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skooma512: Feb 8, 2012; You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

cr0y posted:

Finally got my tests from Uncle Joe

Final push until my nieces can get vaccinated

Current Defense Posture: China

(They're currently in stock on Amazon by the way)

Got my government tests today too. Same brand as those

# ? Feb 3, 2022 08:52

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# ? May 29, 2024 17:31

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

can we just get 100 of these,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC5xzmeYP74
filled with white covid flags and dump them on the national mall

# ? Feb 3, 2022 08:52

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

skooma512 posted:

Got my government tests today too. Same brand as those

lol i never got my government tests because i live in an apartment complex
:nice:

i'm sitting on a ton already so whatever but still lmao

# ? Feb 3, 2022 08:53

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/qaomene/status/1489142660229210114

it really is just people resenting the gently caress out of getting reminded that they're taking their life into their own hands whenever they see someone in PPE

the incongruity between what they're doing and what you're doing is supposed to tell you that you're wrong!!! gently caress YOU!!!

# ? Feb 3, 2022 08:53

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

AceOfFlames posted:

i just broke down to my therapist yesterday about all my worries about COVID, lessening immunity, collapse of society, everything. Her response was to disclose she herself was immunocompromised, had COVID twice but "it felt like a cold" and I should "not let this stop me from living my best life".

Now what?

not_superiority posted:

my secure click is my therapist now

# ? Feb 3, 2022 08:59

Pigmassacre: Nov 23, 2010; GARBAGE DAY

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/merparten-av-restriktionerna-lyfts-nasta-vecka-dags-att-oppna-upp
https://www-svt-se.translate.goog/n...=en&_x_tr_hl=en

"The restrictions will be lifted next week: "Time to open up""

Sweden is officially joining forces with the rest of the nordics
OPEN 'ER UP

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:03

skooma512: Feb 8, 2012; You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

Trixie Hardcore posted:

Oh come on it�s not like every inch of the internet that isn�t moderated is stuffed to bursting with slurs and bigoted ramblings. Oh hold up, no that�s definitely what every unmoderated inch of the internet is like.

Eventually you just become a nazi hangout or a place to post porn. They�re like maggots on a corpse

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:04

Pigmassacre: Nov 23, 2010; GARBAGE DAY

Pigmassacre posted:

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/merparten-av-restriktionerna-lyfts-nasta-vecka-dags-att-oppna-upp
https://www-svt-se.translate.goog/n...=en&_x_tr_hl=en

"The restrictions will be lifted next week: "Time to open up""

Sweden is officially joining forces with the rest of the nordics
OPEN 'ER UP

honestly im loving livid about this poo poo
its going to be so loving bad in a month, and the social pressure about LETTING GO is going to go into overdrive.
still wanting to avoid contact and staying home is going to be so much more annoying to defend

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:07

empty whippet box: Jun 9, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/qaomene/status/1489142660229210114

it really is just people resenting the gently caress out of getting reminded that they're taking their life into their own hands whenever they see someone in PPE

the incongruity between what they're doing and what you're doing is supposed to tell you that you're wrong!!! gently caress YOU!!!

what really sends me is how chinese people must look at / feel around americans. we are loving plague monsters. we literally have pundits writing articles about how covid is good and china would actually benefit from a little covid. In 2019 I really didn't think america could become any more of an object of ridicule worldwide than it was, but wow have we come a long way since th en

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:09

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

AppleNippleBOB posted:

Nah, thank you. I've been putting off refershing my inventory. Down to like 8 of these. Bought a 50 box of 9105 masks. They're alright, but I don't feel like I get a perfect/as good of a seal with them. wore one tonight, and at times felt the cool steam of airs slipping in the sides.

I just pulled the trigger on another 40 9210+ for me and the housemate. Wanted to try out the 9211+ masks, but they're $3.5 a pop, before tax and shipping. the 9210's came out to just under $2.50 per mask after tax and shipping. Prob won't get here until end of the month. Not a worry, though.

tbh i wouldn't be surprised if the grainger 9210s never show up and they end up canceling the orders

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:16

Just a Moron: Nov 11, 2021

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

oh word?

