Coronavirus Thread mark II: Official Apocalyptic Edition

[Corrian]

Lots of people buying them "essential" plants and dirt.

Yeah. I wonder if maybe supplies to tradespeople is a better reason?

Its literally mostly just people doing their normal shopping. Paint has been doing extremely well.

If we were serious about the "essentials" we'd shut down the entirety of inside and outside garden, probably paint, and a few others, and only leave "essentials" open, but nope. All Lowe's cares about is the profit.

[Corrian]

yeah, and next i'm gonna hear is isis is backing the fuck out and the yakuza are passing out soap and donating money to hospitals

hell, maybe somali pirates are shipping food supplies and nigerian princes be giving out hundreds of millions of dollars this time

You know, hard times tend to change people. What happened in Rio, Japan, and.....anywhere, is a good thing. Some positivity in this time of need.

Would Yakuza doing that even be that far out of the question? I don't know their history that well but it seems like they had a history of occasionally doing good shit.

[The JELLEAIN Republic]

Ah, that explains a few things. I wondered how men's apparel would be an essential service.

Lots of people buying them "essential" plants and dirt.

Apocalyptic home farming

[Aclion]

Yeah. I wonder if maybe supplies to tradespeople is a better reason?

Its literally mostly just people doing their normal shopping. Paint has been doing extremely well.

If we were serious about the "essentials" we'd shut down the entirety of inside and outside garden, probably paint, and a few others, and only leave "essentials" open, but nope. All Lowe's cares about is the profit.

It's the same with Fedex, most of our large package trailers were outdoor furniture today.
Honestly I think if people want to spend the time redecorating let em. As long as the observe the hygine practices. I'd rather that the what they're dealing with in italy with people just not complying with the shutdown.

[Dogmeat]

Lots of people buying them "essential" plants and dirt.

Apocalyptic home farming

Mutfruit is delicious.

[Kernen]

yeah, and next i'm gonna hear is isis is backing the fuck out and the yakuza are passing out soap and donating money to hospitals

hell, maybe somali pirates are shipping food supplies and nigerian princes be giving out hundreds of millions of dollars this time

You know, hard times tend to change people. What happened in Rio, Japan, and.....anywhere, is a good thing. Some positivity in this time of need.

More the fools them.

[Shanghai industrial complex]

I wonder how the world will change after the corronavirus.
More introverted, more online, more community, more state control, slower economy.

?

It almost feels like we are in the prerequisite for some even more major world event ...

This in itself is a huge world event.Even in some countries, the system, ideology and camp may change.I think this may be the beginning of a new Cold War

[Corrian]

Lots of people buying them "essential" plants and dirt.

Apocalyptic home farming

Yes, everyday flowers are definitely essential for apocalyptic home farming.

[Corrian]

Its literally mostly just people doing their normal shopping. Paint has been doing extremely well.

If we were serious about the "essentials" we'd shut down the entirety of inside and outside garden, probably paint, and a few others, and only leave "essentials" open, but nope. All Lowe's cares about is the profit.

It's the same with Fedex, most of our large package trailers were outdoor furniture today.
Honestly I think if people want to spend the time redecorating let em. As long as the observe the hygine practices. I'd rather that the what they're dealing with in italy with people just not complying with the shutdown.

At least today one thing we all noticed is that people seem to be taking the whole "Keep 6 feet away from each other" thing seriously.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Yeah. I wonder if maybe supplies to tradespeople is a better reason?

Its literally mostly just people doing their normal shopping. Paint has been doing extremely well.

If we were serious about the "essentials" we'd shut down the entirety of inside and outside garden, probably paint, and a few others, and only leave "essentials" open, but nope. All Lowe's cares about is the profit.

Paint makes a lot of sense, stuck in the house why not do some improvements? I could argue it's essential by keeping people from going crazy with boredom.

[Samudera Darussalam]

You know, hard times tend to change people. What happened in Rio, Japan, and.....anywhere, is a good thing. Some positivity in this time of need.

Would Yakuza doing that even be that far out of the question? I don't know their history that well but it seems like they had a history of occasionally doing good shit.

No, but still, as a group normally associated with crimes, it's just feel weird, even if they have history of charity in Japan.
But.....maybe it's a Japan thing, I suppose.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Apocalyptic home farming

Yes, everyday flowers are definitely essential for apocalyptic home farming.

