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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday July 29 2020, @02:26AM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday July 29 2020, @02:26AM (#1027949) Homepage Journal

    I do the same shit I was doing before. Exactly the same shit.

    Wake up, drink coffee, poke the Internet until sufficiently caffeinated, go work on the church, come home for lunch, have a nap if lucky or work some more if not, eat dinner, watch old TV from my media server and drink a scotch, grab a shower, go to bed. I'm feeling the need for a day off replace church work with video games or fishing.

    I don't wear masks. I don't go out to $places any less than I did before (granted, that would be fairly difficult). I still bullshit with my neighbors occasionally and give not a fuck about staying six feet back.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Opportunist on Saturday August 01 2020, @10:28AM (2 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Saturday August 01 2020, @10:28AM (#1029713)

    I start to understand why the Covid clusters we still have popping up in Europe are usually associated with churches.

    • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Tuesday August 11 2020, @03:53PM (1 child)

      by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 11 2020, @03:53PM (#1034975)

      It's because many churchgoers assume God will magically protect them, whilst failing to appreciate the according to the parable of the talents we are definitely supposed to work with the brain cells that God gave us and work out how to best respond to the shit that life (or God) throws at us - which would be Covid. Either God didn't hand out many brain cells to his followers, which seems odd, but hey, God is effing ineffable after all, or they ain't using 'em and will be having to explain that when they meet him far sooner than they planned. The exception, in my experience, is Catholics, the observant seem to last a long time on this earth, especially priests and nuns. My guess is that it's one of God giving them a lot of extra time to score, or really doesn't want to meet them.

      That and the singing of course. This virus, unlike SARS and colds and..., sits and multiplies low in the lungs, deep full breathing and exhalation is best way to get it out and into other people. Intubation (for ventilation in hospitals) is a great way to spread it, along with loud passionate joyous singing in the company of many others.

      I was going to throw in the old joke (more of a parable actually) of two boats and a helicopter and say rework that for covid as an exercise for the reader, but **** me if ten secs with google and someone didn't do it already: https://www.bigeasymagazine.com/2020/04/05/covid-19-parable-rewrite-of-two-boats-and-a-helicopter/ [bigeasymagazine.com]

      • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Tuesday August 11 2020, @05:38PM

        by DECbot (832) on Tuesday August 11 2020, @05:38PM (#1035036) Journal

        I think your sentiments are right on. Though I'd branch out and include any of the Protestant denominations that minimize the believe that God is an active, magic sky-fairy. The quick indicator here is if the particular church believes the Bible is 100% absolutely fucking true or if parts (all) of it was written by man with lots of allegory and metaphor. I would think this would include the Episcopales. I haven't had enough interaction with Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Methodists to have an informed decision.

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