On the Final Test

[Latrinsorm]

New cases rolling average has increased for eight straight days. Here are the times that has happened in the past year:
June 15th, peaking at 65,000 cases on July 20th.
September 17th, peaking at 165,000 daily cases on November 22nd.
December 11th, peaking at 230,000 daily cases on January 9th.

This happens about every three months because that's about how long we're willing to put up with restrictions before lifting them, regardless of the state of the pandemic.

Israel is three months ahead of us in vaccinations and they're still seeing the equivalent of 20,000 new cases a day.

And so we come to our final test.


https://youtu.be/MU5_-lLjhQw?t=17

"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found.
I have found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay.
Simple acts of kindness and love."

.

We can wait for an old man with a magic sword to save the day.
We can wait for an even older man to come riding to the rescue on the lord of all horses.
We can bury all those who will die while we wait for those great powers.

Or

We can finally stand together and drive this evil back, once and for all.
We won't be forced to do anything, now even less than before.
We don't need to march to the gates of Hell, to slay a dragon.

Simple acts.

Wear our masks.
Wash our hands.
Stay apart.
Tell our politicians to do the same.

We are not alone.

[caelric]

Oh, look, latrin is pissing his panties again.

[Latrinsorm]

Oh, look, latrin is pissing his panties again.

cases rose again today

[Gelston]

Here comes sky is falling guy again

[Methais]

New cases rolling average has increased for eight straight days. Here are the times that has happened in the past year:
June 15th, peaking at 65,000 cases on July 20th.
September 17th, peaking at 165,000 daily cases on November 22nd.
December 11th, peaking at 230,000 daily cases on January 9th.

This happens about every three months because that's about how long we're willing to put up with restrictions before lifting them, regardless of the state of the pandemic.

Israel is three months ahead of us in vaccinations and they're still seeing the equivalent of 20,000 new cases a day.

And so we come to our final test.


https://youtu.be/MU5_-lLjhQw?t=17

"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found.
I have found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay.
Simple acts of kindness and love."

.

We can wait for an old man with a magic sword to save the day.
We can wait for an even older man to come riding to the rescue on the lord of all horses.
We can bury all those who will die while we wait for those great powers.

Or

We can finally stand together and drive this evil back, once and for all.
We won't be forced to do anything, now even less than before.
We don't need to march to the gates of Hell, to slay a dragon.

Simple acts.

Wear our masks.
Wash our hands.
Stay apart.
Tell our politicians to do the same.

We are not alone.



Control your autism.

[Latrinsorm]

Here comes sky is falling guy again

cases rose again today

[Tgo01]

cases rose again today

But...but Biden is president?

[caelric]

cases rose again today

Cattle mutilations are up!

[Methais]

cases rose again today

Shut the fuck up.

[Gelston]

cases rose again today

They've fallen sharply in my state and parish, and continue to drop.

[Latrinsorm]

Shut the fuck up.

cases rose again today

[Latrinsorm]

They've fallen sharply in my state and parish, and continue to drop.

i'm gonna guess from "parish" that you live in louisiana, and weekly new cases in louisiana had fallen sharply...
...until last week, when they rose from 2344 to 3332, the largest week over week increase since the second holiday surge

now, since louisiana is a much smaller sample than the united states that could have just been statistical noise making a value the same size appear bigger...
...but it could just as easily have been statistical noise making a value much much bigger appear merely bigger

......and since louisiana has open borders with other states in the nation, it is unlikely louisiana will somehow escape the national trend

[Gelston]

i'm gonna guess from "parish" that you live in louisiana, and weekly new cases in louisiana had fallen sharply...
...until last week, when they rose from 2344 to 3332, the largest week over week increase since the second holiday surge

now, since louisiana is a much smaller sample than the united states that could have just been statistical noise making a value the same size appear bigger...
...but it could just as easily have been statistical noise making a value much much bigger appear merely bigger

......and since louisiana has open borders with other states in the nation, it is unlikely louisiana will somehow escape the national trend

Until this week, when they've fallen sharply. You can follow the graph. They haven't risen.

The 7 day average in January was over 3000, the 7 day average last week was 440. It only trends down from there. I don't know where your numbers are from, but mine are directly from the LDH and include probably cases.

Oh, and bars are allowed to reopen back at 100% capacity with no restrictions on when to stop serving. Sorry your dream of not looking like a weirdo for staying inside 24/7 is coming to an end.

[caelric]

cases rose again today

Number of pissed panty incidents by latrin is up, as well.

[Gelston]

lol, my Parish's positivity for the last 7 days is currently at 1.7%.

