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And the 'zombies' are all the folks who don't know how to maintain a proper distance from folks while they shuffle around in the stores talking to their friends about all the 'fun stuff' they're going to do since they're 'off school/work/etc' for the next three weeks...
I can see it.
EDIT:
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And why is this villainous? That sounds so cool!Falling further into the hatpin rabbit hole, apparently a term thrown about to vilify the hatpin-wearers was "petticoated swashbucklers."
How is it history can be so stupid while still providing the best phrases?
That said, I can see how they intended it to land: clearly, a swashbuckler is a chivalrous male hero, and any such behavior is unbefitting a proper lady. These petticoated swashbucklers will never find themselves fit for marriage!
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And the 'zombies' are all the folks who don't know how to maintain a proper distance from folks while they shuffle around in the stores talking to their friends about all the 'fun stuff' they're going to do since they're 'off school/work/etc' for the next three weeks...
I can see it.
Given how I'm already hearing stories about people getting tested positive for coronavirus but insisting they have "the right" to refuse treatment and leave and start going about doing whatever they want unless forcefully quarantined....
And that's not even getting into the political stuff.
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A day after ordering all bars and restaurants in Illinois closed to the public, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday ordered gatherings of 50 or more people to be canceled in line with new CDC guidelines issued Sunday.
The ban applies to gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, private clubs and theaters, according to an executive order Pritzker issued. It doesn’t apply to grocery stores, hospitals, pharmacies, gas stations banks or shelters. Pritzker acknowledged the CDC is now recommending capping events at 10.
So a grocery store, with a drug store in it, that's a block away from one of the most notorious shelters in our community (EDIT: The hotel it's staged out of has had fires from meth-labs) and across the street from both a bank and a gas station... Yep, that describes my workplace.
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OK. This is fricking hilarious.
Since all I really needed for tonight's dinner was some white wine, I decided to go to Beverages and More instead of a grocery store. GothBard came with.
And there, in the liquor store, people were respecting the 6' distance (even in line), shuttling out of each other's way, and joking together about stocking up on "the important stuff" before the shutdown.
So, BevMo will most certainly be closed for the duration, since it's not providing "essentials". Yet everyone there was polite, conscientious, and good-natured.
Almost makes me want to start drinking again...
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Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
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Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.
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And the 'zombies' are all the folks who don't know how to maintain a proper distance from folks while they shuffle around in the stores talking to their friends about all the 'fun stuff' they're going to do since they're 'off school/work/etc' for the next three weeks...
I can see it.
EDIT:
I'm reminded of Shaun of the Dead.
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Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
For you I was gonna say almost ww3 in January Australia on fire febuary and pandemic march. I'm expecting a meteor in November or December just to really send 2020 off in style.
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I'm giving up drinking for a month.
No, wait. Punctuation.
I'm giving up. Drinking for a month.
Ok that's funny right there I don't care who you are.
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For you I was gonna say almost ww3 in January Australia on fire febuary and pandemic march. I'm expecting a meteor in November or December just to really send 2020 off in style.Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
Yeah, that might do it. This year has sucked, but there is room for improvement on the sucky scale. Especially if I compare it to last year.
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A couple lived near the ocean and used to walk the beach a lot. One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach pretty much every day.
She wasn’t unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for one thing. She would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance around, then speak to them.Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would wander off, but occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick exchange of money for something she carried in her bag.
The couple assumed she was selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn’t know for sure they just continued to watch her.
After a couple of weeks the wife asked, “Honey, have you ever noticed that she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic devices?”
He hadn’t and said so. Then she said, “Tomorrow I want you to get a towel and our big radio and go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out what she’s really doing.”
Well, the plan went off without a hitch, and the wife was almost hopping up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband and then leave. The man walked up the beach and met his wife at the road. “Well, is she selling drugs?” she asked excitedly.
“No, she’s not.” he said, enjoying this probably more than he should have.
“Well, what is it, then?” his wife fairly shrieked.
The man grinned and said. “Her name is Sally and she’s selling batteries.”
“Batteries?” cried the wife.
“Yes,” he replied. “She sells C cells by the seashore.”
But for real that couple is really freaking nosy.
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Yeah, that might do it. This year has sucked, but there is room for improvement on the sucky scale. Especially if I compare it to last year.For you I was gonna say almost ww3 in January Australia on fire febuary and pandemic march. I'm expecting a meteor in November or December just to really send 2020 off in style.Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
Be careful or your gonna jinx us and were gonna get Avalance April and Mad max May.
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gran maybe we should put rural and commoner in a corner for a bit. They have been misbehaving lately.
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Wasn't us...
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Well, this lockdown is fun. I just got a motorcycle, and I can't go play.
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Well, this lockdown is fun. I just got a motorcycle, and I can't go play.
That is wheelie not good.
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Well, this lockdown is fun. I just got a motorcycle, and I can't go play.That is wheelie not good.
Your heading down a bad road Sharoth.
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Be careful or your gonna jinx us and were gonna get Avalance April and Mad max May.Yeah, that might do it. This year has sucked, but there is room for improvement on the sucky scale. Especially if I compare it to last year.For you I was gonna say almost ww3 in January Australia on fire febuary and pandemic march. I'm expecting a meteor in November or December just to really send 2020 off in style.Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
I will have $20 on an EMP in July! J/K!!!
Yea, I don't want to jinx things. It would be too easy to match and exceed last year. I really don't want that.
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My friends pretty sure the zombie invasion is in July can you move to to June or august?
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My friends pretty sure the zombie invasion is in July can you move to to June or august?
Ugghhh!!! June is when a portal to the Abyss opens up and August is when the Angels come down to kill everyone because even the best of us can't equal their ideals. What about May 13th?
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Porque no los dos? EMP zombies for the win!
