Texas Re-Opening Announced

[conVINCEd 21468]

I just got back from my aunt’s funeral, who died from Covid.  We were literally putting a person in the ground that was killed by this disease, and 30% of the people there couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask.  

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4968]

Regarding the full parking lots but stores not being as full as you'd expect, more people are likely running errands by themselves, so instead of a couple or a whole family walking around it's just one person. So the store feels less full.

[TwiceHorn 31283]

41 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Regarding the full parking lots but stores not being as full as you'd expect, more people are likely running errands by themselves, so instead of a couple or a whole family walking around it's just one person. So the store feels less full.

Yep, that occurred to me.  It was odd.  The parking lot was as full as on any normal shopping day, yet the store seemed to be about the same as it has been for the last couple of months. For example, I had to park in one of the last five spaces on a parking "aisle" or lane, while for the last couple of months I was parking in the first five.  But check out, which has been kind of a slow pain in the ass, was easy:  went right to a lane, waited a couple of minutes for the person ahead of me, and was through and out.  And there weren't any more lanes open than usual (two plus express, which is normal for that store except maybe 6-7pm).

[InkaUtexas 25523]

2 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

I just got back from my aunt’s funeral, who died from Covid.  We were literally putting a person in the ground that was killed by this disease, and 30% of the people there couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask.  

Sorry man. 

[JimmyJames 12271]

23 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Well I just got back from running to the liquor store and stopped at the gas station nearby on montfort. I am walking in to pay cause pay at the pump isn't working and I hear a dude inside raising his voice to someone. I open the door and he is yelling at the clerk who pointed to a sign saying mask must be worn inside all Circle K stores if you are over 10. He starts saying it is illegal and against his rights. I go to this gas station alot and the clerks are good dudes from Jordan. They even told him sir just check out and we understand if you don't agree but it is our policy. He storms out quick and yells "if you were fucking educated you would know better."

Jesus christ dude a fucking mask has you freaking out like this? Then he got in his shitty honda civic and peeled out of the parking lot without a care for the ppl that were walking on the sidewalk. What a fucking douche and if a mask has you this pissed off then please eat a dick 

Chances that dude voted for trump are exactly 100 percent. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

2 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Chances that dude voted for trump are exactly 100 percent. 

Chances that dude was fucking educated are close to 0%.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

3 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

 

I'm so very sorry.

[hpslugga 4044]

5 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

I just got back from my aunt’s funeral, who died from Covid.  We were literally putting a person in the ground that was killed by this disease, and 30% of the people there couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask.  

That’s like going to a funeral with 30% of them carrying pistols and the decedent met their fate via accidental discharge.

[conVINCEd 21468]

6 minutes ago, hpslugga said:

That’s like going to a funeral with 30% of them carrying pistols and the decedent met their fate via accidental discharge.

Whatever it is that brisket says.  FREEDOM EAGLE PATRIOT GUNS WITH NO MASKS!!!  I would’ve told them to get the fuck out, but it really wasn’t my place to do so.  Dad and uncle (who was in the icu for a few days with this shit) were running the show, and they decided to not say anything.

[Bateshorn 9905]

7 hours ago, Lagunamadre said:

They are indeed. Trickle down economics has failed them, miserably. And they're too dumb to realize that. 

Honestly,  as the descendant of lowland Scottish and Scotch-Irish immigrants, our national “FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!”  Is on us.  It’s our nilist ethos. 

[SaucyJack 3487]

Zach de la Rocha would like a word with you

[Rougarou 594]

All the mask talk has reminded me...

Do you guys remember when everyone was trying to tell people NOT to wear masks in public? Everyone with half a brain knew it was stupid to not wear masks and the media pushing the "masks won't help you" agenda was dumb, and now here we are mandating masks everywhere. Strange times we live in.

[Born to Run 6568]

This.  This is what I just don't fucking get.
"OPEN EVERYTHING UP!"
To which we actually say "okay, we can do a lot of that.  The main thing we need is for folks to wear a mask when we do so.  If we do that, it looks like we can keep transmission low, and get business moving along at a reasonable pace, striking a good balance."
"NO! NEVER!  FUCK YOU!  NOBODY TELLS ME WHAT TO DO! FREEDOM EAGLE FLAG GUN!"
It's fucking surreal

Thank you for "Eagle Freedom Flag Gun".
Perfect
Im down in POC.