BraveUlysses posted:

he's wrong i've been wearing my respirator at work for months

Oh well that's good to know. I saw a sign recently stating they're prohibited, but maybe the policy changed or the enforcement is lax.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:17

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Zisky posted:

So my office is issuing me 3 N95s a week (I had to sign that silly OSHA form).

Does anyone know much about these vs the gold standard Auras?

That�s the respirator that Fauci wears when telling people not to wear respirators.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:19

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Wish I hadn't been asleep for dying town chat, but check out Malden, MO on google maps.

Also, for fully dead towns, there's the Carrollton division of Bridgeton, MO. Wish I had known about it when I lived a few miles down the interstate. It's gone back to the earth.

A bit of explanation here:
https://pbase.com/jboard/carrollton

holy poo poo thanks for sharing this, what a read that article is

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:20

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

Virgil Vox posted:

so what's the deal of a states power, say if a state wanted to close its borders to outside or choose to not accept people from a specific one, due to corona, what would happen?

if the capitalists are ok with cutting off that country, like when america banned travel from a bunch of african countries at the start of december, then it goes fine. if the capitalists don't want it to happen then they do the usual thing of using their money and power to try and overturn the government decision that they dont like. if the local capitalists can be controlled by the state, like in china, but the capitalists outside of the state's control also don't like it then those outside capitalists will try to overrule the state's restrictions on movement from outside, like how western capitalists have been demanding that china stop trying to contain covid.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:22

Angryhead: Apr 4, 2009; Don't call my name
Don't call my name
Alejandro

Whoo, more imported idioticism: "Convoy Estonia"

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:22

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/qaomene/status/1489142660229210114

it really is just people resenting the gently caress out of getting reminded that they're taking their life into their own hands whenever they see someone in PPE

the incongruity between what they're doing and what you're doing is supposed to tell you that you're wrong!!! gently caress YOU!!!

every foreigner interacting with chinese people is that old white guy in the salmon polo hanging out with three people in hazmat suits

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:24

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Can't imagine trusting anyone other than my wife for the rest of my life.
...
Everyone is a ghoul lol, totally fine with never seeing anyone ever again at this point, I just miss dogs and the idea of safe medical care.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:25

Jingoro: May 13, 2003; Yarrrrr...beware the chicken waters, matey...

mawarannahr posted:

isn�t he already doing that, kind of? or am I misunderstanding how T cells work and what happens when they are depleted by COVID.

Yep, just what I was thinking. Maybe they think that when everyone starts sprouting tumors all over like the war boys in Mad Max it will turn into profit for their health industry buddies? It's hard to understand the mindset of loving rich ghouls.

blatman posted:

if biden is talking about fixing cancer all of a sudden that makes me worried that omicron-2 gives u cancer

I've got some bad news for you about T-cells and every variant that has already happened.

hot witch divorcee posted:

this is going to get a little dark, but, i hope it resonates with you or some people here. the thing that is keeping me going is that americans, westerners in general, and especially capitalists, are finally careening away from "the end of history" and into their own oblivion, opening up a path for a future where humanity continues to exist. its going to suck because they are nasty, bitter, horrible people who absolutely want to take everyone with them, but at least covid leads to some possibilities where they just won't be able to. its overdue, unjust, and will do terrible things to people who don't deserve it as collateral to be mass buried in piles far from those who lived long, happy lives with families off of a mountain of exploitation and death, but what can we do? not recognizing it doesn't make it not what's happening.

there's a comic i am having trouble finding to post but it is (i think an edit) of one of those many panel full page kind of comics, where a person is offered the end of capitalism if they press a button, which they immediately slap, to where the presenter is like NO NO I DIDNT EXPLAIN BUT IF YOU PRESS IT YOUR HOME COUNTRY OF AMERICA GETS NUKED! the person just keeps hammering the button, with their assumed partner walking in, to which they excitedly proclaim "honey, we're getting nuked!"

most everyone wants to be a martyr, it's easy. solve the existential crisis of the absurdity and thus inherent lack of meaning to existence, and then not have to do anything ever about it because you're dead. get to be remembered as a hero and you don't even have to like, do things anymore? it's a tantalizing gig, but it's liberal fantasy that martyrdom gets anything done. most would-be martyrs are just dead and unremembered and the poo poo they died to change still lurches on to ever more victims without abatement.

