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  1. 19 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    All the big hospitals remain closed for elective procedures but another issue is coming up: doing routine cases in specialty hospitals. There is always a small chance you will need a higher level of care due to complications. Now we have nowhere to transfer to. ICU beds in north Texas are completely full in most of the trauma centers and close to capacity at the smaller facilities. I have a sick old lady who really needs surgery but has a bad heart. She told me she doesn’t care if she dies she wants her surgery now. This really sucks 

    I am certain that this has been mentioned here, but first I am sorry for what you are having to see right now. 

    Second our selfishness in not listening to the guidance from doctors and scientists about gathering together over the holidays is not just going to spread COVID, but it is going to overwhelm hospitals to the point where other people die because there is quite literally no way to take care of them. I think when it is all said and done and the history is written about this and the facts are uncovered we will see a death toll in this country in the six figures of people who did not have COVID, but died because hospitals were completely overwhelmed taking care of COVID patients so they died at home, many of them alone. If you are choosing to thumb your nose at doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals that are pleading with you to do your part and you refuse then there is blood on your hands. 

    Keep doing what you are doing Sawbonz and save as many folks as you are able to. Thank you.

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  2. 40 minutes ago, BradInATX said:


    Maybe. It definitely didn't help. I'd probably be looking more in the direction of holidays and seasonality though, as basically the entire country is spiking hard right now. The entire country has Covid fatigue. Our leaders, including shitbags like Adler and Newsom, need to do a better job encouraging people to stay the course with masks and distancing. Especially on the national level. But I guess throwing a tantrum over not being a winner is more important.

    Selfishness is the reason for the massive spike. We are a country that loves to tell the rest of the world how ruggedly independent we are. Now would be a great time to be more like South Korea or really even a kindergarten class level of getting along as a country to stop the spread of COVID.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

    That guy is another dumbfuck who is learning the hard way.

    It’s like these folks are trying to one up each other on who has more faith in God. God gives us the ability to exercise free will and use common sense. This is something that I think we can all agree is lacking when you keep reading stories like this almost a year into this pandemic. Doctors and scientists can have a belief in a higher power and still use their skill from their field of knowledge to help protect us. I really feel for some of these folks who refuse to embrace science while partaking in some odd show of faith that is leading to many more deaths from this.

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  4. 1 minute ago, BradInATX said:


    There's also some just reflexive attack mentality here that I can understand causing some defensiveness. I'm guilty of it too. And I think after 4 years of Trump and "making liberals cry" it's justified. But it's probably not the way long-term.

    I had a good bit of anger towards the Trump cult, but I just had to let it go and realize they are people who got fooled by a con man. You keep all that anger or hate inside for others and it will just burn you up in the end.

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  5. 2 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    Pales in comparison with all the protests, riots, family gatherings, etc. for 9 months.

    Face it, the dumbass spreaders are from everywhere regardless of politics, but keep on chokin’ that chicken. 

    You want to blame large swaths of people across this country that's fine, but I protested all summer. Others here did the same thing. Every single protest I went to had masks being given out and anyone not wearing one was asked to leave. No questions asked. I have a lot of respect for the folks who went out to protest in the middle of a pandemic because of being treated like they aren't even a human being. You cannot fathom what that feels like anymore than I can because no one ever treated either of us like we did not even matter as a person. I listened to a whole lot of hurt and anger and sadness from so many people here in NYC and in DC on three separate trips. Good came out of those protests though and the beginning of people being the leaders of tomorrow will have started with what happened after the death of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor.

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  6. 1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

    We’ve been trying with this kid for months because he really doesn’t seem like a troll, but there is some really basic shit he just absolutely refuses to get.

    Honestly I believe some of it is just pure stubbornness. I think we all did this at one point or another and refused to listen. It's up to him to receive the information and then go fact check it to see if it is right. You get no argument from me on anything that is said, but someone who feels like they are pushed into a corner is going to keep trying to swing their way out. 