The Trump 2020 No more Bullshit flag down the way is just making my day.
Literally putting swear words on a flag and running that up next to old glory is a great idea for the party of family values and civility

Fucking liars. Just like southern " gentlemen" who were in church on Sunday and out lynching that night.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

38 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

All the mask talk has reminded me...

Do you guys remember when everyone was trying to tell people NOT to wear masks in public? Everyone with half a brain knew it was stupid to not wear masks and the media pushing the "masks won't help you" agenda was dumb, and now here we are mandating masks everywhere. Strange times we live in.

I'm going to need you to provide a link but I don't recall anyone ever saying to not wear a mask or face covering in public. I do remember them saying that bandanas and cloth face coverings would not protect you from getting covid, but as I understand it the point of wearing a face covering in public now is to prevent asymptomatic spread.

 

Also, remember when doctors were recommending smoking for weight loss and now we are told it causes cancer? Strange times we live in.

[YChang 3431]

48 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

All the mask talk has reminded me...

Do you guys remember when everyone was trying to tell people NOT to wear masks in public? Everyone with half a brain knew it was stupid to not wear masks and the media pushing the "masks won't help you" agenda was dumb, and now here we are mandating masks everywhere. Strange times we live in.

I do recall early on, there was messaging of, “Wearing masks, may not be helpful with the spread of the virus and provide a false sense of protection.”

[tchookem 3900]

All the mask talk has reminded me...
Do you guys remember when everyone was trying to tell people NOT to wear masks in public? Everyone with half a brain knew it was stupid to not wear masks and the media pushing the "masks won't help you" agenda was dumb, and now here we are mandating masks everywhere. Strange times we live in.

The great thing about scientists is that, upon further review, they can admit they were wrong and adjust their views accordingly.

[bernorange 8348]

I went to the liquor store with my 20yo son the other day.  He wore a typical mask.  I wore my balaclava.  Clerk at checkout asks to see our IDs.  My son didn't bring his.  I show the clerk mine.  She is like, well your ID says you're old, but I can't see your face.  I ask her if she wants me to remove my mask.  She says no.  Lulz.  2020 truly is the year of the ninja.

Also went by Academy to get a new pair of Crocs.  Every employee in the store was wearing a mask and gloves.  There were plenty of shoppers in the store, but aside from myself, I think there was only one other patron wearing a mask.  Rednecks will likely be the first cultural subdivision in this country to establish herd immunity.

[NameAlreadyInUse 5106]

I remember that, and also remember most people here were thinking that was bullshit but they didn’t want billy bob buying out the entire supply when hospitals were having such a hard time getting them. 

[elfenix 34172]

12 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

FREEDOM EAGLE FLAG GUN!

can i get that on a mask?

 

 

9 hours ago, SaucyJack said:

Wrong.gif

They got a “trickle “ .

 

down the back of their necks. 

Edited May 14, 2020 by elfenix

[henrygandorf 29179]

1 hour ago, Grade of D as in David said:

I'm going to need you to provide a link but I don't recall anyone ever saying to not wear a mask or face covering in public.

while telling us to stay at home, the word was out to not try to buy masks because there was a shortage and hospitals needed them. n-95 especially (which is what i have). 

not sure if this is causing the confusion. there was also talk that people showing symptoms should be the ones wearing masks. that healthy people wearing masks won’t help you if a sick person without a mask is next to you coughing. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

3 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

while telling us to stay at home, the word was out to not try to buy masks because there was a shortage and hospitals needed them. n-95 especially (which is what i have). 

not sure if this is causing the confusion. there was also talk that people showing symptoms should be the ones wearing masks. that healthy people wearing masks won’t help you if a sick person without a mask is next to you coughing. 

This is my recollection as well. Not to mention that early on there wasn’t full understanding of how many asymptomatic people might be out there.

i don’t know if masks are really helping much to control the spread but I fall into the camp that it can’t hurt to wear masks. 

[BradInATX 9208]

3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

This is my recollection as well. Not to mention that early on there wasn’t full understanding of how many asymptomatic people might be out there.

i don’t know if masks are really helping much to control the spread but I fall into the camp that it can’t hurt to wear masks. 

