COVID-19, Psychological manipulation?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Thinking People are scared, and the oblivious ones are a clear & present danger to all of us & our loved ones!

How to survive a pandemic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 CAUTION: Do not ingest liquids while watching...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

4th time enjoying this! Still crack up at the end!

This should reassure you.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I NEVER talk to myself, I am talking to the pet(s)!

I live near a major thoroughfare and as of lately I have been hearing a lot of cars racing.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

The 2 times I have gone out since March 10, the empty streets were host to MANIACS. I suggest that this might not be a good time to have to go to a hospital, duhhhhhh

My father taught me the proper way to do a handshake.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Touching people..yuck!

Now he is seen as a threat.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I remember when the USA sent cargo ships & teams to help other countries with Ebola & etc........ Any minute we will be getting help from Yugoslavia or someplace......gawd knows we need it right now!

Yup. Makes sense to me. Not.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Jeebus is in the house!

Yup most of us

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Luckily I have been trimming my own hair for about 40 years

Mysterious...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Surprise, surprise, surprise........

So, the issues I want to highlight here are as follows: - I'm apoplectic as to the massive ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Hzve you considered that testing is useless? Because unlike testing for AIDS (you knew you had possibly been exposed), you could get a clean test & get infected 15 minutes later, then be walking around thinking you are "clean" when in fact you are Typhoid Mary (google her-a real person!). So the test would actually be detrimental to you & everyone you come in contact with! (Asymptomatic for up to 2 weeks, remember) Practice good hygiene & proper distancing, lay low. And take out every 3rd word & every 3rd sentence in future writings, please!

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AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Yeah, well, but wait about 10 days after all this "gathering together". THAT will be "a week"!

Not sure if I should say....

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Going with the sex thing here.......

“It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Learned definitely, at 19, that "things" are a trap, and been glad I learned it ever since. Yes, I own nice things. Can I walk away from them all in a heartbeat? Absolutely, and never a tinge of regret. Just things.....

I'll be moving back home, to Cleveland OH (no wisecracks - I love my city), probably September, ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I moved over 45 years ago...never moved again! THE HORROR!

Here is a song for Easter. [youtu.be]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

A nice ear worm, for a change

Bunny nightmares

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I can't unseen this ya know!

Masha Elston on Facebook.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

The fox is in charge of the henhouse

REMINDER: Tonight is Trivia Nite.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Ummm, I went to school, myself......one rabbit

Read my Easter short story: Christopher Rabbits Big Easter Adventure at [issuesandalibis.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Delightful! Did you do the illistrations as well?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Alrighty then!

In case anyone missed it, like the vast majority of us, Trump signed an Executive Order recently ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Becuz he has no other responsibilities right now......

How does his wife take it?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Try draping a towel over yourself?

I'm getting restless from being cooped up.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

All true!!!!!!

Anybody here sharing a home office with kids or parents? [wsj.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Luckily, the dog has no thumbs.......

My very late contribution for Saturday: MAW SIT SIT ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

To me, prettier than an emerald

The IMF just predicted the worst depression since the great one. What is your opinion?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I forsee both major boom & bust as there will be a pent-up need to SPEND, as we have been conditioned to do. Howeve steeply rising debt may be created, as we have also been conditioned to tolerate/embrace. Interesting times ! I wish I still had the entrepreneurial spirit of my younger days, I would order that great big yacht now!

Headline : My Girlfriend Is a Chatbot Quarantine amid coronavirus could boost the nascent ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Bleh!

"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

So, Epic Fail from the OrangeIdiot!

If you could eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be and why? .

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Washing silverware! I have no dishwasher, and do not mind doing my few dishes, but silverware is very hard to get clean, even though I religiously soak beforehand, and it makes me so mad to find an unclean piece in the drawer!!!

New discoveries about the rings of Uranus: [sciencealert.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Just cool! Thanks for posting!

Part of my indoctrination as a believer was that humans have souls and other creatures do not.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

"Soul"? What is this "soul" you speak of? No such thing!

What the fuck! What cartoon has this idiot escaped from? [independent.co.uk]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Just no words, none. We are all going to die.....

Overheard on Facebook in WV by a poster asking for restaurants to be opened-up now (misspellings and...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

And I am sure the waitstaff would be thrilled to go with him!

Viruses Don't Watch Fox Can't bear to write the word 'news' after 'fox'.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

I love her!

Apparently this man changes new partners like he does wives ... [rawstory.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

So I am going out on a limb here & declare the OrangeIdiot owns stock in OOAN....

How to survive a pandemic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 CAUTION: Do not ingest liquids while watching...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

OMG WATCH THIS!

