Covid-19: American Acceptionalism

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  1. Covid-19: American Acceptionalism

    22 vote(s)
    55.0%
  2. My Covid-19th Nervous Breakdown

    8 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. Covid-19: Killing in the Name

    4 vote(s)
    10.0%
  4. Covid-19: But my Freedom!

    3 vote(s)
    7.5%
  5. Covid-19: The Final Thread. This tie for sure

    3 vote(s)
    7.5%
  1. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    This is elite level posting
     
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  2. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    This song was like watching someone's death throes... from the brand that brought you the greatness of White Rabbit and Somebody To Love.
    See also: Gang, Kool & The, From Summer Madness to Cherish The Night in less than a decade
     
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  3. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    Some people may be shocked to know Elon Musk is not a rocket scientist
     
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  4. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, but he is certainly a spaceman.
     
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  6. But, but .....the billions he spends on it ....he's an expert...He should run NASA.
     
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  7. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To be fair, the hills are pretty small in the Netherlands - inverted mostly
     
  8. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fixed
     
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  9. Dyvel

    Dyvel Member+

    Jul 24, 1999
    The dog end of a day gone by
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
  10. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Toronto
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    especially Elon Musk.
     
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  11. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Dyvel repped this.
  12. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    What's just as disappointing is that Rhino chose to reissue this.
    My respect for the label has just sunk a bit.
     
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  13. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
  14. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It'll subsidize at least one much better but less high-profile reissue.
     
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  15. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Well, my 84 year-old father-in-law just tested positive for coronavirus. Five months ago I would have told you he was in great health, but he's started frailing, and his concierge doctor (who we used to love) is now pretty much retired on active duty. But he had a small stroke and he's been hospitalized twice for dehydration (despite drinking 6-8 cups of water every day.) He's not the man he was back in February.

    Since the stroke, which was in his eye (which seems weird to me) he lost much of his vision and he's naturally not driving. He's been pretty much cooped up with only family (who are all rigidly social distancing) and a long time girlfriend (not so good on the social distancing.) And his maid comes in once a week. Last week the maid tested positive which is why we got Dad tested. She wears a mask when she works, certainly in Dad's house and so she says about her other clients.

    But I know her family -- one of most fecund in our county -- and it's all about the family all the time. The maid is 58 and she has a great grandchild. The maid's aunt died two weeks ago, and reading the obit, she had 54 great grandchildren. Now, my family of three doesn't wear masks in our home, but we're a small vector. That family, it's always a huge gathering, all the time.

    I may very well be wrong about assigning the cause to the maid. It could be the girlfriend, though she's getting tested today. But for now, I'm going with her. I wonder how the rest of her family is going to respond to her test.
     
  16. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Fair enough.

    I've worked at a brewery for 12 years. We've got lots of chemicals. I've pretty much had to hide the chlorine bleach and make everyone ask me for it if they ever think they need to use it.

    Another fun one is guys using NaOH (caustic/lime) to clean things that contain aluminum parts (soft metals in general). Most noobs do not have much experience with caustic before getting into the industry.

    The brewery is big enough now that we mainly hire people who will be expected to use chemicals with some bio-chem/lab background or at least some previous professional brewery experience. I don't have time for that shit anymore.
     
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  17. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Just received an email from my employers about working from home and the plans for the rest of the year. Majority of office employees aren't returning by the end of this year. Small percentage of office employees will be in the office when needed. Mainly for business functions that can't be performed remotely, pandemic or not.

    Myself, my department was permanently implementing a work from home program. Thankfully, I do not have a role where I need to go to the office, and I'm fine with that. And honestly, I was against working from home but considering how much I've saved on gas and how much weight I've lost, I'm good.
     
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  18. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was a compliment, buddy - ride it out
     
  19. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
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  20. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    I took it as such.

    Cheers!
     
  21. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    The german had kind of returned to work but then a infection in the office required 39 people to get tested

    even then, knowing what i know about NZ quarantine - 39 negatives means nothing on the first pass

    this is the problem
     
  22. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Extra Rep for the use of "fecund"
     
  23. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Grace Slick - what a wasted talent! She could have fronted just about any rock band of the time.
     
  24. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    You need to redo your avatar with tactical tomahawk in shot
     

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