One of the most annoying bands ever. I can only stand them as a backing band, eg. on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRTlfFlJ4o8

Quote from: VoK on September 24, 2021, 11:19 PM
Have we any russian metal band   

Here's a song from one Russian metal album I listen to. I can only assume all their bands sound like this:

I can't be the only one who has Worms dreams, surely! I had another WA one today despite not playing for a long time. The 1st map was a sort of castle and garden with tunnels. I made some dumb moves including wasting an HHG. The 2nd map was a similar castle but now I was doing fly shopper roping moves on it.

I had a dream about a collaborative effort to make a shopper map, which had things like a tree and a leafy vine and some text saying something about a worms swimming pool. It seemed like I started it while I was sitting outside a school building. The map had an open top. There was lots of arguing about where to put things and whether some text was taking up too much room and would get in the way. I was struggling to copy and paste a cross-shaped object because it blurred in with one of the trees a bit. I didn't seem to remember that shopper existed as a scheme until we were actually playing a game on the map. One weapon used was similar to a banana bomb, but the bananas were replaced with red circles that bounced even higher.

Anyone who votes 75% or less doesn't even believe xkcd's Earth Temperature Timeline I suppose.

Humanity will be okay in 2050 I think. 2100 could be a worry.

Gotta agree with skunk on the Bitcoin thing. I feel stupid for not getting into that straight after I mined a little Dogecoin in early 2014. 10 months ago I finally stopped procrastinating and exchanged half my Dogecoin for Bitcoin, and it already increased like 6× since. Of course, Dogecoin is up because of the Reddit hype but it won't stay high. Bitcoin will... at least until it gets replaced with another crypto or something more widely adopted.

I feel like a bit of a rebel not having any tattoos also. Once upon a time I imagined getting a tattoo of Bloopy (my character, not this picture but a more badass one drawn by someone else). Now I don't like that idea and would prefer more of a joke tattoo, probably one of Gary Sinise from CSI: New York.

I don't hate tattoos but I think too many looks bad. On the arms or lower legs is ok, but tattoos on the torso, thighs, neck and face etc. seems like too much. It's like a misdirection or fake news to distract you from real nature, comparable to a ricer car or wearing too much make-up.

Quote from: skunk3 on December 27, 2020, 02:20 AM
There's numerous scientists around the world who have analyzed the virus and shown clear evidence of insertions, deletions, and manipulation of the DNA. According to them there's no way it is naturally-occurring. I don't exactly have links bookmarked for ease of sharing but it's out there if you care to look.

When I cared to look, I found this link, which says:

Quote"Two features of the virus, the mutations in the RBD portion of the spike protein and its distinct backbone, rules out laboratory manipulation as a potential origin for SARS-CoV-2."

Note the reported 96% similarity of the RaTG13 coronavirus that infects bats in the above link may be way too high:
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200910/Scientists-claim-serious-data-discrepancies-in-RaTG13-sequence.aspx

Regardless, as the first link says, a 4% difference would've represented 20-50 years of separate evolution anyway. Not insertions and deletions (they would be noticed). Science just isn't that advanced yet. Nature is a million times more efficient. With all the virus mutations happening out there in the real world among sick animals and sick people, it's like Earth is a quantum supercomputer trying all possibilities while the scientists are still running DOS 3.3.

The link is that people who choose not to take the vaccine may lose some freedoms. Eg. not being allowed on flights or public transport, or losing their jobs, especially if they work in the health sector or with the elderly. Which is just common sense really considering the number of people dropping dead daily.

Quote from: Kradie on December 09, 2020, 08:08 AM
I am against the vaccine. I remember the swine flu outbreak, everyone were going insane. I was sitting comfortably in my chair watching on my nice TV, a large queue of desperate people waiting for the vaccine. Later on it showed that these people experience nasty side effects, it damaged them pretty bad, even for life. So the guy in the comfortable chair was like ''Better them not me, because I am not falling for this shit''.

I already said you wouldn't be first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine anyway, and such recent mistakes aren't forgotten quickly. Just because most of us say we would take the vaccine, doesn't mean we're saying that we'll be the first to rush out and take something that hasn't been tested properly! There's nothing wrong with being cautious, especially if the health system in one's country is questionable. But there'll be a point when some of the vaccines are known to be safe and effective and only conspiracy theorists are scared of them.

Quote from: Kradie on December 07, 2020, 11:31 AM
Plus you will have to take the vaccine yearly.

I highly doubt it. Early indications suggest that COVID-19 doesn't mutate nearly as fast as the yearly flu strains. Also, some COVID-19 vaccines may help protect against not only other strains, but other coronaviruses including the common cold as well. Just as some people with better immunity against colds can be less susceptible to COVID-19.

A better comparison could be measles. The measles vaccine keeps on working. Anti-vaxxers are at least partly to blame for 70+ kids dying in the Samoan outbreak last year.

Regarding your links, what you want to look up is the 'excess mortality' rate, ie. the number of deaths from all causes above what's considered 'normal':
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm

QuoteOverall, an estimated 299,028 excess deaths occurred from late January through October 3, 2020, with 198,081 (66%) excess deaths attributed to COVID-19. The largest percentage increases were seen among adults aged 25–44 years and among Hispanic or Latino persons.

If too many deaths were being attributed to COVID-19, you'd expect the 2nd number to be bigger than the first.

Also, wearing a mask f@#!ing sucks. I have bad allergies and need to wipe my nose all the time. Luckily for me my country takes COVID-19 very seriously and eradicates it when it appears. Right now we have more freedom here than almost any other country and our economy is better off overall than it would be if we didn't have lockdowns in the past.

Seat belts are a decent analogy but usually only for one's own safety. Getting vaccinated is for the safety of everyone else around you too. So an even better analogy would be mandatory vehicle inspection. Choosing not to be vaccinated for COVID-19 is like someone choosing to drive an unroadworthy truck and then causing a deadly highway pileup. A few countries already had 1 in 1000 people die and the pandemic is still going on. What figure do the deaths have to reach to be above 'minuscule'?

Quote from: Kradie on December 05, 2020, 03:55 PM
The lethalness of this vaccine is minuscule

Quote from: Kradie on December 05, 2020, 03:55 PMnefarious shot of death.

Nice self-contradiction.

When it's released it'll be some of the most vulnerable people who get it first. If you're young and healthy there'll probably be a lot more data on it by the time you get it.

I've had to start taking an immunosuppressant this year due to my severe allergies. Supposedly this can mean I need a double dose of some vaccines, so that's something I have to look into. I'll definitely get it when I can.