Covid-19: We don’t talk about 1-18

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  1. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Trump would correct you by insisting that it was 1917.

    Seriously, the fact that in all of these months he couldn't wrap his head around this simple date and kept saying "1917" should be enough alone to tell us everything we need to know about how much unfit he is for his role.
     
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  2. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    We've continued to have world wars, why wouldn't we continue to downplay pandemic spread?
     
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  3. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
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    Vanuatu
    It was probably his attempt to conjure up a new wedge issue in which his base would debate and confront those who thought the flu pandemic started in 1918.
     
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  4. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    #11329 usscouse, Jul 16, 2020
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    Well it’s harder to hide a couple of world wars. The first to end world wars and the second just to prove it didn’t.
    Up until a few months ago a huge portion of the population, probably including the trumps, had NEVER heard of the “1917” pandemic. Well 1918 even though it was still killing people through 1920.
     
  5. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    You overestimate us in the US. I bet knowledge of WW1 isn't much higher than the knowledge of the pandemic.
     
  6. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    I think you would agree that the generation that was whelped in the mid 30's sucked up all the intelligence leaving none for those who followed! :whistling:
     
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  7. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
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    United States
    The Reuben sandwich was invented in the Jewish Republic of Omaha, Nebraska, by chef Reuben Kulakofsky, or at Reuben's Delicatessen in New York City, noone is quite sure.
     
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  8. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    So by keeping my kids in the petri dish known as a daycare center might actually make me asymptomatic? Hallelujah!
     
  9. KensingtonSC

    KensingtonSC Still Lazy After All These Years

    FC Vaduz / Philadelphia Union
    Jan 7, 2010
    Andalusia, PA
    Club:
    FC Vaduz
    I'm beginning to grow more comfortable being outside the more stuff I do. I might have to go to an office building in downtown Philly next week, and, knowing that very few people will be in it, I'm kinda looking forward to it. It'll be nice to get out from behind my desk and get back to doing what I'm truly good at. Two months ago, I would've been freaked out and said no way, but I'm feeling more comfortable in my mask (I coached baseball in it for an hour in 95 degree heat, and it wasn't an incredibly unpleasant experience), and I'm feeling more comfortable being around others who are masked.

    There are a lot of things I miss doing as a dad, but none more than taking my kids to the zoo and the aquarium. I actually enjoy visiting these places, but I'm really not comfortable visiting these places right now. I'd feel much better if I knew that everyone at the zoo would wear a mask (properly, and not half-assed), but we're not at that point to trust people to not act like idiots. My favorite example of this is running to Wawa, and seeing all the people mask up just as they walk into the store, then immediately rip the mask off once they leave the store. Yeah, it's great you wore it inside, but you're still walking through a crowd of people without a mask on.

    Anyway, tl;dr - I think if people took masks more seriously, more people would be more comfortable, and more people would be able to do more fun stuff. Like go to the zoo.
     
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  10. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
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  11. NORML

    NORML Member+

    Aug 9, 2002
    Lake Wobegon, MN
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    NSC Minnesota Stars
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    United States
    NEVER

    Give me a blindfold and cigarette and put me against the wall. I am willing to die for the liberty of a Reuben to be thousand island dressing free
     
  12. Dolemite

    Dolemite Member+

    Apr 2, 2001
    East Bay, Ca


    this is the reason why America will never take Climate Change seriously.
     
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  13. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    ♫ So long it's been good to know you! :thumbsdown:
     
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  14. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
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  15. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Part of California's great mythology is that it is a land without history. The idea is that anyone can come here and be who they want to be without the burden of something telling you how you are supposed to be. And that includes sandwiches. If we want to make a reuben with ostrich meat and red cabbage and havarti cheese on sourdough, then that's how we'll make it.
     
  16. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    You can always post on P&CE.....same thing! :p
     
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  17. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    His remains will produce the fertilizer, that will nourish the grains, that will feed the cattle, to produce the corned beef that will produce properly made Reubens for our citizens.
     
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  18. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    It might. Democrats do. College-educated voters and/or minorities do. Every voting group does,except high-school educated white. If we unite against the tyranny of the minority, we can have good things again.
     
  19. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Actually, initial tests seem to indicate the saliva test is even more accurate, which is good because the swab test has an unreasonable false response rate.
     
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  20. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    That's very true. California's great mythology is that it is a land with any respect whatsoever for the culinary delights from the rest of the civilized/uncivilized world.

    Ps...I do give credit for Rice-A-Roni ... that San Fransisco treat! :p
     
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  21. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    Meanwhile the Trump admin is preparing for schools reopening by .... :ROFLMAO:

     
  22. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Uh...going in to Coronado for a Covid test tomorrow to prepare for procedure on Mon. I ain't skeered! :coffee:
     
  23. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
    I also went to a nerd-ish school district growing up, or at least one in which we offered both Chinese and Latin before I graduated high school, along with a very notable number of AP classes (I think AP Latin was even one of them). So most of our jokes were the blonde girl kind of jokes, such as "How many blondes does it take to unscrew a light bulb? 5. One to hold the light bulb and four to turn the ladder." Stupid stuff like that.
     
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  24. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    Has anybody tried shooting the virus with a gun?
     
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  25. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Toronto
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    Liverpool FC
    This is scheduled to happen as soon as Trump tests positive. The line forms on the left.

    PS Up yours, Secret Service.
     
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