Ten lessons learned/confirmed by governments and rich people during the pandemic.
1
Most people will believe absolutely anything you tell them.
Most people will believe absolutely anything you tell them.
2
People will sell their grandmothers for...
... for nothing, it turns out.
Actually they'll kill their own grandmothers in order to just not wear a mask.
People will sell their grandmothers for...
... for nothing, it turns out.
Actually they'll kill their own grandmothers in order to just not wear a mask.
3
Pandemic preparations are totally pointless.
Pandemic preparations are totally pointless.
4
There's a lot of money to be made from PPE that never even gets used.
There's a lot of money to be made from PPE that never even gets used.
5
Not only do the Russians not live their children, but neither do we.
Not only do the Russians not live their children, but neither do we.
6
Cafés are more important than healthcare
Cafés are more important than healthcare
7
Safety measures are totally unnecessary
Safety measures are totally unnecessary
8
You can *always* find a scumbag scientist to support your next evil plan.
You can *always* find a scumbag scientist to support your next evil plan.
9
Research is for losers.
Research is for losers.
10
Safety is no longer First, and may actually be around about Seventy Fourth.
Safety is no longer First, and may actually be around about Seventy Fourth.
11
They didn't need to go to all that trouble to protect kids from diseases.
They didn't need to go to all that trouble to protect kids from diseases.
12
Marketing is more powerful.
Than anything.
Marketing is more powerful.
Than anything.
13
A lot of people are actually quite glad of the opportunity to
a) get rid of a load of disabled people
while
b) making themselves disabled
A lot of people are actually quite glad of the opportunity to
a) get rid of a load of disabled people
while
b) making themselves disabled
14
Only one in about four hundred people understands maths.
(that means that if you have a room full of four hundred people, only one of the people in that room will understand how numbers work).
Only one in about four hundred people understands maths.
(that means that if you have a room full of four hundred people, only one of the people in that room will understand how numbers work).
15
You can do anything you want if you say it's what Sweden is doing
You can do anything you want if you say it's what Sweden is doing
16
You can actually make people think that coughing on each other is good for their health.
You can actually make people think that coughing on each other is good for their health.
17
*More* than half the population is below average intelligence.
*More* than half the population is below average intelligence.
18
A lie will be halfway round the world before the truth has put its mask on.
A lie will be halfway round the world before the truth has put its mask on.
19
They can get away with it.
They can get away with it.
20
Hopioids are even more effective than opioids.
Hopioids are even more effective than opioids.
21
There will always be someone willing to argue for something completely illogical.
There will always be someone willing to argue for something completely illogical.
22
Most people do not react to incremental damage.
Or any damage actually.
In fact people are astonishingly unobservant.
Most people do not react to incremental damage.
Or any damage actually.
In fact people are astonishingly unobservant.
23
The frogs stay in the saucepan because of denial, not because of an inability to detect gradual temperature change.
The frogs stay in the saucepan because of denial, not because of an inability to detect gradual temperature change.
24
Old habits die hard, and so do people.
Old habits die hard, and so do people.
25
People don't even avoid the plague like the plague.
People don't even avoid the plague like the plague.
26
Inconvenience is more frightening than incapacity.
Inconvenience is more frightening than incapacity.
27
If you can't buy someone, you can probably bully them and break them.
But you can probably buy them.
If you can't buy someone, you can probably bully them and break them.
But you can probably buy them.
28
Some sick people will put up with a lot to pretend they're well.
Some sick people will put up with a lot to pretend they're well.
29
Those people that you thought would be the first and strongest advocates for the young, the vulnerable, and the old are actually very easily persuaded to feed them to the wolves.
Those people that you thought would be the first and strongest advocates for the young, the vulnerable, and the old are actually very easily persuaded to feed them to the wolves.
30
A fool and his mask are easily parted.
A fool and his mask are easily parted.
31
If maths is a stumbling block, physics is a mysterious magical country that people have heard of but have never visited.
If maths is a stumbling block, physics is a mysterious magical country that people have heard of but have never visited.
32
People would rather believe a new lie that confirms what they already believe than an old truth that tells them they're wrong.
People would rather believe a new lie that confirms what they already believe than an old truth that tells them they're wrong.
33
It's going to be very easy to distract, confuse, divert, and confound people when they try to do anything about the climate crisis.
It's going to be very easy to distract, confuse, divert, and confound people when they try to do anything about the climate crisis.
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