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My wife was flipping through news articles last night and informed me that several localities are going into a state of emergency due to the eclipse.

https://archive.fo/SyCJq

Have the men of the world now succumbed to the point of ignorance and unbridled superstitious folly that they now fear a two minute shadow that's been forecasted to take place well in advance? Are the people of the land so pathetic and callow that they must be guarded against harmless celestial events?

Of course they are. I remember the Covidiots. I find myself surprised ihere isn't an "eclipse glasses mandate" for the 72 hours around the event, forcing people to wear them at all times, even when indoors and not looking at the sun, even not during the eclipse. Only for it to be revealed that the glasses gave a false sense of security and half the ones distributed actually were ineffective at preventing blindness.

My wife was flipping through news articles last night and informed me that several localities are going into a state of emergency due to the eclipse. https://archive.fo/SyCJq Have the men of the world now succumbed to the point of ignorance and unbridled superstitious folly that they now fear a two minute shadow that's been forecasted to take place well in advance? Are the people of the land so pathetic and callow that they must be guarded against harmless celestial events? Of course they are. I remember the Covidiots. I find myself surprised ihere isn't an "eclipse glasses mandate" for the 72 hours around the event, forcing people to wear them at all times, even when indoors and not looking at the sun, even not during the eclipse. Only for it to be revealed that the glasses gave a false sense of security and half the ones distributed actually were ineffective at preventing blindness.

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The places declaring emergencies are doing so because they are small population areas that are expecting a huge influx of outside visitors

They are declaring emergencies to normalize declaring emergencies for things that obviously are not emergencies. Soon, we will live in a perpetual state of emergency, where anything slightly out of the normal happening will result in a state of emergency, during which your rights will be limited for the common good.

Don't worry Morbo, you will get used to it.