Posts by Bryan Taylor6

bluejackal2 said:For real though! I honestly just feel bad for the women who have to deal with this at home; I even heard about one lady who actually got smacked right in the face by a projectile.😬

He's finally seeing things clearly now that the whiskey has worn off. He's actually realizing what he signed up for... 😁

Keith Cox6 said:Where on earth did you get the idea that the police aren't monitoring people in isolation?
Let’s recap here: there are the "registered" folks in the system who are actually isolating, and then there's the massive group of people who—just because they felt like it—refused to "register" by notifying their family doctor or the local health official. So, the issue isn't the people the system actually knows about. The problem is the huge majority who were exposed to someone potentially infected, or even confirmed cases, but kept their mouths shut and decided to "speak up" only after symptoms kicked in—by which time they’d been walking around freely or infecting medical staff by withholding the truth.
My sister is a doctor at one of those hospitals where nearly half the staff is out on quarantine. With that in mind, I have to ask: who is left to treat everyone else? We were already short-staffed, and now we're even more depleted. It’s no wonder surgeries are being postponed; oncology patients have never been in a more precarious spot because everyone is suddenly preoccupied with COVID.
Also, when you compare the measures implemented here to other—let's say, more liberal—systems, don't forget that our economic, financial, and healthcare capabilities are way below the average of the places you're citing. We simply aren't equipped to handle the fallout of this crisis, which is why the measures are so drastic and why following them feels like such an impossible struggle.
Well, honestly, it would be better if we were hit by a permanent recession next, because clearly, the priority is ensuring you can invoke your constitutional guarantee to go water the plants in an apartment in a neighboring city. If pausing your life is such a struggle, you'll probably all end up unemployed, banging your heads against whatever little wall hasn't collapsed from an earthquake yet—well, if only I had known. But you knew!

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Why don't they just release the antibody data so we can see how many people recovered without even knowing they had it? What if it's a third of the American population? Then all this panic is just pointless and it's destroying the economy...

bluejackal2 said:Check this out: Long before COVID hit, you had people acting all worried, asking what would happen if the local pub shut down?? They had absolutely no clue how much of a shock it would actually be once those bars really did close and they were stuck at home with their wives all day. Honestly, back then, half these guys only dragged their wives to the pub just so they wouldn't have to deal with being home! Psychologists are going to be swamped, just like after any major war—actually, probably even more so.

They're going to get PTSD from the bars being closed😁

wiredseal7 said:Hmm, sounds like they leaked that $30k figure just to keep people from swarming the checkpoints or trying to cut through side roads. Clever trick—looks like our brains only start working when things hit the fan.

Nothing actually worked on them. One idiot blurted it out, the news picked it up, and boom—instant fame.

ruggedhawk20 said:Well, hey, at least it's another $700,000 pumped into the federal budget

So far, they've only collected 115 $0.00, and you can pretty much forget about those massive numbers you're expecting

They really should have permitted movement within the loop 31 miles spanning cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Miami...

Sean Stewart said:I’ve been chewing on the logic behind these penalties lately, and frankly, it feels completely backwards. It makes zero sense that some idiot who ignores their quarantine orders just to wander around town gets hit with a mere $2667 fine—while someone actually following the rules, stuck in some tiny rural county where they can't even access basic services, ends up facing a $30 $0.00 penalty just because a local official decided their permit wasn't "essential" enough.

Where on earth are you getting the idea that it's a $10000 fine for leaving your place of residence?

Paul White9 said:I have no idea who you think you're talking to. I am actively working and have solid experience in a high-demand field on a global scale. And I am nowhere near 60 years old.

As for the other guy starting with zero bucks, just listen to how many people packed up and moved abroad chasing the American Dream and better opportunities, only to find they ended up much better off in the end.

Oh really? Who am I even talking to here? Half the country is living on minimum wage, people are scavenging cans just to get by, and the economy is cratering... but sure, everything is "fixed" if you just grab your bags and head for the bright lights of the West. That’s exactly the kind of attitude our President has been pushing...

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Paul White9 said:Look, I have my own weekend cabin and a garden I tend to every single year. Whether I’ll still be doing that this year, I honestly can't say. I was working on it right before winter hit. I don't need the Midwest to feel productive.

Tell me, what actually keeps people tethered to the US? It’s all about real estate equity and family. If they strip away your capital and your property, you just move your family somewhere better.

Moving to a "better place" with zero dollars in your pocket? People out there absolutely love those types of folks... including the 60-year-olds.

Paul White9 said:800 square feet? I guess you're living the high life, then.

