The Official Coronavirus Discussion

[gordo]

I can see pulling this kind of crap when you're 7 or 8.  Weird.

[TheDude]

I can see pulling this kind of crap when you're 7 or 8.  Weird.

After spending the last two years in an elementary school, I can say probably 40ish% of 7/8 year olds are better behaved than their parents. At least they apologize when they do the wrong thing.

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[alanp]

We're talking about jobs where you do the same thing every ten seconds, for eight and a half hours. You don't get MENSA graduates applying.

[davent]

I can see pulling this kind of crap when you're 7 or 8.  Weird.

After spending the last two years in an elementary school, I can say probably 40ish% of 7/8 year olds are better behaved than their parents. At least they apologize when they do the wrong thing.

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Whereas the parents would never recognize or acknowledge having done the wrong thing.
dave

[m-Kresol]

We're talking about jobs where you do the same thing every ten seconds, for eight and a half hours. You don't get MENSA graduates applying.

I actually had the opposite happening to me today. Rode the bike from the train station during a drizzle and my forehead was too cold, so he had to get my temperature on my neck, which was warm enough due to my jacket's collar.

I can totally relate to people that are sick of their jobs being stuck in a boring routine (no offense meant to anyone). I have only done about 60% home office and have been in the labs the residual time. This is more or less the only time (except for groceries) where I can/should leave my flat and I wouldn't miss it. I am very busy during the days on site getting my mental and physical exercise (the latter one to a minimal extent at least).

[jimilee]

We're talking about jobs where you do the same thing every ten seconds, for eight and a half hours. You don't get MENSA graduates applying.

Ah, right. It's a job you end up with, not one you try to get.


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[EBK]

As a seasoned pandemic supply raid specialist (two Costco runs is enough for that title, according to me;  too many runs and you are doing it wrong), I made up a safety rhyme to help my wife remember the important stuff while giving her the general procedure for her first outing:

I touched my face,
Oh me, oh my!
I touched my face,
I'm going to die.


Costco is great in that they have a giant walk-in fridge for produce.  Masks are warm, and you can't exactly wipe sweat off yourself safely (I sweat a lot when I am anxious, which is all of the time, unfortunately  ).

[mjg]

I touched my face,
Oh me, oh my!
I touched my face,
I'm going to die.

For some reason, my brain warped that into "I touch myself" by the Divinyls. 

I don't know
'bout anybody else
when I think of COVID
I touch my face...

Now I'm going to have that on loop in my head all day. 

[jimilee]

I touched my face,
Oh me, oh my!
I touched my face,
I'm going to die.

For some reason, my brain warped that into "I touch myself" by the Divinyls. 

I don't know
'bout anybody else
when I think of COVID
I touch my face...

Now I'm going to have that on loop in my head all day. 

Me too.


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[EBK]

I touched my face,
Oh me, oh my!
I touched my face,
I'm going to die.

For some reason, my brain warped that into "I touch myself" by the Divinyls. 

I don't know
'bout anybody else
when I think of COVID
I touch my face...

Now I'm going to have that on loop in my head all day. 

Me too.

This is how viruses mutate and spread.   

[somnif]

And for some reason, my apartment complex decided to inform us they would be coming into our apartments for termite inspections.

....is it really the time for this?

[EBK]

I wish the virus only infected idiots.

"Hey, let's gather a bunch of people together and breathe excessively on each other while we shout about being forced to care about our health and the health of others."


WTF

[alanp]

The long term, knock-on effects are going to be interesting, once the chinavirus is under control.

I'm meaning things like how some cultures, who usually hug and kiss as a greeting between friends, are now being strongly encouraged (by each other!) not to touch, and to maintain distance.

Things like how people randomly travelling all over the globe are going to encounter more roadblocks, of the vaccine and medical kind.

Re-shoring is another word I've been hearing, as governments all over are finding that once you've moved manufacture offshore, it's a devil of a job to get a lot of stuff in a hurry when the global shipping system has a bad case of the hiccups.

[EBK]

So here's a fun project my family did this morning.  It introduced my kids to the concept of smuggling!   

My wife is on her way to drop off a care package for her aunt who lives in a retirement community.  Inside the box are two packages of protective masks. 

There is a non-zero chance the box will be opened by someone before it reaches her aunt, so we decided to hide the masks so someone doesn't take them (crimes of opportunity in senior communities...).  How did we hide them?  By carefully opening the ends of two tissue boxes and slipping the masks underneath the last tissues and gluing the boxes shut again.  But, wouldn't boxes of tissues also be tempting targets for someone looking for something COVID-valuable?  We addressed that by having our kids personalize the boxes like greeting cards to make them less tempting (maybe).



All of this was probably completely unnecessary, but it was kind of fun to pretend anyway.   

[matmosphere]

So here's a fun project my family did this morning.  It introduced my kids to the concept of smuggling!   

My wife is on her way to drop off a care package for her aunt who lives in a retirement community.  Inside the box are two packages of protective masks. 

There is a non-zero chance the box will be opened by someone before it reaches her aunt, so we decided to hide the masks so someone doesn't take them (crimes of opportunity in senior communities...).  How did we hide them?  By carefully opening the ends of two tissue boxes and slipping the masks underneath the last tissues and gluing the boxes shut again.  But, wouldn't boxes of tissues also be tempting targets for someone looking for something COVID-valuable?  We addressed that by having our kids personalize the boxes like greeting cards to make them less tempting (maybe).



All of this was probably completely unnecessary, but it was kind of fun to pretend anyway.   

Great idea, but you know you have to start calling the family car The Falcon now, right?