{"id":77340,"date":"2020-03-17T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=77340"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:15:35","slug":"miscellany-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I can believe that a man can fly. I can believe that a copper-powered spaceship can travel vastly faster than the speed of light. But I simply cannot believe that any superheroine, no matter how impressive she looks in superspandex, can run or fight effectively while wearing high heels.<\/p>\n

(Via Jagi at John C. Wright’s place<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Useful terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Cognivirus<\/a><\/b>, as in “In other news, in the latest debate Joe Biden has pledged to beat SARS and Bernie Sanders is leading the fight against Ebola. Apparently Joe\u2019s cognivirus is contagious.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Unglican Church<\/a> [of Rome]<\/b>, Catholicism as misunderstood by the creators of Japanese animation. (Do not confuse with the American Catholic Patriotic Association<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Weblog of the Plague Years II<\/strong><\/p>\n

William M. Briggs, Statistician to the Stars!<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Incidentally, anybody remember how news media make their money and politicians win their support? Clicks, eyeballs, followers. The more freakish the headline or pronouncement, the bigger the profit the larger the following. Now, honestly, do you think any editor or politician has succumbed to the temptation to exaggerate the coronavirus threat?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

If you think the politics now is bad, wait until this is over. The blamestorming and trophy-giving will be truly nauseating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Severian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What happens when the final tallies are made, and we realize that more people died from the associated stupidity (e.g. diabetics not being able to get their insulin due to supply chain disruptions) than were killed by the Wuhan Flu? The Media is responsible for all that, and when people are feeling the very real pain of a major global economic depression, they\u2019re going to remember it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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