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America is about to have a real life"boy who cried wolf" situation where nobody takes it seriously again. We're hosed.
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Hard-line conservatives have convinced themselves that any deaths were inevitable anyway and that their family members and friends aren't really dying of coronavirus and they'll resist more isolation no matter what. The media will always give them disproportionate screen time, because that creates a more interesting story, skewing the narrative against taking reasonable precautions. A lot of people understand that the pandemic never ended but millions more are being misinformed by either the media or Trump. We could literally hit 1M deaths in the US this year and half of the country will either pretend it didn't happen or act like it was unavoidable anyway.
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May 23, 2020 13:21
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QuarkJets posted:Hard-line conservatives have convinced themselves that any deaths were inevitable anyway and that their family members and friends aren't really dying of coronavirus and they'll resist more isolation no matter what. The media will always give them disproportionate screen time, because that creates a more interesting story, skewing the narrative against taking reasonable precautions. Plus the 'protestors' are the ones, you know, doing stuff. Even when it's just 30 people having a protest, they are visibly doing something. Folks staying home and obeying orders aren't visible.
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May 23, 2020 13:57
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Saw a big line outside a barber shop when I was driving around yesterday. No masks. In close proximity. Never been more thankful for having a 100% remote computer toucher job.
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May 23, 2020 14:15
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Saw a big line outside a barber shop when I was driving around yesterday. No masks. In close proximity. Never been more thankful for having a 100% remote computer toucher job. Why a line? Can't they get appointment?
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May 23, 2020 14:18
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May 23, 2020 14:22
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Bleusilences posted:Why a line? Can't they get appointment? If you call and ask for service you risk being told "No" and most of these people have never experienced that. You just show up and demand your god given right to a haircut
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May 23, 2020 14:27
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Rectal Death Adept posted:If you call and ask for service you risk being told "No" and most of these people have never experienced that. Or the place was just busy and the people chose to wait. Whatever narrative makes you feel more righteously angry. It's your call I suppose.
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May 23, 2020 14:37
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Untrustable posted:Casino update: A separate casino 20 miles away had a Security guard test positive. He knew he had symptoms but didn't want to lose his job. He then worked the door, taking temps all day. He had to have interacted with hundreds of people over the course of the day. The casino response? im genuinely curious if Corona is one of those events that allow insurance companies to weasel out of paying
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May 23, 2020 14:39
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Gonna chalk it under acts of God. You don't expect us to pay for a plague of biblical proportions, right?
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May 23, 2020 14:42
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Rectal Death Adept posted:If you call and ask for service you risk being told "No" and most of these people have never experienced that. America is loving weird. Like I live in Canada(thank god) and I had the unpleasantness to deal with american(they sold their american branch also thank god). A lot of them doesn't even says thank you at the end of call(work for a call center) they just hang up.
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May 23, 2020 14:45
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Bleusilences posted:America is loving weird. (Glaring right into your eyes) "The GREATEST NATION on EARTH!!!"
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May 23, 2020 14:46
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Bleusilences posted:Why a line? Can't they get appointment? Eh, if I've got nothing else to do I'll just wait at the barber shop for my turn. But, y'know, that's when there's NOT a global pandemic.
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May 23, 2020 14:47
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Lol “Coronavirus: Protective badges and cannabis claims” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52769233
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May 23, 2020 14:49
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Eh, if I've got nothing else to do I'll just wait at the barber shop for my turn. But, y'know, that's when there's NOT a global pandemic. Same here but not in line. I'll sat down and read something or thinker on my phone.
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May 23, 2020 14:49
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Bleusilences posted:Same here but not in line. I'll sat down and read something or thinker on my phone. Right, but now imagine everyone else hasn't had a haircut in 3 months and so the place is a hell of a lot busier than normal and isn't taking appointments and so the waiting room is really full and maybe people don't want to be all cramped in there so what happens? Theeeeyyyy...waaaaait...........where? Guess. America. Just so hosed up. It's crazy.
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May 23, 2020 14:59
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Big Beef City posted:Or the place was just busy and the people chose to wait. "I'm sure people lining up 50 deep at a barbershop is just the normal everyday foot traffic and anyone even suggesting otherwise IS DRUNK ON RIGHTEOUS FURY"
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Yeah I meant normally of course. Not when people are waiting in line outside, and like you said, especially in the middle of a pandemic.
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May 23, 2020 15:02
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Ontario started reporting early May levels of daily infections and we're like, super open now.
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May 23, 2020 15:02
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Joe Bogan posted:This is science fiction. How do you think testing works? A cue of cars is going to sit by the roadside getting exponentially longer while the car in front is still waiting for an exhausted grad student to get conclusive results six hours after they pulled up? Every country but the United States is already doing the things on this list.
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May 23, 2020 15:04
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I heard all 330,000,000 Americans are exactly the same. You can see that from all the Americans posting here. Also, all Canadians are overly apologetic, love maple syrup, and say "Eh?" all the time. Edit: Americans are also much better at catching coronavirus. Genetically inferior immune systems and all that.
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May 23, 2020 15:05
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lining up to get my haircut so i can look good when im at grans funeral after giving her covid-19
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May 23, 2020 15:05
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Big Beef City posted:Right, but now imagine everyone else hasn't had a haircut in 3 months and so the place is a hell of a lot busier than normal and isn't taking appointments and so the waiting room is really full and maybe people don't want to be all cramped in there so what happens? Are you aware there's an easily transmittable pandemic going strong?
