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guys, I need an inexp not too shitty webcam for COVID days. can you help? -- nm - amanda Mar 13, 08:44 2
- Wyze. I love mine. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 13, 08:44 1
  - (You can get it on Amazon prime too, for about the same price) -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 13, 08:46
One of my guys just coughed in his station out front. I yelled "2319!" -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:39 2
- I’m getting my annual busy season crud. I know people think I’m going to kill them all - spamlet Mar 13, 08:40
- Nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 08:39
NASCAR postponed -- (link) - budice Mar 13, 08:38
DC Area STers, this hurts: AMC has ceased operation of DC’s iconic Uptown theater - it has closed. -- (link) - MDH Mar 13, 08:33 7
- wait... wait... It's unclear - temporarily health related or planned going out of business? -- nm - Max Mar 13, 08:35 3
  - Not on AMC's website at all, so very likely closure. If Landmark, Amazon, or someone doesn't snag this, it would be heartbreaking. -- nm - MDH Mar 13, 08:36 2
    - We'll take it! -- nm - CVS Mar 13, 08:38 1
      - Look at the comments, don't even get me started. -- nm - MDH Mar 13, 08:41
- I apologize for canceling AMC Stubs + yesterday. I had no idea I would hurt them that bad. -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 08:35
- Yes Spawn, I see -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:34 1
  - heh -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 08:35
Work is taking slow steps. All scheduled internal training cancelled -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:32
Pentagon asks court for time to reconsider JEDI award to Microsoft -- (link) - oblique Mar 13, 08:23
One step closer: NYC Public Schools closing all after school programs -- nm - JackDawson Mar 13, 08:18 4
- Closing the schools is the next to last thing they want to do. That's 1.1 million kids. They'd still need to keep the cafeterias open with - Krusty Mar 13, 08:41 2
  - That's the big debate. What's the greater good? We are closed for three weeks (4 with spring break). - Volnelk Mar 13, 08:49
  - Yeah they’re going to though. Next week at latest. Remember sandy? It all happens quickly -- nm - JackDawson Mar 13, 08:44
- yeah, expecting our announcement any minute now that schools won't reopen Monday -- nm* - Beaker Mar 13, 08:19
Boston Marathon has been postponed, first time in it's history. -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 08:18
LYC: Deadspin is publishing content again -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 08:14 2
- Haven't we suffered through enough this week??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 08:30 1
  - Friday. The. 13th. -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 08:32
We are about 5 hours away from the market losing its shit. Trump is holding a news conference at 3 -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 08:10 7
- Report says he's going to declare national emergency -- (link) - oblique Mar 13, 08:37 2
  - if you think there is panic now - holy. shite. -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 08:45
  - But only 40 people have died thanks to his strong border policy. Does he really think that’s necessary? -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 08:39
- sell sell sell -- nm - budice Mar 13, 08:21
- ughhhhhh -- nm - JackDawson Mar 13, 08:16
- Asha: "President Dumbotron is going to make another speech." -- (link) - mud Mar 13, 08:14 1
  - It'll be fun ("fun") to hear him continue his Blame Obama riff he's been on. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 08:31
You know what hasn't been cancelled? Shen Yun. -- nm - Diva Mar 13, 08:08 1
- What do you think is spreading it? -- nm - China, probably Mar 13, 08:10
WFH - What Fresh Hell? Working From Home. Will F*cking Hunting! etc... -- nm - Diva Mar 13, 08:06 1
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 08:15
Ted Cruz extends self quarantine after second interaction with individual who tested positive -- (link) - oblique Mar 13, 08:03 1
- - November 2020 -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 08:07
Oh no, I poked shades on Twitter. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 07:59
NY Gets cleared to finally test for corona. Expect cases to spike, but good -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 13, 07:41
Hmm.. Rumors that the first test showed Bozonaro is positive for the Corona. - Marlowe Mar 13, 07:32 11
- At what point do we get to start calling this the Karma-virus? - Turd Ferguson Mar 13, 07:36 10
  - Justin Trudeu's wife has it. Off topic she's hot -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:40 3
    - not as hawt as her husband -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:53 2
      - This terrible disease affects all demos, even the rich and beautiful. -- nm - Max Mar 13, 08:31 1
        
