Purrfect! 😼
Is it just me, or has the pandemic made everyone so much uglier and unkempt?
***except for me, of course. I'm cute and thin, as per usual!
So I've created a list.
It is currently at 6.
7 if it include me.
includes*
Maybe I just never really cared or noticed before. 🤷
Churnalism and all of those thinkpieces about lowered standards have really destroyed this country!
Wrong.
My face is actually the most beautiful face known to man (the face I consider the most beautiful has actually been punched already, and there is proof of the black eye on the internet).
Why would someone want to punch me?
This is false. I actually got COVID-19 earlier this year (à la Pokérus from the Pokémon games).
Also, I'm not a non-playable character yet (or maybe ever). I just happen to be the Mary Sue character as I hop and skip-to-my-loo (ease on down the road) to wherever this uncharted journey leads me to!
The Pokérus (Japanese: ポケルス Pokérus), from "Pokémon virus", is a microscopic life-form that may attach to Pokémon, first appearing in the Generation II games.It is a beneficial mechanic that a Pokémon can obtain.
When a Pokémon has the Pokérus, it gains double the effort values from battling (e.g., fighting a Magikarp will give two Speed EVs, rather than one). Effort points gained from vitamins and wings are not doubled. The infected Pokémon can infect other Pokémon with the virus for a period of one to four days. However, the Pokérus timer can be delayed by several methods such as by placing the infected Pokémon in a PC Box.
While it is represented similarly to status conditions, the Pokérus is not a status condition, so it cannot be healed at a Pokémon Center or with any status condition healing item.
Pokérus has a 3 in 65,536 or approximately a 1 in 21,845 chance of being generated on one of the player's Pokémon after a battle, making it rarer than encountering or hatching a Shiny Pokémon. If any of the player's Pokémon are infected, the Pokérus may spread among Pokémon in the player's party after any battle.
From Generation IV onward, the Pokérus became more accessible, with worldwide trading facilitated by Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Infection
When a Pokémon is infected with the Pokérus, their status screen will display an icon indicating this special "status" the same way status conditions would be noted. If the Pokémon becomes affected by a status condition such as Sleep, the Pokérus icon will be temporarily replaced until the status condition is cured. As long as the Pokémon is infected with the Pokérus, it can spread the virus to other Pokémon in the player's party.
The Pokérus may spread if an infected Pokémon is in the player's party after a battle. The Pokérus may only spread to a Pokémon directly adjacent to an already infected Pokémon and only if they have never had Pokérus before. Eggs may catch the Pokérus like any other Pokémon.
Becoming cured
A Pokérus infection only progresses towards cured status when a new day starts with the infected Pokémon in the party (or if, when the game is loaded, it is not the same day as it was when the game was saved). The number of days before a Pokémon will be cured of the Pokérus can vary from one to four days. Once this time has passed, the Pokémon becomes cured and will be immune to the virus in the future. The Pokémon still gains double effort values when cured.
Due to the beneficial nature of the Pokérus, players will often place an infected Pokémon in the PC where it will keep the infection indefinitely, so that it may be withdrawn to spread the virus at will. Other options include putting a Pokémon in the Day Care or sending it to Stadium 2 in Generation II, Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire in Generation III, My Pokémon Ranch in Generation IV, Pokémon Bank in Generation VI and Generation VII, or Pokémon HOME in Generation VIII.
In Generation III, if the player deposits an infected Pokémon inside a PC, saves inside a Pokémon Center prior to midnight, shuts off the game, resumes the game after midnight, withdraws the infected Pokémon from the PC, and exits the Pokémon Center, it is possible for the infected Pokémon to be cured of the Pokérus upon stepping outside of the building. This does not happen in any other generation.
Technical information
The Pokérus is stored in a Pokémon's data structure as a single byte. In hexadecimal, this can be represented as a two-digit number XY. The upper 4 bits of the byte, X, represent the specific strain of the Pokérus the Pokémon has contracted. The lower 4 bits, Y, represent the number of days remaining before the infected Pokémon is cured of the virus.
A Pokémon is or has been infected if X (the strain) is a nonzero value. If Y (days remaining) is nonzero when X is also nonzero, this means the Pokémon is currently infected. If Y is 0 and X is nonzero, then the Pokémon is "cured" of the Pokérus. If both X and Y are 0, then the Pokémon has never been affected by the Pokérus.
Whenever the game's internal clock strikes midnight, every currently infected Pokémon in the player's party has their Pokérus value decreased by one. Once the Y value reaches 0, the Pokémon will be cured of the Pokérus.
Strains
Whenever the game creates the Pokérus on a Pokémon, the value assigned to Y (days) depends on the value assigned to X (strain). Specifically, the number of days will be set to X modulo 4 + 1. In other words, the higher two bits of X are irrelevant to the "strain".
Oh no, I definitely had the symptoms: loss of smell and taste. I spent almost two weeks in one of those quarantine hotels.
The infected Pokémon can infect other Pokémon with the virus for a period of1o ne to1f our days.
I experienced most of the reported symptoms that one would typically experience. I am not an anti-vaxxer nor am I conspiracy theorist.
I also received a vaccine and experienced an awful headache the following evening/morning.
I don't know what else to tell you. I don't have time to read up on these sort of things.
I fell in love in a 7/11 parking lot
Sat on the curb drinking slurpees we mixed with alcohol
We talked about all our dreams and how we would show 'em all (whoa oh oh oh)
I told him I got a plan and I'm gonna dominate
And I don't need any man to be getting in my way
But if you talk with your hands then we can negotiate (whoa oh oh oh)
I'll just keep moving my body (yeah, yeah)
I'm always ready to party (yeah, yeah)
No I don't listen to mommy (yeah, yeah)
And I'll never say that I'm sorry
I am an American girl
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go
I'm loving taking over the world
Hot blooded, all American girl (Whoa oh oh oh)
I was raised by a television
Every day is a competition
Put the key in my ignition (Oh-way-oh)
I wanna see all the stars and everything in between
I wanna buy a new heart out of a vending machine
'Cause It's a free country so baby we can do anything (Whoa oh oh)
I'll just keep moving my body (yeah)
I'm always ready to party (yeah)
No I don't listen to mommy (yeah)
And I'll never say that I'm sorry
I am an American girl
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go
I'm loving taking over the world
Hot blooded, all American girl (Whoa)
I was raised by a television
Every day is a competition
Put the key in my ignition (Oh-way-oh)
You know we're gonna shine so bright (Oh we're gonna shine so bright…)
Oh, baby, gonna go all night (Oh we're gonna go all night)
You know we're gonna shine so bright (Oh we're gonna shine so bright…)
Oh, baby, gonna go all night
I am an American girl
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go
I'm loving taking over the world (I'm taking over)
Hot blooded, all American girl (Whoa)
I am an American girl
I was raised by a television
Every day is a competition
Put the key in my ignition (Oh-way-oh)
I am an American girl
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go
I'm loving taking over the world (I'm taking over, whoa woah woahwoah)
I am an American girl .
No, the vaccine came after COVID-19.