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SDHornet wrote:So they named their umbrella corp to be, literally, "Umbrella Corp." Brilliant. :lol:
Umbrella Corp is from Resident Evil, and it's a bio research company which introduces a virus that turns people into zombies. The logo (in red above) has been around since the series started in '96.

RLSW is a real bio research company, with the same logo (except blue) as the fictional Umbrella Corp.
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∞∞∞ wrote:
SDHornet wrote:So they named their umbrella corp to be, literally, "Umbrella Corp." Brilliant. :lol:
Umbrella Corp is from Resident Evil, and it's a bio research company which introduces a virus that turns people into zombies. The logo (in red above) has been around since the series started in '96.

RLSW is a real bio research company, with the same logo (except blue) as the fictional Umbrella Corp.
Beat me to it. :thumb:
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SDHornet wrote:So they named their umbrella corp to be, literally, "Umbrella Corp." Brilliant. :lol:
Umbrella Corp is from Resident Evil, and it's a bio research company which introduces a virus that turns people into zombies. The logo (in red above) has been around since the series started in '96.

RLSW is a real bio research company, with the same logo (except blue) as the fictional Umbrella Corp.
Oh, thanks. That is funny...and scary at the same time.

I never played the RE series, but saw the first movie years ago. I don't recall the Umbrella Corp reference. I watched Contagion last night. Eerily similar to a certain extent. I give the movie a 3/5.
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SDHornet wrote:I never played the RE series, but saw the first movie years ago. I don't recall the Umbrella Corp reference. I watched Contagion last night. Eerily similar to a certain extent. I give the movie a 3/5.
It's a sh*tty film so I can't blame anyone finding nothing memorable about it, but the lab where the majority of the plot takes place is owned by the Umbrella Corp, all the soldiers and bad scientists are from Umbrella Corp, and the major characters of the film (including Alice) worked for Umbrella Corp.

The main antagonist of every RE film is the Umbrella Corp. :lol:
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For anyone thinking the Red Chinese gubmint responded swifty (looking at you JSO):
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Note this youtuber is an American that has been living and working abroad in China. I think he has a Chinese wife. He and an Aussie (also working in China) have a youtube channel where they drive around China and SE Asia on motorcycles and visit different places.
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Western airlines either cutting flights to China, or suspending them all together.
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BDKJMU wrote:Western airlines either cutting flights to China, or suspending them all together.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wir ... s-68605754
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BDKJMU wrote:Western airlines either cutting flights to China, or suspending them all together.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wir ... s-68605754
Good. Build a big beautiful wall.
They already built one.Just may have to extend it a bit. :D
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SDHornet wrote:For anyone thinking the Red Chinese gubmint responded swifty (looking at you JSO):
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Note this youtuber is an American that has been living and working abroad in China. I think he has a Chinese wife. He and an Aussie (also working in China) have a youtube channel where they drive around China and SE Asia on motorcycles and visit different places.
I consider this to be a better assessment of the situation:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0771-1

Media bias fact check assessment of nature.com:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nature/

Forgive me, but I would not look at a "youtuber" who is "an American that has been living and working abroad in China" as a good source from which to get a comprehensive assessment of the situation.
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SDHornet wrote:For anyone thinking the Red Chinese gubmint responded swifty (looking at you JSO):
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Note this youtuber is an American that has been living and working abroad in China. I think he has a Chinese wife. He and an Aussie (also working in China) have a youtube channel where they drive around China and SE Asia on motorcycles and visit different places.
I just looked at that. See, this is the problem we have nowadays. You have all this crap out there from people like a "youtuber." And people are believing that crap at the same time as they are saying that mainstream media organizations that have real quality control efforts on what they do are "fake news." It's a really sad situation.
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Yeah I'll take the word over someone who has been living in China for the last 10+ years over some dude spouting stats from the Chinese government. :coffee:
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SDHornet wrote:For anyone thinking the Red Chinese gubmint responded swifty (looking at you JSO):
phpBB [video]


Note this youtuber is an American that has been living and working abroad in China. I think he has a Chinese wife. He and an Aussie (also working in China) have a youtube channel where they drive around China and SE Asia on motorcycles and visit different places.
I consider this to be a better assessment of the situation:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0771-1

Media bias fact check assessment of nature.com:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nature/

Forgive me, but I would not look at a "youtuber" who is "an American that has been living and working abroad in China" as a good source from which to get a comprehensive assessment of the situation.
I already said everything that was in that article. Not sure why you guys are re-litigating this.