Dinner's up kids. Rice and violets, eat up.

[Aclion]

Apocalyptic home farming

Yes, everyday flowers are definitely essential for apocalyptic home farming.

I'll see your flowers and raise you a robot that scoops cat litter.

[The Archregimancy]

I see how we are increasingly resorting to memes in the last several pages of this thread. It means we have either stopped caring or we are absolutely shitting ourselves.

I'm sorry, good sir, but do you mean by 'meme'?

There is a chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. It would be quite easy; at the bottom of some of our deeper mine shafts. The coronavirus wouldn't penetrate a mine thousands of feet deep. In a matter of weeks, improvements in dwelling space could be provided. It would not be difficult. Nuclear reactors could provide power indefinitely. Greenhouses could grow plants. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of available mine sites. I'd guess there would be space for several hundred thousand people.

I'd hate to have to decide who stays up and who goes down, but that could easily be accomplished with a computer. It could be set to accept factors of youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence and a cross-section of necessary skills.

It'd be vital that top government and military men archaeologists be included, to impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. They'd breed prodigiously, with so little else to do. With a ratio of ten females to each male they could achieve current gross national product within 20 years.

But what about the principle of monogamous relationships? Wouldn't this plan necessitate its abandonment?

Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics, which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Arch.

I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there Moderator.

No, no... please call me 'Doctor'; I do have a PhD (well, technically a DPhil, but let's not quibble). I can be referred to as 'Doctor Archregimancy'.

'I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor' would have been entirely accurate.

Also, it would have made Ethel Mermania happy.

[Saiwania]

It seems that I won't be eligible for the free $1200. If you make $2500 or less during 2018 or 2019, it won't apply to you. Its assumed that you're claimed as a dependent for someone else or are doing fine enough (without income) if you're that low in terms of income but are still alive. It makes sense that the government would find ways to pay fewer people than they have to, as to not break the bank.

But in any case, 90%+ of the American population is covered in some way. If there are 10% or so who aren't, that is a worthy enough sacrifice perhaps. Chris Chan as one example, is more likely to get it than me, given that he receives "donations" from online fans or SSDI that I don't (if the amount is greater than $2500 and they have tax information out there for 2018 or 2019), given that I just never applied for anything I didn't have to.

Anyways, good luck to everyone who does manage to get free cash this year.

[Corrian]

Its literally mostly just people doing their normal shopping. Paint has been doing extremely well.

If we were serious about the "essentials" we'd shut down the entirety of inside and outside garden, probably paint, and a few others, and only leave "essentials" open, but nope. All Lowe's cares about is the profit.

Paint makes a lot of sense, stuck in the house why not do some improvements? I could argue it's essential by keeping people from going crazy with boredom.

Its not essential when you're supposed to not even go out to AVOID spreading it in the first place.

I get why people want to do their projects, but ultimately we're supposed to be STAYING AT OUR HOMES to avoid transferring shit.

[Shanghai industrial complex]

It seems that I won't be eligible for the free $1200. If you make $2500 or less during 2018 or 2019, it won't apply to you. Its assumed that you're claimed as a dependent for someone else or are doing fine enough (without income) if you're that low in terms of income but are still alive. It makes sense that the government would find ways to pay fewer people than they have to, as to not break the bank.

But in any case, 90%+ of the American population is covered in some way. If there are 10% or so who aren't, that is a worthy enough sacrifice perhaps. Chris Chan as one example, is more likely to get it than me, given that he receives "donations" from online fans or SSDI that I don't (if the amount is greater than $2500 and they have tax information out there for 2018 or 2019), given that I just never applied for anything I didn't have to.

Anyways, good luck to everyone who does manage to get free cash this year.

WTF?Only the rich have subsidies?I mean, relatively rich.I must have drunk too much recently, which has led to chaos in my world.

[Saiwania]

WTF?Only the rich have subsidies?I mean, relatively rich.I must have drunk too much recently, which has led to chaos in my world.

The majority of all US citizens will be eligible in some way, just that you have to make over $2500 in a given year or below $99,000 at most. But you won't get the full amount unless at or below $75,000 in a given year. You basically need tax returns or info with the IRS for either 2018 or 2019. The idea is to deliver money to people who've lost income because of the virus and for it to be used as stimulus. People who aren't apart of the economy to any meaningful extent, will of course be excluded.

