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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted EnochPowell

      16/ Your brother in law sounds like he's making rational decisions. Smart guy.https://twitter.com/MogTheUrbanite/status/1357392252650196992 …

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      EnochPowell @MogTheUrbanite
      Replying to @DeanBradleySFF @HankHeil @MorlockP
      Brother in law says he hasn't as even anyone outside of his family on almost a year. People who adhere to the narrative are terrified Meanwhile, I went to a huge Thanksgiving, multiple weddings, and multiple large events in that year. Progress, not even once.
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      17/ Yep.https://twitter.com/meta_nomad/status/1357392372808757257 …

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      Meta @meta_nomad
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Unfortunately, the myth of progress has taught the modern world that any adversity, struggle or pain is a bug, and not a feature.
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      18/ Keep repeating this made up talking point, which I've already explicitly disclaimed twice. It's good rhetoric, and it will convince people.https://twitter.com/upstatefederlst/status/1357392368845131776 …

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      Upstate Federalist @upstatefederlst
      Replying to @MorlockP
      "Kids being forced to do the things I like doing is not that bad because I like doing them" is also a dumb take. Kids don't want to be in their house and away from other kids, we've forced them to do that for a year, and we'd recognize it as abusive in any other context.
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      19/ Again this is drastically misunderstanding my point I'm saying that the loneliness and the sadness is real...but that NORMAL LIFE has a large degree of loneliness and sadness, and we're being asked to call a minor / typical inconvenience a war crime https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1357392623938523136 …

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      20/ exactlyhttps://twitter.com/NOYB2869/status/1357392636819214337 …

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      amber googolvax @NOYB2869
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Yeah, the kids will be fine for the most part. I never trapped my kids in the house. They were allowed to roam the neighborhood, go fishing, etc. I drove them around when they were bored. (Our county has been opened since last summer thank goodness)
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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted MC_Enthusiast

      21/ I strongly agree that remote school is absolute garbage. OTOH, in person school is absolute garbage as well. * in remote school, you learn nothing - same as in actual school * ...but at least you don't get beaten uphttps://twitter.com/Laserpig_Utopia/status/1357393119201869824 …

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      MC_Enthusiast @Laserpig_Utopia
      Replying to @Laserpig_Utopia @shlevy @MorlockP
      That being said remote school is absolute shit for a very large chunk of the <18 population, I've seen the number of kids failing out who would previously been getting B's and C's, it's not pretty.
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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      22/ I reject the word "devastating". " to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action; to reduce to chaos, disorder, or helplessness " it's sad, it's lonely, it sucks ...and it's almost over. life goes on https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1357394051826384903 …

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      23/ Of course they suffer. I've admitted that all along. It's just that the suffering is pretty minor compared to (a) historical norms (b) the bellcurve of current humans, even humans in our American 1st world societ https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1357394465351204872 …

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted The Lost Conservative

      24/ "the people who are responsible for this" what is "this"? the introduction of the plague by the Chinese? or the normal-ish-over-500-years pandemic fighting policies we have?https://twitter.com/LostConservativ/status/1357394807694499841 …

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      The Lost Conservative @LostConservativ
      Replying to @MorlockP
      "I wish I could be a friend." This is what my 5-year-old said during the lockdown because we moved and he has no one to play with. Anne Frank had it way worse by many orders of magnitude and that was before her murder, but the people who are responsible for this can go to hell.
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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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      25/ ok, so the European theater of World War II wasn't "almost over" when we crossed the Rhine? Pacific War wasn't "almost over" when we nuked Hiroshima? This is a made up definition. https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1357394922744274945 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

      26/ 70% is the cut off for herd immunity. Between vaccines and prior infected, US is up to about 1/3 of that. Rate of infection is already slowing bc of partial herd immunity. Yes, covid is almost over.

