[PESTILENCE] that was a good era

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Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

mawarannahr posted:

deaths of "potentially thousands" of people. :smith:

# ¿ Mar 24, 2022 22:14

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:39

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Yeah, it really is. The pandemic has really been eye opening about who can be trusted, it's down to exactly two people: my wife, and her one friend who lives across the country who I've never even met. She's even more openly furious / disgusted about the situation than most of the thread, I should probably buy her an account.

Buy her the account. Gotta load up on the fire and brimstone for the next surge.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2022 21:18

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

I've said it before in the last thread, but my last pre-covid theater film (and possibly last theater film ever?) was Color Out of Space and holy poo poo if that wasn't the perfect tonal prelude to what's happened for the last two years.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2022 23:51

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

[COVID]: Tragedy of the Commons Cold

# ¿ Apr 3, 2022 23:55

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

havin' a nice sit in the back yard with my birds.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 02:57

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McCracAttack posted:

That actually started to happen in a noticeable fashion last January and people just blamed it on Biden and lazy people not wanting to work. Never bet against people doubling down.

In fairness, it is true that the biden administration and congress-critters in general don't want to do any work and simply leech off government benefits.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 16:20

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

making california rolls at home is very doable, with a little practice. I really miss being able to get ahold of tobiko easily, though.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 23:12

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Maybe they should start organizing honeypot conventions. You show up, they snap your photo and hand you a court summons for reckless public endangerment.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2022 19:18

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Why Am I So Tired posted:

My wife's friend said they should offer people free flights to resort towns and then crash the planes into mountains. Really need to buy her an account.

those poor mountains. :smith:

# ¿ Apr 6, 2022 19:33

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Gwyneth Palpate posted:

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho was a good president because he actually listened to the experts, even when they told him to pump water out of a toilet

Agreed. When faced with a serious problem he:

collected a panel of the smartest people in the world
maintained an open mind and heard people out
immediately sprung into action once a plan was proposed
acted against corporate interests for the sake of his constituents

I doubt any president in living memory would have done a better job in his shoes and/or monster truck.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 02:00

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

1, 2, 4, and 5 are all based on assuming the most optimistic possible outcome for the disease before any data was available, which is inexcusably irresponsible public policy. Even if 5 were true it's still a downright evil policy to leave the vulnerable to fend for themselves.

3 was clearly false despite not understanding the mechanism, since even from the beginning survivors showed signs of organ damage throughout their entire bodies, supporting the idea that they could have "long haul" symptoms.

6 is idiotic on its face.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2022 07:49

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GXL posted:

After the fall of Duke Leto, Baron Harkonnen infects Thufir Hawat with covid and presses him into service with the promise of a weekly paxlovid dispensation

I think if I was covid positive I'd be more than willing to milk a cat to obtain paxlovid.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 03:55

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Tulip posted:

it's more something from falafels but it applies to at least black bean burgers -

how burglike your burg is will be a matter of the balance of flour and water. make your base - your beans, onions, garlic, maybe some sliced red peppers whatever spices. it won't stick together for poo poo. add some flour till it somewhat sticks together. if it gets too dry add a little water. the test i grew up on is to make a ball in the palm of your hand, cup your hand a bit, and turn your hand sideways so some of the ball is basically hanging over the air rather than directly above your hand. If the ball crumbles its too dry or too wet

In my own bean burg experiments I have found that using breadcrumbs or potato flakes is a bit easier than using flour. Eggs can also be used as an additional binder if you aren't aiming for vegan.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2022 00:03

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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

We're keeping them isolated for now until we make sure there's no territorial issues but the other rats are excited.

how difficult is it to introduce new rats to a group, generally?

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 01:11

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100% inheritance tax for anything north of, say, a million dollars, would be a start.

Attempts at evasion punishable by pillory and asset seizure.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 02:22

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text editor posted:

I suppose my next step is try to get it reclassified as a religious exemption

"I am a secular humanist, and it it goes against my beliefs to take off my respirator and contribute to murdering my coworkers, family, and self."

# ¿ Apr 19, 2022 04:37

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Salt Fish posted:

I'm sure that these corrupt mechanisms, which made things worse for vulnerable people, can also be cleverly employed to make things better for them!

I'm sure of it!

The dual to that memo invalidating religious exemptions from vaccination on the basis of the use of several dozen over-the-counter drugs is that they just say your belief in humanism isn't sincerely held, because you clearly still participate in a society which is architected to immiserate and kill human beings. :smith:

# ¿ Apr 19, 2022 04:47

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

I'd be willing to bet that even two years into the pandemic, the average American is not aware that there is any difference between surgical masks and N95 masks, and even if they do know there's some difference they could not articulate it meaningfully.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2022 04:05

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Dren posted:

I know what needs to be done. We need to take inspiration from the classic film, biodome. We put a bunch of blue checks into a biodome for 69 days but the catch is they must wear respirators except after entering airlocked rooms where they can eat. At the start, several are infected with covid but no one knows who. At the end, covid is extinct in the biodome, proving on a small scale what must be done.

Do you really think watching all the blue checks die of their inability to follow simple instructions will change that many minds, though? The way things have gone so far the most plausible outcome is a blanket ban on empirical studies.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2022 04:30

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Bought my parents each a respirator a few weeks ago and my mom texted me recently that she wore it grocery shopping and loved that her glasses didn't fog up like with N95s.

