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177 | 47.20% |
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Given previous discussion ITT about how many people are posting trouserless I am forced to imagine shoes-in-house weirdos coming home, removing their shoes, removing their trousers, and then putting their shoes back on before sitting down barelegged at their posting stations. I usually just wander around the house in socks or with my nude feed proudly on display, but we have "house shoes" available for guests who want to shield theirs from unwanted gazes.
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Guavanaut posted:Do you want me to add the link to the OP? List it under podescasts.
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Mar 3, 2020 17:52
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:The best way to get infected by the Corona virus is to leave the slice of lime in the neck when you drink it. Viral marketing has gone too far this time.
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Mar 3, 2020 18:11
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I feel like the latest email from Keir Starmer asking for donations is treading a little close to the line. From the formatting and language you could easily be forgiven for thinking this is an official Labour Party funding drive and that the money would go to the party rather than to Starmer's campaign.
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Mar 8, 2020 14:51
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Borrovan posted:Obviously I'm more offended by the old "defending the rights of women" / "specifically opposing the rights of women I don't like" sleight of hand, but: does she actually think weed is a psychedelic? Probably mushrooms.
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Mar 8, 2020 17:11
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Prominent public figures crying about being "silenced" when a university group decides not to host them always looks like intensely pathetic whining to me, but I keep hearing from all these other prominent public figures that it's actually a damaging assault on free speech so I don't know what to think.
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Mar 8, 2020 19:36
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Isomermaid posted:Ehh, it's not so bad, those are all things you can get in shops. It's the "one stick of celery" thing that gets me, cos you can only buy celery in bunches and then you have a bunch of celery minus one stick in your fridge till it goes all soft and spooky and you have to throw it away. A friend of mine bought guinea pigs just to solve this problem. Or if you absolutely must, you can easily use the other sticks in a million different stews, soups and sauces to fill them out a bit and add some crunch, just as long as they have a strong enough flavour to hide the disgusting celery taste. Let's not even get started on celeriac, the knobbly turnip that tastes like a dustbin.
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Mar 10, 2020 00:33
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Josef bugman posted:I suppose it's because, ultimately, it doesn't actually seem that bad. Like Italy is having difficulty but deaths do not seem to be all that high. But more people will quite literally die every day from car accidents than will die of this. If you are immuno compromised or are caring for folk with problems and are concerned then more than fair, but going "Be more afraid" seems silly. I can understand it if you have to live with it and everyone should take more precautions though. Yeah I'm about where you are, JB. The evidence so far suggests that most people aren't going to be infected, most infected people aren't going to have more than mild symptoms, and even in at risk groups like the over 80s the vast majority of people will recover. Be sensible, take precautions, but consider not following 24-hour CORONAWATCH rolling news and try to keep some sense of perspective.
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Mar 11, 2020 19:57
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Regardless of what else Covid-19 gets up to I think we can all agree that striking down the Tory health minister was an extremely funny bit and it deserves recognition for that, at least.
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Mar 11, 2020 21:04
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Guavanaut posted:Goons! Today is the day that you have spent your lives training for. The single biggest thing that could help reduce the spread of this pandemic would be Valve announcing a surprise Steam Sale.
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Mar 12, 2020 10:51
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Pokémon GO otoh is entirely cancelled.
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Mar 12, 2020 11:04
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bionic vapour boy posted:I'm gonna try getting in contact with shelter and/or a renters union I think, though I have a nasty feeling even the mouse thing might be somewhere in the tenancy agreement Do the mice have a direct agreement with the landlord or are they subletting off another tenant?
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Mar 12, 2020 11:59
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Well, my company has instituted work from home temporarily, with an update on if/how long it will be extended coming tomorrow. I have the dubious privilege of still being allowed in to do time-critical labwork, but otherwise the message is take home what computer equipment you need, postpone meetings or have them remotely, and basically don't leave the house. The local university has closed and I expect schools will follow suit shortly, good luck to parents trying to work from home.
