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lovers, have any of you seen a meme about "we should feel most sorry for men in this economic situation. for every 79 cents a woman loses, a man loses - amanda Mar 26, 18:15 1
- couldn't sorry -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 26, 18:36
Duke Nukem vs Covid-19 -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:11
Feds have 1.5 million expired N95 respirator masks in storage despite CDC clearing them for use on COVID-19: -- (link) - budice Mar 26, 18:07 3
- I expect that healthcare workers would take them right now TBH -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 18:08 2
  - The expiry is typically for the rubber bands, I've heard. -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 18:09 1
    - Yep,they lose their elasticity. -- nm - . Mar 26, 18:10
uuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm -- (link) - ty97 Mar 26, 18:03 2
- I'll count that as a good. -- nm - budice Mar 26, 18:05 1
  - Digging...around....in...community....trash.. ...during.....a.....pandemic........ -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 18:07
Now there's a sexual assault allegation against Biden (digital rape). I'm in total despair. -- nm - mara Mar 26, 18:02 8
- Is it credible? (I mean, Fongers McShoulderrubs ... it could be. But maybe it's out of character?) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:13 6
  - Yahoo has a story about it. I'm sure they do at least a cursory background check, so it's probably credible. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:21
  - Dems clearly should have gone with Warren, anyway. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:14 4
    - How is she going to win the Country when she came in third in her own state? -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 18:17 2
      - How is Biden going to win if he's forced to withdraw? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:20 1
        
        You know who the President is now right? He didn't withdraw -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 18:22
    - This. THIS. This. *despair* -- nm - mara Mar 26, 18:15
- WE TOLD YOU FUCKERS!!! -- nm - Bernie Brothers Mar 26, 18:11
Hee, someone on Stumptown just called it the "Will Amit". -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 17:58 3
- Was funny when I was in college to hear east coasters try and pronounce it. - znufrii Mar 26, 18:09
- I once told someone in Seattle my family lives, Wilmette (Il) and they said, "So that's how you say that." They thought I was from Oregon. - . Mar 26, 18:09
- "Will ammit dammit" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 26, 18:08
I know we’ve got some cruise fans here, but this is some bullshit. -- (link*) - Volnelk Mar 26, 17:54 4
- Guess I should go back to researching river cruises. I really want to do the Columbia/Snake River one. -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 18:20
- All you need to know is that Trump supports helping the Cruise Industry per his presser today. -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 18:18
- We are, and it is. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 26, 18:17
- Make them move on-shore if they want anything -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 17:56
Comicpolooza in Houston is cancelled. It wasn’t until May 21 so... -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 17:53 1
- I was not joking. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 26, 17:56
Brian and Stewie now have a shelter-in-place podcast. -- (link) - Mop Mar 26, 17:50
This weekend will test my commitment to sparkle running motion. - Dano Mar 26, 17:49 4
- I ducked off the path yesterday to give someone space and tweaked my knee on soft ground. So much for doing the right thing! -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 18:02 1
  - Run them over next time! -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 18:08
- Your training running plan called for a long run of 22 miles?!?!!!!! - JD Mar 26, 17:52 1
  - Yeah. Bummed that the race is canceled because training was going well. I think I had a chance to break 4:30 and beat Oprah. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 17:56
Tom Brady betting props: Passing Yards: 4350 Touchdown Passes: 32.5 Interceptions: 10.5 -- nm* - budice Mar 26, 17:48 2
- Under, under, under. -- nm - Tim Mar 26, 17:49 1
  - I would go over on the ints. New receivers, new system, will be a shell of a training camp due to virus. -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 18:08
OK, so I went out to get groceries today. I shouldn't have. - Mop Mar 26, 17:47 3
- I'm about to run out of Snapple. I really don't want to drive across town to the only place I can get it. May have to settle for water before long. -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 18:00 2
  - which flavor? -- nm - budice Mar 26, 18:03 1
    - Snapple? I buy the Diet Tea Variety pack. Local Costco got me hooked on it but they don't carry Diet any more. -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 18:17
So for today's non-opening day, now watching Major League -- nm - JD Mar 26, 17:46
My dumb dad thinks he's being helpful. Despite my mom using home time to cook, he still goes to the store and brings prepared meals home nightly. -- nm - Max Mar 26, 17:45
First NYPD employee dies from the coronavirus -- (link) - budice Mar 26, 17:41
ProTip: If you’ve put on a skin or use a case for your iPad, check to make sure the microphone isn’t blocked when you finally try FaceTime. -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 17:39 2
- Most cases and skins are explicitly designed not to block the camera or mic. -- nm - Mop Mar 26, 17:45 1
  - Sure, if you aren’t buying cheap-ass shit. (Not me.) -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 17:52
My 24 hour Duane Reade is only open 9-9 right now, which makes shopping late at night when it's empty....impossible -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 17:39
Oh goodie. N has a headache, 99.6 fever and ... stomach issues. - kelly Mar 26, 17:29 15
- ugh, I'm so paranoid just for myself, I can't imagine what it is like for parents. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 18:15
- Feel better, N! -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 18:10
- Hang in there. Anything you need, just ask. -- nm - mara Mar 26, 17:57
- Those symptoms sound awfully familiar... -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 17:38 3
  - ? -- nm - kelly Mar 26, 17:41 2
    - They’re pretty much the same as the ones I’ve been posting about this week. -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 18:21 1
      - How are you feeling? -- nm - kelly Mar 26, 18:22
- I'm sorry. Did he get a flu shot? -- nm - spamlet Mar 26, 17:31 4
  - Yes. - kelly Mar 26, 17:33 3
    - The likelihood is that it’s a stomach bug but I know that isn’t any of help right now. - spamlet Mar 26, 17:52 2
      - Can you catch a stomach bug if you haven’t left your house in weeks? I’m sure he’s fine but I’m already sooo anxious. - kelly Mar 26, 17:57 1
        
