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[nenjin]

House arrest is basically a gulag, after all.

[Naturegirl1999]

How can people be so stupid? Gulags were labor camps right? This is not anything like a gulag

[ChairmanPoo]

People flouting the rules should totally be sent to labor camps.

I favor the Uranium mines of Bulgaria myself

[Reelya]

An example is this article, which seems reasonable when you read it, up to the point where he claims the state labor government is like the 'politburo', and if you click the author's name the most recent article he's written is about how Trump's speech was a masterwork compared to Biden's lame attempt. Naturally, this paper is owned by Rupert Murdoch. So you can take this article at face value i guess but ... trump-loving Rupert Murdoch-paid opinion columnist.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/desperate-daniel-andrews-has-only-himself-to-blame/news-story/e2b6137d6dcbad3aaf1a2a45d64d6d6f

(EDIT: looking through some of the guy's backlog of stories, it seems he had some ones poking fun at Trump a while ago, but I'm guessing the FOX/Newscorp actual politburo had a word to him, and the more recent stories are all 100% Trump-to-Victory kind of stuff).

[hector13]

How can people be so stupid? Gulags were labor camps right? This is not anything like a gulag

People are being made to work from home! Where all their entertainment is and they can’t use it! Torture!

[Doomblade187]

How can people be so stupid? Gulags were labor camps right? This is not anything like a gulag

People are being made to work from home! Where all their entertainment is and they can’t use it! Torture!

*scrolls Bay12 while watching my outbox send work email*

[Naturegirl1999]

To be honest, if we continue working from home on jobs that can be done remotely after COVID, the chance of a new pandemic will dwindle since less people will be moving from place to place at a given time

[Starver]

Heading quickly towards the Spacer society rather than the Caves Of Steel one!

(Wait, the Spacers had weakened disease resitance, due to their overly isolationist attitudes.  Darnit, stuck in a immunological paradox!)

[Maximum Spin]

Heading quickly towards the Spacer society rather than the Caves Of Steel one!

(Wait, the Spacers had weakened disease resitance, due to their overly isolationist attitudes.  Darnit, stuck in a immunological paradox!)

More like The Time Machine, honestly.

[Eschar]

Heading quickly towards the Spacer society rather than the Caves Of Steel one!

Seveneves?

[Doomblade187]

@Naxza, I understand the pain there. One of our brothers is not allowed to see us in person because *we know* that he doesn't social distance properly. Luckily, he doesn't try and visit very often. It sucks, yeah. Wishing you a healthy, quarantined winter. And TBH, I allow myself going out for coffee in person. Yes, it's a risk, but it helps mentally, and I don't have any pre-existing conditions. Maybe allow yourself one thing if it's really getting down on you. I hope your lunch went well.

[martinuzz]

Going out to a pub, sitting outside on the terrace is probably less of a risk then going out to the supermarket to get your groceries.

[Frumple]

Eh, better grocery stores are offering curbside pickup or delivery, some as close to contact-less as they can get. Going into a supermarket right now if you have means of doing otherwise is fucking stupid, but, y'know, decent odds you can just not do that. Outside pub might be relatively alright (though, of course, strictly worse than just... not.), but plenty of 'em just don't really have much of that.

In other news, apparently CNN is reporting some of the sacks of shit in the white house are now outright saying they expect fucking everybody in the US to catch the plague. So stateside folks hold on to your ass even more, we're approaching 200k dead and that's probably only going to be about a tenth of it before this administration finishes playing fucking plague bringer with the country.

[martinuzz]

Ordering from supermarkets online is something a lot of people cannot afford.  Higher prices, plus having to order large amounts at once just does not play well with those on the low-income side of society.

Contact tracement revealed the vast majority of infections to occur at home and at work.  Pubs and bars only account for a very small percentage.


Last week, a new rule was added that you cannot gather in a house / appartment with more than 6 people (unless more than 6 people are living there).  Our prime minister added the request to please use bars and pubs instead with that rule, because those are better equipped to manage social distancing for larger groups.

[Bumber]

An example is this article, which seems reasonable when you read it, up to the point where he claims the state labor government is like the 'politburo', and if you click the author's name the most recent article he's written is about how Trump's speech was a masterwork compared to Biden's lame attempt. Naturally, this paper is owned by Rupert Murdoch. So you can take this article at face value i guess but ... trump-loving Rupert Murdoch-paid opinion columnist.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/desperate-daniel-andrews-has-only-himself-to-blame/news-story/e2b6137d6dcbad3aaf1a2a45d64d6d6f

(EDIT: looking through some of the guy's backlog of stories, it seems he had some ones poking fun at Trump a while ago, but I'm guessing the FOX/Newscorp actual politburo had a word to him, and the more recent stories are all 100% Trump-to-Victory kind of stuff).

Article is paywalled.