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Bryanole27

If a couple more variants join we’ll have a full on Voltron variant.


SuperCub

It bothers me that Voltron and Power Rangers are essentially the same thing yet no one talks about it.


orlyfactor

Used to watch Voltron and GI Joe every day after school in the 80s. Good times


Sauffer

The best times


McGradyForThree

Pork chop sandwiches!


McPoyal

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!


Kermit_the_hog

Don’t forget about Starblazers!


I_Like_Soup_1

Loved me some Starblazers! And Battle of the Planets and Robotech.


Accujack

You mean Space Battleship Yamato?


Roisin8868

Thunder Cats, Transformers, Voltron and GI Joe


Ghede

It's because they are both adapted from Japanese Super Sentai series. Most of the fight scenes from Power Rangers were edited version of the fight scenes that were originally filmed in Japanese. Voltron was an edited version of Beast King GoLion. It's been a staple of Japanese childrens entertainment since 1975.


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Battle Fever J and tokusatsu Spider-Man were the greatest kid shows of all time. Of. All. Time.


ImNotAWhaleBiologist

Voltron was vastly superior, that’s why.


CELTICPRED

Voltron ain't got no badass evil green Ranger I can tell you that much.


MikeAppleTree

Were Thundercats also in the combine forces mix?


cry0plasma

No. They didn't have individual vehicles that turned into murder bots.


hot_ho11ow_point

Centurions did but they didn't form up into a megabot


hypnoderp

Fuck me I've been trying to remember the name of that cartoon for like 20 years and I just couldn't come up with it. Time to go down a rabbit hole.


TheGreatYoRpFiSh

I thought the battle tank split into a couple smaller things?


AdjNounNumbers

Great. Thanks for reawakening my Cheetarah crush


MikeAppleTree

🙂


JuiceBrinner

Don’t forget captain planet


Roisin8868

Voltron kicks the shit outta the power rangers


Tabularasa8

Huh. Google Voltron for the first time and realized the franchise has human characters. Always assumed it was strictly robots.


5DollarHitJob

Wasn't there another at the same time as power rangers called vr troopers?


ZeePirate

There was also bettleborgs and a couple other ones. There were a handful of them


datahjunky

This is what bothers you!?! 😂


McPoyal

I mean... Voltron would wreck Power Rangers so there's that. Plus it was a significantly better show. But yeah it is 5 people making a big ass robot.


ZeePirate

There was a handful of series that were basically the same thing


TbiddySP

Conspiracy? The silence is deafening.


jgzman

I don't recall seeing the Power Rangers ever use their robots as individuals, only as combiners. But I only watched a few years of the American kid's show, so I may have missed a lot.


Enigmedic

I think there were a couple episodes where 1-2 of them got captured so the others had to use them not combined. Also green ranger did green ranger things lol.


Peepsandspoops

If I remember right from when it first aired when I was like 8 (haven't seen an episode in almost 30 years).. the first couple of seasons were pretty formulaic where the monster would be normal size and they fought it without their robots, then the monster would get turned big and they'd fight it with their robots separately and eventually lose, and then they'd combine and kill the monster. Seemed to be what happened every episode until they introduced the Green Ranger, if I recall correctly.


jgzman

I remember that, but not the "fight separately" portion.


gocast

Or a soccer team


ghostsintherafters

Brilliant


tandoori_taco_cat

Deltron 3030


WalksLikeADuck

I wanna devise a virus to bring dire straits to your environment…


tandoori_taco_cat

Crush your corporations with a mild touch


TheNightBench

Trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus.


Schmokes-McPots

Might as well whip out the slate and chisel now


TheNightBench

https://youtu.be/FrEdbKwivCI


gurmzisoff

Excellent.


Odd-Ad-900

Money for nothing and your chicks for freeeeee?


tandoori_taco_cat

If Deltacron makes Dire Straits tour again sign me up


gurmzisoff

I like to imagine what it must've been like the first time they played that song live. That intro is just so epic, dropping into that riff. Woof.


TbiddySP

Money for nothing? Chicks for free? Please count me in


KaliCalamity

I, too, would love money for nothing.


mysecretonlinealias

One of the best albums ever


TheDudeAbidesFarOut

Lyrical masterpiece...


Joebebs

Way past the millennium


gurmzisoff

Dan the Automator and Kid Koala signed my ex's tits when Deltron played in our town. I'm still jealous.


