I don't see the irony. And I happen to agree with the comment you quoted. Apparently you don't get the intent. I don't know what to tell you.
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So a dude who volunteers to super moderate a website for a bunch of strangers tells a bunch of strangers that they need to get out more?
And you can’t see the irony in that? Must be a super mod thing.
My comments weren't aimed at his opinions he supplied at your request, but at his first statements about how egregiously ignorant the lab leak theory is. He clearly believes he has more than an opinion on that, but that it is an established fact that it wasn't a lab leak and only ignorant fools could think otherwise. I took exception to both his tone and arrogance. I made reference to the same tone and arrogance I've seen in others posts on both sides. Hence my post..
Why do you think that covid is a more serious threat to the US military than say, suicide?
Your comparison is not even close. Suicide is not something you can catch.
But since you brought it up… What have you done to stop either…other than being cynical and critical?
What’s the bottom line, exactly? Number of lives lost per year? What’s your metric? Covid is something a lot of people in the military have caught, yet we still lost more lives to suicide and auto and motorcycle accidents than covid. How many more suicidal ideations and attempts have there been? Have you actually been out on ships and seen the impact of these mindless restrictions? Dealt with sailors on bases?
To answer your second question, because I’m still IN the Navy these issues actually impact my life and that of my unit much more than what you do moderating a forum and collecting a pension.
P.S. if you’re asking what I’ve done to stop the spread of covid, is that an official endorsement to have a little banner next to user names indicating our vaccination status? And better yet, whether or not it happened before the mandate?
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Classic “whatabouism”. Nicely done. Now let‘s stay on track and talk about your favorite subject and the only thread you spend 95% of your time on: COVID.
You’re on a ship now? How did that happen..I thought you were a reservist flying with a training squadron? Last time I checked, a reservist isn’t in the real sea-going Navy, but please go on about your worldly view on the Navy writ large from your non-deploying corner office. Tell us about how many ships you’ve been on recently.
Ah, so you’re using your moderator powers to analyze the time I spend on this website? Could you forward me this information? If it’s available to you, I’d love for it to be available to me.
And last I checked, sometimes reservists assigned to training squadrons spend extended periods of time on active duty. And since these training squadrons participate in CQ dets and have LSOs, yes, reservists spend time out on aircraft carriers. No, it’s not deployment, but it’s certainly more time underway than what you’ve done recently. And more time on active duty.
I’m willing to be that I have a little bit better of a finger on the pulse than you.
You’re funny. No mod powers used to determine your background. It’s pretty easy….just read all the stuff you’ve posted.
You’d be wrong…you have no idea what I do for the Navy. I find it amusing that you think a CQ det is real Navy underway time giving you the “finger on the pulse”….hate to break it to you, you’re just visiting for a few days. Your myopic view of Big Navy is cute.
Keep on waiting sweetpea.
Update your profile then and tell us all how important you are then. I’d love to know what your current job is making the Navy better other than deleting posts you don’t like on AW.
You must know lots of people still out in the fleet giving you updates since you retired a decade ago and have seen it with your own eyes and talked to DIVOs and HODs on boats about covid policy and its impact.
And yeah, my finger on the pulse was spending a year on active duty watching the Navy’s covid response keep burning out of control like a dumpster fire. I guess everyone in CNATRA isn’t in the real navy anymore. Thanks for letting them know. Guess I’ll slink back into my corner office now.
Good to know my part time job training Naval Aviators isn’t real enough for a retired dude on the interwebs.
fucking chode.
fucking chode.
Why do vaccinated people need protection?
Suicide is horrible. While it is clear the military is not very effective at dealing with suicide, they are doing a lot including spending plenty of money. But it's overall impact on readiness is much smaller than covid outbreaks can be. Covid does not have to kill at any great rate to affect the readiness of a ship or squadron. To make a rather rude point, one suicide on a DDG will not prevent the ship from performing any mission. A non-lethal outbreak that has even 25% of the crew down with covid will greatly hamper a ship's readiness. So yes, as a matter of war fighting readiness I believe covid is a bigger deal than suicide.