like that other comment said: it’s not for everyone.

some kids are gonna love it, some are gonna hate it.

target demographics for products aren’t monoliths ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it’s about being able to read emotions:

a large portion of autistic people have trouble reading emotions in others.

that’s why they’re often drawn to things like books, comics, animated content, theater, and, like in this example, robots that clearly express their emotions.

speaking for myself (diagnosed ASD), it’s the ambiguity that bothers me more than anything. i like it when things are nice and clear, neatly organized, and generally don’t require a lot of attention to interpret.

interpreting the environment is taxing enough, adding a lot of emotional interpreting on top can quickly get overwhelming, which leads to poor mood, performance, and ultimately just straight-up headaches…again, this isn’t a hunch, it was part of the ASD diagnostic test.

so i can imagine how much easier it is for kids with similar problems to relate emotionally to something that shows it’s emotions in clear, easily recognizable ways, rather than having to guess constantly. that constant guessing gets real tiring, real quick…

“women’s only cars” aren’t really much of a thing… there’s like, a handful of places in the entire world that have them; they’re super rare.

so you admit you have no idea, and then make a definitive statement to NOT get vaccinated.

you do see the hypocrisy here, right?

and “at least” means they do not know what happens after, presumably because data is not yet available.

given that they very clearly state that getting fresh-ups does help, the reasonable assumption is to get the vaccine just in case.

not the other way around, like you did.

you are spreading misinformation, if you say not to get the vaccine, just because you assume that it has downsides.

to use your own argument: IF fresh-ups had negative effects, they would say so in plain words.

they don’t do that, which shows nicely how dumb of an argument that is.

this is FALSE:

The point still stands: The STIKO does not recommend yearly fresh-ups for people who have base immunity. You still got a fresh-up. I didn’t. Thus, I followed their recommendations, you didn’t.

the guidelines say protections last at least 12 months, after which you should still get a fresh-up, even if you have base immunity:

Die Kombination aus Impfung und Infektion (hybride Immunität) verleiht einen guten Schutz vor schweren Krankheitsverläufen nach SARS-CoV-2-Infektionen, der auf Basis der bisher verfügbaren Untersuchungen mindestens 12 Monate anhält.

the recommendation literally says EVERYONE, and in this case specifically “Für Personen im Alter ≥ 18 Jahre und Schwangere ohne Grunderkrankung” (the very same paragraph, right at the beginning), has protections that last about 12 months.

this is INCLUDING “Basisimmunität”, which that same paragraph states lasts about 12 month.

they really shouldn’t use “Basisimmunität”, because it sounds like it lasts indefinitely, which is false; it lasts about 12 months, and then decreases in effectiveness.

this is apparently the part you can’t read properly: the base immunity is NOT permanent.

getting a fresh-up is the recommendation.

NOT getting a fresh-up is AGAINST the recommendation.

You still got a fresh-up.

i can’t believe i have to state this again, but: I AM A DIFFERENT USER.

i never said anything about getting the fresh-up.

stop spreading anti-vax biullshit, just because you can’t read properly.

and especially don’t go around telling other people they can’t read, if you yourself are the one incapable of it.

to quote YOU:

learn to read.

that’s not what I’m responding to.

here’s what you actually wrote:

If it was actually negligible then the STIKO would say “everyone should still get vaccinated”. But it isn’t, so they don’t.

which is a flat out lie.

they DO recommend everyone get at least one vaccine. and they still recommend that.

AT LEAST ONE.

you wrote the exact opposite of what you’re claiming now and it’s straight up disinformation.

screw that bullshit cop out you buried in parentheses halfway down AFTER, and completely disconnected from, a closed statement that is entirely false.

you can’t post a false statement, then another false statement, and then add a caveat at the end that amounts to little more than “just kidding…unless?”.

the STIKO recommendation also is not either/or as you frame it.

the actual recommendation is:

• ALWAYS at least 1 vaccine, regardless of everything else.
• at least 3 contacts with the pathogen in total, including any and all vaccines

that you falsely presented as no longer being the case. it is still the case.

on top of everything, you are the one who can’t read, since you haven’t even realized that I’m a different user entirely and not the one who made the side-eye comment.

to quote another user:

glasshouses --> you --> stones

yo, why are you fucking lying about the STIKO recommendations?

the link you yourself provided says to definitely get the vaccine, in no uncertain terms:

Für Personen im Alter ≥ 18 Jahre und Schwangere ohne Grunderkrankung ist aus Sicht der STIKO eine Basisimmunität weiterhin für einen Schutz vor schweren COVID-19-Verläufen ausreichend. Wichtig für die Basisimmunität ist, dass das Immunsystem dreimal Kontakt mit Bestandteilen des Erregers (Impfung) oder dem Erreger selbst (Infektion) hat. Mindestens einer dieser Kontakte soll durch die Impfung erfolgen. Die Kombination aus Impfung und Infektion (hybride Immunität) verleiht einen guten Schutz vor schweren Krankheitsverläufen nach SARS-CoV-2-Infektionen, der auf Basis der bisher verfügbaren Untersuchungen mindestens 12 Monate anhält.

