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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I feel like this might be news to people in Mississippi, but we beyond that states' boundary already know Mississippi is terrible. It should be a reminder to people there why they should leave, because nothing ends well in Mississippi. Have you ever been to Mississippi? The coast is super pretty and you can get some great seafood there. I've never been north of those areas, but I liked it well enough. I wish they weren't as saturated with poverty as they are. Grip it and rip it fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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You can get the same atmosphere along coastal Alabama or Louisiana or even florida, there's nothing in coastal Mississippi worth driving there for on purpose. Have you ever been anywhere else in Mississippi? Because the north end of the state sucks extremely large pig nuts, and not just because of its' proximity to Memphis. North Mississippi has some out of this world racial tension that ruins any experience the moment you set foot outside the car. Alabama isn't much better, but it's preferable to Mississippi any day of the week. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Not recently. I have a couple friends who have set up a commune of sorts on about 150 acres of farm land in central Mississippi. I don't think calling it a trend would be accurate, but I've heard of other people buying up tracts of land to set up similar enterprises. A couple years ago there were flyers in N.O. advertising that a radical black commune was looking for additional members for their farm in Mississippi.
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1333212404537290752?s=21 Honestly if Trump tries any poo poo on inauguration day… forget the Secret Service just send in Fetterman.
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Porfiriato posted:Less Poli Sci 101 debates, more assassinations by remote control machine guns truckfucking 2020
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speaking of 2020 being poo poo i think 2020 will go down in history as a complete poo poo of a year that will be referenced as a poo poo year for at least the next 40 years unless of course something worse happens
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ded posted:unless of course something worse happens 
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ded posted:speaking of 2020 being poo poo 2021 is going to happen
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Milo and POTUS posted:2021 is going to happen Booooo. Boooooooooooooooo.
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I was saying boourns
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CommieGIR posted:Behind IN SOME THINGS is not behind in everything. And let's be honest: Our investments in Jet Engine tech for fighters wasn't exactly something to be proud of, since we're practically on the same path as the Soviets wasting a large portion of our GDP on military tech we don't need. It directly contributed to our successes in airliner engines, ship turbines, back up electrical production, and metallurgy in general so yeah it kind of is. Much like a lot of military R&D, it spins directly into literally everything else. And you're right, it's not the same as "behind in everything." It's not an either/or situation, but we held an edge in a lot. PookBear posted:maybe communism failed because your family working for the government suck at their job You've really been on a tear, Pook. ded posted:speaking of 2020 being poo poo 
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Alright fine. Hannibal convinced me. But so loving help me if it sucks someone better sneak into the kremlin and initiate the nuclear holocaust. For the good of the planet.
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Hail Godholio, lord of the new republic
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US Berder Patrol posted:I'm pretty sure crates of citrus fruits are a christmas tradition in the anglo world, too Huh. The ladies at my favorite yakitori place once gave me a bag of oranges in the winter when I was leaving and I never knew why. Turns out, the answer was Christmas all along.
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Thing that used to be a luxury item and is now commonplace : citrus Thing that used to be cheap prison food but is now a luxury item : lobster
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ded posted:Thing that used to be a luxury item and is now commonplace : citrus Yeah the method of cooking and serving it left a little to be desired. Boil and grind up the whole critter and mix it with oatmeal. Mmmm yum.
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The Eyes Have It posted:In other news I delighted my wife by having had the foresight to pick up a bottle of bubbly wine before things got crazy, thus saving a household Christmas season tradition of ours. I may have looked into obtaining a professional‐grade firework for similar reasons.
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Moderna vaccine info: https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1333384647988965376?s=19 In a sane country, we would've also shoved money into stockpiling antibody treatments, forcing bars/restaurants closed with pay, and keeping as many schools open as possible. But hey, at least vaccines are something!
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LingcodKilla posted:Yeah the method of cooking and serving it left a little to be desired. Boil and grind up the whole critter and mix it with oatmeal. Mmmm yum. Brb telling my wife we're having lobster for dinner, prison style.
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facialimpediment posted:Moderna vaccine info: Now good luck getting people to actually take it
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Maybe There will be some issues. The vaccines are going to have side effects, and there will be shitheads that refuse. Even if lasting immunity is a concern, we can get enough people vaccinated to effectively stamp out the worst of the virus. It may take another year, but we will eventually have it under control. The shitheads will also take it because Trump is gonna fade away somewhat. Hopefully more of his crazy rhetoric returns to the fringes of society.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Now good luck getting people to actually take it Weren't there huge numbers of people volunteering to participate in these trials? Im certainly excited that, if not the end, then at least a dramatic reshaping of this pandemic is on the horizon. Webex and zoom loving suck, as does working from home. Grip it and rip it fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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facialimpediment posted:In a sane country, we would've also shoved money into stockpiling antibody treatments, forcing bars/restaurants closed with pay, and keeping as many schools open as possible. But hey, at least vaccines are something! It is quite remarkable how the U.S. is threading the needle where a significant fraction of the population will have contracted the disease before the vaccine arrives, but it won’t have gotten everyone, or close enough to it to majorly slow spread dynamics.
