Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[subtle plague]

The neighbors are horrified every time I mow my own lawn.

do it naked, except for a skirt made of empty beer cans dangling around your waist held together by duct tape! And wear a 19th centur English explorer hat and a monocle! Then you're not trashy but excentric, like the truly rich.

[happytimefunbox]

Most sandbars prefer shorter periods. Not 7 seconds, but not 15 seconds either. 10-12 is the magic period for most sandbar waves. Of course, there are some that can rock out on the long period, but not sure how many hellmen here are paddling out at Puerto.

what the fuck are you talking about?
please tell every sandbar Ive ever surfed that they dont like long period swell. Any bathispheric shape that makes a good surfable wave will work better on long period swell. Deeper swell, more power what's not to like. I spent the first 25 years of my life surfing nothing but sandbars and cant think of a single one that worked better on 8 sec swell vs 15 sec. Maybe the shorebreak in Indiatlantic on a sponge lol

edit to add apologies for thread drift

[happytimefunbox]

Silver Glen Springs in Florida from last weekend. They had stripper poles and bikini contests. Masks and social distancing? Haha its fucking Florida!!! More gstrings then the Philharmonic orchestra

To be fair I have partied there in precovid times circa late 90s. My buddy was a bouncer at Racheals and he always would put 2 to 6 strippers in the skiboat for the party. Never charged him gas or grass cause he brought the ass. That was the time to be alive (pre cellphone camera)

[buttahflake]

So many fat-fucks in those pics, why can’t ‘people’ maintain a healthy weight? I’ve been 150lbs since 1983.
Dick Punches all around.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Yes



And Yes





Have fun arguing today, drink plenty of water and don't eat too many snacks.

[old goat]

Silver Glen Springs in Florida from last weekend. They had stripper poles and bikini contests. Masks and social distancing? Haha its fucking Florida!!! More gstrings then the Philharmonic orchestra

To be fair I have partied there in precovid times circa late 90s. My buddy was a bouncer at Racheals and he always would put 2 to 6 strippers in the skiboat for the party. Never charged him gas or grass cause he brought the ass. That was the time to be alive (pre cellphone camera)

Hope they sanitize the stripper pole between users.

[The SnowShow]

Has anyone here cancelled their kids out of summer camps?

[east or bust]

Has anyone here cancelled their kids out of summer camps?

Haha, offering vibes in advance.

[huckbucket]

Has anyone here cancelled their kids out of summer camps?

Younger daughter is supposed to be a camp counselor as her first job this summer. This is the camp where both daughters have gone since little. The camp where I went and was a counselor, blah, blah. She's hoping things go. I'm on the fence. She will be home every weekend and will bring back whatever she's exposed to.

[Lone Star]

Has anyone here cancelled their kids out of summer camps?

my niece and nephew had theirs cancelled. niece was to go to first "overnight" camp and was despondent. ++vibes++

[Benny Profane]

Time to open up.

[The AD]

Apparently the CDC COVID-19 website had been listing the UW IHME model up until yesterday when the revised estimates doubled the projected death toll. Suddenly, poof, no more references to the IHME anywhere.

[Ski220]

Time to open up.

... and reach heard immunity before the fall.

Maybe we will have a ski season next winter after all.

[huckbucket]

... and reach heard immunity before the fall.

Maybe we will have a ski season next winter after all.

Hope you're joking

[Benny Profane]

Hope so too.

[ill-advised strategy]

... and reach heard immunity

I heard that’s not how it works.

[LeeLau]

https://ncase.me/covid-19/

Excellent use of simulations and attempts at plain language explanations. You can enter your assumptions on how to adjust time and degree of lockdowns

[hutash]

Cool. Good to hear real world experience.

My life experience is relationship sales.
But yeah, opening new markets requires contact.

I hadn't realized you were a male prostitute. No wonder you want to get back to work. Guy's got to make a livin'.

[Benny Profane]

Herd immunity.

[The AD]

I heard immunity was good.

[hutash]

So is what you're saying that cancer screening is unnecessary and part of the great Cancer Conspiracy to line the pockets of the medical e$tablis$hment?

Benny just holds a grudge against anything medical. Probably didn't get a lolly after a shot when he was a kid. He takes conspiracy theories a whole other direction.

[Ottime]

what the fuck are you talking about?
please tell every sandbar Ive ever surfed that they dont like long period swell. Any bathispheric shape that makes a good surfable wave will work better on long period swell. Deeper swell, more power what's not to like. I spent the first 25 years of my life surfing nothing but sandbars and cant think of a single one that worked better on 8 sec swell vs 15 sec. Maybe the shorebreak in Indiatlantic on a sponge lol

edit to add apologies for thread drift

Who said 8? No where did I say 8. Come on man, read before you take the bait.

Thanks for joining the drift.

Oh, and Moss Landing for one. It actually goes flatter the longer the period once you get over 14sec. Especially when it is a direct West. Long period swells interact with the off shore canyon walls and deplete the swell. Ideal period there is 12 seconds. Like and 8-10@12 from just a hair north of west. You ware welcome.

[iceman]

@T-U and hut: I think he's more saying that billions upon billions of dollars are spent on treatments that don't materially affect outcomes but which do increase suffering (i.e. the amount of time that patients remain alive while deathly ill and/or in pain but without hope). And asking, who does that benefit? It doesn't benefit the patients or their families, yet we do it routinely. Clearly there's reasons for that.

Certainly it's not all of the money that's spent on it, or perhaps even most. But it's sure as hell a lot.

[happytimefunbox]

Who said 8? No where did I say 8. Come on man, read before you take the bait.

Thanks for joining the drift.

Oh, and Moss Landing for one. It actually goes flatter the longer the period once you get over 14sec. Especially when it is a direct West. Long period swells interact with the off shore canyon walls and deplete the swell. Ideal period there is 12 seconds. Like and 8-10@12 from just a hair north of west. You ware welcome.

Stick to moss landing @ 12 seconds bud, which is long period swell anywhere else in the world, except in your head,

You. Are. Fucking. Spoiled.

[hutash]

The main reason all that money is spent is because that is what people want.

Gone (or mostly so) are the days of "Today is a good day to die" as seen in "Little Big Man". People want and demand care to the nth degree pretty much regardless of outcome. Of course we can always create death panels to decide who gets what care. Conservatives love that shit.