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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 5, 2020 14:08:15 GMT -5
Sorry about venting... Maybe I’m getting stir crazy!  Our minister of public safety has ordered that heavy fines be levied against those who would not respect rules on social distancing, and encourages delation of perpetrators. That, to me, is WAY beyond what’s acceptable. The only thing delation ever did is to turn neighbour against neighbour. Just this week, the police came down upon a synagogue where neighbours claimed a crowd was attending a meeting... and there was nobody there. I thought the message was powerful: not only are we already turning on each other out of fear, but the first demon out of the box is anti-semitism? Good job, humanity! We’re supposed to face a crisis together, not accuse the people next door of spreading the black death! We already stay at home, mostly, in our millions. If a few individuals break the rules, it will diminish the efficiency of the quarantine... somewhat. But we are already beyond the stage where isolation could have stopped the disease in its track, and it will now have to run its course, no matter what. Infuriating as their behaviour might be, the few stubborn people here and there who are still meeting each other are not going to do much difference, while encouraging us to turn on our neighbours absolutely will. I think our province's government reacted responsibly to the crisis, at first. It took the difficult decisions that seemed appropriate at the time, like shutting everything down early on. I would be sad indeed to see it turn to authoritarianism as things go on, just because the measures it took aren’t enough to save everyone. What we need is more ventilators and more hospital beds, not more police on the streets. No one really knows what is coming next. All the measures are the equivalent of throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. In Ny, they are making it mandatory wear some type of mask. This is after the " experts" telling us it's not necessary. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 5, 2020 14:19:34 GMT -5
Noooooooooooooooo, I liked your T2 avatar!~ And Alabama is officially on lockdown folks, we even have a 10pm to 5am curfew
You're right, not Duffman. And thanks! I liked it too and will probably bring it back at some point. I feel a little odd about it since it was from the cover of a joke album, but then it came out the singer had gone crazy. Like got into drugs and tried to hire a hitman to take out his wife crazy. Seems he's got himself sorted, but still have mixed feelings supporting him now in any way. Maybe I'll do a rotation. Or a world tour of nerddom. Yeah, I think that. Or you could just do like Mechagodzilla did and cheat and have hundreds of avatars at once in an animated gif |
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Post by impulse on Apr 5, 2020 14:20:06 GMT -5
This avatar thing is hard. I can't even find my own posts without my old picture to catch my eye. I just scroll on by. My personality basically consists of the classic Simpsons, coffee, heavy metal and the nerdy trinity: comic books, video games and movies. So not sure where to go with this.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 5, 2020 14:49:48 GMT -5
This avatar thing is hard. I can't even find my own posts without my old picture to catch my eye. I just scroll on by. My personality basically consists of the classic Simpsons, coffee, heavy metal and the nerdy trinity: comic books, video games and movies. So not sure where to go with this. Just find an image that speaks to your soul, that's what I do
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 5, 2020 16:06:40 GMT -5
Or something in the middle? A compromise?  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 5, 2020 18:38:16 GMT -5
So Toei did a really nice thing and has been uploading a lot of their older super hero programs on youtube for completely free with English subtitles No Sentai or Kamen Rider unfortunately, but there was so much out there besides that, that it's excusable
*edit* apparently a lot of shows are blocked depending on what region you're in
Decided to start with Poitrine, a series that I've been interested in for a while, but nobody decided to sub. It's a comedic magical girl show about a school girl who gets gifted powers by a god to protect her town It's really nice, almost has this kind of wholesome quality to it
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Apr 6, 2020 2:13:10 GMT -5
So Toei did a really nice thing and has been uploading a lot of their older super hero programs on youtube for completely free with English subtitles No Sentai or Kamen Rider unfortunately, but there was so much out there besides that, that it's excusable
*edit* apparently a lot of shows are blocked depending on what region you're in
Decided to start with Poitrine, a series that I've been interested in for a while, but nobody decided to sub. It's a comedic magical girl show about a school girl who gets gifted powers by a god to protect her town It's really nice, almost has this kind of wholesome quality to it
Astonishing. I'm learning Japanese right now, and during lunch or dinner time I like to watch some Japanese programming. Usually it's an anime from the 1990's, but this will serve as a nice change of pace. The only live action Japanese shows I've ever really watched were Super Sentai. Looking at their stash on their channel, it looks like they do have some Sentai uploaded. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 6, 2020 9:48:26 GMT -5
Astonishing. I'm learning Japanese right now, and during lunch or dinner time I like to watch some Japanese programming. Usually it's an anime from the 1990's, but this will serve as a nice change of pace. The only live action Japanese shows I've ever really watched were Super Sentai. Looking at their stash on their channel, it looks like they do have some Sentai uploaded. I like anime well enough, but I usually just stick with, like you said, older stuff. Today's anime has way too much fanservice for me, not to say that older anime didn't. I think the only modern anime that I liked with Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency (which can be argued that it's older since it came from a manga that's been around since the 80's, much like DBZ), Dorohedoro, and Toriko. I really don't know why, but I never really grew out of stuff like Power Rangers and Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad (which I still dearly, dearly love) I remember when Masked Rider debuted and really liking the idea that one single guy could take down a monster of the week single handedly by himself without the aid of four or five other people, let alone a giant robot. It really hasn't aged well, but it catapulted me me down a rabbit hole of Tokusatsu when I was older and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight premiered. Sentai can be good when it wants to be, but lately it really seems like they've dumbed it down a lot. And yeah, it can be argued that Sentai is mostly aimed at little kids, but you can still tell a good story with a fun premise regardless of age |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 6, 2020 9:58:12 GMT -5
