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  1. 10 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    I think 2 weeks is just where you'll either see it's working or another spike will occur.  

    But why two weeks?  Why do we think everyone in Georgia is now rushing out to dine in restaurants, go shopping at retail stores, go into the office, etc.?  What if there's a significant amount of Georgians who were waiting initially to see whether bodies lined the streets in the first two weeks before they changed their behavior, and now that the first two-weeks' data is out, more folks venture out, and then we see some sort of spike? 

    I'm not necessarily disagreeing that the two-week point is a good indicator of success, but I just want better reasons to buy into that, and I'm not seeing that in the articles I've read so far. 

    Edit:  Fair point that I get, @GRHorn.  But I think there could be a difference in the number of people "seeding the economy" during the first two weeks, and the number of those folks in the following two or three weeks.  Oh, and I'll let you lead the dick-sucking charge.

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  2. 4 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

    So after being somewhat reopened for two weeks the Georgia numbers still look pretty flat. There was a snafu with the numbers one day that pissed a lot of people off but that’s over.

    The Georgia story is all over the headlines this morning, and rightly so.  If an aggressive reopening with proper safety requirements don't result in a significant spike, that's great news for all of us. 

    But I'm cautious about the numbers, so here are my questions:  Is two weeks out a good measure of success?  In other words, there's going to be a gradual delay of the masses venturing out after retail, restaurants, workplaces, etc. open up, and with additional delays of transmission, symptoms, testing, and outcomes, do we really have an accurate picture of how Georgia's aggressive opening will pan out?  Will another two weeks give us a better picture?  I ask this as someone who is anxious--no, desperate--to break free from this fucking holding pattern. 

    I'll hang up and listen. 

  3. On ‎5‎/‎10‎/‎2020 at 2:56 PM, AustinMT said:

    Mother’s Day, Quarantine style

    Chicken and waffles (Cook’s Illustrated yeasted waffle recipe is the best IMO), Andouille breakfast casserole, Cheddar biscuits with chorizo gravy

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    French 76

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    Texas Sheet Cake

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    That looks great, and if you don't plan on getting laid on Mother's Day, why not send her to the shitter all day?

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  4. 43 minutes ago, Underdog said:

    Is that Eric Stoltz in his MASK makeup lower right? 

    Melanie Hutsell.  Wasn't on the show for that long and hasn't done much since, but she had some funny moments (good impressions of Jan Brady and Tori Spelling).  She was pretty good in Bridesmaids. 

  5. I might actually venture into my gym in a couple weeks.  I want to see if the gradual opening around town results in any spike in reported COVID cases.  If not, I'm usually at the gym by 5am, so social distancing is more easily a product of few people in the gym that early.  I just wonder how sanitized the equipment will be from the prior day's use, given it's a 24-Hour Fitness.

  6. 30 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    My god the bench pressing that's gonna happen.  As per usual, squat racks will be emptly.

    Except for the guys curling in the squat racks.

  7. 9 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    This is a very group 2  way of thinking about the world.

    Hugo posted facts. You have these basic options:

    1) Discuss the facts - this can be done without politics

    2) Discuss why the facts are what they are - this can be done without partisanship, but necessarily includes politics

    3) Make assertions about his motivations for posting information without content, based on his political affiliation - this is inherently political, not to mention toxic. 

    4)  Post a funny pic or gif representing this thread.

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