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Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 28 Mar 2020, 06:41
by Paste Human
MN governor declared a shelter in place the other day, which as far as I can tell didn't change anything.

I had the day off work and since it was pretty nice out for early spring I decided to go for a walk around some nearby lakes. While people were walking noticeably farther apart, I don't think I've ever seen that many people on the paths in the seven years I've lived in the area. I also noticed people taking walks through a huge nearby cemetery. I was doing that long before social distancing :frown:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 28 Mar 2020, 14:01
by vO)))id
Paste Human wrote:MN governor declared a shelter in place the other day, which as far as I can tell didn't change anything.

I had the day off work and since it was pretty nice out for early spring I decided to go for a walk around some nearby lakes. While people were walking noticeably farther apart, I don't think I've ever seen that many people on the paths in the seven years I've lived in the area. I also noticed people taking walks through a huge nearby cemetery. I was doing that long before social distancing :frown:
Yup. You gotta be extra early now. Up before the enemy.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 29 Mar 2020, 00:40
by Mesarthim
iamgoat wrote:
Paste Human wrote:MN governor declared a shelter in place the other day, which as far as I can tell didn't change anything.

I had the day off work and since it was pretty nice out for early spring I decided to go for a walk around some nearby lakes. While people were walking noticeably farther apart, I don't think I've ever seen that many people on the paths in the seven years I've lived in the area. I also noticed people taking walks through a huge nearby cemetery. I was doing that long before social distancing :frown:
Yup. You gotta be extra early now. Up before the enemy.

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Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 29 Mar 2020, 00:47
by vO)))id
:idea:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 19:26
by Mesarthim
And then you have these assholes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orland ... AMP%2bHTML

Where’s varg vikernes when you need him?

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 20:03
by vO)))id
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:And then you have these assholes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orland ... AMP%2bHTML

Where’s varg vikernes when you need him?
He's in France. In complete lockdown :redneck:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 21:01
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:And then you have these assholes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orland ... AMP%2bHTML

Where’s varg vikernes when you need him?
You also had all the fuckheads partying it up spring break style in a few states.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 22:28
by zim
kentucky opened up a snitch hotline for reporting shit like that. unsurprisingly churches keep getting reported for continuing to hold service

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 22:47
by happiness and harmony
in the past week georgia has gone from 1100 cases and 38 deaths to 2800 cases and 87 deaths

it would appear an even grimmer week awaits :frown:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 30 Mar 2020, 23:38
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Skinfection wrote:Saw a cop pull into a park yesterday and kick everyone out. People are blatantly disregarding the caution tape around all of the play equipment and just taking it down. They should just start finding individuals the same way they are businesses. No warning, just a ticket that says "Thanks for donating your stimulus check. Have a nice day."
According to Hogan and his new exeutive order it'll be a misdemeanor with possible fine of $5k fine and year in jail. But it's not very clear on what his stay at home order is. He's handled shit pretty well but this one is a real head scratcher from what I've seen.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 00:54
by zim
Skinfection wrote:Saw a cop pull into a park yesterday and kick everyone out. People are blatantly disregarding the caution tape around all of the play equipment and just taking it down. They should just start finding individuals the same way they are businesses. No warning, just a ticket that says "Thanks for donating your stimulus check. Have a nice day."
the lowes here was like a festival over the weekend from what i hear

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 02:20
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
I heard the counties here have been taking down basketball rims and tennis nets to keep people the fuck out of the parks.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 06:21
by Mesarthim
iamgoat wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:And then you have these assholes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orland ... AMP%2bHTML

Where’s varg vikernes when you need him?
He's in France. In complete lockdown :redneck:

While I still fully support burning the church to the ground, at least local law enforcement took action against this douchebag:

https://www.inquisitr.com/5971679/rodne ... t-warrant/

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne Arrested Following River Church’s Congregation Amid Quarantine

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne faces charges of unlawful assembly and violation of public health emergency order.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 06:22
by Mesarthim
Nick wrote:I heard the counties here have been taking down basketball rims and tennis nets to keep people the fuck out of the parks.


