# Rant about SDMB and pandemic **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703 "2022-03-25T14:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/81 "2022-03-26T15:46:49Z")
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the Internet is a single greatest vector of mental illness triggers mankind has ever invented ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/82 "2022-03-26T15:47:41Z")
Careful, OP! The “Darwin-Beast” will get you if you don’t watch out… ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/83 "2022-03-26T16:37:57Z")
That’s very depressing. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/84 "2022-03-26T17:01:48Z")
If your mind is too open for too long, your reason may get out and run off, never to be seen again. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/85 "2022-03-26T18:42:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > That’s very depressing. 👨‍🍳💏 comment. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/86 "2022-03-26T19:20:55Z")
:sigh: Another person afraid of needles. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/87 "2022-03-26T21:58:43Z")
Of all the OP’s sins, it is their lack of paragraphicity that sends the most shivers down my backbone. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/88 "2022-03-26T22:07:51Z")
Ain’t it the truth. So we must be paragraphigorically correct Good form must never suffer from neglect The rules and regulations we respect Must be treated circumspect Else the kingdom will be wrecked We’ve a system to protect Checked and double checked And paragraphigorically correct [**H/T to Peter Graves**](https://genius.com/Peter-graves-protocoligorically-correct-annotated) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/90 "2022-03-27T00:56:18Z")
And now the OP is banned, presumably for trolling. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/91 "2022-03-27T03:21:24Z")
The brain is the hardware while the mind is the software. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/92 "2022-03-27T03:26:13Z")
He wasn’t a very entertaining toy. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/93 "2022-03-27T03:31:13Z")
I was pretty surprised that this thread was still getting replies. You guys must be really bored this week. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/94 "2022-03-27T04:38:12Z")
Sometimes a poster comes along who just so encapsulates the stupidity we’re all mad about in the moment that it just becomes fun to dunk on them. That’s what I suspect this was. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/95 "2022-03-27T06:11:31Z")
> [@AzFavorite](#): > > Lets make it nice and simple for him. He should just ho to the nearest cemetery and look at huge number of pre vaccine era children’s headstones. The standard anti-vax answer to this is to claim the drop in child deaths was due to improvements in nutrition. There is no point in attempting to reason with them. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/96 "2022-03-27T15:54:03Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > The standard anti-vax answer to this is to claim the drop in child deaths was due to improvements in nutrition. And improvements in sanitation and water quality. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/97 "2022-03-27T16:30:10Z")
Since the OP has moved on to greener pastures, I’m closing this. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-about-sdmb-and-pandemic/961703/98 "2022-03-27T16:30:22Z")
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