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Current mood: Brother and I are trying to 'ground' our parents -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 19:49
So that Masked Singer reveal tonight was appropriate. -- nm - Jovian Mar 11, 19:46 1
- I really need better glasses -- nm - Jovian Mar 11, 19:47
Someone predicted coronavirus 7 years ago -- (link) - budice Mar 11, 19:43 5
- This is dumb. Coronavirus is a class of viruses that causes SARS (for example). It's already come-many times. -- nm - ML Mar 11, 19:49 3
  - But have you heard my prediction that the Sun will turn into a red giant? -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:50 2
    - Shit, stupid stuff like this tweet makes me long for the sun to hurry up -- nm - ML Mar 11, 19:52 1
      - Did we lose track of the meteor? -- nm - budice Mar 11, 19:53
- But what have they done for us *lately*? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:44
I don't see the point of cancelling the St Patrick's Day parades in Chicago when everyone is still taking the L to work. - . Mar 11, 19:41
So the entire NBA was suspended before an Astros player... -- nm - Shaun Mar 11, 19:39 2
- That's funny -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:45
- Astros are playing outdoors. In the sun. -- nm - . Mar 11, 19:42
Call me crazy but I’m honestly surprised at how badly this is being botched by trump et al -- nm - JackDawson Mar 11, 19:38 14
- The man is the opposite of King Midas, everything he touches turns to shit. It'd be a fucking miracle if he ever got anything right. -- nm - TWuG Mar 11, 19:47 2
  - I mean, he has beautiful, smart children, doesn't he? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 11, 19:56 1
    - its amazing what a quarter mill of plastic surgery can do for a butter face -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 20:14
- Yeah, considering this is something that can actually hurt his reelections chances, and it's something he can't lie/bluff his way out of.... -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 11, 19:47 2
  - Nah. Putin and MBS just want to be able to buy stocks cheaper. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 11, 19:57
  - He's going to come up with a witty insult for the Corona Virus. Lying Short Corona Virus That's Bald, is trying to keep me from getting re-elected! -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:48
- He's very dumb when it comes to common sense. This doesn't surprise me at all. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:45 3
  - Pandumbic -- (link) - Max Mar 11, 19:50 2
    - I saw that this morning. Awesome, but also sad how true it is -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:51 1
      - Tonight was PANDUMBIC 2: PANDUMBER -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:51
- He spent the past three years strip-mining the US government of all capacity to manage crisis situations. And even then, I'm surprised. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:42 1
  - I'm suprised it wasn't done worse. - . Mar 11, 19:45
- But are you? Really? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 19:39 1
  - Crazy? Yeah, of course he is crazy! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 11, 19:44
We're getting a wonderful social education on how pandemics spread. Frigging A, Hoiberg. -- (link) - ML Mar 11, 19:38 3
- remember, its a respitory illness, that looks more food poisoning, or hangover than a breathing problem -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 20:17
- (watch the coach next to Fred) -- nm - ML Mar 11, 19:49
- Imagine how the crowd might feel over the next several days. -- nm - budice Mar 11, 19:41
Well, that was an unexpected Masked Singer -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 19:37 3
- i need better glasses. -- nm - Jovian Mar 11, 19:47
- sp_oil_ers -- (link) - ty97 Mar 11, 19:38 1
  - We need to fire the writers of this simulation. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 19:44
Twitter now tweeting all of its 4900 staff are work from home now -- (link) - budice Mar 11, 19:34 1
- that probably doesn't impact me that much, but tonight is the first night that Waze has shown a significant reduction in my commute-home time. - b. Mar 11, 20:00
The grocery store is crazy. Usually slow with one maybe two lines and small orders. Currently four with backup and most of the orders are big. -- nm* - . Mar 11, 19:33
97! Damn Kassian, what a nice play. -- nm - Shaun Mar 11, 19:33
So um, I...did not know that was Winona Ryder in that Squarespace ad during the Super Bowl. - Tim Mar 11, 19:30
Now would be a good time to buld that ST bunker -- nm* - eag Mar 11, 19:29 1
- Yes, the second bunker is unfinished -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:32
DHS clarification on “ban”. It’s not as it sounds (of course) -- (link) - oblique Mar 11, 19:28 5
- What DHS says and what Trump apparently said (I did not watch) seem very different, no? Also, WH confirms goods/cargo not banned -- (link) - ty97 Mar 11, 19:37
- Hey, Scandinavia is banned! -- nm - . Mar 11, 19:36
- So, so far, we aren’t doing anything. Got ut -- nm - JackDawson Mar 11, 19:34
- Oh, its a ban on furry ners. I can go to Italy all I want. -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:34
- This is the mother of all asterisks. -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:32
"The effectiveness of travel restrictions is limited once a disease has spread widely within a country, public health experts have found." -- (link) - Understatement of the year? Mar 11, 19:28
NYC St Patrick's Day Parade now officially postponed -- (link) - ty97 Mar 11, 19:26
"Hi. Dow Futures? Its me. Ummmm. Earlier when I was talking? I only meant a ban on people, not trade goods. Okay? Love you" -- nm - Donnie Diapers Mar 11, 19:21
NHL statement. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 11, 19:21 1
- "They just shamed us, and we aren't prepared." Adam Silver is a really, really good commissioner. -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:28
Might be silly, might not be, but I've been avoiding the subway (almost always crowded) and taking the bus - ty97 Mar 11, 19:19 6
- You should camp in the VIP lounge of airline at LaGuardia since plane travel is going to be way down. -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:22 5
  - Seems like it will be months before I am on a plane again -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 19:24 4
    - I'm picturing a deserted airport and all the little packets of peanuts you can eat. -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:25 3
      - Most airline don't have peanuts anymore because of all the allergies :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 19:27 2
        
