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Happy 20th anniversary to the Corrupted Blood incident!

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • twykomantis@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For the uninitiated/lazy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident

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    • pemptago@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      After several failed hotfixes, Blizzard ended the pandemic by performing a hard reset, and a later patch prevented companions from contracting Corrupted Blood entirely.

      Note to the future: next pandemic, try a hard reset.

      Seriously though, it’s wild they couldn’t hotfix it.

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      • fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s wild that they couldn’t change the spread property of the debuff to be deactivated if you weren’t in the boss chamber. That should not be a hard fix…

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    • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Huh, TIL. Neat.

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    • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Who else remembers learning this from Cracked articles (which they read at work)?

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      • thejoker954@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Man i really miss Cracked. It used to be so good.

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      • AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        viruscomix.com/page599.html

        you may or may not recognize the artist

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And who else didn’t need an article because they were there when it happened?

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    • JakenVeina@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also, if you like videos: youtu.be/EB3jOD2wjUc

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      • Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That was highly entertaining, thank you

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  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    everyone always overexaggerates how useful the incident was to epidemiologists. It was certainly an interesting novelty, and some cool studies were produced, but the issue was that there weren’t actually consequences for bad actors. It’s a lot harder for assholes to willingly catch a disease with the goal of spreading it when that disease can actually kill them.

    I’m more miffed that they never figured out a way to rerun the event for WoW Classic, if even for only 24 hours.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      honestly if anything, covid showed us how bad actor assholes can easily be substituted with stupid people & negligence/spite

      “covid? it doesnt exist! lets have a party with 200 people!! :D”

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There’s at least one video I saw of a maskless person claiming they didn’t need the mask to protect themselves because they already have covid.

        Reminder, masks were not suppose to protect YOU. They were to stop you from coughing/spitting on other people. You needed eyewear/face shield to properly protect yourself.

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    • Montagge@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So like Covid

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      • jrs100000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yea, if anything it underestimated how many people would be willing dedicate themselves to becoming full time plague spreaders.

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      • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, not at all like COVID. Don’t confuse ignorance for malice. The issue with COVID was skeptics who only consumed right-wing propoganda downplaying the severity of the virus. There were no skeptics in the Corrupted Blood incident, people were maliciously trying to spread the virus knowing that it would kill other people.

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    • mikezeman@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was beyond disappointed when they messed it up, then issued an apology with no intention whatsoever to actually try to get it right.

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  • Daze@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    t… TWENTIETH??? 😨

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    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ohhh nooo. I was having an okay day, and now the inexorable passage of time is fucking it up again!

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      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Last night I realized we’re closer to 2030 than 2020 now

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  • radiouser@crazypeople.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    cough cough to the auction house and then to the flight path!

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  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Did someone say Corrupted Blood?

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Did someone say Thunderfury Blessed Blade of the Windseeker?

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      • Dagnet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Anal [Thunderfury Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

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  • selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Loved that event. Was a lot of fun.

    Too bad we can’t have that sort of fun in WoW anymore…

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dammitalltohellinahandbasket.

    I feel old now. (I was there, Gandalf. I was there.)

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that shit came in handy during the covid pandemic /s

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  • HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Let’s all laugh at an industry that never learns anything teeheehee!

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  • biotin7@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How about Plague inc. ?

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    • rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plague Inc. doesn’t include real human behaviour

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