Red Mosquito

Chuck Woolery's son wants the rona. Boom, roasted.

Bi_3 wrote:

yeah same thing's happening in chicago - and my neighborhood specifically.

our mayor is threatening to go back a phase soon, which is essentially closing down evening social spots.

Restaurants in town here were closing down their kitchens in the evening and just serving drinks to college students.

Now the County ordered all in-person dining closed at 10pm.

B wrote:Restaurants in town here were closing down their kitchens in the evening and just serving drinks to college students.

Now the County ordered all in-person dining closed at 10pm.

yup the smart way to do it is in small steps, to minimize public backlash. that early closing mandate is foreshadowing.

Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

yeah how do you even enjoy yourself doing that right now

Rob wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:But make no mistake. Parents can't teach.

This is true, no doubt, in most cases...

Bi_3 wrote:

What we are considering is three families grouping together and each of the parents assumes the role of in-house teacher for one day a week.

... but if it comes to it, this is what we're doing too. And we're extra lucky, because one of the neighbors in the group is a nurse who works 3 long night shifts a week, but 2 are on weekends, so she's basically offered to do most of it.

And she'll bring the COVID home from her work

verb_to_trust wrote:Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

think about young people and how social and horny they are. think about people who live alone and just want to have a conversation with someone in the same room. i agree it's a stupid and unnecessary risk, but if you put yourself in different shoes, you can understand it a bit more.

basically, it comes down to emotion versus logic. and like anything with being human, emotion often wins out.

it's the same reason you see seemingly intelligent friends posting pictures of themselves on summer holiday with a large family group wearing no masks. they can't imagine not going up to the family cabin over the summer and seeing everyone, even though they know there's a virus and it's real.

which is why i'm all for hardass lockdowns, etc. people can't be trusted to use their brains before their hearts, so restrictions need to be over the top where folks can't even have those scenarios as options.

spike wrote:basically, it comes down to emotion versus logic. and like anything with being human, emotion often wins out.

it's the same reason you see seemingly intelligent friends posting pictures of themselves on summer holiday with a large family group wearing no masks. they can't imagine not going up to the family cabin over the summer and seeing everyone, even though they know there's a virus and it's real.

Very true. Everyone around here has been diligent when going out "in public" with masks and social distancing, but not so in private with family/friends & neighbors.

Rob wrote:

spike wrote:basically, it comes down to emotion versus logic. and like anything with being human, emotion often wins out.

it's the same reason you see seemingly intelligent friends posting pictures of themselves on summer holiday with a large family group wearing no masks. they can't imagine not going up to the family cabin over the summer and seeing everyone, even though they know there's a virus and it's real.

Very true. Everyone around here has been diligent when going out "in public" with masks and social distancing, but not so in private with family/friends & neighbors.

Im fine with it if you know and trust the circle of people you are around. I know my family is taking it seriously and mostly staying home and when venturing out wearing a mask. Wearing a mask out in public makes most sense to me because i dont know those people or trust that they have taken it as seriously as me.

Middle path.

I see co workers who seem lax with masking around each other, as if only gross strangers are able to be infected by the virus.

verb_to_trust wrote:Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

I think people just want to feel human and regain some sense of normalcy in the face of a deadly virus with a 99.9% survival rate.

macphisto wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

I think people just want to feel human and regain some sense of normalcy in the face of a deadly virus with a 99.9% survival rate.

Only 850,000 more Americans are going to die at that rate. Might as well get a burger!

Strat wrote:

Rob wrote:

spike wrote:basically, it comes down to emotion versus logic. and like anything with being human, emotion often wins out.

it's the same reason you see seemingly intelligent friends posting pictures of themselves on summer holiday with a large family group wearing no masks. they can't imagine not going up to the family cabin over the summer and seeing everyone, even though they know there's a virus and it's real.

Very true. Everyone around here has been diligent when going out "in public" with masks and social distancing, but not so in private with family/friends & neighbors.

Im fine with it if you know and trust the circle of people you are around. I know my family is taking it seriously and mostly staying home and when venturing out wearing a mask. Wearing a mask out in public makes most sense to me because i dont know those people or trust that they have taken it as seriously as me.

Middle path.

oh when they go out, they must only be near people who also wear masks

macphisto wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

I think people just want to feel human and regain some sense of normalcy in the face of a deadly virus with a 99.9% survival rate.

Let’s only concern ourselves with survival rate, because the symptoms are no big deal.

How about instead of a vaccine we just jab everyone with the virus? We're all going to get it eventually anyway.

spike wrote:

macphisto wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:Still don't understand why people would voluntarily eat at a restaurant or go to a bar right now.

I think people just want to feel human and regain some sense of normalcy in the face of a deadly virus with a 99.9% survival rate.

Let’s only concern ourselves with survival rate, because the symptoms are no big deal.

I mean, a lot of times they arent