'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love with dating apps

Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by c0pium on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:39AM (#38065750)

Comedy is awareness of what’s funny. That’s it. It might tangentially be related to what’s true, but that’s at best a happy accident.

I take it you weren’t around in the 90s when Chris Rock made this exact joke (it was on Bigger and Blacker), and it killed.

This is a commonly held belief because treating symptoms always* come first. It always comes first not because the pharmacryptoluminati are ghouls after money, but because it’s easier. But that’s not a good punchline.

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by johnnyanmac on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:39AM (#38066058)

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by c0pium on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:50AM (#38066702)

You sound unhinged and unaware of history, so you should be aware that nothing you’re saying is new and it’s just as untrue now as it has been for previous generations. People have been talking this same nonsense about how “it’s the corporations, man” despite the steady progress in healthcare for at least the last 60 years. I’m genuinely at a loss for how we can be creating new vaccines at the rate we are and people can simultaneously think such ludicrous things.

> I can't envision a Jonas Salk of modern times…

Fortunately overcoming your baseless skepticism is not a prerequisite for winning the Nobel.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/kariko/facts...

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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by johnnyanmac on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:32AM (#38066923)

>so you should be aware that nothing you’re saying is new and it’s just as untrue now as it has been for previous generations.

okay, that's perfectly fine. I just wanted to talk about a family Guy episode, I wasn't looking to convince you of... well, whatever we're arguing about at this point. You win.

>Fortunately overcoming your baseless skepticism is not a prerequisite for winning the Nobel.

the COVID vaccine is the exact kind of example of why modern pharmaceuticals is a mess. I understand it was a global emergency, but the mess between 3 companies and the lack of clarification early on regarding insurance and what's covered or not (even though it was also offered insurance free). It shouldn't have been this debate on Pfizer or Moderna or J&J. It shoulda just been "COVID vaccine".

But yes, good on Katalin Karikó. I'm very glad she's getting and gotten the recognition she deserves.

Anyways this discussion has long ran its course and when you resort to insults it's time to disengage. Take care.

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