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Xaintrailles posted:We didn't have PCR machines at all for the 1918 or 1968 pandemics, or even for the start of HIV. It's incredible how well-placed we are to deal with this now with our technology and communication and capabilities and resources. It makes how badly we're loving up truly impressive.
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Zugzwang posted:We can invent ways to detect trace amounts of RNA and beep boop talk to people on other continents, but inventing ways around mass ignorance/stupidity is even harder than quantum gravity. Mods change my username to hanlon's razor
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OMFG FURRY posted:you write one article for the Atlantic and you suddenly become A Writer. Oh sure I suck dicks for 20 years but I write ONE article.....
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No ring. https://twitter.com/IdahoStatesman/status/1291546874034487296?s=19
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:No ring. All of the McClatchy papers use this same stock photo in different colors and it’s startling af
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Pump Jockey posted:All of the McClatchy papers use this same stock photo in different colors and it’s startling af Speaking of stock photos, my province's government FB page made a post about health guidelines the other day, and they had a picture of a guy coughing with his hand to his mouth. A bunch of backwoods, know-it-all inbreds, the type who would never wear a mask, started commenting on and on about how "Isn't it bad to touch your face?" "Where is his hand sanitizer?" "He should be coughing into his arm!" "This government is trying to kill us all!!" It was a stock photo from Adobe. 
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:No ring. lol
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This is just barely ‘rona related, but I am about to need to make an expensive purchase, and since actual full-time employment at a real job working for a real place is tough to come by right now, I’m thinking I may take a job with DoorDash or Uber or one of those other gig things to make some cash. Have any of y’all worked for any of those, and if so, which ones seem the least lovely to work for? I worked for Instacart for about a year and I can’t imagine too many other gig jobs could be much worse than that.
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Zugzwang posted:If Peterson gets pwned by the virus, a lot more chuds might take it seriously. sir you do know how a death cult works right
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JoshGuitar posted:It used to be pretty common for Americans to import a labor underclass to handle duties around the house and yard, leaving themselves free to pursue other interests and ambitions. It didn't end well. Hve you een the ize o houe in he uburbe/ oh no m ebor i broe Edit: Have you seen the size of houses in the suburbs? oh no my keyboard is broken Facebook Aunt fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:Don't forget that his entire career was based on studying addiction clinically. That's our Jordan! 
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Zugzwang posted:We can invent ways to detect trace amounts of RNA and beep boop talk to people on other continents, but inventing ways around mass ignorance/stupidity is even harder than quantum gravity. Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Hve you een the ize o houe in he uburbe/ bames nond's having a stronk, call a bondulance
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From the "motherfuckers, are you SERIOUS" department comes this: I just got an email notification that Assembly, one of the largest demoscene events and LAN parties in the world, is happening in early October. What does one of these look like, you ask?  Why yes, let's pack in 10 000+ nerds into a convention center elbow to elbow, what could possibly go wrong? I've been to Assembly several times, and the level of hygiene is deplorable. It's like a god drat hobo encampment at the best of times, so this is an amazing, amazing idea.
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Der Shovel posted:From the "motherfuckers, are you SERIOUS" department comes this: I just got an email notification that Assembly, one of the largest demoscene events and LAN parties in the world, is happening in early October. Agreed on its an amazing idea
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Der Shovel posted:From the "motherfuckers, are you SERIOUS" department comes this: I just got an email notification that Assembly, one of the largest demoscene events and LAN parties in the world, is happening in early October.  being that government regulations are a compromise between "what actually is necessary" and "what would cause people to actively defy it and murder thousands out of selfishness" ... this will be a disaster
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I. M. Gei posted:This is just barely ‘rona related, but I am about to need to make an expensive purchase, and since actual full-time employment at a real job working for a real place is tough to come by right now, I’m thinking I may take a job with DoorDash or Uber or one of those other gig things to make some cash. I just signed up for door dash because the 'rona took away my gigs and thusly 10-20% of my income. once I get my stuff in the mail I'll do a couple shifts and report back. from the tiny bit of research I did the recommendation was to sign up for all the delivery services in your area and try them all out since a lot of it depends on your region. Puppy Galaxy fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Aug 7, 2020 |
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Puppy Galaxy posted:I just signed up for door dash because the 'rona took away my gigs and thusly 10-20% of my income. At the start of the year I was working two part time jobs which were both in the entertainment field which are now of course 100% dead and gone for the foreseeable future. Luckily I live in Australia and the government went "Jesus christ no don't go outside, we'll give you a chunk of cash every two weeks if you just sit in your house" so I've been able to keep paying rent and buying food CarlosTheDwarf posted:Everyone ready for Sturgis Motorcycle Rally? I've never been more ready.
