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I don't know if it something that I am doing wrong (which it could well be), but I am puzzled by ...

Fred_Snerd comments on Apr 4, 2020:

The Music forum has been just a "Write something" page for me. This morning, my post in Philosophy became invisible. So, I went to check Site & CC to see if anyone else was experiencing glitches. That forum also links to a post page.

anglophone replies on Apr 4, 2020:

Thanks for sharing that.

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Petter comments on Apr 4, 2020:

What's the binary representation for "maybe" (true/false)?

anglophone replies on Apr 4, 2020:

Can I recommend ternary representation to you? ;)

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Paracosm comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Racism and abuse are never reasonable.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Agreed.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 3, 2020:

It’s never reasonable to abuse anyone for any reason regardless of your inability to think rationally or not.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Agreed. I was asking about the reasonableness of my analysis, and I thank everybody who has contributed here for broadening my thinking.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Petter comments on Apr 3, 2020:

All because Trump insisted on calling it the Chinese virus. Why aren't people of West African appearance being attacked for AIDS? It originated in the hinterland of what was previously the Belgian Congo. It's not a fear of Covid-19 so much as an inability to think, let alone be rational. These are...

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

That Trump called it "the Chinese virus" says much about the man, all of it bad. Agreed, it is about an inability to think. It saddens me when politicians stir up fear and hatred in the general population as a way of serving their own ends. It reminds me of Sir Oswald Mosley.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 3, 2020:

" Could face hate crime charges." Where does the 'could' come from, why not, is going to.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Good question. I don't know enough about the legal processes in that part of the world, nor do I know enough about the mental health legislation there.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 3, 2020:

No its not reasonable. You have to add in the total failing of the states responsibility to educate everyone to the level of, basic responsible adult understanding.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Thanks for sharing that perspective.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

RavenCT comments on Apr 3, 2020:

It's in no way reasonable. It just seems where our leaders go with their biased comments other sheep will feel they can follow. See this article on what's already happened. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/man-attempted-murder-asian-american-family

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@RavenCT Agreed.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

RavenCT comments on Apr 3, 2020:

It's in no way reasonable. It just seems where our leaders go with their biased comments other sheep will feel they can follow. See this article on what's already happened. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/man-attempted-murder-asian-american-family

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

Thanks for the link. It seems to me that said Jose L. Gomez is mentally ill.

There are people in my community who are using Covid-19 as an excuse to abuse people of Asian ...

Sticks48 comments on Apr 3, 2020:

This is not reasonable. This is ignorance of the highest order. If we have an outbreak of chicken pox will they blame chickens. I think not.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

I am open to alternative explanations.

The irony in this church pamphlet...

Biblebeltskeptic comments on Mar 27, 2020:

I can't understand this kind of thinking, though I used to believe this a year ago.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2020:

It is a product of cognitive processes for which analytical thinking and critical thinking are anathema. Such people are usually enamoured of both irrationality and delusion.

Could someone who lives outside of the U.S. tell us how people there views what is happening here?

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 2, 2020:

The administration is sailing you up the river heading for Niagara Falls. Cuomo and Fauci are the only ones that seem to make any sense. Off to hell in a handcart as the old adage goes unless some sensible people are put in charge, but only you guys know who that may be

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

Very well said!

Monday, death projections @100,000.

anglophone comments on Apr 2, 2020:

Your sense of humour is very dark.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

@AnneWimsey And understandably so.

More than 40 spring breakers who ignored public health advice test positive for coronavirus

EdEarl comments on Apr 2, 2020:

If they infect an innocent bystander, who then dies, is it manslaughter?,

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

That is a very good question!

More than 40 spring breakers who ignored public health advice test positive for coronavirus

Petter comments on Apr 2, 2020:

*"Advising"* people does not work. Even if 90% take heed, there will be that 10% who decide not to take the advice. Mandating, with strict penalties for disobedience, is necessary.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

Western Australia is in partial lockdown, with fines of up to $50,000 for those who breach it.

Just sign a statement that Atheists will all burn in Hell and LGBTQ people can't have a real ...

Paracosm comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Meh. Sign it so you can help people and if it really bothers you sue them later and say you felt you had to sign it under duress.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

What about starting to sign up and then saying that you are not stupid enough to have any faith in the existence of any gods, let alone the genocidal maniac that they worship?

More than 40 spring breakers who ignored public health advice test positive for coronavirus

desertastronomer comments on Apr 2, 2020:

I want to say something about Natural Selection, but that doesn't account for all of the innocent bystanders that these spring break punks infected.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2020:

Quite!

Hi.

anglophone comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Welcome to this community of sane people.

anglophone replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@Petter All accusations that I am sane are entirely bogus! ;)

People for years have accused me of being too hard of an atheist.

rainmanjr comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Yes. For some odd reason the populace of idiotic Americans think that the degenerative ideas of fantasy based citizens are of no particular importance and we should calm down. They are as insane as the fantasy based population. Religion IS the problem in this pathetic nation (pathetic because of ...

anglophone replies on Apr 1, 2020:

Thanks for sharing that. Fighting on their mental soil makes sense, and I guess "You worship a god that is a genocidal maniac with catastrophic anger management issues?" is part of that battleground.