Snake oil salesman? Or just a conspiracy theory POS? Maybe both? [politico.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Just like his idol drump Only cares about making a buck.

Friday 10th April and Immunity - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Believe this, act on it, and bring death & disease to everyone you know....

Yup he is my choice

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

I say a Tag Team of Mr. Jackson & Robert DeNiro!

Christopher Titus [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Well said & LOL funny too!

[rollingstone.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Going with this idiocy for a moment.....Becuz all teachers and staff are under 25?......

An incredible capture of a bright green meteor over South India.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Holy Cow!

US is 1 in deaths from COVID-19. [apple.news]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Waaay over the top! #'s So much winning!

We are all trying to find something useful and interesting to do while we are locked down at home.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

I want a wombat!...can I order one from Amazon?

Today I started a new thing for idiots posting crap on the local papers articles I read on FB.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Definitely needed!

Many Localities Now Requiring Some Sort of Face Mask Along with the social distancing ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Making some right now! Don't want or need "droplets" from somebody else's nose!

President Andrew Cuomo? Maybe - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Look! An actual Leader!

Meet the B.S. Artist Behind Trump’s Miracle Drug [thedailybeast.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

I got suspicious immediately because the name of the drug has so many syllables.....why/how did the OrageIdiot take time to learn it?!

Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

This is powerful, and true. IMO it would be far more powerful if it was 60% shorter......

Glass Wax, have you ever used it?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

That's how you put snowflakes on your window at Xmas! Use a stencil(s) , let it dry, wash off when ready. Also a good glass cleaner.

A little background to this post.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Look! A leader who speaks in complete coherent sentences! What A Concept!

The prose (?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Ummm, because I choose to live, and try to help my friends & family stay alive too? This virus does not single out the Jew, the gay, the dark-skinned, to try to draw a parallel between, say, Holocaust survivors is a scare tactic of ugly proportions. Fo once, WE face a common foe that WE can defeat if we pull together, we have seen it in China already. Telling us to stay home is about as far as "loading [us] into cattle cars" as it gets. I reject your entire premise, please go away.

Why the broad disparity in death rates from COVID-19?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

SHOUT OUT to all you "death rate deniers", maybe this chart will wake you the hell up! Minimizing this thing is Not helping! Just today 2 people on here were babbling away about ".04% death rates, why worry?"

Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don’t. [mattstoller.substack.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 11, 2020:

And I should be happy about it?!?

Why the diminished hours?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Everything is empty! No, people are Not squashing into things, they are using the ATM, drive-thru, or online for banking shopping, ordering take out & etc. Probably because they don't want to drag home a virus that kills, and can be infectious for 2 weeks before symptoms start...how about you? And, BTW, how would you like to be a grocery store employee right now?

[agnostic.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

If it sounds hopeful & easy, BEWARE!

Any opinions?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Look! A guy who has compassion, can take charge, yet listen & learn from experts.......we could do A Lot worse!

I wouldn't be surprised!

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Would be funny if I didn't suspect he will say worse any minute now.......

Does this change our views of the economy? [rabble.ca]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Canada, like most other nations, is guaranteeing a monthly income for furloughed workers. IMO their economies will bounce back far faster than ours!

What's really happening to humankind?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Becuz there has never been a pandemic before....1918 Spanish Flu, polio, smallpox, The Black Death, aannnddd etc It slays me that everything has to be some big "conspiracy".....viruses & etc just wanna have fun!

TRUMP JUST SAID THE LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS IS AT ALL TIME HIGH, REGARDING THE AIR QUALITY.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Would you want to try to explain "cause & effect" to this moron? Not enough money in the world!!!!!!

[youtube.com] Anybody remember this from Allan Sherman?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

I bought that album with babysitting money !

In the UK, a woman supporting the opposition party to Boris Johnson's government commented on ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

I agree 1000% with that woman!!!!!!! Is there a fund where I can send her $$?

Poor people suffering disproportionally. [theintercept.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Shocked, I am shocked by this!

If we have it his way.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Day after tomorrow! Happy Good Friday!

Please do not let this madness fool you.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Jeebus, the stupid are turning into lemmings. (Yeah, I know, lemmings don't really do that....)

You have to wonder. Mystical but allegorical and metaphorical. What do you think?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Anthropomorphism is a crock.

Re-wire your brain

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Been doing that for most of my life......

BERNIE DROPS OUT, MASS GRAVES, AND SCIENCE DENIAL: [united-cats.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Didn't i tell you all weeks ago to buy bulldozer stock?

