Person who is integral part of widely-acknowledged terrible system can’t understand why system gets changed (and posts about using official position to scare people about whom no formal complaint had been made). Also, sun sets in West tonight.

How’d we pay for those? Did we pay for them more than the new artisan pork delivery truck that was parked in the alley behind my office yesterday?

Oh fuck off. I not only own a truck, but I have a PhD in Chemistry, and I’m social distanced by at least 3 ft more on average than you are. Stupid generalities are stupid. People who buy Corvettes and Camaros and RS4s are just as fucking “muh freedom.”

Yup. Just bought a new truck. Wasn’t 100% sure that was what I wanted but I figured it was basically like buying a bond. It won’t lose value. If I decide I don’t like it and want to sell it a year down the road, there won’t be a big depreciation hit--unlike the Audi Q7 and Q8 I was cross-shopping it against.

What does “security” even mean--mall cops?

Or, many more people bought new cars but weren’t able to register them.

It’s good, right? We can repurpose all that industrial capacity to station wagons people don’t want and muscle cars that they don’t need.

Charcoal filters aren’t for viruses anyway; they’re for organic solvents and particles. Unless it’s a high tech respirator with an R or P rating, it’s not going to make any difference.

Ironically, those masks do very little to prevent exposure to smoke and smog. An N95 rating is based on a mask’s ability to filter out particles that are 3 micrometers or greater. The dangerous smoke/smog particles are the ones that are <2.5 micrometers. Ozone and other aerosol chemicals are not filterable with a…

You’re not allowed to point that out (especially here). People just want to feel like they’re doing something—even if it’s having no effect.

Unfortunately, this is going to hasten the move to robots for any “vital” job that can be easily replaced. So “vitality” may only be a short term thing.

You can also chunk it and make pseudo-burnt ends in a pot with a good bit of sauce. The sauce restores some of the moisture. Even bad brisket is generally pretty good.

No shit. That’s why we invaded Ukraine. Pizza dough uber alles.

I don’t know about suicides, but I do know that “distance learning,” increased unemployment and the resulting poverty will all result in long term outcomes for huge numbers of people that are highly suboptimal. There’s likely no way to ever know the numbers exactly, but in the long term we’re likely going to see…

preventable kitchen mishaps are not what this country’s hospitals need at this exact moment.

I think the new buffet will be something like the Sushi Boat. Don’t have a Sushi Boat in your town? It’s a lunch counter that has a little moat going around it. They put out sushi rolls on individual plates and float them down the moat. You take the ones you want. When you’re done, the server counts up the plates and…

Thank you. I came here for that. Although to be honest I was expecting the twins. Try harder next time.

You’re not smart, are you?

It always had a True Detective at the Carcosa vibe to me.

You’re right about the better-made, thicker masks, but I don’t think that’s many of them that are out there. I’ve seen ones with a double-layer of dense fabric which you can slide a piece of HEPA filter between; now that probably does something. I wear one not to be a dick (i.e. so I’m not sending the message “I…