Topic: The Coronavirus Social Thread

How's the DiF/FIYH community coping with all this shit? Is anyone impacted in any direct or indirect way.

How do people feel about it - storm in a tea cup, or 'Bout time the elderly were thinned out - they've been ruining elections for decades now?

Here in the ass-end of the ass-end of the world, we should be the last to go but the first to repopulate the world of course.

not long to go now...

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*washes hands for twenty seconds*

*twice*

*doesn't feel better*

Teague Chrystie

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I work from home, so I haven't had much of a change there. If I go out (and I am trying to because I'm going bloody-well stir crazy) I'm making sure I'm staying outdoors rather than doing indoor events, keeping my hands in my pockets, washing my hands, and I bring hand sanitizer with me.

That said, I fully expect Disney to close their parks now that there's a European travel ban, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Orlando City Soccer Club match I'm supposed to go to on Saturday is postponed.

But I'm doing what I can to stay sane. I know I have it good because I can work from home, but when one works from home and lives alone, it does get kind of rough. I have a cat, but there's a real need to get up, get out, and DO stuff.

That said, I finished Clone Wars and am making my way through Rebels on Disney+, and I'm rewatching The Amazing Race start-to-finish on Hulu (I'm on season 5), and I finished the new seasons of Drive to Survive and Ugly Delicious on Netflix. Maybe we need a "coronavirus streaming recommendations" thread, ha!

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heavily shrugs

I don't watch TV so I'm shielded from at least 70% of the state of panick the world is telling everyone they're supposed to be in.

The problem is, people are going into panick mode, and panicked people are stupid people. That sounds pedantic, but I'm really talking about global behaviors, not judging individuals. Thing is, doctors and hospitals are overwhelmed because anyone sneezing twice in one day suddenly think they have it, supermarket shelves are being emptied of pasta and toilet paper because you never know, and anyone looking remotely asian has now a clear area around them like they're plague-ridden. I'm not making this up, it's been seen in the tram in Montpellier. We're already in a really dark place when it comes to racism right now, but this situation is only making people more open about it. Panick.

Tens of thousands of people die from the flu every year. Media bias is making it look like people dying from the coronavirus is a new thing. It's not. It's more dangerous to people with health weaknesses, and probably a lot too, but this isn't the protomolecule (sorry - I'm in a deep The Expanse phase right now).

I'm not going "pft, who cares" because that would be equally as stupid. It's a dangerous flu. More than usual. We don't have a vaccine yet. I wouldn't want my father to catch it, nor my girlfriend and her asthma. But if I did, I'd be okay.

So let's be careful, things will eventually pass. Events being cancelled, infrastructures closing, that's okay, let's. Things will pass. This is not the end of the world, not yet.

Consequences - I don't have a kid so there's a whole spectrum of inconveniences I'm safe from. Schools, nurseries are closing and that's really a problem for a lot of working people. The biggest issue for me right now is that the retirement home my father lives in is now closed to visitors, so I may not be able to see him for a while. But he's in good hands, and phones don't transmit viruses (unless I didn't do as well in physics in school as I thought).

That said, the concert I'm attending tonight is maintained because they limited it to 1,000 people (which is, at the moment, the biggest crowd gathering authorized in France). So I've got that going for me.

We'll be fine. Look after your loved ones, be careful, and when all this is over, we still have the environment to panick about.

Oh, and unless the Internet itself goes down, the forum is always gonna be a safe place! Whee!

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My sister doesn’t have it. Thought she did, did the self quarantine, found and talked to THE PRESS, got tested, got a negative result.

https://kuow.org/stories/diary-of-a-may … get-tested

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Welp, my office is officially quarantined, so looks like it's working from home for the next coupla weeks for me. Can't say I'm entirely unhappy about this.

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I am in the happy position of being a communications specialist during all this. sigh.

My org works with folks with disabilities, some of whom are more vulnerable to viruses, etc. So my team has been putting out releases to our team members and to families/external stakeholders. lots of calm, informative language. Most of my job could be done remotely if it came to it.

Things in BC are not crazy as yet, but the big annual conference in my field has been postponed 'til October. Also the NHL has suspended their season, to the outcry of hockey-loving Canadians like my father and sister.

I'm not panicked, but I'm seeing some panic and paranoia start to set in around me.
But hey, gas prices are down like 12-15 cents a litre, so...

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LatinAlice wrote:

But hey, gas prices are down like 12-15 cents a litre, so...

My mom just got back from Costco and Total Wine, reporting that alcohol is the same price but gasoline is $1.99/gallon for regular and $2.34/gallon for premium.

She also got me a 1.75L bottle of Elijah Craig because... well... look around.

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As of now, my solution is: "Keep calm and listen to DiF commentaries." smile

So honor the valiant who die 'neath your sword
But pity the warrior who slays all his foes...

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It's not affecting me personally, but it's absolutely impacting the store I work at. Events are starting to cancel/postpone; we haven't canceled our entire calendar yet, but there are two confirmed cases in the county, and if/when community spreading happens, it's probably just a matter of time.

It's slow as hell at work. The last three days, while not utterly devoid of customers, are markedly slower than they should be. Someone commented how easy it was to find a parking spot in town (a comment I have never heard, only the opposite).

I read that restaurants feel the pinch pretty hard. Inasmuch as I can afford to, I intend to patronize local restaurants in our area that might be feeling the same sort of slowdown. Doing my capitalist duty, or something, I don't know.

If I get sick, I get sick, and I self-quarantine. Take advantage of curbside grocery shopping. Catch up on my YouTube editing queue and my to-read shelf. I'm not worried; again, not for myself at least. But for businesses, it's gonna hurt.

