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If you don't have a pulse you ain't going to the er for heroic measures they just pronounce you then and bag you. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 18:02
watching Castlevania season 3 (love it) - minor spoilers - Beaker Apr 2, 17:56
Asha: "To NY, CA, and any state Trump didn’t win in the electoral college: Trump has no intention of helping you". -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 17:47 4
- This has been blatantly obvious for 3.5 years. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 18:26
- To the others: He'll try and help, but he's already killed you. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 18:01
- This -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 17:59
- more Schumer vs Trump: -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 17:52
Oh hey, remember that Labour is having a leadership election -- (link) - spamlet Apr 2, 17:31 1
- anything that (non-virologically) gets Corbyn out the door is a good idea. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:34
Today’s Animal Crossing patch does NOT fix the glitch that stops balloons from showing once you’ve reached 300. So go easy on the popping for now. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 17:28
AMLO might not have the worst response to COVID but he's up there -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 17:10 4
- huh, I thought Mexico was doing well with the virus? -- nm - ty97 Apr 2, 17:24 3
  - Govenor of Pueblo state said, don't worry, poor people are immune -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 17:52
  - starting to look like they're just a couple weeks behind. this seems to par for the AMLO course. he's a little Trumpy in his disdain for experts. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:27 1
    - “That’s what they want: for a vacuum to happen so that they claim control of the country,” he claimed. -- nm - mud Apr 2, 17:29
I logged off work to run while it was light out knowing I was going to have to log back in this evening to finish something but now I don’t want to. -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 17:01 1
- I know that feeling. I mean, not the running part, but the rest is familiar. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 17:05
Ok here we go Krusty. -- (pic) - Shaun Apr 2, 16:56 [Attachment] 1
- Enjoy! Let me know what you think -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 16:58
Amazon is teaming up with SXSW for a free virtual film fest -- (link) - Beaker Apr 2, 16:55
Poll: What date were you last in a "crowd"? Movie? Concert? School assembly? Gym? Etc. -- nm - Andie Apr 2, 16:50 37
- march 8. went to late night bar for happy hour. maybe 12 people in bar? march 5 was at actual bar bar. -- nm - amanda Apr 2, 18:17
- Fundraiser at the Movies - was Invisible Man - March 9th -- nm - JenBro Apr 2, 18:15
- March 12th, I went to catch a movie (there were maybe 10 people in a 300-seat theater), and the same day I had Japanese class (with 4 people total - Marlowe Apr 2, 18:11
- March 14th, wedding in someone's livingroom far more crowded than I would consider now. March 5th sat waiting for mom's prescriptions, 2/29 last bar -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 17:56
- March 13th. High school. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 2, 17:46
- 3/5 Lauren Daigle concert - Pippy-with a side eye Apr 2, 17:33 2
  - Oh? - spamlet Apr 2, 17:33 1
    - Amazing! Sounds a lot like her CDs -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Apr 2, 17:40
- Monday, March 16: crowded grocery store, freaked me the fuck out. -- nm - mud Apr 2, 17:32
- probably the last Monday meeting I was in the office for, Feb. 24th. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:29 1
  - though we did do socially distant beach a couple times in March. maybe 100 people there, nobody closer to anyone than like 50 feet. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:32
- Misbehaviour premiere 7th March. -- nm - LMS Apr 2, 17:29
- February 8th. Movie. JoJo Rabbit (nm) - howie Apr 2, 17:22
- Last "big" crowd was probably the good ol' Caucus. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 17:18 1
  - Damn you and your preemptive IM! -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 17:20
- February 28th, Invisible Man. I canceled tickets the next week. -- nm - Spawn Apr 2, 17:17
- Trey Kennedy show on March 12th. -- nm - kelly Apr 2, 17:17
- March 8, theater and dinner -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 17:12 1
  - Although there were a couple of grocery trips after that before the panic really set in. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 17:47
- Three weeks ago on a metro train, and it freaked me out. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:07 4
  - yeah, I got on a bus the morning we moved (March 23rd). there was certainly a different atmosphere. -- nm* - mafic Apr 2, 17:32 2
    - didn't count it as a crowd, since there were only like 3 other passengers. in rush hour. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:33 1
      - There were at least 80 people in the car, we were touching each other by necessity. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 18:27
  - I think that's March 9. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:08
- March 10. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes concert -- nm - JaxSean Apr 2, 17:05
- March 13th, I rode the subway -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 17:00
- 3/13 movie -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 16:59
- Bowling tournament March 15 -- nm - JD Apr 2, 16:58
- Restaurant on March 13th -- nm - znufrii Apr 2, 16:58
- Mar 13, last day of school. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 16:56
