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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2020 22:20:43 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   Radio host on #KFI640AM was marvelling how unique and remarkable this time is.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2020 22:28:29 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     Think about it. “The Greatest Generation” and their parents lived through a pandemic. About a century later, so are we. They lived through two really big wars, an economic boom, and a depression. They saw communism and fascism, those twin evils, take over major parts of Europe and Asia. In a very short time period—under fifty years—they saw the whole world remade. They…
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     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing The person who wrote that is over-eager with the term "depression". Even the (unmentioned) 1998-1999 recession, with after-effects that lasted a decade, doesn't even qualify. I'd say the 2008-2011 recession was borderline, it could easily have become something that we'd still be in today. And of course 1929 was a depression. But the others were not nearly severe e…