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Everyone lost their fucking mind's with Trump and allowed themselves to be convinced that the permanent bureaucracy, government agencies, and corporations that publicly opposed him were actually the good guys. Lots of previously liberally-minded Lefties just completely abandoned their core principles in a panic to avoid being accused of racism. In hindsight, the injection of identity politics into everything as a response to the class-based backlash after the great recession sure was a brilliant play by the elites. I think it will lead to the collapse of American society in the mid-to-long term, but it's unlikely they really care all that much.
Let's see how many of them will do a Pikachu surprising face when the permanent bureaucracy, gov. agencies and corporations will throw them under the bus.
 
Everyone lost their fucking mind's with Trump and allowed themselves to be convinced that the permanent bureaucracy, government agencies, and corporations that publicly opposed him were actually the good guys. Lots of previously liberally-minded Lefties just completely abandoned their core principles in a panic to avoid being accused of racism. In hindsight, the injection of identity politics into everything as a response to the class-based backlash after the great recession sure was a brilliant play by the elites. I think it will lead to the collapse of American society in the mid-to-long term, but it's unlikely they really care all that much.
Almost like it was some kind of ... dialectic.
 
It’s literally “totally fucking crazy” I thought being anti establishment was the shit to liberals and whatnot. But I guess now it’s all about embracing establishment and fucking the people who are against the government. As a young adult it’s a very shocking 360… punk is gay as fuck now, and now the “conservatives” are what punk once was(I guess) . I don’t even know. I can’t see my dang concerts (refuse to go with those stipulations) I don’t get it, I mean I see what’s going on but what the actual fuck has infected everyone’s minds…
Punk was only anti-establishment because they weren't the establishment yet.

It is that simple.
 
I was dragging the street view dude around on Antarctica and I shit you not this popped up:


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It's just so fucking depressing. I go and get the booster to calm everyone down and they start whining about needing papers. This virus has made people lose their minds.
no matter how much you comply,it will never be enough.
no matter how many studies and graphs you show them proving that covid is harmless,it never changes their minds.
there's nothing you can do about it. just try not to die from the blood clots.
 
For fuck's sake, my family is actually demanding my papers to come home for Christmas. I'm triple-jabbed and seriously considering canceling my flights on principle. What a shitshow.
My friend's did this making a big deal of the non-essential retail lockout for the unvaccinated that we did here in the People's Republic of Australia, was fucking disgusted, everyone ended up posting their vaccine certificates so we could have a few beers.
 
For fuck's sake, my family is actually demanding my papers to come home for Christmas. I'm triple-jabbed and seriously considering canceling my flights on principle. What a shitshow.
No offense meant to you, but your family sounds like a bunch of fags. Is it the immediate family having a conniption, i.e. parents/siblings/grandparents or just the extended family? Either way, really sucks to see people acting like this, so afraid of something that statistically has a very, very low likelihood of bringing harm to all but the oldest and frailest among us.
 
It's just so fucking depressing. I go and get the booster to calm everyone down and they start whining about needing papers. This virus has made people lose their minds.
I feel you, man. I wouldn't say I had a lot of faith in people before all this, but I for sure had way more than I do now.
 
No offense meant to you, but your family sounds like a bunch of fags. Is it the immediate family having a conniption, i.e. parents/siblings/grandparents or just the extended family? Either way, really sucks to see people acting like this, so afraid of something that statistically has a very, very low likelihood of bringing harm to all but the oldest and frailest among us.
They're tremendous faggots but I still love them, you know? It's my sister, who has used her asthma as an excuse for an even harsher covid xmas than last year, which makes approximately zero sense.
 
For fuck's sake, my family is actually demanding my papers to come home for Christmas. I'm triple-jabbed and seriously considering canceling my flights on principle. What a shitshow.
Print out some stupid bullshit and show that to them lol
What will they do? Arrest you, send you to your room?
If they're crazy enough to call the coppers some shit, eat the papers and tell the cops you lost them lol
 
Print out some stupid bullshit and show that to them lol
What will they do? Arrest you, send you to your room?
If they're crazy enough to call the coppers some shit, eat the papers and tell the cops you lost them lol
I think you missed the bit about flights, if I don't want to deal with their bullshit, all it takes is a call to expedia.
 
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Lol what's there to fear if you're boosted? Right? Right?



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Here we go

Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron​


Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, including a new nationwide lockdown introduced by the Dutch government.

Schools, universities, and all non-essential stores, bars and restaurants in the Netherlands will be closed until Jan. 14 starting Sunday, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday night. Residents only will be permitted two visitors except for Christmas and New Year’s, when four will be allowed, he said.

“The Netherlands is going into lockdown again from tomorrow,” Rutte said, adding that the move was “unavoidable because of the fifth wave caused by the omicron variant that is bearing down on us.”

