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Hey Syrus.
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Yeah, I'm getting more and more convinced that I'm an alien.
NobodysHome's Thought Process: GothBard and I are in fairly secure jobs that should survive both the quarantine and the economic downturn, so our income is about as reliable as it can be in such uncertain times. This is absolutely the opposite of all the servicepeople we've come to rely on: Our housecleaner, our gardener, our favorite restaurants, our stylists, etc.
So, logic dictates that since we have the same level of income, we should still be spending the money on these people we rely on whether or not we go there.
Yet again this week, we'll be paying our housecleaner not to clean our house, and I'll be paying my stylist not to cut my hair.
In my mind, the decision is both the compassionate one AND the logical one. Many would argue that it's the moral one as well.
Apparently Everybody Else's Thought Process: Why are you giving anyone your hard-earned money if they're not providing you with a service?!?!?!? At least get a gift card from them or something!
GothBard's physical therapist put it really well: "If I sell gift cards to all my clients right now, then all I'm doing is postponing the inevitable because eventually everyone's going to want to cash those in and I'm going to lose my income anyway."
It just seems sensible right now to start paying the people around you for no services, just so they'll be around when services actually resume.
And that makes me an alien. For spending money that I had already budgeted for on the people for whom I'd budgeted it, but to get nothing in return.
How dare you using your own private property your earned yourself in the way you see fit?! What are you, some kind of commie?!
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So, it's very interesting to watch how other people are coping with the lockdown (it's Day 14 for us now).
GothBard put it really well: She doesn't mind being at home, because she loves the house and the studio and whatnot, but not being able to actually see and interact with people is driving her crazy. We do online gaming every single night of the week (except family game night on Tuesdays), but for her, online ≠ in person.
And I think Impus Minor and I are just as happy not having to interact with anyone, either, whereas Impus Major is leaning more towards his mother's attitude.
Different people, different psychologies. Who would've guessed?
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The only two changes to my life at the moment are:
- online sessions instead of tabletop - I find them much more harder to focus on, it's the only aspect of the whole mess I find personally annoying
- switching to making bigger groceries, less often -
In the hindsight, I was not going out for walks enough in the recent year. Still, even without actual walks, not going out for sessions and going less for shopping erodes my poor fitness even more. I am slowly reaching the point of serious considering *gasp* exercising...
Yeah, yeah, the old lie of "Tomorrow, I am starting to work out!" repeated through the last few years since I stopped exercising because of switching to economic, energy-saving mode 8 years ago.
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My point is - I am used to not interacting with humans in person for days and days, and-with occasional session delays for multiple weeks- not having meaningful human interaction (as opposed to very brief and superficial contact with shop staff during groceries) even for a month or two.
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*SIGH*
You always feel bad as a GM when probability makes you look mean.
GM: If you do that, she'll get an attack of opportunity.
Player: Who cares? It's not like it'll hurt all that much!
GM: It will if I get a crit! She's using a x3 weapon!
Player: Go ahead! Make your roll!
GM: Is a 20 a hit?
Player: Yep.
GM: . Oops.
Look.
We all know that when you provoke an AoO like that, its going to crit, and its going to kill you.
Its like a law of nature.
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So, it's very interesting to watch how other people are coping with the lockdown (it's Day 14 for us now).
GothBard put it really well: She doesn't mind being at home, because she loves the house and the studio and whatnot, but not being able to actually see and interact with people is driving her crazy. We do online gaming every single night of the week (except family game night on Tuesdays), but for her, online ≠ in person.
And I think Impus Minor and I are just as happy not having to interact with anyone, either, whereas Impus Major is leaning more towards his mother's attitude.
Different people, different psychologies. Who would've guessed?
More or less same here. My one main issue has been finding a way to orient my computer so I don't get restless and twitchy using it for extended periods of time. I ended up putting it on a tray table on top of a remote stand to make a miniature desk which seems to have done the trick, and doing a lot of pacing with the wireless headset.
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*SIGH*
You always feel bad as a GM when probability makes you look mean.
GM: If you do that, she'll get an attack of opportunity.
Player: Who cares? It's not like it'll hurt all that much!
