Posts by darktinker4

Beta-glucan is definitely the gold standard and by far the most expensive option. I was actually looking into taking it myself because my immune system has been feeling pretty weak lately, but man, that price tag is just brutal 🤷 I know they pack these things with shiitake mushrooms, some vitamins, calcium, and all that good stuff, though I can't remember the full list off the top of my head.

Does anyone here happen to have the virus? Or maybe there's a doctor hanging out online who's got a free minute?
What kind of all the symptoms look like? Like, how does it actually lead to death? I'm curious about what specifically causes it. What’s the whole thing even like? If anyone knows and doesn't want to freak out the people who are already panicking, feel free to just shoot me a private message.

You should probably double-check your garden spray if I were you. During my first two years, I had caterpillars just munching through every single leaf and fruit in sight...

northerndriver said:I popped the movie on and shut it off after like ten minutes...

I watched it too, but man, what a letdown. It’s honestly an insult to Harley, which probably explains why The Joker didn't even show up, haha.
That whole look she has—the bright colors, the messy hair, and her acting mostly "normal"—it just rubs me the wrong way. I didn't see the Harley from the comics here, the one who was totally catatonic and paranoid back in the SS days. It feels like they just followed a tired old formula. And seriously, why on earth isn't Poison Ivy in this?🤔

But hey, who cares? That's why she's such a blast in the cartoons!

Rebecca Reed3 said:Are there any comfortable earplugs out there?
If they’re custom-molded, I assume they’d feel better?
Is there maybe some kind of protection that doesn't go deep into the ear canal?

Earplugs usually bother me. I don't even wear headphones.

I think what bugs me most about plugs and earbuds is how they seem to compress when you shove them in, and then once they're in, they try to expand but can't. That pressure is just annoying. If earplugs were custom-made, logic says that pressure wouldn't be an issue, right?

Yeah, you can get an 8-pack (16 plugs total) at CVS $9.25, and it's totally worth it. You can even wash them with water. They absorb sound way better than those cheap ones from the drugstore that turn into rocks after a week. I've been wearing plugs every single night for five or six years now—I can't sleep without them, and a sleep mask is a must for me too.
The plugs shouldn't compress like that; you're probably just putting them in wrong and warping them... grab one, roll it between your fingers like a little cylinder until all the air is squeezed out, then just tuck it in. Once they're in, they settle into place perfectly so you can sleep through loud noises. Honestly, after all these years, I can still hear certain things even with them in, but that's just habit at this point.

Nicholas King said:Playing this kind of tough guy usually lasts until a serious illness hits someone you actually care about.

The whole foundation of your bravado is just this basic idea that "it won't happen to me." You’re probably young enough to think you’re totally heartless, a fan of "natural selection," and just overall untouchable—but honestly, that’s just a silly way to look at things.

And who said none of my people aren't infected? You're acting all high and mighty like you're so smart, but my belief doesn't change anything; I don't give a damn if it hits me, my family, or someone else...

You can tell from the post who thinks they're some big shot who's invincible. Stop trying to act so tough. 🤦

You didn't even read my post properly. You just cherry-picked the parts you wanted to fight with, which really shows how much you missed the point. It's a pretty misguided way to think. 😉

If what I'm saying bothers you, there's an ignore button right there. Just skip me and leave me be, instead of feeling this obsessive need to lecture everyone else on how to be smart... 🙄

Nicole James said:You can't go to your own people—yeah, and that's exactly the point. You can't go to your own because you might infect them, then your family ends up in the hospital, then they infect the doctor, then the doctor goes to cardiology and infects twenty critically ill patients...

Infect them with what?
So basically, I’m totally safe hanging out in my room with my grandma and the cat, but the second I hop in my car and pull out of the driveway, I'm a walking biohazard? Great logic there... 🤦

Are we even allowed to step outside anymore if you live near a park or a field? Or does the rain start dropping spores from the trees too? 🤔

-I mean, I really care deeply about those twenty critically ill patients. The whole idea behind this virus is just natural selection—fewer mouths to feed and less manipulation. As far as I'm concerned, everyone can catch it; I'll be first in line.
-Regarding the vaccine, I was actually just debating yesterday how they might kill off more people with this new shot than the actual virus will. They say it'll be mandatory, but I'm not injecting any nonsense into my body unless they're offering morphine.🙄
Here you go, classic COVID news.

Larry Walker24 said:Word on the street is we're stuck in quarantine until June 1st—now Vili just announced 🤦

Oh man, if things go this way, maybe I'll actually have enough time to visit the registrar 😂😂😂

Amanda Hughes37 said:I actually told my husband... that this all went down back when we were just kids... but honestly, who’s going to stop me from tracking him down? I'll just throw on some camo, blend into the Appalachians, and disappear...🙂🙂

My fiancé is actually on his way to see me right now, and we're less than 6.2 miles away. If things stay this shitty, jbte, what am I even supposed to do? We had so many big plans and work projects lined up for this year, and now it looks like we won't even be able to move into our new house this year. 🙄 🙂

I can't get into the doctors in Miami or even see my own people. I can't get any checkups done, nothing...

