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Everything around me is getting canceled because of the corona virus. Close contact military training goes on though! Just go to your happy place.......

We're good and not hoarding here but lots of people are going crazy. Thing is, if you are healthy, young, and without multiple health conditions (this is the vast majority of the people panicking and hoarding...it isn't the elders with stroke and copd panicking. I see far fewer of them with concerns. Maybe a whole 5 in the past two days compared to over a hundred young people. One was a young lady wanting to set up her grandma for a month's precriptions because she was the caregiver and she didn't want to chance herself infecting her grandma since she works in a crowded public space, just in case. Now that's a good grandchild.), you'll likely not be in mortal peril, even if infected. The craze is robbing the people who need supplies like frail elderly and healthcare workers (we have no gloves anymore. Without PPE I'm exposing myself to all sorts of other risks far more perilous) because of the indoctrination of the masses from watching too much of the propaganda machine on the tv screen. The propaganda machine is and always has been the problem. Not enough facts, just a narrative they want people to blindly believe and they've snookered quite a lot of people this time around.

Less worried about Corona Virus than what people are capable of doing when they’re scared.

Having meetings at work for contingency planning in case we get quarantined. Oh boy....

yay, my country is probably going into a total lock-down by the end of the week. Though, rationally many more countries, which have infected people by now will eventually reach a similar situation. Also, started to have a sore throat...

I watched a video on the whole panic buying issue that touched on a point that I've considered myself: How much extra stress this is causing people on fixed incomes who can't afford to stockpile supplies. That is a completely valid point & I think it's awful that people who may only be able to buy a few items at a time aren't able to get what they need to just survive on a regular basis because of people hoarding things. The reality is that not everyone can afford to buy a month's worth of food & supplies at a time. That's why I'm glad that the stores in my area are starting to implement at least some sort of limits on how much people can buy. And with the whole hand sanitizer issue....what good does a truckload of that stuff do someone if they're still touching other people, their faces, not covering their mouths when they cough or sneeze, not keeping surfaces they come into contact with regularly clean i.e. bedding, kitchen/school/work surfaces, electronics that they touch & then pass to other people to touch, etc., not washing their hands regularly, or not taking good care of their health, etc. ? My point is, hand sanitizer alone isn't going to stop people from getting COVID-19 so the panic buying & price gouging is ridiculous.

Maybe I'm a big baby when it comes to this and I don't know how bad it is for everyone else but I wish we stocked better. Like we got a warning in my area and now driving outside of an emergency can be illegal. My dad works for a school but its been shut down and now i'm crapping my pants that I wish we had more t-paper. .....we legit had to stuff a duffel bag of regular shopping because the roads are closed. My mom kept me away from my friends after my leg surgery bc the hospital kept me 3 days and it was full of people coughing. I'm a little scared bc my dad might be out of work and we're not sure what will happen? Then we lost power in my area and the city made a fuss about coming out. The only thing I been doing to keep in good spirits is joke about with my friends...like we might turn into toilet paper eating zombies lel. Am I the only one seeing it ironic that people say their stocking before everyone cleans out the stores? Like that's what they are doing no matter how you cut it. Its smart for if they close the roads in your area and limit what you buy and the trucks that bring stuff in our stores are quitting so maybe it will be awhile before we get certain things here again?....I'm scared that i need to go back to my dr. soon for my leg followup and if we get sick who will take care of my pupper.

wish I could say that he was probably kidding. one of the reasons why we should abandon handshakes and adopt something like bowing in Japan. It's enough for me seeing people use the public restroom and heading straight for the door, not to mention the spread of various microbes they might be carrying

My family stocked up a little bit on toilet paper and things like canned food and water due to the concern of people going full doomsday prepper mode and snagging all of it the second they hear someone cough. The shelves weren't empty at stores we go to, but they were picked over pretty well. Still no cases in Montana and it probably is one of the best states to live in for this situation, but that won't stop people from panicking. I do have a weak immune system and asthma though, so probably not a bad idea to be ready since just the regular flu can mess me up~ Honestly though, the scariest thing about this to me was hearing someone remark "I guess I better start washing my hands."