        I can't see how he could have caught somethign. -- nm* - loosilu Mar 26, 18:13
- *sends good thoughts for a regular cold/fever thingy* -- nm - crash davis Mar 26, 17:31
- :( -- nm - budice Mar 26, 17:30
- :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 17:29
ST! It's time ... to change from your day pajamas, to your night pajamas. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 17:15 4
- I'm still in my night pyjamas, but it's also only 920am. -- nm - mafic Mar 26, 18:20
- I’ve still been putting on work clothes every day to work from home. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 17:23 1
  - Duuuuude. Totes sweats the whole week here. -- nm* - budice Mar 26, 17:25
- *flip* -- nm - budice Mar 26, 17:16
California DMV has closed their field offices through the end of the month. And Real ID deadline has been extended to October 2021. -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 17:09 1
- When I renewed my registration online I was pleased to see all online/CC fees have been waived. -- nm - Spawn Mar 26, 17:47
A mattress store owner in Ventura has offered his shop as a place for hospital staff to rest and re-energize as they handle an influx in patients -- (link) - budice Mar 26, 17:01
Epix is free for the next month on YouTube TV. Alfred Pennyworth, y'all! -- nm - David Mar 26, 16:59
Since Andie showed us hers, I'll show you all mine. Nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 26, 16:57 [Attachment] 2
- And.... -- (pic) - Turd Ferguson Mar 26, 16:58 [Attachment] 1
  - Ours -- (pic) - Spawn Mar 26, 17:50 [Attachment]
Military briefing "Marines are still getting their hair cuts as long as barbers come to work." But... clippers -- nm - Max Mar 26, 16:45 4
- I feel so happy for getting a cut last week. They were closed down as of today. She used regular clippers on me, no butt clippers -- nm - crash davis Mar 26, 17:30
- Hehehehehehe. “Butt Clippers” -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 17:24 1
  - "I would like to work from home now." "No, you're an essential barber." -- nm - Max Mar 26, 17:26
- I presume the Clippers all got tested -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 16:47
Miami hospital system won't disclose number of cases it has -- (link) - ty97 Mar 26, 16:43 2
- Well, someone will see them in court tomorrow. -- nm - Mop Mar 26, 17:44
- Sure sure. That seems reassuring. -- nm - Andie Mar 26, 16:55
Hey, Karma, if you're listening... -- (link) - TWuG Mar 26, 16:41 1
- If there is another Bastille Day, I'm heading straight to his mansion. -- nm - David Mar 26, 16:55
What if the theater just emails me instructions on how to start the projector and I just sit there alone and watch the movie and don't get sick perfect plan -- nm* - Max Mar 26, 16:38 3
- omg, Quiet Place II still has no date? Let's start with that -- nm - mud Mar 26, 16:45 2
  - With coronavirus out there nobody has a date! amirite? And that’s all for me folks, tip your servers. -- nm - mafic Mar 26, 16:50
  - Surely NYC has a bunch of individual peep show booths they could pull out of storage for AAA movie distribution. -- nm - Max Mar 26, 16:47
NYC deaths: 10am yesterday 199. 6pm yesterday 280. Now 365. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 26, 16:38
Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border -- (link) - ty97 Mar 26, 16:26 1
- They should put up a wall. - David Mar 26, 16:28
The voice actor for Mickey Mouse in Kingdom Hearts 3 sounds so off. It's not good. I hope the kids don't have to hear this too. -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 16:21 6
- This is like the new Big Bird. He's so off. -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 16:39 1
  - That's a shame. Donald and Goofy sound perfectly fine -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 16:44
- Ugh! I think he's the voice for Mickey in everything. It's so off from what I'm used to hearing Mickey sound like. - Krusty Mar 26, 16:29 3
  - Mickey isn’t even close to being the most beloved character anymore. -- nm - Qale Mar 26, 17:04
  - Ecuador in the grand scheme of Disney he’s basically a logo. -- nm - mafic Mar 26, 16:30 1
    - Clearly they don't give a crap with this guy being allowed to do the voice. I hope they lose him to the public domain -- nm - Krusty Mar 26, 16:34
"We think everyone should stay home" "So will you be putting out a statewide order?" "No" - spamlet Mar 26, 16:21 3
- Hey, that's our governor, too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 26, 16:23 2
  - Nonsense. Our governor hasn't been seen in two weeks. -- nm* - David Mar 26, 16:23 1
    - Au contraire! He joined Kimberly Williams-Paisley and other celebs in a "Do Your Part. Stay Apart" PSA. - Dark Callisto Mar 26, 16:57
Heh. From a coworker. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 26, 16:11 1
- "Making good progress" - El Presidente Mar 26, 16:13
I saw pictures of the 606, I understand why they closed it. - ty97 Mar 26, 16:11
I didn't come here to free slaves. -- (edited) - Qui-Gon Jinn Mar 26, 16:04
Can I make a BLT if I only have bacon, mayonnaise and bread? -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 15:48 10
- Yes since it's pre memorial day it's allowed. -- (edited) - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 26, 16:07 1
  - That's just a B, but allowable. As is the T. The L is just sad. -- nm - . Mar 26, 16:48
- any salsa -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 26, 16:06
- Tis the best way to have it -- nm - decline Mar 26, 16:01
- Yes, and it'll be better. Really the only reason L and T are there is to make it seem like we're not just eating a B sandwich. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 26, 15:53 3
  - bite your tongue. We enjoy the acidity, the sweetness, and the crunch. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:54 2
    - Tomatoes are gross. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the virus came from. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 26, 16:52 1
      - You're banned from pizza. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 17:08
- no. Put the mayo in the garbage where it belongs, toast the bread, add butter and have a nice bacon sammich mmmmm -- nm - mud Mar 26, 15:51
- ketchup. Blade of grass. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:50
Huh. There's a Folding@Home effort against COVID and other medical pursuits, over 4 Million cores going. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 26, 15:46
loosi, I don't watch his press conferences, nor do I transcribe his nonsense. -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 15:39 7
- "A few years ago, I was backpacking across Western Europe...Across the lake I saw...a beautiful woman, bathing herself. But she was crying." -- nm - Max Mar 26, 15:54 1
  - Mount Tibidabo? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 26, 16:54
- If it weren’t for ST and NYTimes headlines I see I’m not sure I’d still understand that he’s the prez -- nm - JackDawson Mar 26, 15:40 4
  - True that. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 26, 15:52 3
    - (I’m exaggerating as I have a lot of non ST friends obsessed too) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 26, 15:53 2
      - Fortunately I do not. - Dark Callisto Mar 26, 15:54 1
        
