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I went home after doing one cart this morning. And you have to make sure to say that you’re not feeling well, but not Coronavirus not feeling well. -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 05:49
Quarantine Day 6 -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 22, 05:29
Since all this started, on HSX, I'm down 181mil without selling anything. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 05:28 4
- I sold most positions. Stopped the bleeding -- nm - budice Mar 22, 05:35 1
  - Same here. Lost 56M before turning it around. Now it has crossed over H$15B again. -- nm - GregW Mar 22, 05:56
- I haven't looked since Tuesday. I was down $110M at that point. -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 05:31 1
  - Just checked for funsies: ~$180M -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 05:46
TV PSA: Batwoman, American Idol, Outlander, Real HW, Simpsons, Wall, Vietnam in HD, When Calls the Heart, Duncanville, Our Cartoon President, Homeland -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 05:17 3
- I’d be interested to get back into American Idol to see what happens when they’re supposed to do the live episodes. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 05:23
- Bob's Burgers, NCIS LA, Supergirl, Walking & Talking Dead, Westworld, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Black Monday, Good Girls, NCIS NO, Rookie, -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 05:19 1
  - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spy Wars With Damian Lewis (Smithsonian), War of the Worlds (Epix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 05:21
Bery, what are your reasons for favouring Xbox over PS4? -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 05:02 6
- Not Bery, but Skyrim did it. Then I learned that Bethesda and Sony don’t work well together. Now? I love the community/leadership. Not being Japanese? - Qale Mar 22, 05:55
- If I can butt in.... for me it’s 90% Halo. - Mop Mar 22, 05:23 1
  - I bought my first 360 because I played Halo 3 for 20 mins at a friend's house. -- (edited) - Shaun Mar 22, 05:30
- Not Bery, but I found the XBox Live experience was far superior to the PS3 live experience with friends. - Will Hunting Mar 22, 05:09 2
  - Sure but that was 10 years ago. -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 05:25 1
    - Entrenched habit now and my gaming has changed to the point I basically play Minecraft just to de-stress. - Will Hunting Mar 22, 05:27
I guess it's true about stepping up testing the last couple of days. JH reports 26,747 cases in the US this morning. - loosilu Mar 22, 04:52
Daniel Snyder is doing something ... good? That has to be a typo. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 22, 03:49 1
- Largest crowd that shithole stadium will have this year. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 05:01
I have issues with the source, but Putin released dozens of lions and tigers to encourage people to stay home -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 03:19
Loeffler's husband also sold millions in stock pre crisis -- (link) - Reagen Mar 22, 03:11 2
- When would it have been okay for them to sell? After the first big drop day? Genuinely curious. -- nm - Dano Mar 22, 04:37 1
  - after they informed the public about what they knew. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 04:40
Puyallup PD requests all criminals please refrain from anti-social contact, 'k, thanks -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 03:01
Chopped challenge: someone picks 4 ingredients in your house, you have to make a dinner from it. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 02:47 1
- So ... dinner? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 04:47
Strange days have found us Strange days have tracked us down They're going to destroy Our casual joys -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 02:05
? a whole year abeyance on mortgages? (what about rents?) -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 22, 01:50 1
- I don’t think I can afford Beyonce for even a day, much less a year. -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 05:57
damn Italy reports close to 800 dead today. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 01:31 1
- Brittan's mother's day is today, sunday, but Boris says stay the fvck away -- nm* - zeitgeist Mar 22, 01:32
Best interview I've seen awhile -- (link) - JD Mar 22, 01:21
Wellington the penguin is back exploring the Shedd Aquarium -- (link) - JD Mar 22, 01:07
Two earthquakes just hit Zagreb as they were going into covid lockdown. Not good. -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 22, 01:03