It's a delusion. 800 square feet is absolutely nothing.

Sure, 860 square feet is nothing, but when you're on the coast in Miami and everything is just 10 feet from one house to the next, it actually matters 😁 or try fitting 37 square feet in a car 😵

Paul White9 said:Exactly. Some people won't have access to fresh produce. Others won't have a garden or veggies to rely on. Or even wine. But what people *are* losing is their jobs, hour by hour. Do the math. You lose your job, you lose your income, and suddenly you don't have food—and you can't just head down to the local market to grow your own stuff and eat. Brilliant, right?

If you’re so eager to plant things, head out to the Midwest and plow. There's plenty of land out there just waiting for someone to work it...

Paul White9 said:And what if it isn't someone in quarantine, but just someone else without any restrictions? Are we supposed to punish everyone? Everyone is guilty until proven innocent, right? And if they're stuck in quarantine at home in an apartment, their wife and kids are there too. Just like they were in the car.

Don't compare a car where people are breathing down each other's necks to an 800-square-foot apartment. We aren't idiots. It's not the same thing, and it can't be treated as the same...

dustymarlin10 said:And why wouldn't that be an issue?
You really think those local cronies aren't just going to write off the fines?

You won't be able to pay them anyway if you're under a travel restriction.

Paul White9 said:And what about the people who won't be able to get back for months? Everything will just turn into a jungle; you won't even be able to manage it with a standard push mower.

I'm sure Bozinovic will just shell out the cash to have the local public works department fix everything since the owners couldn't. Or, more likely, they'll just send over a fine for not keeping the lawn tidy enough. 🙂

Right, because the absolute biggest crisis we're facing right now is overgrown weeds🙏

Paul White9 said:And if they're just sitting in their own house 200 yards away from me in isolation, what does it matter if they're here?

It matters, because they shouldn't have even left their house the first time.
What kind of "quarantine" is that when you're driving across the entire country, putting everyone at risk?
And they're doing it with their whole family... hours spent in a car together... suddenly you don't just have one infected person, you have four.

Jack Cook7 said:I am seriously itching to see the absolute meltdown of both state and city budgets, whether it's because of COVID or just general chaos.

Man, I can't wait to see the feathers fly. Just imagine when Badnik shows up at Central Park for a May Day bean cookout—who's gonna step up and throw down? It’s gonna be a mess of tar and feathers, and then a grand parade straight down the tracks all the way to the Los Angeles County border.

I don't think there will be any rallies or gatherings this May...

stormybadger8 said:You're saying most people who were in isolation and ended up infected were definitely hanging out in downtown NYC...
People didn't come back from some tiny rural town after skiing trips in Italy or Austria; it was way more likely those folks from central NYC...
If those same people had flooded the streets and parks alongside everyone else who wasn't even sick...
they almost certainly would've spread the virus to a huge crowd, and now everyone's scattered all over the place.

That’s exactly why the earthquake was such a "super-spreader" event, and Božinović basically handed them a nuclear arsenal with his terrible response.
We'll see the fallout somewhere between April 1st and April 10th...

Just because you went to work in NYC doesn't mean you walked right into the house of someone in isolation...
But now, that's exactly why he ended up being your neighbor.

Exactly...

Paul White9 said:Around 1,700 families headed out to their weekend getaways following the earthquake because their homes were either damaged or they just didn't feel safe staying put—and luckily, they had their own places to go. Now, how is a father supposed to drive into Washington, D.C., to report damage and deal with all these aftershocks when his wife and kids are already settled somewhere safe and warm?

The geniuses behind this plan clearly didn't account for that scenario.

No, the geniuses actually implemented the stay-at-home order the day after 300,000 Washington residents had already left town. 😵 😵 😵

Richard Walker38 said:So, I really need some help planning a build like this.

I’m looking at getting this monitor, and I want to pair it with a Small Form Factor PC for browsing, music, watching movies from discs, Netflix, and YouTube in 4K. I need to know what components I’ll need. Ideally, it shouldn't be super expensive, needs to handle everything listed above, and should be as quiet as possible.

Is about $300 enough for a build like this? I don't think I need a dedicated GPU, so an APU should do the trick, right? Is an Intel Core i3 sufficient for smooth 4K playback? I'm a bit lost since this isn't a standard mid-tower setup, so I'm struggling with part selection—especially regarding dimensions, power draw, power supplies, and all that. Help! 🙂

An Android TV box from $133could handle all of that, maybe even easier.

Entry-level CPUs on the market right now... just avoid them if you can.