I reiterate: the virus is not a moral force in the world.

auto market is going to be so dead anyway, might as well shut down and quit producing inventory that you won’t be selling anyway.

I hate to say it, but tech workers and their libertarian, self-centred, I-know-better beliefs are to blame for *many* things (rising rents, increasing inequality, lack of affordable housing) but NOT the shelter-in-place orders. Many tech workers can work from home and immediately did so. Many also stopped eating out…

And now a word from BMWs plant manager.

This all sucks so bad. I work for a restaurant point of sale solution vendor. We track/aggregate transaction volume going through our customers’ registers by segment and, holy shit the last several days have been sickening. The strongest segments are “only” down 40%-60% ... and this is before CA locked down last…

This might be the saddest part. If we had intelligent, compassionate leaders with a historical context then this might be a great opportunity for fundamental change in our global economic model that makes life better and more fair for everyone.

Such a back-handed compliment, but I agree: this was good. And Joan does personal pieces quite well. Jezebel should take note and do more like this, less about YouTubers who don’t even deserve the snark.

this 100%

This was heartbreaking and I hope it gets widely read so the message gets out - about the specific crisis but also about the grinding uncertainty of life before the crisis.

I also really, really hope that somehow, this crisis is survivable and there’s something better when it’s passed. Somehow.

I’m wondering when the Covid-19 suicides will start. Probably they already have. Suicide rates have been going up for twenty years and they always spike during depressions and recessions. Forty-eight thousand people killed themselves intentionally in 2018. Unless there are some drastic changes it’s gonna be way more…

This is the best thing you’ve ever written on Jezebel. Please stop writing about celebrities – you’re bad at it. Please stop writing about sex – you’re bad it. Please keep writing about your own life and about disenfranchisement and society – this is really good.

You’ve got each other, pick a new location and rebuild.

It looks like most lenders are going to offer some form of forbearance but let’s be honest, most American families are overleveraged and two weeks of lost income can spell disaster. I, just like everyone else have never seen anything like this. I actually got a little emotional driving to work this morning. My major…

I hope you’re right but unfortunately dealers don’t have a “couple million in inventory”. The stock units are still the property of the floorplan financier ie. the bank. If a dealer stops making floorplan payments the same thing happens if you stop making car payments... they get repo’d. This was going to be a bad…

Back in 2008, there was a giant Chevy Dealer in town. Biggest dealership for a long way. You name the color, the options, the model, they had 10 of them. And they were epic douchenozzles

Not anymore! Soon those jets will be for sale at the used jet lot.

Do I... get to pick which one I get?

Poor car dealers. They should get a big bailout check from the government. But first, let’s step into the finance manager’s office and go over a few items....

don’t forget to wash your hands with gas!

Instead of checks, why not buy everyone a new car? Problems solved!