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Additional important steps to battle the virus -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:32
here are steps I've taken to limit FB stalking me. I *think* that it's worked, since now the ads are much less specific - prayformojo Mar 17, 08:31 3
- or just stop using FB -- nm - decline Mar 17, 08:37 1
  - That makes too much sense. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:39
- My Facebook constantly: "You should buy this thing that you just bought! And we'll remind you for weeks!" -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:32
Uber Suspends Uber Pool Due To The Coronavirus -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:31
The market map is far more interesting today -- (link) - oblique Mar 17, 08:24
Florida Gov DeSantis: All bars and nightclubs to suspend operations for 30 days starting at 5pm today -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:18 11
- But private escorts are OK, right? -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 08:34 1
  - Oh man, I'm just realizing this is going to impact porn shoots, too! -- nm - David Mar 17, 08:36
- Color me surprised, I figured they'd wait until after tonight -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:21 5
  - Where are you getting your NY/NYC cases update numbers please? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 08:28 4
    - Corey Johnson tweets -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:33 3
      - I presume they were live tweets of Cuomo's presser this morning -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:33 2
        
        This NYT link has the numbers as well -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:34 1
        
        Those are behind your estimates here . Thanks! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 08:35
- I know a ton of people who work in the restaurant industry and I feel so bad for them right now -- nm - decline Mar 17, 08:20
- so start drinking now? -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:19 1
  - 5pm is a *really* good time for bars to let out, right? -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:19
Lololol did trump tweet Chinese virus?!?! Hahaha loser/troll. Would make some of our best trolls here proud! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 08:17 1
- Chinese Virus old and busted. Kung Flu is the new hottness -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:17
Trudeau presser in 15 minutes -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:15
Happy St Patrick's day!! -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 08:14
Chase Daniel to the Lions 3yr/$13.05M. Lifetime earnings: $35M. 65 Games played (in 11 years) with 149 completions for 1,430 total yards and 7 TD's -- nm* - decline Mar 17, 08:14
Cam Newton is on the market. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 17, 08:08 3
- I'm thinking Da Bears will announce a QB today. I don't know who but my twitter feed yesterday - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 17, 08:10 2
  - Foles! -- nm - decline Mar 17, 08:16 1
    - PLEASE! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:21
Picked up one of the Irish Packs and a 6-pack of Landsharks. Should get me thru at least 2 days...? -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 08:07
PAGING JIM -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:01 1
- Nice! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:04
ugh -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 08:01 8
- So everybody is... - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 08:21 2
  - Nah...you're good - JD Mar 17, 08:27
  - Whoa, I know Kung-flu. - Spawn Mar 17, 08:22
- Appalling but unsurprising. -- nm - David Mar 17, 08:11
- JFC -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 08:06
- (I had not heard that before.) - JaxSean Mar 17, 08:06
- And you know they think they are *so* clever. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:03 1
  - "ahaha it's so funny get it?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:14
And at the risk of being banned from here I will be voting third party (irrelevant in New York) and not lifting a finger for the Dem party this Novemb - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:55 6
- It's your vote. Do what you like with it. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 08:36
- Our Primary is today. I'm considering just throwing it to Warren. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 07:56 4
  - I've thought about that but since I believe Biden will be the nominee I'll vote to give him the highest possible majority over the other guy. Not that - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 17, 08:05
  - This is like a replay of 2008. I don’t know who will win in November, but I do know someone way worse than trump will run and win on “remember when th - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:59 1
    - Yeah, Dems need to get their crap together and be messaging STRONGLY on UBI, etc, during this -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 08:00
  - I did. Felt good. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 07:57
WrestleCon had to cancel because of Coronavirus. Marriott wants to bill them $114,000 anyway. -- (edited) - David Mar 17, 07:55 5
- I saw that. Jericho and others are calling them out on it -- nm - Remlik Mar 17, 08:31
- That's interesting. As I believe their cancellation policy for the average consumer has been relaxed to a simple 24 hour notice. - JD Mar 17, 07:58 3
  - Depends - for things like this, I'm sure there's a contract with cancellation language written in. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:20 2
    - Marriott disagrees with their interpretation of the "impossibility clause." -- (link) - David Mar 17, 08:40 1
      - I'd be interested to see if that's an actual Marriott owned hotel or a franchise. Having some second hand experience with that... - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 08:50
KY coronavirus patient refuses to quarantine so deputies surround his house. -- (link) - Diva Mar 17, 07:53 1
- JOhnny Crowder? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 11:00
The reality of all of this is that the fault can be fairly be placed at the feet of those in charge. What we need is tests and treatment so that the - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:53 10
- The UK planned to just let it run through until they realized it was going to kill hundreds of thousands - Reagen Mar 17, 08:00 1
  - That report the NYT had an article on last night scared the bejeesus out of both Boris and Trump - decline Mar 17, 08:18
- Yes and no. Even with heavy testing, there is a long incubation period and you still need distancing to flatten the curve -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:54 7
  - (Meaning that if there’s treatment, humanity will accept the risk that some people will die but most will live so that normal human activity goes on, - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:58 1
    - Lower death rates and less viral. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 08:34
  - Life will go on with coronavirus amongst us -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:55 4
    - Except for those who die. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 08:34
    - It will, but for now we need to try to not overwhelm the health system -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:57 2
      - Correct. This is necessary for now because we don’t have treatment and testing -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:58 1
        
