Keith Patel81 said:I found some spikes on the road over at Murter, meant for puncturing tires. If only someone had given me a heads-up about this ten days ago...
We can't exactly line them up on the interstate to stop people from driving the wrong way, but here they are, tucked away in some backwater nowhere 🤣
What, you think I can control who leaves? Just pure luck I happened to be out there last year—there’s literally just one single bridge about 65 feet long. 🤣
ruggedjackal46 said:Dammit, if you started handing out non-selective layoffs to a massive chunk of people right now (we're talking 50% of the public sector?!), all you'd end up doing is creating a mountain of social welfare cases that the government would just have to deal with all over again. People are stuck in isolation, they aren't even allowed to leave their houses, and now you want to slap them with a pink slip and strip away their financial stability? Seriously, what are they supposed to live on?
And what else are people supposed to live on? We're looking at a massive wave of layoffs coming our way. Tourism, which employs a huge crowd of seasonal workers this year, isn't going to save us. If the revenue side of the budget has shrunk, then the spending side needs to shrink too. Our scales were already totally unbalanced to begin with, and after this, they’re just going straight to hell. Nobody is saying we should fire doctors, firefighters, or other essential professions. But bureaucracy? There's plenty of that lying around like weeds. We all know who they are here—even the ones pretending they don't 😁
It's all just trolling anyway; our guys won't actually do anything. The paychecks will definitely keep coming, while everyone else working their asses off 😁
Listen guys, if a nuclear exchange breaks out between the US and Russia on the 9th, my paycheck is hitting on the 10th, so there’s zero doubt about that 😁
Okay, maybe it's not quite like that... some people get paid on the 5th, others on the 7th. 😁
Paul Martinez73 said:Oh, so we're talking about the Anonymous movement and all those conspiracies now? Like the global elite are out to restrict our freedom of movement or shove microchips into our brains or something...
Give me a break with all these conspiracy theories.
I’m really over this constant finger-pointing at everyone. Let me say this loud and clear—I've been saying it since day one: If you have people who actually *should* be isolating, right? Then punish them. From what I can see, the cops are out there checking if people are staying put; they can't monitor everyone 24/7, obviously, but they're doing the work.
As for everyone else? If I go visit some relatives, then: 1. I'm an idiot because I'm socializing. 2. My family are morons for not telling me, "Hey, beat it, don't come over."
It feels like we're asking way too much by expecting people to just take some damn responsibility for themselves. I keep bringing up my dad—he's in a high-risk group, 80+ years old. He went into isolation on his own; he doesn't want anyone visiting and he isn't going anywhere. He takes care of himself.
Then on the flip side, you've got people throwing parties and get-togethers. I'll ask two questions: yeah, the organizers are idiots—all five of them—but what kind of idiots are the people showing up to these parties? If someone called me to hang out right now, I wouldn't go. Not even because I'm scared of getting sick, but because it's just plain irresponsible. I don't need the government breathing down my neck to tell me that.
Paul Martinez73 said:In Germany, it goes up to €25,000 Austria is at €5,000 South Australia is 25,000 Australian dollars ($14,480); in Queensland is 13,345 Australian dollars ($7,730) and in Victoria, 20,000 Australian dollars ($11,580).
Looks like they have their fair share of consequences too, apparently... ☕
Seriously though, everyone just needs to chill out...
They definitely do. Bit by bit. It's all about shearing the sheep, if you ask me. I'm totally with you on that.
Another brilliant move from the top brass. If you head out somewhere without a pass, you're looking at a $30k fine. Break quarantine? That'll be an $8k hit. 🤣
Seriously, just screw it. We’re getting exactly what we deserve. 😁
It’s gonna be wild when the inspectors finally get their hands on all those crumbling buildings downtown. Like, seriously, how many of them are even safe to stand in anymore, regardless of what happened during the earthquake? ☕
I guess it doesn't matter if your building is literally falling apart as long as you live within two minutes of the President, right? Apparently, structural integrity isn't a priority.
The Italians are basically just multiplying the infection count by 10 at this point. And honestly? That probably includes everyone out there who’s barely even feeling sick or has zero symptoms at all.
So, looking at Sweden, it seems they haven't slapped any bans on anything yet. Schools are still open, everything’s just running as usual. Honestly, we'll have to wait and see how this whole situation plays out over there.
Some "experts" out there are actually arguing that we should stay in quarantine for two whole years, because apparently—get this—as soon as this thing clears up, it’s just going to start spreading all over again. Yeah, thanks for the tip, guys, but I’m definitely not living my life like that.
We’re basically looking at a "mission accomplished, but the patient died" kind of situation.
