FarFarAway

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[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe they're ads for their own government services? Technically, an adverstment doesn't have to just be for skeezy companies trying to steal your info or money.

Like your on the drivers license pages and you see a space on the side that "advertises" getting your license renewed. It's more flashy and draws attention more than just a link to help people find what they're looking for easier.

Not in the UK, but my official city page has 3 advertments prior to getting to the body of the page (which is the offical link tree). One for reporting a concern, one for the recreation department, and a rotating one for more receration stuff and the transparency department.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

I just had to do a reset. The ui on my phone just got a couple of updates and it all went downhill from there.

It started capitalizing random letters in the middle of words and turning correctly spelled words into garbage, over and over again.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

Well, at least you were wanted.

I'm pretty sure they called my cell all week during work hours. Place had horrible reception so if the call came through at all, i couldnt answer cause well, im at work.

But nobody ever left a message so shrug

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the video, in the link, he mentioned that birth control pills were used for all sorts of other things besides preventing pregnancy, like helping with acne amongst others. I wish I could quote you what he said, but I refuse to listen to it again, it's infuriating.

Anyways, point is, he knows and he believes all it's uses are wrong.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty cool! I knew we didn't really have a flu season, but I didn't realize we actually killed off a while strain. Not for nothing, I guess.

You do have a point though, we have an existing vaccine and we are more knowledgeable about the flu in general. Maybe there would be more surviviors than one would anticipate. As long as the scientists didn't dont get infected and die before they could get the vaccine out.

When birds catch the bird flu, there can be up to 100% mortality rate. So, I suppose I'm more refering to a catastrophic, civilization altering illness. More akin the what a zombie virus would do, without the added potential of reanimation.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

But in the situation in imagining, they would all be dead. I'd be stuck there indefinitely!

But you do have a point. Im sure the public health officials in my area would tell everyone that there's nothing to worry about and to go get infected for fun. :/ guess I'd be the only one left, granted I stay inside long enough to outlive all the infected.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, definitely people wouldnt quarantine like that. But, H5N1 can have a really high mortality rate. From what I can tell, a near 100%. for birds and some marine mammals. I.e. every animal that catches it, dies.

Not to be macabre, but I don't mean how long would people have to quarantine to beat back the virus. Im asking how long would an individual have to hide from everyone else, before everyone else, who refused to believe it was real, and whatnot, caught the virus and just...died.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah...I took the bait, then remembered what day it was.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox also has a libreddit extension that will automatically direct you there if you type in any reddit address.

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