I am also a veteran film fest volunteer...can’t imagine when film festivals will start up again - would be insane from a social distancing perspective. All of ours have been cancelled for the foreseeable future.

What about Vietnam, who has a population of 100 million and 0 deaths? This has nothing to do with population and everything to do with how this crises has been managed by governments and citizens.

Exactly. And just so so dark, never any humour or redeeming qualities shown by any character. I love a bleak movie, but it’s too much...

I really want to like this show but it’s just so...BAD. I keep watching it thinking it will somehow get better, but no. Every character seems to have the same mission which is to make life impossibly difficult for themselves and everyone around them. Argh

I’m trying to look at it like at least she’s seeking medical attention for even seemingly small things. Imagine if she ignored that feeling of “something’s off” or “I’m not feeling great” - the small thing could get a lot worse.

As someone originally from a snowy place, I agree, however, Australia’s idea of insulation is also a joke. Having one heater in the living room plus a house full of plate glass windows, non-insulated brick walls and gaps under doors makes for a very cold winter.

Im more of an #adventurecats girl myself, but this interview was cute

Pretty sure you misunderstood her quote about suffering - she’s not trying to say that she herself is used to suffering but that, as an activist, she is used to seeing the suffering of others.

We’ve got a guy with an angle grinder on one side (“Grinderman”); a jackhammer on another side and a welder somewhere in the vicinity. All day every day. It’s driving me nuts. 

I have this issue on my iPhone. Someone once gave me a rip that works: rotate your screen, scroll down until the image appears, rotate it back and the image should stay visible. 

The subreddit r/legaladvice is really helpful, if for nothing else, to tell you what kind of lawyer you need to consult. What madness to have to deal with. It sounds like a soap opera. 

Oh yes, that sounds much more enriching for those otters than being in their natural environment. 

Yep, zoo animals are bored *now*

The covid cynic in me is yelling that Tim is fake and a marketing genius really *is* behind all of this - with the sole purpose of driving huge amounts of tourist dollars to Oklahoma once this is all over. That’s crazy tho, right?

We are now...

I hope they all go and form their own circuses so when the inevitable “we’d like to hire you back!” call comes they can tell this asshole to get stuffed. And hey, where is he gonna find another 5,000 circus performers?!

Ha, so true. Not sure if it’s related to vivid-19 but I noticed a lot of Jehovahs wandering around the city this weekend and was just thinking “what the hell are they up to?”.

Normally I’d be like “fuck em, I hope they all infect each other”, but the fact that they go from their church out into the community is what pisses me off. 

Meanwhile, noted genius Miranda Kerr is posting “helpful info” from a “medical medium” who believes viruses can be staved  off by drinking celery juice.

I was also thinking how all inmates are basically sitting ducks at this point. Very scary. At least re: detained children - the virus doesn’t seem to be having a huge impact on children, so that’s one positive.