irpoweroutlet posted:

mood: cracked/pinged

loving lol. Just got ahold of the unemployment office (still working just over 50% of my hours) and the “hazard pay” my work is giving me is putting me about $20 over the (shameful) limit to receive any benefits at all.

You’d think this poo poo would be on a sliding scale. Seriously, if I made $20 less a week, I’d go from receiving $0 to over $600 a week.

Agean90 posted:

because the easiest way to get into another country involves a highly in demand skill, local language knowledge and/or some saved up money to handle the costs of moving plus paperwork. the idea that the 90% of people who just work some dull lovely job can just up and move to another country at the drop of a hat usually leaves out something that gives the a leg up on their peers, usually some ancestory requirement or familial connection

I can't think of any company that's gonna go through all the rigamarole of filing visa papers for someone whos job is wrangling timesheets, let alone anyone stuck working multiple part time jobs.

Schnorkles posted:

the economy will not just come back because the republicans really want it to, a descriptive play in 3 months

Blockade posted:

Ohios doing something lovely (again).

Anyone who uses this is a cop:

https://twitter.com/ChrisOpfer/status/1257645828102995970

Zotix posted:

Can I just show up and claim amnesty coming from a failed state?

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

How can you look back on the last 4-5 years and be optimistic that the worst thing isn't going to happen

Schnorkles posted:

the economy will not just come back because the republicans really want it to, a descriptive play in 3 months

brugroffil posted:

that death toll tho

Zotix posted:

Seriously though, why does it seem near impossible for an American to get work in another first world western nation. When I worked for Hilton it was near impossible to get manager positions outside of the country.

I'd seriously consider moving to another first world nation in the next 3-5 years.

Zotix posted:

Seriously though, why does it seem near impossible for an American to get work in another first world western nation. When I worked for Hilton it was near impossible to get manager positions outside of the country.

I'd seriously consider moving to another first world nation in the next 3-5 years.

Schnorkles posted:

lmao that everywhere in Georgia is basically reporting that the "reopening" weekend was an absolute disaster and was probably more expensive than just staying closed

owned

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

How can you look back on the last 4-5 years and be optimistic that the worst thing isn't going to happen

shovelbum posted:

Yeah it's becoming pretty clear that the lockdown to paralyze the opposition and then reopening on their terms while allowing the pandemic to slaughter POC has been the plan since like December

Zotix posted:

I don't know if I agree with that. I went out on Friday just south of Atl airport. Had to hit a Lowe's and it was fuckin mobbed. 60% or so had masks, but there must have been hundreds of people in the store. I bought what I needed and then chilled in the nursery area looking at mother's day gifts until the nursery line went away and got the gently caress out.

Every restaurant was deserted. I just don't see how restaurants at any level survive this. The profit margin in restaurants were already razor thin, and now people aren't eating out and even if they did you won't make enough money adhering to social distancing guidelines.

Schnorkles posted:

lmao that everywhere in Georgia is basically reporting that the "reopening" weekend was an absolute disaster and was probably more expensive than just staying closed

owned

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

This is so hosed up

https://mobile.twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1257675080013885441

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

The inevitable result of this mindset is people trying to one-up each other about how awful they think the world is for internet points. Some do it with an actually existing layer of irony but sometimes you get poo poo like this.


And when thoughts like this are encouraged, you end up with a man screaming at his wife for being cautiously optimistic about the near future. If it's REALLY bad, that man a week later will be saying that actually things WERE getting better but now they're DEFINITELY going to be exactly as bad as he imagines, without any self-awareness at all.

Schnorkles posted:

lmao that everywhere in Georgia is basically reporting that the "reopening" weekend was an absolute disaster and was probably more expensive than just staying closed

owned

quote:

John Whitfield tried to combat his cabin fever with a trip to the Mall of Georgia in Buford. He was curious how many stores would be open and hoped to get a gift for Mother’s Day. He didn’t find a present, but said he felt safe on his shopping trip.

“It seems like they’re doing everything they can,” Whitfield said. “I don’t think they should’ve opened yet, but that’s just me.”

Zotix posted:

I don't know if I agree with that. I went out on Friday just south of Atl airport. Had to hit a Lowe's and it was fuckin mobbed. 60% or so had masks, but there must have been hundreds of people in the store. I bought what I needed and then chilled in the nursery area looking at mother's day gifts until the nursery line went away and got the gently caress out.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

gregday posted:

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1257730562963288064

Agean90 posted:

because the easiest way to get into another country involves a highly in demand skill, local language knowledge and/or some saved up money to handle the costs of moving plus paperwork. the idea that the 90% of people who just work some dull lovely job can just up and move to another country at the drop of a hat usually leaves out something that gives the a leg up on their peers, usually some ancestory requirement or familial connection

I can't think of any company that's gonna go through all the rigamarole of filing visa papers for someone whos job is wrangling timesheets, let alone anyone stuck working multiple part time jobs.

Zotix posted:

Can I just show up and claim amnesty coming from a failed state?

Last Chance posted:

hardware stores have been doing very well throughout this whole thing and haven't been closed down IIRC?

Flesh Forge posted:

shovelbum gets dogpiled every couple of days for posting crazy talk dude

BOGO LOAD posted:

[COVID-19 May] THERE IS A MEAT


SHORTAGE

Zberan Madowinty posted:

We're all acting shocked at the chief justice in wisconsin saying "who give a gently caress, just a bunch of poor b**ners are gonna die" but that's going to be the talking point of the entire GOP within 8 hours or so.

Schnorkles posted:

Lowe's has been mobbed every day during the "closed" economy. Same with grocery stores, etc.

Certain sections of the economy are okay right now, a lot aren't.

brugroffil posted:

Yup. I had to run to Meijer for our weekly grocery trip last Friday morning. First day of Illinois' mask requirement. Compliance at Meijer was 90%+! Store was still crowded.

They share a parking lot with Home Depot, so I drove by out of curiosity. Much lower mask-wearing percentage, parking lot completely full on a Friday morning. This is in one of the states that is handling it better than most, lmao even without chudge rulings and idiot poo poo like "the state of Georgia" we'd be doomed.