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Offline Weisshaupt

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Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« on: April 17, 2021, 08:41:20 AM »
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Re: Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2021, 10:09:10 AM »
Normalcy bias deserted me some time ago.  Or maybe I deserted *it*.  I suspect it was when I began seeing ads for companies selling masks and I thought, uh oh, this is not good; masks have become some people's rice bowls.
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Re: Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2021, 10:29:28 AM »
Btw, since I've been reminded of the presence of Adaptive Curmudgeon, there is this:

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February 22, 2014 at 11:04 am

Status report. The combination of a kaput truck and decaf has shocked my system. On hour four I went beserk. I’ve taken hostages and issued a list of demands. I demand the enigineers responsible be put in a volcano and Chrysler be disbanded and sold in pieces as a lawn tractor company. I’ve killed and eaten the hipsters. Everyone else is getting Curmudgeon language lessons in the words “small”, “medium”, and “large”. Those who utter “venti” are set on fire. Wolves are prowing at the doors. My mechanic is trying to calm me down. There is no bacon in a Starbucks! We’re all doomed!

... to which I can relate (bolded), exchanging Chrysler for Walmart, every time any Karen in that establishment utters the word MASK.
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Re: Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2021, 01:07:38 PM »
Quote from: Pandora on April 17, 2021, 10:09:10 AM
Normalcy bias deserted me some time ago.  Or maybe I deserted *it*.  I suspect it was when I began seeing ads for companies selling masks and I thought, uh oh, this is not good; masks have become some people's rice bowls.

Yes. Seeing ads like "Have you seen this new Israeli/Hawaiian/German/European/Casual/Everyday mask that's taking the world by storm...?" make me want to shoot the monitor.
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Re: Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2021, 01:27:13 PM »
A sow of a Karen swept by my husband yesterday in the home improvement store and told him (as if he needed to be told) to 'you have on no mask, sir'.  He just said 'so?!' pretty loudly.  Me:  blood pressure UP!
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Re: Normalcy Bias ( A curmudgeonly rant)
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2021, 08:27:36 AM »
Two things...

First, I hate reading stuff in italics and underlined...drives my eyes buggy!!!

Second, normalcy bias...is itself biased...why does it have the misleading version of normal in it when normal was beaten out of people with their own hands?  Should be more like suicidal bias. 

Lastly, don't care...the purposely ignorant will die...heck they're already half-way there by choice...   ::mooning::
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