What you’re describing is what I meant to communicate; but may not have used the correct word for it.

In team sports, I suspect the dynamics between different players, and their inventiveness to outperform the opposing team, is what creates an interesting match; it’s quite strategic really. Team sports I enjoy most are: ice hockey (got to love the obnoxious truck horns and organ music haha), curling (the weird sport with the brooms: which affect the trajectory and placement quite a bit), doubles tennis (especially when front players duel intensively and the back players providing support).

If Alice argues all should be black, and Bob argues all should be white, Carol may add further context to the argument: creating a grey area if you will. In this case: Alice could argue all team sports suck, Bob could argue all team sports are great, and Carol may argue things are bit more “nuanced” than that: taking into consideration, both her interest in curling and her aversion to narcissistic soccer players, dropping themselves to the floor; like every 10 minutes.

And those that are not in full support of a cause, neither fully opposed to it; but would rather see a more nuanced approach to the cause. As for the sport example: I initially don’t care for sports either; however have learned to appreciate some sports, because I took the time to understand their intricacies.

As in a validation of your opinion?

Golden shower thought

Phase 1: collect underpants, phased 2: ?, phase 3: profit. Seems like the gnomes’ business plan might contribute to said problem

Showering longer and hotter heats the room ;)

I can’t. I ran out of wash cloths

Gotta have that hot Brazilian wax

I really like to believe, he’s blissfully unaware of the scale being completely off, because of map projection distortion. But it’s HUGE, it’s bigger than the United States!

I’m all crusted up and ready to eat

Yeah, I’ve heard it’s not best for one’s outer coating, it might get flaky at times

Interesting. If my hair is short, and I wipe most water off my body, maybe I could manage that too. I do like how the conversation is gradually shifting to drying efficiency haha

What is this “sanity” you speak of?

There you go, free to shower as inefficiently as they see fit.

Yeah, most towels are unnecessarily big, for the amount of moisture they’re required to absorb. I simply folded the towel in half (as wash cloths are double too), which fitted 4x5 of them haha.

Can’t image what that must be like, that sound difficult…

I’m a scat man!

But Peter Thiel said we need the technology to restrain the antichrist.

If that is true, that might reinforce the concept of valuing expert opinions, over the that of the democracy; which makes it a technocracy instead. I think we’ve all realized many, if not all governments are completely incompetent, and have been for quite a while. But this doesn’t mean a government can appoint unelected “experts” (which literally happened in The Netherlands) to steer the ship, with a complete disregard for democratic will. And if one wanted to manufacture consent, it couldn’t be easier than doing it during a deathly pandemic, with all eyes focused on centralized press convergences and active repression of contradicting narratives. Maybe we should outsource politics entirely to digital systems, which surveil the public constantly, to poll their interests in real time; what could possibly go wrong?

It’s not just about the masks: (commercial) buildings still utilize occupancy level sensors and air quality monitors, required during COVID in order to stay operational. What you see happening here, is that these sensors are increasingly supplying data to “smart”: air filters, heating/cooling systems, lighting, room/workplace reservation, etc.; leading them to become entire “smart buildings”. This monitoring “for safety” is also extended with regulation of online platforms, or the physical private and public sphere (by use of cameras or alternative sensors). Sure “safety” has always been a bite-sized argument, but I’d argue the COVID pandemic having substantiated it.

I would argue the COVID pandemic having expanded its influence drastically, also in areas previously unexplored. Need an appointment at the barber? Got to plan that using a digital calendar on their website. Need some groceries? Oh, we can now just DoorDash. Have a job interview? Have a Zoom call instead of coming over in person.

COVID regulations directly required “contactless payment”, at least here; so that might be a direct consequence of the pandemic.