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Katamari Democracy posted:Can I join this group as moral support? The admin is the one who was calling chinese people that rush limbaugh poo poo earlier, but it's public so you can see it without joining 
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:The admin is the one who was calling chinese people that rush limbaugh poo poo earlier, but it's public so you can see it without joining Oh then nevermind. Also I bought you platinum. Seen you post and saw you were the only one kinda near me without one. Stay in touch. E- Wait I did this wrong. I got you a code for one. Let me ask a mod for help to get you plat Katamari Democracy fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Does anyone have a good resource for cool or cute things to draw on face masks like you see sometimes cat faces and whatnot? Supposedly there are some filters in the mail, coming for my weird capybara masks. But I have a box of surgical masks so I was wondering about ideas, other than pemises.
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:i just got an email from our energy provider and i think the virus has begun infecting the power lines??? i was under the impression we at least had a week to prepare for digital virus transmission... I'm actually curious as to what this is going to do for infrastructure in the northeast. Indian Point is due to be decomissioned soon and this is absolutely putting the places that were intended to replace it behind schedule. Some are almost done but not quite there. Will it lead to disruption? Strongly doubt it. Will it be "AHHHHHHHHHHH gently caress" mode at Con Ed and NYPA for a while? I wouldn't be shocked.
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Katamari Democracy posted:Oh then nevermind. Also I bought you platinum. Seen you post and saw you were the only one kinda near me without one. Stay in touch. Gosh, thank you. You absolutely don't have to do that. But yeah. I know there's a few of us over this ways and  you stay in touch, too. poo poo's gonna get bad here soon. We just topped 13k cases in the US.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Gosh, thank you. You absolutely don't have to do that. But yeah. I know there's a few of us over this ways and Its sad but I am living the goon life so I am good with social distancing. Plus I game and college so being at home with some good tunes with those is heaven for me. I'll get you the plat asap.
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:It could very much be something else completely, but it really feels like this thing is super contagious and tons of people get it, but most don't even realize it. This is definitely happening to some extant, but we don't really know how much. We can hope that it's a lot, and thus that the death rates will be a lot lower than feared.
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Got my house guests to the airport, I'm going to self quarantine for 2 weeks and... continue not having a job. My housemate just dropped that he's thinking about going home since he doesn't have a confirmed job any more. Originally I figured I could probably survive for about 6 months on savings and the amount of random food in my pantry/deep freezer but if I need to double my rent I'm probably fuucked before work starts up again. gently caress gently caress fuuuck! On the plus side this could be an amazing poverty summer. Fishing, hiking, biking and camping are all pretty much free and can be done alone. Cool.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I'm actually curious as to what this is going to do for infrastructure in the northeast. Indian Point is due to be decomissioned soon and this is absolutely putting the places that were intended to replace it behind schedule. Some are almost done but not quite there. Will it lead to disruption? Strongly doubt it. Will it be "AHHHHHHHHHHH gently caress" mode at Con Ed and NYPA for a while? I wouldn't be shocked. Industrial load will probably drop significantly. All the manufacturing of non essential products might slow down, looking at the list of what was stopped in PA. The loss of industrial load should be greater than the increase in residential load by a margin. Large commercial load may drop as well. The US also maintains a spinning reserve, and while not ideal, could utilize some of that. There are also areas that have older plants in non spinning reserve that they can fire up as well. Anything nuclear that was going to be phased out is unlikely to be extended if it requires an outage to refuel. If it is a reactor that can fuel at power, then it is easier to keep online. Most reactors require outages that require numerous travelers. There is a whole cottage industry based around power plant outages. So, if this lasts 12 months then there could be problems with losing that capacity.
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There has to be a rent freeze soon or a third of the country goes homeless
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Professorjuggalo posted:There has to be a rent freeze soon or a third of the country goes homeless i think there is a eviction/foreclosure freeze in the bill they are passing according to twitter, but i have looked much into it
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DuckConference posted:This is definitely happening to some extant, but we don't really know how much. We can hope that it's a lot, and thus that the death rates will be a lot lower than feared. Yes. On one hand I'm still worried for my father who's very weak right now and already had a pneumonia 2 months ago, but it also comforts me that the lock down and the "flattening the curve" strategy is a good approach as this really has the potential to infect more than half of the population in a matter of weeks if left unchecked and this can be really bad for hospitals. So nothing really new but also it's nice that authorities seemed to have made informed choices here. I just hope other countries open their eyes to all these signs and data and act accordingly. This could be a great revealing crisis regarding how organized and united populations are. Be safe fellow goons and be responsible and think about the big picture. It sucks tremendously for a lot of people and for the economy but there's light at the end of the tunnel. It is absolutely not a time to be selfish and cynical because your actions will have consequences on your immediate environment. Take care
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ISIS released a travel restriction. Jihadists are advised not to go to work during the pandemic. https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/isis-tells-its-terrorists-not-to-travel-to-europe-for-jihad-because-coronavirus/ lol that ISIS cares more about it's people than a lot of employers.
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Professorjuggalo posted:There has to be a rent freeze soon or a third of the country goes homeless My modest proposal: if you are living (right now on March 19th) in a house, apartment, or condo that is not owned by anyone living in-unit, the people living in-unit own it now.
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Mnoba posted:i think there is a eviction/foreclosure freeze in the bill they are passing according to twitter, but i have looked much into it That's for FHA loans and the like only, so basically, most renters are still hosed.
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Mnoba posted:i think there is a eviction/foreclosure freeze in the bill they are passing according to twitter, but i have looked much into it There is not anything even related to that in the ball.
