Quote (Nibthebarb @ Nov 26 2021 06:15pm)
Something in the back of my mind tells me that because it's named Omicron, people are more scared if this one than say, Mu, which could come from a cute little innocent cow. Omicron could be a movie arch villain.
If they really want to make the peasants piss their pants, name it the Thanos variant
This is literally what my friend said. Its like they are assuming that the average person has 90 IQ (which they do these days!) and doesn't have the verbal IQ to recognize the ideological entrainment.