@dave
How do you keep on finding these amazing philosophers?
Is this sarcasm? I’ll be honest I can’t really tell.
@dave
Without sarcasm
> I think this guy is absolutely retarded, and I am still amazed you were able to find a parson with such a low intelligence.
Better?
Gotcha. So I think he’s absolutely correct, although only with a particular aspect of the “current thing” meme: People joking about how it changes.
If you look at what events “independent thinkers” always put in those memes of NPC chips getting swapped out, the things they use are events that are actually significant:
A new coronavirus that, unlike previous variants where the infected had detectable symptoms and thus could be identified and quarantined, was spreading rapidly, killing around 1% of the people it infected, and crucially made its victims infectious 1-3 days before they became symptomatic. This made it nearly impossible to contain, which stokes panic considering the estimated fatality rate (early on, it was estimated at 1-2%, which would have meant 50-100 million dead if this thing went global).
Making the panic worse, the outbreak started in China, a country that is known for trying to hide its scandals and failures, and particularly was known for already hiding the extent of another coronavirus outbreak, SARS, about 20 years ago. So you’ve got a new virus, that isn’t well understood, with the outbreak happening in a country doing media blackouts, people dying, the curve going exponential, and now cases are starting to pop up in your area. Remember the attached meme?
Secondly, Ukraine. Not gonna hit you with another wall of text but I’m sure you understand why this is also significant.
@dave
No, I do not understand.
The moment Covid was anounced with the properties you mentioned, it was obvious, that it was a global event. Inevitabely. And when I said so, literally noone around me understood.
But that was not a "current thing" thinking. On the contrary, the "it's in china, it's in ukraine, It's in here, 2 gay people were shot in a bar" kind of thinking is the current thing thinking.
So, While it may seem we agree, I am unbelievabely confused, why you would consider a global pandemic a "current thing" event.
@dave
The entire point of the meme is the total insignificance of the event mentioned.
I see people in here complaining, that 2 people were shot in a bar. That is not an event, that should have international coverage. That is a daily occurance. Only a "currect thing" thinker can make it into hes personality for a week.
>The entire point of the meme is the total insignificance of the event mentioned.
I somewhat disagree, I think it can go both ways, the unimportant and important, it's all about falling in line in the end