China is handling communication on this much better than they did with SARS. There are other areas where they are still deficient. They aren't hiding the virus the way they did with SARS but they are significantly padding their numbers.
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SDHornet wrote:For anyone thinking the Red Chinese gubmint responded swifty (looking at you JSO):
phpBB [video]


Note this youtuber is an American that has been living and working abroad in China. I think he has a Chinese wife. He and an Aussie (also working in China) have a youtube channel where they drive around China and SE Asia on motorcycles and visit different places.
I just looked at that. See, this is the problem we have nowadays. You have all this crap out there from people like a "youtuber." And people are believing that crap at the same time as they are saying that mainstream media organizations that have real quality control efforts on what they do are "fake news." It's a really sad situation.
Pretty funny that you'd believe a communist government official over this guy. Communist governments literally INVENTED "fake news".
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I just looked at that. See, this is the problem we have nowadays. You have all this crap out there from people like a "youtuber." And people are believing that crap at the same time as they are saying that mainstream media organizations that have real quality control efforts on what they do are "fake news." It's a really sad situation.
Pretty funny that you'd believe a communist government official over this guy. Communist governments literally INVENTED "fake news".

ironic, considering the right-wing has basically become the new commies when it comes to fake news, government control, anti-free press, etc.

GOP has gone from better dead than red to Russia is my idol.
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Pretty funny that you'd believe a communist government official over this guy. Communist governments literally INVENTED "fake news".

ironic, considering the right-wing has basically become the new commies when it comes to fake news, government control, anti-free press, etc.

GOP has gone from better dead than red to Russia is my idol.
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dbackjon wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Pretty funny that you'd believe a communist government official over this guy. Communist governments literally INVENTED "fake news".

ironic, considering the right-wing has basically become the new commies when it comes to fake news, government control, anti-free press, etc.

GOP has gone from better dead than red to Russia is my idol.
Eh, the conks have FOX and the donks have CNN. The only difference between those stations are which side they are rooting for.
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dbackjon wrote:

ironic, considering the right-wing has basically become the new commies when it comes to fake news, government control, anti-free press, etc.

GOP has gone from better dead than red to Russia is my idol.
Eh, the conks have FOX and the donks have CNN. The only difference between those stations are which side they are rooting for.

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
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dbackjon wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
Eh, the conks have FOX and the donks have CNN. The only difference between those stations are which side they are rooting for.

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
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dbackjon wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
Eh, the conks have FOX and the donks have CNN. The only difference between those stations are which side they are rooting for.

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
Then you aren't watching or reading or rather, you might need to take that course those kids are taking on detecting bias in their media sources. Not odd, though, as people with certain biases are most likely unable to spot biases that agree with their own bias. Your defense of CNN reveals that, as does your jump to hyperbole to smear the other side. I think both FOX and CNN cater to the whackos out there, and yet I also don't think our country is teetering on the verge of collapse. But then again I can see those biases. :coffee:
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GannonFan wrote:Then you aren't watching or reading or rather, you might need to take that course those kids are taking on detecting bias in their media sources. Not odd, though, as people with certain biases are most likely unable to spot biases that agree with their own bias. Your defense of CNN reveals that, as does your jump to hyperbole to smear the other side. I think both FOX and CNN cater to the whackos out there, and yet I also don't think our country is teetering on the verge of collapse. But then again I can see those biases. :coffee:
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GannonFan wrote:
dbackjon wrote:

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
Then you aren't watching or reading or rather, you might need to take that course those kids are taking on detecting bias in their media sources. Not odd, though, as people with certain biases are most likely unable to spot biases that agree with their own bias. Your defense of CNN reveals that, as does your jump to hyperbole to smear the other side. I think both FOX and CNN cater to the whackos out there, and yet I also don't think our country is teetering on the verge of collapse. But then again I can see those biases. :coffee:
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dbackjon wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
Eh, the conks have FOX and the donks have CNN. The only difference between those stations are which side they are rooting for.

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
That might be the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board.

No...I just looked through every post. It IS, in fact, the dumbest thing ever on this board.

Congratulations. What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even CLOSE to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this board is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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AZGrizFan wrote:
dbackjon wrote:

False equivalcy. CNN is left-leaning, but nowhere near the State Media that FoxNews has become. Attitudes like that is how Trump is able to exploit and destroy this country.
That might be the dumbest thing I've ever read on this board.

No...I just looked through every post. It IS, in fact, the dumbest thing ever on this board.

Congratulations. What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even CLOSE to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this board is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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