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Gallade
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Postby Gallade » Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:44 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
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So cute to see the new younglings on the job.

Dump your in box onto his desk while we have the chance.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:45 am

Gallade wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:So cute to see the new younglings on the job.

Dump your in box onto his desk while we have the chance.

Dunno if I can, going to work on monday seems to be a union issue these days.
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Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:00 am

Hey, advising in international cooperation to investigate crimes and find criminals just sounds like a lot of fun for me, personally. But yeah, I will ride this wave of novice motivation as long as it will last me.

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I really just want to get in and do my work.

Awww, you have much to learn about public service

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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:24 am

Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:I was going to start at my new job on Monday, but all ministries have closed down due to corona. So, my first week on my first real job will be spent at home doing nothing.

Welcome to the grand world of Civil Service.

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:Dump your in box onto his desk while we have the chance.

Dunno if I can, going to work on monday seems to be a union issue these days.

Monday is miserable and should be done away with. Tuesday would just become a new monday so let's get us a break there. We of course need a break for Wednesday seeing that we're halfway through the week. Thursday's already basiclly Friday. And for Friday, well honestly who wants to work on a Friday?

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-Astoria
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Postby -Astoria » Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:39 am

Heloin wrote:
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:I was going to start at my new job on Monday, but all ministries have closed down due to corona. So, my first week on my first real job will be spent at home doing nothing.

Welcome to the grand world of Civil Service.

Ethel mermania wrote:Dunno if I can, going to work on monday seems to be a union issue these days.

Monday is miserable and should be done away with. Tuesday would just become a new monday so let's get us a break there. We of course need a break for Wednesday seeing that we're halfway through the week. Thursday's already basiclly Friday. And for Friday, well honestly who wants to work on a Friday?

Monday
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Friday

Well, you could always take Saturdays & Sundays... jk

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Postby Kannap » Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:36 am

Geneviev wrote:
Samudera Darussalam wrote:Feel ya, except replace that toilet paper with hand sanitizer and face mask.
Stay safe Gene.

I've given up on those. Why are people buying so much? It makes no sense to me.


copycat effect. One person decided they were going to buy a shit ton of toilet paper, other people in the store saw him and decided he probably knew something they didn't so they started grabbing lots of toilet paper. Next thing you know, word gets around town and people at all the other stores start doing it. Then the news gets a hold of it and reports everybody in this town/city are buying toilet paper in mass and before you know it its happening nationwide. Then we hear reports of toilet paper shortages in other countries and sure enough, now there are toilet paper shortages in our own country.

All because one person in a town you've never heard of decided toilet paper was something he needed a lot of.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:04 am

Every store in town has adopted new service hours. Even Walmart, which used to open 24/7 now closes at 11pm. People are truly more worried than expected.
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Postby Kannap » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:33 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Every store in town has adopted new service hours. Even Walmart, which used to open 24/7 now closes at 11pm. People are truly more worried than expected.


store-wise things around here seem to be business as usual.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:58 am

Kannap wrote:
Geneviev wrote:I've given up on those. Why are people buying so much? It makes no sense to me.

copycat effect. One person decided they were going to buy a shit ton of toilet paper, other people in the store saw him and decided he probably knew something they didn't so they started grabbing lots of toilet paper. Next thing you know, word gets around town and people at all the other stores start doing it. Then the news gets a hold of it and reports everybody in this town/city are buying toilet paper in mass and before you know it its happening nationwide. Then we hear reports of toilet paper shortages in other countries and sure enough, now there are toilet paper shortages in our own country.

All because one person in a town you've never heard of decided toilet paper was something he needed a lot of.

It's like a consumer stampede. Understand that humans are a group animal and easily panicked. The fear factory keeps working at full capacity.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
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Samudera Darussalam
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Postby Samudera Darussalam » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:08 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Kannap wrote:copycat effect. One person decided they were going to buy a shit ton of toilet paper, other people in the store saw him and decided he probably knew something they didn't so they started grabbing lots of toilet paper. Next thing you know, word gets around town and people at all the other stores start doing it. Then the news gets a hold of it and reports everybody in this town/city are buying toilet paper in mass and before you know it its happening nationwide. Then we hear reports of toilet paper shortages in other countries and sure enough, now there are toilet paper shortages in our own country.

All because one person in a town you've never heard of decided toilet paper was something he needed a lot of.

