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Zero VGS posted:For serious, I'm an IT person who got my first taste of work from home and I'm about 110% as effective as I was in the office. If they ever insist I come back, I'm straight quitting. They're just gonna have to deal with me never showing up in person again, one way or the other. Yup, I'm in IT too and I've felt so much more productive and less stressed out ever since I started working from home. Plus my girlfriend, who is currently unemployed and in school, can keep me company when it's slow. While I'd rather society gradually get back to normal in every other respect, I'd love if working from home becomes the standard and not the exception.
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Mnoba posted:one of the best things coming out of this is watching blue state people revolting against their lovely authoritarian leaders lmao, reading this thread and all of the brrrr trump and brrrr republicans is just really fascinating. This is not a thing and solely exists in your feverish MAGA fantasies with your dear leader Emperor Donald Jebidiah Trump.
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My husband's aunt died suddenly of cancer on Monday in Vancouver/Richmond, and the family is having a really hard time finding a funeral home to take care of arrangements. As far as we know, she is being kept on ice at the hospital where she died, but no one can do anything and it's just a matter of time before the hospital has to make room for covid corpses. 
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Fenarisk posted:Can't trump force the meat workers back to work just like Reagan did with the airline workers? Honest question I don't know the answer to, especially since a strong union was involved in that incident as well. PATCO was a cop union: it backed Reagan and reaped what it loving well sowed.
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Mozi posted:yeah i know, right? yes, WHO Who? No, the WHO The band? No, the World Heath Organization What? why are you here? COVID-19!
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I think the most disturbing thing about the President Hamburglar photo is that each of those fast food items stays warm for approximately 0.02 seconds after they leave the restaurant. Now, imagine how long it took to stack and arrange them all for the photo op. Then how long it took for the football players to get in their photos standing by them. Then waiting in line. And then remember some of them talking about it was the best meal they'd ever had. Also, all the main tracker sites are now in agreement that we broke 1 million cases. 1/3 of all confirmed infections, 1/4 of all worldwide deaths. Get back to work, winners! Hazo fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Barudak posted:Japan, whose rates are theoretically declining and is at around 150 cases a day is likely going to delay their grand reopening to June 6th instead of May 6th while I guess the US tries to make social security solvent It's stunning how everything continues to be worse than you imagined it could be in the U.S. Worse case scenarios don't really come true that often and it's happening right now in slow motion like a nightmare irl. It feels exactly like that- I'll wake up and be like, "Whew, thank God it was a dream, what a weird one drat I let the room get too hot."
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im not sure why anyone is stunned by how the US is handing everything, it makes complete sense if you accept that no one gives a poo poo about people’s lives, and instead openly only care about ~~~**the economy**~~~ (my money)
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Captain Beans posted:im not sure why anyone is stunned by how the US is handing everything, Probably because they're not as smart as you, genius
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Captain Beans posted:im not sure why anyone is stunned by how the US is handing everything, it makes complete sense if you accept that no one gives a poo poo about people’s lives, and instead openly only care about ~~~**the economy**~~~ (my money) sad is probably the better word..you hope when it comes down to it the country you're living in doesn't model themselves after the movie jurassic park but here we are some of you are about to get eaten on the toilet so some other jackass can go "welp we tried *shrug*" on a conference call..it's dumb and world "leaders" that got people killed should be held accountable when the planet is more stable. we all know that won't happen though.
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Fartbox posted:Americans seem to have been painfully unaware of what country they were living in 
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American culture is a hilarious mix of willful stupidity, selfishness, greed, laziness, and entitlement. This is a dry run for the climate change disasters coming down the pipe in the next few decades. We're turbo hosed. Hope you've got a second passport!
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:It's just a flu, bro This is absolutely disgusting. The amount of financial waste the funeral industry causes is abhorrent. You could easily cram 60 bodies into one standard bobtail truck, why do they need four?
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Captain Beans posted:im not sure why anyone is stunned by how the US is handing everything, it makes complete sense if you accept that no one gives a poo poo about people’s lives, and instead openly only care about ~~~**the economy**~~~ (my money) Except the economy is still gon a suck, polls show somewhere between 70-80% of people plan to continue to social distance and continue to avoid going out even after their state reopens. Its gonna mainly be empty stores and restaurants with everyone there forced to deal MAGA idiots who refuse to wear masks and complain about everyone overreacting
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zer0spunk posted:sad is probably the better word..you hope when it comes down to it the country you're living in doesn't model themselves after the movie jurassic park but here we are well yea I agree it is sad, but have decided to be callous about it because otherwise I’ll go insane. I think most people agree with you, they hope when poo poo gets *serious* people would be like “oh ok it’s time to stop all the bullshit and get real”. But the problem is the culture of a country doesn’t shift overnight, the momentum built up over years is too great. It took years to build up poo poo like hyper-partisan politics, ignoring of facts, not valuing science, slashing budgets for gov heath orgs, valuing self over community, treating employees as disposable equipment, ect. We built this poo poo house, brick by brick, and now we get to live in it. Captain Beans fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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I do, but to a country that's a heavy ally of America and loves trump. Goddamnit.
