The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[dragoner]

Because microsoft is a loving cup, filled to the brim with the milk of human kindness.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Note to self- if you're traveling internationally with a bunch of high school kids and you end up in giant crowds repeatedly over the course of a few weeks, you are going to end up with the flu. Or COVID.

Or both.

Honestly, you probably don't even need to be traveling internationally. Or with teenagers. There's a reason "con crud" is a term...

 

[Deset Gled]

Because microsoft is a loving cup, filled to the brim with the milk of human kindness.

Remember when we thought the worst thing a software company could do was bundle an internet browser into their OS? I sure am glad we nipped that problem in the bud so no one would ever bundle up software like that again. It was a very important legal precedent.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Bummer. I hope you feel better soon, Snarf.

Am I the only one who hasn't had Covid-19 yet?

We're not 100% sure. We had something in late 2019 that seemed--abnormal--in its duration and some other traits, but it was awfully early. After a description a couple years ago our doctor seemed convinced it was COVID, however.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I wonder if there's been a lot of research on parasocial relationships. They really baffle me, but the past few years have shown me that the way I think doesn't mean anything about how anyone else does.

It probably doesn't help that there's no clear line of demarcation between people you have genuine, albeit distant relationships with in the modern period, and the parasocial ones, just a slow sliding scale where at one end you're just a follower but there are a lot of interim steps. That's the problem social relationships in general, and digital ones just compound it.

 

[Scribe]

Remember when we thought the worst thing a software company could do was bundle an internet browser into their OS? I sure am glad we nipped that problem in the bud so no one would ever bundle up software like that again. It was a very important legal precedent.

If ever there was a time for this gif.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My immediate family hasn't gotten COVID-19 that we've known of. But I think the way to bet is that we did have it and were non-symptomatic.

 

[Thomas Shey]

My immediate family hasn't gotten COVID-19 that we've known of. But I think the way to bet is that we did have it and were non-symptomatic.

Or had such mild symptoms you just mistook it as a cold. Either is entirely probable, just as is having it multiple times, some of which were not obvious for what they were.

 

[el-remmen]

My wife and I managed to avoid COVID until late August of 2023. Pretty sure it came home from daycare with the little one who also had it but was asymptomatic. We were among the last people we knew to get it and know many people who have had it multiple times. Despite being vaccinated it hit me really hard and the side effects of Paxlovid were even worse (I have to believe it made the recovery quicker or else I start to get mad about it).

 

[Mannahnin]

Honestly, you probably don't even need to be traveling internationally. Or with teenagers. There's a reason "con crud" is a term...

We're also in a big infection surge right now. The wastewater data is looking ROUGH.

The US is starting 2024 in its second-largest COVID surge ever, experts say

With the U.S. in the middle of a COVID surge, it's time to make sure you're vaccinated and return to masking, experts say.

www.today.com