@theymos, please open-source the forum virus tomorrow. :-)

Also, if it does not place too high a load on the forum’s servers, I suggest making it a feature which can be activated with a URL parameter so that those who find this amusing can track the spread of the virus in coming days. We must track the spread of the virus!

* ñ͙̟̯̻͆̄̌̽ų̠̮̭̳̱̫̑̅ḽ͓̍͒̏̂͠l͕͈͍̟̼͈͔͔̘į̶͓̰̝̺̞́ǔ̪̺̣̈́͐ş̨̥̳̯͕̣͙͌͂́́ has a refined sense d’humour noir.

Quote from: theymos on Today at 07:05:43 PM

Quote from: Foxpup on Today at 02:03:56 AM

That confirms it; theymos apparently thinks it's funny to joke about a disease outbreak that (by my guesstimate) will probably directly kill at least a million people

If you choose to see-as-evil acts which were clearly done in the spirit of fun & good faith, then you're creating demons for your personal living hell...

There is a rare worldwide shared cultural experience going on in the form of the pandemic and the resulting unprecedented social distancing policies. It's similar to a world war in terms of its widespread cultural significance.

As someone whose personal life has become a smoking wreck the past few weeks and is at high personal health risk from COVID-19, I must thank you for the laughs. Much needed right now.

This will not be the end of the world, unless ovine talking apes collectively choose to make it so.

As I remarked in WO before I found this thread—though of course, obviously, I am reading into this my own opinions as I have stated repeatedly:

Quote from: nullius on Today at 10:40:10 PM

I believe that I understand theymos’ point.

Lockdowns, unlimited government emergency powers, wrecking the economy, isolating ourselves from any human connection with each other: We are doing all this, over coronavirus?

COVID-19 is bad. But it is not Ebola, Black Death, or even smallpox. So... Seriously?

Quote from: theymos on Today at 07:05:43 PM

So this little game came to my mind to connect with it. As with several past bitcointalk.org April Fools things, it's more of a new/weird/fun way for people to interact with the forum and generate discussion, not a joke as such. Certainly it wasn't meant to somehow poke fun at the many real tragedies created by the coronavirus situation; it was meant to connect with the huge thing dominating the minds/lives of basically everyone on Earth.

As aforesaid, I read into it a serious message. It did generate from me about as much serious discussion as I could bat out in a few lines. What I did not read into it was any attempt to trivialize real-life tragedies; and I am not sure why anybody would take it that way, other than being overly sensitive. Anyway...

I am dying to know the algorithm!

—Um, oops, “dying” was an inappropriate word here. Hahah.

Quote from: nullius on Today at 10:40:10 PM

Quote from: HI-TEC99 on Today at 09:39:47 PM

How did you avoid getting infected?

I had not posted in days. And that was my first post in an active thread involving other people. Before that, my only activity today was to create a new topic.

Hint:

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News: The virus is now s̴͜͠p̶̰͝r̷̰̅e̶̦̽a̵̼͂d̴͉̑ỉ̷̖n̸̙̏g̷̬͝ even online; practice social distancing!

I seem to have caught it now. I just checked Satoshi’s last post, and noticed that he has not caught it.

I infer that the more you interact with others on the forum today, the worse your posts will be infected.

P.S., I still intend to reply to theymos and others when I have time and energy to spare for a suitable essay. Meanwhile, mmmphf mmm mmmm MMMMPH.

Quote from: nullius on Today at 10:40:10 PM

Quote from: xhomerx10 on Today at 09:40:54 PM

Thanks. I thought I had myself covered; it is why I have had such difficulty communicating with the forum.