Hi.

Petter comments on Apr 1, 2020:

Welcome to the site that creates anxiety in fundamentalists instead. I suggest you get a bit more info up on your profile page, plus a bit of a bio.

anglophone replies on Apr 1, 2020:

LOL! A funda(mental)ist lasted all of 72 hours with me on this site. He is now gone.

A comment I made to a post I read on here a short while ago I'm sorry to say this is not a happy ...

Sgt_Spanky comments on Mar 31, 2020:

There's just too much math in this post for me to understand it. :(

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Sgt_Spanky That is a fairly good approximation. Moreover, its gets more accurate over time. It's only purists like me that get hung up on the way some people, mostly politicians, misuse statistics.

A comment I made to a post I read on here a short while ago I'm sorry to say this is not a happy ...

anglophone comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I do not see how the time lag is relevant to the death rate. Death rate is by definition the number of deaths divided by the number of those who have suffered, this last number being the sum of those who have died and those who have recovered. You appear to be engaging in predicting the death rate. ...

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Petter And that, my friend, is why I always treat government figures with suspicion unless and until I can get independent verification of the same.

A comment I made to a post I read on here a short while ago I'm sorry to say this is not a happy ...

anglophone comments on Mar 31, 2020:

I do not see how the time lag is relevant to the death rate. Death rate is by definition the number of deaths divided by the number of those who have suffered, this last number being the sum of those who have died and those who have recovered. You appear to be engaging in predicting the death rate. ...

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Petter So the predictors were using substantially incorrect models. That does not surprise me in the slightest.

A comment I made to a post I read on here a short while ago I'm sorry to say this is not a happy ...

powder comments on Mar 31, 2020:

"divide the total number of deaths by the total number of people who were infected as at last week". You will never know # of people infected last week unless you blanket test all every week, totally impractical. So this infected number will be underestimated which means % wise, deaths will be ...

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

Yes, people need to engage in clarity of thought before they put out posts which talk about statistics.

A comment I made to a post I read on here a short while ago I'm sorry to say this is not a happy ...

Sgt_Spanky comments on Mar 31, 2020:

There's just too much math in this post for me to understand it. :(

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

You might wish to read my comment above.

Christian Film “20 Minutes” Falsely Suggests Atheists Find God When Facing Death | Hemant ...

sterlingdean comments on Mar 31, 2020:

Of course they claim that. They made a movie with Kevin Sorbo where he was an atheist because he was angry with God and repented just before he died. It's the only way they can stand our existence is to claim we're all 'secret believers'.

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

Which shows the extent of their individual and collective cognitive failure.

Christian Film “20 Minutes” Falsely Suggests Atheists Find God When Facing Death | Hemant ...

anglophone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

That is absurd as the trope that there are no atheists in foxholes. The willful ignorance of the people that keep peddling that line both amuses and saddens me. (Edited for a missing word.)

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2020:

@Paul4747 I like that idea.

Pastor of Tampa church that held two large Sunday services arrested, jailed [tampabay.com]

BestWithoutGods comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Bunch of religious kooks. 🙄

anglophone replies on Mar 30, 2020:

I have no issue with people being religious kooks, but what I object to is when such religious kooks threaten the lives of other people.

Kansas official: Coronavirus isn't problem here because of few Chinese - Insider

Marionville comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Unbelievable ignorance.

anglophone replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Not only unbelievably ignorant, but also dangerously so.

The latest restrictions being applied by government means that I cannot go to my regular liquor ...

ZantiMisfit comments on Mar 29, 2020:

This is why stocking up is so important. It's not hoarding damnit :)

anglophone replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Try saying that to our Glorious Mentally Deficient Leader. :( As a side note, I expect that my stock will last around three months. :)

I have just read the preface to the Routledge classic edition of Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Mar 29, 2020:

A point to remember here is that rather than a judgment upon Russell's philosophy, Eliot is striking at the man. Vivien unfortunately had a mental illness which compounded the problems in their relationship, only for Russell to take sexual advantage of her. Eliot was a newly converted Catholic ...

anglophone replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Thanks for sharing that background.

Dolly Parton says virus is 'lesson' from God: [msn.com]

bobwjr comments on Mar 28, 2020:

All tits no brains

anglophone replies on Mar 28, 2020:

I like the way you put it.

Christian Preacher: God is Using COVID-19 to Warn America Against Fornication | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Should refusing to use one's own brain become punishable by 10 years imprisonment?

anglophone replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@Cyklone I wonder if that legislation could be applied to the current incumbent of the Oval Office. (Me being a total bitch? Yes, I sure am!)

Why are there so many prayers out for the cure of Coronavirus?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Since there is no cure/help, many will think WTH, I might as well try prayer, I guess.