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Mar 12, 2020 12:31
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Deketh posted:So erm, this would be a bad time for me to start weekly therapy sessions at a doctor's surgery right? Thinking I should be cancelling that Speak to your doctor? They ought to have a good handle on it you'd hope.
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Mar 12, 2020 13:46
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Norwegian PM made some announcements a couple hours ago - all schools, universities etc. are closed for the next two weeks, all arrivals from abroad have two weeks of home quarantine regardless of symptoms. Several local authorities had already closed schools and asked businesses to implement work from home as far as possible. My partner is abroad visiting her parents at the moment and we aren't sure if she should come back. At least she's with her family and can stay as long as she needs to. If she does return I think we'll both have to self-isolate. 
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Mar 12, 2020 16:34
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Can't believe the UK has been left in this state thanks to lack of Covid-19 preparation by the last Labour Government.
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Mar 12, 2020 18:12
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TACD posted:Dunno who posted the UK COVID-19 visualisation earlier but here's a worldwide version that feels like something out of WarGames Madagascar and Greenland remain uninfected, I see. If they close their ports it's pretty much game over. e: also if you want an idea of how seriously this is being taken elsewhere, Berlin has closed die Techno-Clubs. 
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Mar 12, 2020 19:58
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With companies encouraging/enforcing work from home, it certainly is a shame that nobody ever thought of some sort of universal nationalised broadband scheme. I suppose that would have been ludicrous what with the internet being a luxury only used for kids to meme on.
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Mar 13, 2020 11:40
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I went outside for a trip to the local woods and that was nice. People are walking their dogs, clearing their driveways of snow, everything is reassuringly normal. I don't necessarily want to recommend going out if you're in the middle of a city and will be exposing yourself needlessly, but an hour or two among the trees and away from the internet telling me everyone is going to die was pretty good.
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Mar 13, 2020 17:05
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XMNN posted:for anyone who's curious
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Mar 14, 2020 16:35
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Angrymog posted:Could they hire a car and drive back, or are road borders shut too? Assuming they want to come back atm. Unclear to me what exactly "border controls" means but if they want to leave they might want to do it pretty sharpish. Flights from the country were already being cancelled yesterday. Also bear in mind that countries between Poland and the UK might also start putting up border controls or closing their borders to non-residents, so even if they can leave Poland they might not be able to make it home. e: Melissa McCarthyism posted:They've since made their way to the airport, queued for 2 and half hrs and spoke to Ryanair reps. Apparently Ryanair is doing a rescue flight that will take them to Stansted. Then they're flying to Dublin and getting the coach back to Belfast. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Mar 14, 2020 |
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Mar 14, 2020 18:18
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My parents in the UK are almost entirely unconcerned about either the likelihood of being infected or the consequences if they are. I know their chances are pretty good even if they do get hit, but it's still frustrating. My entire region of Norway is practically shut down and everyone I know is taking it extremely seriously even though they're mostly in a demographic who can just shrug off an infection, but the UK government's response means that the people in the most vulnerable age brackets are blithely doing their best to put their lives on the roulette wheel.
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Mar 14, 2020 22:23
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Had an online meeting this morning and two of my colleagues are in quarantine with their young kids (they're not known to be infected but have been travelling abroad). It sounds like hell, hope all the parents in this thread are doing alright.
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Mar 16, 2020 09:33
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ThomasPaine posted:I am beyond jealous of all you folks who get to be in quarantine with loved ones, let me tell you solitary confinement is a heap of poo poo. ThomasPaine posted:Can't wait to spin crazy stories to the kids about surviving the great pandemic of 2020 when actually I just drank a lot and got right back into dragon age: origins
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Mar 16, 2020 11:51
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Deketh posted:Ooh what a game. I've been thinking about replaying that but I'm not sure how well it's aged.
