(03-28-2020, 09:18 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: There's something very odd about this virus in who is affected and who isn't.
Very strange.
Indeed there is. I crunched the numbers coming out of Italy, and for every 1 year age increment, the death rate increases by a factor of 3X. No deaths at all under 30 years old, and if 30-40 is considered a base death rate of 1X, then 40-50 dies at 3X the base rate, 50-60 dies at 9X the base death rate, 60-70 27X, etc.
It's as if it was designed to kill off old folks, because we don't make good slaves or mules, and we can recall what it was like to be free...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’