are getting vaccinated.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tangential: Got my flu shot and shingrix vaccines yesterday. Only side effect so far is the shingrix injection site feels like I got bro-punched in the upper arm.

 

[Ryujin]

Tangential: Got my flu shot and shingrix vaccines yesterday. Only side effect so far is the shingrix injection site feels like I got bro-punched in the upper arm.

I got that feeling from the Moderna vax, both times. I didn't think that you were supposed to get other vaccines around the same time as the Covid vax?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

When people say, “It’s my choice to vaccinate. Who am I hurting?”

A lot of people. You are hurting a lot of people.

 

[J.Quondam]

Antivaxxers are becoming so threatening in some locales that healthcare workers have to carry panic buttons for their own safety.

Health workers get panic buttons as COVID deniers get violent

Overworked health workers face jeers, harassment, attacks amid wave of cases.

arstechnica.com

Why in hell are those freedummies so damn broken?

 

[Umbran]

Why in hell are those freedummies so damn broken?

You want an honest answer to this? I have probably spoken on this somewhere upthread, but after 400 pages over a year and a half, we shouldn't expect anyone to remember..

The basic answer to this is that humans beings aren't nearly so rational as they like to think.

It would not be inaccurate to say that humans really have two different cognitive systems. One is logical, and it is pretty slow. The other is fast, but associated with emotion and memory, rather than much rational analysis. This second system is there for making snap decisions, from back when we needed to feel fear when we saw a jaguar in the brush, or anger when we had to fight, and so on.

The problem is that this emotional system is also largely sub-conscious. So, when you get some stimulus or information, the emotional system responds first, and then your logical systems chime in and, without realizing it, humans generally pick among the rational responses the one that most closely matches their emotional responses.

And, unfortunately, we don't usually recognize this is happening. Which means that someone who knows what they are doing can manipulate us.

 

[niklinna]

And, unfortunately, we don't usually recognize this is happening. Which means that someone who knows what they are doing can manipulate us.

And with modern social media giving such people an unprecedently tight feedback loop to refine their techniques....

 

[billd91]

And with modern social media giving such people an unprecedently tight feedback loop to refine their techniques....

And don’t forget a propaganda outlet stoking the emotional system.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I got that feeling from the Moderna vax, both times. I didn't think that you were supposed to get other vaccines around the same time as the Covid vax?

I don’t know for sure. However, since I got my C19 (Phizer) back in March, I’m well clear.