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Guess there'll be no shopping the grocery specials this week. The one store previewing their weekly flyer has just snack foods and alcohol :/ - Meg Mar 24, 13:11 3
- Snack bar at the end of the universe -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 13:20
- We no longer have fliers nor any sales. Prices have been frozen now starting on the 2nd week. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 13:15 1
  - Yep, nothing in the mail today so I suspect it may be the same here. Some stores don't post them until Tuesday night so we'll see. -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 13:21
In other news: New Jersey has finally been ejected from the union -- (pic) - Reagen Mar 24, 13:02 [Attachment] 1
- Can we be next please? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 13:12
Work is planning to start WFH. We have to take our desktops, monitors, etc home. We are allowed to take 30 cases at a time. Come back to the building - sycor Mar 24, 13:00 9
- Take home your desktop computer? You can't just leave it on and use a VPN? -- nm - mara Mar 24, 13:08 3
  - given what they do, they probably don't want work product on personal computers in any form -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 13:09 2
    - I have this same scenario for my work from home. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 24, 13:23
    - Basically this. -- nm - sycor Mar 24, 13:11
- 30 cases? Of what, toilet paper? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 24, 13:05 1
  - I was hoping beer. TP situation has been addressed. -- nm - VMan Mar 24, 13:06
- Just started? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 13:04 2
  - I am still here. But we are small and have had the door locked since last Monday. Amazing how quickly people go it. On average we had ~2 dozen people - Spawn Mar 24, 13:10
  - We have never been allowed to work from home before. They are still trying to completely figure out logistics. -- (edited) - sycor Mar 24, 13:07
Joe needs to start holding press conferences as if he were the president, switching over to his own experts giving facts/advice -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:57 5
- Competing experts sounds like a great way to confuse people. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 24, 13:12
- *cough cough cough* -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:58 3
  - Maybe he should pick his VP now to carry on the campaign if he catches something. -- nm - Max Mar 24, 13:05 2
    - This seems like a good idea that Bernie Bros will hate. Let’s do it. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 13:16
    - Kamala ! -- nm - mud Mar 24, 13:07
See below. -- nm* - Diva Mar 24, 12:55 2
- Hey baby. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 24, 12:56 1
  - *wink!* -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 18:18
Welp, our internet's starting to get shaky. See you all on the other side of the apocalypse. -- nm - David Mar 24, 12:54 1
- use some command strips on the cables -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:56
We ordered lunch delivery for #TakeOutTuesday and a Thai ladyboy brought the order. She was delightful. -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 12:53
Welp the markets are having a day! -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:51 1
- looks like Lou Dobbs will be getting a new autograph today -- nm - Jovian Mar 24, 12:58
yikes. when I fell asleep for a nap, the JH counter was at 398K confirmed's. it's now at 414K -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 12:50 4
- Is there a live cam on the national debt tally in Times Square or wherever it is? -- nm - Max Mar 24, 13:07
- You’re a murder sleeper. -- nm - David Mar 24, 13:03
- Long nap. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 24, 12:54 [Backboard]
- STOP NAPPING! -- nm - decline Mar 24, 12:51
Syndergaard heading for Tommy John surgery -- (link*) - decline Mar 24, 12:50 3
- every pitcher should just get this done now. why wait? -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 12:54 2
  - "I felt fine, but may as well strap two or three cadaver tendons on there just for kicks" -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:57
  - Because hospitals are avoiding unnecessary... ah fuck it, money talks. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:55
Life on the Planet Mercury? ‘It’s Not Completely Nuts’ - crash davis Mar 24, 12:33 1
- Next up on The Real World: The Sun.... -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 24, 12:42
The latest spin is that Trump's not at fault for that death because "chloroquine" and "chloroquine phosphate" are different things. They are not. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 24, 12:30 19
- It’s criminally negligent what he did -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:39 11
  - the silver lining is he will stop touting it publicly though. - Jovian Mar 24, 12:48 1
    - To quote a wise man on this board “lol” -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:48
  - What say you? -- (link) - Reagen Mar 24, 12:40 8
    - Come on Peter Thiel -- nm - Roger More Mar 24, 12:55
    - (comment just below) don't forget these are the same people who ate Tide Pods -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:45
    - (The problem is the defense is obvious and probably a legal winner— it’s not reasonable to rely on what he says) in plain speak- you’re a moron if you - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:44 3
      - "no reasonable person would trust the President" would be an interesting thing to be argued in court. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:46 2
        
        I blame Fox News more, although the wife didn't single them out. -- nm - mara Mar 24, 12:48
        
