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Warpy

(111,255 posts)

9. You're correct

Reply to Atticus (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 05:48 PM

Mar 2020

but some people just don't get either irony or gallows humor. They are, of course, permitted their own take on this.

I'm calling it The Hoax. I'm assuming I'll get it eventually and since I'm old, I've got a fair chance of dying from it.

I can also use all the humor I can get, and calling it The Hoax will help.

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A Modest Proposal: Call this virus "THE HOAX." [View all] Warpy Mar 2020 OP

'trumpHoaxVirus' empedocles Mar 2020 #1

Works for me. catbyte Mar 2020 #2

That is irresponsible and dangerous Amishman Mar 2020 #3

I don't believe it was the OP's intent to "downplay" it. As I interpret it, the OP means to Atticus Mar 2020 #5

You're correct Warpy Mar 2020 #9

True that, Warpy. I kinda like the idea, BComplex Mar 2020 #10

I've been calling it "The Democrat Hoax" or the "Mar-A-Gogo Flu" LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #4

"Trump's Hoax"... He did it, say his name. nt procon Mar 2020 #6

No. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #7

I think COVID-45 is good name for the disease. defacto7 Mar 2020 #8

Orange Plague! gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #11