A really smart move would be to arrange for the release of a new, state of the art computer game console which would divert attention from the lockdown and give the plebs something more to amuse themselves with during the crisis.
Oh.
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I’ve got an old work mate who is still on my Steam list. I am convinced that man has a VR headset and is living in Elite Dangerous. He’s that sort of chap.
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Is that like Tron?
It’s a modern day successor to the old game Elite.
I played the last version when it was in beta with a Dev Kit VR headset. That was about five years ago and even then, fucking impressive.
You could see “your” hand move the controls, and if you stood up, you could look around your ship. Fucking eerie.
I suspect that in the years since they’ve probably made it possible to get a nosh off a Romulan.
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Yes but better, much better, I’ve never bought it as I would spend all my time playing it…
Same reason. Massive timesink. It’s why I like retro games, Rock Band and Hades. All things you can dip into for a bit. Won’t rule your life.
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I played originally on the BBC B, I was hooked, first time I got kidnapped by the Tharg in hyperspace was a WTF moment, this was before Internet and YouTube so I had no spoilers…
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They’re tracking us through our facemasks now, apparently…
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I had my flu jab yesterday and I’m now fully 5G enabled 
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Just thinking we should change the thread title… A theory is based on hypotheses that have been evaluated and tested based on rational argumentation and design.
Its why ‘conspiracy theory’ always seems drifting towards oxymoron territory
My I humbly suggest
Coronavirus - made up bollocks?
Ah, dear old Laurence. “He’s an acute smart in the rectal area” 
Mr Logic taught me not to be a cunt that intimidates people with big words, along with all the other wankers I’ve seen in business do it and get secretly aped by all around.
I’ve communicated like a tabloid journalist ever since. Tabloid journalism works.
EDIT A tabloid journalist that gets to swear as much as I do.
You’re permanently inebriated then?
I sort of work like an 80s modem but with better negotiation.
They used to work by starting at the fastest speed they could negotiate, and would drop down to a lower speed again and again until a speed is finally reached that both ends could chat on.
The problem with doing that as a human is that you look like Mr Logic in the first exchange and a patronising twat in all the others.
I start in the middle and adjust accordingly.
Whoooosch…