Work Zoom meetings are so tonally all over the place:
Manager: So what’s everyone been up to?Co-worker 1: I’m watching the Tiger KingCo-worker 2: ugh, I can’t watch that. I love animals too much.Co-worker 3: I’m mad I can’t get a haircutCo-worker 4: I envy you having that problem.Co-worker 5: My sister and two of my friends died of corona virus this week
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
My coworkers just like to talk about virus conspiracy theories.
Is it a secret plot by China?
Does stay at home mean we are under martial law?
Makes you think....
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
tk care and best wishes to you, Neanderthal; I have no booze
(ok just one bottle for me)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
No updates. We're watching Barry to distract ourselves
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 00:18 (four years ago) link
Quality distraction.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
dad's gallbladder has been taken out, as well as his rectal blockage.
now a pathologist is going to concern where his sepsis seems to be originating, and treating him with antibiotics.
at the same time, my mom thinks dad doesn't want to live.
fun times. but she's felt this way for 2 years, and it's hard to tell because he can barely talk anymore.
He's still in there....strokes have made it hard for him to communicate.
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 02:59 (four years ago) link
*determine
i'm really sorry.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
was going to apologize for my inappropriately goofy display name, but then saw yours.
<3 hang in there Neanderthal.
thanks Karl.
lol u don't gotta apologize for being goofy. the goofiness is keeping me afloat.
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 03:06 (four years ago) link
Ugh, take care man, that sounds really rough.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 06:46 (four years ago) link
Yup, take care.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 07:37 (four years ago) link
Sorry Neanderthal. must be hard to keep an even keel rn. Hang in there.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 08:34 (four years ago) link
Floridians stick together, Neanderthal. I'm here if you need me.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 10:47 (four years ago) link
Hang in there Neanderthal. Wishing you and your family the best.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
THree are apparently overwhelmed so you can't get through to their website and ringing them takes half an hour at least, which is an internal line for most of it so may lead to charge.BUmmer.
Is that true of all phone networks at the moment or is my service special?
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
So I got my stimulus check. Yea?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:40 (four years ago) link
Me too. Of course I don't understand the amount at all - something to do with children surely. Once the dust has settled from our tax returns we will find some do-gooders to donate it to.
― Fleetwood Machiavelli (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:46 (four years ago) link
I keep receiving direct mail from the "Alfred Lord Sotosyn Campari Sustainment Fund." Not sure if this is a legit charity; advice is welcomed
― Fleetwood Machiavelli (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
Expect a newsletter and samples should you join. I'll let my interns know.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link
we've started referring to foods past their dates as expired, but not yet pandemic expired
also curious about the money but our online banking seems to have crashed, probably from everyone doing the same thing
― joygoat, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
Still sending good vibes your way Neanderthal!
Gotta say, especially after some of the expert opinions we've seen this week, it's a bit surprising to see all these concert reschedule announcements for September and October. Also not sure I get the impetus at this point. Wishful thinking? Something they have to do to meet insurance/legal requirements to avoid a full on cancellation? Just seems... unlikely.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
Hedging their bets just in case, I'd imagine
― quartet for the endocrine (Matt #2), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
People need hope to carry on (even if it turns out to have been false hope). Personally, the thought of finally seeing Pantera in October is all that keeps me alive rn
― Fleetwood Machiavelli (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
Lol!
― calzino, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
Dad doing better today. Getting physical therapy. He called me and sounded doped out of his mind. I told him we love him.
WBC is high, so he has to stay as they fight the infection. But better news
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
Additionally, i had a credit on Cameo from past purchases, so I booked a Cameo with Bun B and asked him to give a get well to my dad.
Giggling just imagining Bun shouting out my pops, so I hope he completes it.
Once upon a time, chattin with my homieA n**** like myself said get well to TonyNow this was Tony in the sense of MontanaBut an old Italian man, who fell in the shower in his cabana
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
wore the mask I have available while inside the grocery store, I kept having to grab it to move it back up over my nose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
time for a nose piercing?
― dip to dup (rob), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
if I did it'd likely be septum not nostril so it wouldn't help, also piercers likely closed rn
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Silby, are you by any chance in Cap Hill? If so, I've been making masks that have a wire nose-piece, I could drop one off for you.
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
Not very far, in Madison Valley, but I don't want to make anyone surmount the hill on my behalf. A more nearby friend is making masks and I think will hook us up soon with an improved model. Thanks for offering though!
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
I didn’t pre test the masks my boss made and wore one to the grocery store - the stupid thing was miles too loose
― just1n3, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
The conspiracy theorists are really getting to me today. Almost lost it on a friend throwing out all these ideas they “just found interesting”. Ignoring this shit clearly does not work, engaging with it just makes it grow, and now avoiding it is failing too. Soul crushing like few other things.
― Kim, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
yep
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
adding "just found it interesting" to list of red flag phrases:-/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
Another friend used “for those wise enough to listen” and a relative had “don’t comment til you watch to the end”. Just fuck off.
― Kim, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
fuck off otm
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
the prototype of conspiracy theories is antisemitism and everyone going down the road of conspiracy theories will get there eventually, zero tolerance to conspiracy theorists
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
"isn't this conspiracy theory hilarious?" followed by anger and defensiveness when you make fun of it
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
in the same category as "it was just a joke!" followed by my favorite "where's your sense of humor?"
fuck that shit
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
“We should be open to all points of view, and then make up our own minds”
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
There are good crackpot theories on both sides...
― nickn, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
my N95 mask can only be cleaned via boiling (no, mine would be destroyed), baking (if you have an extra oven that you don't put food in), or just worn 3+ days apart so the virus would die on it.
I didn't even know til yesterday that they're not normally supposed to be reusable.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
I don’t think you need to keep kosher for mask sterilisation. If it sterilises the mask it will sterilise the inside of the oven.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
Neanderthal I know the stress is built into the fact of a hospital stay in the first place, but that's good news, glad to hear it!
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
The Residents had the right idea in 1978... though they are flouting the 'one trolley length' rule.
https://live.staticflickr.com/5015/5577632239_7cb51a03db_o.jpg
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
Got a letter from my doctor today - he's retiring at the end of May. He recommends a different doctor in the same building, so I guess I'll give that guy a call?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
Got a letter from my doctor today
It said i was suckers
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
Oh whoops maybe it was a bad idea to pour alcohol on our N95 masks. Should have baked them instead.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 16 April 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link