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Chomp8645 posted:My modest proposal: if you are living (right now on March 19th) in a house, apartment, or condo that is not owned by anyone living in-unit, the people living in-unit own it now. Seconded
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QuarkJets posted:You're misunderstanding the messaging; normal untrained people shouldn't use masks because they don't know how to use the masks effectively, rendering them basically useless. The number of people wearing a mask on their chin or reaching up under their mask to scratch their nose is high because it takes a level of effort and training that they have not received. It's not dangerous to tell those people to stop bothering and save masks for the professionals with greater need and actual ppe training, nor is it inconsistent (your original, erroneous complaint) What if I have respirator/ (dust mask certs lol) and radworker training, I guess I could, I'd have to shave, which no one is mentioning, yeah not touching your face is super hard.
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Anygoon want to setup a Covid Support Discord thingamajig? Might be helpful for anxious/isolated folks to talk/chat. I've only used it once forever ago so I'm probably not the one to do it.
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pahuyuth posted:Anygoon want to setup a Covid Support Discord thingamajig? Might be helpful for anxious/isolated folks to talk/chat. that’s pretty much why this thread is
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pahuyuth posted:Anygoon want to setup a Covid Support Discord thingamajig? Might be helpful for anxious/isolated folks to talk/chat. What about finally having a chat thread in GBS? Just whatever the hell chat
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pahuyuth posted:Anygoon want to setup a Covid Support Discord thingamajig? Might be helpful for anxious/isolated folks to talk/chat. I'd be up for it and would appreciate it. Getting a little worried here in SLC
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This isn't new news but super weird that all these athletes and coaches who have tested positive have literally zero symptoms or issues but were able to be tested!
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Tim Whatley posted:This isn't new news but super weird that all these athletes and coaches who have tested positive have literally zero symptoms or issues but were able to be tested! People like that travel a lot more than most people, so it does make a little sense.
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pahuyuth posted:Anygoon want to setup a Covid Support Discord thingamajig? Might be helpful for anxious/isolated folks to talk/chat. I'm down for CovidChat
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:LA has reportedly locked down its a shelter-in-place order similar to sf (except its being called "safer at home") and it goes into effect at midnight tonight. grocery shopping, healthcare, and outdoor activities are still ok
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naem posted:that’s pretty much why this thread is I get that but i think some folks might be a bit more anxious and could benefit from some more personal interaction especially with people in their area. The person that bought plat for another GA goon gave me the idea. Users without platinum might benefit the most. I've talked to a couple folks over PM. Anyway just an idea. Also I think Burt mentioned discussions about a subforum. Any movement on that?
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pahuyuth posted:Also I think Burt mentioned discussions about a subforum. Any movement on that? It quickly turned into a "No" from QCS. Mainly because the thread here in GBS speaks the same language as posters in GBS. Posting in other forums might be frowned upon and if you do not know the funny jokes or what is allowed then lurk more. Many subforums talk about this virus in different ways from sports to games and to other things. I think the mods decided to let it be what it is right now. Read more here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3917310
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Tim Whatley posted:This isn't new news but super weird that all these athletes and coaches who have tested positive have literally zero symptoms or issues but were able to be tested! They’re getting tested by private labs who like money. Quest Diagnostics is not doing this poo poo for free.
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I said come in! posted:Once the numbers do start to drop, it is still extremely important that people self isolate until a vaccine is readily available. If we relax on this then the virus will come back even harder than before. People need to understand that we are looking at 18 months of self isolation, or until a vaccine is ready. We are at risk of up to 90 million people dying before this is over if we do not do this. Probably not going to do it though. Turning off the economy for 2 years is incomprehensible. Cheaper to put all the highest risk people in isolation, and tell everyone else to go back to work and take their chances. It's not just money either: If we keep the schools and universities closed for years that means no new doctors, nurses, technicians, etc., during that time. Having kids running wild in the streets all day probably isn't much safer than having them all in school in the long run. Blue collar jobs in construction and manufacturing can't be done from home, and can't all just be paused for more than a few weeks without exacerbating shortages. We could permanently shut down things like movie theaters, gamestops, and amusement parks, I suppose. Those workers can all shift into ever expanding amazon warehouses.
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Piggy Smalls posted:https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/l-a-mayor-garcetti-expected-to-update-public-health-orders-in-response-to-covid-19/ This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws.
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I said come in! posted:Once the numbers do start to drop, it is still extremely important that people self isolate until a vaccine is readily available. If we relax on this then the virus will come back even harder than before. People need to understand that we are looking at 18 months of self isolation, or until a vaccine is ready. We are at risk of up to 90 million people dying before this is over if we do not do this. The numbers won't necessarily come back stronger than ever depending on when measures are relaxed. If it's at the bottom of a successful suppression curve it likely won't kick back off to the full grade of initial curve right away, and there are different options at that point assuming we have ubiquitious, 100% testing infrastructure set up basically everywhere by that point...
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Lotti Fuehrscheim posted:This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws. quote:L.A. County, city officials announce ‘safer at home’ order requiring people to stay home, most businesses to close
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Mulaney Power Move posted:Somewhat tangential, being familiar with some of the more rural areas east of Columbus, I would not be surprised to see people getting lynched and shot in public soon. Especially if an "outsider" shows up in Harris county to buy toilet paper. I've lived all over the country and spent the first half of this year in Marion county before moving across the state in August. I swear it was by far the most bumblefuck sketchy patch of sand I've ever experienced. Seemingly everyone carries and the constant explosions coming from Benning did a number on my sense of calm. The Strangest Finch fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Outrail posted:Got my house guests to the airport, I'm going to self quarantine for 2 weeks and... continue not having a job. Get to walmart before the preppers buy up all the tents! There's no reason why people would stock up on tents. But today they were nearly out of dishwasher detergent so anything is possible. Dishwasher detergent. The stuff that is only useful in a dish washing machine. You can't wash your hands with it, or sanitize your doorknobs. Why???
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