GM: It will if I get a crit! She's using a x3 weapon!
Player: Go ahead! Make your roll!
GM: Is a 20 a hit?
Player: Yep.
GM: . Oops.
Look.
We all know that when you provoke an AoO like that, its going to crit, and its going to kill you.
Its like a law of nature.
Yes. Specifically, MY law.
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More or less same here. My one main issue has been finding a way to orient my computer so I don't get restless and twitchy using it for extended periods of time. I ended up putting it on a tray table on top of a remote stand to make a miniature desk which seems to have done the trick, and doing a lot of pacing with the wireless headset.So, it's very interesting to watch how other people are coping with the lockdown (it's Day 14 for us now).
GothBard put it really well: She doesn't mind being at home, because she loves the house and the studio and whatnot, but not being able to actually see and interact with people is driving her crazy. We do online gaming every single night of the week (except family game night on Tuesdays), but for her, online ≠ in person.
And I think Impus Minor and I are just as happy not having to interact with anyone, either, whereas Impus Major is leaning more towards his mother's attitude.
Different people, different psychologies. Who would've guessed?
Granted, I wouldn't have to deal with this if we'd just get around to robot bodies already.
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More or less same here. My one main issue has been finding a way to orient my computer so I don't get restless and twitchy using it for extended periods of time. I ended up putting it on a tray table on top of a remote stand to make a miniature desk which seems to have done the trick, and doing a lot of pacing with the wireless headset.So, it's very interesting to watch how other people are coping with the lockdown (it's Day 14 for us now).
GothBard put it really well: She doesn't mind being at home, because she loves the house and the studio and whatnot, but not being able to actually see and interact with people is driving her crazy. We do online gaming every single night of the week (except family game night on Tuesdays), but for her, online ≠ in person.
And I think Impus Minor and I are just as happy not having to interact with anyone, either, whereas Impus Major is leaning more towards his mother's attitude.
Different people, different psychologies. Who would've guessed?
As a minor obsessive-compulsive, I solve that very easily: Every 30 minutes I have 5 minutes of cleaning or stretching scheduled. Keeps me moving throughout the day.
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Hey, John! Hey, Vany!
RE: "people" -- Surprising as it may be, I can be a little gracious. From time to time. Besides -- folks in this corner of the 'net tend to be of . . . 'higher quality'. Or is that too generous?
Anywho!
I live in the middle of nowhere, and am 'essential personnel', so things are still very much the same for me, apart from the nearby grocery stores putting hard limits on what you can buy in what quantity per day. That, and not really being able to go visit my girlfriend, as it's a long-distance thing.
But, all in all -- I'm good!
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Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
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And because you possibly have arms?Hello, people!!That sounds like a label a civilized society would use, which collapsed three weeks ago.
I prefer to be called a "possibly armed s+#! kicker" (mostly because I unintentionally kicked some s$&~).
Anything is possible.
The apocalypse is a magical place!!
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In other, somewhat-related news, I've pretty much lost patience with my school district and will likely be lobbying for significant change over the summer:
(1) The notion that our superintendent, an Ed.D., has such a fundamental lack of understanding of infectious disease that his honest position was, "We don't have to close down a school until we have a confirmed case at that school," is unforgivable. If you have no clue what you're talking about, your job is to ask someone that does.
(2) Once his hand was forced by the counties shutting him down, his #1 priority should have been setting up online classes for the kids. It's been 2 weeks now. Impus Minor STILL isn't in any lectures. (They claim they'll start tomorrow, but they made them all "optional" for the teachers.)
(3) So, the teachers have had their lives disrupted. But it's been 2 weeks now. They have no lesson plans nor homework. They haven't updated the students' grades. There's no indication they've done anything more than the students have: Taken a 2-week vacation in the hopes that the April 7 reopen date would occur.
We're supposedly a school district in the top 10% in the state. Yet watching EVERY college and community college successfully start providing online classes within a week of the shutdown, and many school districts successfully doing the same, Albany's failures are magnified significantly.
I am unimpressed.
