Coronavirus Super Thread ( merged )

[Unknown user]

37 minutes ago, Dazo said:

Are you surprised ? Majority of men, especially the older you get completely ignore anything said to them and think nothing can hurt them. Generally a bunch of arseholes. It will be the same has this country, the majority of deaths will be men. 

 my stepdad's raging at being told what to do. The older ones are stubborn arseholes, the younger ones reckless dicks, it makes sense men would be in trouble.

[ri Alban]

3 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said:

It doesn’t surprise me at all. A large percentage have terrible hygiene levels imo. How many times do you see a guy walk straight past the sinks and out the door of the toilet. It’s bad enough they’ve been for a pee and not washed their hands, but loads who have just had a dump do it too, leaving you to try and exit the place using the same handle they’ve just used.

I could not really compare, as I don't go into female toilets. 

[flecktimus]

3 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

Why ? You have made less than 50k profit and have more than a years accounts? 
 

I do find it a bit ironic that plumber A who is under the £50k threshold by taking cash in hand will benefit but Plumber B who put everything  through the books and made £60k will miss out.

 

something wrong there

Investment to bring down profits means you dont get any payment?

[ri Alban]

3 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

Why ? You have made less than 50k profit and have more than a years accounts? 
 

I do find it a bit ironic that plumber A who is under the £50k threshold by taking cash in hand will benefit but Plumber B who put everything  through the books will miss out.

 

something wrong there

Stop, just stop! With the cash in hand bullshit. 

[luckyBatistuta]

Just now, ri Alban said:

I could not really compare, as I don't go into female toilets. 

That’s why I’m giving you my expert advice😉

[vegas-voss]

9 hours ago, AlimOzturk said:

Wouldn't deal with china after this. Rebuild our industry and produce our own stuff and deal with countries which give shit about human and animal rights and don't start world pandemics by not disclosing information sooner. Arsehole countrty

 

Have we not already done deal with Huawei for 5g network ?

[Harry Potter]

1 minute ago, vegas-voss said:

Have we not already done deal with Huawei for 5g network ?

Think that was the one Trump was unhappy about.

[vegas-voss]

59 minutes ago, Dazo said:

Are you surprised ? Majority of men, especially the older you get completely ignore anything said to them and think nothing can hurt them. Generally a bunch of arseholes. It will be the same has this country, the majority of deaths will be men. 

China was the same

[Dazo]

25 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said:

It doesn’t surprise me at all. A large percentage have terrible hygiene levels imo. How many times do you see a guy walk straight past the sinks and out the door of the toilet. It’s bad enough they’ve been for a pee and not washed their hands, but loads who have just had a dump do it too, leaving you to try and exit the place using the same handle they’ve just used.

 

23 minutes ago, Smithee said:

 my stepdad's raging at being told what to do. The older ones are stubborn arseholes, the younger ones reckless dicks, it makes sense men would be in trouble.

Exactly why it’s more men imo

[redjambo]

1 minute ago, Dazo said:

 

Exactly why it’s more men imo

 

There *might* be a correlation with smoking as well.

[luckyBatistuta]

8 minutes ago, Dazo said:

 

Exactly why it’s more men imo

There is also the fact that 80% of smokers are men 

Edited March 27, 2020 by luckyBatistuta

[luckyBatistuta]

1 minute ago, redjambo said:

 

There *might* be a correlation with smoking as well.

Didn’t see this as I was typing about the smoking...great minds and all that red😉

[vegas-voss]

Just now, luckyBatistuta said:

There is also the fact that 80% more men smoke than women.

Really most folk I know that still smoke are women

[redjambo]

Just now, luckyBatistuta said:

Didn’t see this as I was typing about the smoking...great minds and all that red😉

 

Fools seldom differ, more like, Lucky.   Hope you're doing well!

[luckyBatistuta]

3 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

Fools seldom differ, more like, Lucky.   Hope you're doing well!

So far, so good🤞 Hope you and the family are all well too, stay safe buddy.

[redjambo]

Just now, luckyBatistuta said:

So far, so good🤞 Hope you and the family are all well too, stay safe buddy.

 

[Herbert.]

35 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

Stop, just stop! With the cash in hand bullshit. 

 

 

Bit touchy about cash in hand work ain't you.

[ri Alban]

25 minutes ago, Herbert said:

 

 

Bit touchy about cash in hand work ain't you.

Not really, just the assumption self employed are thieves. You'll find cash on handers(casual workers)don't show up on electoral registers. But carry on demonising folk.

My tax comes off weekly as it happens, so try again.

Oh and PAYE folk like a bit of cash in hand, I've worked with few.

Edited March 27, 2020 by ri Alban

[Ritchez]

Why Did the Coronavirus Outbreak Start in China? 

 

www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-china-cause.html#click=https://t.co/LwHGN0JzM1

Edited March 27, 2020 by Ritchez

[doctor jambo]

16 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

Not really, just the assumption self employed are thieves. You'll find cash on handers(casual workers)don't show up on electoral registers. But carry on demonising folk.

My tax comes off weekly as it happens, so try again.

Oh and PAYE folk like a bit of cash in hand, I've worked with few.

the self employed crash....

everyone self employed SHOULD still have plenty cash around, though it should be for their tax bills. the tax year is just about to end, but only 6 months of tax paid at end january.

Not sure why everyone has gone into melt down after a week- youd have thought the real crunch will come at the end of June when we have all spent our tax money on mortgages and food

[Dazo]

58 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said:

There is also the fact that 80% of smokers are men 

Well that is a surprise. Can count on one hand the amount of guys I know that smoke. 

[ri Alban]

1 minute ago, doctor jambo said:

the self employed crash....

everyone self employed SHOULD still have plenty cash around, though it should be for their tax bills. the tax year is just about to end, but only 6 months of tax paid at end january.