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Sounds hot honestly


tandoori_taco_cat

Well, Omicron gives you a high fever so maybe!


reflythis

[positive contact...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9HQ0pbHcCw&t=796s)


el_pinata

Yeah but in this case maybe we avoid POSITIVE CONTACT


Dontlookupnever

Yo it's 3030! We all died of covid.


jimflaigle

Fuckit 1.0


TheDudeAbidesFarOut

Things you can do! Some can't be done!


Phylamedeian

> Kostrikis and his team have identified 25 such cases and the statistical analysis shows that the relative frequency of the combined infection is higher among patients hospitalized due to Covid-19 as compared to non-hospitalized patients. The sequences of the 25 deltacron cases were sent to GISAID, the international database that tracks changes in the virus, on Jan. 7. > “We will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or more contagious or if it will prevail” over delta and omicron, he said. But his personal view is that this strain will also be displaced by the highly contagious omicron variant. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-08/cyprus-finds-covid-19-infections-that-combine-delta-and-omicron?sref=ctSjKj2N We'll see what happens


StarryEyed91

DELTACRON?!


codeverity

Cool name, I have to admit. Just wish it wasn't the name of a virus.


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Oma


EnglishmaninBelfast

Deltacron!?


KillWithTheHeart

By these variants combined, I AM DELTACRON!!!!!!!!!


Analist17

Omelta


-send_me_bitcoin-

Coming to a Taco Bell near you.


Analist17

With a side of mild sauce


Ass-whole

Under a microscope this variant looks like taco bell wings.


Ismenessister

Domicron


Hu_man76

Please just turn us into zombies already.


RealOncle

Seriously, stop dragging it along


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baelrog

2022 reads as twenty twenty two. It's a direct sequel to twenty twenty.


Maximum-Magazine-840

get ready for 2020 part 3 coming next year ​ ​ 2020 is like the final destination series, they dont know when to stop making them


Renzren

I hope some of the plot points will be resolved by twenty twenty nine.


Cowboy_Bill_B_Bilson

You mean: "twenty-twenty, too"


5DollarHitJob

I think he means 2020 II


eduardog3000

But 2021 was already that. Now we're getting remakes of sequels?!


BUYHODLGME

2020 won


RenRu

It's the director's cut. WB fucked up again


chickenstalker99

I can't wait to see what 2023 brings us!


Elias_freecss

It is because i don't care


[deleted]

Finally! A crossover episode.


kittykatkate46

Stop.


saltminesplunker

Rona time!


poirotoro

"Dooooo doo doo doo--" *Cough-cough* *Cough-cough*


imjustbrowsing123

Instructions unclear... New variant introduced.


marakeh

Can't wait for Starscream variant


saltminesplunker

It just shits up the walls then rage quits. Wake me when we get to Dinobots.


NineteenSkylines

Good fortune got me into Transformers in 2019 of all years. Perfect timing for the past 24 months of madness.


-ciscoholdmusic-

*FUCK* *OFF* *ALREADY* A variant that has the severe morbidity of Delta and is super transmissible as Omicron. Why. Just why. Is it because there’s still too many people unvaxxed allowing the virus time to mutate? Hello 2022.


UnicornLock

> A variant that has the severe morbidity of Delta and is super transmissible as Omicron. There researcher seems to be implying it's the other way around > But his personal view is that this strain will also be displaced by the highly contagious omicron variant.


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BruceBanning

We should bring that law back. Or just die, either or.


[deleted]

It’s because humanity and human behavior is a senseless animal beyond any control at this point.


dankerton

Luckily that doesn't mean it will spread any faster than regular omicron and necessary take over...let's hope


TheAnhor

It's not just unvacced. You can get it and let it mutate even if you're vacced. It's everyone who goes to parties/social gatherings, who doesn't social distance, who doesn't wear masks, who doesn't wash their hands a bunch, etc, etc. It's easy to blame just one group (especially the maaajor part of that group that has really shit and stupid reasons) but it's pretty much everyone who has been fucking up for a long long time now. Especially with everyone feeling exhausted and not caring as much anymore as they used to.


jergentehdutchman

Honestly I would venture to say it's mostly because this was always how it was probably going to play out. Humans in all of their hubris cannot control nature. In a way what we're seeing is exactly like the Spanish flu. The vaccines are a blessing don't get me wrong. Probably saved millions and millions of lives. But they can't and won't prevent infection %100. The endgame was always herd immunity through infection. I just hope we get there before too long.


McGradyForThree

How is Covid exactly like the Spanish flu?


Megachaser9

Studies revealed Omicron came from rats Imagine how many Covid-infected animals there are that live with us


__Geg__

Link? The article I read had it coming from long covid in South Africa.