I mean, people actually follow these rules. There’s nobody out and about—I was talking to my sister (she lives in a smaller town) and she was heading home from work in the afternoon, and she didn't see a single soul on the street. It was 5 PM, peak commute time, everyone is just doing the whole job-to-home shuffle, who else is working? And then they drop a ban like this on us. For what? You can't visit family, you can't go on road trips, and if you're traveling to another city, it’s strictly for work. Then you automatically run the risk of running into cops; you’ve got them stationed at every city entrance just checking people.
Honestly, I’m not digging how our lives are being turned into this mess. Now I finally get why Americans were so fed up after 9/11. Once the government gets moving on this stuff, the repressive machine just doesn't know how to stop. 😁
steelharbor9 said:Yeah, I guess the option where the whole healthcare system just completely collapses because we let the virus spread uncontrollably and instantly is way more appealing. 🤷
It’s definitely not sustainable in the long run, but maybe it helps cushion the blow for the most vulnerable people until the hospitals can actually handle the load—which is kind of the whole point, right? I don't really see any other way to avoid ending up like Italy.
And they had that exact same mindset (and for some reason, a huge chunk of them still do) back in early March, so we all saw exactly where that led them.
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Noah Perez2 said:In my opinion, Bozinovic and the enforcement agencies should have taken much more decisive action at the very beginning. When people arriving from abroad were ordered into self-isolation, the general sentiment seemed to be that it was some sort of joke—just another bureaucratic nuisance. Most citizens—and I won't generalize too broadly since there are plenty of smart people out there—didn't even grasp the gravity of what "self-isolation" actually entails. Not to mention the sheer irresponsibility shown by certain individuals.
It was only after several days, once it became obvious that the mandate was being flagrantly ignored—with those who were supposed to be isolating instead wandering through pharmacies, playing bingo, or hosting neighborhood parties—that the authorities finally adopted a firmer tone. They started using GPS tracking, integrating pharmacy software data, and conducting door-to-door checks. Had they been more aggressive from the jump, we might not be facing this surge in local transmission right now.
Now, because of these new restrictions, everyone is going to suffer—especially the majority who have been following the rules diligently until now.
Furthermore, the decision to limit store hours to 8 AM–5 PM is poorly conceived. It either triggers unnecessary panic or just forces everyone to scramble. Instead of smoothing things out, you end up with a crowd of frustrated people hitting the stores at 8 AM for their basic groceries, creating nothing but massive lines and congestion.
Look, man, just go at them with the heavy artillery—don't take it out on the rest of us. It’s pretty damn obvious to me that our government bureaucracy is way too incompetent to actually pull something like this off. They just rolled out these new permits that are being handled at the local county level, and honestly? Half the people running the show don't even know who's issuing them, and the other half have no clue what the actual restrictions are. Everyone who asks for one is gonna get one, because let’s be real—if someone is actually bothering to ask, they clearly need it. Whether they’re commuting to work in a different city or just heading out to a farm upstate to feed the chickens, nobody's stopping them. 😁
Honestly, these permit requirements are getting straight-up surreal.
Like, you want to head out to the countryside to prune some olive trees? You need a permit. Want to go feed the livestock? Get a permit. It’s 2020, yet we're living out every single bureaucratic wet dream ever conceived by some local city hall clerk. 🙏
I honestly still can't wrap my head around how they just slapped those movement restrictions on us 🤣 like we were just gonna roll over and let them do it without a fight...
At this rate, half of America is gonna be starving in three months. Right now, it's every man for himself. 😁
Vekjo, I have no clue who’s asking for a timeline on the meds. What some of us are pointing out is that we just can't sustain this lifestyle long-term. Wealthier nations might pull through, but definitely not people like me. Look, I’m doubling down here: this isn't going to be worth the total economic meltdown headed our way. Call me a clown if you want, I don't give a damn. I am not going hungry, thank God.
Paul Martinez73, the whole point is to stop everyone from fleeing the major cities—and we all know which ones those are in the States. They managed to keep people in California by banning travel to the islands, they kept folks away from San Francisco by restricting trips to Manhattan, Martha's Vineyard, and Maui... so there had to be a way to handle Chicago too.
Paul Martinez73 said:Those typical NYC types, please. Who actually gives a damn if they have nowhere to sleep? Let them crash in Central Park while they wander around aimlessly. And don't get me started on the college kids ditching the dorms—they're just as much part of that NYC crowd, all acting like "chaos students" because they think they can escape to the coast where there's less virus. People are even saying you can hang out in isolation with a few friends or play some casual backyard games...
Look, I'm not talking about people whose dorms actually got trashed or something. I mean plenty of folks just decided to bail on Washington, D.C. entirely. They're heading to places that can't handle it if they actually end up getting sick. Right now, staying put at home is just the smartest move.
So now we've got this movement ban on us. Seriously, screw the retirees and those NYC types who just bail on Washington, D.C. the second things get real ☕