Decorum Disassembly

Biden’s entire reelection campaign hinges on the idea that sure, he’s enabling genocide, poverty is accelerating, you’re not getting healthcare, the housing crisis is out of control and COVID is disabling people… but if you withhold your vote bad things will start happening.

The dismal uptake of boosters is one of those things you have to pretend is a mystery. Otherwise you have to acknowledge availability is bad, you gotta pay out of pocket & every politician / media outlet has been telling you to stop taking COVID seriously.

Better call a detective!

Quote from Reddit screenshot: I was supposed to go to the inaugural show on the 29th. I ended up in a Vegas emergency room instead, delirious with fever and dehydration due to Covid. My wonderful husband promised to take me in December for my birthday, though. I can't wait!

I lost nearly a week of memory to COVID. I remember how I badly felt before things went dark.

When I returned to the world, my immediate reaction was “I *never* want to experience *anything* like that again.”

Other people get hospitalized and immediately make… the same plans.

As part of Project NextGen, BARDA awarded $100 million to the New York-based consultancy firm Luminary Labs to administer two competitions focused on incentivizing the development of patches for vaccine delivery and reducing the number of vaccine doses needed for an effective immune response. That funding is part of more than $241 million being awarded to support new technologies that will improve national preparedness for future Covid-19 outbreaks and patient access to therapeutics.

After 2+ wasted years we’re *finally* investing in next gen vaccines.

Two companies were given $8.5 million and $10 mil respectively to run trials of their nasal vaccines.

Meanwhile, a consulting firm was given $100 million to administer two competitions.

lmao of course

I’m forcing myself to complete one book at a time before starting another, and it’s torture. I realized I was perpetually midway through three simultaneously and decided to *focus*.

How did I regularly do this as a kid?

Oh, wait… analog childhood/ digital adulthood. Gotcha.

A Friday evening vax appointment was worth it yet again.

Pre-infection: 6 hrs to Just the Flu-like symptoms.

4 mo. post-infection: 2 hours to brutal body aches.

16 mo. post-infection: 4 hours to feeling super tired & a bit dizzy. Slept deeply. Worn out today.

You could even say it was… mild.

‪I’m so tired of the emergency waiting around every corner. I’ve lived it, so I know it’s real. I know what it can do‬

‪Folks sometimes say being invested in the subject of COVID is a sign a person likes to catastrophize. It’s not, at least with me. I’d LOVE to see the pandemic end‬.

Paxlovid just pulled the third member of my family - my mom! - back from the brink. In the last 18 months, each of us got our own glimpse of how bad things could’ve gone. My dad, the clearest view

I’m thrilled with the recoveries, but dread another trip to the edge of the abyss.

The emergency alert was *fine*, but it was no “ATTACK WARNING RED!”

A text from the president saying “lmao ur owned” will never beat that.

One Redditor posted: This is me! I'm not going to spend the rest of my years depressed thinking about how I should be able to own a home. I should, but America sucks so here I am. I'm going to go out to eat, buy cigars, buy stupid cool toys for myself etc...why? Cause I already spent a decade being so frugal to the point life sucked, and I'm not doing that for another 10. Time to spend, I can't take it with me or afford a house or family. They aren't getting it via healthcare system parasites from me. I'm spending this money on shit I want to enjoy now. End of. Reply: This is me as well. It is what it is and nothing we can do so I just live my life to the fullest and have fun.

People feel defeated. I’m not a fan of following that to nihilism but believe me, I *understand*.

All of the carrots are gone. People see that they’ll work harder, but there likely won’t be a house, kid, retirement… any of that. There’s nothing to work *towards*.

An empty slog.

You have to appoint a senator for California.

Do you go with:

A - Someone who doesn’t even live in the state, who advised a prez campaign that won zero delegates, argued Uber drivers aren’t employees & became an exec at Airbnb during a housing crisis they help fuel?

OR

B - Not that person

An extremely Over It woman sitting astride an open window. The caption reads “THIS SHIT SUCKS, AND IT SUCKS HAVING TO EXPLAIN WHY IT SUCKS AND IT SUCKS THAT ASSHOLES WILL ARGUE IT DOESN'T SUCK.” Another woman sits at a table behind her, head resting on her left hand while she writes in a notepad.

My 72 year old immunocompromised mom has COVID. I’m helping her navigate treatment from over a 1K miles away because my trust in the healthcare system is nonexistent.

I‘ll lol and lmao into self combustion if someone tells her she should unmask so they can see her smile.

We went to a farm today. Hung out with some goats. Listened to a pig snore. It was nice. Hope your weekend is just as relaxing.

Link:

insidethemagic.net/2023/09/disn...

Quote from Inside The Magic dot net: “Guests need to take personal responsibility for their health and follow recommended guidelines. Check Disney World’s official website and other reliable sources for the latest information on park hours, capacity limits, and health and safety protocols. Use hand sanitizer stations and wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds, especially after touching surfaces and before eating. If you or anyone in your party feels unwell, exhibits COVID-19 symptoms, or has been in contact with someone who tested positive, consider postponing your visit to protect others.”

The article covers all the bases:

✅ Your safety is entirely your responsibility. If other people decide to do things that harm you, it’s nobody’s fault but your own.
 
✅ Hand sanitizer is an effective means of avoiding an airborne virus.

✅ If you’re sick, MAYBE consider possibly staying home?

This was an easy mistake to make as a junior high school kid before everyone had constant access to the internet.

When it first came out, I didn’t realize the movie Trainspotting was set in 1987, so I thought that’s just what Scotland was like in 1995.

Buncha guys forever obsessed with Iggy Pop and Lou Reed while their girlfriends tried to get them into New Order and acid house.

congrats to whichever Feinstein staffer she most recently thought was her daughter and now stands to inherit 20 million dollars

Gonna start pretending I’ve got somewhere to go but then at the last minute they cancel so I can feel that rush of relief

Being sick was a reminder that anyone who tries to normalize getting knocked on your ass for a week or two several times a year is making it crystal clear they have zero adult responsibilities in life. Privilege for days.

People try to tell me things are fine, but you can get a disability from breathing the same air as the wrong person, Antarctica has less ice than my freezer on a Friday night, nobody can find housing, and it’s normal to get offered an installment plan when you order a pizza.

Meme of a guy ready to knock over the first of increasingly large dominos. The first one is labeled: “Apartheid Era Mining Fortune Isn’t Seized and Redistributed in 1994” The last one: “Twitter Collapses in 2023”

Good morning

Every time a site falls apart I consider not posting anymore, but true posters understand the impossibility of attempting such a thing.

We rise from the ashes time and time again to get in one more lol and another lmao.