Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Submarines Date: 14 Sep 2025 19:50:45 GMT Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108eosa$2n9v5$13@dont-email.me> <5rcsnlxki6.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <108hemb$3bl64$6@dont-email.me> <108hjk5$3d0sn$3@dont-email.me> <7j6dnTtyU5zi-jD1nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <108jv7c$3ur1e$6@dont-email.me> <108kjsr$4d4d$1@dont-email.me> <108kv17$73g4$5@dont-email.me> <20250827165330.81eb46a2f8f86d5efb83f0c7@127.0.0.1> <108nnmo$t297$1@dont-email.me> <108q123$1g1ph$1@dont-email.me> <108q9ne$1ieq4$1@dont-email.me> <10a3pjn$egqn$1@dont-email.me> <10a4el4$km8l$2@dont-email.me> <10a5s8v$1360o$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net U7idlyCocH4pUzmR42Zk4A3L9zkznQg/j6Iu/IGKy3A+9dBKK5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:h/WqwN2IhW9K/7MXwV+vd/SORIM= sha256:GW73C3nPdluMr3jP180nPaWaB2WSHfiQcQlqu86zL+I= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74154 On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:53:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 13/09/2025 19:54, Nuno Silva wrote: >> But, instead, the far-right decided to target masking the same way they >> target other issues > > It has been established that masks were in fact virtually useless. > > The broad majority of people such as myself wore then because they were > a minor imposition and it wasn't worth making an issue out of. > Yes there are some nutcases who doent believe in vaccination, but they > aren't right wing, they are just uneducated and scared. I didn't make an issue of the masks although the irony was amusing. At work we wore masks from the door to the cubicles, then the masks came off. Some wore them to go to the restrooms that had no-touch latches installed along with inspirational messages about singing happy birthday while washing your hands. At the dentist a mask was required in the waiting room but obviously came off as soon as your butt hit the chair. I don't eat out very often but I am told the same applied to restaurants. Then there were the one-way signs in the grocery store aisles and the red circles six feet apart in the checkout lanes. It was later agreed 6 feet was a number somebody pulled out of their ass. There were even a couple of trails with one way signs and I often saw people wearing masks in the woods without anyone around or in their cars. It was an interesting experiment in how much bullshit the general public will choke down with the proper propaganda. I've never gotten a flu shot or the new, improved mRNA supposed vaccine. Fortunately in this state there weren't punch cards issued that were required to shop, work, or breathe. I didn't get the shot in 1076 either. My ex was a public librarian and was required to get it. She got a mild case of Guillain-Barré syndrome that took months to recover from. She did not get the covid vaccine either for some strange reason. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200918-the-fiasco-of-the-us-swine- flu-affair-of-1976 Then there was your boy Ferguson, who has never been right about anything, who predicted we were all going to die. Well, except for him and his squeeze. Like US politicians lockdowns apply to other people. Do you really wonder why there is a certain degree of skepticism when the 'experts' say the sun is shining?