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  • Kroxx@lemm.eetoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksCovid deaths
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    1 month ago

    Or maybe you didn’t read:

    not one post about the 759 Americans who died of #COVID19 in the last week of full data from the CDC

    759x52= 39,468/ year which is around the flu but higher, makes sense since covid is newer. That’s also assuming that the week in question is not an anomaly, which we don’t know.

    My argument is significantly stronger than your data handling



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    I mean it’s here to stay, what is there to care about? It’s the same as the flu or strep throat or the cold, you can get vaccines if they’re available, you can wear a mask in public if you want to protect yourself more but it’s just a fact of life now.

    Those 800 people that died of covid probably pails in comparison to the number of people killed by the flu.




  • I voted, but devils advocate here.

    These are the big issues in my mind: Health care Housing Cost of living/ worker rights Climate change War in Gaza Infrastructure improvement

    At absolute best maybe infrastructure and cost of living get addressed in a minor way.

    The sad truth is that no candidate will fix these things. Even if they weren’t such complex issues, big $$$$ will make sure 2/3s of these things remain the way they are.

    Since I’ve been alive (born in 90s) I have only seen the decline of every system around me regardless of what polical party is in.

    So yes I voted, yes I hope the people I voted for get in, yes they will reduce how quickly things are going downhill, but I do not expect them to even address most of those topics in a meaningful way.

    It makes it difficult to give enough of a shit to vote in the first place. Even if my candidates win, the issues I care about the most will almost certainly not be fixed.

    I recognize this is a very pessimistic view and I crave to be proven wrong but the last 20+ years I’ve lived would lead me to believe I will be correct.








  • I’m aware the Streisand effect is specifically regarding concealing info causing way more attention drawn to it, my point is that highlighting the fact that gamers hate Denuvo and trying to change that fact will most likely only amplify the hatred.

    I will be more specific I hate any software that isn’t required for a game to work. The reason why I worded it vaguely is because I’m not just talking about DRM, but anti-cheat and launchers as well (even though launchers aren’t 3rd party).

    As far as metrics are concerned I’m perfectly ok with that, as long as I have the option to opt-in or at the very least made aware of it.

    What it really boils down to is I don’t want any unnecessary extraneous packages with the software that I actually want. For the most part I avoid games that add these things.