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Portland Japanese Garden has closed indefinitely and laid off more than 100 staff members. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 16:45
Did we miss equinox, bitches? -- nm - Dano Mar 20, 16:43 5
- Equinox Bitches is my sixth favourite LCD Soundsystem song. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 16:48 1
  - I imagine Robyn has done a cover. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 16:53
- I am going to shoot that effin Easter Bunny this year and have bunny on the barbi -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:46
- motherf*ckers -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 16:44 1
  - And that's another decorative gourd season of shellacked vegetables in the books -- nm* - con_carne Mar 20, 16:48
My company in the event of an Oregon shutdown considered essential service (hygiene) However... - Bacon Mar 20, 16:31 11
- OMG. You're Toilet Paper Man. The superhero of COVID! -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:34 9
  - Can I put sirens and lights on my van? please please!! We also sell concentrated cleaning supply stations, launder bar towels, mops, dustmops, etc et -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:39 8
    - Um, what was that -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:50
    - You are a -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:49 2
      - BERY!! She's broken again -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:50 1
        
        I'm on the CG network right now because I'm actually at work (waiting for products after end of day HHS briefing) -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:52
    - You are a -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:49
    - You are a -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:49
    - You are a -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:49
    - You are a -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:49
- Today the wife's company had a company wide meeting to discuss layoffs and pay cuts. So I am expecting her news to not be good at the dinner table - Bacon Mar 20, 16:32
GameStop Shuts Down Stores Amid Coronavirus Pandemic -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 16:30
From daughter who, as you may know, is a respiratory therapist in a Kansas City hospital...... - Meg Mar 20, 16:26 6
- Is there any option of calling in retired medical professionals? That is happening in some areas. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:33 2
  - We are going to have to activate the military and national guard medical teams to help out. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:39 1
    - NG is activated in 23 states as of 6 am today. NYC is getting a hospital ship. Funny how governors apparently are able to govern. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:51
- Do your taxes!...;) What's with all the children, is it a children's hospital? -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 16:31 1
  - Mercy Children's Hospital in Kansas City. A lot of her work is in the NICU. -- nm - Meg Mar 20, 16:34
- 😞 -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 16:28
ST shows that the number of people who lose their jobs dwarfs the number who will get sick -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 16:20 12
- I absolutely have my job until I get sick! Wait... -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 16:42
- And something that really isn't being covered extensively enough in the media. -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 16:41 3
  - The media isn’t losing their jobs. I’m 50/50 on whether they care -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 16:43 1
    - Excellent point. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 16:45
  - As soon as the new weekly unemployment claims number hits on Monday that will change. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 20, 16:43
- Unfortunately the timelines are different. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:31 6
  - Yes, the graph lines are going to cross at some point -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:33 5
    - No -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 16:43 4
      - You don't think the numbers that will catch corona virus will eventually be higher than the number of unemployed? - Bacon Mar 20, 16:44 3
        
        I mean maybe you mean total number of people who ever get it then sure but unemployment number is a snapshot at that moment - JackDawson Mar 20, 16:48 2
        
        The majority of infections/deaths will take place in the next 3 months. Peopel are sick for weeks. It may indeed exceed unemployment at a given time. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:55
        
        Ah okay. I was talking eventually get it. We are doing this to flatten that out so the hospitals aren't overwhelmed. - Bacon Mar 20, 16:50
Movie theater just informed us that we are all officially terminated by the company so we can file unemployment. No estimated re-open date, just - sycor Mar 20, 16:14 10
- This sucks!! I hope it's a very short event for everyone. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:32 1
  - It's not. :( -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:34
- Ugh, sorry. - spamlet Mar 20, 16:22 1
  - Sounds like it. GM plans to rehire everyone when he can. But who knows when that will be. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 16:34
- Sorry :-(. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 16:19
- :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 16:18
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:15 3
  - I'm lucky enough that was just a side gig. Right now I'm still a government employee and still at work. - sycor Mar 20, 16:18 2
    - Oh, glad to hear. I think you do have a safety net. Which state? -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:30 1
      - NC - but if the state decides to not pay us once they do eventually shut down, then I will be screwed. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 16:33
dude, schadenfreude much? -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 15:57
I am now also having to work from home starting next week. - Jovian Mar 20, 15:50 1
- It sounds like our company is calling those who can't work from home back in next week. -- nm - Dano Mar 20, 16:03
Kentucky GOP not about to let a pandemic get in the way of making it harder for people to vote. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 20, 15:41 6
- Are we sure it’s the China virus? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 15:45
- How did a state like KY manage to have the worst Senators who have way too much power? -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:42 4
  - literally two of the absolute worst in the entire Senate. - Jovian Mar 20, 15:46 3
    - McConnell is in a league of his own when it comes to evil. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:52 2
      - oh yeah he's 100% pure as opposed to 90-99% like the rest of the trumpets -- nm - mud Mar 20, 15:58 1
        
