not_superiority posted:

my truck is making jingling noises that im terrified to have diagnosed because of forever covid and the thousands it will cost.

gradenko_2000 posted:

I'm pretty convinced that Rainbow Six Extraction was originally going to be about some kind of pathogen or virus, and they only switched to ALIENS because making a game about a disease outbreak after COVID had already happened was too real.

gradenko_2000 posted:

I'm pretty convinced that Rainbow Six Extraction was originally going to be about some kind of pathogen or virus, and they only switched to ALIENS because making a game about a disease outbreak after COVID had already happened was too real.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

that's probably just a wheel bearing

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

that's probably just a wheel bearing

Failed Imagineer posted:

Is there an app where you can upload a car sound and a group of mechanics crowdsource what it signifies? Because there should be

Uglycat posted:

Woke up sneezing forever, early this morning. Nose was funny af. Called off work, did the pcr thing (5 days to results), took my temp (98°), stayed home. Nasal drip has gone away, no headaches... I wear an elastomeric when i'm out of the house, and much of the time when I'm home (I have 3 roommates).

Been puzzling on this, then I remembered that the tobacco shop was out of spirit yellow yesterday so I bought nat sherman blue instead - wondering if the change in tobacco brand could account for it?

RandomBlue posted:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

rent pays itself, if you think about it.

Death Panel Czar posted:

christ I always forget this was official and not some weird deviantart parody thing

Louisgod posted:

no, this can't be real

NY Times posted:

Mao Zedong wrote poetry. Bill Clinton played saxophone. Winston Churchill and George W. Bush both turned to painting. For some politicians, only art can calm the passions after a long day — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now steering New York to a cautious reopening after the deaths of 32,000 citizens, has lately taken solace in the discipline of graphic design.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

The idea of the government doing something about a pathogen or virus is too far fetched.

Thoguh posted:

Your wife caught COVID at one of those events you dumbass.

mastershakeman posted:

She caught it from a five minute exposure to someone who had tested negative the night before.

Very specifically she caught it from a poor person (friends mom who works at a gas station in Wisconsin) and I should have said don't interact with them but it's gauche to say so even though it's true if you want to avoid covid

WTF BEES posted:

Looking for some reassurance from any other goon parents that have had kids come down with covid already.

My house is currently lit up with the trash. I tested positive on Monday, and my kids (3 and 7) started showing symptoms that evening. Since then they have both had off and on fevers that generally max out at 102, and the pulse ox gives off steady 98-100. The thing that has me spooked, and RATIONALLY I know I'm probably about to answer my own question, is that they are usually WILD, vocal children. But since getting this garbage my youngest especially is very quiet, and is lying or sleeping almost all the time. Today my oldest seems in much better spirits but has developed the goopy cough, but my youngest continues to just lay about listlessly.

This is also the first time either one has been actually ill like this, save for a couple times when my oldest was a toddler. So am I just being a dad, and freaking out at the sudden change in behavior?

mastershakeman posted:

She caught it from a five minute exposure to someone who had tested negative the night before.

Very specifically she caught it from a poor person (friends mom who works at a gas station in Wisconsin) and I should have said don't interact with them but it's gauche to say so even though it's true if you want to avoid covid

Iron Crowned posted:

XCOM 2012 is interesting in the context of COVID. Everyone but China immediately withdraws from the project, citing we must learn to live with the aliens.

gradenko_2000 posted:

I'd like to propose some gameplay changes to XCOM 3 when they finally get around to making it:

* the highest point of governmental support for the XCOM project is at the very start of the game - it can only ever go down from there

* the more successful you are at battling the alien menace, the faster that your funding will be reduced, given that you're not really needed

* but, if you're falling behind, funding will also decrease, given that governments will become more and more convinced that the aliens are unstoppable and people will need to learn to live with the Sectoids

* if you decide to place XCOM headquarters in the Asia region, you should find some consistent sources of funding, and lots of support, but you will find it more difficult to operate in all other regions, and the Council will send you frequent messages about how XCOM is too expensive to maintain, and any collateral damage you inflict will be immediately reported to HRW and the UN

* there is a chance on any given Terror mission that the civilians will open fire on XCOM troopers, believing them to be unwelcome interlopers into their town

* similarly, convincing a civilian to take cover and leave the area has a percentage chance of failure, reflecting their belief that the aliens are not even real

* over time, it will become more and more difficult to do research and development into new weaponry, as your scientists will assume that the Mutons and Snakemen are bound to be less powerful than the Sectoids, and that your Laser Rifles should be sufficient and there is no need to develop Plasma Cannon

Platystemon posted:

* You just can’t buy new equipment because the workers that made it were laid off and the unsold stock was destroyed when it looked for two months like things were going O.K..