  7. 9 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

    If no one is working, cause we don't want people to get sick, then how do we make food?

     

    I think you're much richer than me, so you might not want to say "Eat the rich," that could come to bite you in the ass. Pun intended.

    I think it might be prudent for you to stop posting in this thread for a bit. Folks here are trying to educate you on some things that you do not know as much about as they do. This isn't a they are smarter than you response. Sometimes it's cool to just listen and take in information and not continue to dig a hole just for the sake of not wanting to agree with someone. There is common ground that can be found if you would let go of this stubbornness you show with your posts.

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  8. This is one of my favorite shows that I have watched this year. FInding out about the backstory on Amos was really cool and I like seeing what is happening with Filip and Naomi. She said before the season dropped that they were going to explore her past quite a bit. So far so good on this season.

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  9. 9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Dude.  HUGE swaths of California, including parts of SOCAL, are GOP as HELL.  I have friends there, and they run in large Trumpy circles.  And they are all on board with "open everything up, it's all a hoax."  The "fuck any restrictions, fuck masks" movement in California is massive.

    Orange County is still going through the process of becoming a fully Democratic stronghold. Rouda lost his seat after taking Rohrabacher out in 2018. That area still has a metric ton of folks who do not believe a word from Fauci or what any disease specialist says. Kinda sad honestly.

  10. I watched it this year on Christmas and this time around I went and bought the Griswold hockey jersey. I bought three of the sweaters last year with the quotes, a Jelly of the Month Club shirt and a You Serious Clark? longsleeve shirt. Wearing the sweater with a picture of Cousin Eddie that says "Merry Christmas Shitter's Full" gets some funny looks from folks who probably aren't quite sure what to make of it most likely because they have never seen the movie. This movie just never gets old and seeing the movie is one of my favorite holiday traditions every year.

  11. On 12/26/2020 at 9:23 PM, Continental Op said:

    Tons of them will be able to tell Jesus happy birthday in person next year.

    I have been to that church for two funerals. The last one was in September 2015 and Neal Jeffrey presided over it. 
     

    That picture saddens me. The selfishness on display by going there while our country is reeling from COVID at a level we have not seen since the pandemic began is almost despicable. That is a superspreader event in the making. 

     

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  12. Jared Dudley is the Bartolo Colon of the NBA. When the young guys start a break you see him kinda go “yeah see y’all when get back on d.” I have nothing but respect though for the career this guy has had. He is definitely a positive locker room presence.

  13. 5 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

    I could see Trump wanting bigger checks simply because some percentage of it will come back to him through donations.

    This is really the biggest motivating factor for the push for the bigger stimulus checks. That Trump merchandise isn't going to sell at the coming cult meetings he'll be holding across the country if the cult doesn't have any disposable income to throw his way. 

  14. 22 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    No, you probably can't. It's not just that his point was stupid, it's that it was presented in such a psychotic and disorganized fashion that he left most of us wondering if he was having seizures of some kind.

    That original post was all over the map. I am still not certain what the point was supposed to be.

  15. On 12/21/2020 at 7:34 PM, Bozo_Casanova said:

    I think it is really important to talk about it. Not to put the burden on others, but to normalize their understanding of mental health so that those who don't suffer from these things can come to see that it's no more a character flaw than bad knees, and so that those who do can begin to give themselves a break. 

    As for me, this is a bad time. I'm stir crazy from a lack of weekly travel and in-person selling and my kids are growing up and I'm spending too much time ruminating over things not done.

    I'm middle aged and still maybe ahead of the curve but I can't escape time anymore than I can gravity. I got way further in my career than I should have on paper and I did it on straight hustle, and I'm doing well by any objective standard, but what happened to my life, I ask myself. 


    Once upon a time I was handsome and strong, I was cheerful and brave and funny and smart. I was a good father and even a good husband, more or less. And yet, here we are, with two great kids, a good job, a wife I love and wanting for nothing, and I can't be happy with it because it feels like I let everybody down. 