That's the mindblowing thing to me. It's a piece of cloth over your face. Putting a piece of cloth over your face somehow equates to losing your liberties.

If you find it difficult to breathe with a piece of cloth over your face, you're too fat to be out in Covid world safely anyway.

[Rougarou 594]

“While President Trump has been correctly pilloried for describing the coronavirus as less dangerous than the flu, that message was commonplace in mainstream media outlets throughout February. And journalists — including my colleagues at Vox — were dutifully repeating exhortations from public health officials not to wear masks for much of 2020.”

do y’all remember the US Surgeon General tweeting “DO NOT BUY MASKS!”

• US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday, March 2 that wearing face masks could actually increase a person's risk of contracting COVID-19, echoing remarks he made on Saturday that called for people to "stop buying masks."

It seems as if the general public (who actually are dumb and believed that wearing a mask was not helpful, which is none of us here) were lied to in order to help and save medical professionals from having to compete with us to get masks when there was a shortage. Ethically we can argue if that is acceptable or not, I’m not heavily invested and can see both sides, but to me it’s something we should remember with open eyes and a clear mind instead of “nope this never happened” or “science! Opinions change!” Which are both ignorant (and scary) beyond imagination.

Edited May 14, 2020 by Rougarou

[Bartles 769]

I admit I was a mask non-believer before I had read much about it. Definitely remember the Vox tweets. It made sense that these things on an individual basis don't stop many particles from escaping. In simpler times, we would see all these Asians in airports wearing them, but never hear about outbreaks at airports so it felt unnecessary.

Of course nowadays, it makes even more sense that if the masks are decent quality and worn correctly, and everyone is wearing them, the percentage of particles getting blocked rises a great deal. And we can see what a difference it makes in controlling spread.

[Guest Lobo]

I sneezed once without a mask on in March.  Then I sneezed again with a mask on in March.  I noticed my sneeze didn't do as far with the mask on, so I've worn a mask in public ever since.  Wasn't so much science or politics, as shit doesn't go as far and wide when you block it.  Same reason I shit right over the toilet.  Standing up and trying to aim it down there just sent it far and wide.  I'm also considering bringing my food all the way up to my mouth instead of just flinging it from the table in the general direction of my head.  And I look like Ted Stryker trying to have a drink.   

That Texas is quickly dividing itself up into mask-wearing pussies and plain-faced patriots tells me this isn't the state we thought it was.  We used to have a pride about our manners and our capacity to help one another, and rightfully so.  Your spit flies when you open your fat mouth, when your ugly wife's mouth opens, when your stupid kids' mouths open.  It's just the physical world in which we find ourselves.   It was never about the law, it wasn't even really about Covid-19.  It was about being considerate and neighborly to your fellow Texan.  But nope, that was just too much to ask.  

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

Texas reports more new cases yesterday than any other day since this shit started - 14% more than the previous high on May 1.

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

16 minutes ago, Lobo said:

That Texas is quickly dividing itself up into mask-wearing pussies and plain-faced patriots tells me this isn't the state we thought it was.

It hasn't been since roughly around the turn of the century.

[Guest Lobo]

2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It hasn't been since roughly around the turn of the century.

I agree with you in some ways.  And unfortunately, what I described...cannot be blamed on California transplants either. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

8 hours ago, bernorange said:

I went to the liquor store with my 20yo son the other day.  He wore a typical mask.  I wore my balaclava.  Clerk at checkout asks to see our IDs.  My son didn't bring his. 

Good thing since he is underage.  Do clerks card you even if you're not buying any booze?

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

1 minute ago, Lobo said:

I agree with you in some ways.  And unfortunately, what I described...cannot be blamed on California transplants either. 

Indirectly I think it can.  The deplorables started to really dig in their heels because of the CA migration and started taking their idiocy to new levels to show 'em what "Texas Tough" is really all about.

[Guest Lobo]

yeah, that's a good point.  I would think that'd be more in display here in Austin, but even the guy you'd stereotypically peg as a Trump voter, still has his mask on in the store.  

But I bet the attitude you described is certainly going on in other metro areas---Dallas being chief among them.  

[4th&Five 41461]

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

29 minutes ago, Lobo said:

yeah, that's a good point.  I would think that'd be more in display here in Austin, but even the guy you'd stereotypically peg as a Trump voter, still has his mask on in the store.  