my neighbor's husband went to our local walmart and the shelves were empty. this older man had the last three packages of toilet paper and wouldn't give anyone who actually needed them. the husband snatched the toilet paper and walked off. its so bad down in florida. luckily my boyfriend buys them in bulk on a regular basis online (cheaper than buying them from the store). im just so confused as to why people are stocking up on toilet paper? like. what does it have to do with the virus? i can understand cleaning supplies. i guess people are hoarding up just in case they have to stay inside for a long period of time? i've no idea

Hash brownssss and bacon baby

Welcome to the forums. I do hope you enjoy your time here While I do have some loli material, I can't exactly say they're safe for sharing.

Hello and welcome to AF~ I think this gif I made years ago will be a fitting welcome. I am too lazy to edit it though so just pretend they are chanting "one of us" or something~

Latest idiocy: Youtube is demonetizing and giving copyright strikes to people who mention the corona virus in their videos. Presumably due to the corona beer trademark. One of my tech podcasts was substituting "human malware" for the term to avoid the issue.. and of course confusing everyone in the process. At this point I'm more worried that the lunacy might be contagious than I am about the corona™ virus itself.

Charmy is awesome for sure! I hope we get an episode that goes into her backstory.

personally I think Charmy is great

well, I usually stock up every two weeks as that is enough. Today however, the stores were almost empty. no toilet paper, no pasta, no sauces (to Southern Europeans that's as important as peanut butter and jelly is to Americans), almost no bread, flour etc. this is actually starting to grind my gears What the heck are people doing? If you sit on a pile of 40 bags of toilet paper, and someone else runs out that's not really great or communal. I am still covered for about two weeks but come on, this mass hysteria is getting out of hand and will affect people who are in need of things because of for example medical conditions etc. also just got an e-mail from work 'any course with more than one student is cancelled' What kind of course does not have more than one student?

Funnily enough, it's not toilet paper people are bunking but beer, the shelves are literally empty though I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different from my country . That being said, we don't really have a wide spread panic, not any of these "hundreds of people storming the supermarket"-kind of scenarios. I mean, if I go out it doesn't look like that people care much; either they actually don't (fair point unless you often have close contact with old/sick people) or don't know that the majority of the population will eventually contract the disease and that we should isolate old people. Kinda risky situation since we border Italy and our government hinted that maybe if they fail to control the situation will have a full on lock down like our neighbour. (In that case, I'd finally have the time to watch Gundam) But eh, over here we say "let's wait and drink tea".

I came onto this site just to see if anyone made a thread about the toilet paper shortage and I was NOT disappointed Anyway, the store in my town of like 300 people was struck by the toilet paper goblins out of nowhere this morning (seriously people traveled anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours to stock up on toilet paper, lmao).

Finally gave up AT&T and called Spectrum. They're definitely the second choice in terms of uplink and downlink speed and ping times. OTOH, they actually managed to get their shit working, unlike that other utility. And OTGH pretty much anything beats AT&T's old 8mbit DSL.

We got power back but for how long? My leg hurts and my tummys eek but whats new? My school is going online but i don't have a good computer i use my phone mostly. Why does it suck right now...and there's no more chocolate milk lacto free in my stores thats the real tragedy lel. Anyways watching old cartoons

Left eye, it's worse than the other and deserves to be poked for its failings~ Would you rather be stung 10 times in different places by normal fire ants, or just once by a super fire ant whose sting is 10 times more painful~?

