If you wondered whether the Covid-induced insanity is receding, well, think again--if the Branch Covidians were only as self-aware as Alcoholics Anonymous, we might be able to turn this around
These people are like Hiroo Onoda, fighting WWII 30 years after the war ended. They will not stop until their 'covid commander' to come and 'relieve them of their duties.' I imagine the 'commanders' are astonished at how well the propaganda worked on some people. I still see articles about 'those who are isolating, 4 years after covid.'
“The other day I saw him posting a picture of six ‘positive™’ lateral flow tests (why he keeps doing this, I don’t know).”
I guess because the religious instinct and the need for ritual behaviour in humans can’t be snuffed out. Welcome to the new cult… the poor man can’t help himself. If he doesn’t post these pictures then the truly faithful will be angry and the new gods will punish him.
Whether it’s the Covid cult, the Trans cult or whatever… the sacrifices have to be made to appease the gods and stir the faithful.
It could also be that he's an idiot, who knows. I certainly don't know him, but I will say this: he (and many of his ilk) are considered 'experts™' on a good deal of things, but I cannot fail to point to the above-related gross error of judgement and how his other 'expertise™', such as it were, might also be: BS.
I guess you only get to be an ‘expert’ if you toe the line… The Upton Sinclair line always comes to mind… ‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it’.
So yes either an idiot or completely disingenuous.
The unofficial slogan, or maybe governing principle of Covid Cultists, seems to be "Meine Ehre Heist Impfung".
They have discovered new heretofore untapped strata of insanity. Perhaps it is a human thing, an evolutionary step, that in order to hold ever-growing and ever more disparate and diverse groups of humans together, less and less actual thought can be parsed; the brain instead favouring group compliance and cohesion over thinking or observable reality?
These people are like Hiroo Onoda, fighting WWII 30 years after the war ended. They will not stop until their 'covid commander' to come and 'relieve them of their duties.' I imagine the 'commanders' are astonished at how well the propaganda worked on some people. I still see articles about 'those who are isolating, 4 years after covid.'
What an apt comparison, esp. since--as is the case with WW2--no departure from orthodoxy *ever* is permitted.
“The other day I saw him posting a picture of six ‘positive™’ lateral flow tests (why he keeps doing this, I don’t know).”
I guess because the religious instinct and the need for ritual behaviour in humans can’t be snuffed out. Welcome to the new cult… the poor man can’t help himself. If he doesn’t post these pictures then the truly faithful will be angry and the new gods will punish him.
Whether it’s the Covid cult, the Trans cult or whatever… the sacrifices have to be made to appease the gods and stir the faithful.
It could also be that he's an idiot, who knows. I certainly don't know him, but I will say this: he (and many of his ilk) are considered 'experts™' on a good deal of things, but I cannot fail to point to the above-related gross error of judgement and how his other 'expertise™', such as it were, might also be: BS.
I guess you only get to be an ‘expert’ if you toe the line… The Upton Sinclair line always comes to mind… ‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it’.
So yes either an idiot or completely disingenuous.
I suspect one could, theoretically, of course, be both a bumbling moron and completely disingenuous at the same time.
I think that’s the real pandemic right there.
To make a tasteless joke:
The unofficial slogan, or maybe governing principle of Covid Cultists, seems to be "Meine Ehre Heist Impfung".
They have discovered new heretofore untapped strata of insanity. Perhaps it is a human thing, an evolutionary step, that in order to hold ever-growing and ever more disparate and diverse groups of humans together, less and less actual thought can be parsed; the brain instead favouring group compliance and cohesion over thinking or observable reality?
That might be a thing: a kind of Dunbar's Number but for the maximum of humans living together without going crazy.
I got zero corona shots and one bout of corona (three years ago). I think I fared better than this gentleman, thanks.
Same here. I think he's a Covid moron, and I seriously question his other 'expertise™', but then again, he lives in a bubble.
I have the feeling there must also be some sick exhibitionist streak involved. Who posts details of personal health to the world?
Those who have nothing (substantial) to say offer 'crucial insights™' into their own empty selves, specifically celebrating hedonism and narcissism.