        and especially the rich and stupid. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 08:32
  - Chinavirus! -- nm - IPOTUS Mar 13, 07:38
  - But then why tom hanks and PMJT? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 07:37 4
    - Hanks did get Henry Winkler fired which could explain the karma. -- nm - AJRimmer Mar 13, 08:11
    - Skeletons in their closets.. - Marlowe Mar 13, 07:39
    - Well, it's not a perfect theory. :) -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 13, 07:38
    - They know why. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 07:38
Sorry to hear that, SyrDragon :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 07:27 1
- Yeah, I kind of suspected but was hoping I was just paranoid -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 13, 08:25
LIR Reagan inspired poll - what are you ordering/stocking up on that is fun? crafty? books? - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:26 75
- I'm just planning on going to dog parks, since I heard dogs cure C19 -- nm - Max Mar 13, 08:33
- Hit Costco last night. Made sure we had water jugs, ibuprofen, frozen chicken breasts, rice. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 07:38 3
  - What are you going to make out of those? -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 07:55 1
    - Corona Croquettes -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 07:58
  - Roast Chicken? -- nm - Samwise Gamgee Mar 13, 07:54
- nothing - I've got netflix and video games. I did also order extra dog food last night though -- nm - decline Mar 13, 07:35 1
  - Do you prefer the kibbles or the bits? -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 13, 07:38
- I have, with no hyperbole, about 200 LEGO sets of varying sizes I can build. -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 07:35 16
  - OMG. I don't think I've owned 200 sets over my lifetime - JD Mar 13, 08:11 15
    - My LEGO room - TWuG Mar 13, 08:15 [Attachment] 14
      - Where'd you get the shelving units? -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 08:26 3
        
        They're baker's racks from Lowe's -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 08:29 2
        
        Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 08:35
        
        (bzzt, we were looking for "built them out of LEGO"...) -- nm - Max Mar 13, 08:32
      - That's amazing! Well done - JD Mar 13, 08:23
      - Dude. How have you kept this a secret from us? -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:20 5
        
        I didn't think I had. TWUG = LEGO and Tesla, no? -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 08:30 3
        
        Have you been watching LEGO Masters on Fox then? -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:33 1
        
        Was unimpressed with the first episode. Not enough focus on build technique and entirely too much Arnett -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 08:43
        
        no. -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 08:31
        
        Nobody wants a Mop infestation. -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 08:22
      - Ummm....WOW -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 08:18
      - !!!! -- nm - mud Mar 13, 08:16
      - sweet fancy Moses -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 08:16
- Everything I need is online or can be delivered. My weed guy came yesterday. 😁👍 -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 07:34 2
  - Which guy charges you more? The weed guy or the sneaker guy? -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:35 1
    - Sneakers by far! Sneaker prices are insane -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 07:42
- Nothing. I have enough entertainment backed up to last me years. -- nm - spamlet Mar 13, 07:33 12
  - ie. someone has a VPN and picked Italy for their country. -- nm - Shaun Mar 13, 07:50 3
    - 😏 -- nm - JD Mar 13, 08:13
    - Well done. -- nm - spamlet Mar 13, 07:55
    - took me a second but LOL! -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:54
  - The one thing that blows for us is that we are in storage. So, no Wii, no movies other than the screeners I got in the 2019-20 season, no board games. - JackDawson Mar 13, 07:41 5
    - Buy a deck of cards? -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 07:56 3
      - Yeah that's a goo--*gaze* - JackDawson Mar 13, 08:17 2
        
        You know what's fun? Drinking while playing cards. -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 08:22 1
        
        Ok fine that's true. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 13, 08:25
    - Ugh! That sucks -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 07:53
  - Sounds like you need an entertainment enema -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:34 1
    - I just need to take a few weeks off and play stuff -- nm - spamlet Mar 13, 07:40
- Cancelled concert tickets? Honestly, if the internet goes out, we're screwed. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 07:32 13
  - can you pop by a pawn shop and pick up a gaming system or a dvd player? -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:44 3
    - we have all the gaming systems - but all digital games. - JaxSean Mar 13, 07:56 1
      - I'd grab a couple of used disks for games that don't require the webs from a gamestop just to be safe -- nm - decline Mar 13, 07:59
    - And some bonus COVID-19! -- nm - Spawn Mar 13, 07:47
  - heh. By some quirk, I don't have any tickets for this month or next. Well other than Coachella (NOT cancelled 😉) - JD Mar 13, 07:39 8
    - So far I think we're up to 5 cancelled that we had tickets for, just for March. I'm sure Tool is getting cancelled next month, too. - JaxSean Mar 13, 07:55 7
      - do you guys get your money back when the artist cancels? -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:58 6
        
        she asks as she has $ 350 wrapped up in future tickets -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:58 5
        