If you make minimum wage, you pull in at least $15,000+ or so, as an individual; which is more eligible than someone who lives like a monk or is under a rock in terms of being invisible to the system. Of course, none of it is officially "signed and done" just yet. It could change for the better or worse according to the whims of the US Congress.

It looks like normal people are being paid off $1200 to look the other way, whilst Wall Street or various industries will get the majority of bailout money to do stock buybacks and other financial trickery. The entire package of deficit spending will be anywhere from $2 trillion to $4 trillion. And realistically, the checks won't arrive until May of this year at earliest.

[Shanghai industrial complex]

WTF?Only the rich have subsidies?I mean, relatively rich.I must have drunk too much recently, which has led to chaos in my world.

The majority of all US citizens will be eligible in some way, just that you have to make over $2500 in a given year or below $99,000 at most. But you won't get the full amount unless at or below $75,000 in a given year. You basically need tax returns or info with the IRS for either 2018 or 2019. The idea is to deliver money to people who've lost income because of the virus and for it to be used as stimulus. People who aren't apart of the economy to any meaningful extent, will of course be excluded.

If you make minimum wage, you pull in at least $15,000+ or so, as an individual; which is more eligible than someone who lives like a monk or is under a rock in terms of being invisible to the system. Of course, none of it is officially "signed and done" just yet. It could change for the better or worse according to the whims of the US Congress.

It looks like normal people are being paid off $1200 to look the other way, whilst Wall Street or various industries will get the majority of bailout money to do stock buybacks and other financial trickery.

Ordinary people may have financial difficulties. But I think poor people may face survival difficulties.Their income has to be used to buy survival supplies
It has saved the economy, but is it worth it?What does trump say about these people?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

It seems that I won't be eligible for the free $1200. If you make $2500 or less during 2018 or 2019, it won't apply to you. Its assumed that you're claimed as a dependent for someone else or are doing fine enough (without income) if you're that low in terms of income but are still alive. It makes sense that the government would find ways to pay fewer people than they have to, as to not break the bank.

But in any case, 90%+ of the American population is covered in some way. If there are 10% or so who aren't, that is a worthy enough sacrifice perhaps. Chris Chan as one example, is more likely to get it than me, given that he receives "donations" from online fans or SSDI that I don't (if the amount is greater than $2500 and they have tax information out there for 2018 or 2019), given that I just never applied for anything I didn't have to.

Anyways, good luck to everyone who does manage to get free cash this year.

That makes me angry, on your behalf. I can't believe you're taking it so well. There are genuinely poor people out there, sure maybe they get charity or help from their family, but they're still as poor or more so than a welfare recipient. They should get at least what everyone else does.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

And realistically, the checks won't arrive until May of this year at earliest.

That sucks too. Stimulus should be early not late.

[Shanghai industrial complex]

And realistically, the checks won't arrive until May of this year at earliest.

That sucks too. Stimulus should be early not late.

Is this a April Fool's Day joke?Who know what fuck will happen in May?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

That sucks too. Stimulus should be early not late.

Is this a April Fool's Day joke?Who know what fuck will happen in May?

I don't understand why they can't cut cheques the moment the President signs the bill. And not just for individuals: businesses needing to change their business model from storefront to delivery, or retooling to let their workers work from home, don't need the money in May (many of them will be gone by then). They need the money now.

[Albrenia]

Is this a April Fool's Day joke?Who know what fuck will happen in May?

I don't understand why they can't cut cheques the moment the President signs the bill. And not just for individuals: businesses needing to change their business model from storefront to delivery, or retooling to let their workers work from home, don't need the money in May (many of them will be gone by then). They need the money now.

Agreed. I wonder if the hold up is just stupid decisions or if they're so understaffed that there's such a huge delay.

[Shanghai industrial complex]

Is this a April Fool's Day joke?Who know what fuck will happen in May?

I don't understand why they can't cut cheques the moment the President signs the bill. And not just for individuals: businesses needing to change their business model from storefront to delivery, or retooling to let their workers work from home, don't need the money in May (many of them will be gone by then). They need the money now.

Well ,the President can say
"There's an explanation foreverything but security forbids its disclosure. "