WTF BEES posted:

Looking for some reassurance from any other goon parents that have had kids come down with covid already.

My house is currently lit up with the trash. I tested positive on Monday, and my kids (3 and 7) started showing symptoms that evening. Since then they have both had off and on fevers that generally max out at 102, and the pulse ox gives off steady 98-100. The thing that has me spooked, and RATIONALLY I know I'm probably about to answer my own question, is that they are usually WILD, vocal children. But since getting this garbage my youngest especially is very quiet, and is lying or sleeping almost all the time. Today my oldest seems in much better spirits but has developed the goopy cough, but my youngest continues to just lay about listlessly.

This is also the first time either one has been actually ill like this, save for a couple times when my oldest was a toddler. So am I just being a dad, and freaking out at the sudden change in behavior?

Shageletic posted:

One under reported things is that drug dealers are cutting everything with Fentanyl right now due to a lack of supply due to a decreasing supply of drugs exacerbated by the Covid crisis.

A close friend of mine did a little coke and ended up getting vented and passing away. Don't do heavy drugs right now yall

FizFashizzle posted:

Also hospitals are out of fent

Lol

Lmao

mastershakeman posted:

She caught it from a five minute exposure to someone who had tested negative the night before.

Very specifically she caught it from a poor person (friends mom who works at a gas station in Wisconsin) and I should have said don't interact with them but it's gauche to say so even though it's true if you want to avoid covid

Louisgod posted:

covid watch: still over

https://twitter.com/BetseyStevenson/status/1486702573864337412?s=20

RandomBlue posted:

LOL, nice try blaming you or your wife's poor decisions on classism (or avoiding it).

Failed Imagineer posted:

Is there an app where you can upload a car sound and a group of mechanics crowdsource what it signifies? Because there should be

Lawlicaust posted:

The rate of inflation last year was 7% (very specifically as of December). So the economy actually declined. HTH.

CPU Abuser posted:

Oh jeebus no, not a bit. So for pete's sake don't worry about that.

But Benedictow's work is one of these gems I didn't even know about until a few years ago. And that one map kills off more bullshit "popular culture" memes about the Second Pandemic than I could list in a half hour's work.

Just seeing that map posted here made my day.

mastershakeman posted:

She caught it from a five minute exposure to someone who had tested negative the night before.

Very specifically she caught it from a poor person (friends mom who works at a gas station in Wisconsin) and I should have said don't interact with them but it's gauche to say so even though it's true if you want to avoid covid

Thoguh posted:

Twitter is suggesting "#Bidenboom" to me right now but I refuse to click on it.

WTF BEES posted:

Looking for some reassurance from any other goon parents that have had kids come down with covid already.

My house is currently lit up with the trash. I tested positive on Monday, and my kids (3 and 7) started showing symptoms that evening. Since then they have both had off and on fevers that generally max out at 102, and the pulse ox gives off steady 98-100. The thing that has me spooked, and RATIONALLY I know I'm probably about to answer my own question, is that they are usually WILD, vocal children. But since getting this garbage my youngest especially is very quiet, and is lying or sleeping almost all the time. Today my oldest seems in much better spirits but has developed the goopy cough, but my youngest continues to just lay about listlessly.

This is also the first time either one has been actually ill like this, save for a couple times when my oldest was a toddler. So am I just being a dad, and freaking out at the sudden change in behavior?

RandomBlue posted:

LOL, nice try blaming you or your wife's poor decisions on classism (or avoiding it).

Failed Imagineer posted:

Is there an app where you can upload a car sound and a group of mechanics crowdsource what it signifies? Because there should be

Lawlicaust posted:

The rate of inflation last year was 7% (very specifically as of December). So the economy actually declined. HTH.

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

lol it rules coming here and going “dealing with covid is easy just avoid poor people”

mastershakeman posted:

She caught it from a five minute exposure to someone who had tested negative the night before.

Very specifically she caught it from a poor person (friends mom who works at a gas station in Wisconsin) and I should have said don't interact with them but it's gauche to say so even though it's true if you want to avoid covid

Red Baron posted:

the poors are posting ITT!!!

(it’s me I’m the poor, I even work at a gas station!)