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THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Columbo said:
So, no consequences then.
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Refusing to refrain from using a word thers find offenseive whn asked to me seems like a breach of this. Feeling you will have no consequence is really arrogant.

@Brekkie is there anything that can be done when someone is offending others with a word he is casually and repeated using, and will not stop using on request?
 
Others have used the word nazi before me, and others will continue to use it after me. Also if they took that bolded bit seriously there wouldn't be anyone posting here.
 
One side, "look at those Nazi's attacking the cops."
The other, "look at those Nazi's attacking the protestors."
 
Columbo said:
What tv shows did you see during lockdown?
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Each day I watched the full Dan Andrews press conference. In the evening I'd rewatch them to transcribe into calligraphy on long vellum scrolls.

BTW, I do know you're doing some lame meme.

Let's answer anyway. I watched a lot of the main things everyone was watching on streaming. Recently enjoyed Squid Games.

Currently rewatching A.P. Bio after finishing the most recent season.

I did an Office rewatch. One particular joy was rewatching all of Chuck. Such a wonderful show.

Mythic Quest.

Another major joy was that I discovered Strike Back right around the time the pandemic started. That show is so entertaining and great.

Queens Gambit, latest season of The Boys, Mandolorian, the Marvel shows of course. Winter Soldier was my favourite of them, but all kind of sucked.

Raised by Wolves started off great but devolved into fantasy non-sense. Watching Foundation at the moment, it's multible storylines, one great, the rest bad.

Latest His Dark Materials. really underrated show. Such is For All Mankind.

I think there was some Star Trek. Discovery is entertaining but bad. Picard was awful.

Gangs of London was entertaining. Don't really remember the plot though. Warrior s2 had a fantastic episode, one of the best action hours of TV ever. I don't remember what happened in Shadow and Bone but liked it.

Another big joy, one of the biggest was discovering Cobra Kai. That show is one of the best around.

Currently enjoying my evenings this week watching an episode of David Attenborough's Perfect Planet. Looks great in 4k.

I'm sure plenty I've missed. It's been a long time. I like Have You Been Paying Attention and The Cheap Seats.

Record them on the box. Watching them in bits over the week with dinner.
 
up_all_night said:
Each day I watched the full Dan Andrews press conference. In the evening I'd rewatch them to transcribe into calligraphy on long vellum scrolls.

BTW, I do know you're doing some lame meme.

Let's answer anyway. I watched a lot of the main things everyone was watching on streaming. Recently enjoyed Squid Games.

Currently rewatching A.P. Bio after finishing the most recent season.

I did an Office rewatch. One particular joy was rewatching all of Chuck. Such a wonderful show.

Mythic Quest.

Another major joy was that I discovered Strike Back right around the time the pandemic started. That show is so entertaining and great.

Queens Gambit, latest season of The Boys, Mandolorian, the Marvel shows of course. Winter Soldier was my favourite of them, but all kind of sucked.

Raised by Wolves started off great but devolved into fantasy non-sense. Watching Foundation at the moment, it's multible storylines, one great, the rest bad.

Latest His Dark Materials. really underrated show. Such is For All Mankind.

I think there was some Star Trek. Discovery is entertaining but bad. Picard was awful.

Gangs of London was entertaining. Don't really remember the plot though. Warrior s2 had a fantastic episode, one of the best action hours of TV ever. I don't remember what happened in Shadow and Bone but liked it.

Another big joy, one of the biggest was discovering Cobra Kai. That show is one of the best around.

Currently enjoying my evenings this week watching an episode of David Attenborough's Perfect Planet. Looks great in 4k.

I'm sure plenty I've missed. It's been a long time. I like Have You Been Paying Attention and The Cheap Seats.

Record them on the box. Watching them in bits over the week with dinner.
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What lame meme?
 
Expressive said:
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getting rid of all welfare is not an answer for this country. In 2019 approx 750,000 children in Australia were living in poverty. These numbers went down in 2020 due to Covid payments by the govenrment, but are now going back up again.

It could be that many people, especially solo parents, are not prepared to commit to work right now because they are not sure if lockdowns will come back and if they will need to look after thier children, and quit thier job, and then have the hassle to get centrelink again. Sydney is only days out of lockdown so a level of caution in some people is to be expected I would think. Also holidays are also just round the corner and a difficult time for solo parents to be working. I would imagine there will be many more people ready to join the workforce in Feb next year. I know that doesn't solve the right now problem but it is a reality for some.
 
Isee said:
getting rid of all welfare is not an answer for this country. In 2019 approx 750,000 children in Australia were living in poverty. These numbers went down in 2020 due to Covid payments by the govenrment, but are now going back up again.

It could be that many people, especially solo parents, are not prepared to commit to work right now because they are not sure if lockdowns will come back and if they will need to look after thier children, and quit thier job, and then have the hassle to get centrelink again. Sydney is only days out of lockdown so a level of caution in some people is to be expected I would think. Also holidays are also just round the corner and a difficult time for solo parents to be working. I would imagine there will be many more people ready to join the workforce in Feb next year. I know that doesn't solve the right now problem but it is a reality for some.
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Eliminating all welfare would be extreme and I am not that libertarian. But there are some states that have been only slightly disrupted during this pandemic and it wouldn't be good if there becomes a culture where people avoid personal responsibility.
 
Expressive said:
Eliminating all welfare would be extreme and I am not that libertarian. But there are some states that have been only slightly disrupted during this pandemic and it wouldn't be good if there becomes a culture where people avoid personal responsibility.
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My understanding is that in SA anyway the unemployment rate has dropped and there is more jobs that pre covid. It is apparently a fairly healthy economy. I am not sure what it is like in some of the other less covid effected states.
 
I think if you are vaccinated, there should be no reason why you are on welfare. I would say to them to get a job within 2 months or lose the welfare.
 
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