Exactly my point.  One group of people will start attacking another group because of differing viewpoints, or whatever.  It gets to the point where it becomes less about a health matter and much more about being right and somebody else being wrong.

3 minutes ago, Procus said:

Exactly my point.  One group of people will start attacking another group because of differing viewpoints, or whatever.  It gets to the point where it becomes less about a health matter and much more about being right and somebody else being wrong.

"One group of people will tell another group of people to stop driving drunk. It gets to the point where it become less about a health matter and much more about being right and somebody else being wrong."

55 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

 

Uneducated people not doing the smart thing. Young people not doing the safe thing. 
 

COVID plays into more stereotypes than a Mel Brooks movie. 

 

Jeebus, the comments.

33 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

it's almost like one recent president went out of his way to divide the nation and frame non-supporters as enemies of the state. weird. 

But enough about Biden.

13 minutes ago, Bill said:

Uneducated people not doing the smart thing. Young people not doing the safe thing. 
 

COVID plays into more stereotypes than a Mel Brooks movie. 

My first year in college, I met a guy in my psych class that was a pilot in training. The first week of class he offered for me to tag along with his gf and her friend while he was logging hours and I jumped at the chance (semi-blind-date aspect was a motivating factor but girl turned out to be meh.) We flew out of a local airport and he even let me take over the controls for a couple minutes while we were up there so I could do a couple turns and dives while the girls were freaking out. Was a blast and I'm glad I did it, but looking back, the fact that the late teens me had no reservations whatsoever about going up in a single engine cessna with a guy I just met and never asked how long he'd been flying is funny to the late thirties me.

14 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

My first year in college, I met a guy in my psych class that was a pilot in training. The first week of class he offered for me to tag along with his gf and her friend while he was logging hours and I jumped at the chance (semi-blind-date aspect was a motivating factor but girl turned out to be meh.) We flew out of a local airport and he even let me take over the controls for a couple minutes while we were up there so I could do a couple turns and dives while the girls were freaking out. Was a blast and I'm glad I did it, but looking back, the fact that the late teens me had no reservations whatsoever about going up in a single engine cessna with a guy I just met and never asked how long he'd been flying is funny to the late thirties me.

Taller than you?  Yeah that's a tough one

BTW - pretty cool you got to fly a plane with Albert 

2 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Taller than you?  Yeah that's a tough one

No, just a mediocre looking asian chick that was basically shrieking non-stop from takeoff until landing. I thought no way am I gonna ever be into a girl that's this much of a pussbag. Ironically, my wife is terrified of roller coasters. Go figure.

7 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

BTW - pretty cool you got to fly a plane with Albert 

 I bumped into him years later at a bar on the night before thanksgiving. He had just been hired by Delta and was out celebrating. Got pretty drunk at one point, stood up on the bar and started "USA!" chants before the bartender put an end to it. Seemed like a good guy. Never saw him again after that.

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

 

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

1 minute ago, DEagle7 said:

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

They have a pretty long history of being wiped out by disease.

1 minute ago, VanHammersly said:

They have a pretty long history of being wiped out by disease.

True, but also have a history of getting those diseases from whitey. 

Cue the story about the British officer giving the Indians smallpox-infected blankets

1 hour ago, Procus said:

What a divisive issue.  The degree of enmity among Americans against each other is probably the biggest casualty in all of this. 

I wonder how that happened

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

My first year in college, I met a guy in my psych class that was a pilot in training. The first week of class he offered for me to tag along with his gf and her friend while he was logging hours and I jumped at the chance (semi-blind-date aspect was a motivating factor but girl turned out to be meh.) We flew out of a local airport and he even let me take over the controls for a couple minutes while we were up there so I could do a couple turns and dives while the girls were freaking out. Was a blast and I'm glad I did it, but looking back, the fact that the late teens me had no reservations whatsoever about going up in a single engine cessna with a guy I just met and never asked how long he'd been flying is funny to the late thirties me.

Haha yeah I’m pretty sure he wasn’t allowed to have passengers while he was a student pilot. Also I’m 100% that no one else would be allowed to be in control of the aircraft. 

37 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

They don’t really fly themselves. The pilots still do the flying. Even when it’s on autopilot the pilots have to program the autopilot to do what they want to do. Also, takeoffs and landings are the most dangerous parts of flying, which is when the plane is not at all flying itself. Pilots usually are at the controls for a few thousand feet. 

6 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

I think a lot of it is the Federal government doing everything to give them access and availability. Keep in mind the Secretary of the Interior is a Native American. 

This is absolutely wild.

7 minutes ago, Bill said:

Haha yeah I’m pretty sure he wasn’t allowed to have passengers while he was a student pilot. Also I’m 100% that no one else would be allowed to be in control of the aircraft. 

They don’t really fly themselves. The pilots still do the flying. Even when it’s on autopilot the pilots have to program the autopilot to do what they want to do. Also, takeoffs and landings are the most dangerous parts of flying, which is when the plane is not at all flying itself. Pilots usually are at the controls for a few thousand feet. 

I think a lot of it is the Federal government doing everything to give them access and availability. Keep in mind the Secretary of the Interior is a Native American. 

You mean he did something risky and unsafe that he wasn't allowed to do that could've easily jeopardized his career aspirations? It's almost like his 19 year old self didn't fully weigh the potential consequences of his decisions.

56 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

Unvaccinated people are like that. Taking lives in their hands, but no need for training or skill, all they need to do is mouth breath and spread disease.

1 minute ago, mayanh8 said:

Like to say that’s insane, but it seems insanity is the new reality.

Some days I just can't detach myself from the reality that this country is being dragged down into oblivion by the dumbest 1/3rd of the population enough to laugh at how stupid they are are.

Today is not one of those days. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/pngy85/stupidity_at_its_finest/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

 

Good video.