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Perhaps going to a crowded bar was a tactical error. -- nm - David Mar 11, 18:48 1
- You probably don't want to put yourself between the crowd and the doorway bottleneck. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 18:50
If ever there was a time someone wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, I guess now would be it. -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:48
I wonder how many movie productions this stops. -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 18:46 2
- I read an article today hinting studios will be closing their lots to must be there for work only, including no audiences at sitcom tapings. -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 11, 18:47
- Riverdale has suspended filmimg. Pretty sure I read Cap and Winter Soldier did as well -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 18:47
Someone points out that e-sports will have a leg-up here. Everyone get your twitch accounts ready! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:45 2
- I liked this post. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 11, 18:47 1
  - Yes, that was great :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 21:04
Wow I just heard that tom cruise has ... oh. Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:42
Gobert is positive -- (link) - ML Mar 11, 18:40 10
- So, is it just me or are a lot of high profile people sick from a very early stage epidemic? Or more likely, we are a lot farther in than anyone - Will Hunting Mar 11, 18:46 6
  - It's just you! Should be gone in a week or two. -- nm - Trump Mar 11, 18:48
  - they deliberately didn't test so that the numbers didn't look bad. - Reagen Mar 11, 18:48 1
    - Yeah, there’s a spike coming Monday or Tuesday next week. Backlog of tests getting done. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 11, 18:49
  - We almost certainly have a lot more people who have the disease than we know about due to low amounts of testing to date -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:47
  - So much further. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 18:46 1
    - That gives me a positive feeling. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 18:48
- I wonder if any of the reporters he gives it to will sue his dumbass. -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 18:45
- Wait, did he know this when he showed up? -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:45
- that last line, c'mon. -- nm - b. Mar 11, 18:41
isitcanceledyet.com can’t keep up. -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 18:38 1
- LMK when The Trump Administration shows up on their list. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:39
I suppose I'll need to hit the grocery and actually get more than a couple day's worth of food in the house. Seems prudent after the complete lack of - TWuG Mar 11, 18:37
YES cancels US tour and annual: Cruise to the Edge -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 11, 18:36 2
- Steve Howe & Co. ya mean -- nm - mud Mar 11, 18:49
- NO -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:42
NBA just suspended the season -- (link*) - Remlik Mar 11, 18:33 3
- good on them, I hope everyone else (as applicable) follows suit + that they'll all still be paying support staff. - b. Mar 11, 18:40
- WOJ on ESPN right now -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:37
- jeebus fuck. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 18:35
The Woj bomb to end all Woj bombs. -- (link) - Tim Mar 11, 18:33 2
- For real? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:39 1
  - Yup. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:43
Gosh, I hope American Treasure Tom Hanks is okay. Has anyone heard anything? -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:31 1
- Houston we have a problem. -- nm - mud Mar 11, 18:33
Wow -- (link) - Jovian Mar 11, 18:29 1
- Damn. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:32
I will personally visit every single person on this board that doesn't vote for every Dem on their ticket come November and fucking shit in your eye. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:28 19
- I might vote for a Republican, I don't vote party. - Bacon Mar 11, 18:39 10
  - Congratulations, you're part of keeping kids in cages. Kill the Republican Party and start over if you think there's anything worth saving in it. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:40 9
    - I'm not sure how useful that approach is. -- nm - znufrii Mar 11, 18:42 8
      - Fuck if I care. Every GOP rep is suspect and deserves to be voted out of office. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:43 7
        
        I agree with you. - znufrii Mar 11, 18:44 6
        
        I reiterate: Fuck if I care. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:47
        
        Eh, it's me. Doesn't bother me. I really do vote the person, and I am good with that. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:47 4
        
        Any person who continues to identify, let alone run as, a Republican should automatically be suspect. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:49 3
        
        maybe you've missed how many have crossed over for Dem presidential candidates, how many have said they're still Reps but not as the Trump/McConnell - b. Mar 11, 18:51 2
        