    I'll pull myself out, because I always do. But I am in the weeds at this moment, and I'm managing it badly. Ugh. 

    You haven’t let a single person in your family down. I know you feel like you should be out there working like you normally would, but the world is turned upside down. I see you post quite a bit in CR. Your posts seems to come from the place of someone who is an inherently good human being and I personally enjoy reading them. I am certain your family loves you and is glad you are around. It is great thought that you used this place to let out how you are feeling. More of us on this site could stand to be as open and honest about our feelings as you have been with what you wrote.

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  16. On 12/20/2020 at 10:32 PM, HRSchenker said:

    Having a purpose in life is something that I've struggled with a lot lately, it just never clicked as a question I should ask myself. As wild as this sounds my life felt so much better when I lived it as an underdog. Whether it be in school or my current career I always felt like I was the underdog that nobody expects great things from. For whatever reason the world expects me to play by a different set of rules. You ever see The Elephant Man? That's me. Everyone in the world gets to sleep on their back but I have to sleep on my knees. I finally got to a point in my life where I felt like I wasn't the underdog and it's just been hell. I feel like I've been living these past few years as a spectator. I'm watching other people be successful and staring at the mirror in my shower wondering why I'm not. 

    But the more I think about it, I think I'm just a disruptor. I don't mean yelling during a movie disruption but Eddie Cochems "I'm going to invent something called the forward pass and implement it at our next football game" disruption. Maybe that's my purpose is to be the underdog who breaks all the rules. Maybe that gets my life back on track.

    I'm also going bald and people tell me that I need to keep my hair so I guess keeping in with the theme I have no choice but to shave it all off :P

    Thank you for sharing all of that. I personally believe that if you feel you are destined to go down such a path and that your particular disruption can be a force of positive change you should definitely follow your instinct. We all have a purpose in this life and that would be awesome to see you fulfill yours in that way!

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  17. Dear Trump Death Cult member,

    As of today 328,473 American dreams have been eternally taken away from our fellow citizens due to deliberate inaction. This came from members of your cult screaming from the highest rooftops that it was a hoax. To the families left behind to pick up the pieces it was not a hoax. It was a nightmare without a discernible end. 
     

    Christmas or any other holiday they celebrated was also forever cancelled because of your death cult leader and his severe narcissism and lack of any empathy whatsoever.  Most would see that behavior and say it was heartless and without emotion. Quite the Grinch indeed.

    Signed,

    On behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves anymore.

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  18. 33 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

     

    I have to say that amongst a litany of grievances that we all could and should have with the enablers of Trump and his cult, seeing people who repeatedly said the virus is a hoax getting this vaccine is pretty high up the list. I am okay with politicians getting it who were actually out there supporting the CDC and setting a good example this year on social distancing measures. I think there is value in people who have gained the public’s trust through being honest getting it. The party doesn’t matter to me if they were not among those downplaying the pandemic. 
     

     

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  19. 7 hours ago, Pokoloco said:

    How can I be delusional enough to think I have a purpose?

    You are not delusional and you do have a purpose. When you begin the process of coming out of the haze of having lived a life without one you likely aren't going to find it in a day or a week or month. Each day you wake up take stock of yourself and repeat quietly that today you'll be a blessing to someone in some way. When I first stopped drinking I asked God to allow me to be a blessing to at least one person each day. That may have been easier for me because I worked in a restaurant and had many opportunities to interact with people, but each day I can vividly recall meeting someone who needed some joy brought into their life. You can do that too and in turn you'll begin to feel better. 

    Eventually you are going to see doors open for your life and those that you love that you never could have imagined were possible. Along the journey you will find your purpose. How you will find it and what it will be is not for me to speculate, but it'll come. When you are willing to help yourself out and do better you put yourself in a position to gain the understanding about your own walk down the road of life. God opened some doors I would have laughed at ever existing just a year ago, but here I am accepting God's blessings. Even if you do not believe in God just believe that there is a purpose for you and you are going to fulfill whatever it is. 

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