If you’ve chosen not to take a Covid vaccine for whatever reason(s), it may be wise to reassess occasionally.

[mbills2223]

Man takes 10 COVID vaccine shots in single day

A man who was vaccinated against COVID-19 up to 10 times in one day on behalf of other people has sparked an investigation.

nypost.com

Some guys have all the luck. I tried to go get a sampler platter last week and they wouldn't take my freaking coupon.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Truly I don’t know if any of you are right. Will say on things I care enough to verify I usually find that the memes are based on an element of truth, similar to how a joke must have an element of truth to be funny. But the joke to me is you guys are so hung ho you are fact checking memes which is even crazier than just spouting talking points….

I fact check occasionally, but whats really crazy to me is people who will believe anything that agrees with their viewpoint without question. I fact check more things that I want to be true or think might be than the reverse. Come on there was a thread on here about the vax actually being iirc a chimeric virus that would turn people into hybrid creatures. The person posting it thought it might be true but seemed a little out there so was checking to see what others thought. Now to me, that is ****ing crazy.

 

[Ingomike]

I fact check occasionally, but whats really crazy to me is people who will believe anything that agrees with their viewpoint without question. I fact check more things that I want to be true or think might be than the reverse. Come on there was a thread on here about the vax actually being iirc a chimeric virus that would turn people into hybrid creatures. The person posting it thought it might be true but seemed a little out there so was checking to see what others thought. Now to me, that is ****ing crazy.

This is what we get when the institutions of our society, that spent years cultivating a stellar reputations, are taken over by ideologues who then use that reputation for politicized results and corruption…

 

[Timjoebillybob]

This is what we get when the institutions of our society, that spent years cultivating a stellar reputations, are taken over by ideologues who then use that reputation for politicized results and corruption…

People believing bat **** crazy stuff because the regular media is untrustworthy? Nah, we've always had that.

 

[nonobaddog]

People believing bat **** crazy stuff because the regular media is untrustworthy? Nah, we've always had that.

Not at all - not like it is today.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Man takes 10 COVID vaccine shots in single day

A man who was vaccinated against COVID-19 up to 10 times in one day on behalf of other people has sparked an investigation.

nypost.com

I took ten shots in one day once. Haven't drank tequila since.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I took ten shots in one day once. Haven't drank tequila since.

Did it make your clothes fall off?

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Not at all - not like it is today.

I wonder. Or perhaps with the internet and such we just hear it more? Like crime, it seems so much worse now compared to when I was a kid. But statistically it's lower. There was a double murder the next town over from me, when I was a kid it would have made local news, maybe state. I doubt national, but now it's being discussed and on the news internationally.

 

[nonobaddog]

I wonder. Or perhaps with the internet and such we just hear it more? Like crime, it seems so much worse now compared to when I was a kid. But statistically it's lower. There was a double murder the next town over from me, when I was a kid it would have made local news, maybe state. I doubt national, but now it's being discussed and on the news internationally.

No, that isn't all of it.
I remember when news was "who, what, when, where and why". Now it is "here is what my party thinks and this is what you should think".

 

[Ingomike]

People believing bat **** crazy stuff because the regular media is untrustworthy? Nah, we've always had that.

No we have not. Nowhere near this level. Anyone that cannot see that is perpetuating it…

 

[Timjoebillybob]

No, that isn't all of it.
I remember when news was "who, what, when, where and why". Now it is "here is what my party thinks and this is what you should think".

I agree with you on the news, just maybe disagree on the amount of crazies out there. I might agree that the news is maybe leading people to the sites where they post the crazy **** they believe.

No we have not. Nowhere near this level. Anyone that cannot see that is perpetuating it…

See above.

 

[Ingomike]

I agree with you on the news, just maybe disagree on the amount of crazies out there. I might agree that the news is maybe leading people to the sites where they post the crazy **** they believe.


See above.

If TPTB had not squandered their standing the people would not believe such outrageous things.

When it is leaked before the election that the media are conspiring and not reporting anything that would benefit Trump in the event of a contested election because the media still regret the reporting they did that boosted GWB to the win then no one can believe anything they said about the election.

In the vacuum the people must use secondary and farther down the list (as defined by the left) sources. Sources that may have a UFO article next to a valid election fraud article…

 

[nonobaddog]

"News" today is nothing more than propaganda - just like they do it in communist countries.
They jump on anything that fits their agenda and ignore the real facts - think Nicolas Sandmann and Kyle Rittenhouse.
Mainstream media only tells you what they want you to think - doesn't matter if it is all lies or not.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Did it make your clothes fall off?

No, I was wearing my pants on my head.

In all seriousness: thanks everybody for keeping the thread between the ditches (by INGO standards anyway...) Prayers for @tbhausen 's friend, sounds like he has a long row to hoe.

 

[spencer rifle]

If you think the news is biased and slanted now, you should read some Civil War-era newspapers. Some of the things they asserted would make your skin crawl. Yellow journalism was a product of more than 100 years ago. I might go for "the worst in our lifetime," but history is full of motivated liars.

 

[jsharmon7]

I agree with you on the news, just maybe disagree on the amount of crazies out there. I might agree that the news is maybe leading people to the sites where they post the crazy **** they believe.


See above.

I think this pandemic came during the perfect storm of problems. We have political polarization which has eroded trust in government. We have media companies who are so incredibly biased that you can’t trust either side. I think the internet has made it to where people can Google something and think they’re now qualified to speak on complex, nuanced topics after 10-15min of sitting on the toilet. I think social media had made people so narcissistic that they can’t admit they’re wrong or that they just don’t know something. And, I think we are so connected that we can share ideas instantly whereas in the past we kept to our like-minded social circles. The result is an unmitigated dumpster fire, and we are all guilty.

Also, I think some people are more
concerned about this pandemic than they let on. Some folks can’t let a single thread go by without having to jump in about how it’s all lies. Maybe its a self-reassurance thing? Easier than facing the uncertainty? Who knows.

 

[CHCRandy]

Starting to think maybe I was right about this vaccine weakening your body. CDC says of the Omicron in US, 80% of the cases have been in vaccinated people, 33% of them have had multiple booster jabs. Only 1 person hospitalized which was unknown whether vaccinated or not.....and ZERO deaths.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7050e1.htm?s_cid=mm7050e1_w

 

[Ingomike]

We have political polarization which has eroded trust in government

Government overreach eroded trust that led to polarization…

 

[Ingomike]

We have media companies who are so incredibly biased that you can’t trust either side.

Is media supposed to even have sides?

 

[Ingomike]

Some folks can’t let a single thread go by without having to jump in about how it’s all lies.

I just have not seen the members that say it is all lies? There are a lot of lies from a lot of sources, but I have not seen anyone saying it is all lies…