Your mind drifting off while hoisting a beam is downright shocking.

Got to be honest, I usually just plug and play with stuff from people I know. Most friends aren't trying to give me a virus, lol. Modern computers have decent defenses running in the background anyway. Feels like overkill to scan every single thumb drive, that's just more time wasted. I'd only get paranoid about random drives found in a parking lot or something. My system's fine so far.

Chuckle is the wrong word. It was a public health disaster. People danced until their feet bled or they dropped dead. Saying it's funny ignores how scary it was for them. They likely saw it as a curse or divine punishment, not a silly mystery. Modern theories like poisoned grain show it was a real tragedy.