[Latrinsorm]

So far in this thread we've seen people try to dismiss me as wearing women's clothing - this is an odd choice considering I've posted pictures of myself here wearing women's clothing.

We've also seen people try to dismiss me as suffering from a mental disorder - this is also an odd choice considering I've posted here about the mental disorder from which I suffer.

We've finally seen people try to dismiss me as overestimating the risk; viz, "the sky is falling".
This is perhaps the oddest choice of all, since a casual reexamination of my posts shows I have underestimated it.
On July 30th 2020, for example, I projected 447,297 (http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?125555-On-Plateaus) American lives lost to COVID by September 2021.

We blew by that in February 2021.

Now, for the last time, is the time to give up comfortable illusions.
Now, for the last time, is the time to take serious stock of how badly we've underestimated this virus every step of the way.
Now, for the last time, is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country.

[Gelston]

All I see when you post now is whining.

[Latrinsorm]

Until this week, when they've fallen sharply. You can follow the graph. They haven't risen.

The 7 day average in January was over 3000, the 7 day average last week was 440. It only trends down from there. I don't know where your numbers are from, but mine are directly from the LDH and include probably cases.

Oh, and bars are allowed to reopen back at 100% capacity with no restrictions on when to stop serving. Sorry your dream of not looking like a weirdo for staying inside 24/7 is coming to an end.

the source i used cites the new york times tracker, which is largely similar to the ldh data but not quite in this and some other cases, but it doesn't really matter - using whatever source you like, if cases in your state and/or parish start increasing at all, will i have been correct?
if they increase by 10%?
20%?
50%?
100%?

all i ask is that you pick a number, give yourself a chance to not fall for the tricks your ego wants to play on you

as an aside, i've got literally tens of thousands of posts on this world wide web forum - do you really think i care about not looking like a weirdo? really?

[Gelston]

the source i used cites the new york times tracker, which is largely similar to the ldh data but not quite in this and some other cases, but it doesn't really matter - using whatever source you like, if cases in your state and/or parish start increasing at all, will i have been correct?
if they increase by 10%?
20%?
50%?
100%?

all i ask is that you pick a number, give yourself a chance to not fall for the tricks your ego wants to play on you

as an aside, i've got literally tens of thousands of posts on this world wide web forum - do you really think i care about not looking like a weirdo? really?

They haven't been increasing though, they are decreasing. Positivity is extremely low, and the vaccine sis available for everyone 16 and older.

Also, you are probably doing some retarded ass "daily" tracking thing. You need to go by weekly. It may be higher on a wednesday compared to a tuesday, but for the week, it is down. Positivity has dropped from 2.2 to 1.7% in the last week as well.

[Keller]

I appreciate you, Latrin. Hopefully someone is reading these and appreciates the difference in tone and content between the information you're providing and the derisive dismissals of that information devoid of another other than fleeting contempt.

[Gelston]

And then Keller shows up to give Latrin a reach around.

[Keller]

Keller appreciates Latrin's patience and unrelenting optimism for the utility of these threads - better make a homophobic joke to really prove how cool I am!

Grow up, Gelston.

[Gelston]

Keller appreciates Latrin's patience and unrelenting optimism for the utility of these threads - better make a homophobic joke to really prove how cool I am!

Grow up, Gelston.

It isn't homophobic. I don't care that you find Latrin's pubic areas attractive.

[Tgo01]

I see Keller is still cruising the PC for underage girls.

[Latrinsorm]

They haven't been increasing though, they are decreasing. Positivity is extremely low, and the vaccine sis available for everyone 16 and older.

I'll ask again.

IF cases START increasing, using whatever source you like, WILL I have been correct?

Our sources disagree on what happened in the past in one state of this great union - I don't really care.

I am posing a conditional statement about the future. If you're that confident about it, why not state it for the record?


Also, you are probably doing some retarded ass "daily" tracking thing. You need to go by weekly. It may be higher on a wednesday compared to a tuesday, but for the week, it is down. Positivity has dropped from 2.2 to 1.7% in the last week as well.

You were so eager to use a slur that you couldn't see that I was in fact already using weekly figures: "...until last week, when they rose from 2344 to 3332, the largest week over week increase since the second holiday surge"

It should give you pause not only that you would use a slur but that your desperation to use one made it literally impossible for you to read the word "week" not once, not twice, but three times.

But we know you're too comfortable in the 1900s bubble here.

So it won't.

[Stanley Burrell]

O.K., I am confused how that crying lady from either maybe the CDC or the NIH or some sort of virus-monitoring agency accurately predicted a fourth wave? Does anyone know what I'm talking about, I'm kind of tired. I don't know what kind of raw data they sample; and, the nature of said raw data, to give them accuracy. But at least they (I do not know the organization's name offhand) predicted it? I need some Gatorade, brb.

