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Sounds like Kim Jong Un had a heart attack -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 18:54 3
- He's only 36? -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 19:45
- CNNis reporting he is gravely ill. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 20, 18:58
- (Someone commented last night that he'd been suspiciously absent) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 18:54
Tell me this is from a TV show or movie -- (link) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 20, 18:31 2
- Nope. Real idiot from real life -- nm* - Mr. Havens Apr 20, 18:32 1
  - Chelsea Clinton has a few good tweets about how Washington protected his troops during an outbreak during the war - Mr. Havens Apr 20, 18:34
Should I record my next podcast drunk and stoned, just drunk, just stoned, or stone cold sober? -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 20, 18:24 5
- Yes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 18:57
- Cold Stone Creamery Sober -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 18:50
- Stoned with interlude/tangents of talking about your favorite snacks -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 20, 18:31
- Would there be a discernable difference? ;) -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 18:27 1
  - Have you noticed a difference? At least two of them were recorded while drunk, and one stoned -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 20, 18:32
opened youtube, see a clip of Trump holding a printout of a photo. do tablets not exist? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 18:21
Stanley Tucci has your Quarantine Drink ready to go -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 18:14
Final Fantasy VII Remake update: I'm now up to the part where everyone may get date-raped. - David Apr 20, 18:05 4
- I'm going slowly, it seems, I just (spoilers) - Marlowe Apr 20, 18:16
- Pantsu!! -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 18:10
- I just escaped the (spoils) - tRuMaN Apr 20, 18:10 1
  - Yeah, there are some boss battles that are comically difficult. -- nm - David Apr 20, 18:44
I can't believe it's only Monday. Haven't had time to check the news all day. Still all bad? -- nm - amanda Apr 20, 18:03
I think the CoronaCrisis has finally broken me. - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 17:46 1
- :-) -- nm - mud Apr 20, 17:54
The 51st World Series of Poker has been postponed because of COVID-19 -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 17:29 4
- Of all sports that can be played on line, we know that one can be. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 17:40 3
  - This is the time to push for a federal online law for that industry. Vegas might die over this if crowds are bad for a year. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 18:25
  - Yeah, that's why they only postponed instead of canceled. -- nm - David Apr 20, 18:07
  - with all the cheats online that could be bad -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 17:41
Fortnite: How To Unlock X-Force's Cable, Domino and Deadpool -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 17:25 1
- The way to unlock them is with money. Deadpool is free but the other three are not. -- nm - J Apr 20, 17:44
Now this is an outfit. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 16:57 [flickr] 1
- great photo ... great eye -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 17:25
Your top 10 songs: Blinding Lights, Toosie Slide, The Box, Don't Start Now, Say So, Adore You, Circles, Life Is Good, Intentions, Everything I Wanted - Tim Apr 20, 16:37 5
- Toosie Slide is trash. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 18:11 1
  - Drake could record a fart and release it and it would still go to #1. -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 18:14
- I'm an idiot -- nm* - prayformojo Apr 20, 16:53 2
  - (is this a joke I missed?) — nm - i.b.! Apr 20, 16:57 1
    - good grief -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 17:00
Fat Cat Creamery Looks for Second-Life as Crematory -- nm - Chronicle Headline, probably Apr 20, 16:27
The Willie Nelson 4/20 celebration has been fairly entertaining. - zunkskunk Apr 20, 15:53
Has the Denver healthcare workers counter-protesting been shared yet? -- (link) - Mop Apr 20, 15:48
Pippy alert: Justin Trudeau edition. -- (link*) - Shaun Apr 20, 15:46 1 1
- Haaaaa thank you -- nm - Pippy Janky Jenkins Apr 20, 17:35
Hell yeah I'd buy a boat called "Solaris"... but I wouldn't run SunOS on it. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 20, 15:37
thanks for the birthday wishes, and happy birthday, mopina! :) - — nm - i.b.! Apr 20, 15:27 30
- Happy Birthday 🎈🎂🎁🎉 -- nm - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 20, 18:29
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 18:26
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Apr 20, 18:21
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Janky Jenkins Apr 20, 17:35
- HBD and I'm having my COVID19th breakdown -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 17:16
- Happy bday b -- nm - eag Apr 20, 17:13
- happy happy! -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 17:05
- Happy b.day!! -- nm - Meg Apr 20, 16:30
- Oh my it’s b. Hey b. Glad to see you checking in! -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 16:28 1
  - 💗 - i.b.! Apr 20, 17:02
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 16:17
- Happy b, b.! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 20, 16:07
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 16:01
- 🎂🙂 -- nm - JD Apr 20, 16:01
- Happy B!rthday -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 15:55
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 15:50
- bappy hirthday. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 15:42
- Happy b.irthday! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 15:38
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 15:38
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 15:38
- happy birthday :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 15:37
- Happy happy happy birthday!!!! -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 20, 15:34
- Happy birthday! -- nm - crash davis Apr 20, 15:31
- Happy b!rthday! -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 15:30
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Apr 20, 15:28
- hey Happy Birthday b! -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 15:28 4
  - thanks, y’all - it was yesterday and had some good points. spent some time *outside in daylight* (safely in a car), woo! :) - — nm -- (edited) - i.b.! Apr 20, 15:34 3
    - Excuse me, b. You have to get your daily dose of D. - Qale Apr 20, 16:34 1
      - D in the time of pandemic is challenging, Q. - i.b.! Apr 20, 17:10
    - Nice! Happy Birthday! -- nm - Max Apr 20, 15:44
Hmmm somehow Ventilator King doesnt have the same ring to it. -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 15:15 1
- "We'll get him" -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 15:27
If we reopen first week in May, mother's day is the 10th, that should make Memorial day really depressing being the 2nd week, right when it hits -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 15:09
What are Michigan's corona numbers looking like? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 15:08 10
- 25,515 in Detroit. 32,000 in the state. Cases. For some reason the update I just got did not spec deaths. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 15:44 5
  - rough numbers from googling. 2,000 dead Detroit. 2,500 in state. Detroit - I am using Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 15:47 4
    - Oh, so they're already worse off than all of Canada. Yikes :( -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 15:49 3
      - Oh yeah. We had a couple of hits on our project. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 15:50 2
        