- Movie theater: The Hunt, March 15 and Barnes & Nobles on March 22 after Murphy announced non essential closures at 8pm that evening. -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 2, 16:54 1
  - *Home Alone face* -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:08
- hmm ... I went to a restaurant on feb 28th -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:54
- Disney March 5th -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 16:52
- Late February cruise, airports, excursions etc etc -- nm - Bacon Apr 2, 16:51 1
  - January -- nm - JenBro Apr 2, 18:12
- March 7. Movie. Invisible Man. Basically the last somewhat normal wknd. -- nm* - Andie Apr 2, 16:51
ToHo teams with Wizards of the Coast to bring legendary monsters to Magic: the Gathering. (They will not be Standard legal, however.) -- (link) - Qale Apr 2, 16:49 5
- kinda glad I got out of the game years ago ... - call me ishmael Apr 2, 17:38 2
  - If you can keep from putting in your billing information and have a PC, Arena is the way to go. I’ve spent $20 total so far. I’ve wanted to spend... - Qale Apr 2, 18:02 1
    - True dat -- nm - Marlowe Apr 2, 18:09
- Most of the cards spoiled today are big pile of nope for me. -- nm - Tim Apr 2, 16:51 1
  - I haven’t looked at any spoilers yet other than what is on that promotional page. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 16:54
The reduction in commercial flights is having an effect on weather forecasting. They provide a lot of data from the higher atmosphere. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 16:49
sitwap - Flies having sex preserved in fossil dating back millions of years The fossil of the long-legged flies with their proverbial pants around their ankles -- (link*) - crash davis Apr 2, 16:48
They’re both fixed but Bob still sometimes tries to mount Jinx. He’s just really bad at it. He’s currently humping the back of her neck. -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 16:47 1
- I can relate. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 16:56
Our local P.D. will deliver prescriptions to seniors. That's nice. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 16:40
If you want to know what the next thing people are making a run on it's elastic to make your own masks. Four stores later I found some. - Bacon Apr 2, 16:37 22
- Bungie cords contain elastic bands. -- nm - TWuG Apr 2, 17:56
- When i go out again, i would wear this. Mask made with a bandana and 2 hair elastics. -- (link*) - Andie Apr 2, 17:01 [youtube] 5
  - I've never owned a bandana. -- nm - amanda Apr 2, 18:02
  - microfiber is ~N90, so if you have some of that around, it's probably the winner. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 17:30 1
    - Good to know! I also read that for common cotton fabric, like T shirt or sheets, double layer is better. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:32
  - That's a great idea. Wish I had started wearing a mask earlier. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:10
  - That's the one my wife showed me. She's going to do that -- nm - Bacon Apr 2, 17:03
- I just plan on wearing an Obama halloween mask. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 16:57
- You're either part of the problem or part of the solution, Bacon! I just don't know which. -- nm* - Mop Apr 2, 16:42 2
  - I am both, but like I said, I am still stuck working (essential services) so I can't just stay home. I am stuck, so any protection is better than - Bacon Apr 2, 16:51 1
    - You are Toilet Paper Man! You are saving us all! -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:17
- Some alternatives: Elastic shoelaces. Headbands. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:41 2
  - Rubber bands from produce? -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:20
  - string -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 16:55
- fudge, I was planning on working my way up to make masks -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:38 7
  - Dollar store sunglasses, staple or glue plastic across the arms, wayfarer style likely best, punch out lenes - zeitgeist Apr 2, 18:32
  - Joanne Fabric still had some elastic but it's a larger size than I was going to use. Still, small enough that I can make it work. It's still out - Bacon Apr 2, 16:40 5
    - Oh and my wife showed me a video where they use elastic hair ties to make a mask -- nm - Bacon Apr 2, 16:41 4
      - I watched a video last night where an Italian man made a mask out of a feminine hygiene pad. -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:43 3
        
        I mean, how can you tell me that and not provide a link for everyone? That's kind of mean -- nm - Bacon Apr 2, 16:50 2
        
        Would this work? - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 2, 16:55 [Attachment] 1
        
        She must be sponge worthy -- nm - Elaine Apr 2, 16:56
Greg Austin is stellar in Hunters -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 16:33
An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the coronavirus. -- nm - Reuter's daily updates Apr 2, 16:32 6
- Probably from working in one of their warehouses. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:33 2
  - Damn. -- nm - loosilu Apr 2, 17:15 1
    - Well, this one was more cheerful than the other possible horrible joke. - Beryllium Apr 2, 17:40
- Moscow launched a smartphone app designed to track people who have been ordered to stay home. -- nm - Reuter's daily updates Apr 2, 16:33 2
  - A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are “extremely effective” at blocking the ability of the virus to enter cel -- nm - Reuter's daily updates Apr 2, 16:35
  - Programmers who looked at the source code recoiled in revulsion -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:34