BBC: "Coronavirus: No Russia lockdowns as Putin puts on a show of calm" ... so ... I take it that things will not go well for them. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 00:47 4
- On the other end, Germany continues to have a death rate 10 times better than France and Netherlands. -- (link) - Max Mar 22, 00:52 1
  - Oh wow. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 05:13
- I mean, he's far from an idiot, so maybe he's got people ramping up supplies like mad ... hopefully that's the case. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 00:48 1
  - He’ll use it to lock in his constitutional changes and reluctantly agree to remain president another 16 years. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 00:51
Now then, let's talk about responsible business leadership. - David Mar 21, 23:59 3
- Because buying a gift card to a business right now may be a gamble. -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 05:58
- Others may not be in a financial position that allows them to do that. But it seems like a good and fair idea. - Beryllium Mar 22, 00:11
- A local coffe shop is doing that too. -- nm - . Mar 22, 00:08
I can spot at least two things in this photo that are currently in the "gonna have to change" pile. - Beryllium Mar 21, 23:45 [flickr]
Do you use reusable cupcake wrappers/cups/liners/shells? -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 21, 23:41 [flickr]
Due to someone threatening to kill people and blow up the food bank we have decided to close early, sorry 4 any inconvenience 4 anyone -- nm - my town Mar 21, 23:21 2
- WTF? -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 23:23 1
  - that was a notice posted to my neighborhood fb group, someone went on a rant and made threats.... - zeitgeist Mar 22, 01:31
To a larger point, Kim and I were having a conversation about personal responsibility. - David Mar 21, 23:03 12
- That surprises me about Guy Laliberte (cirque). Guy has done a lot of charitable work towards safe drinking water over the years. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:44
- And with such niche skills, what are you supposed to do as a laid off cirque worker? -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 06:00
- Business, big or small, are in business to make money. - budice Mar 22, 05:19
- On the one hand I would say $40-80m is ~5% of a billionaire's net worth. On the other hand - is that what they're still worth? - Max Mar 21, 23:42
- Yeah...I’ve been thinking about this 1998 -- nm - JackDawson Mar 21, 23:36
- An individual’s personal wealth is not a company’s personal wealth. I.e. Bill Gates isn’t Microsoft. - Mop Mar 21, 23:22 1
  - Acknowledging the insufficient government relief and the stress on the employees who need it the most is the reason corps should take responsibility. - Max Mar 21, 23:32
- I'll be weighing my own responsibility Monday, between giving my boss the finger with my resignation or staying on to defend the ones who make less. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 23:18 3
  - Can you give me some color about what you could do to help? -- nm - David Mar 21, 23:21 2
    - I can point out the senselessness of the math he's trying to use, and to push for an SBA loan before anything else. -- (edited) - Max Mar 21, 23:27 1
      - Yeah, I mean, that's one of the main reasons why interest rates got lowered. Taking on short term debt to protect employees is a key goal of it. -- nm - David Mar 21, 23:56
- You must grip your own hand during scary scenes, David. -- nm - Max Mar 21, 23:16
Hobby Lobby owner David Green is telling store managers to stay open despite the pandemic because his wife had a vision from god. - Spawn Mar 21, 22:23 11
- if she's right, I have no problem fast tracking her to Sainthood. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 21, 23:04
- Best Buy is going to only curbside pickup. Order ahead or at the curb. No home repair or inside delivery. Generous benefit package. -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 22:39 2
  - In an astonishing bit of role reversal now customers will need to look on the internet before buying something (curbside) at a brick and mortar store. -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 06:02
  - My wife was wondering about how people will be affected if their fridge dies, or if they have a plumbing emergency ... I guess this partly answers it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:46
- In a way, it's nice to have the verification about what we'd always suspected. -- nm - David Mar 21, 22:37
- Aren't they the ones that stole from the Cursed Pharaoh's Crypt that led to the release of coronavirus? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:37 5
  - They looted Iraq and own the fake Dead Sea scrolls on display in DC. - TWuG Mar 21, 22:47 4
    - iirc they didn't loot ancient artifacts themselves, they just bought them from ISIL-R-US -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 23:11 2