I cannot prove, but strongly suspect that the death figures from covid 19 are being grossly ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

So, almost half a million infected. (By actual count of hospitalizations, probably many many more) and almost 30,000 deaths. (Around 4%, as of the 10th), isn't bad enough, we need conspiracy theories too.......

The Christian Right Is Very Angry That Pornhub is Offering Free Premium Content ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Too bad, so sad...most of it is free anyway, only the "premium" stuff costs, and now it is free too.

If a church holds services and a person get covid an dies can the family sue for wrongful death or ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Unless they were hog-tied & dragged there, I doubt it.

An interesting look at the collapse of the ancient world and correlations with our current ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Love, love, love Ancient History!

I cannot prove, but strongly suspect that the death figures from covid 19 are being grossly ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

You are a FOOL! STFU!

‘You can’t even get Christianity right’: Trump mocked for offensive ‘Happy Good Friday’ ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

GeezusH, but his base will overlook it, just like everything else.

Islam: The Religion of Pieces keeps on taking.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Ohfergawdssake Jacar...having trouble refilling your prescriptions again?

THE BIBLE CAN BE TRUSTED 100%. [facebook.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Becuz you say so.......

A Brief History of the Cheese Curl, Junk Food’s Happiest Accident - Gastro Obscura

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Watch the embedded video! Too cool!

Friday 10th April and Immunity - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

So full of Crap.....I can't even.....as of April 10, about 4% just in the USA. Can't wait for India's figures next week. Ignorance is Not bliss!

More selfish idiocy from the godbotherers Council's ban on grieving relatives attending funerals ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Ummm, do you think the dead need people to join them wherever they went? What part of Stop the Spread do you not understand???????!!!!?????

Friday 10th April and Immunity - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Geebus, more confused woooooooo. Thanks for posting....and BTW as of April 10, almost half a million sick, almost 30,000 deaths...that would be about a 4%+ death rate.

You can stop searching.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

So stupid it is funny...and the look of "nothing" in the eyes of the testify-ers is just stunning

Have we here in Agnostic got ANY right to tell other people what they SHOULD do in any situation?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Ummmm, that would be Public Health experts begging everybody to stay home......and it is the law now in a lot of places. Do not understand your post At All!

Even after the US government has recommended use of masks or any face shields, I don't see a lot of ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Seeing as you are contagious up to TWO WEEKS before you have any symptoms, dubious advice at best!

Glyphosate and Covid-19, MIT's Stephanie Seneff Connects the Dots

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

More woo......just what we need right now........ In fact a classic example of monomania. She fears & dislikes the product. (And I am not saying she is wrong in that) but to then make it the "root" problen of every other thing in the world is just silly.

Welcome to my virtual birthday party! The only party I am allowed to have.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

Cake for you or the cat, LOL?!? HB&MM!

Yuck! Hahahahaha!!!

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

2 fools taking in valuable air......

Regarding this coronavirus pandemic, the Trump response has been screwed up from the very beginning ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

April 9, almost half a million sick, well over 25,000 dead.......and climbing steeply. 1%???? Not exactly

I was raised as a Christian and only recently became an atheist.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2020:

IMO nobody should ever imply, to a child, ever, that one of their parents is stupid! Why not just briefly, considering their age, answer any questions they Might have as they arise, as you would do with questions about sexuality or any other ideas they might ask about? If/when they question you not praying, going to church, or whatever, a simple sentence along the lines of "I no longer think it helps" is plenty

"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

I consider myself as getting more & more radical as I see the nasty turn this country is taking under the OrangeIdiot.

"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

You mean like, be able to spot the BS? Bertrand Russell was the first one who made me doubt religion...maybe age 11-ish. Love him forever!

Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Does Socialism Affect Freedom? [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

How about if we ask some Scandinavians?

Racism and COVID-19. [motherjones.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Sadly true

“The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Ummmm, no.

see? FB is good for SOMEthing.... LOL

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Excellent point...sitting on those earthmovers certainly would give ya distance!

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AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Maybe when you lean over to bless these sentiments you get a nice whiff of exhaust...thaaat's right, just keep inhaling......

I just read this statement and it made me think, Agnostic.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Privately financed by one or two people who believe in no gawds. Try reading their Mission Statement, whydoncha ?

I just read this statement and it made me think, Agnostic.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Agnostic is a " mission" site, privately funded. Show some respect, instead of nasty & untrue conjectures!

I've been on the phone with customer service lately for various reasons .

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

I feel such ANGER towards the OrangeIdiot!!!

OK...have to share my latest AntiTrump memes...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2020:

The Obama one brought tears to my eyes.