what actually accomplishes things, what does give your life a meaning that you are able to accept, is actually doing poo poo. doing poo poo for a long time, much of it hard and all of it at least annoying and definitely an unjust burden to have to bear, and helping chip away at things being better, with so many others, most of you nameless beyond your circle of family and friends.

there is a lot of things absolutely terrifying about watching this rotten, cancerous empire's collapse start to accelerate from the core, especially for those of us who live in it. not a moment goes by that i am not acting or making plans revolving around the fact that the person i love the most in the world is at a pretty bad risk for getting murked by the out of control plague on account of her being immunocompromised and that if that happens it will most likely be because i hosed up some safety precaution or tried to do something too dangerous. but by the void the empire is collapsing. and the worst, most terrible people you can imagine, the ones that were nigh-inevitably going to be wantonly cruel and murderous during the definitely-inevitable fascist uprising as the empire dies, are dropping like flies on poisoned poo poo because they can't stop going to the applebee's suck and gently caress. sure, it's not fair that in the wake of their murderous abandon a lot of people who don't deserve it are also going to leave us too soon, but all we can do is all we can do to keep ourselves and those we love and care for safe to try and get through this, and maybe get to be part of humanity embarking on an actual future.

A ~~glass~~ can of beans in toast to finding silver linings, even if they're just the silver lining of bunker bean cans.
Honestly it's necessary though. Humans have been through atrocious poo poo already that can really only be survived by some strong sense of purpose, irrational or not.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:26

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Azathoth posted:

It's pretty common for people to make an accusatory report and have it not be true. I think I've only had it happen once where it was actually the person and I've lost count about how many times someone has said "this has got to be so-and-so" and usually no, it isn't.

The one time I reported an obvious rereg for evading probation, it was actually a different permabanned user.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:26

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

empty whippet box posted:

what really sends me is how chinese people must look at / feel around americans. we are loving plague monsters. we literally have pundits writing articles about how covid is good and china would actually benefit from a little covid. In 2019 I really didn't think america could become any more of an object of ridicule worldwide than it was, but wow have we come a long way since th en

it reminds me a lot of how Turkish politicians used to say that a little bit of radiation is good for you, after Chernobyl made all the tea that grows in the Black Sea region radioactive for decades

same as it ever was

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:27

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

actually covid doesnt gently caress up your T cells, it's mild as long as you get vaccinated

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:28

Trixie Hardcore: Jul 1, 2006; Placeholder.

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/qaomene/status/1489142660229210114

it really is just people resenting the gently caress out of getting reminded that they're taking their life into their own hands whenever they see someone in PPE

the incongruity between what they're doing and what you're doing is supposed to tell you that you're wrong!!! gently caress YOU!!!

If I got on a plane and the crew were in full hazmats I�d feel so much safer. Being bothered by this is like being bothered when you see an engineer doing a preflight check. �Whoa, they�re checking to see if the engines are working properly? A little over the top if you ask me�

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:30

Trixie Hardcore: Jul 1, 2006; Placeholder.

blatman posted:

optimism is just hubris that you're expected to have

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:30

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Zodium posted:

turns out everything is real and true and hilarious.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:31

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Lawlicaust posted:

Yeah, I have quite a few different ones simply because of comfort in different situations.

The Honeywell 7700 is definitely comfortable when I wasn�t speaking but I absolutely hated how fiddly all the straps were and how it fit. The straps are absolutely F tier to me. I was constantly adjusting to make a good seal especially when talking. Maybe if it had much better straps I�d like it more. It also always felt dusty and dirty no matter what I did. Things just cling to the material. If I had to wear one for 8 hours without no talking, I would probably like it better but it�s an absolute no-go for taking. So I had to have a bizarre setup where I wore it any time I didn�t need to talk and then went outside to swap to an Aura when I needed to talk.

The 3M 6300 I just got feels better for mixed use. The seal on it is fantastic because of how stiff the mask is. i have not had to adjust the mask yet. It�s definitely so stiff it can make my face a little uncomfortable after a while but I think that�s a fair trade for the seal. Way easier to hear me and talking does not break the seal. It has the best bling available too if I don�t want to do a bunch of design and 3D printing.

