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DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

Mozi posted:

this is a very good article to read if somehow your feelings of anxiety and horror are at a temporary low

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html

this is already a psychotic loving thread so thank you for introducing what is by far the biggest dickjerk article about this I've ever seen. lol who writes poo poo like this

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

Cuomo says New Yorkers could potentially have to be at home for 4 months. Very cool and good

this really isn't what he said

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sweet thursday
Sep 16, 2012

I want to chew my nails so bad. They're so nice and ready to be chewed. Ahhhh

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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schmug posted:

Fat Orange piece of poo poo just called it the Chinese Virus again wtf America?!?!?!?

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

I'm CHINESE and I'm in your neighborhood! Just SNEEZIN', sneezing EVERYWHERE. All over your HOUSE your DOG your BAKED GOODS hell yes join me friends

I have regrets from the 1st page of this thread

Mokelumne Trekka
Nov 22, 2015

Soon.

I went cycling yesterday and a group of 4 or 5 people were chatting on a narrow bike path and I rode past someone talking like a foot away at face to face level.

Oh well. It's cool. No problem at all.

Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

Spinz posted:

Unfortunately the Governor said its not going to be enforced.
I expect when we hit 10 thousand dead it will be.
I read it and I think he means stay inside.
Frankly I think he made the right call but should have put some teeth into it, gently caress

he couldnt put teeth in it because there is not currently a means to enforce it except for honor system, it will take several days if not weeks for the police and military to get into any kind of position where enforcing all that would be feasible

Puppy Galaxy
Aug 1, 2004

Hello goons, I’m having a hard time keeping up any semblance of a healthy routine such as not drinking 6 beers a night which is also not great for my mental health. Getting stir crazy as I’m working from home and my roommate is unemployed and I’m sure he is as tired of seeing me all the time as I am. any tips on structure and not having a Lighthouse situation (without the gay stuff) would be appreciated.

Golli
Jan 5, 2013



I still have the appointment reminders for Spring Training baseball games. It always makes me a little sad when I can't watch them, but I can't bring my self to delete the games from my calendar. :smith:

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

Puppy Galaxy posted:

Hello goons, I’m having a hard time keeping up any semblance of a healthy routine such as not drinking 6 beers a night which is also not great for my mental health. Getting stir crazy as I’m working from home and my roommate is unemployed and I’m sure he is as tired of seeing me all the time as I am. any tips on structure and not having a Lighthouse situation (without the gay stuff) would be appreciated.

look at mister together over here keeping his beer intake to the nighttime

Mnoba
Jun 24, 2010

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

I have regrets from the 1st page of this thread

this thread, cnn, even china were calling it that it's pretty overblown at this point what matters is people listen and help do what they can to stop it

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

I have regrets from the 1st page of this thread

reported for terroristic acts

Mokelumne Trekka
Nov 22, 2015

Soon.

Rad-daddio posted:

Can any other Cali goons elaborate on the new statewide lock down? Is outdoor exercise still allowed, or are we literally supposed to stay at home unless going out for medical care or supplies?

As of now it's a suggestion, so it will be enforced by social pressure.

IMO outdoor recreation in small groups or solitude is fine. There is minimal interaction. I mean, in terms of risk grocery shopping is an order of great magnitude higher.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

With that Outlook/Skype thing that has a green circle if youre available or a red circle if youre in a meeting and a yellow circle if you're "Away" how often does my mouse need to move to not automatically appear Away?

tater_salad
Sep 15, 2007


bird with big dick posted:

With that Outlook/Skype thing that has a green circle if youre available or a red circle if youre in a meeting and a yellow circle if you're "Away" how often does my mouse need to move to not automatically appear Away?

you can set it.. I think default is 5 mins

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy
specific IT depts can disable that option, like mine


trick is to have set it up for weeks now that skype 'has issues from home' and you can't connect. just make sure you answer emails within 5 mins (easy) and you're good to play DOOM all you want.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Spinz posted:

Hi
Unfortunately the Governor said its not going to be enforced.
I expect when we hit 10 thousand dead it will be.
I read it and I think he means stay inside.
Frankly I think he made the right call but should have put some teeth into it, gently caress

Its coming

I mean what are you going to do? Have police driving around and arresting anyone going outside? Give them tickets and fines? It's just not feasible to actually force people to follow it.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

tater_salad posted:

you can set it.. I think default is 5 mins

Thank you, I did not know this, this will be extremely helpful for my productivity as I work from home.

