@theymos, please open-source the forum virus tomorrow. :-)
Also, if it does not place too high a load on the forum’s servers, I suggest making it a feature which can be activated with a URL parameter so that those who find this amusing can track the spread of the virus in coming days.
We must track the spread of the virus!* ñ͙̟̯̻͆̄̌̽ų̠̮̭̳̱̫̑̅ḽ͓̍͒̏̂͠l͕͈͍̟̼͈͔͔̘į̶͓̰̝̺̞́ǔ̪̺̣̈́͐ş̨̥̳̯͕̣͙͌͂́́ has a refined sense d’humour noir.
That confirms it; theymos apparently thinks it's funny to joke about a disease outbreak that (by my guesstimate) will probably directly kill at least a million people
If you choose to see-as-evil acts which were clearly done in the spirit of fun & good faith, then you're creating demons for your personal living hell...
There is a rare worldwide shared cultural experience going on in the form of the pandemic and the resulting unprecedented social distancing policies. It's similar to a world war in terms of its widespread cultural significance.
As someone whose personal life has become a smoking wreck the past few weeks
and is at high personal health risk from COVID-19, I must thank you for the laughs. Much needed right now.
This will not be the end of the world, unless ovine talking apes collectively choose to make it so.
As I remarked in WO before I found this thread—though of course, obviously, I am reading into this
my own opinions as I have
stated repeatedly:
I believe that I understand theymos’ point.Lockdowns, unlimited government emergency powers, wrecking the economy, isolating ourselves from any human connection with each other: We are doing all this, over
coronavirus?COVID-19 is bad. But it is not Ebola, Black Death, or even smallpox. So...
Seriously?
So this little game came to my mind to connect with it. As with several past bitcointalk.org April Fools things, it's more of a new/weird/fun way for people to interact with the forum and generate discussion, not a joke as such. Certainly it wasn't meant to somehow poke fun at the many real tragedies created by the coronavirus situation; it was meant to connect with the huge thing dominating the minds/lives of basically everyone on Earth.
As aforesaid, I read into it a serious message. It did generate from me about as much serious discussion as I could bat out in a few lines. What I did
not read into it was any attempt to trivialize real-life tragedies; and I am not sure why anybody would take it that way, other than being overly sensitive. Anyway...
I am dying to know the algorithm!
—Um, oops, “dying” was an inappropriate word here. Hahah.
How did you avoid getting infected?
I had not posted in days. And that was my first post in an active thread involving other people. Before that, my only activity today was to
create a new topic.
Hint:News: The virus is now s̴͜͠p̶̰͝r̷̰̅e̶̦̽a̵̼͂d̴͉̑ỉ̷̖n̸̙̏g̷̬͝ even online; practice social distancing!
I seem to have caught it now. I just checked
Satoshi’s last post, and noticed that he has not caught it.
I infer that the more you interact with others on the forum today, the worse your posts will be infected.
P.S., I still intend to reply
to theymos and others when I have time and energy to spare for a suitable essay. Meanwhile,
mmmphf mmm mmmm MMMMPH.
Thanks. I
thought I had myself covered; it is why I have had such difficulty communicating with the forum.