I stopped by the grocery store after work to get some frozen fruit & salad stuff & they've had to put a limit on the cases of bottled water. A woman actually glared at me as I walked by the rapidly emptying pallets. It's like 'Listen, lady...just let me get my produce & I'll be on my way...sheesh!' Besides, I stocked up on bottled water, toilet paper, cold meds, first aide supplies, non perishable food, etc. etc. WEEKS ago when I 1st heard about this because I just had a feeling. Now did I run around giving people the evil eye while ripping packs of toilet paper from the arms of frightened mothers? Nope. Just got a little extra(meaning like 2 of each, not 10 or 20) of the items I knew I might need just to be safe. Not to mention, I live in an area where we frequently get severe weather & sometimes lose power &/or experience flooding as a result so I keep these types of things in my house on a regular basis. The schools in my city have shut down due to someone who visited testing positive for COVID-19, so that's what all the panic is about.

Just watched it and yeah, this one was cute hehe. Henry and Gordon are becoming my 2 new eccentric favorites

uh eww. =-= I think its fair to stock up on your medications you usually take, up to a certain time period (looking at it almost like you're going on a month vacation. What are my essentials; what would be difficult to come by). When I went to the store to get antibiotics for my cold I received so many nasty looks I was totally to myself, responsible for my coughs, where I was touching, and hand sanitizing. I feel for those who might be mistaken for sick and having the panic around them go sideways. My friend brought up another point. She's Chinese and sent me a message saying "wondering if white people would get harassed or shunned in the streets if COVID-19 had begun in Europe" and then I was telling her I think anyone will get shunned at this point for even a sniffle. Please don't be like Thai monkeys and panic....we have better faculties to use. (also ps. totally googled that after =3= haha I don't believe in feeding wild animals...I mean I get that its a cultural/temple, but...you mess animals up by doing that and cause more harm than good....case in point)

@SanguineTear.. We did the same thing (stock up) a couple weeks ago. My mom is 80 and my SIL has diabetes and high blood pressure so we wanted to make sure we got in ahead of the current wacko crowd that's in full prepper mode. Nothing to do now but watch the "show" and hope the lightning doesn't strike too close. Still can't beat the "monkey riots" in Thailand for sheer entertainment value however. (Tourists feed crowds of monkeys bananas. Virus => No tourists => no bananas => mobs of hungry, angry monkeys.) Bet that didn't appear on anyone's risk-assessment analysis. Kind of scary too, in a way. It is often the weird, unexpected stuff that gets you in the end.

Thanks , i did the speech today , it wasn't so bad . But i think my was kinda bad comparing to some of the other student's speech in my class , one group's speech was so funny , they acted out a skit to represent their speech and they edited the video and everything , it was really good and funny

Apparently the first three episodes of season 2 will debut in theaters like they did for season 1. Not close enough to me though, so will wait for the streaming premiere the following week. For anyone interested https://www.funimationfilms.com/movie/fruits-basket/

It's been pretty damn hot here in the Philippines. But then again, it's hot here almost year-round.

Homemade pho for breakfast haha

The “news” reporting is not useful. Even by their own alarmist standards they’re not even doing their reporting right. For instance, according to the CDC regular old H1N1 has already killed 136 children so far this flu season. You would think they’d be all over that. Apparently they don’t care. (Or worse, they don’t even know.. this info is in the CDC’s usual weekly reports, available to all on their web page.) They would rather report on toilet paper shortages. I’d ask my dog for advice before I’d listen to anyone on the “news”.

Pretty photo I wanted to share.

I know Manderin and a bit of fujianese ( a type of chinese ) but i want to learn japanese

Did a little sketchy-sketch using the oll tablet, since I still wanna get used to using it :3 I'm having fun just making experimental-chill peices, all just utilising different brushes and things I've never used before... Came out looking alright, I think!

Thank you for the shout out. But yes that is pretty varied. Some of those shows aren't on my website at all. But just to add to the above recommendations: The Vision of Escaflowne Golden Time Honey and Clover Touch Maison Ikkoku Sword Art Online Kids on the Slope

When you put it like that I must admit there's a certain attraction to the situation. https://babylonbee.com/news/nations-nerds-wake-up-in-utopia-where-everyone-stays-inside-sports-canceled-social-interaction-forbidden