That would be shocking.
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Such a busy year I don't know when I can squeeze in an invasion.
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For you I was gonna say almost ww3 in January Australia on fire febuary and pandemic march. I'm expecting a meteor in November or December just to really send 2020 off in style.Oh, in my case 2019 really did suck big time. So far 2020 hasn't been that bad, at least for me. OTOH it hasn't been fun either. But it is still early. Things could easily change.Can I just say,...?
Remember how, just a FEW SHORT MONTHS ago, we were all (aged wizard included) complaining about bad/hard/rough/etc etc our year had been?
(EDIT- And it was!)
I distinctly recall a multitude of posts (including a couple of mine) over several forums that all basically read;
"Can 2019 just PLEASE be OVER now?!?"
So, I would just like to take a moment,...
,... And sincerely apologize to 2019 for ALL of the $#!%%& things we said about it!
;P
AND you may now return to your regularly scheduled rant! :)
I saw some information there is a plague of locusts in Eastern Africa right now, so add the famine soon/now-ish.
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REM plays... you know what song.
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ugh
now i remember why i dislike alcohol
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Sometimes, I wonder if only having one operational nostril somehow makes me less susceptible to viruses.
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REM plays... you know what song.
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?.
Edit: Damn it, now I have it in my head!
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"Until the world ends we will continue to act as if it intends to keep spinning!" - Nick Fury, The Avengers.
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"Why doesn't dad have to wear green on St Patrick's Day!"
"My grandmother came here directly from Ireland, I have green in my blood. Also, I control your allowance"
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So I knew that my brain worked differently than most; I have little difficulty working from home, and solitary confinement sounds like a pleasant reprieve from the day-to-day world, as long as I have books and enough space in my cell to exercise.
But GothBard and the kids haven't even woken up yet, and last night they were already going stir-crazy, even though the lockdown wasn't yet in effect.
I think it's going to be a loooooooong 3 weeks.
Admittedly, for me, it's hardly any change at all; I can still go for my walks, I can still go grocery shopping, so the only thing that'll really be different is not going to Shiro's on Sundays.
For GothBard and the kids, it's an entire lifestyle change for multiple weeks.
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I really want to smack the CEO. He sent out a mass email yesterday saying "There's a lot of misinformation going around about what the government may or may not do..."
He says the guideline on social gatherings doesn't apply to our company. Well, um, we're not an essential service. We're not a grocery store. We're not a bank. We're simply not in those categories.
"We're still operating as 'business as usual'"
Oh?? Is that why your IT department is dropping every other priority we have to send hundreds of people home from across the country that previously were explicitly not allowed to work from home?? Because this is just "business as usual"?
The Zombie Movie Plot Tropes just keep piling up.
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(7,327 unread/new posts? Ain't nobody got time to read that.)
Hope everyone is staying safe-ish.
Freehold, you have a PM.
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And the 'zombies' are all the folks who don't know how to maintain a proper distance from folks while they shuffle around in the stores talking to their friends about all the 'fun stuff' they're going to do since they're 'off school/work/etc' for the next three weeks...
I can see it.
EDIT:
I'm reminded of Shaun of the Dead.
Spoiler:Specifically the end, where it's revealed that the only country to suffer any actual deaths from the zombie plague was the US, where people decided to try and fight the zombies rather than stay in their homes and let emergency services handle it.
That scene where Shaun and Ed whale on the zombies in their garden always makes me think of The Shoveler in Mystery Men.
...
I'm gonna need a bigger shovel. Like, think Cloud's Buster Sword, only its a shovel.
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I have a six foot long shovel made completely out of steel, will that work?
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Headline on CNN: Freeze your milk, don't hoard!
The General: If you're freezing milk you're f%&~ing hoarding!
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Me: Do you guys want to go for a walk today!
Tiny T-Rex: Do we have to!?
Me: Yes.
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He says the guideline on social gatherings doesn't apply to our company. Well, um, we're not an essential service. We're not a grocery store. We're not a bank. We're simply not in those categories.
I think he's basically just banking on "either ignore the gov't and keep at the grindstone or you might just not have a job anymore when this blows over."
Because as best I can see, there's no actual penalties to the business if they do that. Sure employees might get sick, but they're replaceable. The only thing that actually works on these kinds of people is a punch to the pocketbook, and a big one at that, and so far I've not seen nor heard anything suggesting any kind of penalty for employers who force their employees to ignore quarantine protocols.
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"Yep, if you're a worker in any of the 'essential' categories, you have less rights to health and safety than the average citizen. We won't even provide you with protective equipment, and don't you DARE call in sick if you're feeling ill. I mean, technically you *COULD* but then you'd have even more work to do the next time you aren't feeling ill. Oh, and all the work you were doing? Will need to be at less than three feet away from your customers, and no, you can't go wash your hands every two minutes, nor wear a mask, nor do anything but smile and be GLAD you have a JOB! Oh, speaking of, have you cleaned all those surfaces that haven't been cleaned in ten years yet? And why isn't your work done? And why are you staring at me like you're about to strangle me? Get to work."
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Yeah, I'd say, "Hug your 'essential' employee today," but I suspect that would only add to their woes.
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Hugs and handshakes have been repeatedly suggested be replaced in this time with the Wakandan crossed-arms salute and the Vulcan spread-fingers "Live Long and Prosper" gesture, respectively.
So a hearty "Wakanda Forever" to our essential workers stuck in employment hell.
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We thought the CDC said you're supposed to elbow people (in the face).
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Yay! The one day of the year when it's socially acceptable to wear a Green Lantern t-shirt!
It's a good thing I have three of them!
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I tried asking a doctor for advice, but all I got was "not that kind of doctor," "what are you doing outside," and "get up the stairs, the Daleks are coming." Weirdo.