Objectively intelligent.

[Icky Thump]

That all masks, even new, have the same icky smell on the inside?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

She responded to my comment about her home workouts, which she youtubes. I have had a hard time finding dumbells. She recommends things around the house or bodyweight. Turns out those 22 year old Torts and Contracts hornbooks had some redeeming value.

I am savoring every minute of BSG, which is turning out to be one of my favorite shows. Starbuck is an all-time great character, well-done.

If she is in the mandalorian I would lose my shit.

She voices a Mandalorian in Clone Wars and Rebels. Her character is awesome. She hinted something on Twitter a few months ago, but that could have been Clone Wars (Bo-Katan has been in the last four episodes). She was the last person holding the darksaber before it showed up on The Mandalorian.

[Icky Thump]

Score one for team herd

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coron...twice-11981721

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Score one for team herd

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coron...twice-11981721

there is a future! And this means that mostly we all have to agree that less/sebby are basically correct (I forget the meme)? There will be waves in the future.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

there is a future! And this means that mostly we all have to agree that less/sebby are basically correct (I forget the meme)? There will be waves in the future.

But, to paraphrase a friend of mine on Facebook, people are dying! Yup. And we seem to be at the point that, for most places, continued shut down only spreads those deaths out over time.

Unlike many, though, I don't think there should have been Federal mandates. I don't think there should be state mandates. The situation in Modoc County, CA is completely different from Los Angeles County. LA is slammed with cases and hospitalizations. Modoc is not. Governor Newsom's one-size-fits-all approach is ham-handed and idiotic. If I was a barber, waiter or restauranteur in Modoc, I would be researching how to get Putin to put some Polonium-210 in Gavin's hair gel.

Edit - Gavin is safe - https://www.thedailybeast.com/modoc-...Ha0woMn06rt1yI

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

But, to paraphrase a friend of mine on Facebook, people are dying! Yup. And we seem to be at the point that, for most places, continued shut down only spreads those deaths out over time.

Unlike many, though, I don't think there should have been Federal mandates. I don't think there should be state mandates. The situation in Modoc County, CA is completely different from Los Angeles County. LA is slammed with cases and hospitalizations. Modoc is not. Governor Newsom's one-size-fits-all approach is ham-handed and idiotic. If I was a barber, waiter or restauranteur in Modoc, I would be researching how to get Putin to put some Polonium-210 in Gavin's hair gel.

Edit - Gavin is safe - https://www.thedailybeast.com/modoc-...Ha0woMn06rt1yI

Free Murica rallies alive and well in the West Village.

This country doesn't have the smrts to effectively use mask and social distancing rules, which work everywhere else.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

there is a future! And this means that mostly we all have to agree that less/sebby are basically correct (I forget the meme)? There will be waves in the future.

There remains a divergence between Less and me. I still think it's wise to lean in cautiously to avoid overwhelming health systems.

We're not as disciplined or healthy as the Swedes.

YMMV, but docs around here are telling the older folks who are not in nursing homes to exercise and eat well because they are going to get it.

We're all infantry, to use a miserable but fitting war analogy.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

But, to paraphrase a friend of mine on Facebook, people are dying! Yup. And we seem to be at the point that, for most places, continued shut down only spreads those deaths out over time.

I waded onto FB thru spouse's account a few weeks back. It's remarkable from an anthropological perspective. You can see the people who can think through this thing and spot the essential issue. It's roughly 1/3 of people I observed. Then you have a third that see everything thru a political lens. These people are the morons of the bunch, arguing about blame endlessly. Then you have the scared people who seem to have thought that if they just locked down for a bit, the disease would miss them, like a modern Passover. That last group doesn't seem to grasp the concept of viruses very well, and they seem to be sincerely confused and frightened. Nevertheless, their holding onto an ignorance regarding the operation of viruses - a very attractive ignorance, or perhaps delusion - endangers the rest of us by causing people to think an endless lockdown works.

Unlike many, though, I don't think there should have been Federal mandates. I don't think there should be state mandates. The situation in Modoc County, CA is completely different from Los Angeles County. LA is slammed with cases and hospitalizations. Modoc is not. Governor Newsom's one-size-fits-all approach is ham-handed and idiotic. If I was a barber, waiter or restauranteur in Modoc, I would be researching how to get Putin to put some Polonium-210 in Gavin's hair gel.

Alito has compelled our governor to explain in a filing ordered to be sent to SCOTUS on Monday how he selected certain businesses for mandatory closure while exempting others. I don't think he was political, but the lobbyists and people below him are very political. Many unions and trade groups are going to find themselves investigated after this situation ends. The selection of winners and losers was arbitrary in numerous regards.

(I love that throughout this I have watched a developer build an entire housing development down the street, and another put one up a few miles further, despite there being a ban on construction services. I'd be appalled to see a bar, restaurant, or club owner defy the governor as that's high risk stuff. But the ban on construction was silly and I think done opportunistically at the behest of unions. Good on those developers for borrowing from the Uber business model and openly ignoring it.)

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Alito has compelled our governor to explain in a filing ordered to be sent to SCOTUS on Monday how he selected certain businesses for mandatory closure while exempting others. I don't think he was political, but the lobbyists and people below him are very political. Many unions and trade groups are going to find themselves investigated after this situation ends. The selection of winners and losers was arbitrary in numerous regards.

Presumably the test will be "rational basis." So, absent compelling evidence of malfeasance and corruption, this court is not going there.

[Icky Thump]

The scientific explanation for why a shitty mask is better than no mask

Duh, masks save lives

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

The scientific explanation for why a shitty mask is better than no mask

Duh, masks save lives

My friend Icky said the Chinese found out NO ONE catches it outside, so now I don't know who to believe.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

My friend Icky said the Chinese found out NO ONE catches it outside, so now I don't know who to believe.

No one said it's mutually exclusive.


But hey, they are taking #teamherd applications

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

No one said it's mutually exclusive.


But hey, they are taking #teamherd applications

I got a text this AM that a clinic near me now has the anti-body test. See I’m pretty sure I had it in Mid- Feb, and would like confirmation. But faced with the chance to confirm I realize I don’t want to hear I’m negative still.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I got a text this AM that a clinic near me now has the anti-body test. See I’m pretty sure I had it in Mid- Feb, and would like confirmation. But faced with the chance to confirm I realize I don’t want to hear I’m negative still.

My work will be offering the antibody test to everyone when we go back. I'm really curious if I had it in February. I don't think so, but it'd be a relief if I did.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

No one said it's mutually exclusive.


But hey, they are taking #teamherd applications

Probably the safest way to address this thing.