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Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
I just found out that I was exposed to an unconfirmed case. They came in on Monday. I had to work directly with them. The doctor isn't testing the person, but told them "assume you have it and stay in home quarantine for two weeks." So now I have to wait to see if symptoms occur.
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First day of online classes for us - we were just coming off spring break when this went down, and we've spent the past two weeks getting lessons put together while reaching out to our kiddos to see who we needed to get tech stuff to and seeing if the more rural homes needed internet support.
So far, so good, I think.
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Madison decided this week they would train the teachers for online learning and also build a curriculum so they can be ready to start the 6th.
I expect a flawless roll out.
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Stoughton has decided how they're going to help prevent community spread is to combine all of their polling stations into one place (for a town of 13,000+).
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One of those corporate things I just don't understand: Scheduled meetings that serve no purpose.
One of my teammates just invited me to his "quarterly meeting" with another team. Great! What's on the agenda? Absolutely nothing! There are *no* updates from either side. So there is no point nor purpose to this meeting, other than to have a meeting because it's on the schedule.
Urr...
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Yeah, I'm getting more and more convinced that I'm an alien.
NobodysHome's Thought Process: GothBard and I are in fairly secure jobs that should survive both the quarantine and the economic downturn, so our income is about as reliable as it can be in such uncertain times. This is absolutely the opposite of all the servicepeople we've come to rely on: Our housecleaner, our gardener, our favorite restaurants, our stylists, etc.
So, logic dictates that since we have the same level of income, we should still be spending the money on these people we rely on whether or not we go there.
Yet again this week, we'll be paying our housecleaner not to clean our house, and I'll be paying my stylist not to cut my hair.
In my mind, the decision is both the compassionate one AND the logical one. Many would argue that it's the moral one as well.
Apparently Everybody Else's Thought Process: Why are you giving anyone your hard-earned money if they're not providing you with a service?!?!?!? At least get a gift card from them or something!
GothBard's physical therapist put it really well: "If I sell gift cards to all my clients right now, then all I'm doing is postponing the inevitable because eventually everyone's going to want to cash those in and I'm going to lose my income anyway."
It just seems sensible right now to start paying the people around you for no services, just so they'll be around when services actually resume.
And that makes me an alien. For spending money that I had already budgeted for on the people for whom I'd budgeted it, but to get nothing in return.
You're not strange. You are Papa Nobodyshome!
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Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
they just straight up told us to assume we have been exposed. No sense in lying to everyone.
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they just straight up told us to assume we have been exposed. No sense in lying to everyone.Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
Us as well. I got the alert right as I got a block away from the house and I thought it was something they'd send me every time I left my street.
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My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
Oh god yeah. Do. Not. Give. Those. People. String.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
It might just be some random bug. But I'm pretty scared right now.
My friends who have the virus are at 21 one days now and just had another setback. It was looking up for a day or two, and now they are back to breathless :(| 4 people marked this as a favorite. |
I just found out that I was exposed to an unconfirmed case. They came in on Monday. I had to work directly with them. The doctor isn't testing the person, but told them "assume you have it and stay in home quarantine for two weeks." So now I have to wait to see if symptoms occur.Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
WTASF.
[lengthy stream of expletives redacted]This is not okay.
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Played some animal crossing.
Calmed down a bit.
I was extremely pleased I aquired the milkmaid hat in Animal Crossing.
Because now I'm wearing it and I keep thinking about how happy it will make Freehold.
you have taken my level of interest in animal crossing from "nil" to "must observe game in play".
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It is just amazing how proud I am of where I live right now, and who we work for.
(1) First in the nation to take this seriously and lock ourselves down.
(2) First in the nation to extend the quarantine to May 1.
(3) The local tech companies were the first in the nation to mandate "work from home". Both Global Megacorporation and GothBard's company mandated work from home for all employees before the lockdown came out.
(4) Yes, GothBard's company is participating in this.
So yeah, we're California, so we kind of ignore the federal government anyway. But from Governor Newsome on down, I'm pretty d**ned impressed. Except for the morons down in L.A. who ignored our warnings. But it's L.A. What are you going to do?
