Cygnia Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Lawnmower Boy, BarretWallace, pinecone and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Starlord said: Sorry everyone, but I'm out of this thread and I will be asking the moderators to lock it. I can no longer tolerate the repeated insults and abuse of the Three Stooges. BarretWallace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Take me away, far away. If I'm not done in by this virus, then surely the eventual anger-induced cardiac event brought about by the observed stupidity of my fellow citizens will do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Per some evangelicals, if you accept Donald Trump as the appointed instrument of God you'll be raptured into Heaven at the imminent End of Days. Would that do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 If being raptured into Heaven at the imminent End of Days requires accepting Donald Trump as the anointed of God, I'm not sure I want to go. Lee, Matt the Bruins, Ragitsu and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Per some evangelicals, if you accept Donald Trump as the appointed instrument of God you'll be raptured into Heaven at the imminent End of Days. Would that do? If that's the case. Then we've been doing it wrong for most of human history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 You thought we were doing it right for most of human history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Grailknight said: If that's the case. Then we've been doing it wrong for most of human history. The Rapture as a doctrine only dates back to the early 19th century. And a cynical person would say, "Maybe, it's already happened." Pariah and TrickstaPriest 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 No, but we've been better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Per some evangelicals, if you accept Donald Trump as the appointed instrument of God you'll be raptured into Heaven at the imminent End of Days. Would that do? I'd rather stumble across a sylvan portal to some fantasy world with sufficiently advanced and widespread magic. With any luck, I'll find a secluded village of kindhearted gnomes I can reside with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 So, what you're saying is you'd rather be hanging with your gnomies? Ternaugh, Hotspur, TrickstaPriest and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I got my test back. Negative. I was on the downside of symptoms by the time I took it, and it's not an approved test, so there's a chance I had a mild case. Then again, there's a chance I didn't. On the down side, I threw my back out Tuesday morning and can barely move. So, I'm missing a second week of work regardless. Going to have to burn that vacation time to make it up. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I'm glad you tested negative, PG. Sucks about your back, but at least it's less likely to be fatal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Thanks, OM. There's still hope for my back taking me out, though. I could always have an accident from a back spasm while driving to my chiropractor tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Fingers... crossed? Meanwhile, we're at 70000 new cases per day, which translates to around 700 dead/day in three weeks. Unless hospitals become overwhelmed. Then it'll be more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: I got my test back. Negative. I was on the downside of symptoms by the time I took it, and it's not an approved test, so there's a chance I had a mild case. Then again, there's a chance I didn't. On the down side, I threw my back out Tuesday morning and can barely move. So, I'm missing a second week of work regardless. Going to have to burn that vacation time to make it up. it is terrible that having a debilitating injury requires you to burn PTO if you want to feed the rest of your family while you are unable to move without intolerable levels of pain. Especially if that means you can't take that time later to get well-deserved rest and recreation or do something significant you can't do the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 It'll take a death toll in the millions for this to be taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Per some evangelicals, if you accept Donald Trump as the appointed instrument of God you'll be raptured into Heaven at the imminent End of Days. Would that do? I am a Christian, who doesn't believe in that rapture. I find a get out of jail free card for the end of days goes against the whole persevere against the testing of your faith throughout the rest of the teachings. Grailknight and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: It'll take a death toll in the millions for this to be taken seriously. I don’t think it would be taken seriously even then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Ragitsu said: I'd rather stumble across a sylvan portal to some fantasy world with sufficiently advanced and widespread magic. With any luck, I'll find a secluded village of kindhearted gnomes I can reside with. Aren't gnomes just ewoks without fur? I might could go for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Brazil now has 2 million cases and India has 1 million. I am more concerned about Chile. Their population is not that big and they have a lot of cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 This could become the defining event of the first half of the 21st Century. The shape of the world may be markedly different on the other side of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 As an aside, our family just finished reading the New Testament last week. And I have to say, there were several times in the Revelation that I couldn't help but think, "Well, this seems familiar...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 tkdguy, Hermit and Starlord 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 11 hours ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: It'll take a death toll in the millions for this to be taken seriously. 8 hours ago, Old Man said: I don’t think it would be taken seriously even then. It'll be taken seriously when people with millions die. Many people with many millions. Joe Walsh, Grailknight, BarretWallace and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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