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Platystemon posted:It is quite remarkable how the U.S. is threading the needle where a significant fraction of the population will have contracted the disease before the vaccine arrives, but it won’t have gotten everyone, or close enough to it to majorly slow spread dynamics. That's a pretty big eye of the needle to thread though
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There are vaccines that provide longer lasting immunity than natural infection. But I could see this being another vaccine that everyone needs a new booster twice a decade, every decade.
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That Works posted:That's a pretty big eye of the needle to thread though With exponential growth, it’s kind of not.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Maybe I'm sure that, without fail, there will be a subset of suburban Karens who absolutely refuse to get their families the vaccine because they're convinced little Jaden and Zaylie or whatever the fashionable Millennial baby names are these days will get the autism. Given that we're living in the worst timeline, it will be because piss-baby Trump suddenly goes anti-vax to torpedo the whole thing. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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CBJSprague24 posted:Given that we're living in the worst timeline, it will be because Trump suddenly goes anti-vax to torpedo the whole thing. He’ll be reinfected in moments without the SS to nanny him. He’ll still be entitled to SS protection, but he won’t listen to them and when he’s not a sitting president, they won’t press the matter. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Someone ought to point out to the anti-vaxxers that if you put the 5g mind control nanobots in "insert your nearest fast food establishment" ketchup they'd be hosed already. It's always amazed me it had to be in a vaccine. Why not the water supply? Beer? That loving chicken in a can abomination?
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golden bubble posted:There are vaccines that provide longer lasting immunity than natural infection. But I could see this being another vaccine that everyone needs a new booster twice a decade, every decade. And then it will be like the MMR vaccine that people will forget how lovely the disease is, stop vaccinating, and then see cases rise in antivaxer pockets.
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Grip it and rip it posted:. Webex and zoom loving suck, as does working from home. If I never have to go into an office again I will be perfectly happy. I’ve saved so much money on commuting and avoided pointless stress. I get some people like working in an office or with certain teams...but not me. Also regarding those who don’t want the vaccine...tase and inoculate 24/7. Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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MazelTovCocktail posted:If I never have to go into an office again I will be perfectly happy. I’ve saved so much money on commuting and avoided pointless stress. I get some people like working in an office or with certain teams...but not me. Working from home is pretty sweet, offices suck and so does having to actually put on clothes most of the day.
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Pine Cone Jones posted:Working from home is pretty sweet, offices suck and so does having to actually put on clothes most of the day. This is also very true.
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this is the golden age of WFH. what's coming is a normalization of continuous employer surveillance of your computer, up to and including cameras and microphones.
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Lots of companies/industries have been predominantly WFH for ages and don't do that. I have a hard time imagining companies are looking at productivity boosts and their shrinking overhead and thinking they need to do anything about it. You also get into liability concerns a lot of companies aren't about to touch. Surveilling someone at home is a huge can of worms in that regard.
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I've worked from home for most of the last decade, and I'll say that this is the worst it's felt because you don't have the option to leave the house to go interact with people (get food/coffee, walk through a park, etc). If you don't like it now I'd give it another chance when things are back to normal and see if it feels different. Also no one else has anything better to do than work so you're probably getting requests to work at all hours of the day.
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i am a moron posted:Lots of companies/industries have been predominantly WFH for ages and don't do that. I have a hard time imagining companies are looking at productivity boosts and their shrinking overhead and thinking they need to do anything about it. You also get into liability concerns a lot of companies aren't about to touch. Surveilling someone at home is a huge can of worms in that regard. I feel like this might be salary stratified, folks that are higher paid might be exempt from any kind of spyware, though contract or part time folks will probably get hosed in some way.
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Pine Cone Jones posted:I feel like this might be salary stratified, folks that are higher paid might be exempt from any kind of spyware, though contract or part time folks will probably get hosed in some way. Hey that reminds me Cyberpunk 2077 is coming out on December 10th!  But I also don’t think there is going to be too much monitoring except for security related things. In say doc review, that computer will be logging what you do...but just keep your own comp next to you. I don’t expect lots of a/v stuff because...good luck when NY or CA passes a bill to outlaw it. Dum Cumpster posted:Also no one else has anything better to do than work so you're probably getting requests to work at all hours of the day. Honestly I haven’t seen that anymore then the normal...hey your salaried and OT exempt stuff you would always see. But obviously that varies form place to place.
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