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted  🍂 The Pectrichory  🍄

          27/ This is EXACTLY my point. Normal people have "I am terribly lonely" experiences ALL THE GOD DAMNED TIME, and, yes, it very much sucks ... but it's TYPICAL, COMMON, NORMAL. It is not "abuse". It just sucks.https://twitter.com/The_Petrichory/status/1357395223798681600 …

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           🍂 The Pectrichory  🍄 @The_Petrichory
          Replying to @MorlockP
          This is the life of a military brat. Every couple of years you lose all your friends and have to meet new people, or not. Kids get over this. I don't think anyone has called that lifestyle "abusive".
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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          28/ A lot of people kill themselves all the time. Life is cruel, life can suck. I've seen tons of people saying "suicide is spiking", but no serious data. https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1357395573163311108 …

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted The Lost Conservative

          29/ "perpetual" ? There is no "perpetual". There is "until the vaccine rolls out / we hit herd immunity". And we're already 1/3 of the way there.https://twitter.com/LostConservativ/status/1357396120255791113 …

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          The Lost Conservative @LostConservativ
          Replying to @MorlockP
          These perpetual lockdowns. I don't see this as normal.
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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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          30/ Failing to put my faith in your assertion that "a policy that absolutely everyone hates will persist forever ; I know this because reasons" is not remotely about me trusting government. It's about me trusting feedback loops. https://twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1357396110944387072 …

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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          31/ TSA is reasonably popular, tho. You can mess with people's shoes and they're all "muh thing blue line!". You tell people that they can't go to bars, though ... https://twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1357397880668102656 …

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted PoliMath

          32/ No, I certainly don't think that (a) anyone should make light of the loneliness and unhappiness, (b) anything you say can make it much better HOWEVER, there is a teaching opportunity here, along the lines of "be grateful for how much you still have"https://twitter.com/politicalmath/status/1357398878186729475 …

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          PoliMath @politicalmath
          Replying to @TheAgeofShoddy @MorlockP
          I don't want to pick a fight but I certainly look askance at this attitude Oh, all I needed to do was tell my daughter to toughen up and get through this? That never occurred to me and is certainly not something I've tried to do.
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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted MC_Enthusiast

          33/ I don't block people over their opinions. (or over anything, actually) I mute people if they express those opinions in stupid / annoying ways. I'll listen to anything if the S/N ratio is high enough.https://twitter.com/Laserpig_Utopia/status/1357399365661384707 …

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          MC_Enthusiast @Laserpig_Utopia
          Replying to @shlevy @MorlockP @eigenrobot
          I'd absolutely love to. I think the only opinion I have that would likely get Morlock to block me is that talking to other people is a key part of a virtuous life. Lucky for me I can always buy more of his books should the worst come to pass.
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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Shea Levy

          34/ exactlyhttps://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1357400936109514755 …

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          Shea Levy @shlevy
          Replying to @MorlockP
          You can tell a five year old "Yeah, it sucks. Here are the options you have. It's up to you to make the most of them."
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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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          35/ I don't take issue with either of those things ... as I've said like 5 or 10 times in this thread. What I take issue with this the failure to CALIBRATE. Does it suck? Yes Are people lonely and sad? Yes Is it "abuse" ? Is it motivated by cruelty? No https://twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1357402650216693762 …

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted MC_Enthusiast

          36/ This is a very good insight.https://twitter.com/Laserpig_Utopia/status/1357403188358447104 …

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          MC_Enthusiast @Laserpig_Utopia
          Replying to @Laserpig_Utopia @MorlockP
          As an aside and not intended as a personal attack, I think you react very strongly to people trying to manipulate you via pure emotive signaling, which is probably healthy given the sheer ubiquity of it's use by bad actors.
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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Matt

          37/ EXACTLY I am perfectly willing to debate the policy. I can't imagine that it is the best policy, or implemented well. What I hate is the very left-style "NOTE THE MAGNITUDE OF MY SUFFERING AND THEN AGREE WITH ME, BECAUSE SUFFERING = VIRTUE"https://twitter.com/AngryFoodie2015/status/1357403123568963585 …

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          Matt @AngryFoodie2015
          Replying to @MorlockP
          You kicked the hornet's nest with this thread. Xer and millennial parents who never felt the hardships you cite see their kids suffering and think it's the worst thing ever. Possible to argue school closures are a bad policy without catastrophizing their effect tho
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        13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

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          38/ > not in evidence see here: https://twitter.com/poutinecurd/status/1357404348628824066 … https://twitter.com/poutinecurd/status/1357404348628824066 …

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        14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 Feb 2021

          39/ > If it were, you would not see "case" numbers diving first, there was a recent change in methodology for computing the statistic, second of all, herd immunity is not a boolean - partial herd immunity decreases R0

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