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I'm stunned because a million dying will not prevent the Great Depression from happening again. I'm stunned at number still going up too.
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Captain Beans posted:well yea I agree it is sad, but have decided to be callous about it because otherwise I’ll go insane. No, the problem is that there are no serious people. At least not any near where they can do anything to make any difference that matters.
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I live in California so I probably don't even have to go anywhere to not be an American in 10-20 years.
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Chomp8645 posted:I live in California so I probably don't even have to go anywhere to not be an American in 10-20 years. I'm kind of excited at the prospect of a Great Lakes super region tbh
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Schadenboner posted:No, the problem is that there are no serious people. At least not any near where they can do anything to make any difference that matters. Right, but those useless humps didn’t get into office by accident. We* as a country put them there.
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Chomp8645 posted:I live in California so I probably don't even have to go anywhere to not be an American in 10-20 years. Yeah, you saw that Colorado and Nevada signed onto the west coast state alliance thing?
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Cacafuego posted:What’s the most risky way to deal with the bodies? Well, a dead body on it’s own isn’t really a risk because bodies aren’t breathing and coughing and dispelling viral particles everywhere. But cutting them open is what can cause fluids to spray all over. Fluids that may or may not contain high levels of active virus. Embalming is the process that puts funeral workers in close contact with potential contagions. Though embalming is hazardous enough on it’s own that you practically need a hazmat suit to embalm safely anyway. The funeral industry is frequently pretty predatory with high priced “luxury” caskets, sometimes even demanding you purchase a $5000 casket for a cremation, or some will claim it is illegal to bury a body that is not embalmed. It can be an easy to way make money off people who are grieving and are in no state to bargain. But with the way things are right now, even basic funerals and memorial services aren’t allowed, so people can’t adequately grieve for their family members and say goodbye and that’s tragic for them.
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at the idea that even in death, a corpse is still making money for people. So much so, that it is referred to as an industry. How has capitalism not yet created a disassembly line (
) set to the tune of Powerhouse for the funerary industry to ensure the most cost effective disposal of American corpses? Surely, there’s a way to monetize that?
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The Glumslinger posted:Except the economy is still gon a suck, polls show somewhere between 70-80% of people plan to continue to social distance and continue to avoid going out even after their state reopens. Its gonna mainly be empty stores and restaurants with everyone there forced to deal MAGA idiots who refuse to wear masks and complain about everyone overreacting Yup, most people are terrified of going outside at this point when they see 800 new daily cases in their state alone and 30k nationally every single day without fail. Nothing is going to be back to normal for many months, if not far longer than that. People aren't going to be magically okay with going out for date nights at restaurants after their friends and family have contracted Coronavirus, or worse, died. No one is going to be shopping in significant numbers anywhere outside of their essential trips to grocery stores for a very long time. That's why delusional red state governors who think gradually opening their states back up will "save the economy" or whatever nonsense are just going a. kill people for no loving reason b. depress the economy even more when death statistics get out of control again. We're so hosed and none of this needs to happen at all.
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https://cleantechnica.com/2020/04/29/massive-unseasonable-heatwave-to-hit-the-southern-usa-this-week-how-to-keep-safe/ Heatwave hitting the South Perfect for air conditioning to blow Covid around for maximum exposure fast^^^^
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"Massive Unreasonable Heatwave" lol Mother Earth you are being VERY unreasonable right now, will you just listen for a minute please!??? e: CHOMP NO READ GOOD Meme Poker Party fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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The Glumslinger posted:Yeah, you saw that Colorado and Nevada signed onto the west coast state alliance thing? just matching what the east coast is doing with the tri-state and surrounding. the idea that if you don't coordinate people will flock to whoever is open is what they want to avoid. you'd think the middle states would give that a second to comprehend but it's just a patchwork of randomness. i think when we look back on this one of the defining moments will be when the federal gov just threw up hands and went "i dunno, states should deal with it themselves" it doesn't take a polisci degree to understand if you don't give federal help to states they can't pay for things like hospitals and police and fire responders...ya know, plus education, transportation...just the most short-sighted moves over and over so far.
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Captain Beans posted:Right, but those useless humps didn’t get into office by accident. We* as a country put them there.
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suuma posted:That's not what it says. Aww man I misread and now I look positively foolish!
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Back in the office the 11th with Utah's cases still growing rather than flattening. Fun !
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