Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away

[Chewbacca 7777]

WY > CO. I’m not sure when I’m going back to Texas. 

Convince more Texans of this

[Telegraph_it 3357]

1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:

15 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

WY > CO. I’m not sure when I’m going back to Texas. 

Convince more Texans of this

I’ll try. They just need to avoid Rock Springs. 

[MissingInAction 25076]

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Came across on "Smartnews" app.

Seems legit.

[Chewbacca 7777]

I’ll try. They just need to avoid Rock Springs. 

And Laramie.

[elfenix 34240]

Ummm no, take 20 minutes and go read through the mask threads on thehulltruth.com and you will see the polar opposite of this place. It’s not just a few people, it’s the vast majority.

Or texags

[Macanudo 12978]

Supposed to go to Breckenridge for 10 days in 3 weeks.  I promise to stay in the house we're renting 10-15 minutes outside of town up in the mountains.  I'll sit on the balcony drinking booze and minding my own business. 

They better not shut down.  I need to get out of this hellhole.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

29 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

43 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

WY > CO. I’m not sure when I’m going back to Texas. 

Convince more Texans of this

I’ve been going to Colorado for my entire 42 years on this earth.  My family has owned homes all over the state.  And has since the 70s   

The usual “local”’ anti tourist dickhead is almost always some mope who has lived in Colorado for 4 months from Connecticut.  

[Telegraph_it 3357]

11 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

I’ve been going to Colorado for my entire 42 years on this earth.  My family has owned homes all over the state.  And has since the 70s   

The usual “local”’ anti tourist dickhead is almost always some mope who has lived in Colorado for 4 months from Connecticut.  

4 months from Westport. 

[BrazilHorn 6606]

I will say Colorado (Breckenridge) has been very good about masks thus far. Lots of visible signage, vast majority of people I have seen have been masked up.

All stores require masks, grocery stores etc

Nice change of pace to see folks taking this seriously.

[dcbc 14484]

17 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

I’ve been going to Colorado for my entire 42 years on this earth.  My family has owned homes all over the state.  And has since the 70s   

The usual “local”’ anti tourist dickhead is almost always some mope who has lived in Colorado for 4 months from Connecticut.  

COVID notwithstanding, this is very true.  I've been skiing there since I was 2 years old (1975) and my parents were skiing there from the 1950s until the early 2000s.  My dad lived in Denver in the 1930s and 1940s before moving to Houston after WW2.  I had relatives there until the last one died in 2002 at the age of 95.   I have a well prepared "fuck off" speech for the general anti Texas Colorado resident sentiment.  But as lousy as Texas  residents (as a whole) have done with reopening, I can't blame some other states for telling us to fuck off as a result of our appearing to be (as a generalization) full on disease bags at this point (and I'm among the super careful non-regards).

Edited June 26, 2020 by dcbc

[Johnny Sack 8397]

We have a 120 million dead.  So I’m going to get serious. 

[Macanudo 12978]

Let's put it this way...  If Colorado is stopping vehicles with Texas plates from coming in next month, I'm finding a jeep trail. 

[SHOOTER12 8810]

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

Seems legit.

Sometimes yes, sometimes WTH?

[Anastasis 23469]

3 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

4 hours ago, troph said:

Need to get our fifth wheel outta there if we get banned. 😞

I don't think we will do what NY did, but i really wish visitors here would take things seriously as you did. It's not that hard, but some people just get off on being selfish assholes.

My mom has a place near wolf creek. They basically have lived there full time for the last couple years, and Austin is their second home.  They caught all sorts of shit from the "locals" when the initial wave came through and some of the counties were locking shit down tighter than South Austin's mom's three hole. They take their covid cues from me, and got their shit on lock, but colorado mountain people are their own breed. 

[Chewbacca 7777]

I’ve been going to Colorado for my entire 42 years on this earth.  My family has owned homes all over the state.  And has since the 70s   
The usual “local”’ anti tourist dickhead is almost always some mope who has lived in Colorado for 4 months from Connecticut.  

Go fuck yourself. Love, a 45 year old Colorado native.

[Chewbacca 7777]

My mom has a place near wolf creek. They basically have lived there full time for the last couple years, and Austin is their second home.  They caught all sorts of shit from the "locals" when the initial wave came through and some of the counties were locking shit down tighter than South Austin's mom's three hole. They take their covid cues from me, and got their shit on lock, but colorado mountain people are their own breed. 

They probably still have Texas plates.

[Anastasis 23469]

1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:

They probably still have Texas plates.

Yep. 

[Chewbacca 7777]

Yep. 

Well there you go. Either fully assimilate or don't be surprised if you are still treated as an outsider.

[atomheartbevo 89667]

3 hours ago, strangulation! said:

Can you please explain this like you would to an 8 year old? From the little I read it kinda sounded like natural selection, but it wasn’t clear. Do the antibodies in the human body kinda chip away at it?

Incredulity explained it already, but if you want an example - Ebola scared the shit out of everybody because it does nasty/horrible things to you.  But because it fucks you up really bad, you don't get a chance to spread it around much.

Covid-19 on the other hand....

