Selfish, ignorant people are going to make this worse. Don't be one of them.

From Wil Wheaton:

A gentle reminder: when we are out in the world, it's incredibly important to maintain a six foot distance from each other. This virus doesn't go away and stop being dangerous, because we walked into a building.

Most of us who are able to quarantine have been doing that, and it's working to flatten the infection curve, to give our doctors and researchers time to find a vaccine and a treatment to reduce the mortality rate of this virus. Most of us aren't sick, and we aren't carriers. That doesn't mean we should act like it when we are in public.

When we're in public, it's our responsibility to behave as if we are infected and we don't want to spread Covid-19 to anyone else.

This means that we keep our distance from each other, even though it feels weird. This means we wear a cloth mask in public, even if it's uncomfortable or whatever bullshit reason selfish people are using right now to justify their choice to ignore a simple and effective way to keep us safe. It means we respect one-way aisles in grocery stores, and we wait in those aisles, six feet apart, instead of pushing past our fellow humans who are shopping.

If the worst thing we have to deal with in a given day is the inconvenience of actively maintaining six feet from our fellow humans, to protect them and ourselves, there's just no real excuse to ignore that, other than laziness and selfishness.

Let's remember that we are in this together, and let's make an effort to care for ourselves and for each other by making the deliberate choice to stay six feet away from each other, wash our hands frequently, wear our cloth masks in public, and never forget that all of us are going through this at the same time, together.

I know you aren't lazy or selfish, but I know there are people in our lives who need a gentle reminder.

This is for them.

This whole thing we are living through is a lot, and it's really understandable to want to get back to normal. The thing is, science and virology don't care about your timetable, and until science and virology have a vaccine for Covid19, this is our reality. Wishing it would go away, and acting accordingly, is only going to make this worse. Refusing to follow medical guidelines, because you're pissed off and frustrated is only going to make this worse. Ignoring medical advice because you're bored and want to go to the beach is only going to make this worse.

Selfish, ignorant people are going to make this worse. Don't be one of them.

Please, please, please be mindful and self-aware. I get that you're stressed and frustrated and low-key scared all the time, and not just about getting sick. So am I. You're worried about our terrible leadership, you're worried about our cratering economy that our terrible leadership is making worse. So am I. You're worried about this pandemic that we can't control at all. Me too. You just want to get in and out of the store or wherever, the faster, the better.

So do I. So do all of us. But let's remember that we are in this together, and let's make an effort to care for ourselves and for each other by making the deliberate choice to stay six feet away from each other, wash our hands frequently, wear our cloth masks in public, and never forget that all of us are going through this at the same time, together. We can choose to be patient and make the best of a terrible situation, or we can selfishly make it worse for everyone, including ourselves.

Please choose to be kind. Please choose to be patient. Please do not be selfish.

Thanks for listening.

Reopening Dispute in 1350

"The plague ain't worse than spotted fever."

"Why are the stonemasons allowed to open, but not the blacksmiths?"

"Witch burnings can also take place without spectators."

"Taverns are also systemically important."

"Many of the sick people above age 30 would have died soon anyway."

Fuck Trump

Let me be very clear here: We never had a "booming economy" if 80% of the population cannot afford to miss two paychecks.

And this, my friends, is why the Orange Russian Wig Stand still has a 40% approval rating. Even now.

This is Supposed to Frighten Me?

Rabid Christian: "You're going to hell!"

Me: "What's in hell?"

Rabid Christian: "People like you."

Me: "What's in heaven?"

Rabid Christian: "People like me."

Me, walking away: "…You need to work on your threats."

"Define 'Hypocrisy'" Part 2

You say it's your right to protest, but you get angry when Kaepernick takes a knee.

You say your body is your own, but you get angry at a woman who demands the same.

You are against abortion, saying every life is precious, yet you are willing to sacrifice your parents and grandparents for the economy.

You claim coronavirus is fake, yet you wear a mask, gown, and gloves.

You say healthcare is a privilege, but want your covid-19 hospitalization covered.

You say socialism is bad, yet your hand is out for a stimulus check, unemployment benefits, and you wait in line at a food bank.

What you say confuses me.

Forgive me if I no longer care what you say.

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Fuckwits



Fuckwits with firearms

Fuckwits with flags

Fuckwits in pickups with Confederate  flags

Gov. Whitmer's order for Michigan citizens to stay home, they said, was tyranny (SPOILER: if you can gather in public and accuse the government of tyranny without fear of arrest, it's not tyranny). 

They repeated Ben Franklin's claim that 'security without liberty is called prison' (SPOILER: if you can drive your pickup to Lansing, Michigan, you're not in prison and you have liberty). 

They chanted "Lock her up!" and "Keep America Great!" (SPOILER: if your nation was warned a pandemic was coming and didn't bother to prepare for it, your country isn't all that great, and a populace that wants to lock up a governor for trying to mitigate that pandemic isn't particularly great either).

They also gathered to block traffic in front of a hospital. Seriously, during a goddamn pandemic, these fuckwits thought it was cute to block the emergency entrance to a hospital. 

Jesus suffering fuck. gregfallis.com

AMEN, Brother!

"So, You Never Really Were 'Pro-Life," Were You?" from John Pavlovitz:

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Saves Lives

I swear Twitter just needs to just shut down Orange Caligula's account for violating any number of their Terms of Service. But if the Russian Wig Stand's call for armed insurrection against the governors of certain states won't trigger it, nothing will. #complicit