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JB64's avatar

I'm visiting in Cambridge, MA, home to M.I.T. and Harvard, and presumably some of the greatest minds in the world, and yet I'm witnessing almost everyone wearing masks indoors, outdoors, in cars, etc. It's hard to comprehend that seemingly nobody questions the "science" behind the idiotic "stand up, mask up" rule in restaurants and bars. I was just turned away from a Catholic church because I refused to put on a mask. Last night I walked away from a local brewery because I needed a mask to walk five steps to the bar, where I was allowed to remove my mask. It's pure insanity, and it's alarming to witness people complying with these absurd rules, especially in a city where science and critical thinking are supposed to abound. I can only hope this is just a phenomenon of big cities and that we, the non-lemmings, outnumber the lemmings.

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Pthalocyanine's avatar

they simply Cannot Be Wrong. there is no end point to this, for the Intelligentsia.

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brian kennedy's avatar

Nassim Taleb has coined a term for this. “IYI” (intelligent, yet idiot)

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Markus Allen's avatar

Fuck Nassim Taleb and his "fragile" magic math: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRfBhy5vGI

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Markus Allen's avatar

Someone posted this tweet to respond to Taleb's nonsense: https://twitter.com/eleufski/status/1464734773092491281 Funny... crickets chirpin'. Taleb is a technocratic tool.

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SomeChick's avatar

Nope. It's all about "The Science". No room for debate with "The Science". The Science is always right and there is only ONE Science.

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Rob D's avatar

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE! Too many people have been complying to take part in "society". NO. I, like yourself, will NOT participate. If a business requires ANYTHING but my hard earned money for the "privilege" of doing business with them I tell them flat out that I will NEVER be back. Ef em.

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Ed's avatar

woke ivy.....

not what they were.

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The Great Santini's avatar

Deep Blue Zone up there. Probably people in the labs at MIT making fun of this, but don’t want to get hammered by the management, so performative BS continues.

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SomeChick's avatar

Yep, I live in the fair city you describe. Due to my medical history, I declined injection and then did my own non-NPR/mainstream news or medicine research. I sought a medical exemption at a Harvard-affiliated hospital and was denied by my new, young, afraid-to-lose-his-job PCP.

It amazes me to see how many people including college students - and Boston is chock full of colleges/universities - are wearing masks outside. Yes, sometimes you forget to take it off when you exit a building or it's easier to just leave it on if you're going to another indoor establishment (yet much more difficult to breathe) but it seems people still fear getting "it" outside. I've been tempted to stop people while outside on a beautiful sunny fall day and ask them why, why, why are you wearing a mask? Sigh. The restaurant/bar rules are just silly. I cannot visit my former neighborhood watering hole as only fully injected folks are allowed. Whatever "fully V'd" means this week.

It is indeed alarming. Most highly educated people around here prefer to comply, have no interest in doing their own research, and accept everything the TV or radio/NPR or NYT says as gospel truth. Anything that is not firmly "pro-V" or inline with the accepted narrative is the work of "conspiracy theorists". If you don't willingly line up for injections X3, even with valid medical conditions, you are branded an "anti-vaxxer" - a fate worse than death, apparently. Lemmings indeed, waiting for Dr. F to tell them what is allowed for Thanksgiving while pointing their terrified fingers at folks like me.

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JB64's avatar

Thanks for sharing, SomeChick. After being here for just a few days, the feeling of intense pressure to conform is almost palpable. The sheeple rule this town. I head back to Illinois today, and despite King (aka Gov) Pritzker's never ending mask mandates and emergency orders, many establishments are just ignoring them or not enforcing them. Good luck, and consider moving to NH!

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Ed's avatar

i live in free america.... aka new hampshire.

i do not intend to spend a dime in bean town long as i can hold out!

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MLL's avatar

And extremely arrogant. Don't expect them to admit any wrongdoing or errors.

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