Tony Boselli recalls hospital stay: 'I don't want to die here' while he fought COVID-19 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 2, 16:27
Disney Halts collecting AP Payments during shutdown -- (link*) - budice Apr 2, 16:25 1
- I'm of mixed feelings on this one. It seems that Disney is going to extend the validity so there's nothing lost - JD Apr 2, 16:38
This encapsulates the past 3 and half years perfectly. -- (link) - Jovian Apr 2, 16:23 1
- "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states stockpiles that they then use." -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 16:33
Some actual useful information from a retired respiratory therapist - JD Apr 2, 16:15 2
- well.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 16:28 [Backboard] 1
  - and... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 16:29 [Backboard]
from B2, Cuzzin Todd - Veep is the awesome -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:14 3
- "Did the president call?" I can't wait to find out if he ever does. No spoilers! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 16:38 1
  - You'll learn why a writer called the Trump administration "The plot of House of Cards with the cast of Veep" -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:41
- "Ice bucket challenge can suck my dick." -- nm - jonah Apr 2, 16:30
Voice of Cindy Bear of The Yogi Bear cartoon dies of c19 -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 16:08
New Jersey shuts down another hoarder/gouger of medical equipment. Nearly a million items. -- (link) - GregW Apr 2, 16:06
Somebody once told me that the world is going to roll me. I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:06
Help!! I wonder if these guidelines are just to vague or if some students just can't read instructions. - Meg Apr 2, 16:01 1
- look at it as another level of editing out the lesser applicants -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 16:07
Freezing rain and/or snow tomorrow... 80 on Tuesday. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 15:59 3
- It is proven that one of those will kill the china virus. -- nm - POTUS Apr 2, 16:29
- I think I have this on a magnet you sent me for Secret Stalker -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 16:07 1
  - Iowa! It's a geographic location! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 16:20
Tiger king guy joe exotic caught covid19 in prison -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 15:59 2
- hmm, may be a rumour/miscommunication -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 16:53
- I assume that's the nicest thing he's caught in prison. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 16:00
Mop, b2: n95 masks are more effective than frequent hand washing. Any mask at all is almost as effective. They’re a good idea. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 15:58 1
- Yeah we have some sown ones headed our way. -- nm - spamlet Apr 2, 16:12
fun;since we can't go out to a bar, describe what your pet is doing right now but use 'the drunk guy at the end of the bar is..." - zeitgeist Apr 2, 15:56 4
- the drunk guy at the end of the bar is head butting my shin -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 16:19
- Drogon, the drunk guy at the end of the bar just BBQ'd then ate me. -- nm - Daenerys Targaryen Apr 2, 16:16
- favorite local board response, passed out on the floor with his nose in a bowl of cereal the kids were teasing him with -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 16:07
- Sleeping on my lap. What else? ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 16:02
"I think I've watched 'Frozen' 35 times already," -- current ESPN headline, NOT a znufrii quote -- nm - David Apr 2, 15:43
Disney will furlough park/resort cast members who aren't doing their jobs on April 19th. The company will pay for healthcare, though. -- nm - David Apr 2, 15:33
Both Donald and Netanyahu pass 2nd test -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 15:30 3
- Hmmm... so they’ve defeated the Minotaur. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 16:28
- Makeup tests. That’s where he is a Viking. -- nm - spamlet Apr 2, 16:14
- Probably hired people to take the tests in their place -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 15:35
" I, your local frumpy yeast geneticist have come here to tell you this: THERE IS NEVER A SHORTAGE OF YEAST." -- (link) - Reagen Apr 2, 15:24 4
- I look forward to Viking bread -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 15:31
- "Here's where I'm a viking." -- nm - Max Apr 2, 15:29 2
  - Saw that the other night and grimaced at its wrongness. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 16:08
  - I'm willing to overlook his transgression for the public benefit. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 15:29
President Dumbass sent a dumbass letter to Chuck Schumer. - pmb Apr 2, 15:22 1
- and they will now go ahead and fund raise off this nonsense gaslighting letter. - Jovian Apr 2, 15:30
So, are they trying to get Darth Jared facetime for 2024? Who will work on the Middle East peace treaty now? -- nm - VMan Apr 2, 15:22
A recap of the IT girl wars of the 2000's.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 2, 15:22 3
- Who is Stan, and why does everyone think he’s so important? -- nm - znufrii Apr 2, 16:34
- I thought this was going to be about sysops -- nm - JD Apr 2, 15:24 1
  - Same. What a tease. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 15:25
Any bets on the SBA site crashing tomorrow? -- (edited) - budice Apr 2, 15:18 1
- Yup, all in. *maxes out line of credit, refis the house* -- nm - VMan Apr 2, 15:20
And now for something completely the same. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 2, 15:18

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