      - They knowingly bought looted artifacts. Ergo, they're looters. -- nm - TWuG Mar 21, 23:15 1
        
        And bought them from terrorists. Ergo, they’re terrorists. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 23:19
    - the greedy often are. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 22:48
Casey Neistat’s first video in a while is up tonight. Glimpses of NYC and LA... it’s scary. -- (link) - Mop Mar 21, 22:21 [youtube]
Qale’s posted on B2 reminds me that I often fall asleep with YouTube playing. That algorithm is like a demented game of “yes, and...” -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 22:14
Usually, when I play XBox Live, there are 2-4 people online. This week, it's always 10-15. -- nm - David Mar 21, 21:23 1
- I noticed that this morning too. I don’t have that many friends on XBL but those I have all seemed to be logged in. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 22:13
I have a strong itch to blow my presumptive Coronacheck on a Switch and Animal Crossing... -- nm - Ender Mar 21, 21:20 2
- I’m not spending a penny of it. I fully expect that I’m going to end up having to pay it back next year. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 22:22
- It would make Kim happy if you did! -- nm - David Mar 21, 21:23
Since tourists can't keep themselves from doing the lambada around the tidal basin, DC is closing the streets -- (link) - Max Mar 21, 20:59 8
- will this keep people away from the cherry blossoms? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 21:04 7
  - "No driving, I guess we should all jump on the metro." -- nm - Max Mar 21, 21:06 6
    - Didn't they close the two metro stops near there to deter people? -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 21:07 5
      - Smithsonian and cemetery, but I assume that still offers GWU, Farragut, Fed Triangle, and L'Enfant. - Max Mar 21, 21:11 3
        
        With the crowds I saw at the cherry blossoms today, I'd be okay if they stationed tanks there to deter people - ty97 Mar 21, 21:15 1
        
        Bring out the hose trucks! -- nm - Max Mar 21, 21:19
        
        can't believe how much they've eliminated bus service -- nm - prayformojo Mar 21, 21:13
      - yep -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 21:08
Australia going on lockdown. Closing businesses, only essential open. Bordering on Stay in place orders mirroring US -- (link*) - budice Mar 21, 20:54 4
- I think only NSW at this point. WA closing borders, but not on lockdown. -- nm - mafic Mar 21, 23:00
- In the meantime, Bozonaro is trying to undo (or at least criticizing) what a few governors, former allies, are doing to fight COVID-19. - Marlowe Mar 21, 21:04 1
  - Or, as some people are now referring, Pres Jair Coronaro. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 21, 21:10
- Smart. -- nm - POTUS Mar 21, 20:59
Nice site for following Covid-19 stats. Created by a 17-year-old kid. -- (link) - GregW Mar 21, 20:31
stolen from facebook … I dunno why the government's promised to give everyone some money ... - call me Ishmael Mar 21, 20:28 1
- Same. It's getting towards the end of March and rent is coming due. I've given some assistance. -- nm - budice Mar 21, 20:31
So I've been watching concert footage and while David might be right and theatrical exhibition will die, I think that concerts will come back - JD Mar 21, 20:17 [youtube] 6
- A big chunk of that crowd is talking and saying how much better the last act was. - . Mar 21, 21:43
- Nope. Not gonna happen. If anything, movie theatres will be one of the biggest draws once we get out of this. - Mr. Havens Mar 21, 20:43 1
  - I'm really, really hoping that this is the case -- nm - JD Mar 21, 22:18
- Slims is closing because their booker retired 2 years ago and Boz Scaggs didn't want to do it so they let Live Nation take over and their bookings -- (edited) - jnine Mar 21, 20:34
- I don't mean die as in completely gone. I mean that the theatrical window will shrink to one month or less. -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:22
- Once there's a vaccine everything can come back. Right as rain. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:18
Bery, I have a question about the Slackers Helping Slackers. - jnine Mar 21, 20:15 3
- I can invite that email manually & maybe google will allow it. Worth a try. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:17 2
  - Looks like it might work -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:17 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - jnine Mar 21, 20:18
Thousands of passengers still at sea aboard more than 30 oceangoing cruise ships, some still hunting for a port that will accept them -- (link) - budice Mar 21, 20:05 3