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Mar 16, 2020 12:05
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justcola posted:I made the mistake of looking through the facebook group for my local area - tonnes of older people saying how everyone's over-reacting and they don't want to cancel their annual holiday to Spain/Greece, how they've survived x, x and x and anyway, when it's your time, it's your time.
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Mar 16, 2020 13:12
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hemale in pain posted:if this is real then there's no way the fire escape was unmarked Maybe she knew the German word "ausgang" but was led astray by the confusingly named "notausgang".
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Mar 16, 2020 16:00
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Worth Ł4 billion seems a stretch.
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Mar 16, 2020 18:34
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Johnson looks like warmed over poo poo in that video, must suck to face a problem that a hearty upper-class chortle can't bluff its way out of.
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Mar 18, 2020 04:11
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I just hope that enough people in the UK are going to look at the responses in other countries and ask "why don't we have that?". I don't just mean the travel restrictions and restaurant closures either, but the rent freezes, improved unemployment, sickness and welfare offerings and so on. Even noted hell country the United States of America is responding better than the Tory government right now, there surely has to come a backlash.
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Mar 18, 2020 04:23
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In cop show chat, I've been watching The Valhalla Murders on Netflix, which is pretty decent if you like Nordic detective stuff. It has an English dub but I recommend watching in Icelandic with subs because some of the English voice acting is not great. Beforeigners (HBO Nordic but I'm sure you can find it if you check the usual places) is a detective show set in Oslo with supernatural stuff - refugees start mysteriously arriving from the past - and had a very good first season. Norwegian and Old Norse with English subs. I'm going back to work tomorrow on a limited basis. The building will be near empty, nobody is allowed to work in the same room, we're meant to use disposable gloves to open doors when moving around the building and hand sanitiser when entering our office/lab, don't use public transport to get to work, anyone with the slightest sign of illness to stay home. I really hope nobody gets sick in the next couple weeks because if they do we'll all have to stay home and everyone's lab work will be ruined.
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Mar 18, 2020 14:55
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Wachter posted:My mother-in-law has been sent home from work because her damaged vocal cords (unrelated to COVID-19; she is symptomless) are scaring customers. They're refusing to pay her anything because she's not self-isolating, she's just been told she can't work
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Mar 18, 2020 15:07
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Mar 18, 2020 15:48
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Britain is saved, unless hackers and social malcontents figure out the sophisticated surveillance countermeasure of leaving your phone at home.
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Mar 19, 2020 19:38
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Excuse me? Yeah tbh it's one of those academic attacks which is theoretically plausible but practically impossible.
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Mar 19, 2020 19:43
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Hey forkboy thanks for the Bandcamp recommendations, I've been having a loud night in as a result. I think your tastes are a bit crustier than what I'd usually listen to but there's some good stuff there!
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Mar 21, 2020 01:23
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I can't see any issue with going out into the local woods or hills as long as you're keeping your distance from people and not licking stiles. Getting an hour or two of skiing or hiking in every day has been a huge deal for me in staying healthy and happy since I'm almost completely isolated otherwise.
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Mar 21, 2020 22:51
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lol that's not even going to be close to legal unless they're a lodger or something. I hope they told the landlord to get hosed.
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Mar 21, 2020 22:59
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feedmegin posted:Use coins, immerse them in boiling water (and possibly soap) for a good long while? You rat! How could you tip your own driver the spicy pound coin?
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goddamnedtwisto posted:He's not designed or redesigned poo poo, the guts of the machine are a generic ventilator and all Dyson are doing is manufacturing them at their prototyping/research facility. Any engineering firm in the country could do it, weird how the contract goes to the extremely loud Brexiteer Tory donor, innit? Actually, I think you'll find that "Dyson has had hundreds of engineers working round the clock to design the ventilators from scratch." Which sounds great, a rush job new design for a life critical piece of equipment. They really emphasise in that article that these things are being "designed and built from scratch" and I'm not sure how that's meant to be a positive even if it were true.
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