Honestly, I'm more worried about catching something here in the middle of nowhere from all the local stinky alcoholics. 🤮

electrichound22 said:When exactly do you think this mandate is actually going to kick in?
Are we looking at the whole month of April, maybe stretching into May?

Oh, come on, it'll probably last until New Year's Day.😉

Who's down to sign a petition for a strict five-year quarantine? Maybe throw in seven years of good behavior just to be safe.🎉 🎉

Dana Robinson4 said:Word is it all started down in Southern Italy...
Better grab the crew and make a run for Walmart
Source: Sky News

🤣😂😂🙂

Keith Cox6 said:Look, Joseph Taylor11, you’ve been super active in this thread since day one, but honestly? You aren't being constructive at all. If this is how you "sound" when you're emailing officials to demand a pass—basically threatening the CZ headquarters by saying they'll lose your vote in the next election—then it’s no wonder you aren't getting anywhere with those flimsy little arguments you keep repeating.
Instead of all that, if you're really as "trapped" by municipal borders as you claim, then just order stuff online. Report local shopkeepers overcharging people to the inspectors, check in with neighbors in town to see if everything's okay with the property, FaceTime your family and friends, or... I don't know, find some other way to pass the time.
If you actually want to go, then go talk to the Mayor or the CZ head and try to secure a permit for shopping or food supplies. For all the other reasons you think they owe you access to neighboring counties—just shut up. You're coming off as incredibly arrogant.

Also, I totally agree that these (completely illogical) measures hit the rest of us way harder than Washington, D.C. residents. It feels like we might just be the test subjects for future restrictions that Washington will eventually have to get used to if this whole COVID situation spirals. We're basically the guinea pigs. 🙂

Look, do you actually realize they just DON'T ALLOW IT? I'm coming from a tiny little hamlet—honestly more of a village than a town—trying to get a permit to head into a nearby city 6.2 miles that's actually quite far, but it's basically just a small spot with one huge supermarket. And you know what they told me?

The official stance from the CZ headquarters and the Department of Homeland Security is that all shopping
and business should be handled within your immediate local area. Traveling is prohibited unless
you have an exceptional permit, which is only valid for a specific date.
Since there are multiple ATMs available in your location, and since following
recommendations from the Federal Reserve, almost all banks have waived fees for
withdrawing cash from other machines, your request is denied. ☕

There is literally ONE ATM, one tiny convenience store, and one small grocery shop. So yeah, they can just shove it.

Olivia Williams2 said:Are you from Washington, D.C. or somewhere nearby?
Just take some Rivotril and put on a movie, then maybe we can actually hang out.. 😛

Honestly, I have no clue what that even is.

Joseph Taylor11 said:I could sign off on this word for word.
I actually had a complete meltdown myself just a little while ago—the second I heard that guy on ABC using his most dramatic "breaking news" voice to claim a third person had died from COVID.
The person died because they were an oncology patient; any virus would have finished them off.

For God's sake—can people please realize that old and sick people pass away every single day!!

Then I turn on the TV and listen to this idiot on ABC—she's interviewing some guy (a nutritionist?) who's giving out dietary advice.

Like, where am I supposed to buy that stuff? In the two tiny shops I'm actually allowed to visit in this middle-of-nowhere town? They probably don't even carry fresh produce or meat! I don't know—I haven't been there in ages, I can't quite remember.
It's 3.7 miles away from those stores, and it's 6.2 miles away from a Lidl, Walmart, or KTC (where you can actually find something edible), but I'm not allowed to go there.

And yeah—there are people who made this kind of decision, and then there are people who, in my case, won't even give me a hall pass to get to a decent grocery store to buy food. And yet, just the other day, they were telling us not to stockpile supplies.

So now I'm going to go register on Facebook. There are politicians over there I can actually message—maybe someone will actually listen.
Because if they don't, I'm going to lose my mind, have a mental breakdown, and then I really won't be able to vouch for my own behavior.

I'm with you.

Olivia Williams2 said:Are you from Washington, D.C. or somewhere nearby?
Just take some Rivotril and put on a movie, then maybe we can actually hang out.. 😛

I honestly don't get why people from the city are constantly glued to Facebook. I guess some of you actually have jobs to do, but me? I just crawled out of bed because I was bored out of my mind. Our county is such a mess that even Corona didn't bother showing up here. What a joke.

Joseph Taylor11 said:Isn't it a bit harder to track a quarantine involving 3,800,000 people (I'm just throwing numbers out there, but I assume that's roughly our population in America) than it is to manage those who actually need to be in self-isolation because they're infected? 🤔

March 12th. The Government is still debating whether or not to shut down the schools.
March 19th. The Government is still thinking about whether teachers should bother coming into school every day (since online classes start March 16th, it's pretty obvious that's a waste of time...).