Today, I had a nice sit with my hens in the shed while it rained outside.

https://i.imgur.com/DFwUUpy.mp4

# ¿ May 5, 2022 04:14

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toggle posted:

can you include some audio next time please? i need to hear those sweet clucks

They were being very quiet this time, but I dug into my archive. Here are both of my girls happily beeping and eating a piece of pumpkin I baked for them:

https://i.imgur.com/3BJsBcg.mp4

# ¿ May 5, 2022 05:48

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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

There was a thing about how Steve Wozniak likes prism glasses so he can lay on his back and watch a movie without raising his head and I've never hated anyone quite so much as I hated him then.

apparently one of his favorite "pranks" was to purchase sheets of uncut $20 bills from the treasury and pay for things by cutting an uneven polygon out of the sheet which contained the correct number of bills in front of the sales clerk

# ¿ May 7, 2022 02:52

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

I suspect that the treasury would let you do that in the 80s and don't anymore, in no small part thanks to woz

he also said that the sheets cost extra, above face value, to buy uncut

# ¿ May 7, 2022 02:56

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Dog Case posted:

No you can just buy uncut sheets of money

https://catalog.usmint.gov/paper-currency/uncut-currency/

be the woz you wish to see in the world

# ¿ May 7, 2022 03:00

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Shear Modulus posted:

what happens if you cut the money unevenly and you end up with an irregularly sized bill that anyone who sees it will think it's counterfeit

the technical term is "economic inequality"

# ¿ May 7, 2022 03:03

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

The sheer number of times the US death toll has reached 1 million is getting quite concerning.

# ¿ May 7, 2022 15:14

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

I enjoyed the brief period in 2020 when all the rich people were scared of covid, sheltering at home like most of the rest of us, and celebrities were losing their minds on twitter from not getting enough attention.

# ¿ May 7, 2022 23:24

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Having a quality respirator and not using it is the IRL equivalent of people who spend the entire RPG, including the final boss battles, hoarding items "in case I need it more later".

# ¿ May 8, 2022 22:58

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Tzen posted:

new Avatar movie promoting full face respirators, you love to see it

Is the premise of the movie that a bunch of humans decided to live with aliens who are at a stone-knives-and-bearskins technology level while still being totally dependent on high-tech respirators to breathe? Sounds like suicide with extra steps.

# ¿ May 9, 2022 18:37

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Platystemon posted:

Today I found a large snail while working in my garden, and my hens ended up spending about 15 minutes chasing each other around the back yard stealing it from each other. Would recommend therapy birds.

https://i.imgur.com/m9MGp0V.mp4

# ¿ May 12, 2022 02:03

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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Just go with it. Look at some birds.

for example,

https://i.imgur.com/x7s5hVo.mp4

# ¿ May 14, 2022 05:23

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Woodsy Owl posted:

I'm Chicken Ecstasy

remarkably inexpensive by the pound compared to human ecstasy.

# ¿ May 14, 2022 05:44

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HoAssHo posted:

I'm having a hard time putting into words why this lib poo poo is making me roll my eyes so hard.

for one thing, it's based on the idea that some people suck, so they deserve covid, so it's good if those people get infected. as usual this pretends that there's some way a virus can spread like wildfire among (presumably) republicans without producing collateral damage or advancing the clock on the next variant.

for another thing he's clearly not wearing an n95 or better*, so even in this crafted scenario our protagonist is barely more protected than the people who suck.

*(earloops, no visible nose band)

Internet Janitor has issued a correction as of 02:30 on May 15, 2022

# ¿ May 15, 2022 02:28

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

The rest of the illustration is perfect.

Whiny expression, impotent gestures, ineffective use of a mask, no actual restriction of movement.

# ¿ May 15, 2022 15:43

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GXL posted:

I'm digging the wasteland trader joe's vibes.

# ¿ May 16, 2022 02:19

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platzapS posted:

i was just trying to be friendly :'(

if you're on these forums you know better than to threaten other goons with even mild social interaction. shameful.

# ¿ May 17, 2022 00:07

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Dick Valentine posted:

Refused to wear a mask, now forced to wear a diaper.

man walks into a grocery store leaving a trail of urine and excrement:

"I KNOW MY RIGHTS, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME WEAR A BUTT-MASK, FASCISTS"

# ¿ May 17, 2022 17:15

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hot witch divorcee posted:

ok I got the Spectacle Kit FF-200-20 and can finally confirm some details, it is indeed a kit that includes some birth control rear end glasses frames:

i suppose i need to get lenses fitted into it, wonder if i can just pop over to a lenscrafters or something

e: looks like you can order them from https://completeeyesafety.com/product/replacement-lens-for-spectacle-kits/ maybe i'll do this? though i gotta find my rx, ugh

for whatever it's worth, I'm very interested in continuing to hear how this adventure goes; I might need to go through a similar process myself.

# ¿ May 17, 2022 21:46

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

the city of new york will use taxpayer dollars to install personal subway cars for local billionaires with right-of-way on all rail tracks to encourage them to use the subway. several infrequently used stations, like grand central, will also be reserved for their exclusive use.

# ¿ May 18, 2022 00:34

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:39

Internet Janitor: May 17, 2008; "That isn't the appropriate trash receptacle."

Maybe we could workshop an alternative name for monkeypox that gives it a bit more gravitas and thus encourages people to take it more seriously.

bonobo blisters

primate pox

pox prime

# ¿ May 19, 2022 01:13

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