"but you need to use hand sanitizer. also, hand sanitizer is not helpful" translation: i am just trying to troll you
i am saying, whoever is saying to YOU is trying to troll you
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
xpost unperson. I used to go to the chelsea Trader joes every saturday morning after the gym and it was empty.
― Yerac, Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
you just have to know the off times.
yeah every workplace i hear about is "Monitoring the situation" which is the same phrase they use when they hold off on closing down for a blizzard until everyone is at work and the roads and train lines are shut down.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 March 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
Every store I've been in for the past, what, 3-4 weeks? has been completely out of hand sanitizer. And then over the past couple weeks, they've also been out of disinfectant wipes, alcohol swabs, etc. Clearly, some overzealous people will be refashioning dozens of unused sanitizer bottles into furniture and decorative tchotchkes over the coming years.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
I do think a lot of this stuff is not rocket science but if ppl really are struggling to figure out what a reasonable amount is then stores need to implement fair use policies (as quite a few already are)
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
I found a one quarter full tiny bottle of hand sanitizer in my glove compartment last night and it was the same feeling as finding $20 in a jacket I hadn't worn for a year.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Like, yeah, ppl are being called dicks for clearing the shelves of toilet paper so nobody else can get any; no, you will not be called a monster for buying an economy pack
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
I'm going to make what I hope to be one last stop at the store tonight and stare dejectedly at the ravaged shelves and then hope that I can somehow sustain myself for the foreseeable future on the twenty boxes of taco shells and clearanced chipotle mayo that I leave with.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
The thing I'm most profoundly failing to understand atm is the number of people in this very office who already have the ability to work from home and who work from home multiple days in any given week who are unaccountably in the office right now. Just why.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
Presenteeism...the real disease
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
xp because they still think this is Somebody Else's Problem, I reckon.
― may the force leave us alone (zchyrs), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
my 60something parents have been struggling with severe flu-like symptoms since sunday and my diabetic/epileptic brother for a whole week now
they're made of stern stuff (brother's condition/dad's chainsmoking notwithstanding) but this has me a bit worried. and it takes a lot to worry me. what is reassuring is that they've had it (whatever it is, probably coronavirus) for a few days and no respiratory difficulties reported
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
I mean I can't speak for anyone else but I am in the office because I fucking have to be
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
katherine the best all-in-one guide to how to respond to coronavirus that I've seen is https://flattenthecurve.com. From a member of the public health faculty at the U of Oregon.
― lukas, Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
I’m disgusted with my workplace. It’s becoming clear to me that they are not going to trigger WFH until forced to by the city. This is not safe. Not for the many twentysomethings in the office even, and not for those of us pushing fifty with chronic health shit. What do you guys think if I just tell them I have a persistent low grade fever. I’m tired of this dance.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
The Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall have canceled performances through the end of the month. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is also closing.
― MrDasher, Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
Good strategy imho xp
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
Xps hope they get well soon, LJ
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link
Forgot to mention, but pasta was the only non-TP, non-sanitizer section I saw at Target last night. Went specifically to grab a few things, including linguine, and I got literally the last two boxes of pasta.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
i get what katherine is saying in the sense that, just like with lots of other stuff in this shitty performative age, there's a group of people (not necessarily anyone itt) who are going to stake out the most extreme position and then act like even the slightest nudge against it makes you some kind of moral monster. i think people have an especially difficult time resisting this impulse when you have a group of people on the other side of the spectrum politically who are being aggressively ignorant and reckless about the danger. but yeah, there are a lot of slippery slopes here: I shouldn't go to a concert, but can I go to the grocery store? should I go to work? to church? i caught some of Scott Van Pelt on Sportscenter last night having this discussion with some other guy and SVP was trying very gently and with a million qualifiers to try and navigate what is and isn't acceptable right now and the other dude was basically just shutting him down and sort of implying that anything short of cancelling everything sports-related right now is monstrous. I mean, the easiest thing to do rhetorically is just say you shouldn't leave your house at all and you're killing people if you do.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Very curious to see what happens with a friend's wedding at the end of the month
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
an important point they are hammering home in the UK is that this is a marathon not a sprint. They're not closing schools now because it's not feasible to keep children locked down for 16 weeks, and the peak is still 10-14 weeks away.
