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Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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is there even a non zero chance Biden beats Trump

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Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Just lol at Democratic voters running to the polls in droves to vote for "Protect Obamacare"

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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derp

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Acebuckeye13 posted:

Her... ability to push policies and appointments to her preference, i.e. in a more aggressively progressive direction?

for a bunch of people who obsess over politics I swear not a lot of people on these forums know how it actually works

I don't see how this has worked prior

Cugel the Clever posted:

With all the companies in the region telling those employees who can work from home to do so (and telling a lot who can't to gently caress off and die)

At least MSFT is good people


quote:


We recognize the hardship that lost work can mean for hourly employees. As a result, we’ve decided that Microsoft will continue to pay all our vendor hourly service providers their regular pay during this period of reduced service needs. This is independent of whether their full services are needed. This will ensure that, in Puget Sound for example, the 4,500 hourly employees who work in our facilities will continue to receive their regular wages even if their work hours are reduced.

Eej fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Mar 6, 2020

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1235794710444326913

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/rachelmillman/status/1236044816611504131?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/JaredDryden/status/1236024831331708929?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Coronavirus can't be contained at this point but measures should still be put into place to slow its spread. People getting sick all at once will overwhelm health services leading to more covid mortalities and also just regular illnesses being untreated. Also would be really bad if the world just ground to a halt for a month.

Vasudus posted:

There's nothing that can be done to contain it. Most people can't afford to get tested, assuming that they even had theoretical access to working test kits. Most people won't get time off to quarantine that doesn't come out of their regular sick time. An even larger pool of people don't even *have* sick time. The government is powerless to pay for any of these things, and also can't order a lockdown like the Chinese government.

But why contain it? It's cool.

edit: I have benefits that are most likely within the top 5% if not 1% of the greater American workforce. Right now getting tested for coronavirus would cost me ~3,000 bucks and the 14-day quarantine would take 5 months worth of saved PTO. There's no loving way people are going to get tested.

https://twitter.com/_pem_pem/status/1235774718197850112?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/seattletimes/status/1236040021951385600?s=19

AMZN following MSFT in doing their one good deed of the year

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Vote for D is going to be the death of us all I guess

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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The thread talks about how southern black voters are very educated and just don't believe Sanders can do M4A because the health industry will never let it happen. So they will pull the lever for whoever has D.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Really glad that the DNC is pushing forward the guy who until like 3 months ago was really big into denying poor people access to abortions

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Biden is going to be destroyed by Trump so it makes more sense to go for the Hail Mary of Sanders tbh

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Yeah it can get you high and also some people have used it (off label of course) in high doses to control weight. Which is frightening because imagine how bloated Trump would be if he wasn't constantly popping stimulants to make his metabolism churn energy for no reason.

Also

https://twitter.com/epsilon3141/status/1236007745297539074?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Old Boot posted:

It's used as weight control because it's an appetite suppressant. It doesn't do anything to directly control whether you lose or gain weight, same as any stimulant medication. Dexedrine was the one used for weight loss for this reason, and it does, in fact, make you forget that you're hungry (I barely ate when I got it as an RX and was furious 24/7, so-- wasn't really a good match for me).

Oh right derp, some pharmacist I am

Also nevermind previous tweet!

https://twitter.com/roxicology/status/1236413744898588678

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/jonbernhardt/status/1237206324506554368

Biden's got the connections to get things done, like stopping M4A in its tracks

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/aishaismad/status/1237220919317233664

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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ElMaligno posted:

why in the gently caress are you guys comparing AOC to warren? You goddam dorks.

pretty normal to compare woke elected women PoCs no?

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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bird cooch posted:

I'm not familiar with that part of the us, I just drive through.

people are really losing their poo poo all over the forums and the rest of the internet tonight

People got their hopes up that things might get better and had them dashed in one day so it makes sense

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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pantslesswithwolves posted:

Man, allergy season- which is already predicted to be severe on account of the mild winter much of the lower 48 experienced- is going to be all kinds of fun with everyone freaking out over others coughing and sneezing.

May as well just WFH until June at this point.

https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1237879922007236615?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Some good news

https://twitter.com/SV_DSA/status/1238330991590035456?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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The silver lining of this whole situation is there is a non zero chance that a mass pandemic will expose the flaws in the capitalist system w/r/t the welfare of people leading to a societal awakening towards a more collectivist perspective on governing in combination with a virus that uniquely targets the old people who traditionally prevent movements like this from organizing and succeeding

Realistically the olds will turbofuck us as the world burns down

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/TenantsUnitedHP/status/1240009801075232770

Now this is a curve you want to unflatten

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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lightpole posted:

I am currently allowed to buy weed. I am currently not allowed to go out and get a haircut.

This makes perfect sense from an epidemiological point of view

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Like a normal pit but everyone stays at least 6 ft apart from each other

Safest mosh pit ever

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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EBB posted:

Biden sucks but a Biden admin means the State Department gets rebuilt, which means the lights get turned back on in other key departments, and maybe the government can perform its basic functions again.

Yeah all the departments will get filled with ladder climbers like Mayor Pete and the government can return to important tasks like droning weddings and maintaining the lead levels of the water in Flint.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/ericbradner/status/1240363525027123201

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1240392566996156416

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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The Venn Diagram of Extremely Online and Clinical Depression is probably almost a single circle.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/DetroitQSpider/status/1240483918933082112?s=19

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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I'm sure those kids trying to get their party on for Spring Break are also extremely online and lust for boomer death

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/1240818497745231877

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/shujaxhaider/status/1241086354190151680

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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nationalize 👏 all 👏 the 👏 airlines 👏

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Seekhay posted:

Not sure what the implications here are (or if this is even a thing), but this just happened near Macy's in Manhattan a little while ago.

https://imgur.com/a/ikbGmQ4

(Idk how to embed it v0v)

Right click it, open as video

Change the .mp4 at the end to .gifv and just paste the link (no tags) into a post

https://i.imgur.com/ZZ1qlcl.gifv

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Mustang posted:

Makes me think of how so many people's musical taste stays the same after a certain age and they rarely listen to anything newer.

Maybe because I'm only 32 but what I listen to is changing all the time, Spotify is always exposing me to new stuff.

Probably helps being a part of a generation that grew up with all of these technological changes.

Yeah but if you just rely on Spotify for new stuff you miss out on a shitload of music because they don't sort nearly into the algorithm

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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https://twitter.com/Millerheighife/status/1241717401147727882

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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I would say in 2020 when people are still going bankrupt due to medical bills or freaking out because they have no medical coverage, the guy whose plan for healthcare is "middle class people get a tax break on their premiums and if M4A shows up on my desk I'll veto it instantly cause we ain't got the money for that" is pretty lovely

But you know he'll reach across the aisle and get stuff done like:

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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Trump did it, the nation can finally get to work on Infrastructure Week now that no one is using it

https://twitter.com/seattletimes/status/1242225649428901888?s=19

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Eej
Jun 17, 2007

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The replies are gold

https://twitter.com/taintberner/status/1242117190754721792?s=19

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