*changes setting from 5 minutes to 2 hours*

Rad-daddio
Apr 25, 2017

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

As of now it's a suggestion, so it will be enforced by social pressure.

IMO outdoor recreation in small groups or solitude is fine. There is minimal interaction. I mean, in terms of risk grocery shopping is an order of great magnitude higher.

I found an article that clarified outdoor recreation is okay as long as you minimize interaction with others.

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

As of now it's a suggestion, so it will be enforced by social pressure.

IMO outdoor recreation in small groups or solitude is fine. There is minimal interaction. I mean, in terms of risk grocery shopping is an order of great magnitude higher.

yeah as long as you aren't having a BBQ in Prospect Park or huddling around with shitloads of people like a moron you should be ok. Grocery shopping will still happen of course but for NYC I think they're hoping people will at least use the MTA less or do transportation via car/taxi or whatever. Many essential jobs require that poo poo so this was as much as we could do besides military action, though I think that would mostly entail army engineers creating temp hospitals/etc

Rad-daddio
Apr 25, 2017

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

I mean what are you going to do? Have police driving around and arresting anyone going outside? Give them tickets and fines? It's just not feasible to actually force people to follow it.

My county was enforcing it's shutdown with a misdemeanor and fine, but it got overridden by the California shutdown anyways I assume.

Mnoba
Jun 24, 2010
with gas as cheap as it is you could just go do a road trip and eat drive thru food

angryrobots
Mar 31, 2005

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/20/21179040/coronavirus-us-italy-not-overreacting



😬😬😬

One of the takeaways is that because of delays in virus to become symptomatic, and becoming ill enough and/or having proof of prior exposure to get tested, and for the test to get completed, current new reported infections were initially exposed over 2 weeks ago.

angryrobots fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Mar 20, 2020

Hazo
Dec 30, 2004

SCIENCE



So the trump propaganda team is just going to have him keep pushing the racist terms until we’re able to listen out for “Chinese virus” in public in order to identify piece of poo poo people?

Katamari Democracy
Jan 19, 2010

Guess what! :love:
Guess what this is? :love:
A Post, Just for you! :love:
Wedge Regret
Got an update from my boss. If you are sick in any way you will have to stay home for the rest of the week. Also we might have to cut staff and I'm on the chopping block. 😔

Heteroy
Mar 13, 2004

:fork::fork::fork:
Yam Slacker
My wife’s coworker just posted to a group chat that her two tenants both lost their jobs, so she needs to find new ones on short notice. My wife is trying to resist the urge to tell her to go jump off a building.

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018

DLC Inc posted:

this is already a psychotic loving thread so thank you for introducing what is by far the biggest dickjerk article about this I've ever seen. lol who writes poo poo like this


this really isn't what he said

Cuomo said he’s gunna brick in everyone’s house for 4 months I heard him

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

Heteroy posted:

My wife’s coworker just posted to a group chat that her two tenants both lost their jobs, so she needs to find new ones on short notice. My wife is trying to resist the urge to tell her to go jump off a building.

Your wife should offer to help her jump off a building

Baller Time
Apr 22, 2014

by Azathoth

Heteroy posted:

My wife’s coworker just posted to a group chat that her two tenants both lost their jobs, so she needs to find new ones on short notice. My wife is trying to resist the urge to tell her to go jump off a building.

I had to read this three times to parse it because my brain refused to acknowledge what's happening there

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

I went cycling yesterday and a group of 4 or 5 people were chatting on a narrow bike path and I rode past someone talking like a foot away at face to face level.

