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empty whippet box
Jun 9, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Too Many Birds posted:

i dont particularly want to catch covid, if im being honest.

hosed up if true

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mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

captainbananas posted:

sounds like someone's never been a target-of-opportunity hire :smug:


:smug:

cishet white male squarely in the wrongest possible time to be such

Teabag Dome Scandal
Mar 19, 2002


Thoguh posted:

In NCAA Basketball this weekend there are well over two thousand players and coaches involved between the men's and women's tournaments, plus support personnel. At the NCAA Wrestling Tournament there are another 500 or so athletes and coaches also with a bunch of additional support people. All told probably at least three thousand people either on the courts/mats or spending hours a day in close contact with those people unmasked. All of these people have just spent time in crowded airports and now are in crowded hotels doing indoor dining for every meal. There will not be a single positive COVID test among any of them because even if someone is symptomatic there is no way in hell they are going to get tested.

There will also be hundreds of thousands of fans in these arenas, many of whom were on those same planes and now are in those same hotels. Some of them actually will get tested but not before being maskless and infectious for some period of time, and there will be no possible way they could inform people they exposed even if they wanted to, which they won't. In fact there is virtually a 100% chance that every arena will have multiple maskless people in it that know they are currently COVID positive and don't give a gently caress.

lmao.

Where is this happening? Do they do wastewater monitoring?

empty whippet box
Jun 9, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

MLK Ultra posted:

i spilled poppers up my nose last night so if there was any COVID up there it's certainly burnt out now.

also, i don't recommend spilling poppers up your nose.

um this can literally kill you I think. please be careful

MLK Ultra posted:

pretty much any adult store here. except the one closest to me. they refuse to sell it because the owner is a rehab'd meth addict. which doesn't really make sense but i just kind of nodded my head and said thanks anyway.

it was a giant bottle, too, of Super Rush. didn't know they made those in airplane-bottle-minis size.

most head shops sell poppers

petit choux
Feb 24, 2016

Hatebag posted:

Lol Jung. You can tell someone's theories about psychology are credible when they involve magic powers

Wilhelm Reich then.

Grey Fox
Jan 5, 2004

https://twitter.com/grok_/status/1504104973486931972

DoombatINC
Apr 20, 2003

Here's the thing, I'm a feminist.





some day I'm going to get some VCR cleaner for actually cleaning my 80s vintage VCR, but I think I'll try to deliberately find the sketchiest poppers I can for the job, like I'll be swabbing the reader head of my Sharp with Double Scorpio or some poo poo

NeonPunk
Dec 21, 2020

A thread by Tom Peacock about the various recombinations variants out there.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/1504158873938272269

I find it funny that he's now changing his tune about Deltacron since he said initially that the first sample was just a lab contamination lol

Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

RABBIT RABBIT
RABBIT RABBIT

lmao

I look forward to my dumb euro-chud boss demanding I remove my mask next quarter

Soap Scum
Aug 8, 2003



huhwhat posted:

for ppl curious abt the changes in chinas covid policy

https://twitter.com/AndyBxxx/status/1504047746072051715

this video is worth a watch, but heads up the good stuff starts at the 2min mark

also the comments are shockingly non-unhinged for a youtube video about china

MLK Ultra
Mar 9, 2021


empty whippet box posted:

um this can literally kill you I think. please be careful

i told my partner pretty immediately, saline + Afrin rinse. there's 100% some minor damage from burning but no blood. i had them keep an eye on my dumb rear end overnight. it was a super-great experience having them rush into the living room at 4a due to me making retching noises with like -- popper breath, a knocked-over can of PBR and 4K porn blaring on my headphones. in other news, i think i'm going to take the next week off from drinking.

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Animal-Mother posted:

lmao

I look forward to my dumb euro-chud boss demanding I remove my mask next quarter

Thats coming. First the mask mandate gets tossed then the mask ban gets put in place.

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

MLK Ultra posted:

in other news, i think i'm going to take the next week off from drinking.

this seems like a really good idea

there are easier ways to destroy your sense of smell, as discussed

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

LionArcher posted:

seriously, get a hyperbaric chamber or see if your insurance covers visiting a place that has one folks. Nobody is going to save you, but those machines can make your life a lot better.

