b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 That data is suspect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 A member of Pence's staff just tested positive for the virus. -CNN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said: Shit I didn't even think of that. They could ignite this thing even more in 2 weeks when symptoms have kicked in. It's just a flu bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: A member of Pence's staff just tested positive for the virus. -CNN I think I've seen that VEEP episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I love the smell of karma in the morning. Or afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Littleronin Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 So my son just found out that his employer is making sure each employee works only works 1 day a week to prevent them from filing unemployment. Only management is getting their normal shifts. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I have questions. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 8 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: 5 hours ago, MarSolo said: Honestly, something needs to be passed for us. We’re out here busting our asses risking infection for the same shitty pay rates we were getting when everyone was complacent. Agreed. The people still working are at such a high risk and will no doubt unwittingly spread the virus because of the people they'll be exposed to, and now I have to vent about my work situation... Currently I am working at an E-commerce warehouse for Walmart and it is insane, as you can imagine everyone is buying from home now. The pay rate is actually decent for my area, but the working conditions under this "we must contain the virus" is not. There are almost no precautions implemented since the outbreak has started growing in the U.S. at this facility. I am working within a 6 foot radius of several people at a time, and to maintain productivity we often have to migrate from station to station. Everyone is touching everything and they do not have any kind of cleaning supplies for us to use. They are also currently hiring 400 more people to bring into this already crowded building. During meetings they (the area managers) are not encouraging any kind of social distancing behaviors. There are about 3 people for every microwave, and they are making everyone go on lunch at the same time. The lunch tables are cheap fast food types: Four people to a table using benches instead of chairs. The break room is packed and are people forced to sit next to each other when everyone goes at the same time. If one infected person comes into that building, and specifically my department, everyone is going to spread the virus. On top of that, because of the insanely high workload the building is forcing the people actually employed by them (I am coming into the building as an outsider) to work 6 ten hour shifts per week. Since this facility is fulfilling online orders, the employees were only expecting this amount of work between Black Friday and Christmas. But they have been completely busy since October of last year, working 50-60+ hour weeks, with only about a 3-4 week reprieve in January to their normal 40 hour work week. It's a bad situation being made worse by people who are tired and care even less about cleanliness. I have also noticed the work areas are getting dirtier/dustier by the week, as there are spills (broken grocery items, soups, pasta sauce, etc) that haven't been cleaned for several days and I can see dust bunnies under tables that were not there a month ago. I guess they can't spare anyone to push a fucking mop and broom! I wonder how much profit Walmart is making off this panic buying. I could leave at any time, but I'm am erring on the side of caution of getting paid as much as I can while I still can. I'm normally socially isolated, and healthy, so me being infected would be low risk. But I still would rather not have any risk of spreading it to the few people I do interact with, so by the day I am more and more considering a quarantine, especially if that place doesn't give us some disinfectant spray and paper towels. So there is a bit of irony here. People are told to stay home and go out as little as possible, but since we have the ability to order and bring whatever we want to our doorstep people are doing that at an increased rate. This is putting a huge burden the likes of Amazon and Walmart, such that these companies are hiring more employees to stuff into central locations, demand these people put in above average work hours, and do absolutely nothing to clean the work areas (in my situation), which as a result will provide the perfect breeding ground for this virus to spread rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, osxmatt said: I have questions. Southerners like to stick corn cobs up their ass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 18 minutes ago, Littleronin said: So my son just found out that his employer is making sure each employee works only works 1 day a week to prevent them from filing unemployment. Only management is getting their normal shifts. File the claim anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, Littleronin said: So my son just found out that his employer is making sure each employee works only works 1 day a week to prevent them from filing unemployment. Only management is getting their normal shifts. I don't know about every state, but in Texas you can file for unemployment even for massive reductions in hours. And screw this company. They trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Southerners like to stick corn cobs up their ass? To own the libs, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, osxmatt said: I have questions. I have no clue what in the fuck he's talking about. Unless he's referring to the phrase, "get that corn cob outta your ass." It's basically the same as if you used the word "broomstick" so I still don't really get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 hours ago, chakoo said: What chain does she work for? I'm just curious how different chains are handling this. I've been really liking the constant communication put out by the loblaw team. Fortinos is the name of her store. I just don’t know if this is for all store locations or just hers. Plus I just got another email from work for yet another conference call as of 9am tomorrow. Probably more of the same but who knows anymore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I have no clue what in the fuck he's talking about. Unless he's referring to the phrase, "get that corn cob outta your ass." It's basically the same as if you used the word "broomstick" so I still don't really get it. https://web.archive.org/web/20171207033905/https://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2016/05/02/what-did-people-use-before-toilet-paper/ Quote In rural agrarian communities, handfuls of straw were frequently used, but one of the most popular items to use for clean-up was dried corncobs. They were plentiful, and quite efficient at cleaning. They could be drawn in one direction, or turned on an axis. They were also softer on tender areas than you might think. Even after toilet paper became available, some people in Western states still preferred corncobs when using the outhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 All of my grandparents grew up dirt poor, all were born before WWII, and I've heard plenty of stories about what they did to get by, but I've never heard of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I'm having a hard time imagining how corncobs would be effective. If they're wet, you're putting slimy cornwater on your cornhole. If they're dry, you're scraping your cornhole up something fierce. Lord have mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, osxmatt said: I have questions. As Minsc said in Baldur's Gate II, "Don't ask questions better left for aged sages". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Spain has reported 235 deaths in 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Nokra said: I'm having a hard time imagining how corncobs would be effective. If they're wet, you're putting slimy cornwater on your cornhole. If they're dry, you're scraping your cornhole up something fierce. Lord have mercy. To understand, google corn cob butt plug. If you can’t shit, you don’t need TP. Actually, don’t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 The corn cob thing is legit. My grandparents told me they did the same thing growing up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Really changes your perception of that dril tweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chakoo Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, osxmatt said: I have questions. I think we solved the mystery to this photo. The dog knows what they do with the cobs. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-confirms-60-new-covid-19-infections-canada-surpasses-1-000-cases-1.4861334 Ontario upped its numbers from this morning of 50 cases to 60 today. BC reported 77 confirmed cases. The latest numbers now put canada at 1,087 confirmed cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thewhyteboar Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Republicans are wholly unfit to govern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 So I just got my papers that identify me as an "essential worker" in order to move about during the quarantine in NJ/NY... this is some Orwellian shit right here. Also last night I was on my way to work and NY was like "I Am Legend" out there... I'm gonna try and take some pictures tonight on my way in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Italian Doctors Are Coming Out of Retirement to Treat Coronavirus — and Dying Quote The world’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak is devastating Italy’s doctors, with the death toll among physicians now at 14. Italian doctors have been dying at a rate of more than one a day since the first physician’s death on March 11, according to the federation of Italian doctors guilds, which added five names to its list of “fallen doctors” Thursday. Among the victims were two doctors in the northern city of Como — pneumologist Giuseppe Lanati, 73, and GP Luigi Frusciante, 71 — who had come out of retirement to help respond to the outbreak, only to succumb to the virus themselves. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Illinois is under shelter-in-place starting tomorrow, but apparently my company can stay open because we do some worth with non-profits which grants us "essential" status. Gonna donate some money to charity this weekend. I consider myself absurdly lucky right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 NV increased their business restrictions today and go into affect tonight at midnight. It's essentially shelter in place without being called shelter in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Gonna donate some money to charity this weekend. I consider myself absurdly lucky right now. My suggestion: food banks. FAR TOO MANY people are going to need their services in the coming weeks and months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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