Oh well. It's cool. No problem at all.

I've been thinking about going for walks at my local Greenway a couple times a week and that's giving me some pause. I assume it's not that crowded right now and that if I keep my distance from other people it's fine, but I dunno.

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

The Walrus posted:

specific IT depts can disable that option, like mine


trick is to have set it up for weeks now that skype 'has issues from home' and you can't connect. just make sure you answer emails within 5 mins (easy) and you're good to play DOOM all you want.

[system.windows.forms.cursor]::position

Now what.

central dogma
Feb 25, 2012

Come to the Undead Settlement in the next 20 mins if u want an ash kicking
Police should not have the power to force people to stay in their homes, so I'm glad there's no enforcement policy (in regions that I know of).
Some people will not self-isolate. That's just reality. No one, especially here, is going to change that with their logic and reason.
The people who do self-isolate are measurably helping themselves and others, and that will have to suffice.

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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HugeGrossBurrito posted:

Cuomo said he’s gunna brick in everyone’s house for 4 months I heard him

Luckily you can just slip him a 20 when you see Cuomo walking up to your house with some bricks and mortar. He's easily bought.

Fluffy Bunnies
Jan 10, 2009

central dogma posted:

Police should not have the power to force people to stay in their homes, so I'm glad there's no enforcement policy (in regions that I know of).
Some people will not self-isolate. That's just reality. No one, especially here, is going to change that with their logic and reason.
The people who do self-isolate are measurably helping themselves and others, and that will have to suffice.

It won't and people will die because of it.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
I went to Dollar Tree. A ghost town.

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




Mustached5thGrader posted:

I am probably going to kill myself

Sono
Apr 9, 2008




tater_salad posted:

your cat will just eat your face when you die.

Can you get an order from amazon / petco / chewie or whatever. Are there pet stores you can get it from that aren't grocery stores?

The cats will eat 4 cans of wet food a day, since I just bought it, and then murder me painfully (and eat my face) when I try to switch them back over to the dry stuff.

But yeah, Amazon, free shipping, let the cats eat the UPS guy's face. That's a win-win-win-lose.

Do I need to leave the UPS guy in the garage for three days before I let the cats eat him?

central dogma
Feb 25, 2012

Come to the Undead Settlement in the next 20 mins if u want an ash kicking

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

It won't and people will die because of it.

Of course they will. I've come to terms with that.

That being said, I haven't left the house since Monday. I am self-isolating because that's the best I can do.

Trainee PornStar
Jul 20, 2006

I'm just an inbetweener
I work in infrastructure for a uni in the uk & we've got no proper remote access solution so we've been setting up machines for RDP all week, it's a security nightmare..
If anyone wants to hack us they've got many entry points they can attack.

It's orders from higher up who put business continuity before security... to make sure my arse is covered when it all goes bang, i've made sure I've kept all the emails.

I'm also the divisional health&safety rep for our union which lets me ask some really awkward questions because if they gently caress me around I can legally order a full H&S inspection :)

Fluffy Bunnies
Jan 10, 2009

Sono posted:

The cats will eat 4 cans of wet food a day, since I just bought it, and then murder me painfully (and eat my face) when I try to switch them back over to the dry stuff.

But yeah, Amazon, free shipping, let the cats eat the UPS guy's face. That's a win-win-win-lose.

Do I need to leave the UPS guy in the garage for three days before I let the cats eat him?

No it's 3 weeks in the freezer to kill any diseases or worms, like any other raw-fed meats.

YerDa Zabam
Aug 13, 2016



UK pubs, bars restaurants to close tonight. Welp.

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Peachfart
Jan 21, 2017

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

It won't and people will die because of it.

Some of us can't work from home. I service office equipment at all sorts of places, but lately it has been nearly all hospitals. If these machines go down, patient care can be negatively effected.
In fact, I am headed to a hospital right now.

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