Goodbye to Joey, the King of CoronaSee you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:41 (four years ago) link
Japan does seem to have cocked things up a bit but Indonesia is still insisting that there are no cases despite a whole bunch of people returning from Bali with corona virus (also a popular place to Chinese tourists and locals and tourist from around the world to mix).
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:43 (four years ago) link
people like me will probably just get sick and be aight after, people like my dad will probably die.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:46 (four years ago) link
Announcing my intention to go out panic buying, not because I’m worried or anything, but because all those other idiots are probably gonna go out panic buying, the idiots
― Last night I dreamt I watched The Mandalorian (wins), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 07:17 (four years ago) link
DO IT. As long as you do first in first out whatever on food you eat anyways, it's not a waste. These are staples we always have enough of for at least a month for two people: black beans, chickpeas, sardines, frozen salmon, canned tomatoes, dry pasta, quinoa, rice, nori, cheerios, protein powder, flour, nut butters, water, soy milk. It' preparedness but honestly also partly because when you don't usually drive to grocery stores you take opportunities to stock up on heavy stuff when you can.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 08:13 (four years ago) link
17 cases in Portugal, only one of which turned out to be positive(!). Someone returning on a flight from Milan
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:27 (four years ago) link
17 suspected cases that should say. only 1 actual case
This is reminding me a lot of the Eyjafjallajökull event as regards sorting out people who can conceptualise "Maybe I can't / shouldn't travel by plane for a while" vs those who are absolutely clear that reality should bend to them.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
Does 'I'm scheduled to leave the country and my lease/tenancy agreement is about to expire and I can't afford to get quarantined in an Airbnb, especially in this housing market' count as expecting reality to bend to my will? Never mind, it probably does.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:29 (four years ago) link
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He's ready (to not travel by plane for a while)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:35 (four years ago) link
xp no no you're fine, I'm not fundamentalist about it!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
Eyjafjallajökull ... you're talking about the volcano, right? That's an outright natural disaster that was physically disruptive, it's kind of a different thing, isn't it?
Honestly not entirely sure why/when avoiding air travel should be considered (unless you're possibly sick already). Maybe not to (relative) epicenters like China right now, but the real concern is people already infected coming *from* those places, right? Do they even know how it's spread yet? Not through the air, just by contact, right? So unless you plan on avoiding all people everywhere for a while, go hand washing ham and I imagine you're about as safe as anyone. I don't want to get sick, and I sure don't want to die, but the numbers (so far) don't indicate either is any more a pressing possibility than the plane crashing. Or maybe more like a car crash, or the flu, or all sorts of other stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
Eyjafjallajökull ... you're talking about the volcano, right?
no, we're thinking of the other eyjafjallajökull
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
hand washing ham or ham washing hand
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
i am also mad at wins for subtweeting me
Lol, no, not the "other" Eyjafjallajökull, but I had to google it to make sure there wasn't, like, some famed disease that wiped it out in the 1800s or something that I didn't know about.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
Double lol, looked at the WaPo just now and it seems that Trump thinks the media is simply stoking fear and has demanded a press conference to clear things up. If anyone should be able to assuage concerns with his reasonable tone, clear grasp of the facts and calm insight it's this asshole, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
6pm’s always a good time to drop great news, right?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
If by that you mean Trump's scheduled toilet time, then yes. Also, every other hour on the hour.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
Of course, we all know Trump's drops are typically pretty bad news.
The most important thing is whatever they say tonight we know we can trust them entirely.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
ok i'm not worried anymore, apparently this is just a left wing ploy to drive the stock market down
Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape! @CDCgov.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2020
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
What are the odds on him huffing a big vial of carona to own the libs?
― median punt (gyac), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
it'll be like obama drinking the flint tap water
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
MSDNC ... I've got to admit, I've never heard that one before but it's pretty clever. wherever he got it from.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
Accurate, too
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
possible possible possible
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
thanks president donald j trump for making me sing 'my carona' in my head to the tune of 'my sharona' for the last 30 minutes
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
it seems that Trump thinks the media is simply stoking fear
not to give trump credit for anything ever but if he does think this he's probably otm it's sorta the media's job description - irresponsibly stoking fear to generate clicks
― Mordy, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
Problem is, Trump and team are doing nothing to manage the message on this.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
they're not doing nothing, they're making it worse.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
The only thing that would really get the message across is for him to die of it, here's hoping
― the punk wars are over and prog rock won (Matt #2), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
I can't quite follow what the point actually is here but there's a cryptocurrency that gets more valuable as more people die BUT it gets destroyed every couple of days so it's not meant for investing?( coronatoken.org )
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
the media is supposed to stoke only certain categories of fear
― avellano medio Inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen is seizing this opportunity to take the EU to task for supposedly preventing member states from closing their borders.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.manamediagroup.com/files/en/project_gallery/file_57442cf50c7374606674973.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
Here's the clip of Azar not assuring Rep. Schakowsky a covid-19 vaccine will be affordable to all. pic.twitter.com/Z8aNd4wLWj— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) February 26, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
My medical microbiologist friend who has, up to now been pretty sanguine about this sent out a group text this morning saying now was the time to start stocking up on food and medicine, in a few extra items in the basket kind of a way.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
I just spent about $70 to reinforce our fairly well-stocked pantry. As long as we have running water and electricity we'd have no great difficulty with sheltering in place under tight restrictions on freedom of movement. Just boredom and a longing for fresh vegetables.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
I'm not bothering, I'm a single bachelor and will probably die some other way this year.
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
If it goes full zombie apocaplyse I've got a full 2000L rainwater tank, although nothing to make it sake to drink and the only food I have in quantity is rice and Kimchi.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
Welcome to the 2020s fam
CDC recommends shaving facial hair to protect against coronavirus https://t.co/O5V7Y64Rai #KMOV pic.twitter.com/z7kY5pSW4s— KMOV (@KMOV) February 26, 2020
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 27 February 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
nothing to make it sake to drink and the only food I have in quantity is rice
hmmm. maybe this could help: https://www.hobbyhomebrew.com/how-to-make-sake-at-home/
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 27 February 2020 02:21 (four years ago) link
Grave over shave!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 February 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link
If you don't want to go down the shaving route you can always go do the positive air pressure respirator route
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― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:42 (four years ago) link
nothing to make it sake to drink and the only food I have in quantity is ricehmmm. maybe this could help: https://www.hobbyhomebrew.com/how-to-make-sake-at-home/― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 27 February 2020 1:21 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 27 February 2020 1:21 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
A very me slip on my part. Perhaps I should investigate some home brewing if I get locked in for a few weeks. And the rainwater tank is ideal, probably too much iron in Australian town water.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
sake is really easy, speaking from experience! all you need is koji, wine yeast, rice, and clean water. you don't even have to seal it and basic sanitation is sufficient unlike beer.
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
Shave your sac and butts too men
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
That CDC facial hair chart is 100 percent hilarious.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 27 February 2020 04:56 (four years ago) link
always thoght the toothbrush 'stache sent out the wrong message but gotta do what you gotta do
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 February 2020 05:06 (four years ago) link