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- mort_6
- Yup. The press love a long lens shot to really piss people off.Hayzilla
- People be queueueueueingpedromendez
- they pulled this crap with photos on park avenue nyc a couple of months ago too, and it led to shutting it downmonospaced
- we've been on that debate over here too a few weeks ago. People were wining about how people were in the parks, but the medias posted telephoto picturesBennn
- telephoto lenses that compress eveything and make it look like everyone is on top of each other.Bennn
- Yeah, but also stupid lines are forming. My gf took this while walking home from the grocery store the other day. The line to get into the neighborhood brewery:garbage
- https://i.imgur.com/…garbage
- Cell phone shot, no trickery.garbage
- Benn comes in with some classic Bennsplaining LOLHayzilla
- grafician-1
Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
"Researchers around the world are developing more than 135 vaccines against the coronavirus. Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but scientists are racing to produce a safe and effective vaccine by next year."
- imbecile0
19 states see rising Covid-19 hospitalizations as Arizona asks hospitals to activate emergency plans
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/h…
Health experts have long warned about a second peak in Covid-19, and now a rise in cases has pushed Arizona to tell its hospitals to activate emergency plans.
- people protest en masse on a daily basis, it was inevitableautoflavour
- In AZ it's more of a case of people socializing in masse. Our smaller town has been completely overrun by people since they lifted the ban.mathinc
- We're up in the mountains, so the temps are much nicer than Phoenix. Memorial Day was absolutely insane here.. restaurants were packed.mathinc
- My wife said she read a story of some campers who had a bounce house for their large group.. out in the forest.. a fucking bounce house.mathinc
- Get ready for trump and others to blame black people!nb
- utopian5
"The virus is now reduced to just the embers and ashes" - Trump June 10, 2020
Another 1,299 Americans died on Tuesday and more than 112,000 people in the US have died from the disease.
- Almost half a 9/11 yesterday and this is Trump’s message.nb
- he's getting his rally on the 19th,
he probably doesn't give a shit about anything elseBluejam - just topped 2M casesmonospaced
- Trump cares more about his popularity than human lives. If there’s a hell, he’s goingnb
- There isn't, unless you call life in America during his coup Hell.CyBrainX
- NBQ000
These recent protests and riots showcased that we don’t need to punish businesses and especially restaurants with the stupid Covid rules.
It’s all fucking bullshit.
There are also trains packed with people where there’s no 2 meter rule but yeah let’s punish restaurant owners with this idiotic rule because apparently it’s different at restaurants.
- face_melter3
Weirdness abounds in all directions were I live. Stockholm has the highest rate of infection in Sweden with pockets of really high numbers in various suburbs yet everyone knocks about like the problem is over there, just beyond the haze. Social distancing is a pressure no-one wants to handle.
When the government first announced measures to combat the plague - working from home, public transport restrictions etc. the populace went feral like a gang of polite and well-groomed beasts - stripping the supermarkets of everything from toilet paper to bottled water. Heavy madness to the tune of a Spotify playlist.
My office has taken up the government's business safety package - instead of imploding and banging the employees into a fucking bin, everyone is on reduced working hours - I technically work 60% which is paid by the company and the remaining 40% is paid by the govt. But in that 40% I can't do any billable work as per the strict terms of the package. So instead it is classed as development / education time. '...hey face' you all scream like Scott Walker on a Lambrini bender, '...that sounds great! You can fuck about and write garbage like this!'. You could say that and you'd be right.
But. The animals in charge still expect work to be done and completed, so I effectively have 40% less time to push my particular line of gaudy and spasticated visuals. This amazing situation is further complicated by me having to wrangle my somewhat lazy and underskilled assistant who is working from home (I cannot work from home, the lure of primitive distractions are simply too great).
Summer is here and people give nary a slim fuck about distancing or preventative measures (even though I travel to work, I am very careful about seating and always wash and burn the top layer of skin from my hands).
This is the long haul, the death marathon, now.
- so it's up to you if you WFH or not? Or do you have to prove you're a 'special case'?Fax_Benson
- Wow. I would be reminding everyone about the 60% thing every single time a deadline is mentioned.nb
- All project schedules should have been adjusted to accommodate an office at 60%. If you map out taking 5 days down to 3 per week, it starts to get real!nb
- If a client says "we can't move the deadline" the response is, "Ok, but it will be 60% of the usual quality."nb
- It's the law, push the blame on the govt. Go into design crit like "good afternoon everyone, when giving feedback, pls remember we put in 60% effort." lolol!nb
- SimonFFM5
- Are you going to do a panties on face Covid-19 shoot?deadsperm
- Brilliant idea. I'd chug to that fo' sure.Doris_McSquirter
- utopian4
According to the Whitehouse.