        I mean, the real damage he has inflicted. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:00
Andy Cohen Has Tested Positive for Coronavirus -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 15:34 7
- To be fair, he likely has every virus ever. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 16:01
- I attended a very large LGBT pro bono lawyers dinner on March 5. He was there and one person has since died from COVID from that dinner - it was like - JackDawson Mar 20, 15:46 2
  - Take your temperature dude, hahaha...no seriously -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 18:46
  - Correction February 27– a week before -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 15:47
- I was just coming to post this for Jack. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 15:45
- Is that Anderson's bf? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 15:40 1
  - BFF. Not romantically linked, to my knowledge. Others allege otherwise. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 16:19
Audible is opening up their kids collection -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 15:34 1
- Have you seen the instagram videos of actors reading children's books? -- (link) - GregW Mar 20, 16:03
Ok, for real now - I'm fine with social distancing. But can a brutha at least get some warm dry weather so I can at least play Pokemon? nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 15:31 8
- I’m out of poke balls at this point. Thinking of hitting Main Street tomorrow for a walk and play. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 16:22 2
  - I haven't opened it in like 3 weeks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 16:32
  - I've been doing pretty well in that regard. Before this hit, I was sitting at like 1200 Ultra balls or something ridiculous. - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 16:29
- The weather is actually gorgeous here. BUT I CANNOT GET UP FROM THE DESK. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:36 4
  - That's a bummer. I have been walking every day instead of having lunch...bout 40-45 minutes a day. - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 15:37 3
    - Hopefully it will be better after today, after the site rehaul. Until now I had to handle every freaking document myself. - loosilu Mar 20, 15:41 2
      - Muahahaha - the power!!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 15:43 1
        
        Every time I log on, I will be going "na na nana na" in my head. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 20, 15:48
This is a fuckin' chart. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 15:23 2
- autograph that -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 16:42
- I'm guessing that doesn't include uber drivers and other gig workers -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 15:30
Nevada closing at midnight. all non-essential businesses must shut down. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 20, 15:21 1
- The KitKat, Moonlight and Mustang ranch are essential businesses right? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:08
Todd Gurley: 1 year $5 Million -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 15:21 2
- Rams: $7.5 million Falcons: $6 million Offset: Minus $2.5 million Total earnings: $11 million -- nm - budice Mar 20, 15:31
- I want to visit the cocoon where these million dollar deals are considered essential and don't enrage laid off workers. -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 15:29
Minor issue I know, but the implications of coronavirus on NCAA sports is going to be interesting to watch - Strongbad Mar 20, 15:14 3
- The NCAA should start with automatically granting requests for another year of eligibility from any varsity athlete in any sport. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 15:19 1
  - Won't someone think of the freshmen!? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 16:28
- NFL Draft with no Pro Days and a bunch of question marks (Tua?) -- nm - budice Mar 20, 15:16
Charlie Pierce: It's Time For Networks to Stop Televising Trump's Daily Briefings -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 15:13 3
- aw shucks but I enjoy them so much (good thing CNN will always show'em no matter) -- nm - mud Mar 20, 15:59
- Five years too late but yes -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 15:48
- Or allow a Democratic response. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 15:46
Good news time: For the last 8 weeks or so, I have been the single point of failure for running the response website. My boss has been - loosilu Mar 20, 15:06 5
- You mean the single point of success! -- nm - Dano Mar 20, 15:16 1
  - I succeeded in the end. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:25
- In that case it's OK for you to go out and lick door handles of public buildings again! WOO! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 15:08 2
  - I missed that! -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:09 1
    - We ALL have. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 15:26
Theory I'm playing with in my head. Upon seeing the initial covid19 events in China, the most effective way to deal with it would have been for - pmb Mar 20, 15:05 16
- Probably -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 15:48
- Dunno about effectiveness, but that's a great scenario for a bioethics class to pick apart and discuss. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 15:11
- Loosi's the expert on this, but I have seen several scientists state that the antibodies from recovered patients are crucial to a vaccine. -- nm - David Mar 20, 15:10 2
  - I didn't hear that, but that doesn't mean anything. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:14
  - From what I read, it was like a stopgap prior to a vaccine - helps to shorten hospital stays. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:12
- The UK is attempting something similar to that. We'll see how it turns out. We're conducting a global science experiment on people. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:09 8
  - I thought they abandoned that when they realized it mean hundreds of thousands dead. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:09 7
    - Is that more or less than the number of deaths that are going to occur anyway? -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:10 6
      - More, because treatable cases will have to be abandoned to die due to overcrowding. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:13 2
        