Before the Dutch announcement, alarmed ministers in France, Cyprus and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Paris canceled its New Year’s Eve fireworks. Denmark closed theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums. Ireland imposed an 8 p.m. curfew on pubs and bars and limited attendance at indoor and outdoor events.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan underscored the official concern about the climbing cases and their potential to overwhelm the health care system by declaring a major incident Saturday, a move that allows local councils in Britain’s capital to coordinate work more closely with emergency services.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin captured the sense of the continent in an address to the nation, saying the new restrictions were needed to protect lives and livelihoods from the resurgent virus.

“None of this is easy,” Martin said Friday night. “We are all exhausted with COVID and the restrictions it requires. The twists and turns, the disappointments and the frustrations take a heavy toll on everyone. But it is the reality that we are dealing with.”

The World Health Organization reported Saturday that the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad.

Major questions about omicron remain unanswered, including how effective existing COVID-19 vaccines are against it and whether the variant produces severe illness in many infected individuals, WHO noted.

Yet omicron’s “substantial growth advantage” over the delta variant means it is likely to soon overtake delta as the dominant form of the virus in countries where the new variant is spreading locally, the U.N. health agency said.

In the Netherlands, anticipation a government meeting Saturday would result in tougher restrictions caused shoppers to swarm commercial areas of Dutch cities, fearing it would be their last chance to buy Christmas gifts.

Rotterdam municipality tweeted that it was “too busy in the center” of the port city and told people: “Don’t come to the city.” Amsterdam also warned that the city’s main shopping street was busy and urged people to stick to coronavirus rules.

In the U.K., where confirmed daily cases soared to record numbers this week, the government has reimposed a requirement for masks to be worn indoors and ordered people to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test when going to nightclubs and large events.

But the moves are causing anger.

Critics of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest coronavirus restrictions flooded Oxford Street, a popular London shopping area, on Saturday. The maskless protesters blew whistles, yelled “Freedom!” and told passersby to remove their face coverings.

Hundreds of people blocked traffic as they marched with signs bearing slogans such as “Vaccine passports kill our freedoms” and “Don’t comply.” Other signs had the faces of Johnson or U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid and read, “Give them the boot.”

Scientists are warning the British government it needs to go further to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

Leaked minutes from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies suggested a ban on indoor mixing and hospitality, the BBC reported.

Britain and other nations are also accelerating the pace of booster shots after early data showed that two doses of vaccine were less effective against the omicron variant. Shopping centers, cathedrals and soccer stadiums in Britain have been converted into mass vaccination centers.

During a visit to a mass vaccination pop-up clinic at London soccer team Chelsea’s stadium on Saturday, Khan said the running of public services could be impeded by the rapidly spreading variant.

“The big issue we have is the number of Londoners who have this virus and that’s leading to big issues in relation to staff absences and the ability of our public services to run at the optimum levels,″ he told the BBC. “I’m incredibly worried about staff absences in the (National Health Service), in the fire brigade, in the police service, in our councils across London.″

Omicron is now the dominant coronavirus variant in London and efforts were stepped up to reach people who haven’t yet been vaccinated or boosted.

“I want to make a direct appeal to the more than 1 million Londoners who are yet to come forward for any COVID-19 vaccinations — it’s never too late to get your first or second dose,″ the mayor said. “It will help to protect you, your loved ones and our NHS.”

In France, the government announced that it will start giving the vaccine to children in the 5 to 11 age group beginning Wednesday. Prime Minister Jean Castex said Friday that with the omicron variant spreading like “lightning,” the government proposed requiring proof of vaccination for those entering restaurants, cafes and other public establishments. The pending measure requires parliamentary approval.

Demonstrations were planned in Paris to oppose the vaccine pass proposal and ongoing government restrictions.

Thousands of opponents of vaccine requirements and mask mandates protested Saturday in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf and other German cities. In Austria, local media reported the crowds swelled to tens of thousands.


 
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They're tremendous faggots but I still love them, you know? It's my sister, who has used her asthma as an excuse for an even harsher covid xmas than last year, which makes approximately zero sense.
I'm low key expecting something like this with my family this year. If there is any demand I'll just do like @George Lucas suggests, but I'mfully prepared to just walk away if they insist on being retards. I have to assume I'm being too cynical, despite my hypochondriac sister in law muttering about the dreaded unvaxed causing all the world's problems.
 
You would think that after two years of this crap, more people would be tired of this, but I guess not.

It's the Omicron variant. It's the weakest (in terms of symptoms) version of Covid yet. And yet I still see a bunch of people cancelling their flights and vacations over it. They're not even visiting immunocompromised or elderly people (in which case, it would make sense to not visit them because their bodies are weak).
 
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