        Makes sense. K just thought it was because they were cheap -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:29 1
        
        It would be old packets of peanuts then. ;) -- nm - . Mar 11, 19:37
Trash goal for the Jets. -- nm - Shaun Mar 11, 19:16
-1126 this bear is hungry!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:15
LeBron will be happy, I suppose. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 11, 19:13
Survivor spoiler not a spoiler - crash davis Mar 11, 19:13
Well as a history buff i had always wondered what it was like during the Dark Ages and the Black Death - eag Mar 11, 19:11 5
- ask MOP, he had a lot of relatives alive, then not alive then :) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 19:18
- I've got something I can sell you to satisfy that curiosity -- nm - Ken Follett Mar 11, 19:15
- there were a LOT more buffalo in the US -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 19:14
- Black Death was Obama's fault!! -- nm - Trump Mar 11, 19:13
- I mean, the internet speeds are much better than then. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 19:12
I have never considered using the wipes on shopping cart handles until today. Today I looked for and used one on cart and hands. - Meg Mar 11, 19:10 3
- just remember, people pick up several cabbages to judge which one they like and drop the others back in the pile, apples etc - zeitgeist Mar 11, 19:36
- Read the label. Surfaces have to stay wet for MINUTES from wipes to actually disinfect. We just learned this. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 19:11 1
  - (I still wipe things at work constantly.) -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 19:13
NBA - all teams but 1 said suspend or play in empty buildings. 1 said keep playing in front of crowds. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 19:05 8
- Don't the Bulls already play in an empty building? -- nm - . Mar 11, 19:56
- They're gonna take the team from him. I'm convinced of it. -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:11 1
  - From your keyboard to Silver's lips! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 19:55
- Remember when I said James Dolan was the worst owner in sports, and a few people argued that Daniel Snyder was worse? I WAS RIGHT!!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:10 2
  - We are going to find out Snyder is lacing blankets with CoronaVirus to give to his Native American opponents. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 19:13
  - It's opportunity. He never got the chance to be shitty about this. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 19:12
- When it comes to that team, the crowds had already voted. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 19:10
- "The corona virus: the one entity James Dolan refuses to throw out of MSG" -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:07
We should all donate $10 to a fund and give it to the first STer who tests positive. - David Mar 11, 19:02 24
- Do I get less money because I am in a virus cluster area? New Yorkers also -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:14
- People who work on my floor have been told to stay home because of direct contact with a diagnosed case. So I like my odds! -- nm - Roger More Mar 11, 19:09 8
  - WE are in a cluster area and my wife takes mass transit to work. Hey honey, want to go on a shopping spree? Like the grab bars on the train. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:31
  - Congrats, possibly! -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:15
  - One of my students (not that one) was pissed off that people "were overreacting to a bad cold". I wonder if this evening's news shuts her up - Reagen Mar 11, 19:11 5
    - What news? Tom Hanks? Or a dummy NBA player? - Will Hunting Mar 11, 19:15 4
      - In all fairness to the contest. I am not allowing my $10 to go to Tom Hanks, he doesn't need it and I do. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:31
      - the US just cut off all of Europe. -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:15 2
        
        I treat that more as dumbass doing dumbass things. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 19:20
        
