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achooloco

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  1. Are those places immune from spreading germs? If not, shut it down.
  2. Ha, thought the same. Mine is comparatively the same amount. Couple new faces, couple regulars haven’t been there but generally the same number. Tune might change next week though. at my gym they have the little wipe stations All over and I always use them after I am done but might start before too. I get why they would shut it down but if I’m stuck at home for two weeks with no gym or bars, things will get interesting real soon.
  3. Really really hope we don’t get there if only bc for whatever reason, the NYC or NY government really step it up in times of crisis IMO. They obviously have their normal graft, idiots, etc but looking at 9/11, the blackout, the fuckhead uhual driver, they got their shit together and helped keep the rest of us calm when shit hit the fan. Not sure what the containment center in New Rochelle is supposed to do since it looks like people can voluntarily leave it (but are they strongly “advised” not to? Honestly have no idea) but it’s something. They might still shit the bed but still think they’ll try to do anything they can before shutting down the city Milan style.
  4. @GRHorn had a good post on the other thread, sorry forgot to respond, that living in nyc I’ve probably been exposed. I agree, just find it impossible to not have been considering bars, international travelers, the subway, dirty slothful co-workers, etc. I resigned myself to the fact I’ll probably get it but I’m banking on being in that 80%. bad thing is that my allergy season just started on Sunday night; usually lasts 2-4 weeks. Itchy swollen eyes, runny nose, slight congestion headache, and sneezing. Gonna be a fucking blast worrying if I’m sick or just allergic, AND then explaining that to people if it is just allergies.
  5. I just like calling it the Wuhan cause I’ve always liked gallows humor and it sounds “funnier” that way. On the other hand, I think it depends on who is saying it. If you watch rick and morty, some people can’t say “squantch” cause it just sounds ... gross. Same here, if a hard core trumper “Build the wall” fucko says it, I’m assuming the worst. But a normal looking person? I’m cool with it.
  6. That’s it. There are other similar products on amazon, no clue if they are just as good though.
  7. The Salbree microwave popper. I suck at posting pics otherwise I would. Easy to clean, no oil needed, Cheap, no worries about bag chemicals, and I usually have less than 3 or 4 unpopped kernels. Also found that the kernels I can buy (Goya is the best I’ve found) at a normal supermarket “look” better than almost all the bag varieties. my family loved popcorn growing up so I have it often, once a week at least. I try to make it “healthier” by using 1tablespoon of olive oil per 2 oz of kernels and less salt but it still tastes bad ass.
  8. My initial worry was That they’d lock down the MTA, but now I don’t think they will unless absolutely positively have to and there is literally no other option. They’ll cancel schools, work remotely, force people to not ride at rush hour, anything before the MTA goes down. I’m all for protecting people over the economy but if you shut down nyc you close the stock market and not sure that will be better in the long run. Or that we can climb out of that hole for a very long time.
  9. Ha, yeah the portions are generous to say the least And price wise definitely worth it. Astoria has some good dance bars just no one knows about. But on topic, everyone here just kosher. Corona just a beer. Lesson here for me to keep level headed for my elder relatives and folks. But again, I’m not 100 positive but pretty sure no one said millions dead but only that it hits the elderly disproportionately hard. Not hating on you @Hate just saying I’ve only been an “alarmist” for my parents bc they are in that range so I’m worried for them but not for me. I would much rather this all just be an over reaction than consider losing my elders, be they my parents or aunts and uncles. Here’s to hoping that this is all bs and people can point to me for being too alarmist and everything turned out ok in the end
  10. Deja vu on 28th ave and 32nd st. English the fourth most spoken language After port, Spanish, And some random ass Baltic language
  11. Did I say I wasn’t? And no one claimed that so keep being you bro, see you on the other side Edit: I mean of this corona scare. I honestly do appreciate your call out posts if only cause it’s easy to see the cdc, epidemiologists, government officials from the uk and USA say “prepare and it could get worse” before falling into alarmist personal territory. I am guilty of that. But we’ll see who is/was right. But what is your position? That it is no worse than a flu? Honest question cause I’ve only see your posts say every alarmist is full of shit but not what you actually think will happen or assessment of what “we” are dealing with.
  12. I’ve been as big an “alarmist” here as others but tonight at my local unofficial/unlawful dance club in Astoria, all under 45 and hopefully over 21, and no one gives a shit. Business as usual. Just saying. Everyone smoking hookah and drinking, dancing like normal. I have conflicting trains of thought: 1) worry about my 75 year old parents but be reassured by all the naysayers who say this thread is just panic but also 2) look at the cdc and uk officials saying hold onto your butts while I look at some nice ass Latina, Baltic, Portuguese ladies dancing with no worries. fuck it, don’t know what to believe. Maybe I’ll just go with the Hemingway quote “I’ll live until I die and I’m not afraid of foxes”
  13. With epa evisceration and climate denying, could you really tell the difference in KIA in the end?
  14. I get other people might not be saints but why die on the trump hill? They suck off nazis and protect child molesters. Better places to say democrats suck and people might agree.
  15. Fuck them, the cdc, and every other state that does this.
  16. This is the cluster that infected the nursing home? And we still don’t know how it got to Washington state or the nursing home, right?
  17. Why? Link to substantiate? I’m not saying south by doesn’t bring in good money But it isn’t like Austin has a tiny entertainment industry that no one attends on a nightly or weekly basis or isn’t kicking ass during RoT, hs championships, damn near every wknd in the fall. I’ll be honest and admit it’ll hurt but hyperbole alarmist claims of cratering and closing small businesses in the Austin economy ... come on. I feel like CTJ here! I’m open to a counter argument but it’s gotta be convincing.
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