I did try one once, and it seemed like it helped my chronic pain for the rest of the day, but it was just one brief experience at a brain tech/nootropic convention so I couldn't really tell if it was placebo effect or not.

Greg Legg
Oct 6, 2004

bedpan posted:

Thats coming. First the mask mandate gets tossed then the mask ban gets put in place.

This is something I would quit over. I don't care if no one else wants to wear one but I've got two kids who are not old enough for the vaccine. The only time any of them have seen my face is over zoom. And that's if I'm not on the call in the back of someone's chaotic classroom.

Hatebag
Jun 17, 2008


petit choux posted:

Wilhelm Reich then.

Squinting my way to perfect vision!
Hopping in the orgonne accumulater to jack off for 3 hours

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

bedpan posted:

Thats coming. First the mask mandate gets tossed then the mask ban gets put in place.

Florida will be the first state to ban masks

empty whippet box
Jun 9, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

MLK Ultra posted:

i told my partner pretty immediately, saline + Afrin rinse. there's 100% some minor damage from burning but no blood. i had them keep an eye on my dumb rear end overnight. it was a super-great experience having them rush into the living room at 4a due to me making retching noises with like -- popper breath, a knocked-over can of PBR and 4K porn blaring on my headphones. in other news, i think i'm going to take the next week off from drinking.

this guy knows how to party

Tulip
Jun 3, 2008

yeah thats pretty good


huhwhat posted:

for ppl curious abt the changes in chinas covid policy

https://twitter.com/AndyBxxx/status/1504047746072051715

this was really good thank you

when he said "obviously not using public transit" i had the weirdest feeling because like, how else am I supposed to get to the hospital? fuckin crazy to live in a country where ambulance is preferable to death

i have wondered this for some time w/ china - when you're in home quarantine and it's actually enforced, how do you get food?

Teenage Riot
May 25, 2010

Second day back in the office. An unmasked cleaning person came by to wipe down my boss’s office door handle as part of Covid safety protocol :waycool:

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Greg Legg posted:

This is something I would quit over. I don't care if no one else wants to wear one but I've got two kids who are not old enough for the vaccine. The only time any of them have seen my face is over zoom. And that's if I'm not on the call in the back of someone's chaotic classroom.

If we have learned anything at all from the pandemic it is that the cure must not be worse than the disease and masks are both not a cure and worse than the disease. People young and old have literally died because of masks being forced upon them. Millions and millions of children are reading, writing, and doing math below grade level because teacher's unions are too interested in fighting a culture war than teaching children.

Etc. etc. etc. Hell it might not happen, there might not be enough liberal support to go the distance over and above ending mandates but I can totally see masks bans as a possibility. Maybe more likely is a limited one targeted at teachers and people in retail and restaurant trades.

Pink Mist
Sep 28, 2021

bedpan posted:

Thats coming. First the mask mandate gets tossed then the mask ban gets put in place.

I feel skeptical that this will happen explicitly. I’m expecting strong social pressure but no ban. If that happens then lmao eugenics

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

WampaLord posted:

Florida will be the first state to ban masks

Bank robbers and shop lifters using masks requirements to go on crime sprees!

skooma512
Feb 8, 2012

You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

Pink Mist posted:

I feel skeptical that this will happen explicitly. I’m expecting strong social pressure but no ban. If that happens then lmao eugenics

They're expecting the peer pressure to do it and will only implement actual rules when they fail to bully someone into it.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

bedpan posted:

Bank robbers and shop lifters using masks requirements to go on crime sprees!

DeSantis: "We have always been known as the Sunshine State but now we will be known as the Smile State!"

*thunderous applause, is elected president*

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Disney would absolutely back some sort of sick "you must show everyone your smile all the time" law, hell that's basically corporate policy for cast members.

wash bucket
Feb 21, 2006

Teenage Riot posted:

Second day back in the office. An unmasked cleaning person came by to wipe down my boss’s office door handle as part of Covid safety protocol :waycool:

:lmao:

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


I think the government spread the plague on purpose.