[Anastasis 23469]

3 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

9 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Yep. 

Well there you go. Either fully assimilate or don't be surprised if you are still treated as an outsider.

Sounds racist imo. 

[Telegraph_it 3357]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Sounds racist imo. 

Lulz. You are doing it wrong if you get rid of the Texas plates. The suburban (non premier) we have in WY still has its TX plates. These plates. 

 

Pretty sure they are expired. I still don’t know how I haven’t been pulled over. 

[ballrific 215]

My mom has a place near wolf creek. They basically have lived there full time for the last couple years, and Austin is their second home.  They caught all sorts of shit from the "locals" when the initial wave came through and some of the counties were locking shit down tighter than South Austin's mom's three hole. They take their covid cues from me, and got their shit on lock, but colorado mountain people are their own breed. 

South Fork? Texans have homes all around that area...not as pricey in southern Colorado

[Chewbacca 7777]

Lulz. You are doing it wrong if you get rid of the Texas plates. The suburban (non premier) we have in WY still has its TX plates. These plates. 

 
Pretty sure they are expired. I still don’t know how I haven’t been pulled over. 

Do you want to be treated as a local or as an outsider? Act accordingly.

[Anastasis 23469]

3 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Lulz. You are doing it wrong if you get rid of the Texas plates. The suburban (non premier) we have in WY still has its TX plates. These plates. 

 

Pretty sure they are expired. I still don’t know how I haven’t been pulled over. 

 

The greatness of Texas plates begin and end here imo.

[Telegraph_it 3357]

3 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

5 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Lulz. You are doing it wrong if you get rid of the Texas plates. The suburban (non premier) we have in WY still has its TX plates. These plates. 

 
Pretty sure they are expired. I still don’t know how I haven’t been pulled over. 

Do you want to be treated as a local or as an outsider? Act accordingly.

People don’t treat me any different..? It’s a license plate. 

[Chewbacca 7777]

People don’t treat me any different..? It’s a license plate. 

Maybe not in WY. They will here.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

 
The greatness of Texas plates begin and end here imo.

Those are the best in the county

[Telegraph_it 3357]

18 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

21 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

People don’t treat me any different..? It’s a license plate. 

Maybe not in WY. They will here.

In CO? My grandparents had property outside Buena Vista so I visited often. I’ve heard all the comments about Texans. It always seemed to come from a good place. 

[Chewbacca 7777]

In CO? My grandparents had property outside Buena Vista so I visited often. I’ve heard all the comments about Texans. It always seemed to come from a good place. 

Having Texas plates means you aren't willing to commit to living here. CO plates cost a lot more. In ordinary times, it might be light hearted. In the middle of a pandemic, not so much.

[gmr548 16580]

License plate 2020 talk not going away.

[Samson's Wig 3192]

2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

14 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

In CO? My grandparents had property outside Buena Vista so I visited often. I’ve heard all the comments about Texans. It always seemed to come from a good place. 

Having Texas plates means you aren't willing to commit to living here. CO plates cost a lot more. In ordinary times, it might be light hearted. In the middle of a pandemic, not so much.

Coloradoans are great, much like New Mexicans.  Both economies, especially for the average citizen, are built on tourism and they still act like dickhead townies when the folks bankrolling the operation show up.  

[Chewbacca 7777]

Coloradoans are great, much like New Mexicans.  Both economies, especially for the average citizen, are built on tourism and they still act like dickhead townies when the folks bankrolling the operation show up.  

If the tourists would respect us, there would be no problem. But if you act like everything is business as usual in the middle of a global health crisis, we're going to have a problem.

And don't act like you're the big shit bankrolling things.

To get back on topic, wear a fucking mask.

[Stella Link 534]

3 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

To get back on topic, wear a fucking mask.

 

Also, wear a mask when you aren't fucking too....

[Somnio 751]

22 minutes ago, Stella Link said:

Also, wear a mask when you aren't fucking too....

One needs a mask for all occasions.  A fucking mask, a bathing mask, a sleeping mask....

[Trey3216 15346]

8 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

I’ve been going to Colorado for my entire 42 years on this earth.  My family has owned homes all over the state.  And has since the 70s   

The usual “local”’ anti tourist dickhead is almost always some mope who has lived in Colorado for 4 months from Connecticut.  

That or a broke dick bunny slope operator whose VWBug  blew an engine in Denver in ‘67 and caused them to miss the Summer of Love in SF.  
 

I love hearing their tales of what could’ve been, and how if “they’d have just got to SF, things would be different” 

[pacman 7355]

7 hours ago, Anastasis said:

some of the counties were locking shit down tighter than South Austin's mom's three hole.

You can't use South Austin's mom in a tight analogy. Bitch is loose as fuck in every hole.

[DDD Dad 14339]

We have a 120 million dead.  So I’m going to get serious. 

There’s another thread for this.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

7 hours ago, Samson's Wig said:

Coloradoans are great, much like New Mexicans.  Both economies, especially for the average citizen, are built on tourism and they still act like dickhead townies when the folks bankrolling the operation show up.  

Breckenridge is the only place I experience that in CO. Every single one of the flat bill motherfuckers can get fucked. I loathe that town because of the assholes that live there.