        And certain dumbasses want to block the (7,000 IIRC) Canadian nurses crossing who work in MI. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 15:51 1
        
        Sorry, about 2,000 designated as health care. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 15:53
- The Detroit area is getting hammered. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 15:20 1
  - Poor Black people? Hmm... -- nm - Deplorables Apr 20, 15:48
- There up there 3rd most death in the US and 6th in cases -- nm - eag Apr 20, 15:12 1
  - Based on what I am hearing from a coworker, the MI lockdown is extremely strict. I hope it's enough. My coworker is less supportive of the measures. - Beryllium Apr 20, 15:41
This dude better copyright this speech like MLK and "I Have a Dream". -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 15:00 10
- "One day I shall slake my thirst for freedom and get my refill of liberty" -- nm - crash davis Apr 20, 15:42
- "Steve Hasty of Murfreesboro says what he misses most is sitting in restaurants and getting free drink refills." *SPITTAKE* -- nm - Max Apr 20, 15:42
- Odds that she's actually a nurse: 0.3%. - David Apr 20, 15:23 6
  - She does have nursey sneakers on though. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 15:43
  - One of the Knoxville protestors yesterday was a nurse with her own practice. - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 15:27 3
    - you know who else is an antivaxer? -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 15:31 2
      - Yes, I did know. But at least he's doing some good stuff, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 15:34 1
        