Baddog
May 12, 2001

Tulip posted:


i have wondered this for some time w/ china - when you're in home quarantine and it's actually enforced, how do you get food?

Most places I've seen in china are organized into communities - kind of like an HOA I suppose, except they have staff/guards for the complex as well. Those people , along with volunteers from the community (and from the city), were getting and distributing food.

When I described this to my neighbor here, he scornfully said "what, everyone gets a potato???" No man, everyone gets a package of meat/rice/veggies.... You know, poo poo to cook a bunch of meals with. No, they don't get to order their favorite flavor of pop tarts and breakfast cereals. It's a loving emergency.

Gio
Jun 20, 2005


WampaLord posted:

Disney would absolutely back some sort of sick "you must show everyone your smile all the time" law, hell that's basically corporate policy for cast members.

back when i worked at a call center we were forced to go to a mandatory saturday training/meeting about customer service and the big swingin ceo rear end in a top hat told us all how disneyland operates and im thinking, “jesus christ that sounds awful” only to see all my coworkers smiling and nodding along

lobotomy molo
May 7, 2007

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

skooma512 posted:

They're expecting the peer pressure to do it and will only implement actual rules when they fail to bully someone into it.

Strep Vote
May 5, 2004

أنا أحب حليب الشوكولاتة
I see now that Washington pushed the mask drop back 10 days because it's going to be clear that we're gearing up for a new wave in five days.

Why Am I So Tired
Sep 28, 2021

Baddog posted:

When I described this to my neighbor here, he scornfully said "what, everyone gets a potato???"

Daydreaming about a government willing and able to send its population potatoes.

Rauros
Aug 25, 2004

wanna go grub thumping?

Teenage Riot posted:

Second day back in the office. An unmasked cleaning person came by to wipe down my boss’s office door handle as part of Covid safety protocol :waycool:

i was wearing an n95 for training in another building, and the instructor pointed out the hand sanitizer, and i said, "no thanks, it's airborne," and he had a half-second pause before carrying on like i didn't say anything.

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

Strep Vote posted:

I see now that Washington pushed the mask drop back 10 days because it's going to be clear that we're gearing up for a new wave in five days.

They did? Where did you see that? The state order ended on the 12th and it's full open Biden now

fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

Gio posted:

back when i worked at a call center we were forced to go to a mandatory saturday training/meeting about customer service and the big swingin ceo rear end in a top hat told us all how disneyland operates and im thinking, “jesus christ that sounds awful” only to see all my coworkers smiling and nodding along

Disney presents regularly at vendor conferences

their big sell to other customers is that they switched out the 👍 👎 icons on performance dashboards with mickey mouse gloves

hot witch divorcee
Jan 4, 2021

is that a tower in your pants or are you just happy to see me

Iron Crowned posted:

Sadly you need friends who aren't weed dealers to get good jobs

i have gotten jobs through internet friends i met on these very forums so my suggestion to you would be to hang out somewhere other than TCC

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb

NeonPunk posted:

A thread by Tom Peacock about the various recombinations variants out there.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/1504158873938272269

I find it funny that he's now changing his tune about Deltacron since he said initially that the first sample was just a lab contamination lol

XD

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


bedpan posted:

Bank robbers and shop lifters using masks requirements to go on crime sprees!

This has already been a point explicitly pushed on the news here

My wife's firm just sent out an email to everyone. Everything is back to normal March 21st. No more mask requirements if you're vaccinated (or a liar). All conference rooms wide open, all public spaces wide open, no quarantine required whatsoever if you're exposed and only five days if you're symptomatic or have a positive test.

She works in a 64 floor building with 2.3m square feet of leasable space ungodly thousands of people come to work every day, all channeled to the elevator lobby through one set of escalators. Same building I work in but haven't been to in two years.

If they start forcing her to come in five days a week she's quitting, that's not negotiable.

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Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb
gently caress dude I'm so sick right now... *cough cough* yeah I think its the new KEKW variant. My o2 sats are like 90% but I heard you have more of a fever than if you get the pepeSteer version.

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