        I think a manhattan jury properly instructed would agree with the defense -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:47
    - See you don’t need Twitter you have us! -- nm* - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:43 1
      - Hey, I know enough to double/triple source things before I just up an believe them! -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:44
- It's not on me, they should not listen to someone who is not a doctor. Past me was not an MD. (NM) - Drumpf Mar 24, 12:33
- Wait. So we have something that is a controlled substance that you need an Rx for but also, you can buy it at pet stores? -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:31 4
  - It's an anti-parasitic, hence the use for malaria - Reagen Mar 24, 12:36 1
    - I guess I'm just surprised that it's controlled via one channel, but uncontrolled via another. Never would have thought that. -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:48
  - chemicals for cleaning can also contain many unlabeled ingredients...who knows what else was in it -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:34 1
    - cnn: French docs say there is a narrow window of overdose and therapeutic dose. they are running out of supply for legit use, lupus etc -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:35
- I said "oil of the snake", not "snake oil". -- nm - POTUS Mar 24, 12:31
How is Joe Biden these days? -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:23 5
- Say what you will, the dude looks ancient (on CNN right now) -- nm - oblique Mar 24, 12:24 4
  - There is still time to just nominate Warren by acclamation! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 24, 12:34 1
    - :-D ! -- nm - mud Mar 24, 12:42
  - Ancient Joe > Current WH resident -- nm - budice Mar 24, 12:28
  - did you see Sicko Joe? Sicko Joe, he was just on that fake news show I never watch, saw him coughing away, he's going to cough right on you you know -- nm - donald Mar 24, 12:27
Joe has coughed twice during this interview and they're not nice sounding coughs -- nm - mud Mar 24, 12:22 1
- But a dry cough is a nice sounding cough, so he must be fine. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 12:38
Biden on CNN talking about his isolation, 2 coughs so far 3 (into his hand) doesn't think the in person convention should cancelled -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:22
Diva, great news on the Peapod order! -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 24, 12:20
NO NOT IN THE HEIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:18 25
- :-( -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:30
- ::Googles "In the Heights":: Looks perfect for STV. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:23 17
  - Oh, man, been nice knowing you, Spawn. -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 24, 12:40
  - Holy Shit, I must be wrong. I'm agreeing with Spawn on something. - JaxSean Mar 24, 12:37
  - Deathwish 97 -- nm - oblique Mar 24, 12:25
  - When we break isolation, I'm going to see In the Heights in theaters, daily, for a month straight -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:24 13
    - How when it is gone from screens after the second week? -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:25 12
      - I know you're trolling and having fun with this, but I expect Heights to be massive at the box office. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 24, 12:35 10
        
        ...in 2021 -- nm - decline Mar 24, 12:36
        
        But like was hinted at below, there will be two blockbusters released every week for months. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:36 8
        
        I'm telling you - discount the Miranda at your own peril. Dude is wickedly popular. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 24, 12:39 7
        
        What was the last *big* movie musical? - Spawn Mar 24, 12:45 6
        
        What was the last big Broadway rap/hip-hop musical about founder of the US Treasury? -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:50 1
        
        I don't know as they have yet to make a movie. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:53
        
        Greatest Showman - like $435mil worldwide -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 24, 12:48 1
        
        But that had Wolverine. - Spawn Mar 24, 12:52
        
        Frozen 2! Hi znu! -- nm - Shaun Mar 24, 12:47 1
        
        Lolsob -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 13:16
      - he probably knows a weird little art theater in NYC -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:27
- which movie is that? -- nm - decline Mar 24, 12:22 3
  - The one that's gonna complete Lin-Manuel's EGOT. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 24, 12:23 2
    - Lin who? -- nm - decline Mar 24, 12:25 1
      - Jeremy? -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:26
- is Gal Gadot in that one? -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:21
- ...and THEN the riots began. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 24, 12:20
Clinton: "Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar eclipse" -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:15 3
- I love when she throws snark. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 12:21 2
  - Right now, I don't, TBH. -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 12:21 1
    - She does a great job of being a lightning rod distraction, much like The Squad. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 12:25
speaking of streaming, right now I'm torturing my wife by watching Giada. She makes Italian food seem more accessible than Lidia -- (edited) - crash davis Mar 24, 12:09 3
- uh huh 'accessible' - decline Mar 24, 12:12 2
  - IWWT -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:13
  - huh, I'd never noticed. I'll have to check on that :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:13
Fresh take on ranking the Marvel films. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 24, 12:04 4
- Translation - Roger More Mar 24, 12:27 1
  - Bravo. I had 4 of them before giving up. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:28
- can't argue with that -- nm - mud Mar 24, 12:12
- Ones that were seen in theaters and ones released after the demise of theaters? - Spawn Mar 24, 12:07
both cnn and MSNBC have the grim stats of c19 just about the DOW ticker, I keep expecting the case tally to constantly tick up as often as the dow #s -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:04
After the USA ends up with the most cases certainly and perhaps the most deaths, will we finally give up the greatest nation on earth ghost? Will - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:01 10
- Lol. -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 12:30 1
  - Hahaha! Fair enough -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:31
- *Maybe* in another 10-15 years, as the oldest die off. Our stupidly biased history textbooks, though, keep indoctrinating the young. -- nm - mara Mar 24, 12:25
- we'll never give up the GNOE 'tude even as china buys up everything. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:07 4
  - we've lost most records, tallest building, longest bridge fastest train...what records do we still hold? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:09 3
    - We are number one in exactly three things. - Volnelk Mar 24, 12:15 2
      - You'll get a 4th soon! -- nm - Shaun Mar 24, 12:17 1
        
