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There is a measles outbreak in South Carolina. Antivaxxer MAGAts are referring to them as "freedom freckles".

We are doomed.

Oh you Canadians are so naive. Freedom is never free. Freedom freckles are proudly the evidence that some truly partiotic parents are willing to kill their children in the name of true freedom. Or perhaps it obedience to the voice of the wonderfully wise voice of the Secretary of Health, speaking as the chosen servant of G-d.

It is truly interesting times in which we now live.

snailgate

Them South Carolinians are lettin' their freedom freckles fly!....

When you thought people couldn''t get more stupid...

liberty will be showing up to post any moment now and prove that you ain't seen nuthin' yet.

-"BB"-

Burning Petard wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 13, 2025 6:46 pm

Oh you Canadians are so naive. Freedom is never free. Freedom freckles are proudly the evidence that some truly partiotic parents are willing to kill their children in the name of true freedom. Or perhaps it obedience to the voice of the wonderfully wise voice of the Secretary of Health, speaking as the chosen servant of G-d.

It is truly interesting times in which we now live.

snailgate

We’re cursed, indeed.

Bicycle Bill wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 13, 2025 9:27 pm

When you thought people couldn''t get more stupid...

liberty will be showing up to post any moment now and prove that you ain't seen nuthin' yet.

-"BB"-

No thanks, I don’t care much for measles. I like to avoid them if I can.

liberty wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 3:10 am

No thanks, I don’t care much for measles. I like to avoid them if I can.

Did you get vaccinated for covid?

Does one not get vaccinated against Covid? I've been doing this all wrong . . .

May be off topic but here it is anyway.

"Why 696 pennies sold for more than $16.7 million" Headline on a Yahool news item. Said the last pennies produced at the government mint at Philadelphia were sold at auction. Some were produced on solid gold blanks.

Any body have the skills to discover if the president or any of his family ended up with a cut from this auction?

I am still getting pennies in change from local merchants in cash transactions

Snailgate

I don't use cash much but a few weeks back I got a super shiny new 2025 penny in change for a cash transaction and I put it aside in the little collection of rocks, acorns, feathers and the 1970 Canadian penny with a sea star on one side that I keep because that's the year of my arrival. I will miss the penny - but then I miss the dial phone on the wall and the TV with only 5 channels.

MajGenl.Meade wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:48 pm

Does one not get vaccinated against Covid? I've been doing this all wrong . . .

So, I asked Google, and the AI response was....

You are vaccinated for COVID-19 (meaning in favor of or to protect against the virus), not against it, as the vaccine helps your body build immunity to fight the actual virus, which is generally a good thing for public health and personal safety. People use "vaccinated for COVID" to mean they received the shot to get protection, while "against COVID" usually describes opposition to the virus (e.g., "fighting against") or the vaccines themselves (anti-vaxxers).
Here's the breakdown:

• Vaccinated for COVID: You got the shot to gain immunity and prevent severe illness from the virus.
  
  • Against COVID: Refers to the virus itself (e.g., "we're against COVID"), or sometimes, it's incorrectly used to mean being against the vaccine (anti-vaxxers).
  
  
  So, the common, correct phrase is being vaccinated for COVID-19 (to protect yourself from it.

And, of course we all know that AI long ago replaced Emily Post as the go-to source for grammar etiquette or the answer to any question whatsoever that anyone may have. So we must accept AI as the source authority for all answers to our questions.

As an aside, I'd like to suggest that instead of using the short cut "AI" for Artificial Intelligence, people either write Artificial Intelligence or we all agree on a new name for it. Otherwise, because the capital 'I' looks a lot like the lower case 'l', on Facebook, for example, when someone says, "That's AI", it always appears that they're attributing something to Albert, Alfred, Alexander, Alan, Allen, Alphonse, or Alvin.

Just a thought.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 4:09 am

liberty wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 3:10 am

No thanks, I don’t care much for measles. I like to avoid them if I can.

Did you get vaccinated for covid?

Yes, you know that.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 4:09 am

Did you get vaccinated for covid?

liberty wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:38 pm

Yes, you know that.

I do now. If you mentioned it before, I forgot.

A lot of Trump supporters are anti-vax, even though their hero gets vaccinated.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:25 pm

MajGenl.Meade wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:48 pm

Does one not get vaccinated against Covid? I've been doing this all wrong . . .

