BlinkAndImGoneForGood
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Nov 27, 2021 2:21 AM
BlinkAndImGoneForGood
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hiScifiDog
That’s so ignorant. As if every country can buy vaccines.
gimpymcgillicutty
Variant Xi
DarkHollowDulcimers
Η μόνη αληθινή σοφία είναι να ξέρεις ότι δεν ξέρεις τίποτα.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
He's a doctor, he already knows it. Alpha to omega
henrytheninth
alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta eta theta iota kappa lambda mu nu xi omicron pi rho sigma tau upsilon phi chi psi omega
Ikwilstroopwaffels
As a mathematician... muahahah
Pentjotal
DustInComp
Sigma balls.
SleepyBrains
On the other hand, the next one will be pie (π)
DukeDarkwood
Re: title - zeta is only the sixth letter. The final one is actually well-known to be omega, thanks to the saying "alpha and omega".
zerovanity59
Z was removed from the Latin alphabet, and then later re-added. That is why it moved to the end.
DukeDarkwood
Neat fact; didn't know that. But that doesn't change its order in the Greek one.
DPHENS
RyanH42
"See you soon."
id1ot
He's a doctor. Half his work is in Greek.
dixxienormus
The WHO decided that the OMIGAWD variant should be toned down to OMICRON.
woderwoman
escalinci
Really it's 'allow equitable access to vaccines for the developing world'.
slaughterhouse4andahalf
We learned the Greek alphabet for passing notes in highschool.
PhiIIipJFry
All I'm saying is omega variant is pretty damn metal
iauditauditors
Come on, has Excel taught us nothing? Delta Alpha, Delta Beta, etc etc...
iauditauditors
I just hope we as a species has as many chances to get through this as Excel has columns.
ChiLLeCheeze
Covid: "Hold my beer"
duktayp
BuddyTheAlion
Seems like an ad for an upcoming Xmen movie.
Thecutebunnycena
Well. The thing that would actually help, is to vaccinate poor nations aswell. But it's all about money, gotta keep that royalty patent :)))
SmilinBobsFamilyStyleMortuaryAndCrematorium
Whatever doesn't kill you will probably maim you for life.
abyssfiend1
As a wise mutated rat once said "What doesn't kill you just isn't finished yet".
ROGUEdenied
ahh yah thats why we stopped using the greek alphabet for hurricanes, so new varients will be called bill, charles, peggy, karen, and so
Taokan22
Oh, let's name the first B one Brandon. So when it wipes out a million anti-vaxers we can all go "Let's go Brandon!"
ROGUEdenied
Look at Brandon go
laacis2
Given the origin of conflict thorn countries, this is a moat point. Vaccine is not your savior. The new variant renders vax ineffective.
johnspeck2
Because people didn’t get vaccinated and now it mutated. It’s that simple.
laacis2
No, it's BS. Countries where it mutated people couldn't get vaccinated even if they wanted to. It's a country torn by racial war. 1/2
laacis2
I have SA friends ad they say their priority is getting through the day without getting shot/stabbed/blown up.
ConsumerOfStories
I for one can't wait until we start referring to the variants in hieroglyphs
thedarkcanuck
It'll be emojis
ReacherEriee
New Covid variant ? identified in Greenland today, more at 11:00.
OriginalAndWitty
Omnicron... But seriously WTF is an omnircron not in COVID terms?
brianglass10
It the letter that follows Necronomicon…
astrangehop
15
ItsaMeMalario
I believe that is the book of the dead
rainbowstraws
That's the necronomicon, comes with a thrilling dance. I think you mean the mythical horse with a horn
DukeDarkwood
No, that's a unicorn. Omicron is bonus content in Japanese media.
ItsaMeMalario
No, thats omake. I think op is referring to the antimatter counterpart of the electron
BitRoyal
It's the fifteenth letter of the Greek Alphabet. It looks exactly like the letter O (it's where the O letter comes from).
iauditauditors
When I first read the new variant name, I thought they named it after Unicron, my brain played the heavy breathing / bass intro for the char
RawSugarPackage
Same here :× was cracking transformer jokes.
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
Just as long as there are none named "Overlord" I think we'll be safe >> You know we'd be positively FUCKED beyond all reason at that point.
JapanesePizza333
Spudd86
It's an early 2000s video game with David Bowie in it.