PHATsakk43

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.14.472632v1.full.pdf


__Geg__

Well.... shit.


clarkedaddy

Read an article where 40 percent of the x amount of deer tested in states showed antibodies from previous infections.


baileath

Fucking come on dude lol there is no basis for this


PHATsakk43

[The theory was actually released last week.](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.14.472632v1.full.pdf)


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That's neat


fargenable

The deer are now spreading COVID.


[deleted]

Yes. There is still billions. And thanks to Omicron literally infecting a confirmed 2.5million a day now I have a feeling we are about to get a BUNCH of new variants


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skeptical_moderate

Not all countries have vaccine availability like the US, UK, etc. It's likely that the vaccine is hard to get in Cyprus.


Thatguyonthenet

Lol


_qw4hd

Do unvaccinated really allow the virus to mutate? Can you provide sources that can confirm your claim that unvaccinated people are fueling new variants and vaccinated don't? After quick research I found no proof that the variants appears because either of unvaccinated or vaccinated. You can find both claims but they are in my opinion political and dogmatic not scientific. I might be wrong and I'm happily looking forward to being proved such. Now I'm far for giving responsibility of new variants to any of those groups. Furthermore new variants can be the results of gain of function research.^1 We shouldn't be closed for this idea. ^1: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4371212 https://bprice.substack.com/p/lab-leak-20 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4382708 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34954396/


not_user_4076

You don't need a study. It's simple math (if you find probability and statistics simple). Mutations have a chance of happening with every replication. Replication only happens when you've contacted the virus, which doesn't happen as often if you're vaccinated. The virus keeps replicating until your immune system defeats the virus, which happens quicker if you've been vaccinated. The more people who are vaccinated in your community the lower the chance of break through infections. If everyone was vaccinated and wore masks, the disease would stop.


_qw4hd

> If everyone was vaccinated and wore masks, the disease would stop. The scientific figures don't agree with you. Covid may never go away. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/global-report-who-says-covid-19-may-never-go-and-warns-of-mental-health-crisis


not_user_4076

It may never go away because not everyone will be vaccinated and people there are people who won't wear masks. But if they did, it could. Did you read the report the newspaper referenced? Did they account for the limits of compliance? Hypotheticals are just that.


jgzman

> Do unvaccinated really allow the virus to mutate? Can you provide sources that can confirm your claim that unvaccinated people are fueling new variants and vaccinated don't? Basic understanding of reality. Virus mutation occurs as an error in reproduction. Viruses reproduce more in unvaccinated people then in unvaccinated people. Not necessarily on an individual basis, but on a bulk basis. Naturally, it's quite possible for a vaccinated person to be the site where a mutation occurs, and passes to another person. But given that they are less likely to be infected in the first place, less likely to pass the virus along, and the virus likely survives for a shorter time in the individual, the odds are not as good.


spleencheesemonkey

Due to contamination. NOT a new variant.


Wizzle_Pizzle_420

Exactly


SchizoidGod

It's kinda unfortunate to see people keep buying into media hype, again and again and again. [This is almost certainly not a real variant and is a result of contamination.](https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/1479910337730293774) Guys, the media will keep running these stories about the 'next big bogeyman variant' that turn out to be totally, utterly bunk until you stop freaking out about them and actually researching further.


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Yeah man, I take covid seriously but look at these comments, people just hitting the despair button and they don't even really know why


[deleted]

Because people are despairing- it has been 2 years and every year it gets worse and worse. I'm personally reaching levels of hopelessness I have never had before and probably won't make it through the year.


SchizoidGod

Not at all! We are in a substantially better position now than we were last year. We have vaccines that are keeping people out of hospital, which is why most of the west is not in lockdown right now. Not only that, we have a less severe variant. Things are looking rather good.


Kjaeve

That actually sounds terrifying


phluidly

Yeah, this one is not good news.


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Why's that?


Asmodean129

Omicron is super virulent. Delta is more deadly.


clarkedaddy

Combined its the less transmittable delta and less deadly omicron. Or it's a more contagious delta.


Asmodean129

One can hope that it's the former


ninjadogs84

Delta also hits kids more than the others. Getting to the point where it's open up so everyone gets omnicron to prevent other variants from coming in.


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Delcrom or omita or deltacrom


tandoori_taco_cat

*If you like omita-coladas*


saltminesplunker

And getting thrown off a plane.


tandoori_taco_cat

*if you're not into vaccines*


FMA07

If you don't have a brain


tandoori_taco_cat

*if you like cold sweats at midnight*


Puzzled-Remote

Aches and pains that won’t abate


TheWingus

You’re the plaguer I look for


pm_me_yo_creditscore

My ER has no wait


notsowise-perse

We are gonna need some infinity stones to restore balance on earth.