Telluride locals are just full of themselves, but I don’t think they’re necessarily hostile to tourists. But living in a tourist town would get tiresome, no way I’d want to do it.

Where else have you experienced that?

[StruggleBus 3922]

4 hours ago, Somnio said:

One needs a mask for all occasions.  A fucking mask, a bathing mask, a sleeping mask....

Will a paper bag work?

[MoJames 8244]

18 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

Will a paper bag work?

Or plastic for some.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

29 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

Will a paper bag work?

Only 1? Nah.

[Guest Lobo]

Isn't there supposed to be a Task Force update at 10:30a-CDT?  Two months without one and they can't start this on time? 

It's not political because I'm talking about calendars and clocks ladies.  Seriously what time is it starting?  

[Helobious 9453]

21 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

What I find interesting is that ultimately what most of us support here is extremely human and extraordinarily arrogant when you get right down to it.   Any other animal species on this planet when confronted with something like this would do jack shit to try and stop it.  In fact in terms of the survival and future flourishing of the species that actually might be the exact right thing to do.  You have something that is killing off in larger numbers the older animals (proverbial slowest Buffalos) that require greater resources, greater care, may make a community more vulnerable to predators etc.  It's also taking out a few younger members of the species who for one reason or the other may not be "genetically up to snuff" preventing them from continuing to spread that poor genetic material down the line.  The very very natural thing to do would be to let this thing have at it, survive and come out leaner and meaner on the other side.

Now here we are, evolved to the point that we have the gall to say "fuck that, I actually care about these people Mother Nature...you're not just going to wipe them away and here is what I am going to do about it."  In general as far as we know we are the only animals (and make no mistake about it that is what we are) who would deign to confront this thing in that manner.  It's a uniquely human construct.  We've risen above just being animals who subscribe to the whims of nature.  Is that approach what is really natural? No.  Is it even what is in the long term best interests of our species? Hard to say,. There are lots of things you could uncomfortably argue where this has downline benefits from a "species" standpoint.  

We are just arrogant enough as humans to believe we can outsmart this thing and if we can just get a few more people to stop being big dumb animals and find a little humanity, maybe...just maybe our arrogance will pay off.  

Don't be a dumb animal....wear a mask.

These types of take always make me laugh. You really wanna make the human species leaner & meaner? Why not kill everyone who’s handicapped? Why not kill everyone who relies on any type of medication or supplements? Why not kill everyone who has a mental illness? Why not kill everyone who is overweight? Why not kill everyone who doesn’t have 20/20 vision? Why not kill everyone who can’t run a mile in under 8 minutes? Who can’t bench their own body weight? 

[MoJames 8244]

relies on supplements.

[clapclapclap 9000]

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by clapclapclap

[Guest Lobo]

Isn't that a 3% fatality rate?  

Top men have said it was gonna be somewhere between 0.1-1.0%  

Da fuh, Florida?  

[StruggleBus 3922]

24 minutes ago, Helobious said:

These types of take always make me laugh. You really wanna make the human species leaner & meaner? Why not kill everyone who’s handicapped? Why not kill everyone who relies on any type of medication or supplements? Why not kill everyone who has a mental illness? Why not kill everyone who is overweight? Why not kill everyone who doesn’t have 20/20 vision? Why not kill everyone who can’t run a mile in under 8 minutes? Who can’t bench their own body weight? 

Basically we'd kill off 100% of surly

[drt 638]

8 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Isn't that a 3% fatality rate?  

Top men have said it was gonna be somewhere between 0.1-1.0%  

Da fuh, Florida?  

Assuming you've tested everyone in FL and the 110k total cases is correct, sure.  Same thing happens with other respiratory viruses, it's impossible to quantify how many people aren't experiencing major symptoms and don't get tested.

[Guest Lobo]

I know man, just wanted to pick on Florida.  No politics but DeSantis is going to be lucky get elected as President of Del Boca Vista Phase III Condo Association Board.  

[SHOOTER12 8810]

16 hours ago, Iceman said:

went to NM last week.  First rattle out of the box, in Santa Rosa on I-40, the Pilot travel center had signs on the door requiring masks.  My wife and I complied.   We go in and at least 1 out of 5 folks have no mask.   Whatever.

We get to Ruidoso and see exactly what you described. As much shit as I talk, we do actually wear ours in the public places.  It was weird as hell seeing older folks not wearing masks.  "Dude and Dudette...if anyone needs the masks, it's you."

I did get a kick out of the roadblocks on the road going to Inn of the Mountain Gods.   I went to the little casino on the main road and masks were required.   No smoking allowed.  That was cool with me...but no table games.  Stayed about 10min and split.

 

I don't get too caught up in what other folks are doing.  I'm gonna do the right thing by us and not tempt fate.  If we're wrong and overdoing it, it's still our choice.

The bolded, just went to a Circle K a few minutes ago and basically the same.  Seems most of Wacko was getting on board, but now that things are getting really bad people have seemed to stop giving a damn.  Also they had 2' x 2' signs on both doors explaining, "no mask, no entry".  Dammit people get your shit together.