Boter, formerly of TF.N as Boter and DarthArjuna. I like making movies and playing games, in one order or another.

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The funny thing is, this weekend Suzie and I are going, along with four friends and their kids, to Aubrac to chill out, eat good local cuisine, etc. Aubrac is one of those places in France where you can find less than 10 habitants per square kilometer. I guess it's the equivalent to northern Yukon, only significantly smaller.

I'm not sure they'll even have heard of coronavirus there. If things went to complete shit over the weekend and everyone started dying on a global scale (which is never going to happen, just bear with me for the joke), we could pretty much just not leave there and live a happy post-apocalyptic life.

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I've been in crunch mode on a feature the past couple weeks and thus have hardly left my house. Was *really* looking forward to getting out and seeing people, as I'm getting a bit cabin fever-y. Time to hunker down, I suppose.

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All schools in Illinois are closed, my wife works in a hospital, so guess who just won the working from home lottery!

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I get our store newsletter in my work email. Tonight I got one that stated, "We are here for you. We have lots of great books to read and toys to play with. Both stores are open, although we will likely shorten our hours soon." Emphasis mine. Hell of a way to find out about it.

I emailed my manager (newsletter was sent by the owner; two-location company, she's basically next in line down from the owner himself) to ask about it, because that's not a cool way for me to find out that my hours might be cut. I wasn't in the store today so I don't know if people were told in-person or something.

(Or, I mean, we're short-staffed as it is, maybe they'll close a day and pile up staff on other days so we're decently crewed?)

My manager responded, saying there was "no official word" yet, and "I'm sorry you read that outside of our internal communications."

Again, to reiterate - I work at a store. Working from home isn't exactly a thing, for us tongue

Boter, formerly of TF.N as Boter and DarthArjuna. I like making movies and playing games, in one order or another.

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I'm just now wrapping my head around the fact that we're gonna hafta get tested MULTIPLE times.

Like, a positive test tells us you had it in the PAST (and if you recover; huzzah you can't get it again!) Gotta get tested and figure out who you might have added to The List. But, a negative test only tells you you don't have it yet, but you could get it at any point during the 'demic going forward. So if you get exposed again, back you go for another round.

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Just got a call from my boss, since everything is such a mess and there's gonna be complications all over the place with all things financial and stuff, production is delayed by two weeks and the studio is closing for the next two weeks.

Amid complex feelings and a lot to think about, I can say I'm on vacation [the correct technical term is lay-off]. Silver lining: I have plenty of time to work on my tagelharpa!

France is now in phase 3, so all public places are closed. This is almost containment, but I'm pretty sure the police are soon going to be on the roads to enforce it.

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Sébastien Fraud
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Dang.

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Well, at least you'll always have virusharp.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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I was thinking more of Coronharpa.

Sébastien Fraud
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MartyJ wrote:

As of now, my solution is: "Keep calm and listen to DiF commentaries." smile

In an alternate reality, DiF has just finished recording their Rise of Skywalker commentary. IFIYH = Imaginary Friends in Your Head.

not long to go now...

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It just occurred to me that our forum is in a divergent timeline already. The GoDaddy explosion has created a black hole that sucked Holden back to Nov 9, 2017 and a tangent universe was created. Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...

http://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3Su5.jpg

We're gonna need a Crisis On Infinite DiFs to clean up these timelines.

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So honor the valiant who die 'neath your sword
But pity the warrior who slays all his foes...

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Holden to your butts.

*just dies*

*juuust dies*


EDIT: Although that is a funny thing to imagine someone announcing over a loudspeaker, like he's an employee.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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So. BC is pretty much shut down at this point: public spaces and restaurants are closed, the mandate is to stay isolated and try not to interact with people outside your household. My organization and other social service providers are getting ready to move to essential services mode.

I'm working from home, trying to stay on top of our external COVID-19 communications. I'm glad to be working, but I'm sure I'll be feeling overwhelmed at various moments throughout this and the coming weeks.

Wanted to drop in and say that:

1) I am gathering some resources on my website. Health info, uplifting news, entertainment in the time of social distancing, thoughts on how you can do good and help others. Feel free to check it out, to suggest things to add.

2) If anyone needs anything, from a chat to a few dollars to help tide them over, I am here for you. I can only give what I can give, but I am in a better position than many.

This place is home. I have been stressed, and even had a bit of a meltdown last week, and this place has helped me to feel connected and supported during this pandemic. So. Here for y'all. We're really in this now, but we're in it together.

alicia ♆
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I'll share what I shared in chat:

Sunday morning I sent out a nice little 'evite' to some friends of ours to "The Distant Social". The evite wasn't strictly necessary since we're all on 'text-any-time' terms, but it made it feel more intentional and special, which was nice. So yesterday evening 9 people got together: some friends in state, and some who've moved away.

Basically we all mixed our own drinks at home and used a group call on FB Messenger to chat and play a couple of party games that don't require physical presence. It was really neat and interesting that those out of state are now functionally the same communication 'distance' as those right down the road. I think this is the first time we've all been together since the first friend moved away two years ago tongue

If you can manage something like that with your peeps, it was really nice. And as Teague said, I'd be down for one here too if we can make the time zones work.

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Witness me!

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"Working from home," providing daddy daycare for the boy, and the two teenaged chicks e-learning all day. I'm extra lucky, in that I've been pushing to be allowed to WFH for along time; my job is 90% sitting in front of a PC while virtually sculpting imaginary machines. The other 10% where I get dirty under trains is cancelled for the foreseeable future.

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Both halves of your job sound cool.

Teague Chrystie

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