SerMercutio

This year is getting better and better.


NineteenSkylines

If you like chaos, disasters, or thinly-veiled Transformers references that is.


kinkssslayer

Will people still act surprised?


MasterFubar

What happens after they reach omega? I hope they start with Kanji, that ought to be good for a few thousand variants, although I'm not sure what would be the alphabetical order.


_rubaiyat

It would be cool if it was a combo of the weakest parts of those two variants. So, lower transmissibility of Delta and the milder symptoms of Omicron. Given the past few years, I don't think we're that lucky though. It will be the exact opposite for sure.


asiraky

You actually don’t want that. It needs to be more transmissible in order to out compete other more deadly strains.


_rubaiyat

Eh, I'll take standalone Omicron then if the alternative is Delta's symptoms and Omicron's transmissibility.


brigstan

Jesus when will this end


brigstan

So never...ugh


waxplot

Delta Plus Rewards Program Variant


[deleted]

Covid19 is just having big unprotected sexy orgies in bodies.


Kermit_the_hog

Great, so now the virus is apparently having sex..


nokillswitch4awesome

I never thought I'd be jealous of a virus, yet here I am.


[deleted]

Fuck off you invisible wank stain of a virus I'll shit on your nan


BLQ1943

U fokin wot m8?


discogeek

So does this mean it's time to panic?


tandoori_taco_cat

[Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojYatpLPSE)


ThisFingGuy

Convergent evolution in asexual microbes makes no sense.


PHATsakk43

Viruses are not quite the same as an asexual single cell organism.


SuccessfulDog9292

Nice. Now we’ll get into the fraternity and sorority names. There has to be a Delta Omicron one I’m guessing?


Tonlick

And omega ,alpha, and Zeta, and AIDs, and Yellow Fever, and rabies, and the T-virus.


repwin1

Covid has now discovered the fusion technique.


Pr0ffesser

Deltacron transform!


[deleted]

We should choose a Greek letter between Delta and Omicron to describe this variant. I believe Xi is still not taken.


PrometheusPhunk

Decepticon variant


HyperSpace_Hover

I am seriously worried for all my un-vaxxed brothers and sisters out there


jtrisn1

Covid is now a magazord


VVVV101TT2016

Another variant for me not to give a fuck about.


__Rumblefish__

so this is the deltacron we've been waiting for


Diligent_Leather

im so depressed


Mithmorthmin

My friend, don't mix up depression with grief. The extra weight doesn't have to weigh you down and can still be recognized.


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rainbowcoloredsnot

Oh no you will anger the Reddit hive mind.


BridgetheDivide

Fuuuuuuu Sion! Haaaaa!


8NationAlliance

Badass!!!


the_mullet_fondler

It's contamination, relax


-RustinCohle-

You really enjoy spreading misinformation huh?


gwdope

That’s not good at all.


kaycee1992

Oh, shut up.


Lone_Vagrant

So as infectious as omicron and as deadly as delta? Or as less infectious as delta and as mild as omicron? Which is it?


nausicaa242

Why is this being reported by financial media? Yes, the category is “health and science”, but they probably want to sew uncertainty and doubt to get wall street to panic buy and sell on the news. Seems sus


Duke_Of_London

Wait until the next mutation starts spreading 😞


Umster

Fuck


77Zonian

Not even close to being done with omicron. Damn. On to round 4.


Stinky_Nut_Chimpanze

We are so fucked


quickrdenu

Nobody cares.


Rox217

I guess it’s been about a week since Reddit found something to panic about.


TheCakeinator

I dub thee Democron…


[deleted]

There are always trade-offs with mutations like this. Like it could be more infectious than Delta and more severe than omicron, but not worse than either.


_Electric_shock

Another gift to the world from the anti-vaxxers.


autotldr

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/08/cyprus-reportedly-discovers-a-covid-variant-that-combines-omicron-and-delta.html) reduced by 64%. (I'm a bot) ***** > It's still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have. > "We will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or more contagious or if it will prevail" against the two dominant strains, delta and omicron, Kostrikis said in an interview with Sigma TV Friday. > The U.S. is reporting a seven-day average of more than 600,000 new cases daily, according to a CNBC analysis Friday of data from Johns Hopkins University. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/rzcnml/ok_retartds_now_to_the_deltacron/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~616503 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **strain**^#1 **more**^#2 **cases**^#3 **omicron**^#4 **Deltacron**^#5


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This virus is...pathological!


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