        good to hear -- nm - mud Apr 20, 15:38
  - Dr. Fink? ! -- nm - mud Apr 20, 15:26
- I mean, we were always slated to reopen on 5/1. It was just official today. - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 15:03
Lucifer season 6 in jeopardy as Tom Ellis is bargaining hard.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 14:57
New Pew: Some Democrats are bothered nominee is an older white man – and they solidly back Biden in November -- (link) - MDH Apr 20, 14:56 6
- It's fascinating that markedly higher percentages of white people are bothered by the lack of diversity than blacks and Hispanics. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 15:23 3
  - Dems: "Get used to disappointment". Black and Hispanic voters: "'Kay" - TWuG Apr 20, 15:34 2
    - Black and Hispanic voters know prejudice is bad. White people meanwhile have the white guilt. - con_carne Apr 20, 15:46
    - Chicks too! - Name Withheld By Request Apr 20, 15:38
- 21% of Biden supporters are bothered by the nominee being an old white male, what? -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 15:03 1
  - Once you give something to the people (Obama, Hillary, etc.) it is weird to then go ahead and take it away. People naturally won't like it. - con_carne Apr 20, 15:15
NYC goes virtual sightseeing -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 14:54
Final Fantasy VII update: We just beat a flying haunted house. -- nm - David Apr 20, 14:51
Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Bundle -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 14:45 1
- I may end up wanting a 2nd controller so I preordered the Cyberpunk one. -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 15:37
can't have any cases if you don't do any testing. brilliant! -- nm - colin Apr 20, 14:29 5
- Might have something to do with the federal government doing a poor job of supporting testing. -- nm - . Apr 20, 17:35
- the weather here has shut down the testing sites multiple times over the last week. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 14:41 2
  - How??? -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 18:10 1
    - Maybe everyone was heading to the beach to catch some rays. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 18:52
- the nightmare is over, my dad can go back to logan's roadhouse again. -- nm - colin Apr 20, 14:30
Flattening the curve isn’t to avoid infections it’s to avoid overwhelming the medical system. It’s not a binary choice between zero cases and economic - JackDawson Apr 20, 14:04 19
- I keep posting that on fb, its to keep the flow of dead and dying to a manageable pile, so there's an actual ICU bed and not a cot in the hallway 4u -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 14:54
- (but if you did SK style test and trace you could potentially open after dropping the cases to low 000s) -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 14:44 1
  - We're about seven days away from announcements and 10-15 from about a "50% reopen". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 20, 15:27
- I guarantee TN is lying about or neglecting to report cases. - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 14:20 13
  - The COVID tracker site said they had 152 new cases today and over 7000 total (still likely too low). -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 15:20 5
    - Yeah. I know there was no testing to be had here at all for at least a few weeks. - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 15:28 4
      - Is that at Smokies Stadium? - kelly Apr 20, 16:14 1
        
        The zoo, Smokies Stadium, apparently a Kroger in Oak Ridge. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 18:01
      - I follow someone near you who had to jump through hoops for more than a week to get tested. - i.b.! Apr 20, 15:42
      - Here there are apparently sick people arriving at 3 am for the drive thrus and sleeping in their cars. It's just absurd. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 15:33
  - It looks like TN is testing ~4,000 per day. -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 20, 15:10 2
    - Yeah...it’s bullshit. This place closes School every year for flu Because everyone gets sick. Yet in a pandemic, they report 0-1 cases a day? - Will Hunting Apr 20, 15:57 1
      - Are you talking about a local area? That data shows positive increases of 168, 308, 173, 327, 183, etc. per day over the last 5 days. - JaxSean Apr 20, 16:16
  - I'm guessing they aren't doing any testing. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 14:48 1
    - No, they're assuredly not. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 14:51
  - Yeah, there’s no way we are that low. -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 14:35
  - The rumor I heard was H-E-B was going back to normal hours and stop giving the $2/hr extra pay next Monday. - Qale Apr 20, 14:29
- true -- nm - Max Apr 20, 14:11
- yes. stay at home is one way to try to do that, but going to stay, everyone must wear masks in public (or even gloves when shopping) is another way - tRuMaN Apr 20, 14:07
I'm trusting Canadian and BC health authorities to have a firm handle on testing and tracing before reopening, so we can minimize the chances of a - Beryllium Apr 20, 14:03 1
- I think everybody should expect at least one more equal wave and one more mild one before vaccination. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 20, 15:19
Well, this is ominous. -- (edited) - JaxSean Apr 20, 14:03 10
- a few friends i have at companies that do PTO are encouraging them to "use this time to take some vacation." - colin Apr 20, 14:34
- Not pay out at termination. I'm not seeing where it still cannot be used. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 20, 14:23 2
  - Yeah, that would just seem to encourage that people take PTO and then come back and resign. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 14:25 1
    - Essentially, yes, they're saying "bring your PTO down to something that you can stand to not get paid out for." - JaxSean Apr 20, 14:40
- Is it not something that can be asked for by the employee? -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 14:05
- Is that specific to your company, or to a wider segment? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 14:04 4
  - Apparently, there's nothing in other states' laws that require an employer to pay it out, but that was my employer's notice. - JaxSean Apr 20, 14:07 3
    - If your pay stub or employee materials don't indicate that your PTO expires and when, I smell class action -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 14:11 2
      - That looks to be *from* "employee materials". It's a change in the PTO policy. - zunkskunk Apr 20, 14:21 1
        
        During normal times, I'm sure that's true. But the reason emergency declarations exist is to prevent shenanigans like this -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 14:26
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 13:54 2
- *covers the monitor's camera with a postit -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 14:58
- in your pants? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 14:00

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