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If I told you that there was this person who was dead or on his/her deathbed because they drank bleach. Telling all of us before he/she did that there was nothing wrong with it, that it was safe.
Would you be sad or upset?
or...
If I told you, there was a person who stood on the railroad tracks, telling anyone within earshot that they were more powerful than some train. That what he/she was doing was safe. And now they were in a hospital and will likely not survive.
Would you be sad or upset?
or...
If I told you there was person who intentionally walked into a swarm of Japanese Giant Hornets (an aggressive and lethal creature) because he/she was certain they would be fine, even after numerous warnings to what they were doing was dangerous because they were a self-trained expert on the hornet. And after which he/she was stung numerous times and was now laying in a hospital in critical condition, likely not to survive the night
Would you be sad or upset?
or...
If I told you there was a person who leapt from a plane without their parachute because they really understood how air currents worked and that he/she would merely be gently lowered by the winds below, but died when he/she hit ground.
Would you be sad or upset?
or...
If I told you there was a person who intentionally cut his/her hand and climbed into a tank full of sharks and was eaten.
Would you be sad or upset?
See... I wouldn't and won't. In all these scenarios, they're stupid as you-know-what and should have known better.
This is how I feel about Ammon Bundy, the militia groups, the 'rugged individualists' and the know nothings who think they're so f***ing smart, who are certain the Covid is a one world order trick. And these religious groups that are convinced God will protect them from Covid, so they're going to go to their services because, like the sky diver and wind currents, they will be protected.
When these people catch it, I will not feel sad or upset. I don't wish it upon them. But once they have it, I will merely shake my head, then say "Fools wouldn't listen." and suggest we move on and help those who didn't stupidly decide they knew better.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)magicarpet
(14,113 posts)....disconnected from reality,....
....mentally deranged,.. off the tracks,.. off the rails....
.... human idiosyncrasies and dysfunctionalities should not be sources where one derives entertainment or humor or pleasure in ridicule...
Carry on....
But political scorn is sometimes okay if just prior to election.
Go get em....
Have fun...
BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)be particularly sad, to be 100% honest.
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quakerboy
(13,915 posts)A significant number of them will have no or mild symptoms. And they will pass it on to people who dont have a choice. And about the time we could otherwise start relaxing some of the stay at home orders somewhat, they will come to our cities and our neighborhoods to literally and figuratively rub their disease in our faces, killing even more.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)But Id be wrong.
Aussie105
(5,315 posts)who do stupid and foolish things, always think they are smarter than they really are?
Some sort of over compensation syndrome at work? Is delusion part of the stupid & foolish syndrome?
Whatever - just break out the Darwin awards!
rpannier
(24,327 posts)They also tend to hang around equally stupid people.