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Should I just not move out of my house at the end of May and see if the rental agency even notices? -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 18:51
*paraphrasing* If we don't end the shutdown we're going to have an epidemic of suicides due to depression. -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 18:41 5
- Yes, that is the latest Trumper talking point. I first started seeing it late last night, more readily throughout the day. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 18:53 1
  - I refuse to watch him but that was a news bite they sprung on me. -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 18:55
- We already do, due to his party’s economic priorities. -- nm - znufrii Mar 24, 18:47
- I don't know about that, but I might murder my kids. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 18:47
- I suppose there might be some truth to that. But the scale is probably five orders of magnitude different. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 18:44
This pretty much tells you all you need to know about the deplorable response to coronavirus: Liberty University welcoming students back to campus -- (link) - Mop Mar 24, 18:34 7
- well their mission is to get people closer to jesus -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 20:00
- They could everything back up tomorrow and I’d still stay home. Until a ventilator is available in case I MAY need it, I’m locked down - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 24, 18:45
- Governor Northam's office: not so fast -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 18:35 4
  - Makes it easy for the deplorables to say "We're trying to get back to normal... but the Democrats!" -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 18:37 3
    - Hey, GOP, can we hold you personally complicit in all CORVID-19-related deaths, in a court of law? Asking for a friend. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 24, 18:44 2
      - It's such utterly absurd short term thinking. The only people buying their nonsense are their base, and they're the ones who will suffer. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 18:46 1
        
        I've almost reached the those-Germans-have-a-word-for-everything point with them. -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 18:49
If I want to reduce human contact I either have to pay supermarket prices for produce or buy frozen and canned. Budget's gonna suffer this month :( - Meg Mar 24, 18:31 2
- Think of the money you’re saving not traveling though? -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 18:34 1
  - But I begin to panic if I'm not planning a trip or activity :-( -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 18:42
Child under 18 dies of virus in California -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:30
Hey y'all, take a survey for Stanford Health Policy (NOW WITH LINK!) -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:23 1
- Done -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 18:36
Escape from Florida: my 2400km drive back to Canada -- (link) - Beaker Mar 24, 18:20 2
- Dude didn't say what kind of sailboat. Grr. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 18:35 1
  - Ah, someone asked him for me. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 18:37
I missed this earlier today: DC Mayor orders businesses closed March 25 - April 24, >10 groups prohibited. -- (link) - Max Mar 24, 18:18
oh Boeing.....get on out of here then -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:17 5
- Hysterical. -- nm - David Mar 24, 18:55
- I'm okay with that. -- nm - . Mar 24, 18:50
- Is that part of the proposed package or is he hyping a hypothetical? -- nm - Max Mar 24, 18:31 2
  - I think Dems want it in, but not sure (it's certainly something that has been discussed) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:32 1
    - Boeing having to change it's name to Boing Boing -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 18:46
43-year-old Detroit consultant with no known health issues, no recent travel dies after COVID-19 diagnosis -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:14 2
- Yeah, it's time the people over 70 years old sac.. Oh, what's that? It's time the people over 43 years-old sacrificed themselves for the country. (NM) - That idiot Texas Lt Gov Mar 24, 18:23
- If he hadn't been diagnosed... -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 18:16
Yeah, it's bad now. Waffle House closing 365 locations due to coronavirus -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:12 3
- Closing one for every day of the year -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 18:47
- where will Drunken Kid Rock get into a fistfight now?!! -- nm - Diva Mar 24, 18:14 1
  - Fred Durst's basement? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 18:15
Malort Hand Sanitizer -- (link) - Reagen Mar 24, 18:06 3
- Probably better than drinking it. -- nm - spamlet Mar 24, 18:10 1
  - WIMP -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 18:11
- WANT -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 18:09
So I setup that free trial for CBS. Capitol One emails me,"we see you started a free trial, would you like a reminder email 2 days before it ends?" - Bacon Mar 24, 18:04
Great video from Insider about how Casino Royale's cinematography revolutionized the James Bond franchise. -- (link) - Mop Mar 24, 18:03 [youtube] 1
- That was cool -- nm - con_carne Mar 24, 18:14
Sounds like JFK airport may be going down to 2 terminals, at least at certain times of day, due to TSA shortages - ty97 Mar 24, 17:59 7
- Jetblue's home is Terminal 5. Flights that depart after 8:30pm will use Terminal 4. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 24, 18:16
- but let's use the two terminals next to each other and make everyone go through one entrance and one scan line. -- nm - Max Mar 24, 18:01 4
  - All 6 terminals at JFK are completely separate buildings which, in normal times, is one of the downsides of JFK -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 18:05 2
    - The other downside of JFK was that he was assassinated. -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 18:06 1
      - That's really a downside of his assassin though -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 18:11
  - what could possibly go wrong? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 18:02
- 53 TSA agents tested positive, 8,000 in observation/quarantine. One fifth of the force. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 18:00
SITWAP: WaPo uses cellular GPS data to publish Social Distancing Scoreboard -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 24, 17:57 1
- Nick change. -- nm - ralph wiggum Mar 26, 18:56
Leaving work after sunset tonight I saw a lone jogger - clearly a senior citizen - working his way past the Old Executive Office building - Max Mar 24, 17:48 3
- awesome! do the cops still have all of the exits off 395 blocked with their lights and sirens? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:49 2
  - I don't go down that way but they still have roads to the cherry blossoms blocked. -- nm - Max Mar 24, 17:50 1
    - Yesterday I went to HQ for a short bit, about 3 pm, 395S, like 12 cop cars with lights and sirens, spread out in formation ahead of me. Broke out -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 24, 17:55
This is a fantastic point that everyone on the right would completely dismiss. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 24, 17:46 1
- Typical libtard use of logic. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 17:49
Jets sign former BAL and TB WR Breshad Perriman to a 1yr $6M guaranteed deal. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 17:45 1
- Meh -- nm - Krusty Mar 24, 17:56
CBS ALL ACCESS NOW FREE until 4/23. there is a code to use in the article -- (link*) - Peglegpete Mar 24, 17:40 10
- Was the new Twilight Zone any good? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 18:04
- QUICK EVERYONE WATCH PICARD. -- nm - mafic Mar 24, 17:44 8
  - I ... don't have time. :( -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:46 5
    - Quick everyone download all of Picard, burn it on a disc and send it to Loosi. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 17:55 4
      - Disc? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:56 3
        
