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I did have my first r/unexpectedletterkenny moment in real life yesterday. - spamlet Mar 12, 06:53 3
- That’s a meet-cute moment. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:55 1
  - I’m married but thanks -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 06:59
- That's a right chuckle there -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 06:54
How is it NOT YET FRIDAY?!!! Thursday the 12th is considerably more pleasant and less ominous. But, c’mon! Get it over with!!! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:53
And we're moving again....downward -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:51
The ghost of Herbert Hoover can finally rest. We have the worst president in our country’s history presiding over one of the worst crisis -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:48
Fred Hoiberg is a moron - Will Hunting Mar 12, 06:48 1
- WFH = Worst Fred Hoiberg. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:50
Because asking 40 people to update a spreadsheet that isn’t set up for multiple users is a great way to track data. - znufrii Mar 12, 06:44 5
- Christ, Google Doc it like a normal person! -- nm - Shaun Mar 12, 06:45
- Why not unlock it for multiple use? -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 06:44 3
  - Sounds like something we'd do here. Stuff on our file server is single-edit. Stuff in OneDrive/Teams/Sharepoint is multi -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 06:46
  - *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 06:45 1
    - We finally did that for a bunch of spreadsheets my team can all be in at once. Microsoft finally seems to have figured it out. - spamlet Mar 12, 06:54
More COVID-19 advice. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 12, 06:42
So like....what happens when this thing hits 'peak'. It doesn't just go away. How long do we live like this? - ty97 Mar 12, 06:33 12
- We'll be back to health in a few months...the impacts will be felt for longer, but health wise, we'll bounce back -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 06:42
- Always takes a scare to wake people up. Remote Workforces, Cloud, Online all taken to new levels. Internet circuits stressed, expanded -- nm - budice Mar 12, 06:39
- I don't think this is our new normal, but I do think our "normal" becomes something different. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 12, 06:37
- Unlikely this is our new normal. These coronaviruses typically result in vaccines or eradication. I mean, it could be, but history tells us the chance - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:36 8
  - Best case scenario for vaccine is year to year and a half. Is this our normal until then? -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:38 7
    - If we don’t contain it, sure, but again most viruses have shown susceptibility to humans acting smartly as explained in great detail in that long form - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:42 4
      - It just seems like we won't eradicate it completely, some idiot will still do something idiotic, and then it can start spreading again. - ty97 Mar 12, 06:45 3
        
        I mean if you want to imagine scenarios were this becomes the new normal I’m sure you can. I’m just looking at past experience with these outbreaks an - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:50 2
        
        Right, i don't think this becomes the norm for the future. but i do 100% believe it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 06:50 1
        
        That's statistically guaranteed, too -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:53
    - No. Look at China. Something like only 8 new cases yesterday. It blows over and then people get vaccinated -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 06:40 1
      - China is an authoritarian rule, people obey orders or go to prison, people are checked every other block, before entering transit stations -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 11:18
That piece from the European doctor is the first I've heard of potential long-term health impacts for survivors. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:30 4
- I assumed that was the case the moment I read what it does, like a severe pneumonia. But maybe because there’s a lot of respiratory issues in my famil -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:32 1
  - I guess it just hadn't crossed my mind. I never bought into the "it's just the flu" stuff - ty97 Mar 12, 06:34
- There was news last week out of China saying the same. - TWuG Mar 12, 06:31 1
  - I had missed that news. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:32
Dow: -1200 open indicated -- nm - budice Mar 12, 06:25 9
- Circuit Breaker -- nm - budice Mar 12, 06:33 5
  - Inigo read: Circuit Beaker -- nm - Inigo Mar 12, 06:48 1
    - I want to send drunk Beaker to other tourist attractions. that shit was funny -- nm - Pippy -Ruby Red Shoes Mar 12, 06:52
  - Have we hit it? I see the S&P teetering... -6.96%, -6.93%, -6.95% -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:36 2
    - oh, -7.02, there we are -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:36 1
      - "smoke em if u got em" -- nm - budice Mar 12, 06:37
- -1744 -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 06:30
- Prediction - oblique Mar 12, 06:26 1
  - -1750 open -- nm - budice Mar 12, 06:31
I'm a moron. I just realized what WFH meant. - Will Hunting Mar 12, 06:04 5
- WFH - Roger More Mar 12, 06:14 2
  - this -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 06:55
  - I just assumed. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:26
- Im gonna use that IM in planning meeting today -- nm* - budice Mar 12, 06:05 1
  - I don't see how Will being a moron will help your planning meeting -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 06:05
2nd Colorado school we planned to visit has now cancelled all events. Our school visit trip next week is officially off now. I'm cancelling flights -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 05:48
figured, our big leadership thing tomorrow morning has been cancelled/postponed -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 05:46
Noooo, Celebrity Race Across the World is postponed -- (link) - LMS Mar 12, 05:41 3
- I don’t know what this is, but it sounds like The Amazing Race with celebrities. And now... NOW! Coronavirus has gone too far! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:52
- New Title: Last Uninfected Celebrity Death Match -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 06:00
- "Sponsored by Corona" was probably a bad idea. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 05:48
One of the more interesting differences that are happening at my store is the limiting of shelf edge activity. This means no price changes... - Qale Mar 12, 05:29 2
- try this cold fish that has not been cooked and has sat out for hours!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 05:33 1
  - That’s sashimi not sushi. -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 05:38
Sounds about right -- (link) - znufrii Mar 12, 05:28 19
- The WH is walking back 3 statements from his 7 minute speech... -- nm - decline Mar 12, 05:29 18
  - They're freaking live testing his response. Oh? That didn't go over well? Take it back. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 06:38
  - a coworker texted last night that the travel ban is only non-us citizens. what's the point of that? -- nm - amanda Mar 12, 05:41 12
    - his base likes the smooth xenophobic action. -- nm* - Diva Mar 12, 06:57
    - appearance of doing something, is my read -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 06:24
    - Election year, so he is back into travel bans. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 06:13
    - I’m guessing they can’t block US citizens from entering the country en masse. - spamlet Mar 12, 05:51 4
      - They can get around that (which I doubt is the case) by imposing quarantines on the USA citizens - see cruise ships -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:11
      - Further exposing his response as the weak political posturing it is. - znufrii Mar 12, 06:08
      - I mean, they could close the airaspace ala 9/11 but yeah, I'm not sure how you restrict citizens from entering the countery -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 05:54 1
        
