[Maru]

Originally Posted by bots

i'm 99% sure Biden said it I know Boris said it here

Biden's state of mind was never that great to begin with. I'll give him a pass.

I didn't pay much attention to the shutdown in the UK, but funny enough, I was in my workshop making small furniture when I learned about it starting up there before it even really reached here. We were able to prep in advance and we sat it out just fine. Texas never closed to the extent of other states, so we were mostly normal except no one wanted to go to a restaurant, but it was hard to come by basic things like TP.

Edit: I think it's possible I caught it a few months before it started to spread though. My doctors office at the time was Asian-run and so lots of frequent travelers from that region as that community leaves town a lot and I definitely caught something from there that was really nasty...

[bots]

Originally Posted by Maru

Biden's state of mind was never that great to begin with. I'll give him a pass.

I didn't pay much attention to the shutdown in the UK, but funny enough, I was in my workshop making small furniture when I learned about it starting up there before it even really reached here. We were able to prep in advance and we sat it out just fine. Texas never closed to the extent of other states, so we were mostly normal except no one wanted to go to a restaurant, but it was hard to come by basic things like TP.

when i think back, it was something like sing happy birthday twice while washing your hands, masks everywhere indoors and the one that really annoyed me .... vaccine passports to go to the pub

[Maru]

Originally Posted by bots

when i think back, it was something like sing happy birthday twice while washing your hands, masks everywhere indoors and the one that really annoyed me .... vaccine passports to go to the pub

The thing is, I remember listening to Fauci on this before there was this big thing with the masks and he was like... there's no point, as soon as you put your hands on a mask, it's already contaminated. You'd have to walk around not touching your face and he said I think he said something like 2 hours and it would be no good just about (I mean it makes sense, the material would get saturated and yucky over time)... then he said, don't go buying a ton of masks because the surgeons needed it...

Then I guess he got whispered in the backroom to change his tune or something. After that, I just stopped ****ing listening to the govt and we used our own best judgement. But I remember walking around Walmart and seeing people in 3M Masks/Ventilators... only problem is most of what you would buy off the shelf don't have the correct filter. So they were using a Particulate filter (for like sanding, etc) and I'm like well they'll be OK from dust, but not a highly contagious virus so much...

Edit: The other thing that really annoyed me was seeing all the litter... masks just left everywhere in parking lots. That personally disgusted me

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Maru

The thing is, I remember listening to Fauci on this before there was this big thing with the masks and he was like... there's no point, as soon as you put your hands on a mask, it's already contaminated. You'd have to walk around not touching your face and he said I think he said something like 2 hours and it would be no good just about (I mean it makes sense, the material would get saturated and yucky over time)... then he said, don't go buying a ton of masks because the surgeons needed it...

Then I guess he got whispered in the backroom to change his tune or something. After that, I just stopped ****ing listening to the govt and we used our own best judgement. But I remember walking around Walmart and seeing people in 3M Masks/Ventilators... only problem is most of what you would buy off the shelf don't have the correct filter. So they were using a Particulate filter (for like sanding, etc) and I'm like well they'll be OK from dust, but not a highly contagious virus so much...

Edit: The other thing that really annoyed me was seeing all the litter... masks just left everywhere in parking lots. That personally disgusted me

I was sad to see the mental health problem child of Ben Affleck and Lopez be given a platform to rant about Covid masks in 2025

Both their children have been failed they need help not promotion