- I don't think I mentioned this, my mom's cruise got turned away from St Kitts and Antigua. They were genuinely concerned about docking in Ft Lauderdal - Andie Mar 22, 05:41
- Didn't this happen during WWI? -- nm - Spawn Mar 21, 21:59
- Ah. Hunting for the most portly game. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:08
More "after all this is over" speculation: "work from home" is going to become a lot more common. Many companies will close offices. - Mop Mar 21, 19:58 3
- Publications need the printing machines, which are massive. Otherwise, I agree. - David Mar 21, 20:04
- There goes our plan to pivot into office space leases... -- nm - Shopping Mall Industry Mar 21, 19:59 1
  - I'll take some free ones if you're just handing them out. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 20:01
So this clarification had to occur -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 19:56
West Coast Time Alert: 5 minutes until 8 PM. It's almost time to take off your day pajamas and put on your night pajamas. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 19:55 4
- That was the one downside of going for a walk today -had to get dressed :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 21, 20:04
- we're way ahead of you :)))) -- nm - ST AARP Mar 21, 20:00
- Oh! Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:55 1
  - Advice taken. Granted, I actually got dressed today (and a few minutes ago, went outside to get some photos), but I intended to put on PJs after. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:57
Universal is *renting* The Invisible Man, The Hunt, and Emma for $20 each. Disney will *SELL* you Onward for $20. - Mop Mar 21, 19:51 4
- I want to see Emma but I’ll buy it rather than rent (and not for $20!). -- nm - kelly Mar 21, 20:44
- You couldn’t pay me any amount of dollars to watch The Hunt. I wouldn’t even watch it if you paid me AND it had a RiffTrax. -- nm - Qale Mar 21, 20:12 1
  - It depends on Justin Hartley's screen time. I can forgive a lot of bad acting and story to watch him. -- nm - jnine Mar 21, 20:17
- And we got all of them! -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:55
the virus has made it to Rikers Island, so that will definitely end well. -- nm - Tim Mar 21, 19:49 2
- How old is Weinstein? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:53 1
  - he was moved to a state prison, rikers is basically the city jail -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:56
"Do not want", "Unsee", are just some of the replies to this image. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:47 1
- what would yoda spice taste like, be used on? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 21, 19:57
Kim's really enjoying The Invisible Man. I'm screaming at my television due to the plot holes. -- nm - David Mar 21, 19:46 3
- You mean due to high scary it is. We forgive you -- nm - JackDawson Mar 21, 20:24 1
  - Blech. -- nm - David Mar 21, 20:31
- They are not holes. The texture is also invisible! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 21, 19:52
I can't think of any local parking lots that would feel utterly apocalyptic to be empty. -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 21, 19:38
Revisiting All The Relationships Of The Fast And Furious Universe, or: It's All a Rich Tapestry -- (link*) - prayformojo Mar 21, 19:35
I don't like this one, Daily News. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 19:34 4
- No! Bad tabloid! Bad! NO! -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 19:35
- Tasteless. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 19:34 2
  - Oh, wait. The Daily News? OK, carry on. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 19:34 1
    - I can only imagine what the New York Post came up with. No, I’m not going to go look. -- nm - znufrii Mar 21, 19:40
If every app on my phone would stop notifying me that my flight is boarding right now, that'd be great, m'kay? - Mop Mar 21, 19:33 4
- I think they're all just concerned about the wasted jet fuel idling and waiting for you. -- nm - VMan Mar 21, 19:47 1
  - Mop had ONE job. -- nm - Airline Mar 21, 21:03
- Why are you not at the airport?? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 21, 19:37
- Hey Mop? Your flight is boarding. Right. Now. -- nm - ty97 Mar 21, 19:34
I'm just gonna throw link out again, possibly a few time more at random: GoFundMe (verified) to help hourly/tipped workers -- (link) - ty97 Mar 21, 19:32
The article Znu linked ok B2 is what I’ve been trying to warn about for three weeks. If we treat this as OMG THE WORLD IS OVER WE ARE ALL DEAD - JackDawson Mar 21, 19:30
ALERT! I appear to have TWO unwatched seasons of the Great British Baking Show on Netflix! I'll see you all next week. Carry on without me. -- nm - Mop Mar 21, 19:25

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