JustJohnny2021
Koopy sandwich!
anonymous6366
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Annemoon
My few months of Greek kicked in and read that in their proper names, damn didn't know that was all still in there :')
awkwardbeautiful
What’s with the squiggles?
JustFeedMePieDammit
Well we gots the ‘a’. The ‘B’ with its dick out, the ‘v’? No it’s a ‘y’. Fuck…
RabbiKirschbaum
StorytellingSalem
Fraternities and Sororities have advantage
Aurumai
??
Eli93
Fun little tidbit: the first two letters "alpha" and "beta" is where we get the word "alphabet"
Avelaide
АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЫЭЮЯЬЪ
westergardmia127001
Да это алфавит
Avelaide
!!! I've just started teaching myself Russian, but I was able to understand this without looking anything up. That's so exciting!
ataradov
The only thing I could not remember is 'u'. Math and physics will do that to you.
ataradov
It is 'upsilon' as it turns out. Don't think I ever even heard of it.
complicatednoodles
That’s how “y” is pronounced in German.
DiningKruger
I said "I HAVE NO DESIRE TO LEARN!"
TheSwedishMoose
Too bad
burninator2
MacallanNeat
Shit I can do that too. a B y d E C n 0 L K n u v E o pie o T u fuck I can’t do this next one… I and O together… then X trident w. Easy.
shyriath
ηζπζ
LateNightBunnyParty
Easy peasy
eadanke
It's okay, we're all adults here probably, you can say qp here.
iCurse
q pw
KoRplussomeletters
（＾ω＾）
Feksaaargh
hungryhungarian
Easy. Thanks!
Kukiniloa
I always forget what comes after nu
anonymous6366
Xi
BiscuitAndBeans
OneTimeInBandCamp
Fun fact, I learned to read Greek whilst vacationing there. Same with Korean. Never learned the vocabulary but I could read the signs.
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
I refuse to read this. Mainly because I can’t.
FabulouslyTiti
am i viwus now oωo
CeruleanSky1988
A! B!..? Wuh? Uh (catches head) I don't know the song for this one.
PeterOlintoowesmeacoffee
Where’s Omega?
Thandruin
OωO
Jinxer13
OK capital time : Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
Kosiart
He used lower case omega
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
At the end?
aerokixstitch
... at the end?
DGreyElephante
Does it even matter
PeterOlintoowesmeacoffee
The horseshoe looking one with the hooks is the omega I was talking about. Is that a different alphabet?
ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman
Capital omega: Ω Lowercase omega: ω
jankeydadondc
Uwmega
LucidPariah
Looks like a ballsack to me
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
I didn’t know about lowercase. Thanks!!
PeterOlintoowesmeacoffee
Thank you Science Ninja.
HaoleFiveOh
Bending over vs. boobies
duktayp
Noughmad
We use Hebrew ones, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph_number
bikergeek6249
we're gonna have to double up: alpha alpha, alpha beta, alpha gamma ... "Fraternity, or COVID variant?"
roflipop
The last letter is z for zachariach
koboshi
We add hiragana and katakana. And if you still wondering what if we run out of those… KANJI!
PeterTurboIronCage
Hebrew Alphabet
RyanH42
Hieroglyphs.
mrbellek
We all fucking die
sonnuvah
NWS uses Greek letters when they run out of names for storms. Maybe CDC will do the opposite... get ready for variants "Alice" and "Bob".
BeeCups
At that point they start making words with them
freehugsforeveryone
Simpson's characters
ExoCyberBit
I vote Ogham
ErniesWidow
Let's start using Runes. Then, we can conjure Todd.
LiterallyLordSatan
We start following the hurricane name scheme and suddenly we be dealing with Covid Karen variant. Particularly deadly one too.
mercyPandaRunner
B 1.1.529
CaptVito
Sell the naming rights to corporations
Wholivesinapineappleunderthetree
Hieroglyphics?
EmotionallyCrippled
We’ll call it flu2.0
Daddymememaster1
We add emojis I think
Mynamedoesntmatteronlylifematters
not looking forward to Covid-19 ?
TheCrustyMustard
Covid-19 ??? variant.
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
So not looking forward to the ?? variant.
TheCrustyMustard
I'm more worried about the ?? variant myself.
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
Side thought: when did the eggplant take over for the more realistic cucumber or zucchini?