I think I�m going to just full on doomsday fashion. I don�t give a gently caress about what anyone thinks and don�t want them approaching me at this point anyway. I got the full skull mask for the 6300, some over glasses sealing goggles, and I�m looking at hoods to go over it all. gently caress it, might as well complete the look if this is life for the next who knows how long.

yeah i think i'm headed towards the path of going full on 3M 6300 skull mask doomsday fashion at this point

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:35

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

mawarannahr posted:

it reminds me a lot of how Turkish politicians used to say that a little bit of radiation is good for you, after Chernobyl made all the tea that grows in the Black Sea region radioactive for decades

same as it ever was

well a lot of americans also think a little bit of radiation exposure is good for you

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:35

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Dren posted:

Are any of you doing a qualitative fit test with your elastomerics?

I just did one and I got a faint hit of bitrex during the deep breaths portion. Seemed like it might be an exhale valve issue, as the vaporizer was aimed right at the exhale valve. I was using a 3M 7503 which reliably passes seal checks.

I tried a 9210+ and easily passed the test. Then I repeated the deep breaths portion in the 7503 and had no problem. Now I�m rethinking what my goto mask should be. Maybe I�ll switch to the 9210+.

I�ll probably run the test a few more times and see what confidence level I can get.

What�s interesting is that fit testing is intended to be done semiannually to assess, well, fit. Flaws in respirators could slip by unnoticed for months. Actually, it�s worse than that, because occupational fit testing is often done with a respirator set aside just for that purpose, not the worker�s own.

I saw that you purchased a source-control respirator, and that�s one way to end valve leak concerns.

I think that this highlights the importance of cleaning the critical sealing faces of the exhalation valve regularly and especially any time they are perceived to be �sticky�. This is something that I have always done, but I never had basis for it besides common sense.

DIY fit testing is beyond what most people are willing to do, but if you read this thread and have the ability, it�s not a bad idea to do it regularly even if you believe that your respirator fits you like a glove.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:48

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

i am harry posted:

repeating myself again for nightshift to see

aura n95 are potentially in stock in many chudville towns all over America despite the website listening them as out of stock
I�ve posted about it twice since i read someone mentioning this and checked.
here in Loveland CO. between two pretty liberal cities, the homedepot has ~15 boxes of auras on the shelf while listing them as out of stock on the websites

I suggest you make a drive or have someone drive you out to one of these places, as you�re bound to live within 50 miles of one, and check.

Yeah maybe.

I have the opposite anecdote of a store listing more than one hundred boxes of Auras and having precisely zero.

My recommendation is that if you do see stock online, and you�re not desperate to get them at any cost, place an order for curbside pickup. If the stock count is in error, the order will simply be cancelled when an employee goes to fill the order and finds the shelf empty.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:55

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

SirPablo posted:

Congrats, COVID is not mentioned anywhere on CNN's front page right now. We did it!

lmao no hits for 'covid' 'corona' 'virus'
but 1 result for 'pandemic'

"here's why this winter storm could be so dangerous"
"what to pack in your car to stay safe during severe winter weather"
"trump's growing recklessness is a ticking time bomb"
"US conducts counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, but few details offered"
"what is it like to fly on a small plane compared to a big plane?"
"New Zealand announces plans to reopen to the world"
"Tired of losing your keys? Try these tips to stengthen your memory"
lmao

# ? Feb 3, 2022 09:56

SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000

Leading experts on the day a new all-time record: "The worst is behind us. It's endemic and seasonal now."

https://nyheder-tv2-dk.translate.go...&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Edit: Also Eric Feigl-Ding was mentioned in newspaper Politiken. They called him a "world-renowned epidemiologist". :lmao:

SplitSoul fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Feb 3, 2022

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:05

Comrade Koba: Jul 2, 2007

Pigmassacre posted:

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/merparten-av-restriktionerna-lyfts-nasta-vecka-dags-att-oppna-upp
https://www-svt-se.translate.goog/n...=en&_x_tr_hl=en