"There is no second wave’ of coronavirus"
- drgs1
- why?api
- Good weather, people are socializing more?drgs
- Never really took it too seriously?monospaced
- yuekit2
Two possibilities that will define how the rest of the year goes:
1) The virus has run its course through communities for reasons we can theorize about but don't fully understand. It picked off the most vulnerable first and has run out of people to infect. Or it has mutated into a weaker strain, etc.
2) The only thing preventing the virus from continuing to spread were the lockdowns and distancing. As these end, it goes right back to exponential, out of control growth.
If first scenario is what happens, it will still be a terrible year economically speaking but we can slowly return to normal life. If second one is true on the other hand, all bets are off.
- NBQ001
US Covid-19 survivor receives $1.1m hospital bill: https://www.bangkokpost.com/worl…
I wonder what makes the treatment and hospital stay that expensive at over $1 million even if its for 2 months.
- neverscared0
- The one foot in sandal, other in protective wear makes this for me.Nairn
- nb19
Could Covid-19 kill the tyranny known as the open office concept?
A man can dream
- I think about this.monospaced
- Please.maquito
- fingers crossedBaskerviIle
- Home office is the new office conceptdrgs
- The fact that a lot of us have been able to work from home for the last 3 months is proof that we can legit work from home all the time.
Strange times.ideaist - ^ I'm hating it, having recently moved to a smaller apt so that my SO could have a short stroll to her office. We now have 3 zoom studio setups..garbage
- ..all within about a 15ft radius. Now retraining the dogs to not lose their shit over all of the new voices beaming through the house.garbage
- I logged onto LinkedIn for the first time in a while and noticed a few posts about how the demise of the office is premature. They were all written by people...Wolfboy
- Have you worked in offices before the open concept? be careful what you wish for. It was a series of hallways with closed doors, no one in sight. It was shit.zarkonite
- ...in management positions. I think one of the things that this has shone a light on is how many management jobs are just bullshit and as well as companies...Wolfboy
- Litterally the main place you would see people and talk was at the water cooler. We need to design a better concept before trashing open plans, esp. since wezarkonite
- have noise cancelling headphones now...zarkonite
- ...chugging along without the need for an office, they’ve got on fine without people who just call meetings and stick their beaks in, slowing everyone down...Wolfboy
- ...with their bureaucracy and need to look vital to the organisations.Wolfboy
- Build that wall!deadsperm
- and the end of micro managementgrafician
- It's just all the extra time I get back in a day, no commuting, no traffic. I don't miss the office at all.stoplying
- There will be more open office spaces + open windows; high airflow is the only way to keep from gulping plague vapours. +Trains will be windowless season-round.tbgoodwillie
- my company is finishing building a new place where we will move early 2021... all open space... They're 10 years late to the party.Bennn
- BUT it's only to save money, open space cost way lessBennn
- It's a nightmare for the introvert that I am... I pray the Old Gods and New that i will be able to continue working from home after the pandemicBennn
- Studies show that open office is actually less collaborative AND less productive but most businesses only like to say they care about research.nb
- its all about money. Open space take way less square feet of space. And square feet = $$$Bennn
- Always thought Valve softwares approach to running a company was interesting. No management. No hierarchy. Just people who are good at what they do.inteliboy
- webazoot0
"Hundreds queuing outside #Birmingham #Primark this morning - they’ve opened the doors ahead of the official 8am start because of demand"https://twitter.com/i/events/127…
I mean, maybe a 100, just?
Also, first flight to Glasgow;
- drgs6
Stay safe guys
https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/ny…
NYC’s Department of Health is bending over backwards to warn the public about a whole new threat — “rim jobs.”
The city’s health agency issued graphic guidelines for safe sex practices during the coronavirus pandemic Saturday, and while many were quick to take jabs at the agency for labeling masturbation safer than sex with a partner, most missed the backdoor rim shot.
Yes, the city specifically called out rimming — or using the tongue on the anal rim of another person for sexual pleasure — as particularly dangerous in a jaw-dropping section of the public safety alert.
“Rimming (mouth on anus) might spread COVID-19. Virus in feces may enter your mouth,” the city warned in the section titled, “Take care during sex.”
- They took our last bastion of freedom.deadsperm
- o.m.g.Gnash
- I knew people at old age homes were dirty little buggers, just orgies and debauchery. SMH_niko
- If you get as far as rim jobs, I would assume every other rule has been broken, or at least I hope there is some petting and kissing involveddrgs
- So, in what situations does this warning stand by itself?
In prison maybe?drgs - https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- Three months old and posted here then, but okay.monospaced