        I think most are doing the "postponement" option right now. - JaxSean Mar 13, 08:00 4
        
        gracias -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 08:02 3
        
        Indeed. SXSW and Ultra in Miami were on the first wave and cancelled without refunds. The reaction to No Refunds... - JD Mar 13, 08:10 2
        
        I would be pissed if I bought a ticket for a show and they cancelled and I didn't get my money back. - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 08:17 1
        
        I think for most of the ones we have, it's been an option to refund or wait for the rescheduled date. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 08:24
- I am set, as my hobbies can all be delivered digitally now. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 13, 07:29
- Switch Animal Crossing - just have to make it 7 more days. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 13, 07:29 2
  - This! They should release early. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 13, 07:33 1
    - Right??? The little Pocket Camp crossover isn't enough -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 13, 07:36
- Nothing. I mean, we finally BOUGHT groceries for the times square shit hole but that's it -- nm - JackDawson Mar 13, 07:29
- If I was home for 14 days it would be video games video game and more video games. Everything I need is online baby -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:28 4
  - Until XBox Live goes out. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 07:31 3
    - Do you people even know me? PC BABY, Xbox and Playstation are for the lower class. :) I like pretty graphics, spawn likes playing on the sofa. -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:32 2
      - It was more about my difficulties connecting to Red Dead Online this morning. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 13, 07:42 1
        
        Thoughts and prayers -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:43
- Some games and toys for the kids... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 07:28
- Lube? -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 07:27 2
  - heh - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:45
  - Same? -- nm - JD Mar 13, 07:28
- got the first 3 Witcher books delivered yesterday...have 6 Funkos being delivered early next week -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 07:27
- Alcohol. -- nm - mara Mar 13, 07:27 5
  - Yup. -- nm - znufrii Mar 13, 07:31
  - Definitely -- nm - JD Mar 13, 07:29
  - also, this -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 07:27 2
    - Could be time for box wine! -- nm - Shaun Mar 13, 07:30 1
      - but, but, but the Bag of Death is reserved for Christmas and weddings! A step too far! -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 07:30
Good morning everyone! Let's see, what fresh hell are we suffering this morning...? -- nm - Mop Mar 13, 07:25 7
- The Disney closings seem extra harsh as spring break is basically starting now. I wonder how many FL beaches are self-closing too -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:06 1
  - we were sooooo lucky to get our trip in (and happy) -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 08:10
- Wow, Oregon is closing all schools for two weeks. That's new, at least to me. No Traffic, parents gotta parent -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:31
- Groups larger than 3 people no longer allowed. Send half your kids back to the Ex. -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:26
- The TP Wars of 2020 still going strong -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:26 2
  - I had someone kiss my ring yesterday. I blessed them with a jumbo sized roll of tp -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:27 1
    - You are a kind and generous Toilet Paper King -- nm - Pippy -yada yada yada Mar 13, 07:53
one of my financial managers submitted a spend plan for next FY that is 31% higher than this year's. 31%. no "hey, we have a big jump because..." just - amanda Mar 13, 07:20 2
- You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -- nm - spamlet Mar 13, 07:32
- Let's meet halfway. Cool? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 13, 07:22
The kiddos are now calling the virus Boomer Remover. Such sweet little angels they are. -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:17 4
- Eh, I'm not gonna get on a generation's case for a few jerks -- nm - ty97 Mar 13, 07:19 3
  - You’ll have to be more specific in this case. -- nm - spamlet Mar 13, 07:32
  - Ok, Boomer -- nm - TWuG Mar 13, 07:23
  - Some Kiddos -- nm - Bacon Mar 13, 07:20
PMJT: Canada warning against international travel and considering closing the border. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 07:16 1
- Parliament to break for five weeks, until Monday, April 20th. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 07:21
LIR: How much shit hits the fan when leaders from nations other than Iran start dying from this? -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 07:16 4
- I would imagine they have back-up rulers just like we do. Just... competant. -- nm - Qale Mar 13, 07:22 3
  - I'm not sure how it would work in Canada. I suspect the GG would take over for a bit while the Liberals appointed a replacement. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 08:00 2
    - uh .. no. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 08:06 1
      - Oh, right, there's a precedent for this. Kim Campbell. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 08:51
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 07:14

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