Pennywise the Frown posted:

Yeah like I said they're sold out. Also all of the physical stores around here are sold out. You can check their inventory online.


Hur hur hur sorry I'm not a huge nintendo nerd. I just want the Ring Fit game.

There Bias Two posted:

Ring fit is very fun. I've had it about a month now and it has gotten me off the couch quite a bit. It even has useful adaptive settings for people who may have impairments.

Soysaucebeast posted:

This one is the regular price, but it doesn't ship until January 14 if you can wait. I would still recommend checking physician stores though. My local Target has Animal Crossing Switches still, and my Walmart has like a dozen regular ones chilling.

I get the pain though, I've been trying to get a ps5 for a few months ago and that poo poo just ain't happening either.

eggyolk posted:

Gonna be a lot of used Harley's on SD Craigslist soon.

Blistex posted:

Irony being that their biggest demographic was already dying off before Covid showed up. Also, doesn't HD make much more money whoring out their logo than actually selling bikes?

Blistex posted:

Irony being that their biggest demographic was already dying off before Covid showed up. Also, doesn't HD make much more money whoring out their logo than actually selling bikes?

Head Bee Guy posted:

What screwball side effects of the vaccine are you guys predicting? My money is on odd hair growth changes

Pennywise the Frown posted:

That's what I heard. And millennials aren't buying their poo poo so they aren't doing so hot. Millennials can't afford their poo poo lol.

I saw they're making an E-bike though. They're probably trying to break into the younger market. I'm guessing it'll still be prohibitively expensive.

Head Bee Guy posted:

What screwball side effects of the vaccine are you guys predicting? My money is on odd hair growth changes

Gologle posted:

So Florida is doing some hardcore lying, right? They've been surprisingly low on the charts posted in this thread, and I just cannot believe that given what happened a few months ago when their head statistician quit due to being unable to tolerate number fudging.

Gologle posted:

So Florida is doing some hardcore lying, right?

WithoutTheFezOn posted:

Probably not. Testing dropped significantly in late summer and only recently picked back up (oddly, at the same time positivity started rising again).

New case daily positivity was up around 13% at the summer peak, dropped down to about 5%, and has been rising over the last month to the 8-9-percent range.

Head Bee Guy posted:

What screwball side effects of the vaccine are you guys predicting? My money is on odd hair growth changes

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

So the covid restrictions are going well ....

https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1330261324119633923

Head Bee Guy posted:

What screwball side effects of the vaccine are you guys predicting? My money is on odd hair growth changes

Mithaldu posted:

context apparently this, tho i can't read it in yurp:

quote:

A gathering of about 50 business owners and their supporters inside an Orchard Park gym shut down by Covid-19 restrictions turned into a confrontation with Erie County authorities Friday night.

The owner of the gym, Athletes Unleashed on California Road, described the gathering as a protest of the state's "orange zone" regulations that have closed gyms, salons and other businesses deemed nonessential.

No one was cited and no arrests were made, according to two people who attended, but video of the incident shows an Erie County health inspector accompanied by three sheriff's deputies arriving about 20 minutes after the gathering began.

"It absolutely was a protest – inside my building," said the gym's owner, Robby Dinero, who described the state's rules forcing some businesses to close as arbitrary.

The video, which circulated on social media Saturday morning, shows a tense back and forth, with one deputy pointing out that people weren't wearing masks and the protesters accusing county representatives of trespassing and entering the property without a warrant.

"Get out! Get out!" the group can be heard over and over as the health inspector and deputies exited the gym. Several people followed them out, holding up their cellphones to record the incident.

The confrontation showed frustrations bubbling as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into a ninth month and new restrictions shut down schools and certain businesses in much of Erie County amid a second wave of coronavirus infections.

Erie County on Friday surpassed 20,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic as the Western New York region posted new records of daily cases.

In an attempt to slow the spread, New York State has shuttered what it describes as "high-risk" businesses, including gyms, barbershops and hair salons in areas of Erie County designated as an "orange zone." Indoor dining has also been banned at restaurants and bars, which already have to stop serving everything but takeout food by 10 p.m. Many suburban school districts must switch to virtual learning starting Monday, while Buffalo schools have been remote-only since March.

The shutdowns have prompted some citizens to plan protests on Sunday, while some law enforcement officials have declared they have no intention of counting guests at Thanksgiving dinners.

Several sheriffs across the state, among them Erie County's own Tim Howard and Niagara County's Michael J. Filicetti, have said they refuse to break up Thanksgiving dinners even if they exceed the new statewide 10-person limit on gatherings.

“I have no plans to utilize my office’s resources or Deputies to break up the great tradition of Thanksgiving dinner,” Howard said in a statement.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said on Twitter Saturday that he had learned about a protest planned to take place near his house in Buffalo on Sunday. Organizers circulated plans over the weekend calling for people to drive around the area while honking their horns or to march with drums, bullhorns and pots and pans to make noise.

Poloncarz criticized the organizers for asking people to bring "pictures of elderly who have been locked in internment camps" and encouraging people to "dress as slaves or anything else creative."

"If the people behind this planned protest think this will weaken our resolve to protect the public from the Coronavirus they are wrong," Poloncarz wrote.

https://twitter.com/markpoloncarz/status/1330196753371590657?s=20

Dinero, the owner of the California Road gym, told The Buffalo News Saturday that there was nothing illegal about the gathering at his gym on Friday.

"I called this meeting together so we could protest the closing of small businesses, the handpicking of winners and losers," Dinero said.

As a protest, Dinero said, the gathering was protected by law.

Dinero pointed out that authorities didn't try to stop Black Lives Matter protests over the summer or celebrations of Joe Biden's victory after the election. "It was no problem for people to come out then," he said.

