Coronavirus Covid-19 Is it Affecting You and How?

[Baymule]

Ok, everybody go to their corner and come out fighting! Er, no, come out, meet in the middle, agree to disagree and move on.

Back to our regularly scheduled program...…...Our neighbors came and picked up their toilet paper we got on Tuesday, they were thrilled that it was Charmin and not some off brand crap…..get it? Crap? LOL They said they were going to put the cheapo TP in the boys bathroom (they have 4) and hide the good stuff in their bathroom. Life's simple pleasures.

 

[promiseacres]

we all are getting grumpy. Love you guys.

 

[Bunnylady]

The human mind is a pattern-recognition machine. We are hardwired to look for patterns and make connections, to the point that we may see them when they aren't actually there (think, gamblers and their "lucky" whatevers). At the most extreme, it can become compulsive behavior. We also tend to find what we look for, which is why the acid test of science is the double-blind study - if neither the test subjects nor those administering the test know what's going on, they (hopefully) won't be able to let their own biases influence the outcome.

I found the second guy on that video's "analysis" of his interaction with the cop absolutely hysterical. Where he saw deception, I saw mere annoyance - "oh, for cryin' out loud. You stop to stretch your legs, have a private conversation with a coworker, and here comes some nut job, trying to stir up trouble." I mean, c'mon - these guys are LEO's; assuming they have the skills to install anything more complex than an app on their phones is an enormous logic leap, and how they are supposed to be doing it from the middle of the parking lot is beyond me. Absolutely, if I were trying to do something sneaky, I would totally put on a distinctive uniform, and stand around in broad daylight in a very open, public place with highly conspicuous vehicles to do it. The cop noting his license number wasn't "revenge," it was an officer performing his duty - this guy went out of his way to provoke a confrontation with a uniformed police officer (and record it - the video quality looks too good to be a hidden camera, so the cop must have seen it); it's going to have to be logged. If they can identify him, they can determine if this is a pattern with him; if there is further trouble (like, vandalism/breaking and entering) at that site, he might have just made himself a good person to look at as a suspect.

Like I said, you see what you look for.

Mentioning looking for things, I am beginning to see paper towels and toilet paper showing up in stores. There was a whole pallet of TP at the ALDI yesterday - the shock wave of which was so great, it knocked a whole flat of Portabella mushrooms right off the display to land practically at my feet. If they were trying to jump into my shopping basket, they missed (not that I could use that many, no matter how fresh they were)!

 

[Mini Horses]

In MY world, right here on my farm.....not much has changed!

Yep, goats still breaking out to eat the same grass on other side. Everyone wants to be fed any time they see me -- no matter it was just done -- hens are laying and some going broody. Does need to be milked and I am STILL going to work. Still waiting for Uncle to give me that stimulus $$$ -- would love some stimulation Several egg customers are in lockdown & not buying so, I'm gifting a lot of eggs to others. I have butcher chickens waiting for their last meal on my schedule.

Honestly, it's mostly "life as normal" in my world.

OK -- the TV has little more than CV-19 reports & weather. I'm watching the OLD movies & series channels when I get time for TV.


Many are not so fortunate. For that, I am sorry. Yes, I know this is a serious world-wide problem. The powers that be have not asked for my opinion. Sometimes, I don't use theirs. It's my way and my life.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I came across a fascinating article. Let me preface this by saying it is not intended to be accusatory or aimed at anyone. I simply found it interesting.

Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories?

Belief in conspiracy theories can satisfy important psychological needs for some people. We need to understand this first before confronting a believer with facts.

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[OneFineAcre]

An apology with a barb. That, sir or ma'am, is disingenuous.

You know what ? You're right. I didn't mean it at all. Because I didn't owe anyone an apology.

Edited to add:
It's sir.

 

[OneFineAcre]

You know if that had been a meme targeting women or racial minorities it wouldn't be tolerated for an instant. But mocking God doesn't even make people blush anymore.
I'm not offended. Just calling a spade a spade.

The meme wasn't mocking god. The joke was that he said he only believed in 2 things, but listed 3.
I guess you didn't get it. I apologized and instead of just letting it go, you had to find something wrong with the apology. So, at this point I could care less if you are offended or not. You can call it a spade or anything you want.

 

[Baymule]

We have a neighbor that this article fits to a T. He gets in chat rooms or far out there sites and eats it up like candy. He came over to tell us that a volunteer in the CIA was purposely infected with Covid 19 and flew to Wuhan and walked around in the markets, infecting people and that's the Gospel truth. I told him that I didn't believe that one bit. He insisted and I just let it go. Let's see...… he claimed Michelle Obama was a man and the Obama's two girls were adopted. I told him that was false. He gets annoyed when we don't believe his fantastic tales.

I do believe that there is more going on that the American people are told and that opinion applies to pretty much everything that comes from the gooberment, no matter which side it spews forth from.

Lets not get upset with each other because we have differing opinions or beliefs. If we were all the same, it sure would be boring.

 

[Bunnylady]

He came over to tell us that a volunteer in the CIA was purposely infected with Covid 19 and flew to Wuhan

Interesting - I understand the Chinese were spreading this rumor around just before it became obvious that the pandemic had well and truly escaped their borders. Ironic that there is also a "counter-rumor" that this was a Chinese bioweapon that escaped, isn't it?


If the news isn't full enough of pandemic news to suit you, Netflix has a couple of series that might inform or depress, depending on your current mental state. One, called Pandemic, is a 6-part series that they clearly started working on quite some time ago. I've only watched the first episode; I found it interesting, but needed something a lot lighter afterward so I found something else to watch and haven't been back to catch the others. The second is a series they just started, called Coronavirus, Explained. So far, it's one episode. It does go into some of the background, covers stuff about viruses in general, gives something of a timeline of the early stages of this particular pandemic. I suspect that, when all is said and done, there may be quite a bit of overlap between the two series. I noticed that the Coronavirus, Explained episode ended on a pointedly positive, upbeat note. Like anything that gets put together quickly, it may not be totally accurate, but time will tell.

 

[Baymule]

Wow..... sitting at home because of Coronavirus, watching a documentary about Coronavirus. You do realize that is just messed up, right?