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Re:A Fistful of Tropes by earnestzombie on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:41AM (#37206489)
> It is August, the month of the Edinburgh Festival, and not being completely suicidal I'm staying indoors (the population triples with visitors from all over the world, and--predictably--the COVID prevalence has doubled in the past week: Edinburgh's in the middle of a sudden pandemic spike).

Shut-in stays in doors to avoid the Edinburgh Festival crowds, fears covid, August 2023 mind you.

Craves human contact and camaraderie, sends out cry for help by vaguely connecting random pop culture tropes to white supremacy to attract others of his ilk to his comment section.

Not a peep about such theories before they became fashionable in recent years mind you. I feel bad for this person.

Incidentally anybody can lookup the origin of Zombies which easily predates moving pictures by a couple centuries..

Re:A Fistful of Tropes by flangola7 on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:36AM (#37207206)
> Shut-in stays indoors to avoid the Edinburgh Festival crowds under the pretext of fearing covid. August 2023 mind you.

Avoiding crowds is one of the best ways to avoid COVID-19. I don't understand what you're getting at.

> Craves human contact and camaraderie, sends out cry for help by vaguely connecting random pop culture tropes to white supremacy -- as is now tradition -- to attract others of his ilk to his comment section.

As is now tradition? I don't follow this either - can you list a few examples of what you're referring to?

Re:A Fistful of Tropes by earnestzombie2 on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:11AM (#37207446)
> Avoiding crowds is one of the best ways to avoid COVID-19. I don't understand what you're getting at.

Avoiding crowds is of course also one of the best ways to avoid offline social interaction.

> As is now tradition? I don't follow this either - can you list a few examples of what you're referring to?

"Benign random thing is actually rooted in white supremacy" has become a genre. If you watch a movie like zombieland (https://youtu.be/8m9EVP8X7N8) with a frown instead of a smile perhaps indefinitely staying alone in your room is best for all involved. Plausibly, a padded room.

Re:A Fistful of Tropes by gilleain on Monday August 21, 2023 @07:18AM (#37207976)
> Avoiding crowds is of course also one of the best ways to avoid offline social interaction.

Specifically, he's talking about avoiding the crowds in Edinburgh during the festival. Either you've seen this, and you know what he means or ...

Re:A Fistful of Tropes by ImHereToVote on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:16AM (#37207468)
You do know COVID is never going away don't you?
Re:A Fistful of Tropes by Turskarama on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:55AM (#37207772)
Sounds like a great reason to continue being careful!

Maybe one day they'll have a cure for post viral syndrome, until then I'll avoid crowds... like the plague.

Re:A Fistful of Tropes by pjc50 on Monday August 21, 2023 @07:33AM (#37208107)
Probably true, but at the same time: has it got less dangerous and the risk of side effects decreased? Even if it becomes "more dangerous seasonal flu", that's still a consideration for someone of cstross's age and health.