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Gee, what a coincidence...

That's the theory. In reality, being stuck in lockdown with your significant other seems to lead to stress and breakups far more, if the numbers circulating since this all began are true. Besides, I'm sure there is more than one guy out there who'll just squint his eyes real hard and go with...

Well, in some amusingly positive news that might lower the WuFlu's heightened divorce rate: my home state will allow for sex clubs and prostitution to reopen next Wednesday. 😅

Jesus, what is it this time? Someone forgot to steam their bat soup hot enough and had the piss-boiled eggs go bad or something?

Nope, they've already signed their own "stimulus" bill of around 150 billion, most of which won't actually go directly to the people. There won't be a cash handout bill like in the US. Maybe at a far later point in time, but then the Euro might have lost so much in value that €1000 isn't all...

Okay, this is really anecdotle evidence, but my wife reminded me again on how she had talked with customers back in late February who were doing their emergency shopping way ahead of the panic curve in Germany. Their son was working in Hongkong and had phoned them that day about the situation...

Don't these people have freezers? And who does panic buy perishables?!? Fuckin' hell, this isn't rocket science: canned goods, dry foods like rice and noodles, and other preserved (dried, smoked) foods. You don't even have to google this to know this!

That's why I urge everybody (in Germany) to pay close attention to what laws and provisions will be pushed through the Bundestag in the coming days and weeks when everybody is only concerned with Corona.

Lol, found this in my office's email this morning (just ran it through google translate, but this is the highlight): Does the business continue to operate without restrictions? Does this also apply despite the announcement of a disaster (e.g. in Bavaria)? With the exception of the following...

Still no news regarding a general curfew for Germany. Knowing my luck I'll be halfway on my way to work tomorrow when the hammer drops and it'll all be canceled. But then, knowing we're a federal agency, we're probably the last to close down...

Introspection isn't exactly the Palestinians most developed trait.

There are plenty of people on our sister sites who wouldn't blink at calling Israel a Nazi apartheid state, so the pretzel logic of labelling you a Nazi really isn't that hard for a lot of them.

Which just cements our reputation as double-plus-ungood in their minds. *shrugs*

I just don't believe the Chinese have stopped this. It seems entirely unlikely.

I think what bothers me in the back of my mind is how all of a sudden people ask for sweeping actions restricting the personal freedoms of everyone from a lot of governments that really can't be called all that "liberal" with regards to upholding personal freedoms to begin with. That's not to...

Well, is calling it the "China Virus" factually wrong? If not, then they don't have a leg to stand on. It originated from China, either through Chinese biotech incompetence, through Chinese culinary "culture", or through a mix of a bit of all. It's the "China Virus".

Probably the same as everywhere else. Just wait until we get a curfew here in Germany...

Honestly, given how case numbers exploded in Italy over a short period of time while the authorities are reacting I find it highly dubious that China, even given its draconian measures, could have kept its numbers that low when the outbreak was centered on metropolitan areas that, even if we...

The story of every dead bedroom that ever was...

Lol, apparently someone at my department is getting anxious. Word just came down not to process any newcomers for the next 2-3 weeks. I didn't think they'd touch the holy cow of asylum.