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

I would much rather do far more productive things with my time.

And guys! Consider skills above beauty!!! Ladies! Update those Agnostic profiles!! 😎🍷🍷

IrishTxJudy comments on Mar 27, 2020:

I need to add that as soon as I learn how. Thanks for the update!!😂 That’ll be on my list of skills to learn !

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

It gets quicker with time and practice. It leads to a risque joke about having one's hand right up inside a bird.

And guys! Consider skills above beauty!!! Ladies! Update those Agnostic profiles!! 😎🍷🍷

Lorajay comments on Mar 27, 2020:

I wouldn't mind catching one but I need a fellow that can wring its neck and pluck it.

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

Plucking chickens is okay, but Muscovy ducks are a bit harder.

And guys! Consider skills above beauty!!! Ladies! Update those Agnostic profiles!! 😎🍷🍷

Marionville comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Catching it is one thing...wringing it’s neck is quite another!

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

I much prefer to use an axe. I will be doing for a Muscovy drake or two this weekend, freezing one and eating the other next weekend.

Christian Preacher: God is Using COVID-19 to Warn America Against Fornication | Hemant Mehta | ...

motrubl4u comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Idiot

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

Calling him an idiot is an insult to all idiots.,

The next person that chooses to invade my safety space as regards Covid-19 is likely to get the ...

Marionville comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Are you not indoors like the rest of us?

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

I am for most of the time, but I was about to run out of an essential item: 12.5Kg bags of bread mix. (I had put in my usual order three weeks ago before Covid-19 starting menacing people - that order is four bags, enough to last me some months.)

Total KNOWN world Coronavirus cases are about to top half a million! (499,303 cases as at 18.

anglophone comments on Mar 27, 2020:

26.00 GMT? Hello? GMT goes from 00:00 to 23:59:59, or 24:00:00 if there is one leap second in that day. Still, I am not looking forward to it going over 500,000 cases.

anglophone replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@Petter Fat finger on keyboard syndrome. I *love* it! Thanks for sharing. :)

Today I was in a store to buy some items.

bobwjr comments on Mar 25, 2020:

They think they are immune

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Thank you. :)

Today I was in a store to buy some items.

sweetcharlotte comments on Mar 25, 2020:

Would it have hurt you to be a little kind and said hello or good afternoon, or can I help you find something? You are very fortunate not to be born disabled. You put down you are Humanist, the definition does not describe your behavior towards this man.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2020:

Being a humanist does not require continuing to be civil towards those who insist on being uncivil towards, and risking the lives of, others.

Today I was in a store to buy some items.

bobwjr comments on Mar 25, 2020:

They think they are immune

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2020:

Um, no. They are incapable of thinking. They merely *imagine* that they are immune. (And I apologise to you for being so bitchy. My only excuse is that I have had a really sh!t day, and I hope you never have the like.)

Louisiana church hosts more than 1,800 people amid COVID-19 outbreak | FOX2now.com

BirdMan1 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Stupid is as stupid does!

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2020:

I am going to steal that one.

Coronavirus: Trump admin bars Anthony Fauci from discussing outbreak - Business Insider

silverotter11 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

If this is true Americans are doomed.

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@silverotter11 The problem with Trump is that he denies facts.

Donald Trump's culpable medical ignorance has resulted in a Darwin Award in Texas: [bbc.com]

Petter comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Only by proxy, unfortunately. It's Trump who deserves the citation.

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

Agreed.

Louisiana church hosts more than 1,800 people amid COVID-19 outbreak | FOX2now.com

KKGator comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Just watched a news report that showed the number of confirmed cases in Louisiana has jumped faster, **in 13 days**, than anywhere else in the world. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/new-orleans-coronavirus-jefferson-orleans-parish-louisiana/index.html

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@KKGator Yes, and that their culpable stupidity puts other people at such risk makes me angry.

Louisiana church hosts more than 1,800 people amid COVID-19 outbreak | FOX2now.com

KKGator comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Just watched a news report that showed the number of confirmed cases in Louisiana has jumped faster, **in 13 days**, than anywhere else in the world. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/new-orleans-coronavirus-jefferson-orleans-parish-louisiana/index.html

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

Stupid is as stupid does. They are putting their lives in the hands of their non-existent god.

"A US epidemiologist was embedded with the Chinese CDC.

ReadyforaChange comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Don't worry, he's already blaming Obama, the Dems, governors, anyone but himself. He's a fucking pig and I wish him dead every single day.

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

His death is assured, I see the issue as being just how much damage he will cause during his lifetime.

Other retailers closing during pandemic – not Hobby Lobby

motrubl4u comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Hope they go out of business

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

I expect they will sack any employee who gets Covid-19 on the grounds that they are not truly religious.

Other retailers closing during pandemic – not Hobby Lobby

xenoview comments on Mar 24, 2020:

More crazy religious people, or hobby lobby looking to make money.

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2020:

Not either/or, but both.

I don't know if it something that I am doing wrong (which it could well be), but I am puzzled by ...