[Latrinsorm]

O.K., I am confused how that crying lady from either maybe the CDC or the NIH or some sort of virus-monitoring agency accurately predicted a fourth wave? Does anyone know what I'm talking about, I'm kind of tired. I don't know what kind of raw data they sample; and, the nature of said raw data, to give them accuracy. But at least they (I do not know the organization's name offhand) predicted it? I need some Gatorade, brb.

director walensky, cdc

to be honest predicting a new wave isn't hard - if the national numbers aren't going down quickly, they're quickly going to go up

that's it

that's all there is to it

every single solitary time national numbers weren't going down quickly we heard fantasies that meant we could stop trying, that it was just a new york problem, or just a youth problem, or just a seasonal problem, or just a the vaccines would take care of it problem

every single solitary time those fantasies were fantastically wrong

.

and so we're going to have another surge, and another surge a few months after this surge

by sheer dumb luck, we'll have enough people vaccinated in july-ish that the fifth surge will be more of a ripple compared to our first second third and fourth catastrophic failures

but by sheer dumbness, we'll have enough people refuse to do the absolute rudimentary bare minimum that we'll have to keep going through this surge and ebb pattern indefinitely

what the rest of us get to decide is the average daily death toll those surges and ebbs oscillate around

we'll definitely get it under quadruple digits

at this rate, we definitely won't get it under triple digits

this is their design

[Gelston]

I'll ask again.

IF cases START increasing, using whatever source you like, WILL I have been correct?

Our sources disagree on what happened in the past in one state of this great union - I don't really care.

I am posing a conditional statement about the future. If you're that confident about it, why not state it for the record?



You were so eager to use a slur that you couldn't see that I was in fact already using weekly figures: "...until last week, when they rose from 2344 to 3332, the largest week over week increase since the second holiday surge"

It should give you pause not only that you would use a slur but that your desperation to use one made it literally impossible for you to read the word "week" not once, not twice, but three times.

But we know you're too comfortable in the 1900s bubble here.

So it won't.

You said cases are already rising. They haven't been here. So you are already not correct.If they rise in the future and you say :"cases are rising in your area" then you'd be correct, but that isn't what you have been saying. You said they are rising right now. That is inaccurate.

Meanwhile, last night I drank at two bars until 1 am and then ate pizza while watching godzilla vs kong>

[Methais]

cases rose again today

Stay home then if you're that scared. Those cold cuts will still be there when you exit your bubble.

[Methais]

So far in this thread we've seen people try to dismiss me as wearing women's clothing - this is an odd choice considering I've posted pictures of myself here wearing women's clothing.

We've also seen people try to dismiss me as suffering from a mental disorder - this is also an odd choice considering I've posted here about the mental disorder from which I suffer.

We've finally seen people try to dismiss me as overestimating the risk; viz, "the sky is falling".
This is perhaps the oddest choice of all, since a casual reexamination of my posts shows I have underestimated it.
On July 30th 2020, for example, I projected 447,297 (http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?125555-On-Plateaus) American lives lost to COVID by September 2021.

We blew by that in February 2021.

Now, for the last time, is the time to give up comfortable illusions.
Now, for the last time, is the time to take serious stock of how badly we've underestimated this virus every step of the way.
Now, for the last time, is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country.

Where is this thread about your mental disorder? Asking for Androidpk.

You hit a joint once and have psychosis now, don't you?

[Methais]

Keller appreciates Latrin's patience and unrelenting optimism for the utility of these threads - better make a homophobic joke to really prove how cool I am!

Grow up, Gelston.

Is that anything like making a fat joke to prove how cool you are? Or is that d-d-d-different?

[Gelston]

And Louisiana has ended the mask mandate for private businesses. They can continue to require masks if they want, but they are no longer required by the state.

Also, the State House has passed recreational marijuana. It is expected to sail through the State Senate.

[Methais]

Also, the State House has passed recreational marijuana. It is expected to sail through the State Senate.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/Ykzt4miqvfklfZ6pEk/giphy.gif?cid=63e6b07eqpnsggrm8b1q0qk25j6aqjgv3dqt d9npqpaxyaoy&rid=giphy.gif

[Shaps]

And Louisiana has ended the mask mandate for private businesses. They can continue to require masks if they want, but they are no longer required by the state.

Also, the State House has passed recreational marijuana. It is expected to sail through the State Senate.

Great weather and soil to grow too. Puff puff pass and you're not getting it back. Roll another.

[Gelston]

Great weather and soil to grow too. Puff puff pass and you're not getting it back. Roll another.

