I think a lot of it depends on your personal situation. For some immunocompromised people, the risk may be legitimately higher. And so in terms of it being "just like the flu", I think it's maybe more of a realization for people in those groups that it probably would have been a good idea to wear a mask in crowded public places before covid too, to protect against things like the flu. Masking has long been common in East Asia.
Thoughts on the use of geographic domains for vanity purposes? I know that's come up recently as a topic of concern (including with lemmy, specifically), and personally, it seems like it's both extremely widespread and also maybe shouldn't have become super widespread given the actual implications.
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TIL Mao was a Posadist 
it's really incredible how much Rowling managed to fuck up her legacy and the legacy of her books.
Like, if she'd just been generally supportive of inclusion or even just kept her dang mouth shut, people would probably still love the HP stuff. Collectively, people were ready to give her a pass for the mediocre writing, shitty naming, and even the more problematic content. But she turns out to be a massive TERF and everyone just went "ok, you know what? yeah. let's talk about it. you suck at writing and your books are pretty damn racist."
:this:
really the case for anything and everything Harry Potter.
KOTOR 2 restored content mod is just incredible. it was my first exposure to this phenomenon in a video game setting.
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you're right! thank you for the correction, comrade! that is indeed what I meant to say!
pretty much. at least, pre-covid. only differences are that 1) commuting and sitting in traffic actually sucks 2) it does get old pretty fast and 3) you do live in constant fear of your boss.
But yeah, it's definitely bullshit that office workers make more than restaurant workers.
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