So, I asked Google, and the AI response was....

You are vaccinated for COVID-19 (meaning in favor of or to protect against the virus), not against it, as the vaccine helps your body build immunity to fight the actual virus, which is generally a good thing for public health and personal safety. People use "vaccinated for COVID" to mean they received the shot to get protection, while "against COVID" usually describes opposition to the virus (e.g., "fighting against") or the vaccines themselves (anti-vaxxers).
Here's the breakdown:

• Vaccinated for COVID: You got the shot to gain immunity and prevent severe illness from the virus.
  
  • Against COVID: Refers to the virus itself (e.g., "we're against COVID"), or sometimes, it's incorrectly used to mean being against the vaccine (anti-vaxxers).
  
  
  So, the common, correct phrase is being vaccinated for COVID-19 (to protect yourself from it.

And, of course we all know that AI long ago replaced Emily Post as the go-to source for grammar etiquette or the answer to any question whatsoever that anyone may have. So we must accept AI as the source authority for all answers to our questions.

Turns out we are both right (altho' you may be righter). Because AL also says:

Use "Vaccinate Against" for Diseases

This emphasizes that the vaccine protects you from the illness.
Example: "Babies are usually vaccinated against many diseases soon after birth."
Example: "We should all get vaccinated against the flu."

Use "Vaccinate For" for Purpose/Recipient

This can refer to the reason or the person receiving the vaccine.
Example: "I got vaccinated for COVID-19." (Meaning: I received the COVID-19 vaccine.)
Example: "The new vaccine is designed to vaccinate for measles."

MajGenl.Meade wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 10:40 pm

Turns out we are both right (altho' you may be righter). Because AL also says:

Use "Vaccinate Against" for Diseases

This emphasizes that the vaccine protects you from the illness.
Example: "Babies are usually vaccinated against many diseases soon after birth."
Example: "We should all get vaccinated against the flu."

Use "Vaccinate For" for Purpose/Recipient

This can refer to the reason or the person receiving the vaccine.
Example: "I got vaccinated for COVID-19." (Meaning: I received the COVID-19 vaccine.)
Example: "The new vaccine is designed to vaccinate for measles."

This is a rare case in which being for and against something is synonymous.

It's a bit like agreeing to disagree but it's more like disagreeing to agree.

And couldn't disagree with you more. AI, Emily Post, Miss Manners? Me. I stick with Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English , second edition, 1965.

I was once a student at the Delaware Law School, Wilmington DE. The student handbook said the final authority on spelling, definition, and usage was Webster's Unabridged, second edition,. The school library had two copies of the third edition, none of the second. life can be wonderful if you pay attention.

snailgate.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:56 pm

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 4:09 am

Did you get vaccinated for covid?

liberty wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 14, 2025 8:38 pm

Yes, you know that.

I do now. If you mentioned it before, I forgot.

A lot of Trump supporters are anti-vax, even though their hero gets vaccinated.

Even though I believe in making America as great as possible, I am not a MAGA member. I’m simply not much into groupthink of any kind. I may be a fellow traveler on the train, but I don’t get off at all stops.

I believe in vaccinations. I also acknowledge there is some risk involved, but compared with the consequences of the diseases they prevent, the benefits are far greater. That’s why I get my vaccinations. I was vaccinated for measles, and during my time in the military I received everything required, including yellow fever. I also get my flu shot every year, and pneumonia vaccines when needed.

As for Trump and the MAGA movement, who should be blamed for that but liberals and Democrats? I am a Democrat, but I reject any part of the actions that contributed to bringing Trump to power. If Democrats had been doing their job, he would never have risen to power.

" If Democrats had been doing their job, he would never have risen to power." If VOTERS, of any party, had been doing their job, he never would have risen to power.
Trump has done nothing as president that has been contrary to anything and everything that was publicly known about him in 2015. He has always been a con man.

snailgate.

Burning Petard wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:18 pm

" If Democrats had been doing their job, he would never have risen to power." If VOTERS, of any party, had been doing their job, he never would have risen to power.
Trump has done nothing as president that has been contrary to anything and everything that was publicly known about him in 2015. He has always been a con man.

snailgate.

He said he would get the border under control, and he did. It’s quiet today.