Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
24d ago
That feels similar to the difference between pro-life and pro-choice women, which I feel is likewise over-estimated, and very probably for similar reasons.
Mantergeistmann
25d ago
It also didn't help that most pandemic plans were for "high fatality, moderate infectiousness" diseases rather than "low-except-for-elderly fatality, very high infectiousness." The playbooks got thrown out very early.
Mantergeistmann
26d ago
stroad
I can honestly say this is the first time seeing that word ever used. But then again, I don't think I've ever really made a distinction between a "street" and a "road" before, let alone thought of something in between.
Mantergeistmann
26d ago
That info being publicly available if I went to courthouse, dug through a pile of books in the basement for hours; versus that information being publicly available via app on my phone.
Or, as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy put it,
"But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard."
I think theres something to be said for a concept of a "Friction Threshold", where everything above a certain level of difficulty/cost isn't considered "publically available" for certain purposes. Now, what exactly that threshold is depends very much on the information and medium, I'll grant. But it is very much one thing to be able to access the information, vs sharing/making it easier to find, vs publically broadcasting it. Or, to put it light-heartedly, my mother's age may have been easily findable/public record, but that doesn't mean she was happy when her nieces plastered the telephone poles up and down the block with "Happy 40th birthday!" messages.
Mantergeistmann
28d ago
Sour skittles are beautiful. The sour Mike & Ikes are my current tart craze.
Mantergeistmann
29d ago
You're changing too many variables, I'm afraid. None of those involve irreversably claiming someone else's possession.
Mantergeistmann
29d ago
If I get into a traffic stop and I am asked if I take any medication, then I could be truthful and give them a list of drugs, and hope that they will eventually figure out that these drugs do not impair the ability to drive a car. Instead, I will simply lie to their face that I do not take any medication. But I generally do not seek out situations where I will lie.
I used to self-report my tiny keychain swiss army knife at land border crossings. I don't bother anymore, and I think the border guards are happier for it, because ultimately when they ask, "do you have any knives", we both know that isn't what they're referring to and isn't what the actual question is.
I mean, most countries don't do the pager-supply-chain-explosive thing. I don't think anyone has managed to infiltrate a foreign military's boot supplier, for instance.
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