        People are generally ok about not bringing it up and honestly I don’t need to hear 55 people just parroting the line of whatever NYTimes or NPR story - JackDawson Mar 26, 15:58
Is this Natural Selection - Jovian Mar 26, 15:34 2
- I mean, it's not NOT natural selection.... -- nm - Andie Mar 26, 15:35
- He should have thought and prayered harder -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 15:35
Once I saw the news bit, I figured the guy who has @jonjones would be having some fun today. -- nm - Tim Mar 26, 15:30
"We took over an empty shelf." -- (link) - mud Mar 26, 15:30 3
- I doubt that. -- nm - . Mar 26, 15:48 1
  - Do your pandemic plans include availability of PPE? -- nm - GregW Mar 26, 16:05
- And nobody thought to check until now :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 26, 15:33
who talked about modeling? -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:28 17
- The woman doctor (sorry don't know the names) -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 15:30 14
  - OK. I am no modeling expert. I don't think she said anything that was a lie. The stuff she got into was super high level, and it speaks to - loosilu Mar 26, 15:43 12
    - I mean, more deaths *if* they'd done nothing, no? That's the point, they did stuff and stopped it from becoming apocalyptic. -- nm - Reagen Mar 26, 15:49 9
      - I couldn't tell based on what she said. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:50 8
        
        it's a thing going around about the UK models. "They said 550k dead, now they're saying 20k!" Yes, because they backed off from the - Reagen Mar 26, 15:52 7
        
        I totally get the angle. I couldn't tell based on what she said. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:53 6
        
        I find her really hard to listen to. -- (edited) - mud Mar 26, 15:55 5
        
        I can't remember, my apologies. Do you have background in this? -- nm* - loosilu Mar 26, 15:57 4
        
        you changed the question. In "this" ..? ..no -- nm - mud Mar 26, 16:08 1
        
        not sure what you are asking, I meant modeling. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 16:12
        
        nuthin, I'm retired. I spent 2 decades in the music biz, 1 decade in books, then had a rather rough 20 yrs now I'm here :-) -- nm - mud Mar 26, 15:59 1
        
        we've all had a rough load of years. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 16:06
    - Have another beer you earned it -- nm - Bacon Mar 26, 15:47 1
      - I've been trying to read up on models, it's a three-body problem. My older bro is Chief of Medicine at a rural hospital and he's trying to plan. - loosilu Mar 26, 15:49
  - Birx, I scanned through, I missed. Will go back. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:31
- Dr Fauci on the Runway -- nm - El Presidente Mar 26, 15:29 1
  - thanks! -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 15:29
If we accidentally cause enhancement we can call them Enhumans. -- nm - Max Mar 26, 15:28

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