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May 23, 2020 15:06
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central dogma posted:I heard all 330,000,000 Americans are exactly the same. You can see that from all the Americans posting here. Also, all Canadians are overly apologetic, love maple syrup, and say "Eh?" all the time. So the world actually is Star Wars?! I knew all Corellians were smugglers.
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May 23, 2020 15:08
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Are you aware there's an easily transmittable pandemic going strong? are you aware that whether you like it or not states are opening up and people are going to be going to utilize services they haven't been able to for a long rear end time, leading to lines, such as this? because it's going to happen. I'm not a huge fan of it myself, personally.
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May 23, 2020 15:11
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The United States isnt going to survive this pandemic. We are at the end of the soviet union levels of the U.S. is done for here. Going to be an interesting decade watching the north american political map change.
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May 23, 2020 15:14
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Big Beef City posted:are you aware that whether you like it or not states are opening up and people are going to be going to utilize services they haven't been able to for a long rear end time, leading to lines, such as this? It's one thing for a state to "open up," but another for people to actually do the dumb things. I guess some of us held out hope that people had at least some degree of rationality and sense. I'm not sure what we were expecting.
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california would like to join canada plz i'd rather canucks come down in the summer than chud zonies
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There really is no coming back from this for America is there? I don't just mean covid-19. I mean the whole poo poo show.
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May 23, 2020 15:21
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:It's one thing for a state to "open up," but another for people to actually do the dumb things. I guess some of us held out hope that people had at least some degree of rationality and sense. I'm not sure what we were expecting. Why would a state "open up" if people weren't already clamoring and chomping at the bit to do "dumb things" to make them do it? That is the whole point and reason for them to "open up" in the first place, because people want to do the things. They've been wanting to do the things the whole time. The entire time this has been going on there's been massive pushback and efforts by people to downplay and resist quarantine, testing, treatment, and whatever other efforts you want to name. It's not just Americans, either. It's entire governments around the world doing it, not just rednecks or one political party, or one group of idiots that you're totally smarter and better than or some vague group of "other" that you can distance yourself from. It's been ongoing throughout this entire process. What possible reason or thought process drove you to think "nope, THIS time these people here in my area will act in their own best interest without guidance"? Because I've got bad news for you about drat near literally every single possible choice given to any group of people ever.
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I said come in! posted:The United States isnt going to survive this pandemic. We are at the end of the soviet union levels of the U.S. is done for here. Going to be an interesting decade watching the north american political map change. 
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Funky See Funky Do posted:There really is no coming back from this for America is there? I don't just mean covid-19. I mean the whole poo poo show. America has weathered much much worse. Take a look at the US's colorful history. You can exclude the Civil War if you want and include just the last 100 years.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:There really is no coming back from this for America is there? I don't just mean covid-19. I mean the whole poo poo show. Yeah, every possible way we could have hosed this up we did.
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May 23, 2020 15:25
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Big Beef City posted:are you aware that whether you like it or not states are opening up and people are going to be going to utilize services they haven't been able to for a long rear end time, leading to lines, such as this? https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article242946596.html “Hairstylist with COVID-19 served 84 clients while symptomatic, Missouri officials say”
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central dogma posted:America has weathered much much worse. Take a look at the US's colorful history. You can exclude the Civil War if you want and include just the last 100 years. What about civil war, great depression and 9/11 at the same time?
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Big Beef City posted:What possible reason or thought process drove you to think "nope, THIS time these people here in my area will act in their own best interest without guidance"? Because I've got bad news for you about drat near literally every single possible choice given to any group of people ever. Misguided faith in the long-term survival of mankind, I guess. I really want to believe we can make it. This is despite all evidence to the contrary. I am not a smart man, but I figure if I can do stuff, everyone else can too. It baffles me when everyone else just can't. By all metrics they should be more capable than I am.
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I said come in! posted:https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article242946596.html “I’m going to be honest with you. We can’t have many more of these. We can’t make this a regular habit or our capability as a community will be strained and we will have to re-evaluate what things look like going forward,” Goddard said. Everyone pinky swear not to do this again!
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central dogma posted:America has weathered much much worse. Take a look at the US's colorful history. You can exclude the Civil War if you want and include just the last 100 years. Yeah and we've been doing great! "Weathered" is a fantastically hilarious term to use for the state of decay of the American Empire over the last 100 years.
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Big Beef City posted:Why would a state "open up" if people weren't already clamoring and chomping at the bit to do "dumb things" to make them do it? That is the whole point and reason for them to "open up" in the first place, because people want to do the things. And some of these dumb things are going to help some people not become homeless. I can almost assure you 100% that most hairdressers aren't sitting on giant nest eggs to keep them afloat for months so that they aren't evicted or their homes foreclosed on. Maybe in these "smart countries" governments have more control over banks or something, but sooner rather than later US banks will be loving people hard like straight up gonzo painal action.
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Colonel Cancer posted:What about civil war, great depression and 9/11 at the same time? America would not survive all those at the same time, no. But if a scenario like that actually played out in the US, I wouldn't count on the rest of the world being untouched by it.
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