ScottishFox Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, tkdguy said: First Wimbledon was cancelled; now Oktoberfest has been cancelled in Germany. This is the 8th and hidden sign of the Apocalypse. We. Are. Doomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, ScottishFox said: This is the 8th and hidden sign of the Apocalypse. We. Are. Doomed. On a personal note, I just lost some excess weight and got my money woes under some measure of control. Then the Apocalypse happens. If there's a sign the universe hates me, this is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickstaPriest Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, tkdguy said: On a personal note, I just lost some excess weight and got my money woes under some measure of control. Then the Apocalypse happens. Literally was doing all of this and making myself get out three times a week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, tkdguy said: On a personal note, I just lost some excess weight and got my money woes under some measure of control. Then the Apocalypse happens. If there's a sign the universe hates me, this is it. It's not that it hates us. It just doesn't care. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, ScottishFox said: This is the 8th and hidden sign of the Apocalypse. We. Are. Doomed. The Ninth Sign. The World Series of Poker has been postponed. They're trying to get a date in the fall, but date and event schedule are TBD. So now we can't even draw to the two-outer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Badger said: on a basic level, I do get the protestors, it has nothing to do with haircuts (as one certain CNN host who is longer on wind than intelligence*, would have you believe). People are desperate because money is low (Old Man has covered to why) for people. People need money to pay mortgages (shelter). Buy food. ANd other needed materials. Those problems are real, they have to be dealt with. You may or may not catch a disease. Some people do consider a chance vs a sure thing, worry more about the latter. And people do things they might not have done, when they feel necessities are threatened. Some other bills and fees are more complicated. But, what should have been done most of all, would be a halt/freeze on mortgage payments (including interest) until this blows over. The banks can still get their money on a 3-4 months later basis, cant see how it hurts them all that much (essentially go along as if the 3 months or whatever it turns out to be never happened). Bills are a bit more complicated, but solving that mortgage part, would've strung the money out further. Of course, on an actual level, protest, seems to be a bad idea, let's say. *Note sure I am allowed to say the blunter version that popped up in my mind You have hit on a basic difficulty with this whole situation. Since there are no good measures we can take, we must attempt to find the least bad, and that is something nobody likes. I do get at least part of the case to ease or eliminate lockdown. There's this one podcast by a self-appointed expert on the current status of the various stimulus packages. Mostly he regurgitates the information that is generally out there and easily locate-able with basic research. He's what the YouTube algorithm comes up with when I look for video updates. Well, I saw that the title on his latest episode promises a "giant" market crash. I shy away from videos like that, so I don't know his argument. Still, these are not normal times. Who knows how bad things will get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Hermit said: This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both,and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy,for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless thewriting be erased. Deny it.' cried the Spirit, stretching outits hand towards the city. 'Slander those who tell it ye.Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse.And abide the end.' -Dickens It's late April, and A Chirstmas Carol is as appropriate as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Man said: It's not that it hates us. It just doesn't care. Which, if anything, is worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, unclevlad said: The Ninth Sign. The World Series of Poker has been postponed. They're trying to get a date in the fall, but date and event schedule are TBD. So now we can't even draw to the two-outer... 32 minutes ago, unclevlad said: The Ninth Sign. The World Series of Poker has been postponed. They're trying to get a date in the fall, but date and event schedule are TBD. So now we can't even draw to the two-outer... But, ESPN, considers that the #1 sport in the world. (judging by coverage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Huh. Hadn't seen this. Japan Post is suspending acceptance of international mail to many destinations. The planes aren't flying enough, so there's a major backlog already. https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/2020/0401_02_01_en.