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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      Even if we just accept uncritically the idea that forcing people to download a tracing app at the cost of a fine (the stick) is unconstitutional, that doesn't mean you can't ask people to do it voluntarily You can even offer them money to do it (the carrot)

      2 replies 1 retweet 95 likes
    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      Remember when we were all hoping for Google to save us, by doing exactly that An opt-in program specifically for Google's customers, on a purely volunteer basis, in hopes that people just like Google's branding enough to let Google monitor them for free

      2 replies 1 retweet 40 likes
    3. Peter Pilot 🚁 #Flyingwithamaskon‏ @guardpilot 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @MikePerryavatar

      How’d that work out? Oh and people went nuts in this country over “smart” electrical meters and biometric ID cards. Good luck getting them to install a government tracking app.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      It wouldn't have worked because Google and Apple have no power to enforce an actual quarantine, and contact tracing is only meaningful as an adjunct to quarantine (otherwise you're literally just watching the fire spread)

      1 reply 3 retweets 40 likes
    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      The quarantine part is the important part, and it's not rocket science You just give people money If you tell people "Come get tested and if you test positive, we will pay you to stay locked up for two weeks and take care of your room and board", they have every reason to do it

      2 replies 10 retweets 76 likes
    6. Peter Pilot 🚁 #Flyingwithamaskon‏ @guardpilot 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @MikePerryavatar

      What if they take the money and then delete the app? Also if you made quarantine part of testing, I seriously doubt you’d get many people showing up.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      Stop telling me things are impossible that *literally happened* in Taiwan, and South Korea, and Vietnam

      2 replies 5 retweets 64 likes
    8. Peter Pilot 🚁 #Flyingwithamaskon‏ @guardpilot 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @MikePerryavatar

      Yeah it’s not like we have completely different cultures or anything. Say, do everyday sick people (like having a cold) wear masks in those places?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      My family is from Taiwan, and I am not here for stupid-ass Orientalist arguments about how Asians are a completely different subspecies of human who take naturally to subservient submission because they're all Borg drones at heart

      3 replies 8 retweets 73 likes
    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      People in Taiwan are just as capable of being selfish, shitty, stubborn, etc. as anyone else But they respond rationally to incentives, and they respond to their environment, to social pressure and to signals they receive from leaders That's what a leader's job is

      1 reply 5 retweets 55 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

      There's tons of Americans, especially when the outbreak first began, who were rightly TERRIFIED of infection and going to ABSURD lengths to avoid it All the memes about compulsively sanitizing your hands every five minutes, bleaching your groceries, etc.

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

          The American "national spirit of cooperation" WORE OFF over time, as people naturally got frustrated and pissed off because there was no central coordination so the half-assed measures we put in place didn't actually do anything

          2 replies 8 retweets 52 likes
        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 3 Sep 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

          That's how toxic cultures develop, both on the large scale and the very small If you've been in a dysfunctional workplace or household where nothing ever gets done, it's usually not because everyone there is just "culturally lazy" and "genetically selfish" It's a system failure

          1 reply 11 retweets 46 likes
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        1. Sarah Brown - I love Lusi  🇵🇹‏ @GoatSarah 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @guardpilot @MikePerryavatar

          Interestingly, in the UK the government is desperately trying to get us to return to using restaurants etc, and while some are, millions of us are simply ignoring them and continuing to self isolate because we don’t want to die.

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