        My only question here would be: does their record back up the claim - ty97 Mar 11, 19:06
        
        like this guy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 11, 18:54
- you're going to call your mom, mister, and repeat what you just said -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:37 1
  - "I'll take care of the Southwest, son." -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 18:38
- You'll run out of TP that way. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 11, 18:35
- get ye down to the principal's office right this minute, young man! -- nm - mud Mar 11, 18:31
- uh oh. -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 18:31
- ~... that's amoral ~ -- nm - Max Mar 11, 18:28
- I don’t want pinkeye! -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 18:28 1
  - +2 Qale Points -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:29
Holy crap. Tom Hanks has it -- nm - Jovian Mar 11, 18:27 2
- The Chinese have finally gone too far! -- nm - ML Mar 11, 18:28 1
  - The Twins just got out of four days in Seattle today -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:32
In 30 days there will be a short list of countries that travel will be permitted from. - Dow Jones Mar 11, 18:27 2
- 30 days from now this whole situation is going to look very different than it does today. -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:28 1
  - Yes. I wonder how long until Canada closes the border to the US ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:41
2018: Trump administration is setting up the US to botch a pandemic response -- (link) - znufrii Mar 11, 18:25 1
- Well let's hope that doesn't happen! - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 18:27
ACCURATE. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:22 1
- that is Mop tweeting under a fake name...a Mopbot -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:26
Dow futures down 500 -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:22 5
- -771 and dropping!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:41 1
  - The Hanks Effect! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 18:44
- Tom Hanks hit them hard. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 18:36
- Can't imagine what the airline stocks look like right now -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:25 1
  - a lot better than cruise ships -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 18:27
So for my trip to Italy, I just go through the UK, right? -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:18 18
- That would seem to be the loophole out but they wouldn’t let you back in the country. -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 18:19 17
  - I would say I'd just fly back from London, but I just realized that Brexit means my passport gets stamped in Europe now, right? -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:20 16
    - Wherever you land first, for now. -- nm - . Mar 11, 18:26
    - you'd maybe be ok if you didn't fly UK-Italy, and paid cash for your train ticket. they might make you put passport info for trains now, I dunno. -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 18:26
    - They don’t typically stamp anymore. Unless you were to switch airlines your entire itinerary goes to the government before you takeoff. -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 11, 18:23 13
      - I still get stamps? Just not when flying from one Schengen country to another Schengen country -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:25 3
        
        I didn't my last time to the UK. it seems highly variable now. -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 18:30
        
        The last time I flew into the EU from the US I didn’t get stamped. - spamlet Mar 11, 18:29 1
        
        I got a stamp in Copenhagen, begged the Swedes to give me a stamp and they did, but the Norwegians just laughed and handed it back with no stamp -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:31
      - I was thinking of flying to London and then driving to Rome in a James Bond car. Because that is how I roll. -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:24 8
        
        you must have been busy and missed the news. Italy is closed. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 18:26 7
        
        not to James Bond -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:27 6
        
        a bit more seriously, Italy is on lockdown, it is not closed...there is a difference -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 18:29 2
        
        if you have a jetpack, Vatican City is open and you can fly over Italy. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 18:34 1
        
        Here is a recent message from the Swiss government to its citizens on why it hasn't closed the border with Italy -- (link) - crash davis Mar 11, 18:35
        
        All that HALO play finally comes in handy - zork Mar 11, 18:29 2
        
        except he drive right off the Dover CLiffs -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:31
        