        My point is that it would be the opposite if you did it in a controlled way. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:16 1
        
        And my point was that Boris Johnson is a clown. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:21
      - Lots of countries show us that it doesn't have to be that way. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:13 2
        
        Yeah, well my theory is that if you can exclude the most vulnerable population while you do this in a controlled way, you could reduce the death rate - pmb Mar 20, 15:15
        
        This is going to be the subject of study for years. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:14
- Ah the Chicken Pox Sleepover plan. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 15:06 1
  - Kind of. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:09
Not sure if folks saw this post on B2, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:05 [Backboard] 6
- I like it. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 16:21
- Great! -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 15:52
- Nice -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:45
- Good idea! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 20, 15:33
- United way emergency phone 211 to talk to local help line, also a web site -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 15:29
- I like it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 15:22
Those of you trying to homeschool, the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has a free education portal with lesson plans, activities and videos. -- (link) - jnine Mar 20, 14:59
We're "going to" look like crap? -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 14:56 17
- I’ve already mentioned I was a couple weeks overdue for a haircut when this whole thing kicked of, so... -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 15:24
- I got a haircut last Saturday. I look ok . . . for now. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:00 10
  - I think the guys should have a facial hair competition. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:01 9
    - I already won. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 15:12
    - I just shaved my winter beard. It drives me insane in warmer weather. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:07 1
      - Shows how much I know about beards. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:07
    - I'm a few days away from shaving mine off completely. Heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:07
    - My beard at this point is almost entirely gray. It makes me look 10 years older. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:06 4
      - COme on, they make that just for men beard stuff. It gradually blends away the gray. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:07 3
        
        The last time I did this was a couple of years ago when I did Kilimanjaro. It was . . . not good. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 15:17
        
        Not sure that works for me with my ginger hair. But I've embraced the grey. I haven't shaved since the funeral, but the warm weather may - sycor Mar 20, 15:14 1
        
        Judging by what's happening to my sideburns, I'm gonna skip grey and go straight to white. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:46
- Broadcasters working from home look a lot different sans makeup. Also get a kick out of the rooms in their homes. -- nm - budice Mar 20, 14:57 4
  - My dining room table already has the EOC look. Totally covered with IT crap and snacks. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 20, 14:59 3
    - Same here. I typically use the dining room table as my desk when working at home, but used to clear it off every night. Now ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 15:09 2
      - Might as well share it. My EOC dining room table. -- (pic) - loosilu Mar 20, 15:13 [Attachment] 1
        
        You can't tell but I have two laptops stacked on top of each other. I use them for different networks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 15:15
Mile-long Costco Line in Cypress, CA -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 14:54 6
- THERE. ARE. OTHER. STORES. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:05 4
  - Bingo. I just went to Albertsons and got my stuff and was second in line at the checkstand. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 16:37
  - I am convinced at this point that some people love being inconvenienced. -- nm - Qale Mar 20, 15:07 2
    - "I paid $50 for the membership and I'll be fucked if I go somewhere else" -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 15:25 1
      - 2006: the worst summer of my life, working there (temp gig) -- nm - mud Mar 20, 15:31
- good lord -- nm - mud Mar 20, 15:04
Listen, Kristoff, we don't have time for your shit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 14:54
Did NY just cut their own throat criticizing wh response and praising Shummer? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 14:49 2
- I take that to mean they wrote off the WH completely. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 14:54
- No. -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 14:50
It sure as hell *feels* like March 43rd. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 14:48 4
- Stupid Smarch pandemic. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 15:02
- I checked and my calendar agreed with him -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 14:58
- we've having some lousy Smarch weather. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 14:51
- My 90 day trial on 2020 is about up and I don't wish to renew for the full year. -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 14:51
John Legend "working from home" *drinky motion* -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 14:47

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