        you know I am not up to date on all tech :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 18:01 2
        
        Pssstt...flashdrive -- nm - . Mar 24, 18:57
        
        I literally have no means to play a disc. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 18:02
  - They still want my Credit Card so I will pass. Yeah yeah, they bill it after the month. Pass -- nm - Bacon Mar 24, 17:45 1
    - I folded, the wife wants to see that Good Fight show -- nm* - Bacon Mar 24, 18:02
Well, we are now out of school until at least April 24th. I am totally behind why this is being done, but my goodness am I sad for my kiddos. - kelly Mar 24, 17:33 9
- how is Nathan handling the disruption to his schedule? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 24, 18:04 1
  - Okay-ish. He doesn’t understand the gravity of the situation so right now it’s just “time off”. (Last week was Spring Break.) He’s frustrated because - kelly Mar 24, 18:11
- OK, I am sure I missed somethinbg, do you teach? also, you are out for the whole year. No way out. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:40 6
  - I’m an assistant in a room with nonverbal students with behavioral issues. - kelly Mar 24, 17:47 2
    - :-( -- nm - mud Mar 24, 17:49
    - Oh man. This is going to be hard on them and their families. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:47
  - I assumed she was including Will. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 17:43 2
    - Me too :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 18:22
    - HA! -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:44
L.A. businesses that don't follow safety guidelines will have their utilities cut off !!! -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 17:30 2
- Spring breakers who don't follow distancing guidelines will have their privates cut off! -- nm - Max Mar 24, 17:46 1
  - A SoCal teen with no underlying conditions has died :( -- nm - Meg Mar 24, 17:57
The Oscars are gonna be weird when Bad Boys For Life sweeps everything. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 24, 17:24 3
- Joey Pants’ Oscar for Supporting Actor is a lifetime achievement long overlooked. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 24, 18:32
- Blake Lively will get best actress -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 17:35
- :: shrug :: well, watcha gonna do? -- nm - call me ishmael Mar 24, 17:30
omg, R.I.P. Bill Rieflin, Drummer for King Crimson (my favourite band), Ministry, R.E.M., .. at 59 (cancer) -- (link) - mud Mar 24, 17:15 1
- and Manu Dibango, Cameroon jazz-funk star, dies aged 86 of coronavirus -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 17:45
The Only Way Donald Trump Avoids Prison Is By Staying In Office. That Means He Is Willing To Have Millions of Americans Dead In Order To save himself -- (edited) - FB standwithmueller Mar 24, 17:13 4
- Ah Yes The Capitalize Every Word Zealot, My Favorite -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 17:36
- Well argued. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 24, 17:24
- Trump's never going to prison. Ever. -- nm - ty97 Mar 24, 17:13 1
  - Yep. Not for anything he does up to the end of his presidency at least. -- nm - mafic Mar 24, 17:25
I deserve a medal. I just got my mom set up on my Vudu account over Skype. - Dano Mar 24, 17:05 5
- This was me doing remote software support yesterday. At least I had a shared screen to work with. -- nm - mafic Mar 24, 17:53
- YOUR MOTHER CAN USE SKYPE?!?! - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 17:16
- LOL -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:07
- Nice! -- nm - David Mar 24, 17:06
- +1 -- nm - budice Mar 24, 17:06
Work from home test one seems okay for most programs. Real test in morning when we see if we can access the database. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 24, 17:05 4
- Expect hiccups. You'll get thru it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:07 3
  - We were sent home with the expectation that some of us might be doing "on-line study" for a few days until we can ensure everything works. - Walt_Disney Mar 24, 17:12 2
    - It's always sketchy at first. Put it this way, the federal government made it work. You can too. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:13 1
      - yeah but...the feds have you -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 17:47
+ -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 24, 17:04 3
