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If you were Covid positive but vaccinated, and were in a situation where for two weeks you might be in frequent close proximity with some elderly folks who were also vaccinated but don't wear masks or use much hand sanitizer, to what extend would/should you be concerned about the possibility of infecting them?

8 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Possible, but highly unlikely, especially after vaccination.

Does the vaccination itself help prevent those infected from spreading it, or less likely due to the amount of vaccinations administered to the population? 

If you contracted rona before vaccination, is it still possible to spread it?

Guess I'll be making at least one more theater trip this year 

pages of info about two public figures who are quite different from me.

I did that last year.  I think I was mostly playing Rocket League at the time.

Averaging maybe two or three hours per week now, I think?  I'm usually watching/listening to podcasts, albums, reading, movies and TV in that order more or less, plus there's not many video games that interest me at the moment.

Didn't quite finish this when I played it, but still enjoyed the experience. It's rare that a game makes me want to explore every nook and cranny and read into the environment so much.  If I have any critique it's that adding a physics system and ability to interact w/ everything like in Half-Life 2 or Prey would add a lot more depth to gameplay and immersion, so that was maybe a missed opportunity (unless it wasn't technically possible).  Anywho, I should revisit the series and play through all of them soon.

Shouldn't be much longer now 

5 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:

This comparison has been around for awhile.

and yet it's never said often enough  ^_^

5 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

Watch Bill Maher set up a "just chatting" twitch channel next year

Good luck to him if he does.  Political Twitch is pretty gifted at debate.  If he says something cringe and gets asked to be on a panel it probably wouldn't be a good look for him either way, assuming he doesn't get banned first.

On 5/3/2021 at 8:28 PM, stepee said:

 

It really is, isn’t it? I’ve been thinking about things more lately so I don’t even know how recently I still might have made a joke towards it. So not like calling anyone out but if you look at the kinds of jokes around it, it’s actually all the same stuff really. The “oh man a MAN has to cut so and so often i don’t believe any MAN who says otherwise.” Just prodding them that they aren’t a real man basically, same kinda thing we did to other people.

 Toxic masculinity is part of that.  I'm still taken aback by how widespread it is, along with the "there are only two sexes or genders" stuff, anti-trans sentiments, the take that someone who's bi or pan needs to pick a lane or are fooling themselves etc.

The internet, toxic bubble that it can be, is at least a place (especially twitter) where conversations about this seem to happen often compared to much of the offline sphere.  I've talked to and/or looked up several classmates from highschool and it's shocking how many of them became millennial boomers. Most of it's the same ol' lack of perspective and curiosity to obtain it.

Asexuality is still pretty invisible, even more than being bi and it sucks.  As someone who's both I get to poke fun at that concept 

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

I'm just sick and tired of having people scoff at the notion that as a guy I have zero interest in porn.  

I know it frustrates you quite a bit, but you're not on court testimony, bud. Nobody is judging you or your boxes of porn, chiiiiill.

8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

I. DO. NOT. WATCH. PORN.

 

Nor do I jerk off nor do I splooge in my sleep.   I have absolutely no sexual desires whatsoever.  None.  Zip.  Zero.  Nada.

Ok Wade, ok, we believe you, not sure why you sound so defensive.

Most porn feels too parasocial, performative, cringe, etc for it to do anything for me, but I do watch the real life people filming themselves stuff occasionally.

Not to mention there definitely are streamers out there who make it a goal and are good at curating a fun community experience between everyone in chat, chat and the hosts, etc, which can be rare, even on twitch.  But when that happens it really does feel more like hanging out, and in that sense the appeal of it makes more sense to me.

To that I say good luck 

He's a boomer so he's not the person to say it, but despite that... there's some truth to the points he's making.  I like Cape shit/fantasy/escapism/etc and think it can be healthy, but it's also heavily prioritized now which cartoonifies the media landscape more than it should be imho.  But growing up in the 90's I'm also aware that it's a reaction to the days when stuff like MCU films were gatekeeped in favor of plenty of worse shit that got made (a lot of which everyone was told was important even if it really wasn't), so it's still an improvement even if you can't help but feel burned out on spectacular blockbuster type stuff after a while. 

I don't really get the appeal of let's plays, but I think it's safe to say political twitch (streamers like Primecayes, Bastiat, Dylan Burns, Vaush, Destiny, TheSerfs, Eristocracy, etc) have gotten to a point where it's absolutely a more useful source of political commentary  than the larger, more boomery media channels/shows.

7 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

Do you mean ps4 gen games? I honestly want next gen to take off and I always dislike how the new gen gets tangled up with the last gen for at least 2 years. Imo, it prevents the new gen to truly shine because they're always trying to optimize the games for last gen consoles too. Obviously it makes sense financially but I'm a selfish pos. 

PS5, since that's technically current gen, but yeah, it almost doesn't feel like it yet with how many crossgen/PS4 games are still coming out. As with previous gens, we still haven't seen peak PS5 visuals yet, and probably won't for another four years. Should be interesting to see how often physics and destructible environments become a standard feature as game worlds move from more curated experiences towards immersive simulations. ^_^

lol

She Dies Tomorrow 

Not sure how to describe this...definitely not easy to box into any genre.  Kind of a horror/satire about the contagion of extreme negativity and the widespread impact it has.  Characters who are well-adjusted end up saying some truly guffaw-inducing stuff later on. Not the most uplifting watch as one might expect, but it has atmosphere in spades and you won't find much else like it. 8/10

Cosmos season 3

About halfway through and digging it, but I really wish they'd bring in more obscure astronomy stuff instead of all the highschool senior class history lessons but I get how that's important as well.  Love the additional animation styles but some live action footage would also be cool to see.  When it does go into what life on other planets might like it gets pretty bonkers and almost reminds you of Wayne Barlowe paintings.  Overall, decent so far, looking forward to the remaining episodes.

The Good Place

Five episodes in.  Light watching, ideal for something to leave on before going to sleep.  I think I might've predicted where the story's going but the back and forth between cast members can be fun when it hits its stride, so looking forward to that.