(which is what makes fucking testing so important, because who knows exactly where the US is on the curve?)
― stet, Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I don’t think it’s remotely controversial to say feeding yourself is fine? Or that the distinction between picking up a few extra things in case you’re staying home for a while before going out again vs taking more pasta than you’d ever eat in a year isn’t clear?
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
for real
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
I have a handful of friends that like to vent but absolutely don't want any advice, so I am usually like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ until they ask explicitly.
― Yerac, Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
Presenteeism...the *real* disease
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
this seems like the better way to respond
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
Yeah, if they haven't made the WFH call by like tomorrow, Imma be makin' the call for them, and my call will be all about the H without any of that pesky WF.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
ty gyac
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
all county schools now closed for 2 weeks by order of the governor, all county residents now advised not to leave the county
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html
New York will ban most gatherings of more than 500 people, including Broadway shows, and restrict smaller gatherings in an extraordinary step to fight the growing outbreak of the coronavirus in the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday.The restrictions represent New York’s most forceful move yet to try to mitigate the spread of the virus. They are expected to have a profound impact on the city’s cultural institutions, including Broadway, a multibillion dollar industry at the heart of New York’s tourist trade.The ban will take effect at 5 p.m. Thursday for Broadway theaters and will go into effect for other venues on Friday at 5 p.m., Mr. Cuomo said.
The restrictions represent New York’s most forceful move yet to try to mitigate the spread of the virus. They are expected to have a profound impact on the city’s cultural institutions, including Broadway, a multibillion dollar industry at the heart of New York’s tourist trade.
The ban will take effect at 5 p.m. Thursday for Broadway theaters and will go into effect for other venues on Friday at 5 p.m., Mr. Cuomo said.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Welp, so much for my NY trip in April.
― coronoshebettadontvirus (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
and restrict smaller gatherings
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
Welp, so much for my NY trip in April
Already spiked mine.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
travelling before like July (at best) seems inadvisable now
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
yup :(
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
well i stopped (I actually never began) studying for an exam I was supposed to take in May.
― Yerac, Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
Heard through the grapevine a moment ago that someone in another of our company's buildings (not in our company's office, but still) just tested positive. And we just keep on a-whistling past that ol' graveyard.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
company president just sent out the email, fucking finally. a couple of days late IMO but good faith somewhat restored
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
Of course the fucking Republican woman who works across from my wife decided it was fine to travel and come back into work this week. Today she called out sick and says she's trying to get tested for the virus.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
You can all rest assured, we canceled our trip. Phew, outbreak averted!
Seriously though, we managed to get full refunds or credits on everything but the airbnb rental, which is mostly up to the owner, who did the best they could and got us 50%. The economic impact of this down the road is going to be huge, even when the virus is gone and the markets settle (assuming either of those things happen any time soon). Cancelling our trip to Maui alone means a couple thousand dollars not spent in a small, insular island tourist community. Losing SXSW lost Austin an estimated $350 million. I imagine there are hundreds of examples between those two extremes.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
I'm in NYC at the moment. I've never seen LGA so quiet at noon. My plane had 17 passengers at my count. I do feel some trepidation and I've considered returning early but I figured the trip was in motion and there were a couple people I really needed to see.
Now I feel some guilt.
My university ended face-to-face classes yesterday thru April 4 at least.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
The governor just ordered all schools in my county closed. Said to avoid theaters, gyms and stores.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
What about bouncy houses?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
using them as makeshift hospitals
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
If I had to choose between a hospital and a bouncy hospital ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
bouncy hospital = less prolonged contact with surfaces
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
But potentially more contact with a variety of surfaces/other wildly-bouncing patients and medical staff.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:42 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
booming post
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 March 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link