- it's a Disney+! -- nm - mud Mar 24, 17:05 2
  - This is what I get for testing the work computer from home :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 24, 17:06
  - This makes me wonder what Disney- would entail. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 17:05
Bozonaro called for the end of closed commerce and schools. The one that governors officially started today. - Marlowe Mar 24, 16:58
Caution: This is a photo of a spider that I just took. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 24, 16:54 [flickr] 11
- Did you tilt your head up just in time to see it land on the lens? -- nm - Max Mar 24, 17:47
- wolf? that was a stab in the dark. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:16 4
  - He already said it was a spider! -- nm - Reagen Mar 24, 17:25 3
    - pfft, that's a fucking wolf spider. I don't know shit about spiders but I know that word. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:44 1
      - I think wolf spiders are fatter and hairier and browner. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 18:01
    - *golf clap* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 24, 17:29
- That's a pretty one. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 24, 17:05
- ! -- nm - mud Mar 24, 17:04
- wow -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 17:03
- macro photography with a reversing ring is challenging, but sometimes one of the dozens of shots kind of turns out. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 24, 16:57 1
  - very nice -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 17:04
add Greta Thunberg and her dad to the list (father serious)self isolating, Friday protests moving online -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 24, 16:47
So... am I losing the coronavirus sweepstakes? What'd I see about Tim and Qale yesterday? -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 16:43 13
- Still waiting on result. The shortness of breath hasn't been as bad as the weekend. I didn't have a fever at the test - Tim Mar 24, 17:12 7
  - Our symptoms almost sound identical Tim. Did we have non-essential sex or something? -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 17:38 1
    - Friggin' Belgians. -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 17:49
  - Did you take aspirin or an NSAID before the test? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:12 4
    - The teledoc asked about appetite. I've eaten, but I do recall not ever really feeling that hungry the last few days. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 17:13 2
      - Any digestive tract issues? how is your sense of taste and smell? -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:14 1
        
        Haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary in either. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 17:15
    - No. I may have taken some Tylenol the night before but it was more than 8 hours before the test. -- nm - Tim Mar 24, 17:13
- I’m moderately sure I’m not infected. I do seem to be running a very low grade fever of 99.3-99.6 depending on which reading you believe. Rare cough. -- nm - Qale Mar 24, 17:03 4
  - Looking good! -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 24, 17:11
  - Fingers crossed. -- nm - loosilu Mar 24, 17:08
  - That’s good news! -- nm - spamlet Mar 24, 17:07
  - here's a mud+ -- nm - mud Mar 24, 17:06
Robby Anderson, Panthers reach 2-year deal -- nm - Beaker Mar 24, 16:42 1
- That doesn't make much sense for a team rebuilding, unless they are shopping Samuel -- nm - Strongbad Mar 24, 16:43
Microcenter still essential business - budice Mar 24, 16:39 1
- I wish grocery stores got this -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 16:50
JB6: On Her Majesty's Secret Pandemic Team -- nm - VMan Mar 24, 16:39
"It’s very tough to say to people, ‘Hey, keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner. -- nm - bill gates Mar 24, 16:39
Free learning on YouTube and free premium porn on Pornhub... all on one board! What a country! -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 16:38
Peak 2020: Stimulus Deal Snags on Abortion Providers -- nm - Mop Mar 24, 16:37
Netflix market cap beats that of Disney. -- (link) - Mop Mar 24, 16:35
He who dies with the most toilet paper wins -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 24, 16:34 1
- or she -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 24, 16:49

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