        Is he shooting friends in the ear? -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 18:30
"That’s CNN. Fake news." -- (link) - mud Mar 11, 18:15
Has there ever been a cleaner clearer chance for the Democratic Party to finally say enough to corporate bailouts, we want to help the people first? I - JackDawson Mar 11, 18:13 1
- The question is why are we doing supply side. -- nm Posted by Reagen Mar 11 '20, 14:11 -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 18:35
Yeah... I have a co worker flying back to US from Japan on Friday. I wonder if she is even going to be let back in the country at this point? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 11, 18:12 2
- Seems to be okay since they weirdly just said Europe. -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 18:20
- I'm supposed to go to Kazakhstan in April. not concerned about the travel or the virus, but this happening when I come back. -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 18:13
Dow Futures -3 billion -- nm - Jovian Mar 11, 18:12
hey Mop, if you're travelling to/in Canada airlines have to compensate you if they change your tickets within 14 days of departure. - mafic Mar 11, 18:11
Tom Hanks and his wife contracted the virus... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 11, 18:11 3
- how did I miss this before!!! I scanned like 3 times! - Jovian Mar 11, 18:46
- NOW it's serious. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 18:14 1
  - I’m distraught. -- nm - MDH Mar 11, 18:16
WHO'S LAUGHING NOW MOTHERFUCKERS! -- nm - TP Hoarder Mar 11, 18:09 4
- I need TP for my bunghole! -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 18:16
- Wait, does TP come from Europe?? -- nm - Max Mar 11, 18:14 2
  - No. It's made here in the US -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:35
  - they have trees -- nm - TP Hoarder Mar 11, 18:14
guess we know who's gonna survive this outbreak -- (link) - mafic Mar 11, 18:07
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! -- nm - Dow Jones Mar 11, 18:06
OMG. Goodbye US economy. -- nm - MDH Mar 11, 18:05 1
- If the entire earth’s economy also goes goodbye, did anyone really actually go goodbye? -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:09
"We will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days." -- nm - mud Mar 11, 18:05 2
- except for England. -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:07
- Well, saves them the hassle of banning travel from the US to Europe. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:05
Masked Singer :-O *blink* *head shake* :-O Now I've seen everything. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 11, 18:03
Guardian readers' children fear outbreak of homeschooling -- (link) - spamlet Mar 11, 17:46 1
- Lol. brilliant. -- nm - znufrii Mar 11, 17:47
Juventus defender Daniele Rugani tests positive for coronavirus -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 17:46
CNN is reporting that Trump's chief message when he addresses the nation from the Oval Office tonight is going to be "this is not my fault" -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 17:45 5
- Isn't it always? -- nm - . Mar 11, 18:25
- "I blame the departments that are fully under my control." -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 18:05 1
  - “And who the hell is this Vacant guy? I don’t know him. I see his name everywhere in my administration and yet I don’t know the guy.” -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 18:10
- Same as his birther speech. "I didn't start it but I'm ending it, right here, right now" -- nm - Max Mar 11, 17:56
- as is his wont. -- nm - mud Mar 11, 17:50
Gulf Wars, a large SCA event in Mississippi starts tomorrow and is not cancelled. My friend and her family is going. It’s a really long event... - Qale Mar 11, 17:38
Chicago Board of Trade to close the CME trading floor due to c19...how will we buy orange juice futures now? -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 11, 17:36 1
- sell... Sell... SELL! -- nm - Spawn Mar 11, 17:38
Great. Now it's mushrooms that are killing us. -- (link) - Meg Mar 11, 17:31
I don’t have to yet but I hate telecommuting. I like home to be home and work to be work. I never use my allowed work from home days. -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 17:23 5
- Plus there's the added annoyance of labeling your food in your fridge. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 17:25 4
  - Ha ha -- nm - amanda Mar 11, 18:04
  - And some jerk putting seafood in the microwave -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 17:27 2
    - who poured the last cup of coffee and didn't make another pot? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 17:29 1
      - I like where this thread went -- nm - zork Mar 11, 18:23
Thunder/Jazz game 22 minutes late—full arena. NBA hasn’t approved play, yet -- nm - Flavorize— Mar 11, 17:23 10
- Big Ten games here in Indy have people. But they've announced starting tomorrow no one will be at the games outside of family -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:03
- If everyone is already there... -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 17:24 8
  - Rudy Gobert is sick and players walked off the floor, before game started -- nm - Flavorize— Mar 11, 17:34 7
    - I'm reading they were instructed to return to the locker rooms -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:02 2
      - BREAKING: #Jazz C Rudy Gobert and PG Emmanuel Mudiay are being taken to Mercy Medical Center in downtown OKC to be tested for the coronavirus. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 11, 18:05 1
        
        And thus, Gobert experienced karma in full -- nm - ML Mar 11, 18:07
    - cause he thought he was funny and started touching every microphone around him... -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 17:41
    - Maybe this was a bad idea then -- (link) - spamlet Mar 11, 17:36 2
      - Welp—not good -- nm - Flavorize— Mar 11, 17:37 1
        
        Just got postponed -- nm - Flavorize— Mar 11, 17:44
So, imagine being a U of C graduate and find out they’re this hard after a cat. I mean... do you set the diploma on fire - Will Hunting Mar 11, 17:22 2
- I wonder if he can get his degree online. - Dark Callisto Mar 11, 17:54 1
  - you should get him an online minister's certificate and have him perform pet weddings -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 17:59
Twitter finally labels a post as "manipulated media" Who was this troll? Any one? Bueller? It was the fvcking White House -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 11, 17:21
This isn't even my final form! -- nm - Cancel Culture Mar 11, 17:17
It's Humpday In America Again -- nm - tonight's speech title Mar 11, 17:17
they found the helmet of famous Greek warrior Miltiades -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 11, 17:15 2
- signed by Miltiades which makes it even more valuable - its the game worn jersey of its day! -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 17:40
- I see an issue. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 17:18

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