Monday, March 30, 2020

Everyone's an expert. . . .

If you're reading this, first off, Wow! Really? Thank you! Secondy, I promise this is not directed at your personally. Not to be Ol' Grumpy Guy on the internet, but I cannot help but laugh bemusedly at all of the "instant experts" on Facebook. Just like myself, none of these folks had even HEARD of "social distancing" until about a month ago, but you had better believe that THEY KNOW THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT . . . in all caps, and pretty often, THEY KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. Everyone is doing it wrong but them. Hoo boy it's a GLOBAL PANDEMIC! Whew, luckily "Everyone in America" is now a biochemist who has studied aerosol and droplet chemistry and can tell you in molecular terms why this mask over here is The Goods, but that mask over there is basically "You're dead of COVID-19, also you're willfully responsible for infecting others, when you should have known that mask has porous microfibers." A time like this is perfectly pitched to a nation where 95% of the social media population has an advanced degree in Statistical Modeling.

SMDH. Human nature, I suppose.

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