        Treatment isn't really a thing. They treat the symptoms. There is no cure. So there is no new treatment that people don't know about, it's about - pmb Mar 17, 08:35
Jax News Network: Jacksonville Jaguars sign Tom Brady to 2-year, $100 million dollar deal. - JaxSean Mar 17, 07:52 2
- I wouldve believed it, cept Nick Foles on the roster -- nm - budice Mar 17, 07:53 1
  - We'll soon trade him for a 2024 6th round draft pick. - JaxSean Mar 17, 07:55
Cuomo, continuing to make me *grumble* respect him -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:51 6
- He should be blaming trump but good on him though -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 07:54 5
  - He's doing what Trump should be doing, and owning it. The buck stops here, not over there somewhere. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 08:20
  - He seems to be putting the people of NY first. He knows antagonizing Trump will only delay help from the Feds -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:56 3
    - Yes agreed -- nm - JackDawson Mar 17, 08:15 1
      - I can see why he is the favorite son. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:18
    - Trump mentioned him in one of his speeches (positively), so yeah, he is playing nice with him. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:58
This is a perfect storm of legal shittitude. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 17, 07:48
NYS: 1374 cases. NYC 644 (+187) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:47 3
- IINM, this is a reversal from yesterday or the day before when there were more confirmed cases in NYC vs out of NYC? -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:48 2
  - 432 new cases total in NYS (that includes the 187 in NYC) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:48 1
    - by borough -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:50
Shit just got real: SNL suspends production -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 07:46 2
- Remlik? -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:47 1
  - Apparently. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 07:50
Speaking of Ireland, anyone check out the new Boomtown Rats? -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:46 1
- not yet -- nm - mud Mar 17, 08:28
North Carolina: takeout only after 5pm today -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:45 1
- NO LUNCH FOR YOU!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:46
I love how clueless some organizations are. This just popped up in my newsreader posted by CNN -- (link) - oblique Mar 17, 07:43 2
- which newsreader do you use? -- nm - budice Mar 17, 07:51 1
  - Feedly -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 07:52
Drew Brees 2 years $50M with the Saints -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 07:37
AMC? LOL -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:35 9
- AMC? You mean Disney Theaters. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:37
- I would have a shit ton of respect for them if they pivoted A-List to include their AMC digital distribution and put first run movies on it -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 07:36 7
  - I'm positive that they can't, at least with regard to first run movies. They don't have the rights to first run movies - JD Mar 17, 08:01 1
    - seems like something they could work on :) -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 08:05
  - That would come out of pocket for them. They'd burn through cash massively. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:38 4
    - No, it would be a smart pivot from a dying industry. -- nm - David Mar 17, 07:48 1
      - But why would the distributors / studios help a dying industry? If you're content maker, why not just skip existing dying industry? - JD Mar 17, 08:07
    - They would probably get a couple million new A-listers out of it, but, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:40
    - I'm sure they can save some money by, you know, closing theaters and firing everyone - oblique Mar 17, 07:40
Mick Mulvaney is in self quarantine -- (link*) - decline Mar 17, 07:29
Miracle of miracles. The 25 HP 840 G5 laptops I ordered from Amazon yesterday after a major hassle with my CC ($25k charge) and expedited shipping - oblique Mar 17, 07:28 5
- Our IT dept bulked ordered laptops from Dell last week. It's a good time to be a laptop manufacturer. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:39 1
  - We've had orders out at CDW that have been backordered for weeks. I was amazed this guy had any at all -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 07:51
- LAN party! -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 17, 07:31 2
  - I also ordered a dozen gaming headsets to be here on Thursday (not a joke). Finding USB headsets right now is damn near impossible with everyone - oblique Mar 17, 07:35 1
    - I ordered a webcam last weds for $30 -- it arrived yest and a coworker was like, oh what a great idea can I have a link? $55 now. -- nm - amanda Mar 17, 07:50
Kids driving you crazy at home during quarantine? Have a little me time like this guy -- (link) - Bacon Mar 17, 07:23 [youtube] 1
- Exceptional. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 07:34
It was nice knowing you all. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 17, 07:22 19
- But mah books! -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 07:34 1
  - kindle FTW -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 07:39
- "Amazon is now prioritizing medical supplies, household staples, and other high-demand products to its warehouses until April 5." -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:32 2
  - Basically, saving shelf space for the stuff that is selling like crazy. -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:33 1
    - My take is that prioritization is for the entire supply/delivery chain - JD Mar 17, 07:54
- Ok, serious question/issue - does this mean I won't get my Animal Crossing on Friday? Do I need to cancel that shit and get the download instead? nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 07:30 7
  - This is prioritization of shipments from resellers to Amazon warehouses (not from warehouses to consumers AFAICT) - ty97 Mar 17, 07:32 4
    - So Amazon has to adhere to the street date? - JaxSean Mar 17, 07:43
    - Ahhh...very nice. Missed that little tidbit in my panic. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 17, 07:33 2
      - I'm sure the general public will pick up on that nuance also -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 07:34 1
        