They started doing it here as well. It’s kind of funny because normally a lot of these parks are mostly empty - suddenly they are filled with people! Morons.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 06:28
by droidspawn
Humans are garbage scum


Fuck, now I sound like NDMG :redneck:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 06:40
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
Nick wrote:I heard the counties here have been taking down basketball rims and tennis nets to keep people the fuck out of the parks.


They started doing it here as well. It’s kind of funny because normally a lot of these parks are mostly empty - suddenly they are filled with people! Morons.
Well either my county isn't one of them or they haven't gotten to all of them yet. I drive by a fairly major one on my way home and it was packed with people.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 06:46
by Mesarthim
jorsh wrote:Humans are garbage scum


Fuck, now I sound like NDMG :redneck:
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!1

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 08:39
by vO)))id
HahAAAA

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 20:08
by vO)))id
Longer lockdown here. We'll get the news tonight. Probably June 1....

Shit's not on full lockdown yet which is good, but we'll see.

:homework:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 31 Mar 2020, 23:55
by vO)))id
New date set for NL: 28 April :homework:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 01:50
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Well that's not June 1st at all!

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 02:04
by vO)))id
Nick wrote:Well that's not June 1st at all!
For bigger gatherings its still June 1. So schools, gyms, concerts, etc

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 03:06
by Ninny
Vamphy is right in the centre of dutch corona

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 03:15
by vO)))id
Ninny wrote:Vamphy is right in the centre of dutch corona
True. But still rockin' it :rocker:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 04:36
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
iamgoat wrote:
Nick wrote:Well that's not June 1st at all!
For bigger gatherings its still June 1. So schools, gyms, concerts, etc
Fair enough :santa:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 04:40
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
I am officially out of work thanks to covid. They are closing all the physical locations and switching to strictly internet sales. Was told the job is mine if I want when they reopen, I am skeptical they keep my location open though :suss:. Besides that my job prospects ain't shit unless I wanna go rock a retail job which won't be happening unless I absolutely have to.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 05:09
by droidspawn
That’s horrible news. Sorry man :frown:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 05:24
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Assuming I get full money from the state plus the government side of it I'll actually be pulling in decent money. Just gonna hunker down with the family and only go out when I absolutely have to.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 05:26
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
March is usually the start of the busy season for RV stuffs. A lot of the stuff we did this month was carry over from February. Which we only had because they were so far behind from not having anyone to file warranty shit.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 08:02
by Mesarthim
Get on that unemployment bandwagon. My wife was also laid off from her job and took a week to register online for unemployment but was finally able to do so Monday morning. Interesting times indeed.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 08:34
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Yeah I'm gonna do it shortly. I figured I'd have better luck getting it done late at night :redneck:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 08:51
by Mesarthim
Yeah the system here was upgraded after the 2008 recession but it was designed to handle “a burst water pipe - not a Tsunami”. So delays were expected. She even tried at 3 am one day and still no luck. Finally tried at 7am on Monday and was able to get it done. Just gotta keep at it - hopefully Maryland is in a better position. :santa:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 08:54
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Well I've already got a log in and know what I'm doing. So hopefully it won't take that long :santa:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 12:58
by jawn galliano
another day of 'ok i should definitely take a break tonight' once again torpedoed by 'ah fuck the number's really going up at an alarming rate'

today my work offered what amounted to a $100/week hazard pay stipend to return to the office on monday (because i'm not able to operate remotely at full capacity; most remote workers will stay remote for the time being), but i was given 2 hours to decide. i would very much like the money but declined the offer, we just had a mass die-off in the last day -- a third of all recorded covid deaths in the state in a 24 hour span. mostly just desperately hoping they're going to continue to leave it as an option

not gonna lie this is all starting to really fuck me up, despite being in a pretty good position in the main

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 14:34
by happiness and harmony
100 a week, did they throw in used face masks as well

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 15:42
by User
australia is starting look good finally, here's hoping

the US on the other hand appears to be in a total fucking mess and only getting worse, already much worse than china

rewatching trumps original statements on the virus this year remains hilarious viewing

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 18:55
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Yeah but the briefing ratings are putting up Monday night football numbers so who cares!

