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Shame is a key method of social control, possibly the main one, particularly in the kind of image and 'reputation' focused society we live in. It is also no coincidence that the most shameless people frequently rise to the top in both politics and business - they simply don't care if they're...

Probably taking from the UK example that you can say that 1% of the population will die and then retract it and pretend you kind of didn't say it, so nothing has many consequences. What you say today is everything. Everyone knows Trump and Johnson are liars, even the people who voted for them...

Unquestionably the best beginning to anything ever. The skies parting and you can glimpse the shape of heaven

Get well soon John. The goats will probably have taken Wrexham by tomorrow.

great start to the lyrics

I've been finding the widescreen idiocy of early Oasis a real tonic in these dark days.

Unbelievable.

All sorted now. https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/1244579281331773441

"The next safest partner is someone you live with. Having close contact — including sex — with only a small circle of people helps prevent spreading COVID-19. Have sex only with consenting partners." or with everyone in your houseshare

Same - I find that setting artificial boundaries (as in really timetabling) help loads in actually getting that stuff done. I'm *terrible* at it, but I do know when I've managed to achieve it, then it's worked wonders. i've spent more time on twitter in the past ten days than in the ten...

Could not agree more; same with death rates, small changes do not illustrate a trend. @ Luka - know what you mean. I'm still working much the same (which feels insane), so I am looking forward to "the return" to some extent...but I don't think it will be any time soon... I don't think it can...

It's a serious illness, no joke

https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1244566589069983744

Rate of infection may be 'just about slowing' in the UK....heard that one before, in Italy and other places. It seems crazy to treat this speculation as news, given that Italy repeatedly thought the peak had been reached, and it turned out that it hadn't.... Of course not surprising that this...

it is like one of those things where someone has superimposed a face onto another person's head in a very amateurish way

https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/01/slick-rick-50th-birthday-songs/

If you're trying to get our attention off coronavirus by saying the most insane thing you can think of, then this is actually working.

it'll be mike pence.

i know the world is ending but we can't allow this.

leads to the inevitable question of famous people who are very attractive despite average or below average looks. problem is that not many famous people are allowed to be anywhere near average lookswise