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OMFG FURRY
Jul 10, 2006

[snarky comment]
amazon is gonna make a killing with their whole foods grocery service.

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Lamech
Nov 20, 2001



Soiled Meat
I went to Sams Club yesterday, and the garbage food had been somewhat picked over, TP, wipes, gone - but I easily grabbed a 16# brisket, maybe 8# pork shoulder, four whole chickens, and two bags of individually wrapped chicken breasts. Guess I'm gonna fire up the smoker this week.

Fabulousity
Dec 29, 2008

Number One I order you to take a number two.

Woof Blitzer posted:

Grocery store was dumb as gently caress. White onions? Gone. Red onions? Plenty. Chicken? None. Sausage? Tons. People are dumb as gently caress.

Saw the same thing at the store yesterday. Yellow and white onions almost all gone, tons of reds. Figured either a produce truck didn't make it or there's some whackadoodle home remedy myth flying around about onions.

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
I came home and my wife bought not one but two bottles of vodka

Doomsday prepping

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
im just gun eat taco bell and mcdonalds aint no way a virus is going to live through that

Xaintrailles
Aug 14, 2015

:hellyeah::histdowns:

haunted bong posted:

wheres that death is certain wizard

Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

:eyepop:

Supreme Allah
Oct 6, 2004

everybody relax, i'm here
Nap Ghost

Fabulousity posted:

Saw the same thing at the store yesterday. Yellow and white onions almost all gone, tons of reds. Figured either a produce truck didn't make it or there's some whackadoodle home remedy myth flying around about onions.

My mom was just saying last week that the indian remedy is an onion with salt. roast a whole onion with some salt. Color of onion wasn't specified.

I doubt that would cause these shortages butyou figure eating entire onions would at least get folks to keep their distance.

Bi-la kaifa
Feb 4, 2011

Space maggots.

I tried to order groceries today. I ordered a bunch of canned goods and TP and all I got back was off brand beans and mismatched doughnuts.

Atomic Robo-Kid
Aug 18, 2008

.Blast.Processing.

Off brand beans should be fine as long as you pair them with cornbread and a good slab of onion.

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Philthy posted:

im just gun eat taco bell and mcdonalds aint no way a virus is going to live through that
Just order only junior chickens if you run out of toilet paper. Those greased up babies fly out in full no wipe mode.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

RIP Vegas

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug

numberoneposter posted:

Just order only junior chickens if you run out of toilet paper. Those greased up babies fly out in full no wipe mode.

who needs toilet paper when you get 15 sauce packets per taco

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

MarcusSA posted:

RIP Vegas



Burt, you should really consider a stay-at-home holiday this year.

ghouldaddy07
Jun 23, 2008
So, my Dad decided to change broadband providers right as the country is about to go into lockdown. I may not emerge with my sanity.

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

ghouldaddy07 posted:

So, my Dad decided to change broadband providers right as the country is about to go into lockdown. I may not emerge with my sanity.
Better start printing out goldmine threads.

Sierra Nevadan
Nov 1, 2010

I was supposed to go visit my grandma in Amsterdam in a few days to see her before she dies. That's off the table now, and her neighbor down the hall just died from the virus so she's probably a goner.

But I am going to Aruba instead!! Too bad they just got their first cases today :(

Xanderkish
Aug 10, 2011

Hello!

Sierra Nevadan posted:

I was supposed to go visit my grandma in Amsterdam in a few days to see her before she dies. That's off the table now, and her neighbor down the hall just died from the virus so she's probably a goner.

But I am going to Aruba instead!! Too bad they just got their first cases today :(

If it makes you feel any better (it won't), my one friend's sister has terminal cancer and she's a wreck because she doesn't feel like she can visit her or their father before they die. It broke my heart listening to her talk about not being able to touch them again.

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

get you some beans, cornbread, a big slab of onion...get some dogs and some slaw...gonna be wide open

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

Sierra Nevadan posted:

I was supposed to go visit my grandma in Amsterdam in a few days to see her before she dies. That's off the table now, and her neighbor down the hall just died from the virus so she's probably a goner.

But I am going to Aruba instead!! Too bad they just got their first cases today :(

If she was already dying, you don't need to worry about being infectious. Not sure if you're American, but if you take a train to the UK you can still fly back.

e: Denmark was the country that shut itself down to foreign travel, though it is often confused with the Netherlands!

AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Mar 14, 2020

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






Dixville posted:

Now that there's officially a state of emergency there may be even more panic buying. The whole walmart parking lot was filling up today apparently

My wife picked up an order Wednesday evening and it was totally hosed, she was there nearly three hours for a simple $40 pickup with nothing crazy (i.e. not $40 worth of TP). I can't even imagine the cacophony now, it must be like Black Friday all the time.

ufarn
May 30, 2009
Lot of smart people acting like complete loving morons all over the world!

https://twitter.com/chenchenzh/status/1238471397359398913

SeductiveReasoning
Nov 2, 2005

382 BC - 301 BC
Just got the word that my job is shutting down for the next three weeks at least (casino, lmao). Serious question: any suggestions for what to do with this time off? Either in terms of making some money or just being productive or having fun. I've literally never had this much time off in my adult life.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
you could get heavily into beaning (bean collecting, sorting, racing, displaying, competing, etc etc etc)

Devian666
Aug 20, 2008

Take some advice Chris.

Fun Shoe

SeductiveReasoning posted:

Just got the word that my job is shutting down for the next three weeks at least (casino, lmao). Serious question: any suggestions for what to do with this time off? Either in terms of making some money or just being productive or having fun. I've literally never had this much time off in my adult life.

There's a bunch of video game sales on right now. If you need income you could always open your own casino online.

ufarn
May 30, 2009
Clean your house, like for real, this time. Same with your car I guess.

Youth Decay
Aug 18, 2015

My job is making me semi-remote; our group is going to come in on a rotating schedule to work on any physical paperwork and everything that can conceivably be done on a computer will be done from home. This is going to be a clusterfuck.

G-III
Mar 4, 2001

Are there any other King County goons like me reading this thread? If so, how are you holding up?

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


Mozi posted:

you could get heavily into beaning (bean collecting, sorting, racing, displaying, competing, etc etc etc)

beans [everything about them]

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

Just close your eyes
Fun Shoe
My wife (Pierce County, WA) who flew across the state this week and works in downtown Seattle, just came home with a cough and bad chills.

Wifi Toilet
Oct 1, 2004

Toilet Rascal

Mozi posted:

you could get heavily into beaning (bean collecting, sorting, racing, displaying, competing, etc etc etc)

Get some empty containers of various sizes. Guess how many beans it will take to fill it up, then fill it up and count to see how close you came. Hours of entertainment!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
my workplace just gave everyone +2 weeks paid time off. no questions asked.

Chef Boyardeez Nuts
Sep 9, 2011

The more you kick against the pricks, the more you suffer.
Protip: your local small ethnic grocery stores are like kryptonite for the idiots out panic buying right now.

sweet thursday
Sep 16, 2012

Mozi posted:

you could get heavily into beaning (bean collecting, sorting, racing, displaying, competing, etc etc etc)
I like to get beans in all of the colours of the rainbow and then layer them in a mason jar by colour as though to form a rainbow.

And I've been coughing and phlegmy but I always am so I'm trying not to worry myself.

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
Honest Government Ad: Coronavirus


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hks6Nq7g6P4

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

sweet thursday posted:

I like to get beans in all of the colours of the rainbow and then layer them in a mason jar by colour as though to form a rainbow.

And I've been coughing and phlegmy but I always am so I'm trying not to worry myself.

this is the old-timey gumption that got washington and his men through valley forge

Wifi Toilet
Oct 1, 2004

Toilet Rascal

Pick posted:

my workplace just gave everyone +2 weeks paid time off. no questions asked.

Cool, take that vacation! Then in 2 weeks when you get back to work (when the infected rate is much higher than is is now) maybe you'll get another 2 weeks when everyone is actually sick.

Edgar Allan Pwned
Apr 4, 2011

Quoth the Raven "I love the power glove. It's so bad..."
a while ago some goons mentioned that asian/mexican groceries weren't hit as bad. the mexican grocer had chicken and produce the jewelsco didn't so that was good. still no tp or cleaning wipes.

Supreme Allah
Oct 6, 2004

everybody relax, i'm here
Nap Ghost
Panera bread just emailed me that they're on top of the situation.

I haven't been to a panera in, 5 years.

Also Best Buy and Potbellys have some stuff brewing I hear through my email which is getting gangbanged by this horse crap.

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Atomic Robo-Kid
Aug 18, 2008

.Blast.Processing.

In Houston there were mexican families fighting at a Fiesta over toilet paper and water. Like family vs family throwing poo poo. Cops were called and the whole store was evacuated.

I wasn't there for it, just heard about it.

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