Coronavirus COVID-19

[Brisbot 538]

3 minutes ago, ignatius said:

didn't you hear? the impeachment is why trump admin couldn't respond to the pandemic well. they were busy w/the democrat's hoax. 

Oh yeah, Dems made up coronavirus and climate change as well. Until it happens, then it's conveniently forgotten.

[Enthusiast 667]

Isn't there a thread or ten for retarded US politics?

[Brisbot 538]

6 minutes ago, Enthusiast said:

Isn't there a thread or ten for retarded US politics?

 I could post it on the Trump thread but would probably be told "Isn't there already a thread on the Coronavirus?" lol.

[ambermonke 1711]

Just now, Enthusiast said:

Isn't there a thread or ten for retarded US politics?

There are at least four.

I got called out here once for using the term "retarded" though. If that same person can come up with a better substitute in this context, I'm all ears.

Edited April 5, 2020 by ambergonk

[whylessness 25]

On 2/27/2020 at 7:04 PM, Lada Laika said:

Finally, Starcraft is back in the headlines. 

starcraft broodwar is more alive than ever in south korea. starcraft 2 however is dead.

[Enthusiast 667]

1 hour ago, Enthusiast said:

Isn't there a thread or ten for retarded US politics?

Upon reflection, the word 'retarded' is redundant in this context.

[Lada Laika 938]

11 minutes ago, whylessness said:

starcraft broodwar is more alive than ever in south korea. starcraft 2 however is dead.

I know that’s the popular meme but there’s a lot of new young blood and old KR pros returning from military service. The community seems especially vibrant right now and I’m really enjoying playing and watching it again. 

[whylessness 25]

brood war or sc2? because flash, stork, bisu and other bw legends still play at a very high level; and the most exciting amateur (ex-amateur, now pro) is soma, a zerg brood war player.

[Rubin Farr 3214]

 

[auxien 2479]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/should-you-wear-a-face-mask-heres-all-the-data-we-have/

could probably quote half the article with seemingly relevant data

but whatever

masks. wear them or don't. slight chance wearing one might help, sorta kinda a little, in a particular set of circumstances perhaps. maybe. probably not tho.

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just remember: 100% of people who wear masks eventually die.

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[Lada Laika 938]

41 minutes ago, whylessness said:

brood war or sc2? because flash, stork, bisu and other bw legends still play at a very high level; and the most exciting amateur (ex-amateur, now pro) is soma, a zerg brood war player.

SC2! I know that BW has always been consistently popular while SC2 has seen peaks and valleys but it feels like it's peaking in a way that it hasn't since like 2012 right now. 

[Tim_J 1886]

1 hour ago, auxien said:

just remember: 100% of people who wear masks eventually die.

[Tim_J 1886]

Wash your hands dudes

 

[Zephyr_Nova 2015]

God damn that's funny right now.

I see comments have been turned off due to too many coronavirus jokes... well, it had to happen, didn't it.

Edited April 5, 2020 by Zephyr_Nova

[rhmilo 1061]

6 hours ago, auxien said:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/should-you-wear-a-face-mask-heres-all-the-data-we-have/

could probably quote half the article with seemingly relevant data

but whatever

masks. wear them or don't. slight chance wearing one might help, sorta kinda a little, in a particular set of circumstances perhaps. maybe. probably not tho.

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Very good article. Thanks. ?

I found the following a bit surprising:

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Wearing cloth masks resulted in significantly higher rates of infection, the authors found. They also noted that in their test, the cloth masks were only 3 percent effective at blocking particles.

Would’ve thought they’d be more effective. And less dangerous. Oh well ...

[IDEM 925]

10 hours ago, auxien said:

it's looking like this is gonna be one of those pages...

see y'all on 123

I bet p. 122 turned out differently from what you thought.

9 hours ago, ambergonk said:

One latex glove can theoretically yield 5 condoms

qft

[Psychotronic 255]

 

[BCM 789]

Has anyone noticed a lot more birds around lately? I think they're going to take over. Hitchcock was right.

They are after all, the remnants of the dinosaurs. Maybe they've just been biding their time.

[pcock 90]

i wonder how many city pigeons are going to starve? their entire way of life has been upended. they probably dont even know what wild food they can eat.

[zkom 1670]

33 minutes ago, BCM said:

Has anyone noticed a lot more birds around lately? I think they're going to take over. Hitchcock was right.

They are after all, the remnants of the dinosaurs. Maybe they've just been biding their time.

Yeah, I've noticed there are quite a lot of magpies, crows and seagulls on my backyard lately

[rhmilo 1061]

Hadn’t noticed more birds than is usual in spring  though there are reports of other forms of wildlife becoming more daring, such as coyotes wandering the streets in San Francisco and mountain goats doing the same in Wales.

But re: pigeons, yes, apparently they are in trouble. Magpies, crows and seagulls are fine. They can either get food elsewhere or do things like steal from trash bags (which are still around). Pigeons, however, need garbage strewn on the street (including, get this, vomit from drunk partygoers) and there’s very little of that left. 

Edited April 5, 2020 by rhmilo

[ambermonke 1711]

1 hour ago, BCM said:

Has anyone noticed a lot more birds around lately? I think they're going to take over. Hitchcock was right.

They are after all, the remnants of the dinosaurs. Maybe they've just been biding their time.

Just the usual ravens in my neighborhood. They're gangsta af tho.

[Tim_J 1886]

On 4/4/2020 at 3:06 AM, Stickfigger said:

I would argue though if you are coughing and sneezing on everyone that you are showing symptoms and yeah , wear a mask if you can't stop coughing 

You can cough for any number of reasons and sneeze because of allergies... I shouldn't have said on everyone though, it sounds like you can't stop... 

[Tim_J 1886]

On 4/3/2020 at 10:49 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

tim where abouts is your boat atm? it's a cruise boat right?

Yeah we've been going once a week to Miami to get provisions and fuel... And then we drift around the coast in the meantime... 

[Tim_J 1886]

Re: pigeons - poor things, there's nobody on the streets for them to shit over... :^(