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 A good overview of the current state of treatment development for COVID-19 Hint: Learn patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: You have hit on a basic difficulty with this whole situation. Since there are no good measures we can take, we must attempt to find the least bad, and that is something nobody likes. I do get at least part of the case to ease or eliminate lockdown. There's this one podcast by a self-appointed expert on the current status of the various stimulus packages. Mostly he regurgitates the information that is generally out there and easily locate-able with basic research. He's what the YouTube algorithm comes up with when I look for video updates. Well, I saw that the title on his latest episode promises a "giant" market crash. I shy away from videos like that, so I don't know his argument. Still, these are not normal times. Who knows how bad things will get? Yeah, pretty much agree. JUst pointing out, the protestors though grossly misguided, might be getting a bad rap (at least some are) largely by a bunch of journalists whose only strength in life is the ability to talk in front of a camera and who get the luxury of removing themselves from the equation of this mess. (and on the matter of those "haircuts" could probably get one to come to them, unlike the masses). SO, certain numbers of them, maybe should just shut the ….up. I might not be happy with people running around protesting, but I don't want the media to be ones the speak on my behalf on it, since many of them haven't thrown much value on the table to lose. (apologies to any on-site reporters since they obviously do, of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Badger said: But, ESPN, considers that the #1 sport in the world. (judging by coverage) Not really. ESPN was only going to cover the Main Event; they were starting with Day 1 this year. But it's only 1 channel of the 2 they have, and it's July...so, IIRC, after the College World Series and before the All Star Game. They've got 2 networks...what's going on in July, really? Golf's daytime. They don't have the Tour de France. Wimbledon would be more like 4 or 5 AM to around 4 PM. NBA would be done; NFL would just have camps opening up. Realistically, the biggest option would be baseball. There's a LOT of conflicts with baseball; the local broadcast rights tromp what ESPN can show except on their reserved nights (Sunday Night, and I believe the first game Wednesday night). And several evenings, the coverage started at 10 Eastern...which leaves a full window for an Eastern TZ baseball game to start at 7. I think ESPN only went that far because Poker Central is extensively involved, and sharing the load. AND, probably, paying for a decent number of ads. It won't be McEachern and Chad for that much of it...Nejad, McEachern, and Jeff Platt for play by play, with Schulman, Maria Ho, or Chad. Negreanu might show for a while (esp. on a day 1 or 2 he's not playing). If the WSOP *does* schedule for the fall, life's trickier. September brings the pennant races, the start of the college football season, and of course the NFL. That's now tying up a lot more broadcast hours. October is worse in a way; ESPN does quite a lot of Thursday and Friday night college football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 JUst pretty much seems like whenever I turn to a sports station I see poker. Poker is farther up than baseball on ESPN, I do know that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Man said: It's not that it hates us. It just doesn't care. 1 hour ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Which, if anything, is worse. Nope. I want Nature to disregard us as much as possible. Because if it ever did come to actively hate us, what it could do to us would make everything else we've ever been through look like a picnic. And, to be honest, we've given it plenty of reason to hate us already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 It isn't like Earth and humanity can realistically co-exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Well, we did for 150,000 years. Armory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Well, we did for 150,000 years. Too much breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Anyway, so far in my county, 12 cases and 1 death. SO, we seem to still doing decent compared to some. Though, I have no doubt, that I probably have breathed in the stuff, and hasn't taken effect (yet at least) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Tjack said: Great! Stupid people are finally killing themselves off and thus making future generations a little bit smarter. Usually they do things like drive drunk or fail to vaccinate their litters of kids, killing off stupid and smart randomly. Nothing in the story suggests they are killing themselves PRIOR to procreation... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 13 hours ago, Badger said: Well, the quarantine experiment is a one time thing. Humanity or at least civilization cant survive doing it everytime this or something like it comes around. I disagree. I think both humanity AND civilisation can survive. I think we might even end with a better civilisation if this was a regular occurrence. Humanity survived for thousands of years in its battle with disease and our civilisation has just been (economically/socially) inoculated on how to deal with this. It also flushes out incompetents in ways that are difficult to disown. We would be better at it next time and better again the time after that. Once we swallow the initial impact we adapt. It's what makes us so resilient. I am determined to approach this with a level of optimism. Doc Grailknight, ScottishFox and Matt the Bruins 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Lessons from Spanish flu offer context on loosening physical distancing restrictions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Well, we did for 150,000 years. Which is pretty much nothing in the lifespan of a species. Sharks - still going after 400 million years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 14 hours ago, Old Man said: Things change quickly in 48 hours. Sweden forced to withdraw erroneous Stockholm infection rate report Sweden coronavirus case increases post record spike for second straight day Wow. Things do change quickly. Stay safe Marcus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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