        It's been a hectic day of news this past hour. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:16
- the bar made you that nervous, eh? -- nm - crash davis Mar 11, 19:05
- I would be anyone money that multiple of us have it and are asymptomatic. -- nm - MDH Mar 11, 19:04 3
  - I'm hoping so because I don't want to be blamed for spreading it. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 19:21
  - I had an annoying cold for about two weeks. -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 19:05 1
    - Me too. With a productive cough. But no fever. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:07
- Foodchem, here’s your time to shine! -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 19:04 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 19:56
- Wouldn't that encourage us to go out and lick strange surfaces? - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 19:03 4
  - Hey, I went to a bar. You gotta want it to win. -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:13 2
    - This is LDBC: Expert Version -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 19:20 1
      - Gobert begs to differ. It's more like Death Wish version. -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:26
  - The diet bet encouraged me to lose weight, so, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:07
- I detect moral hazard. -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 19:03 1
  - I mean Mop’s rampant doorknob licking means he has a head start. -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 19:04
ST Yes or No Poll: Will March madness go forward? -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:01 3
- The madness will go forward for sure. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 11, 19:11
- Yes. I believe they've already announced sans fans. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 11, 19:02 1
  - the NBA were going to do that too. -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:03
Travel from Europe suspended? I don't know if I can keep fighting this fight. If I go to Canada, I may not be able to get back in. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 19:00 9
- The shoe dropped at work today. University is recommending that no one travel. But they're not *ORDERING* it. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 19:03 5
  - I just checked my work email. Nothing yet but I bet tomorrow we get something. - spamlet Mar 11, 19:09
  - When do you fly out? -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:09 3
    - A week from Saturday. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 19:10 2
      - Wow, a week away is like 2 months in this news cycle. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:12 1
        
        we could be using human skin as toilet paper by that time. -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:12
- ...you really might not want to get back in... -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:00 2
  - Right? -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 19:02 1
    - *memo to self: finalize Canadian citizenship paperwork for the kids* -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 19:03
I think I’ll rent Contagion tonight. -- nm - Dano Mar 11, 18:58 4
- there was an excellent BBC documentary 3 or 4 years ago on how pandemics spread. they showed patterns in a small town via cellphone programs -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 19:09
- Gwenyth is hotter in Iron Man with those cutoffs. Well she's fever hotter in Contagion, but looking hotter in Iron Man -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 19:00
- It is on Netflix here. Check. Watched it on the weekend. -- nm - Andie Mar 11, 18:59
- I was 100% thinking the same thing. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 11, 18:59
Comparing it to the 1918 flu, which killed 17-100 million ... I dunno. - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:57 3
- The Spanish flu was a rank amateur -- nm - Yersinia pestis Mar 11, 19:00
- If the 1918 flu happened now, with the medical treatments we have, what would those numbers be? -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:59 1
  - Great question. The mortality percentage could mean a higher comparative tally due to larger population, but the treatments would push it lower. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:06
wait does this mean the Raptors are defending champs again -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:56 1
- Just as they are currently. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 11, 18:57
I imagine the NHL will suspend the season by the end of the week. -- nm - Shaun Mar 11, 18:53 2
- yeah, the guys in the Jets/Oilers intermission were just talking about it. They think there might be a response tonight -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 18:54 1
  - "NHL will issue a statement tonight, but per Darren Dreger, sources say that they will not suspend the season right away." -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:02
Boston College needs some outside pressure to get it to do the right ting. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 11, 18:52 1
- I saw that earlier, it's appalling that BC and some other schools haven't done more after deciding - b. Mar 11, 19:00
I'm not sure I understand what this is about (beyond "sports"), but some STers might be interested in helping -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 18:52 2
- The Ivy League cancelled their spring sports. For almost all the seniors, their athletic careers ended with the announcement. - Will Hunting Mar 11, 18:54 1
  - Which means the NCAA will refuse because amateurism or something. -- nm - spamlet Mar 11, 18:56
Don't read this David or Kim..... Dow Futures -900 -- nm* - Bacon Mar 11, 18:52 7
- Remember: 19827 -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 18:55
- Thanks, President business! -- nm - Reagen Mar 11, 18:53 5
  - Dude, premarket was UP 200 points about 2 or 3 hours ago. That's exactly what I was thinking. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:55 4
    - That went about as well as this -- (link) - Reagen Mar 11, 18:57 [youtube] 3
      - You win ST for the day.* - David Mar 11, 19:10
      - Boneitis strikes again. -- nm - Tim Mar 11, 18:58 1
        
        That dance wasn't as safe as they said it was. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 11, 18:59
So like an entire news day has apparently occurred in the last 49 minutes. -- nm - Tim Mar 11, 18:50 3
- This kind of reminds me of 911 as far as the amount of just bad news over over and over. -- nm - Bacon Mar 11, 18:51
- I asked Kim to stop reading the news an hour ago. We could have avoided *all* of this if she'd just listened! -- nm - David Mar 11, 18:50 1
  - You’re absolutely right. I don’t have to be reading the news. I’m off until Saturday. I should go play Skyrim or something. -- nm - Qale Mar 11, 19:04
you thought the Hoarders were out before; tomorrow is going to be a fucking war zone at Costco -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 18:49
Slow news day. - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 11, 18:49

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