Is anyone working today?

[brilliiant]

Glad you're all keeping well for the most part - the virus is taking a toll on all of us mentally, and threads like this are a good way to check in with people, even if you don't know them!

Here in Toronto we don't have a lockdown going on yet, but because of population density everyone's pretty paranoid about social distancing and so the streets are pretty quiet (unless it's sunny out, then all bets are off because everyone thinks good weather = no contagions for some reason). I work in the film industry and the unions basically have a stop work order on all production until further notice. Everyone I know in my line of work is going berserk.

Strange times, people.

[DarJodo]

What produce do you . . . produce? What are your storage options?

[sarahmassey998]

Right now in America it depends on what state you're in, mines pretty much locked down but there are plans to start reopening. I'm working from home or rather from my brother's house (he has wifi). I feel very fortunate that I'm able to stay home and work and my brother has dogs so my coworkers are pretty chill. We live in a rural area and there are many that aren't so lucky. Farmers that have winter crop don't have anywhere to send it to and the local butchers and meat processing plants have requests until Jan 1 next year. Since we're hicks with a carnivorous diet the rumors of meat shortages but you know first world issues. So long as I have pasta and the ability to stream I'll be ok but its a catch 22. We need to stay in to stop the pandemic but most people can't survive much longer on their savings.
Man 2020, sometimes it seems like the Mayans were off by 8 years.

[faisalhussein394]

Hope the government have a solution of not just keeping people safe, but also to earn their salary. For god's sake, all people need it for their bills and food on the table. Companies can't keep paying if their employees aren't working.

[faisalhussein394]

To think this year would be better than last year, oh how wrong we are in the most unfortunate situation.

[amortelito]

I worked at home anyways, but I miss the freelance painting jobs. My brother and mom are working from home now and we are safe, I feel blessed.

We don't go out at all, my city has the highest death rates in the whole country. People don't respect the quarantine and keep partying and traveling. A family of idiots were partying, one of them got Coronavirus. When he died they forcefully entered the morgue of a public hospital, recorded the corpses and accused the doctors of killing their relative. Then made the conspiracy that COVID doesn't really exist and doctors kill you to steal your "knee fluid" because it costs millions of dollars. It is the funniest meme this year🤣🤣🤣. But is infuriating to read stupid people believing baseless conspiracies, fortunately most people are not like that.

Stay safe and watch out your knee fluid. ️

[unknown_user]

Then made the conspiracy that COVID doesn't really exist and doctors kill you to steal your "knee fluid" because it costs millions of dollars.

Wow. That's a new stuff to hear for me. In our country, conspiracy theorists are more into 5G thing.
This pandemic constantly shows how many people are idiots.

[vothnthorvaldson]

At this time of the year, only fresh green stuff (spinach, pea shoots, small radishes with tops, etc), so no storage possible

[Rhonder]

To think this year would be better than last year

On this note, a band I like put out a song on their new album early last year that has the line "2019 is a fucking disaster" and it's like "hooooo boy, if you think 2019 is bad, just wait until 2020" LOL

@amortelito - that's... simultaneously the stupedist, saddest, and most hilarious thing I've heard in some time Dearly sorry that people with so little bearing in reality or concern for others are so nearby for you u_u

[amortelito]

@Rhonder I know right? Apparently when a doctor sees you all they can think of is the way they can steal your knee fluid.🤣🤣🤣

@tired_programmer at least 5g conspiracy sounds slightly more sophisticated than the black market of knee liquids. It is a secondhand embarrassment. You are so right, during emergencies we can see who truly is an idiot. Most people I know don't belive such absurd theories but they have shared a couple of fake news. Nobody is safe from believing some tricky/twisted facts but it's frustrating to see so many posts that are clearly fake and unreasonable being shared.

[faisalhussein394]

Thank you, now I'm going to watch over my "Knee fluids" whenever I meet a doctor.

[DiegoPalacios]

In Chile, some colleges and schools are doing online classes now, others are just closed. Companies who can afford it are implementing a work from home system.

The streets seem way more empty, but sadly, that doesnt stop some citicens from being reckless and foolish.

[faisalhussein394]

They should've known better, this is 2020 and people are still dumb enough to make risky decisions despite knowing the consequences.

[snowy]

I work as a nurse in a residential care home, so I never stopped working. So yay, I still have a job.

Not so yay : 6 deaths in the last two months, 3 confirmed, others never tested. Seven co-workers caught it, most recovered, others still suffering through (Guys, don't try to catch this thing just to "get it over with". I've been to covid wards, you DO NOT want to get this).

I don't live in the US, so FEMA and the FBI haven't raided our PPE stash. It's getting to the point where we have to re-use some of it though. Every time I go up to the dementia ward I have to dress up like I'm going to Chernobyl.

Could write more, not gonna. Too tired, too angry. Wear the fucking masks, people.

[DarJodo]

This one has heard of vegetable powders. Would it be possible to set up a small facility for such things?

[vothnthorvaldson]

Theoretically it's possible; however it would not worth it at all, first because we do small quantities, second because these veggies dry down to very very small amounts.

[DarJodo]

Jodo is sure you know best. It just seems like a waste, seeing crops rotting in the field. This one was in Skyrim during the recent civil war. There were so many hungry people on the road. And yet, there was so much food lying around. As a merchant this was distressing for Jodo.

[vothnthorvaldson]

Im going to try to sell everything even if it's tedious. I also hate having to compost products.

(And I spent way too much time on Skyrim too! Even worse on Morrowind - my favourite game ever).

[silverraven0]

To be honest, I don't think we really implementing the stay at home too strictly here? (no idea cause I don't actually watch news) We pretty much still able to walk around anywhere or sell stuff on the side of the road where I'm at anyway.

I worked in my house even before the pandemic,so that's pretty much irrelevant. I guess I just have even more work.

[Cavechan]

The state I live in has entered a decline and they are very slightly easing restrictions starting tomorrow. We do have a strict face mask policy though. You must wear a face mask unless you're too young or have a condition that prevents wearing one.

We still have idiots that are protesting and wanting the economy to reopen and we even have police officers calling the governor's face mask policy "draconian"! Oh yeah, wearing a face mask is sooooo terrible. e_e My husband has just done it for multiple 10 hour shifts at his work.