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I just found out that I was exposed to an unconfirmed case. They came in on Monday. I had to work directly with them. The doctor isn't testing the person, but told them "assume you have it and stay in home quarantine for two weeks." So now I have to wait to see if symptoms occur.Oh damn. I can feel the beginnings of a sore throat...
*anxiety goes trough roof*
My anxiety is high right now. The last two weeks I've had to work in close proximity to a bunch of people that I don't necessarily trust. In some cases I don't even trust them with string.
I'm almost certain that I've been exposed. I'm almost certain that over half the on-site IT teams have been exposed. I'm at least working from home starting today, but in the last two-three weeks...
Yeah, I'm a little more than concerned right now.
WTASF.
[lengthy stream of expletives redacted]
This is not okay.
I had to delete a post a while ago as far, FAR too political, but I echo this sentiment. Every infectious disease expert I'm reading worldwide is saying, "You cannot function as a nation during a viral outbreak without national testing."
They point out that South Korea didn't have to shut everything down because they managed to get enough people tested fast enough that they could isolate some areas and let the rest of the country keep right on churning.The fact that we're more than two months in from the first reported case in the U.S. (January 20) and we still can't test people who have obvious symptoms is just pathetic.
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And because you possibly have arms?Hello, people!!That sounds like a label a civilized society would use, which collapsed three weeks ago.
I prefer to be called a "possibly armed s+#! kicker" (mostly because I unintentionally kicked some s$&~).
Captain, don't kick the armed s$@%.
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Also, someone's recorded themselves reading the 1e Dungeon Master's Guide out loud and put it up on Youtube.
Ha! Dork I may be, but I'm not enough of a dork to want to sit down and listen to that!
Oh, yes I am.
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Also, someone's recorded themselves reading the 1e Dungeon Master's Guide out loud and put it up on Youtube.
Ha! Dork I may be, but I'm not enough of a dork to want to sit down and listen to that!
** spoiler omitted **
I will say that the 1st ed DMG was a much more entertaining read than almost any rule book to come since on either side of the DD/PF divide. It was just flat out readable. The others are mind numbing. More coherent, but mind numbing.
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And why exactly didn't you link it? Did you honestly think I'd go looking for it on my own.
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Geez, there is nothing like sitting in on an SR Analysis call to make you truly pity anyone in support.
Presenter: So, as you see, in 86% of service requests the customer did not actually bother to check the documentation or take the training, but just filed a service request the moment they had a question.
Docs/Training: Is there anything we can do to help?
Presenter: We checked your training. We followed the links. We checked your docs. You have step-by-step examples of everything they asked about. You provide training that has them do hands-on labs on what they asked about. Your content is complete and accurate and would have answered their questions. But they're not bothering to go to it.
Docs/Training: So what can we do?
Presenter: We're going to dev and asking them to embed your links directly in the application.
So if you ever wonder why your application page has little help links next to every single field on every single page, now you know.
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...aaaaaand, GothBard's Big Birthday Bash is canceled. Or at least postponed. She's thinking of planning for October, since that's a better time of year for a ghost tour anyway, but they may be more booked up at that time, too.
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The newer neighbors that are afraid of me really smashed the front of their car.
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The newer neighbors that are afraid of me really smashed the front of their car.
{nature documentary voiceover:} That seems a rather unusual and drastic choice of threat displays.
But will it be effective at keeping a herd of Yesterday aliases from descending upon them? (The answer is 'no.')
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What? Did they smash it so you could fix it or something?
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The newer neighbors that are afraid of me really smashed the front of their car.{nature documentary voiceover:} That seems a rather unusual and drastic choice of threat displays.
But will it be effective at keeping a herd of Yesterday aliases from descending upon them? (The answer is 'no.')
that's a herd of WILD yesterdays.
Which is an AWESOME band name.
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Third shift is getting real tricky to find something for lunch. everything closes at 8 now with the exception of dominoes. I can only eat that so may times tho. I guess I'll go back to packing lunches. I just have to fight off the old people that are in the grocery store buying out everything first thing in the morning. I should start carrying around a metal cane so I can use it as a club when necessary.
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I feel your painVidmaster7. I think that all of us night time lackeys are going to have this trouble.