"The restrictions will be lifted next week: "Time to open up""

Sweden is officially joining forces with the rest of the nordics
OPEN 'ER UP

Pigmassacre posted:

honestly im loving livid about this poo poo
its going to be so loving bad in a month, and the social pressure about LETTING GO is going to go into overdrive.
still wanting to avoid contact and staying home is going to be so much more annoying to defend

yeah, feeling the same :smith:

they're even lying outright. "we're not seeing the same kind of pressure on hospitals that we've had earlier"

really, huh?

non-ICU cases look like they're at the same level as they were in december '20 and april '21, but I guess those don't count, LOL

Comrade Koba fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Feb 3, 2022

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:13

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

AppleNippleBOB posted:

I had a client drop a slight burn about my 9105 tonight (*looks somewhat duck-ish). She said something to the tune of "those keep getting sillier and sillier" and then genuinely asked "that kind doesn't even work, right?" (*in reference to n95s) I explained that they did, but didn't work as well as my p100 respirator.

She seemed cool and was nice. Was anti-mask/vax, but that's not all that abnormal in my work world.

The first time I got such a comment, I was taken aback, but now I say some variation on �I�ve been wearing these on job sites since 2010. It stops asbestos, smoke, and, as it turns out, viruses.�

It�s an especially easy sell if you�re somewhere with a fire season.

Remember, respirators work and you know this because you�re worn one since long before the knuckleheads in charge told you not to (even if you haven�t).

Platystemon fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Feb 3, 2022

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:19

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

triple sulk posted:

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1489034473664618497?s=21

OVER

very mild

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:27

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Coldrice posted:

I get waves of covid related depression. I've realized its not when cases rise, or hospitalizations, or deaths. Its not when I read terrible stories about terrible things happening to people. Its every time covid measures are dropped, or a new anti-mask talking point becomes mainstream, or another protection is removed. Its just so aggrivated that we only ever step backwards, and our strongest attempt was during the Trump administration and it lasted all of a couple of weeks.

yeah
the moment cases/deaths dip in the slightest
it's as if there's a drop of blood in the water and the sharks are at it
OPEN UP OPEN UP MASKS OFF BACK TO NORMAL GOGOGOGO

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:27

Pigmassacre: Nov 23, 2010; GARBAGE DAY

Comrade Koba posted:

yeah, feeling the same

they're even lying outright. "we're not seeing the same kind of pressure on hospitals that we've had earlier"

really, huh?

non-ICU cases look like they're at the same level as they were in december '20 and april '21, but I guess those don't count, LOL

jesus gently caress I hadn't seen that graph before, where's it from?

we're literally opening up while hospital admissions are RISING

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:29

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/qaomene/status/1489142660229210114

it really is just people resenting the gently caress out of getting reminded that they're taking their life into their own hands whenever they see someone in PPE

the incongruity between what they're doing and what you're doing is supposed to tell you that you're wrong!!! gently caress YOU!!!

I think the full-hazmat is probably going a bit overboard, but the Chinese are power bombing us into the dust on Covid response so I should probably just shut my mouth.

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:29

Tzen: Sep 11, 2001

Steve Yun posted:

lastgirl you might want to look up Ikeuchi Hiroto

((except for the 4th photo where dude is maskless))

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:30

Stereotype: Apr 24, 2010; College Slice

Tzen posted:

lmao no hits for 'covid' 'corona' 'virus'
but 1 result for 'pandemic'

"here's why this winter storm could be so dangerous"
"what to pack in your car to stay safe during severe winter weather"
"trump's growing recklessness is a ticking time bomb"
"US conducts counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, but few details offered"
"what is it like to fly on a small plane compared to a big plane?"
"New Zealand announces plans to reopen to the world"
"Tired of losing your keys? Try these tips to stengthen your memory"
lmao

that�s pretty nuts considering more people died today than died on 9/11

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:30

CODChimera: Jan 29, 2009

wait so cases were like 1 million a day and now its down to 300k on a weekday? nice sounds like its over

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:42

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# ? May 29, 2024 17:31

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Has anyone described Zients as the �Anti-Mask Czar�?

# ? Feb 3, 2022 10:43

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