        Thursday. Friday if they're really lucky or stop testing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:50
- Those that were spared and those that were taken were all part of God's plan. It's his will. That's how it will be spun. Especially in rural areas -- nm* - jnine Mar 24, 12:07 1
  - One party neeeds to be dissolved, the other needs structural change top down and to fundamentally realign its priorities. Hope? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 24, 12:14
WW84 not getting the early digital treatment. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 24, 12:01 2
- bastards -- nm - decline Mar 24, 12:02 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:15
beholden? revoltin' -- (link) - mud Mar 24, 11:56 5
- I’d already seen these talking points earlier in the day on Reddit. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 12:28 2
  - I thought they banned /thedonald. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:37 1
    - I’m not sure about the current situation of that particular subreddit, but his zealots proliferate everywhere. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 12:39
- Mr President, I almost fit all if it down my throat! Can I get a cookie now? -- nm - Jovian Mar 24, 12:18
- un be lee va bull -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:00
LIR: Could overall internet traffic be that bad? Were we that close to capacity? -- nm - psilotum Mar 24, 11:54 12
- I feel like I've been seeing hiccups. More holdups, the cable tv (where we get our internet) has had some weird moments. Not as smooth as usual. -- nm - pmb Mar 24, 12:09 1
  - cable went from actual video signals to digital packet method so subject to more temp hold ups -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 12:11
- in pr0n traffic alone -- nm - budice Mar 24, 12:02
- the numbers have to be astronomical right now. tele-commuting, online learning, streaming, etc... -- nm - decline Mar 24, 11:57
- Streaming (Netflix, etc.) is the vast majority of internet traffic. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 11:55
- millions and millions of kids at home and driving their parents nuts "Play some video games!" -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 11:55 6
  - Video games use like 30x less bandwidth than Netflix. -- nm - Shaun Mar 24, 11:58 5
    - the key point is the people at home using the net, not what they are precisely doing -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:00 3
      - Fewer at work using it, though. -- nm - mara Mar 24, 12:26
      - Yeah. I wonder what the percentage increase of streaming during business hours has been in the last week. -- nm - Shaun Mar 24, 12:03 1
        
        it has to be a huge percentage -- nm - crash davis Mar 24, 12:06
    - Releases/patches might be huge but the actual gaming isn't -- nm - oblique Mar 24, 11:59
The US has crossed the 50K cases mark -- (link) - decline Mar 24, 11:53 3
- So does that mean there will be 100K cases by Friday? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 12:09 2
  - Test kits available? Here in Bloomington (pop about 90k), there are still no test kits. Doctors are pretty much out of protective gear. Not good. -- nm - Spawn Mar 24, 12:12 1
    - Oh, fair point. There are probably already well over 100K cases out there. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 12:16
Wonder Woman 1984 and In the Heights delayed -- (link) - mud Mar 24, 11:52 5
- Fall movie season gonna be lit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 12:03 2
  - AMC Stubs price increase from $19.95/mth to $99.95/mth. - Spawn Mar 24, 12:16
  - aye. Smaller pictures be losing screens, mayhem -- nm - mud Mar 24, 12:10
- DAMMIT! In the Heights is the last straw, COVID-19! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 11:59
- *table flip* -- nm - oblique Mar 24, 11:52
I guess IMPOTUS figures even Jesus could only handle 3 days of self-quarantine. So, let's getting everything rolling by Easter. -- nm - VMan Mar 24, 11:51 1
- blessed be the virus makers for they shall depopulate the earth -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 11:59

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