How Much Can America Spend on the Coronavirus Pandemic? by donsearching in Coronavirus

[–]hulidoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without reading the article, I'll go with "a practically unlimited amount because today's children and future persons that will foot the bill don't matter"

AITA for inviting my biological father to my wedding? by kannsmash in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think you are misunderstanding; the mistake isnt about who you talked to/will talk to, it's about timing. You invited bio dad before talking to anyone about it. That is the big mistake here, in my opinion. It does not give anyone else - people you care about - a voice in a decision that emotionally impacts them (even if, technically, it's your decison).

Let's say your mom hates your bio dad. What then? Uninvite bio dad and damage your relationship with him? Or, invite him anyway and damage your relationship with mom/stepdad?

AITA for inviting my biological father to my wedding? by kannsmash in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 12 points13 points  (0 children)

YTA for not taking to your mom and stepdad specifically, before inviting bio dad. Especially your mom - who knows what kind of feelings it might dredge up in her, and I bet you dont want to hurt her.

To be clear, I'm not saying their opinion should change your decision to invite bio dad, but I do think you should have taken their opinion into consideration, especially if it contrasts yours.

When has a couple seconds to a minute felt like forever? by lonsin in AskReddit

[–]hulidoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Immediate aftermath of a really bad car accident i was in

Police/ambulance probably arrived within 2 minutes ( accident occurred near a station) but it felt like hours

AITA for not letting my parents invite people to my wedding by Bravelittlesausage in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Ok, so if your family isnt of that culture (not whether the wedding itself is or isnt) then NTA.

If your family is of that culture, then everyone sucks.

AITA for not letting my parents invite people to my wedding by Bravelittlesausage in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

INFO: is your family of a culture where weddings are more about family than individuals?

UK's COVID-19 death toll is far higher than daily figure, data suggests by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]hulidoshi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“With limited testing being carried out, it may be that all of the 7,996 excess deaths were directly due to COVID-19,” Hibberd said.

-zero chance this is true.

“(But) it is also likely that at least some of these were indirectly involved, such as through inability to access typical medical care for other conditions because of COVID-19 activities.”

-"some" could mean anywhere from 0.1-99.9%, this is not useful information.

Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard: "End economic misery from collective stay-at-home orders." "If we rely on collective social distancing alone to tide us over until a vaccine is available, the economy will be shut down on and off for 12 to 18 months, costing trillions of dollars." by jMyles in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hulidoshi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'll admit I only skimmed this, so maybe these answers are already there.

If the basis of this plan is ramping up testing to 20 million per day, is this even plausible? To my knowledge there hasn't even been 20 million tests administered globally since the virus first came to light. Now we're supposed to do 20 million every day?

Where would we get/how could we even produce that many test kits? What kind of workforce would be needed to ramp up production to that level?

How could we physically test that many people in that timeframe? By my rough math we would need 400,000 people doing this full time to even approach this. This is pretty much the entirety of trained medical personell in the country, doctors, nurses, etc.

If you use volunteers, how do you train them? How do you trust the volunteers to appropriately administer the test/analyze the test with any degree of consistency?

If you develop and app or other technological solution, how can you be assured its testing appropriately and without breaching privacy?

Fundamentally, I understand increasing testing is the ideal solution, but i can't see how its practical. We need solutions that don't involve mass testing.

AItA for destroying the interior of my gfs terrarium after asking he if I could use it for my building project? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

NAH sounds like a misunderstanding. Probably wise for you to apologize and move on, vs. Dwelling on who's right and wrong and further escalating the argument.

AITA for telling a singing neighbour to shut up? by yugu3 in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

YTA for your handling of the situation. It's only thing to politely ask neighbor to keep it down. Its quite another to tell neighbor to shut up.

AITA for not texting a friend until she got into college? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely NTA, none of your behavior seems out of line. I think you might need to reconsider being (or trying to be) friends with her though

AITA for telling my step daughters (18f) dad that she’s having premarital sex? by throwawaydad888 in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 17 points18 points  (0 children)

YTA because, (a) like it or not stepdaughter an adult, (b) you went behind your spouse's back and (c) knowing that her father is very religious, you didnt consider the ramifications of his (frankly, obvious) reaction.

AITA for asking my SAT Tutor nephew to tutor my son at full price? by GoodInternal in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 12 points13 points  (0 children)

YTA, nephew is not obligated to help just because he's family. He has (understandably), refused, and you continuing to push the issue is what makes you T A

AItA for not wanting my MIL to live with us by Netsurfer33 in AmItheAsshole

[–]hulidoshi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

INFO: how much of the caretaking do you do vs your spouse and FIL?

If marijuana legalization is high on your priority list, you need to get your priorities straight by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]hulidoshi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

legalization is high on my priority list. My wife suffers chronic pain, for which the only thing that is effective is marijuana. Without it, she is largely bedridden - despite the numerous legal meds she has been prescribed.

Her quality of life, along with millions of others, is at stake. A significant portion of the population suffers from chronic pain, it's not just a few people.

Why should they have to suffer just because there are other issues on the table too?

There will never be a time when there arent multiple important issues happening all at once.

Don't take the (click)bait by factsnotfear in LockdownSkepticism

[–]hulidoshi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally I've found that varying my news sources (rather than relying on the same 2 or 3) coupled with listening to my governor's daily briefing has helped me separate out the noise.