(i’m not gonna bother translating that into english; sorry about that, but it’s not worth the effort.)

the STIKO makes it ABUNDANTLY clear that you absolutely should get AT LEAST 1 vaccination for “Basisimmunität” (basic immunity).

take your outright lies elsewhere with your anti-vax bullshit.

or…you know… they’re just morons.

the salt isn’t bait for hunting: it’s just for nutrients.

the local hunters always leave salt out, especially in winter near the feeding stations.

it’s super common to supplement diets of all sorts of game with salt. it’s purely for the health of the population.

so it’s a) not illegal (wtf, why would it be?), and b) not for hunting at all…at least not directly

why would deer be illegal?

no, but:

• 1. those were off the top of my head, there’s definitely been more.
• 2. these events tend to happen in bursts. it starts with one dead tyrant. then there’s another. then there’s general mayhem for a short while. then order sets in again.

it’s a cycle as old as civilization itself.

(not to be confused with that bullshit cyclical history theory… it’s “a” cycle, not “the” cycle and it’s neither guaranteed, nor predictable, necessary, nor regular. just to preempt any confusion about that)

of course it won’t! it hasn’t happened ever before either!

like it didn’t happen in 2011.

like it didn’t happen in 2006.

like it didn’t happen in the 1920s.

or the 1800s.

or the 1700s.

or the 1600s.

or the 1500s.

it’s always never happened before, and it always never happened again.

tyrants never got what they deserved before, so they’ll never get what they deserved again.

are you just unfamiliar with the entire concept of history?

here’s a handy list of all the times this exact thing never happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations

if only there was a recent example of how to effectively solve that particular problem…

only: it was NOT random.

that’s the part you refuse to acknowledge.

mother of slippery slope…

everything you’ve said so far takes place in some fantasy world that exists only within your own imagination.

the law failed. the democratic process failed.

your argument boils down to: “please let’s just give the tyrants everything they want from us! it’s the law!”

seriously, is this your first day on earth?

do you simply lack any and all perspective?

and to top it all off: the sheer disregard you show for the countless lives this CEO cut short is frankly breathtaking.

you claim to care for all human life and think everyone deserves a fair trial. that’s well amd good…how could that possibly have ever happened under the current state of affairs in the u.s.? when HAS it ever happened? what makes you think it possibly could?

this was the only way that murderer would ever face justice, and deep down you know that.

of course there’s hypocrisy here:

you are treating the choices of the two people in question as equal. they are not.

the CEO was in a position of power, abused that power, and suffered the consequences. that is justice fulfilled. not the preferred kind, but still justice.

apart from that, the democratic process spectacularly failed, on this exact topic: obama DID try to enact healthcare reform, but was blocked at every step.

if voting does absolutely nothing, you’re not leaving people a whole lot of options.

the justice system does nothing to help, the voting process has failed to help…what is then left?

this isn’t some horrific, abstract, morally ambigous consequence of a cascade of nebulous events.

there is a very clear cause and effect.

push a boulder off a hilltop; it will roll downhill.

leave a person no other option, but violence; it will end in violence.

it’s a strictly logical consequence.

there is no moral ambiguity here at all. it was a clearly warranted action, with known causes.

cause and effect is a matter of physics, not philosophy.

if you want to blame anyone, blame the republicans: they are the guilty ones here. they are directly responsible for the circumstances that allowed this situation to happen in the first place.

yes, it’s not an ideal outcome.

but it was inevitable, sooner or later. and it’s frankly amazing it hasn’t happened MUCH sooner, and MUCH more often.

this wasn’t a “flaw” in the “democratic” system of the U.S. this is a consequence of the oligarchy working as intended. the intent just happens to be self-destructive in this case.

what this CEO did, was the equivalent of smoking at a gas station; are you really surprised he got blown to bits?

i guess it really comes down to: Fuck Around; Find Out.

well…he did find out, didn’t he?

(and don’t assume i’m a U.S. citizen. it doesn’t matter, and i’m not.)

kinda defeating yout own point here:

the guy made the concious decision to ruin strangers lives for nothing but his personal greed every single day.

that was HIS choice, HIS action, HIS decision.

well…actions tend to have consequences.

this was a direct consequence of actions the CEO willingly made, repeatedly.

nobody forced him to. nobody compelled him to.

so yeah, he DID choose exactly this, no question about it.

the hypothetical voter in your example indirectly chooses his judgement, this CEO chose directly, all by himself.

so as you can see: the CEO very much DID vote for his fate. he voted every single day working for UHC.

your comment is the absolutely highest form of hypocrisy.

there’s a whole sub-community around building physics exploit driven crafts:

look up “kraken drives” ;)

on top of which it creates a security issue too:

by teaching users to always instantly click on “OK”, “Accept”, etc, they stop reading the actually important messages, because they’re being bombarded by so, so many useless pop-ups everywhere…

would be nice, but isn’t true according to Douglas Adams himself:

Inspiration for the number 42

Douglas Adams revealed the reason why he chose forty-two in this message .

“It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought ‘42 will do’”.

personally, i think it’s way funnier that it is actually, completely, deliberately meaningless ;)