What's on your mug?

something that differs from the standard form.

Jennet's brightly colored sail appeared to be the only variant in the cluster of white-sailed boats.

By Morgan Tierney

fake versions of popular shoes mostly jordans and air force ones usually sales on the internet and flea markets

those variant jordans i broght of the internet were jacked up one shoe was bigger than the other and the colors were off

By bert2

An excuse for some people to take even more from the rest.

The new variant makes some people godlike all over again (even some of the frontline workers). They get to order people about with more commandments. Would most people give that up without anybody waking up and fighting back, especially if they didn't think anybody would?

By The Original Agahnim

Same trick, different name.

By giving each variant a different name and origin country, scientists, the grief/tragedy/sympathy industry, the healthcare industry, government/corporate entities and everyone else with a financial interest in continuation of the pandemic and measures against it can keep the same trick going for years, and getting people to do anything they tell them to, like puppets. They can keep fucking with people's lives as long as they want as long as people allow them to by getting fearful. They must be saving the subterranean Boogeyman variant for last, for a time when people are no longer shocked/scared into doing what they are told (including with the threat of loss of jobs/companies/businesses). If people don't wake up and fight, they're going to have less and less left to fight for, the longer it takes.

By The Original Agahnim

(Noun) An alternate version of an individual from another universe, timeline, or reality. The term was popularized by the Marvel series 'Loki'.

Person A: That guy looks exactly like me, but from the 1600s. Person B: That’s your variant from Earth-311.

By BUrdIsThEwUrd