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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I already knew we'd collapse before COVID, but seeing the reaction to COVID made me realize how absurdly stupid the average person is

Like at least with racism, you could tentatively argue that a mayo indirectly benefits from it. But the COVID brainworms is reminiscent of AI bots. Calling them cattle would be generous