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Oh thats gonna end badly. "Great moments in bad marketing decisions!" Forget homeless hobos drinking it. Idiot college kids will.
Just wait until the same assholes that tried to put people eating fish cleaner on Drumpf turn around and call anyone who drinks hand sanitizer, literally cosplaying as vodka, an idiot who deserved to die.
 
Hope is "toxic" to these people.

Explains a lot of the shit Trump is getting as well.

Much in the same way that they twisted the meaning of "emotional labor" to imply that feeling any emotion at all is work that they deserve compensation for, they've twisted "toxic positivity" (which like emotional labor originally referred to a very specific thing) to imply that all positivity is privileged gaslighting.
 
There's a lot of pissed people pointing fingers. This isn't the right time for positioning for the "after" though, especially considering we don't even know when that'll be. Hell, we don't even know if it's entirely safe to go buy toilet paper. I'm glad my government is at least understanding that part. Sometimes it's better to say nothing if you can't say anything substantial. I'm very happy with not having to see Merkel every day on national TV having her read some rallying speeches off some teleprompter in her low-charisma fashion. It'd be pointless and it'd actually worry me more than anything.

Also the posturing here like you run your country is kind of a joke. We're all just some spergs with keyboards here and the deals are made by people who do not consider us beyond some numbers going either up or down, which might indicate saving or destroying our lives. It might make you feel good to think differently but that's the way it always was and always will be, no matter if these numbers are carved in stone or in a fancy computer graph. It would be very poor statemansship to let the EU fall apart over this and beyond national posturing I'm pretty sure everyone who matters understands that part. Politicians pointing fingers angrily and instilling national coherence talk very differently behind closed doors to their peers. (which you don't belong to, their peers are other powerful people in their own and other countries) That's part of running a country and well understood by everyone included. No matter where you live, please don't fall too far for those tricks. It is dangerous and might cloud your judgement regarding those people and their part in all of this.

I still think some people really should take a break from the wuflu news cycle, as it's really not good for a person mentally, especially considering that this will go on for many, many months in some form. Our press is super-trained in reporting things in this alerting 24/7 flashion which is fine for terrorist attacks or plane crashes but I feel quite harmful for something comparably slow and ongoing like a pandemic. I include myself there and think I need to take a break from online social platforms regarding this topic for a week or so. Now I just need to find a way to stop friends constantly linking me stuff. I know it'll fall on deaf ears here but for your own mental health, maybe consider just updating on the news once a day or so and try to fill your time if you can with other, more productive stuff. You're most likely in no position to change anything and you don't do yourself any favors.
 
According to SkyNews Australia, in late January doctors at the WHO pushed to declare a global health emergency and reccomend travel restrictions. The measure was voted down and two days later the WHO released a statement praising chinas response and urging governments around the world to not restrict travel.

They have refused to reveal who voted for those measures.

 
Almost 3 weeks of quarantine. Pet shop near me is closing down and selling animals for 50% off. Some restaurants are shutting down for good. Fuckin shit show. On the bright side I've learned some great ass skills lately and being able to put em to the test has been pretty nice without having to 9-5 myself for rich assholes. But now I have an additional level of concern for some of my favorite places.
 
Almost 3 weeks of quarantine. Pet shop near me is closing down and selling animals for 50% off. Some restaurants are shutting down for good. Fuckin shit show. On the bright side I've learned some great ass skills lately and being able to put em to the test has been pretty nice without having to 9-5 myself for rich assholes. But now I have an additional level of concern for some of my favorite places.

This is the true ripple everyone should be concerned about. Not the death toll from the virus, but the countless small businesses (and other big box stores as well) that are infinitely fucked and may not open again.

Most of these places (especially restaurants) were running at razor thin profit margins to begin with. This sort of stoppage will ruin them.
 
I am wondering if there will be a spike of cases next week from churches this coming Easter Sunday. There been churches too arrogant to close public services and unless they have police ready to close them this Sunday, you going to hear a lot of church related cases in the news next week.
 
I am wondering if there will be a spike of cases next week from churches this coming Easter Sunday. There been churches too arrogant to close public services and unless they have police ready to close them this Sunday, you going to hear a lot of church related cases in the news next week.
there will be spikes of various sizes for the next 12-18 months i would imagine.
 
I am wondering if there will be a spike of cases next week from churches this coming Easter Sunday. There been churches too arrogant to close public services and unless they have police ready to close them this Sunday, you going to hear a lot of church related cases in the news next week.
Imagine being too arrogant to let the government cram you in your house for months on end when the government has no apparent/coherent plan.
 
Why is there so much traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge right now?
to get to the other side

i think we can all agree that kelly once again hits the nail on the head with his artistic commentary:

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how does he do it? amazing...
 
One thing I’ve noticed with both positive and suspected positive COVID19 patients is that their posture is off and they’re usually favoring one side over another.

Nothing definitive, just something I’ve picked up on.

Is it your left or right side that double posts over the span of 10 minutes?
 
i think we can all agree that kelly once again hits the nail on the head with his artistic commentary:

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how does he do it? amazing...

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In the early days of this while I was still working I picked up lunch at a non-fast food chain place I normally eat in. They charged me a take out charge, charge for take out packaging, and because they supposedly don't have takeout cups, $2,75 for a 16 oz soda (instead of the normal $1.20 for a cup of fountain). Even though this was the only way you could patronize them...
 
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