It's like a consumer stampede. Understand that humans are a group animal and easily panicked. The fear factory keeps working at full capacity.

Ah, so it's still in line with the old trope about people stampeding to get out of a theatre when somebody shouts "Fire!".

Also I love your new(?) flag, Kannap. It's beautiful.

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:16 am

Heloin wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:The trick is to put them in a cage, so that you know where they are.

Rude. Your spending to much time around cats, they’re a tricksy bunch.

Well, you can't just have naughty little rabbits hopping around, because those fluffy bunnies are up to no good.


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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:18 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Heloin wrote:Rude. Your spending to much time around cats, they’re a tricksy bunch.

Well, you can't just have naughty little rabbits hopping around, because those fluffy bunnies are up to no good.

Your check is in the mail
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--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Alanis Star » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:22 am

Another week's over... again. Holy hell, I swear time is moving a little too fast for my liking.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:24 am

Kannap wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Every store in town has adopted new service hours. Even Walmart, which used to open 24/7 now closes at 11pm. People are truly more worried than expected.


store-wise things around here seem to be business as usual.


Does your state have confirmed cases? We have one so far.
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Postby Geneviev » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:22 am

Kannap wrote:
Geneviev wrote:I've given up on those. Why are people buying so much? It makes no sense to me.


copycat effect. One person decided they were going to buy a shit ton of toilet paper, other people in the store saw him and decided he probably knew something they didn't so they started grabbing lots of toilet paper. Next thing you know, word gets around town and people at all the other stores start doing it. Then the news gets a hold of it and reports everybody in this town/city are buying toilet paper in mass and before you know it its happening nationwide. Then we hear reports of toilet paper shortages in other countries and sure enough, now there are toilet paper shortages in our own country.

All because one person in a town you've never heard of decided toilet paper was something he needed a lot of.

That makes sense. That person made a terrible decision. The rest of us also need toilet paper.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:28 am

Geneviev wrote:
Kannap wrote:copycat effect. One person decided they were going to buy a shit ton of toilet paper, other people in the store saw him and decided he probably knew something they didn't so they started grabbing lots of toilet paper. Next thing you know, word gets around town and people at all the other stores start doing it. Then the news gets a hold of it and reports everybody in this town/city are buying toilet paper in mass and before you know it its happening nationwide. Then we hear reports of toilet paper shortages in other countries and sure enough, now there are toilet paper shortages in our own country.

All because one person in a town you've never heard of decided toilet paper was something he needed a lot of.

That makes sense. That person made a terrible decision. The rest of us also need toilet paper.

If the madness continues, consider paper towels as an alternative.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:36 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Geneviev wrote:That makes sense. That person made a terrible decision. The rest of us also need toilet paper.

If the madness continues, consider paper towels as an alternative.


Sponge on a stick!
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:37 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:If the madness continues, consider paper towels as an alternative.


Sponge on a stick!


Go Roman or go home.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:39 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Sponge on a stick!


Go Roman or go home.

This cat gets it.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:40 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Go Roman or go home.

This cat gets it.


I’ve my moments, tomcat.
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-Astoria
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Postby -Astoria » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:45 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Sponge on a stick!


Go Roman or go home.

Or...:

Hurdergaryp wrote:When regular toilet paper ceases to be available, go artisanal. Now there's an experience you shall remember for decades to come!

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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:46 am

-Astoria wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Go Roman or go home.

Or...:

Hurdergaryp wrote:When regular toilet paper ceases to be available, go artisanal. Now there's an experience you shall remember for decades to come!


Oh my.
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Kannap
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Postby Kannap » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:46 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Kannap wrote:
store-wise things around here seem to be business as usual.


Does your state have confirmed cases? We have one so far.


23 cases. That being said, I live in a town just north of Charlotte. Stores in Charlotte could be behaving differently.

Most cases, as far as I know, have been in the Raleigh-Durham area as well, so stores there could be behaving differently.
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Kannap
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Postby Kannap » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:46 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Geneviev wrote:That makes sense. That person made a terrible decision. The rest of us also need toilet paper.

If the madness continues, consider paper towels as an alternative.


Invest in a bidet or just take a shower after every shit.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:48 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:If the madness continues, consider paper towels as an alternative.

Sponge on a stick!

Or small furry animals.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
Mao Zedong

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