But I bet the attitude you described is certainly going on in other metro areas---Dallas being chief among them.  

Considering how many keyboard epidemiologists there are in Texas who think they know more than some of the best scientists and medical doctors in the world, one might look to someone in a position of leadership to set an examp-----oh, right.

It doesn't help that many of those same keyboard epidemiologists have another area of expertise and that is 'those socialists scumbags, Antifa." The bloggers have discussed the 'betas who wear masks' for a number of years and for some folks, it will take quite a while to add another thought to a brain that has been conditioned as team, team, team.

[Biff Tannen 45499]

Adler on CNN right now.

[Born to Run 6568]

That's the mindblowing thing to me. It's a piece of cloth over your face. Putting a piece of cloth over your face somehow equates to losing your liberties.
If you find it difficult to breathe with a piece of cloth over your face, you're too fat to be out in Covid world safely anyway.

I'm waiting for videos of rednecks burning and blowing up their neck gators , buffs and hunting face masks to own the libs.

[Biff Tannen 45499]

5 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Adler on CNN right now.

The main question was how he is reacting to our AG threatening to sue Austin.  His response was fine, but I do wish he would throw in a snide "let me remind you that our AG is currently indicted".

[Born to Run 6568]

Riding out a thunderstorm down on the coast. Drove by the store yesterday and saw zero mask wearers through the windows. No way I'm going inside any establishment down here. I feel validated in bringing an extra cooler just so I didn't have to buy ice. There are a fuck ton of Trump flags too. My favorite is "Trump 2020 No More Bullshit".

Nothing like hoisting an expletive up the flagpole next to Old Glory.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

7 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

1 hour ago, BradInATX said:

That's the mindblowing thing to me. It's a piece of cloth over your face. Putting a piece of cloth over your face somehow equates to losing your liberties.
If you find it difficult to breathe with a piece of cloth over your face, you're too fat to be out in Covid world safely anyway.

I'm waiting for videos of rednecks burning and blowing up their neck gators , buffs and hunting face masks to own the libs.

Aren't those constructed out of man-made materials? My oldest uses a fume hood when she is working for safety reasons.

Add dying from toxic fumes to own the libs.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Just now, Born to Run said:

Riding out a thunderstorm down on the coast. Drove by the store yesterday and saw zero mask wearers through the windows. No way I'm going inside any establishment down here. I feel validated in bringing an extra cooler just so I didn't have to buy ice. There are a fuck ton of Trump flags too. My favorite is "Trump 2020 No More Bullshit".

Nothing like hoisting an expletive up the flagpole next to Old Glory.

I was at the Lowe's yesterday and it was about 50-50. Some of the employees were no longer wearing masks (in the garden center). People were still staying away from each other, though.

There does seem to be an air of defiance/'screw you' going on with this anti-mask sentiment. Sad it isn't channeled toward positive ends and how interesting that the mask wearers are viewed as 'sheeple.' Not a chance that Trump supporters moving in lockstep toward a dictatorship based on the 1% ruling could be called that.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

12 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

Honestly,  as the descendant of lowland Scottish and Scotch-Irish immigrants, our national “FUCK YOU I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!”  Is on us.  It’s our nilist ethos. 

No, our true ethos is "Yew think yer better'n me, don'tcha?"

[Biff Tannen 45499]

7 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

No, our true ethos is "Yew think yer better'n me, don'tcha?"

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4968]

16 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

Chances that dude voted for trump are exactly 100 percent. 

Lol, you think there is a 100% chance he voted?

[Wanker Bob 379]

A friend of my wife's works in an oncology clinic and told her last night that yesterday they were notified a patient they came in contact with on Friday tested positive for the virus. 

So what was the message and protocol from the brass of this clinic?

That anyone caught going to the media with this information would be fired, and that nobody is getting tested (so don't ask) and no sick time for anyone unless they are exhibiting symptoms that require hospitalization. 

This poor lady broke down crying on the phone and told my wife "the worst part is we are individually all alone. No one cares and we are all alone". 

Anyone who thinks the numbers aren't being way underreported from cases to deaths are simply wrong. Without proper governmental oversight these businesses will keep doing every unscrupulous thing they feel they need to in order to make money and cover up infections. I mean we're talking about a clinic that treats cancer patients doing this. 