        Right. They would have to close all airspace which means domestic flights as well due to open skies treaties. -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 05:55
    - America *first*, amanda. - JaxSean Mar 12, 05:47
    - Americans are resistant to virus', unlike the inferior Europeans -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 05:42 2
      - Pain does not exist in this dojo. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 12, 05:45
      - and the Europeans only start getting sick at 12:01 AM Saturday. It's science. -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 05:43
  - I was actually a little surprised to wake up to the market limit stopped. I figured all the caveats and clarifications from the speech even last - oblique Mar 12, 05:30 3
    - We're now into the Confidence standpoint. All the caveats and clarifications have killed any confidence people have in his team to manage this - Will Hunting Mar 12, 05:59 2
      - If you had a parliamentary system, this is the point where he'd be politely told to sit in a room while you choose who's actually in charge. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 06:05 1
        
        Really?! Even telling the moron to eff off you’d do politely?!? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:12
Stock market futures limit-down again. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 05:18 2
- They hit that at some point last evening too. Must have bounced? -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 06:01 1
  - Possible. I don’t usually pay too close attention to overnight futures trading. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 06:14
Disney should just push back their slate of theatrical films. -- nm - budice Mar 12, 05:05 3
- Mulan will be knee capped. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 05:24 2
  - direct to Disney+ -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 05:49
  - I should go wrapped up completely in cellophane just to give it my support. -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 05:36
F1 - McLaren withdraw from the Australian Grand Prix after a team member contracts coronavirus -- (link*) - budice Mar 12, 05:01
How is everyone doing? Do we have any TTers in Seattle? -- nm - secretslacker Mar 12, 04:52
FIL: "OK, we're going to get the whole family to come to our house and ride out this thing" Me: good luck with that - Beaker Mar 12, 04:48 3
- My suggestion is to go to the Winchester, have a pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over. -- nm - Shaun Mar 12, 05:13
- "Your idea of reducing exposure is a group trip?" -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 04:49 1
  - I mean, if shit really gets bad it would be a thought as he has lots of guns -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 04:51
"Today is like if We Didn't Start the Fire was a day." -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 04:43
The pinkeye comment is already school legend. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 04:36
From an Italian doctor, "Young and unafraid of Covid 19? Great. Now stop killing people." - Andie Mar 12, 04:04 5
- Good but incomplete read that’s not issuing the same warning to toilet paper cleanser and food hoarders. If the article is serious re “be selfish for - JackDawson Mar 12, 06:10
- I’m seeing many similar things from Italian doctors, etc. - Dark Callisto Mar 12, 04:49 3
  - I just mean cancelling plans, in general. No movies. Not going to the Home Show Saturday, that sort of thing. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 04:51 2
    - Right. I think that’s wise. - Dark Callisto Mar 12, 05:09
    - I decided last night to do the same. -- nm - amanda Mar 12, 05:08
Also, friendly reminder of my weekly trivia hosting gig on Thursday nights - Mr. Havens Mar 12, 01:09 1
- Cool! -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 01:15
I just logged in to Nation States for the first time in 16 years. Yeah, my country sucks even more than before. - Mr. Havens Mar 12, 01:07 4
- I logged in a few years ago because was curious. Still wasn’t that much fun. -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 04:53
- apparently I have to remember my country's name to log in. so that's not happening. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 01:14 2
  - You should be able to do it with an email address. I didn’t remember my country name either. - Mr. Havens Mar 12, 01:37 1
    - tried that, it requires me to fill out the country name. not even sure I had gmail then, would be close. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 01:46
Italy will suspend mortgage payments -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 12, 00:51
In local classified ads ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 12, 00:02 [Attachment]
LIR: Thanks! Also, I need to keep doing the driving thing on the side unfortunately. -- nm - zork Mar 11, 23:57
Wiggie and LMS, are you all okay? I'd like to hear from our international friends if possible. - David Mar 11, 23:50 7