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Der Shovel posted:From the "motherfuckers, are you SERIOUS" department comes this: I just got an email notification that Assembly, one of the largest demoscene events and LAN parties in the world, is happening in early October. drat, this is still going on? I've been wanting to go to one since the early 90s when it was all Amigas and I had a lot of scene friends who were going to go.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:At the start of the year I was working two part time jobs which were both in the entertainment field which are now of course 100% dead and gone for the foreseeable future. Luckily I live in Australia and the government went "Jesus christ no don't go outside, we'll give you a chunk of cash every two weeks if you just sit in your house" so I've been able to keep paying rent and buying food yeah I feel terrible for the guys I know that do it full time, although they were mostly able to get on the CARES act unemployment eventually. april was hairy for a lot of them though. of course that's gone now, and while there are a handful of outdoor gigs they won't be around in a month.
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Der Shovel posted:From the "motherfuckers, are you SERIOUS" department comes this: I just got an email notification that Assembly, one of the largest demoscene events and LAN parties in the world, is happening in early October. don't worry none of the attendees left the house since before corona was a thing so you're safe
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CarlosTheDwarf posted:Everyone ready for Sturgis Motorcycle Rally? It's the worst and it's fairly active already, been lots of lovely dumbasses rolling in already this past week.
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Philthy posted:drat, this is still going on? I've been wanting to go to one since the early 90s when it was all Amigas and I had a lot of scene friends who were going to go. It's all about the counterstrikes now edit: well there are demo compos still but the main focus seems to be gaming and poo poo
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Anyone ever do those delivery jobs on a bicycle? I don’t have a car but I would bike more if someone paid me to!
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Philthy posted:drat, this is still going on? I've been wanting to go to one since the early 90s when it was all Amigas and I had a lot of scene friends who were going to go. it has no gamer stuff that isn't retro and is 100% demoscene Shinku ABOOKEN posted:don't worry none of the attendees left the house since before corona was a thing so you're safe
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Gonna be a lot of this happening throughout the rest of they year: Find your landlord and discuss it in person, face-to-face.
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Covid stimulus bill is dead https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1291710612528136192
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Oh good. I'm sure the people who got fired and are now seeking work in the worst job market of my life while also facing eviction will be fine.
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DeWine actually tested negative later in the day, it was a quick test that gives a lot of false positives that everyone who sees Trump has to take. Hasn't stopped the morons on Facebook from saying how masks are worthless since the 'state mask mascot' got the rona! Very cool.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Covid stimulus bill is dead how hard is it to say "people are starving and dying, they need help" and stop inserting bullshit into the bill and just help the people
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:how hard is it to say "people are starving and dying, they need help" and stop inserting bullshit into the bill and just help the people The rich donors who run the country don't want them to help the people
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:how hard is it to say "people are starving and dying, they need help" and stop inserting bullshit into the bill and just help the people Well Republicans only care about the starving defense contractors and not the unemployed people, and Dems care about both equally (though they still would probably rather hang out with the defense contractors)
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GolfHole posted:the government knows that helping people in the short-term would be meaningless in the bleak and terrifying long-term Yeah man they should just start mailing single shot pistols to every address
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Covid stimulus bill is dead The Glumslinger posted:Well Republicans only care about the starving defense contractors and not the unemployed people, and Dems care about both equally (though they still would probably rather hang out with the defense contractors) Dems want to give money to people to prevent them from literally starving in the streets. Republicans don't care because of their bullshit "lazy poors should bootstraps" mentality. These positions are very well known. How exactly do the Repubs see themselves coming out as looking good on this one (except to their most hardcore smoothbrained death cult members)?
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