Dinero said he refused to shut down earlier this spring but was visited by a Orchard Park building inspector, accompanied by two police officers, who threatened to revoke his certificate of occupancy and shut off his utilities if he didn't comply.

"What kind of tactics are those?" he questioned.

He ended up shutting down, Dinero said.

Tim Walton, a Buffalo bartender and event promoter who was at the gym Friday night, posted a video on his blog of the interaction. By 8 a.m., the blog post had been visited more than 18,000 times and he had received inquiries about the incident from national media.

Walton said the people at the gym Friday night aren't denying the existence of Covid-19.

"Nobody is sitting around saying this isn't real," said Walton.

He said the group is frustrated by what they believe is the arbitrariness of who gets shut down.

Gyms were allowed to open before movie theaters, he said. But now gyms have to close again and movie theaters can remain open.

Meanwhile, malls can be open, even for Black Friday. "It's the busiest shopping day of the year but a hair salon with two people in it can't be open?" Walton questioned. "There's just so much that doesn't make sense."

Business owners are willing to work within restrictions, Walton said.

"They want to open their businesses," he said.

Neither the health inspector nor the deputies specified what rules Dinero and the people inside his gym Friday evening were breaking, Dinero said.

"We are gathering information and will have more to share in our press conference on Monday," said Health Department spokeswoman Kara Kane in an emailed comment.

Dinero and Walton said they are in the process of organizing "some very dynamic protests" in the near future, Dinero said. The gym owner said the protests won't be violent. "This isn't a Second Amendment thing. This is not anti-vaxxers. There will be no guns, no fistfights. We're civil, peaceful protesters but it'll be led by a Marine." Dinero served three tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said.

He also vowed to celebrate Thanksgiving the way he wants to.

"I'm going to have a huge family gathering and we're not going to wear masks," he said.

Mithaldu posted:

context

Platystemon posted:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

LOL I just stumbled over this old tweet from May. Here's a trip down memory lane:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

There's been a lot of crazy gym owners featured during this pandemic

Mithaldu posted:

tbh i somewhat suspect this is because their businesses are going under. what does the financial support for small businesses like that look like in australia?

cosmo sex tip posted:

my professional advice to anyone who is getting invited to a funeral right now, COVID-related death or not: Do Not Go To That Funeral

There's really no excuse/mitigating circumstances for this, if they're holding an in-person public funeral (and/or, god forbid, visitation!) and there's no livestream/remote attending option, then either the funeral home or the family is reckless enough to not give a poo poo about possibly exposing you, all your elderly relatives and THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES and that alone is reason enough not to go. If there's a livestream/remote attending option, do that instead. Don't go.

people on here are generally smart enough to come to that conclusion on their own but in case there's anybody out there struggling with the moral ambiguity about not attending the funeral of a loved one right now and they just need someone else to tell them it's okay, here's a professional in the field (me) saying it: It's fine, and in fact better, not to go. Stay home, call your loved ones and give your condolences remotely, maybe write some nice heartfelt letters. Use the opportunity to reach out and remind everyone that you love them. But you absolutely do not need to be there, and anybody who'd hold it against you is truly not worth worrying about.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Good news from the UK! Boris Johnson has negotiated a one week truce with the cursed virus for the Christmas period!! The invisible enemy has finally listened to his arguments and seen reason!!

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1330279663533481989

quote:

Britons are set to be given Covid 'freedom passes' as long as they test negative for the virus twice in a week, it has been suggested. The details of the scheme are still being ironed out by officials in Whitehall, who hope it will allow the country to get back to normal next year.

To earn the freedom pass, people will need to be tested regularly and, provided the results come back negative, they will then be given a letter, card or document they can show to people as they move around. The certificate would be stored on a phone, according to sources, and would allow people to live a relatively normal life until the government's vaccination programme gets up to the speed. It would even allow Britons to get away without wearing a mask, it is thought, and visit family and friends without the need to socially distance.

A source told the Telegraph: 'They will allow someone to wander down the streets, and if someone else asks why they are not wearing a mask, they can show the card, letter or an App.' It comes after former health secretary Jeremy Hunt threw his backing behind the 'freedom pass' concept. His proposal suggests far less testing, however, with calls for Britons to be tested just once a month before being given their certificates. The former health secretary has called on ministers to come up with 'proper incentives' for people to get tested, self-isolate and receive a vaccine.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

The UK are also considering a coronavirus 'freedom pass' system where people would be allowed to walk around maskless if they've tested negative

https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1330457804017201152


This is an EXTREMELY DUMB IDEA because even if everyone operated under this system in good faith (they won't, a huge percentage of them will obviously just get a fake 'freedom pass' or a fake negative test or pretend they left their "freedom card" in their other pants) there's still the fact that that's not how coronavirus tests work and there's no 100% guarantee that a negative test means you don't have it and you're not blowing giant plumes of virus particles everywhere you go, plus socially distancing is also for their own protection and masks also give some protection to the wearer.
JUST WEAR THE GODDAMN MASKS

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

There's been a lot of crazy gym owners featured during this pandemic

Mithaldu posted:

tbh i somewhat suspect this is because their businesses are going under. what does the financial support for small businesses like that look like in australia?

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

There was a big federal $130 billion "JobKeeper" wage subsidy program

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

The UK are also considering a coronavirus 'freedom pass' system where people would be allowed to walk around maskless if they've tested negative

https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1330457804017201152

wilderthanmild posted:

I'm obviously not attending, but a family friend sent out a reminder today that their Christmas party that's so big they need to rent a venue for it is still planned to happen. It's nice to know there I'll soon get to see a super spreader event among people I know.