Adding to my post about the state getting overboard with its repressive measures and encouraging denunciations (a dead horse I intend to keep flogging until it stops moving, even if it's just maggots in the carcass that give the impression it's still alive)... It was the birthday of a certain lady in Montreal last week-end. She's a law-abiding citizen who respects the quarantine and the two-meter rule; she even has her groceries delivered so as not to get in contact with others. A few of her friends, on the occasion, couldn't meet and bring a cake, of course... so they came up with a neat way of celebrating without putting anyone at risk. They drove to her suburban home, parked in front of the house (far from each other), and sang "happy birthday" while waving signs that conveyed the same wishes. Then they left, with no one having been in contact with anyone else. A neighbour complained to the authorities. The police then paid the lady a visit and fined her $1,500 for '"troubling the peace and refusing to obey the social distance rules". Oh, for crying out loud... I'm glad she actually filmed the whole thing, because not only does it show people at their inventive best, it also shows that at no time was the peace troubled nor was the public at risk of anything. (They did sing kind of off-key, but that's hardly a crime). The cops refused to even look at the evidence, and told her that next time she could face up to six months in jail, but I'm pretty sure that if she challenges the charges, they will be overturned. Still... it should never have come to that. People coming up with creative ways to keep society going in times of crisis are to be lauded, not penalized. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 6, 2020 10:06:34 GMT -5
Adding to my post about the state getting overboard with its repressive measures and encouraging denunciations (a dead horse I intend to keep flogging until it stops moving, even if it's just maggots in the carcass that give the impression it's still alive)... It was the birthday of a certain lady in Montreal last week-end. She's a law-abiding citizen who respects the quarantine and the two-meter rule; she even has her groceries delivered so as not to get in contact with others. A few of her friends, on the occasion, couldn't meet and bring a cake, of course... so they came up with a neat way of celebrating without putting anyone at risk. They drove to her suburban home, parked in front of the house (far from each other), and sang "happy birthday" while waving signs that conveyed the same wishes. Then they left, with no one having been in contact with anyone else. A neighbour complained to the authorities. The police then paid the lady a visit and fined her $1,500 for '"troubling the peace and refusing to obey the social distance rules". Oh, for crying out loud... I'm glad she actually filmed the whole thing, because not only does it show people at their inventive best, it also shows that at no time was the peace troubled nor was the public at risk of anything. (They did sing kind of off-key, but that's hardly a crime). The cops refused to even look at the evidence, and told her that next time she could face up to six months in jail, but I'm pretty sure that if she challenges the charges, they will be overturned. Still... it should never have come to that. People coming up with creative ways to keep society going in times of crisis are to be lauded, not penalized. You have no idea how bad I itch to be able to try this case. |
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 10:15:16 GMT -5
Still... it should never have come to that. People coming up with creative ways to keep society going in times of crisis are to be lauded, not penalized. I don't disagree with you at all that this is not okay, but this seems like an individual case of bad actors carrying out the law incorrectly, not the policy necessarily being bad, and that happens everywhere all the time.
I agree that that was a pretty clever way to respect the policy but still be social.
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 6, 2020 12:22:43 GMT -5
Adding to my post about the state getting overboard with its repressive measures and encouraging denunciations (a dead horse I intend to keep flogging until it stops moving, even if it's just maggots in the carcass that give the impression it's still alive)... It was the birthday of a certain lady in Montreal last week-end. She's a law-abiding citizen who respects the quarantine and the two-meter rule; she even has her groceries delivered so as not to get in contact with others. A few of her friends, on the occasion, couldn't meet and bring a cake, of course... so they came up with a neat way of celebrating without putting anyone at risk. They drove to her suburban home, parked in front of the house (far from each other), and sang "happy birthday" while waving signs that conveyed the same wishes. Then they left, with no one having been in contact with anyone else. A neighbour complained to the authorities. The police then paid the lady a visit and fined her $1,500 for '"troubling the peace and refusing to obey the social distance rules". Oh, for crying out loud... I'm glad she actually filmed the whole thing, because not only does it show people at their inventive best, it also shows that at no time was the peace troubled nor was the public at risk of anything. (They did sing kind of off-key, but that's hardly a crime). The cops refused to even look at the evidence, and told her that next time she could face up to six months in jail, but I'm pretty sure that if she challenges the charges, they will be overturned. Still... it should never have come to that. People coming up with creative ways to keep society going in times of crisis are to be lauded, not penalized. The police need the money, because nobody's double-parked or speeding. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 6, 2020 13:05:59 GMT -5
People informing on people is something that literally can make me sick. If I ever report something it is pretty serious as I almost never will bring myself to, and also don't want to waste anyone's time. Someone pretty much has to be breaking windows for me, but others seem to think nothing of calling the police when a dog nearby bothers them a little or a car stereo is loud for a few minutes.
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 13:11:36 GMT -5
If I'm honest, I've called in a few noise complaints in my day, but I am crazy about noise and the offenders were being RIDICULOUS.
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Post by impulse on Apr 6, 2020 14:41:11 GMT -5
Or something in the middle? A compromise? Thank you for the suggestion! I tweaked it a little to combine some old with some new, and I think I am good with this. It keeps what I like about the old one, scraps what I didn't like about it and got to bring in some Simpsons. Thanks! |
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