[crash_davis 23084]

For Memorial Day weekend, we are going to a popular hill country destination with a cold river running through it. We rented a cabin for 12 people. Well since there's a Texas ordinance about no more than 10 people, we only have 10 people going. Curious, I sent an email to said establishment about filling the two empty slots for 12 people in the cabin. The lady responds, sure, no problem. I respond, well what about the 10 people Texas ordinance. Her response was "Well, in our city, no one is counting heads." Fucking lulz.

This whole response state wide and nation wide is half assed. Some cities like Austin are way more stringent and diligent about social distancing, masks, etc. Other cities couldn't gaf. For example, Academy on 183 off Oak Knoll in Austin requires mask. Academy 6 miles away in Cedar Park doesn't give a fuck. Houston doesn't gaf about masks or social distancing. Haven't been to Dallas but I would bet it's about the same as Houston where the majority of people couldn't give two shits about being precautious. 

This whole shit is retarded. It only works if there's a coherent plan and everyone marches to the same music. As it is, it's fucking free for all. If this is the case, then fuck it all to hell and open everything back up. Shit don't matter now as it is.

Edited May 14, 2020 by crash_davis

[WBT 20422]

15 hours ago, Born to Run said:

Im down in POC.
 

 

5 hours ago, Born to Run said:

Riding out a thunderstorm down on the coast. Drove by the store yesterday and saw zero mask wearers through the windows. No way I'm going inside any establishment down here. I feel validated in bringing an extra cooler just so I didn't have to buy ice. There are a fuck ton of Trump flags too. My favorite is "Trump 2020 No More Bullshit".

Nothing like hoisting an expletive up the flagpole next to Old Glory.

So where are you from?  I'm sure the locals appreciate you bringing your exposure history to town as much as you appreciate their mask wearing.

[Continental Op 3934]

The DFW metro area is all over the place.  I've been on trips to the grocery store where I saw a grand total of 2 people not wearing a mask and I've seen patios of people packed in on each other with nobody wearing a mask.  

[ChiTownDoc 21102]

59 minutes ago, Wanker Bob said:

A friend of my wife's works in an oncology clinic and told her last night that yesterday they were notified a patient they came in contact with on Friday tested positive for the virus. 

So what was the message and protocol from the brass of this clinic?

That anyone caught going to the media with this information would be fired, and that nobody is getting tested (so don't ask) and no sick time for anyone unless they are exhibiting symptoms that require hospitalization. 

This poor lady broke down crying on the phone and told my wife "the worst part is we are individually all alone. No one cares and we are all alone". 

Anyone who thinks the numbers aren't being way underreported from cases to deaths are simply wrong. Without proper governmental oversight these businesses will keep doing every unscrupulous thing they feel they need to in order to make money and cover up infections. I mean we're talking about a clinic that treats cancer patients doing this. 

I feel for that person.  But if everyone in the medical field followed the 2 week quarantine rule if they've been exposed - there would literally be nobody to work in big cities/hot spots.  The entire healthcare system would fully collapse.  There's no way you can work day in and out and not have been exposed over and over.  That may fly in rural America but the real world is a bitch for healthcare workers and by extension, their families. 

[tx 3 putt 76403]

57 minutes ago, WBT said:

 

So where are you from?  I'm sure the locals appreciate you bringing your exposure history to town as much as you appreciate their mask wearing.

The locals are only concerned about him having nice stuff that they can steal 

[Wanker Bob 379]

1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

I feel for that person.  But if everyone in the medical field followed the 2 week quarantine rule if they've been exposed - there would literally be nobody to work in big cities/hot spots.  The entire healthcare system would fully collapse.  There's no way you can work day in and out and not have been exposed over and over.  That may fly in rural America but the real world is a bitch for healthcare workers and by extension, their families. 

No doubt, but if anyone is going to be strictly tested that short list should definitely include people who directly work with cancer patients. To not even test their employees after known exposure and to threaten their employees about not revealing their negligent indifference is terrible. That's going to get patients exposed and killed. 

[crash_davis 23084]

1 minute ago, Wanker Bob said:

No doubt, but if anyone is going to be strictly tested that short list should definitely include people who directly work with cancer patients. To not even test their employees after known exposure and to threaten their employees about not revealing their negligent indifference is terrible. That's going to get patients exposed and killed. 

they are wankers, Bob.