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[bloop_bleep]

You two are so mean!

Oh lol I was just going to say that half are below the median not the mean in general in quantified measurements. Not about this specific case... I'm not sure where the median is relative to the mean here and there are huge problems with trying to quantify intelligence anyway.

[McTraveller]

The Mode never gets any love 

[McTraveller]

I think the diversion is a fatigue coping mechanism....

I'm thinking my age group and career cohort won the lottery though? We can potentially get the single-dose vaccine, instead of two-dose.  I've been lazy and haven't been following the data closely.  Is this a legit bonus, or is it "meh"?

[Ziusudra]

Oh, trust me, some school age students are pretty boneheaded, often willfully so for the sake of it. As a yardstick, consider one of average intelligence. Half of them are below that.

Half of them are below the median - the smartest of them pull the average up above that - so more than half are below the average.

Was going to say this.

Unless there are a few really stupid ones, pulling in the other direction...

Yay semantics! Never change, B12LB.

Except there is a floor to intelligence but no real ceiling. Unless there are people with negative intelligence.

[Vector]

*dumps a copy of that one book by Steven Jay Gould into the thread*

Can we switch topics, y'all? I don't have a good one but the entire field of IQ testing was formed by American eugenicists who wanted excuses to enact regressive immigration law.

[feelotraveller]

I think the diversion is a fatigue coping mechanism....

I'm thinking my age group and career cohort won the lottery though? We can potentially get the single-dose vaccine, instead of two-dose.  I've been lazy and haven't been following the data closely.  Is this a legit bonus, or is it "meh"?

Meh, at best.  In fact I'd probably extend that to shortchanged. Still that's assuming an ideal world, and if the question is between no coverage and the single dose vaccine then it's definitely a windfall.
(Assuming its america and the two shot is moderna and the one shot is johnson.)
Worth checking Wikipedia as a starting point for information.  And noting that we have no information about long-term health effects of any of the vaccines (hopefully there are none) or how each vaccine might or might not cover future strains.

In my own case the choice (in a few months) looks to be between astrazeneca or nothing, so az is the clear winner here. 
(In that ideal world I'd probably be opting for sputnik, with pfizer at the top of the alternative short list.  Although I'd be doing more research before making a final decision.)

[nenjin]

Texas deciding it hasn't been in the national news enough recently.

[Frumple]

Welp, reason N+1 to stay the hell away from Texas.

[wierd]

Already been ranting in the discord about this.  If Tx wants to be Plague Capitol of the USA, then let them.

Just remind them, when they have 30% of their population suffering from systemic lung health problems for decades later, with profound numbers of people needing extensive medical assistance to live "normal" lives, that they don't get to ask for federal aid until they come clean and fix their shit, because of how much of bitch fit and virtue signalling shitshow they put on about being "Hard working" and "Not needing any aid!" while they gleefully discarded their masks, and that the end consequences for that set of choices coming home to roost with compound interest later, is not our responsibility, but theirs, and that in return for that aid they will need later, they **WILL** improve their healthcare, **WILL** improve their infrastructure, and **WILL** improve their social infrastructure for people with disabilities, before they can be eligible for it.

[Jimmy]

Most democratic governments define 'long term' as 'next election cycle' so good luck with getting any actionable results over public policy decisions with consequences measured in the span of decades.

[martinuzz]

Someone threw a pipe bomb at one of our corona testing locations. Luckily no one was injured, but the windows of the building are blown out.

Fucking retarded fuck conspiracy fucktards.

[Frumple]

Hasn't that happened already? Goddamn 2020s time fugue...

[Iduno]

Just remind them, when they have 30% of their population suffering from systemic lung health problems for decades later, with profound numbers of people needing extensive medical assistance to live "normal" lives, that they don't get to ask for federal aid until they come clean and fix their shit, because of how much of bitch fit and virtue signalling shitshow they put on about being "Hard working" and "Not needing any aid!" while they gleefully discarded their masks, and that the end consequences for that set of choices coming home to roost with compound interest later, is not our responsibility, but theirs, and that in return for that aid they will need later, they **WILL** improve their healthcare, **WILL** improve their infrastructure, and **WILL** improve their social infrastructure for people with disabilities, before they can be eligible for it.

Problem is, you have 2 different groups of people you're conflating. Politicians have been enacting these laws, and the citizens are the only ones who are punished.

[wierd]

Just remind them, when they have 30% of their population suffering from systemic lung health problems for decades later, with profound numbers of people needing extensive medical assistance to live "normal" lives, that they don't get to ask for federal aid until they come clean and fix their shit, because of how much of bitch fit and virtue signalling shitshow they put on about being "Hard working" and "Not needing any aid!" while they gleefully discarded their masks, and that the end consequences for that set of choices coming home to roost with compound interest later, is not our responsibility, but theirs, and that in return for that aid they will need later, they **WILL** improve their healthcare, **WILL** improve their infrastructure, and **WILL** improve their social infrastructure for people with disabilities, before they can be eligible for it.

Problem is, you have 2 different groups of people you're conflating. Politicians have been enacting these laws, and the citizens are the only ones who are punished.

IF you believe the democratic process is working (throws salt over shoulder), then the politicians are representative of the will of the people, who would be suffering the brunt of the consequences of the people they elected.

The kind of separation you imply, implies a systemic breakdown in democratic representation.

[thompson]

Oh, weird, you seem very confused about how this all works. Republican “personal responsibility” is very simple: you’re personally responsible for dealing with the consequences of whatever shit they throw at you.

Privilege flows up, responsibility flows down.

Simple.