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 01 Apr 2020, 19:10
by droidspawn
fucking clown shoes

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 02 Apr 2020, 00:24
by Grudge
They've got this under control. The US doesn't. Be introspective and vote properly to get your dumbass president out of the way. Half the problems are because he didn't see a problem at all - he wasted precious weeks thinking this was just a flu. He's fiddling around while Rome burns. Cuomo has a grip on this thing, bag of diarrhea inside another, bigger bag of diarrhea doesn't.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 02 Apr 2020, 00:54
by Mesarthim
Florida’s shithead governor finally took trumps dick out of his mouth and issued a state wide lock down.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 02 Apr 2020, 02:03
by rhino
Wv needs to do the same. I'm surrounded by fucking morons

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 02 Apr 2020, 08:15
by happiness and harmony
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Florida’s shithead governor finally took trumps dick out of his mouth and issued a state wide lock down.
georgia’s governor did it because florida intimidated him :gay:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 00:30
by shadowalk
Nick wrote:I am officially out of work thanks to covid. They are closing all the physical locations and switching to strictly internet sales. Was told the job is mine if I want when they reopen, I am skeptical they keep my location open though :suss:. Besides that my job prospects ain't shit unless I wanna go rock a retail job which won't be happening unless I absolutely have to.
Fuck. So sorry that hear that man. If it’s any consolation, you’re not alone - i know a lot of folk who are in the same boat as well :oldryan:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 02:10
by shadowalk
The government just announced mass testing to be conducted in the middle of April. Our city lockdown is due to end on that same week but there are ongoing talks that it may extend all the way to October.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 02:43
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
shadowalk wrote:
Nick wrote:I am officially out of work thanks to covid. They are closing all the physical locations and switching to strictly internet sales. Was told the job is mine if I want when they reopen, I am skeptical they keep my location open though :suss:. Besides that my job prospects ain't shit unless I wanna go rock a retail job which won't be happening unless I absolutely have to.
Fuck. So sorry that hear that man. If it’s any consolation, you’re not alone - i know a lot of folk who are in the same boat as well :oldryan:
They are processing unemployment based on last name and day of the week to help with the workload. I was lucky enough to able to get mine filed online with the first try, still waiting for it be approved but that's days away still :oldryan:

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 03:25
by shadowalk
Since last week, the Duterte administration has been giving out food packs and 'acceptable' compensation for the low-income (blue collar) sector. Last I heard, the food packs consists of a few kilos of rice, canned sardines and instant noodles. It's not much but at least it can help folk who live by their daily wages.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 04:00
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Skinfection wrote:Just called my boss to see if he'll write me a furlough letter I can present to my landlord.

The unemployment office out here serves literally the whole state, and only gives you a four hour gay man's telescope to call and actually speak to a representative. So needless to say it's been literally impossible to get through.
I think the only ones who have to call in are self-employed or work out of state or if you just can't figure it out.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:20
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
https://youtu.be/NrdScknb588

I have never seen these neighborhoods that empty

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:42
by Grudge
I'm mentally prepared that I'll get fired. We've been getting subtle hints about impending layoffs, 401k matches and raises gone, etc.

Re: coronavirus in this region

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 11:04
by jawn galliano
fuck, sorry to hear about the job woes guys :homework: really hope you're able to hang on but the sudden benefit cuts don't sound promising.

my brother is most likely going to be laid off tomorrow. even though his sector (medical devices) really shouldn't suffer over the long term, apparently the parent company is considering shuttering the whole operation for good. utterly stupid, but i suppose they have an eye to all the PE vulture funds that will be gorging on the fed's 4.5tn lending facility to help the most powerful corporations on the planet swallow up what's left of the global economy. shore up the balance sheet for q2 with a quick fire sale and tout all the savings on labor to win the praise of all the stock analysts. his wife was already laid off a couple of weeks ago, and while there's the possibility of being able to be rehired later, her workplace is a lot more consumer-demand sensitive and there's no telling when their business will bounce back.

i'm still plugging along. work shipped a headset out to me so i have to take internal support calls at home now, which is annoying, better than the alternative of being out of work. the coming days are mostly going to be filled with coaching call center staff on explaining to prospective clients that there is a global pandemic and we're operating at a fraction of our usual capacity and so no, we are not completing application reviews an hour after they're dropped in the mailbox. the unfolding catastrophe has done nothing to dampen the absurd demands and insufferable attitudes of Small Business Owners™ who choose to open new memberships in the midst of this clusterfuck.