- All good in London so far, I've got TP, porridge and plenty of Port. -- nm - LMS Mar 12, 02:57 3
  - UK prepper -- nm - decline Mar 12, 05:07 2
    - No, that also means a year’s supply of tea. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 05:09 1
      - I am low on Earl Grey -- nm - LMS Mar 12, 05:28
- I’ve been home sick the last 2 days, but it feels like a run of the mill bug. No coughing or shortness of breath—just fatigue and aches. Nm - ralph wiggum Mar 12, 01:06
- I'll forgive you this time because I just posted a few minutes ago. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 00:15 1
  - Maybe he still considers you a Canadian ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 00:37
This whole thread is hilarious (reminds me of an old tumblr), but this particular one... I had to cover my mouth to avoid laughing & waking people up -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 23:35 1
- This is what Twitter is supposed to be for. -- nm - Qale Mar 12, 05:51
My YouTube worlds collide! Brad Leone (Bon Appetit) visits the Tillamook factory. -- (link) - Mop Mar 11, 23:32 [youtube]
Best team name at pub trivia tonight: Corona virus with a twist of lime disease. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 23:30 4
- Our team name was...KK Slider. At a two-person table, I somehow missed the vote. - David Mar 11, 23:31 3
  - I blame the DNC -- nm - Todd Manning Mar 12, 05:24
  - maybe next week you'll be on time! -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 23:35 1
    - I was! It must have been a silent vote. - David Mar 11, 23:43
The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors - There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care. -- (link) - Mop Mar 11, 23:27
7am in Paris. Good morning, Europeans! -- nm - Max Mar 11, 22:59 1
- Wave if you're not diseased! -- nm - David Mar 11, 23:31
According to my projections, by june there will be 13 trillion people infected in the US alone -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:47 1
- That's a lot of toilet paper. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 22:57
huh, I just got facebook's new layout, and it's like a slightly more annoying version of twitter. dark mode tho. -- (pic) - mafic Mar 11, 22:45 [Attachment] 1
- Heh. Yeah, seems like a twitter ripoff. At least ST has some thought put into its design! - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:50
Can we all agree that Alex Trebek needs to be sealed in an air-tight vault until this is all over? - Mop Mar 11, 22:45 4
- With Betty White? -- nm - eag Mar 11, 22:50 1
  - What is "bow-chicka wow-wow"? - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:51
- Umm. On the one hand, yeah, good thought. On the other hand, there might be one small flaw in your plan. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:48 1
  - Seemed like a good idea at the time. -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 23:26
Ugh! Second place in pub trivia. We could have done better. So, what's up with everyone else? -- nm - Mop Mar 11, 22:44 1
- you either had too much beer, or not enough. -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 22:46
Just realized I had a new vacuum delivered today and haven't even opened the box. That kind of day I guess :-/ -- nm - Meg Mar 11, 22:19 2
- And people keep reminding me I'm likely in that "high risk" category. Mid 70s with a history of pulmonary embolism.... - Meg Mar 11, 22:24 1
  - why do people do that? my wife's mother told her today she had lots of grey hair and looked tired. helping! -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 22:35
Upon reflection, I'm not sure a sports league has ever had a stranger non-strike season than the NBA in 2019-2020. -- nm - David Mar 11, 22:17 6
- I'm assuming they'll just call the regular season over, and then jump to the playoffs when they resume in May. - Will Hunting Mar 12, 04:48
- Toronto Raptors, NBA champions 2019-2021! it's a dynasty! -- nm - mafic Mar 11, 22:33 3
  - Having just played Utah, they are all being tested and have been told to quarantine themselves -- nm - zork Mar 11, 23:58
  - They'll resume in September and call it Smarch Madness -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:37 1
    - Oops, meant for post below -- nm - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:38
- NCAA Tourney should be something. March Madness indeed -- nm - budice Mar 11, 22:29
It feels a tiny bit like the inverse of 9/11. Plenty of leadup. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 11, 22:14 2
- Casandra complex -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 22:42
- I always tell Kim that being able to anticipate mistakes several days ahead of time is the most helpless, frustrating feeling. -- nm - David Mar 11, 22:18
Sounds like Fred Hoiberg the Nebraska coach just has a cold -- nm - eag Mar 11, 22:09
Crash. I insist I am a bigger fool than you are tonight. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 11, 22:09 1
- Girls, girls! You're both pretty - zork Mar 11, 23:59

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