I will never smoke it, purely because I quit smoking cigs about 5 years ago and I don't want another smoking habit. I'd be down for edibles and shit. Last time I smoked weed, like 20 years ago, it made me paranoid and I laughed at Fabio for what felt like centuries. I also went through an entire case of Dr Pepper, because I'd get one, drink a sip, put it down, forget where I put it and get another. 12 times. I was pretty pissed when I found that out the next day.

Maybe I won't try any pot again.

[Shaps]

I will never smoke it, purely because I quit smoking cigs about 5 years ago and I don't want another smoking habit. I'd be down for edibles and shit. Last time I smoked weed, like 20 years ago, it made me paranoid and I laughed at Fabio for what felt like centuries. I also went through an entire case of Dr Pepper, because I'd get one, drink a sip, put it down, forget where I put it and get another. 12 times. I was pretty pissed when I found that out the next day.

Maybe I won't try any pot again.

LOL. Sounds similar to me. Been over 25 years since tried it, not even sure what it would do to me now. I hear it's just absurdly strong from when you and I last tried it. I just know the last time I did it, I took like 3 hits and passed out about 15 minutes later. Stuff today would probably do me in.

Grats on quitting smoking too. I stopped 2 years prior to retirement, oddly when I knew I wasn't deploying anymore, just stopped cold turkey. Now enjoy a pipe every now and then with a drink. You might like that as a good alternative if still get the craving once every few months. I like it because don't have to inhale really, just sort of puff on it.

I'm all for people doing what they want though, so long as they're held accountable if they fuck something up (ie. drunk driving). So happy for those that are responsible and want to do it for their entertainment. Government needs to rescind and purge all criminal records associated with weed (unless violent, theft, etc. of course) IMO though. People shouldn't have a weed conviction hanging over their head if they were just smoking some.

[Methais]

I will never smoke it, purely because I quit smoking cigs about 5 years ago and I don't want another smoking habit. I'd be down for edibles and shit. Last time I smoked weed, like 20 years ago, it made me paranoid and I laughed at Fabio for what felt like centuries. I also went through an entire case of Dr Pepper, because I'd get one, drink a sip, put it down, forget where I put it and get another. 12 times. I was pretty pissed when I found that out the next day.

Maybe I won't try any pot again.

Volcano vaporizer. My lungs have felt 8472094204209427x better since I got that 4 years ago. I very rarely "smoke" bud anymore. You get a much more "pure" hit with that anyway and way more mileage out of your stuff. It cost me like $600 at the time, but it's paid for itself several times over.


LOL. Sounds similar to me. Been over 25 years since tried it, not even sure what it would do to me now. I hear it's just absurdly strong from when you and I last tried it. I just know the last time I did it, I took like 3 hits and passed out about 15 minutes later. Stuff today would probably do me in.

Grats on quitting smoking too. I stopped 2 years prior to retirement, oddly when I knew I wasn't deploying anymore, just stopped cold turkey. Now enjoy a pipe every now and then with a drink. You might like that as a good alternative if still get the craving once every few months. I like it because don't have to inhale really, just sort of puff on it.

I'm all for people doing what they want though, so long as they're held accountable if they fuck something up (ie. drunk driving). So happy for those that are responsible and want to do it for their entertainment. Government needs to rescind and purge all criminal records associated with weed (unless violent, theft, etc. of course) IMO though. People shouldn't have a weed conviction hanging over their head if they were just smoking some.

It's pretty much genetically engineered or whatever you'd call it these days. It's pretty epic. You should give it another shot.

[Alfster]

Yah the hybrid strains available now are insane. You want to sleep? Try this strain. You want to be awake and happy, this strain. Body sore, use this one.

[Shaps]

Yah the hybrid strains available now are insane. You want to sleep? Try this strain. You want to be awake and happy, this strain. Body sore, use this one.

The body sore one would be nice, as I hate taking pain pills. At same time, I'm pretty wary of taking anything other than alcohol to dull the edge.

They have strains that are pretty mild though? Just a little something to dull the nerve endings, as opposed to "getting fucked up"?

[Methais]

The body sore one would be nice, as I hate taking pain pills. At same time, I'm pretty wary of taking anything other than alcohol to dull the edge.

They have strains that are pretty mild though? Just a little something to dull the nerve endings, as opposed to "getting fucked up"?

With the Volcano Vaporizer, you can set it to all sorts of different temperatures, which have different effects.

Here are some poor quality images that break down what effects you get at which temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit:

https://i.imgur.com/Q44r31E.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NDh9Hh6.jpg

I'm just going to click POST now, because I turn into Billy Mays when talking about this thing.

https://i.imgur.com/3TWiEmi.jpg

And yes, there's more.