March 22nd. The Government issues a stay-at-home order regarding traveling "from city to city"—which, honestly, is so absurd in practice that it's barely even worth writing about.

If they had just made the call to close the borders immediately—something they spent ages overthinking—and banned international travel, while putting anyone arriving from abroad into strict quarantine for 14 days...
They could have implemented rigorous hygiene and epidemiological measures (whatever they want to call them), clearly regulated the supply chains for stores, kept production running, and limited ANY kind of public gathering...
🤔

But it's much easier to just wait and overthink things first...
Now we've hit a wall.

This virus is nothing compared to what's heading our way over the next five years.
People are going to suffer mentally; we'll see an increase in suicides and violent crimes, and people will die from stress-induced illnesses. We'll see a spike in heart disease, strokes, and malignant tumors.

In the end, more people might die from that than from this virus itself.

I’m going to screenshot this post... just in case someone needs a reminder in a year or two.

(One more prediction: next year we'll deal with the flu—with the corona-type virus being dominant. I hope vaccines are available, but I also know plenty of people won't get them... just like they aren't getting their flu shots today.)

👋
Look, I’m not the first to feel this way, and I won't be the last, but I am totally fed up. Honestly, I’ve started breaking stuff around the house because I’ve lost all sense of reality. I don't know what day it is, what time it is, or where I put anything. 🙂
I'll spend an entire day looking for the same object 55 different times because I've lost my mind—or rather, my mind is just gone.

Honestly, the best thing for everyone would be if I could just take a handful of Xanax or other benzos and stare peacefully at the ceiling. This is worse than any asylum. At least back then, they'd sedate you or knock you out with a shot when you started acting wild... 🐔

Joseph Taylor11 said:Not without a pass.
Since yesterday, I’ve been going back and forth with everyone: all the local Civil Defense Headquarters in my County—and now I've reached out to the news outlets too.
The media will probably pick up on my specific situation... though whether that actually helps anyone else at this point, I honestly don't know.

I’d suggest anyone living in those weirdly isolated Municipalities who isn't allowed to leave to speak up. Maybe hit up the news, too.

Does it seem right to you that people living in big cities (like Washington, D.C., Rijeka, Indianapolis, or San Jose) can move around freely (even if social contact is still a bit risky)... while someone from a small rural area isn't allowed to go to the next town over just to grab some food or gas?
Especially when that neighboring town is actually halfway closer than their own "center"?

Which political parties were actually pushing for reducing the number of Municipalities in the first place?

Honestly, screw them. I’m telling them I’ll just pack up and go wherever I feel like.
They can try to fine me all they want, but if they do, fine—at least I'll be relaxing in jail just like those fancy politicians.
Sure, let's pretend I infected 50 people with some imaginary virus. If it's all a circus, might as well join the show.

George Murphy12 said:Even in our neck of the woods, it's a tiny town where you can only grab the basics at the local corner store...

No meat, no fish, none of that stuff... and getting to a Lidl, Walmart, or Kaufland? Forget it without a pass. You can't just call them up, and if you try emailing, they tell you to fill out a request, sign it, then send it back...

Which basically means print it, fill it out, sign it, and scan it... honestly, how many people even have a printer, a scanner, AND email access sitting around...

I applied for a pass for that exact same reason, and Caity told me I could just head to the bank instead.
The idiots replied saying I should just go to the nearest stores for groceries. Well, there's a Walmart right under my apartment and an NTLA, but what on earth am I supposed to buy there for actual meals? If I shop there, I'll be eating the exact same thing every single day for the next decade. It honestly makes me want to lose it.
Where am I supposed to find decent cat food and litter around here???
Or am I supposed to choose between two brands of pads that cost an arm and a leg $10??
Then Caity sends back a rejection, claiming there are plenty of ATMs in this village. There aren't "plenty" of anything—there is exactly ONE. And he has to physically go to the bank because his account is protected. Trying to explain common sense to these fools is useless.
I'm totally done with this. Honestly, I'll just pack my bags and go wherever the hell I want. As far as I'm concerned, the whole seven billion of them can just disappear. Useless worms...

Frank Flores63 said:👍

That is precisely where the issue lies. This measure has made life incredibly, incredibly complicated for everyone living out in the rural areas.
They really need to just shut down the cities, the islands, and the entire counties. They need to find some actual logical checkpoints because right now, this is an absolute disaster.

Maybe it would make sense in a perfect world, but here, every little village has its own Municipality regardless of how many people actually live there. Now, I can't even step an inch outside my yard without breaking rules, and my uncle is stuck wondering how he's supposed to get into the city for his pension appointments.🕺
Am I allowed to drive into town for groceries? That local Walmart is basically built out of Lego bricks—they barely have enough bread to go around, and when they do, the prices are 70% higher. It’s just ridiculous.🤦

Any news regarding people moving from Village Village to 6.2 miles?