        haha -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:35
  - Unless it's already in the warehouse, I'd say cancel and download. - JaxSean Mar 17, 07:32
  - Good question. You might want to just do the download. It'll process the Day 0 update on Thursday, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 17, 07:31
- Fixed tweet and story -- (link) - spamlet Mar 17, 07:26 3
  - No Lego, no peace!!! -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:36
  - Now I'm really glad I got my equipment -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 07:33
  - "Amazon said in the email that it's now prioritizing shipment in the following six categories: baby product; health & household -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 17, 07:29
- Tweet deleted. It was a story about Amazon suspending shipments of everything but household goods. - spamlet Mar 17, 07:25
- Funkos are essential though right? RIGHT??!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 07:23
Pot distributors and retailers see unprecedented sales surge -- (link) - Reagen Mar 17, 07:18 7
- Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking. -- nm - McCroskey Mar 17, 07:29
- They'll save the economy! -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:24 4
  - True story. Today I have to go to Eugene and my Brother has been in Hawaii for two weeks. I am taking him some toilet paper because it was - Bacon Mar 17, 07:27 3
    - Dude, you can probably claim a fiefdom right now. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 07:37 2
      - and reinstate Prima Nocte. -- nm - Diva Mar 17, 07:49
      - I'd invade that. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 17, 07:39
- Makes sense. The anxiety this is producing for the world might require a little extra puffy puff to chill a bit. - Bacon Mar 17, 07:19
Every six hours, Brady should announce a team he ISNT signing with. The drama is what America needs right now. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 17, 07:15 14
- Watch him pick the Chargers. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:39 4
  - them or the Bucs -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 07:41 3
    - I expect that but would *love* to see Miami. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:42 2
      - sure, but the Jets would be funniest. -- nm - mud Mar 17, 07:44 1
        
        Yeah, but Tom is so Mr. Miami. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 07:45
- "NFC West is fired." *watches SF walk by* "Correction: NFC East is fired." -- nm - Brady House MD Mar 17, 07:37 1
  - "Anything that is yours, Jimmy, is mine by right." -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 07:40
- Give the remaining teams a rose? -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:22
- Dude, you're hired. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 07:18
- He's leaving the NFL and running for President! -- nm - Bacon Mar 17, 07:17 1
  - I heard he wanted to play minor league baseball. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 07:23
- Stop, I can only get so erect. -- nm - ESPN Mar 17, 07:16
- Should be one a day, we're gonna be distancing for a while -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 07:16 1
  - I’ll accept that. Hunger games style. Every night at sunset. BOOM. ‘Aww man, it’s the Vikings. That’s too bad.’ -- nm - Volnelk Mar 17, 07:23

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