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>>6280464
>I thought this whole corona thing was being blown out of proportion? Are we really experiencing a habbening?
Neither.
It's extremely dangerous for old people and those with weak immune systems.
Other people are not in danger. They carry the virus, but the illness is very mild if you're otherwise healthy.
The quarantines are because the virus is new for humankind, so we will all fall ill together, which will overwhelm hospitals and far too many people will die unnecessarily (which is happening in Italy right now).
All quarantines achieve is making people fall ill gradually rather than all at once so that everyone can receive treatment.
At the moment in Italy doctors literally decide who lives and who dies because there's not enough equipment. They may disconnect an granny from an artificial respiration machine and let her suffocate right in front of it so that a younger guy would be able to survive (because the old lady might not survive anyway whereas the guy will definitely survive with proper help).
All doctors want is to "flatten the curve" so that there is never so many people in need of emergency treatment that hospitals are overwhelmed.

>>5647283
If all art was of the highest quality, we wouldn't have qualifiers. Top quality would jsut be average, and we'd just say that art is so fucking amazing, period. In other words, removing the current average would only change the meaning of "average".
But saying that shitty art somehow amplifies the enjoyment of good art by some contrasting effect is baseless. If anything, shitty art teaches one to be suspicious of all art. When you see people asking if some book or game or movie series is good instead of just trying it the fuck out, that's because they've been burnt too many times. If all books were amazing, people would just devour any that come their way. Bad art is a detriment to enjoyment.