Remember the good ol' days of only having one pandemic to contend with, instead of now in the year 2023 and dealing with the COVID/monkeypox/polio pandemic trio?
I'm pretty sure the next thing is going to be a strain of polio mutating through unmitigated spread in those NY communities with 60% vaccination rates that becomes able to escape the immunity conferred by said vaccine
oh and it becomes airborne, too, because why not (currently iirc it's primarily transmitted through poop)
"You know I'm thinking about the 2026 Dodge Behemoth armored personal carrier. Do ya know how we could make some extra money, honey?"
"No. How?"
"Don't get mad, k? Dakota could help out."
"Tell me you're joking."
"I guess ya missed it. President DeSantis held a press conference and he said he's 'liberating farming and making it free.' The Work Will Set You Free bill is gonna pass this week."
"What do you want to do? Are you actually saying you want our six year-old to work out in the fields so you can buy that monster truck thing?"
"It's not out in the fields. Shade is provided. It would be just 20 hours a week to get the discount. Dodge Farms is perfectly safe. Mostly. She's got really good manual dexterity. I bet she could be a really good cherry picker.."
"So, were you listening to me? Understand this - I'll make it very simple - if you try to make her pick cherries - I'm leaving you and I'm taking her with me."
"It was the 20 hours a week right? I know it's a lot of time. So I looked around and I found something even better! I.A.D. - that's Involuntary Adrenochrome Donator."
Remember the good ol' days of only having one pandemic to contend with, instead of now in the year 2023 and dealing with the COVID/monkeypox/polio pandemic trio?
We should be so lucky. Only three?
I wonder what else will make a comeback. Tuberculosis? The measles? Hepatitis?...
Multiple drug resistant plague.
I'm looking forward to a Matt Yglesias post on his Substack - "Some countries have the plague. And that's okay."
I'm pretty sure the next thing is going to be a strain of polio mutating through unmitigated spread in those NY communities with 60% vaccination rates that becomes able to escape the immunity conferred by said vaccine
oh and it becomes airborne, too, because why not (currently iirc it's primarily transmitted through poop)
I'm all about having many options to choose from when it comes to tortilla chips, bottled water, cars, pandemics, etc. :so-true:
"You know I'm thinking about the 2026 Dodge Behemoth armored personal carrier. Do ya know how we could make some extra money, honey?"
"No. How?"
"Don't get mad, k? Dakota could help out."
"Tell me you're joking."
"I guess ya missed it. President DeSantis held a press conference and he said he's 'liberating farming and making it free.' The Work Will Set You Free bill is gonna pass this week."
"What do you want to do? Are you actually saying you want our six year-old to work out in the fields so you can buy that monster truck thing?"
"It's not out in the fields. Shade is provided. It would be just 20 hours a week to get the discount. Dodge Farms is perfectly safe. Mostly. She's got really good manual dexterity. I bet she could be a really good cherry picker.."
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"So, were you listening to me? Understand this - I'll make it very simple - if you try to make her pick cherries - I'm leaving you and I'm taking her with me."
"It was the 20 hours a week right? I know it's a lot of time. So I looked around and I found something even better! I.A.D. - that's Involuntary Adrenochrome Donator."
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