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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: ShamaLamaDingDong on August 12, 2020, 03:19:46 PM

Title: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: ShamaLamaDingDong on August 12, 2020, 03:19:46 PM
It sounds very dangerous and scary but I have not seen it anywhere in person so I don't want to be mean like most people and say it is bad but it definitely puts the Shama Lama in my Rama Lama Ding Dong Be Safe All You People!  Have you seen Covid?
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Lucifer on August 12, 2020, 03:44:23 PM
Plenty of covidiots over on PoA.  Maybe you should make a video for them?
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: ShamaLamaDingDong on August 12, 2020, 05:37:49 PM
Will video cure the poa-covid?  I would video if it will help.  Maybe since you are funny man you video and save people from poa-covid!  Shama Lama!
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Lucifer on August 12, 2020, 07:22:50 PM
Your videos suck.  And you’re not funny.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: bflynn on August 12, 2020, 08:24:10 PM
Covid - the virus so dangerous that 90% of the time, you have to have to test to know if you have it.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on August 13, 2020, 04:12:53 AM
Covid - the virus so dangerous that 90% of the time, you have to have to test to know if you have it.

but but but, that is actually BAD news.   BAD BAD BAD.

You can spread the virus without knowing you are infected with this unprecendent insidious dangerous virus.

you must respect the virus.


edit:  color to indicate sacarasm
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: bflynn on August 13, 2020, 06:02:37 AM
Corona has an IFR somewhere around 3% and a population fatality rate of 0.05% (0.0005), heavily slanted toward the elderly. 

The annual fatality rate for pilots is estimated at 0.08% (.0008). (https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/flying-too-high-workers-fatalities-in-the-aeronautics-field.pdf).  We're not through it yet, but flying is more deadly than corona.

Like flying, I will be cautious, but I'm not afraid of those numbers.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on August 13, 2020, 06:08:39 AM
sarcasm doesn't come across well, does it...
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: bflynn on August 13, 2020, 06:49:12 AM
sarcasm doesn't come across well, does it...

Yeah, usually not, too many cues are missing on just text.  You have to overdo the sarcasm.

Or change the text color to green.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: nddons on August 13, 2020, 06:50:07 AM
sarcasm doesn't come across well, does it...
You didn’t use green so Flynn was thrown off.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on August 13, 2020, 07:15:18 AM
You didn’t use green so Flynn was thrown off.

yeah, sometimes I get grief for using green, sometimes I get grief for not using it.

I should be used to it...

Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: bflynn on August 13, 2020, 07:59:18 AM
You didn’t use green so Flynn was thrown off.

Poe's Law:  Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Anthony on August 13, 2020, 08:29:49 AM
yeah, sometimes I get grief for using green, sometimes I get grief for not using it.

I should be used to it...

Now you're getting grief for bitching about it.       ;D
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Lucifer on August 13, 2020, 08:38:33 AM
So this was this week's drive by..............

The perfesser should be along shortly with his.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on August 13, 2020, 08:49:21 AM
Now you're getting grief for bitching about it.       ;D

you call that "bitching"?

Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Anthony on August 13, 2020, 09:02:30 AM
you call that "bitching"?

OK, kvelling about it.   ;D

I'm not Jewish, but need to exercise my Yiddish. 
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Number7 on August 13, 2020, 09:09:49 AM
So this was this week's drive by..............

The perfesser should be along shortly with his.

Oh, i can't wait until he shows up to lecture us about the glorious American future under knee pads and the sniffer.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: nddons on August 13, 2020, 10:13:49 AM
Poe's Law:  Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied
Given that it’s 2020, and nothing is off the table, parody is extremely difficult.

I’m confident that the October Surprise will be King Kong invading New York, and Godzilla coming ashore around Orange County California.
Title: Re: Did You Hear There Is Covid Out There?
Post by: Lucifer on August 13, 2020, 10:19:13 AM
Given that it’s 2020, and nothing is off the table, parody is extremely difficult.

I’m confident that the October Surprise will be King Kong invading New York, and Godzilla coming ashore around Orange County California.

(https://preview.redd.it/hhbjxgey91g51.jpg?width=640&height=656&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f768c0bc5ad018f5415fcf06f39c46ef4642fd57)