Coronavirus (COVID-19 Outbreak) (83 Viewers)

[GordoDeCentral]

Well, I know where he lives (sorta).

I got an extra bedroom he can crash here

Oh this room

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Don't worry, I have plenty of sandwiches here for you too.

Sandwiches only seniors here remember that story. I still eat them massively, totally unhealthy, but I eat so much... especially now when I'm stuck home. Filled with sandwiches and coffee while covered with books and movies.

 

[Hust]

Sandwiches only seniors here remember that story. I still eat them massively, totally unhealthy, but I eat so much... especially now when I'm stuck home. Filled with sandwiches and coffee while covered with books and movies.

Technically we are Forum Boomers

 

[Post Ironic]

Why aren't more Canadians as aggressive as you?

You make a better American than Canadian

My Grandpa grew up a Rhode Island lad and served in the USN at the end of WWII... My uncle, my grandpa, and my great grandpa all had/have degrees from Brown.

 

[Hust]

My Grandpa grew up a Rhode Island lad and served in the USN at the end of WWII... My uncle, my grandpa, and my great grandpa all had/have degrees from Brown.

It's in your blood then.

I knew it...move back. Come here. It's meant to be.

 

[Post Ironic]

Well, I know where he lives (sorta).

I got an extra bedroom he can crash here

Let’s keep that (sorta) in place, I don’t want you sending a drone strike my way...

 

[Seven]

My Grandpa grew up a Rhode Island lad and served in the USN at the end of WWII... My uncle, my grandpa, and my great grandpa all had/have degrees from Brown.

And now here you are, fighting the world's next big disaster

 

[Hust]

Let’s keep that (sorta) in place, I don’t want you sending a drone strike my way...

Pfff...I don't live in Colorado or Nevada

 

[Ronn]

Iran says the new infections number is going down in all but 4 provinces

 

[campionesidd]

My neighbor eats this shit up. Was going on and on about how this was all a plot to damage to Trump, not more dangerous than the flu and his big kick about we better not be spending any of his tax dollars on any federal programs, unemployment insurance, covering COVID related healthcare costs, feeding kids who used to rely on school supplied meals etc instead arrest the parents for neglect

His tune has changed ever since Trump started backing social distancing. Suddenly, its like the past never existed and now Trump is the one who saw all of this coming and blocked travel from China, Trump is right that acquiring ventilators and PPE should just be fought out between states and its not an issue because US is the most prepared nation in the world.

Today, he was bitching about how he won't get a stimulus check from the government because his income is too high and, when I brought it up to see if his opinion had changed, he is still against federal funds for improved unemployment or food support aka stimulus package actually benefiting the at risk? He still wants his check though. He's in the market for a Porsche 911 so he needs the money.

What a dumbass. Then again, the common theme with these Trumpists is selfishness and greed. It’s always me, me, me. A problem doesn’t exist if it doesn’t affect them. And problems that do affect them, are like the end of the world. These people make me sick. We should be sending these guys to test the manned rockets to Mars.

 

[Ronn]

@AFL_ITALIA

 

[lgorTudor]

 

[ALC]

@AFL_ITALIA

@lgorTudor

look at the letters, interesting what kind of church it is, huh?

 

[Ronn]

@lgorTudor

look at the letters, interesting what kind of church it is, huh?

Lakewood has a big orthodox Jewish community. No need to do detective work.

 

[lgorTudor]

Lakewood has a big orthodox Jewish community. No need to do detective work.

Why do you always have to diminish other ppl achievements

I was just about to get it

 

[Red]

First time I've seen Scotland being presented and not just the UK as a whole.

 

[Bjerknes]

From a work call with a client where two folks got into it:


"I'm fine with this decision as long as whomever is sharing their screen can make the goddamn text bigger."

"Please watch your language, I have kids in the room."

"I apologize for the goddamn language. April fools!"



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Oh, I think the airlines should eat sh%t. Their business models don't work anymore and they, arguably, were part of the unsustainable "problem" before all this. £29 to fly from Lisbon to London? I mean, that's cheaper than a bus ticket to the Spanish border here. That's cheaper than a family meal at a restaurant. The economics made absolutely no sense between subsidies, lack of airline fuel taxes, etc.

As a national service, since these things are going to be bailed out that way, I can see holding a few carriers afloat to keep the lights on. But otherwise this is an industry that needs to shrink 80%+ for the medium to long term.

I think people will probably think twice about going to more populous areas for their health. You're going to have the usual hard time getting a black person going to national parks, given the attitude that evolving as a civil society has meant no longer having to wipe your ass in the woods. But travel is also about culture. I actually see the long term effects of this being good for rebuilding the many global cultures that were being commiditized and McDonalds-franchised everywhere. Being local will mean something more again. Places will retain more of their uniqueness instead of looking like every other downtown with the same branded crap.

I think we paid something like 70 Euros for Paris to Nice, same for other places in Spain and Italy. I'll definitely miss those prices.

I'm hoping you're right about local culture, but sadly it might end up being the opposite in the US.

 

[Seven]

Remember when I was telling you that what you experienced as a career setback might actually turn out to be something in your favor? You never know...

It's crazy. I'm a litigation lawyer for insurance companies and most firms in that particular field have between 5 and 10 lawyers. So you can expect everyone to know everyone and because you meet the same people over and over again 'teams' form. Being kicked out of a team and having to join another team is very much like leaving Milan for Juventus. If you earn more money at your new team everyone hates your guts and your former teammates despise you.

I have not heard a word from them in months. Fuckers used to act as if they were my best friends, but they hired two people to replace me and I was as good as dead to them.

The particularly painful fact now is that firms that litigate for insurance companies always have traffic law as an important source of income. There is zero traffic right now. And there won't be for a considerable amount of time. If we ever go back to the situation before corona that is. My former colleagues, who depend on traffic law cases, have suddenly come to the realization that, at the very least, one of them is going to be let go anytime now.

In the meantime I've been specializing in medical law at my new firm and those cases still keep coming in.

Suddenly they're texting me to 'clear the air between us, so we can move on like adults'.

Seriously. The gall.

 

[Bjerknes]

It's crazy. I'm a litigation lawyer for insurance companies and most firms in that particular field have between 5 and 10 lawyers. So you can expect everyone to know everyone and because you meet the same people over and over again 'teams' form. Being kicked out of a team and having to join another team is very much like leaving Milan for Juventus. If you earn more money at your new team everyone hates your guts and your former teammates despise you.

I have not heard a word from them in months. Fuckers used to act as if they were my best friends, but they hired two people to replace me and I was as good as dead to them.

The particularly painful fact now is that firms that litigate for insurance companies always have traffic law as an important source of income. There is zero traffic right now. And there won't be for a considerable amount of time. If we ever go back to the situation before corona that is. My former colleagues, who depend on traffic law cases, have suddenly come to the realization that, at the very least, one of them is going to be let go anytime now.

In the meantime I've been specializing in medical law at my new firm and those cases still keep coming in.

Suddenly they're texting me to 'clear the air between us, so we can move on like adults'.

Seriously. The gall.

Have they ever called you an ambulance chaser?

 

[Seven]

Have they ever called you an ambulance chaser?

Lol no, fortunately not, as I work for the insurers. Which today means I'm mostly defending doctors. Opposing counsel would be the ambulance chaser .