I got two, and can proudly say they don’t need a nanny state to take care of them, both of them can take care of themselves.
so when my wife and I leave this stinking rock, our numbers will be the same. 
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so when my wife and I leave this stinking rock, our numbers will be the same. 
For the record I don't consider overpopulation a "problem" that needs a solution. I certainly don't look at parents who choose to have 2-4 kids as a negative, assuming that they're being good parents. Of course my criteria as to what constitutes a good parent is pretty darn strict.
Huh. Just scanned the thread to see what's been happening in my five week absence and it looks like all the dissenting opinions have mostly disappeared. What a nice little echo chamber it's become
Actually Jason, My wife and I have NO kids. so you're VERY much wrong YET again.
Do you know what, try engaging your brain before spouting utter nonsense once in a while ok?
I was 100% certain that you didn't, Leper. It's my experience that when people talk about being very concerned about "over population" they also think something should be done about it...but never quite specify what this would be and certainly never include themselves in that equation.
Huh. Just scanned the thread to see what's been happening in my five week absence and it looks like all the dissenting opinions have mostly disappeared. What a nice little echo chamber it's become
What happened to the "It's just a flu'" and "It will go away in April" arguments of yours, btw ?
They have morphed to accept reality. Yes, this is just like the flu and perhaps slightly more deadly, and it will "go away" when the powers controlling the information spin say it's gone away.
Cambridge uni has moved all courses online until summer 2021...
Can’t say I’m surprised, I’ve been telling my uni colleagues who thought things would be back to normal by September that they were being um, optimistic...
Cambridge University moves all lectures online until summer 2021
Institution first to announce virtual teaching for next academic yearwww.google.co.uk
University my wife works at is struggling, but still apparently in much better shape than many other local universities, when it comes to getting as much online as possible and still being able to hold courses. Everything is online now, but this won't be viable for the next semester, so they are trying to find ways to enable acceptable social distancing. Lectures are easy, but the more hands on stuff like lab work is going to need some kind of physical presence.
A lot of Data provided by Financial Times, gets updated as the "Story" evolves :
www.ft.com
Excellent Thread on twitter re data/numbers:
Source: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1263035490200158209?s=20
Coronavirus tracker: the latest figures as countries fight the Covid-19 resurgence | Free to read
The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and tracks the vaccine rollouts around the world
www.ft.com
Excellent Thread on twitter re data/numbers:
Source: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1263035490200158209?s=20
Link to twitter thread on "Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme released its interim report on the programme’s response to COVID19" .
Source: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1263114161527103490
Link to the actual report :
Source: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1263114161527103490
Link to the actual report :
Of the many strange (yet unsurprising) social phenomena that have emerged in the last few months far and away my favorite is the hypocrisy surrounding quarantines, masks and social distancing. At least in America it's clear that it's not about science but rather a combination of the authorities gleefully exerting their ever expanding control over the sheeple and the vast, overwhelming majority of said sheeple woke virtue signalling. Throw into the mix all of the hypocritical double standards by the media and those in leadership positions who preach one thing (YOU MUST WEAR A MASK, NOT VISIT YOUR GRANDPARENTS, GET YOUR HAIR CUT, SOCIAL DISTANCE, ETC ETC!!!) whilst turning around and doing the opposite themselves, up to and including having the frequent exchange of bodily fluids with your mistress and not only literally infecting her with covid, but also exposing her unwitting husband (and maybe kids, if there are any) to it...after openly espousing the Chinese model of draconian social controls evinced in Wuhan where people were forcibly loaded screaming into the back of what looked like cattle cars and hauled away to some uncertain (but certainly ominous) future. Just one teeny (but high profile) example.
FYI: if you're visiting your girlfriend/boyfriend/parents and you don't actually live together then you are at best a raging hypocrite who 100% doesn't give a flying fig about the science...you're just using "muh science!" to make yourself appear virtuous in conversations, walking in to grab your espresso at whatever version of Starbucks you prefer to frequent and try to win arguments on the various internet forums on the topic.
Does any of this sound familiar, gang?
FYI: if you're visiting your girlfriend/boyfriend/parents and you don't actually live together then you are at best a raging hypocrite who 100% doesn't give a flying fig about the science...you're just using "muh science!" to make yourself appear virtuous in conversations, walking in to grab your espresso at whatever version of Starbucks you prefer to frequent and try to win arguments on the various internet forums on the topic.
Does any of this sound familiar, gang?
Well seeing as my wife and I ARE doing what we think we should do and not contribute to the rising human population, so we DO include ourselves in that equation. Putting our money where our mouths are.
I'm glad to hear that, Leper. I'm sure the world is a better place for your decision to not reproduce. But in the future, perhaps you could leave those of who do want to reproduce alone to do so without insinuating or implying that something should be done to correct that?
It is true, but in general the people do unpleasant things under the constraint of laws and the authority of state.
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It is a shame this topic devolved again in a barrage of weird and unprovoked attacks instead of insightful discussions about COVID19.
That's just obfuscation and an attempt to shut down opinions that fail to align with your own and keep this thread all nice and echoe-y.
The strict adherence (or not adhering as the case may be) of quarantine protocols is ABSOLUTELY ON TOPIC
Edit: besides... who's been attacked?
The strict adherence (or not adhering as the case may be) of quarantine protocols is ABSOLUTELY ON TOPIC
Edit: besides... who's been attacked?
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Hi everyone, just to remind you all that discussion is good, provocation is bad and thread bans are a thing.
Yessir! Hopefully that applies to everyone evenly
Huh. Just scanned the thread to see what's been happening in my five week absence and it looks like all the dissenting opinions have mostly disappeared. What a nice little echo chamber it's become
You must be reading a different thread because there have been disagreements in a couple of things. Not having someone share your opinion isn't an echo chamber.
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