Not sure why everyone has gone into melt down after a week- youd have thought the real crunch will come at the end of June when we have all spent our tax money on mortgages and food

My tax is paid weekly, I'm just like PAYE without the perks of holiday and sick pay.

I don't agree people have money lying around either. I'd pay my bill out of the nearest job to deadline day. 

[Dazo]

2 minutes ago, ri Alban said:

My tax is paid weekly, I'm just like PAYE without the perks of holiday and sick pay.

I don't agree people have money lying around either. I'd pay my bill out of the nearest job to deadline day. 

Yep especially those on cis, who more often than not get a rebate. Well they should do if doing it properly. 

[Radio Ga Ga]

2 minutes ago, Dazo said:

Well that is a surprise. Can count on one hand the amount of guys I know that smoke. 

Its no where near 80%

 

16.5% of men smoke v 13% of women (2018)

 

Source - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2018

 

Lots of interesting facts in there, for example

 

Scotland has the highest number of smokers in the UK

 

1 in 4 Manual workers smoke v 1 in 10 Professionals

[Herbert.]

6 minutes ago, doctor jambo said:

the self employed crash....

everyone self employed SHOULD still have plenty cash around, though it should be for their tax bills. the tax year is just about to end, but only 6 months of tax paid at end january.

Not sure why everyone has gone into melt down after a week- youd have thought the real crunch will come at the end of June when we have all spent our tax money on mortgages and food

 

 

Alot of self employed will be sole traders scraping a living so their tax bill could amount to a months wage at most. Last month would have been a right off so they may have already dipped into it.

[Jambo-Jimbo]

1 hour ago, redjambo said:

 

There *might* be a correlation with smoking as well.

 

1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said:

There is also the fact that 80% of smokers are men 

 

Must have been over a month ago, maybe longer, that I posted that I'd heard an 'expert' saying this very thing on Sky News, he admitted he needed more data but the data he had seen coming out of China said to him that there might be a link.

 

It was dismissed at the time as being yet another 'expert' wanting his 15 minutes of fame.

 

 

[Cade]

Bolsonaro:

"Brazilians don't get sick.

Young men swim in sewage water all the time and nothing happens.

In fact we've probably all had covid-19 already and have antibodies"

 

[ri Alban]

1 minute ago, Dazo said:

Yep especially those on cis, who more often than not get a rebate. Well they should do if doing it properly. 

Still waiting.

I'll be going full time after this, can't be arse with self-employment anymore. I just did it for deciding when and who o do work for and the flexibility of time off when needed.

I'll be taken one of many offers up post summer, if we're back by then.

[Jamhammer]

14 hours ago, Mauricio Pinilla said:

The Mist has well and truly added to the apocalyptic feel. It's like The Road out there. 

Driving home from work at 11 last night this was exactly what I thought

[southcap]

So we are truly now a nation of benefit claimants.

 

It's amazing how many people demonise those on benefits until they need it themselves. 

[ri Alban]

2 minutes ago, southcap said:

So we are truly now a nation of benefit claimants.

 

It's amazing how many people demonise those on benefits until they need it themselves. 

[DETTY29]

4 minutes ago, southcap said:

So we are truly now a nation of benefit claimants.

 

It's amazing how many people demonise those on benefits until they need it themselves. 

Some will still have religions, nationalities, skin colour, gender, sexuality mental and physical disabilities to fall back on to blame.

Edited March 27, 2020 by DETTY29

[Jamhammer]

This might be what finally rids us of that **** Trump. He's making a spectacular arse of himself over it. I know that's not a first but deary me he's failing spectacularly at being remotely statesmanlike and performing U Turns all over the shop

[ri Alban]

1 minute ago, DETTY29 said:

Some will still have religions, nationalities, skin colour, gender, sexuality mental and physical disabilities to fall back to.

Maybe we'll turn into better people after this.

[southcap]

3 hours ago, Tommy Brown said:

 

He must hating typing that

He loves talking about himself, regardless of the subject. 

 

Plenty examples of him talking about wanting to **** his own daughter. 

 

As long as it revolves around him, he has no shame. 

 

He's one of the worst narssicists the world has ever seen. 

[doctor jambo]

6 minutes ago, southcap said:

So we are truly now a nation of benefit claimants.

 

It's amazing how many people demonise those on benefits until they need it themselves. 

Not quite fair

Big difference between finding yourself temporarily embarrassed by something such as this and spending 20 year on the brew

Losing a job you want to keep VS avoiding any job going

[DETTY29]

3 minutes ago, Jamhammer said:

This might be what finally rids us of that **** Trump. He's making a spectacular arse of himself over it. I know that's not a first but deary me he's failing spectacularly at being remotely statesmanlike and performing U Turns all over the shop

I'm not so sure.

 

They more folk call him out the more entrenched his supporters seem to get.

 

That said his approval rating within Republicans has dropped to 87%.

 

 

Edited March 27, 2020 by DETTY29

[ri Alban]

1 minute ago, doctor jambo said:

Not quite fair

Big difference between finding yourself temporarily embarrassed by something such as this and spending 20 year on the brew

Losing a job you want to keep VS avoiding any job going

They probably said the same 20 years ago.

[Jamhammer]

1 minute ago, DETTY29 said:

I'm not so sure.

 

They more folk call him out the more entrenched his supporters seem to get.

 

That said his approval rating within Republicans has dropped to 87%.

 

 

I think the longer it goes on and the worse it gets those who haven't questioned him will start to. He's out of his depth

[southcap]

1 minute ago, doctor jambo said:

Not quite fair

Big difference between finding yourself temporarily embarrassed by something such as this and spending 20 year on the brew

Losing a job you want to keep VS avoiding any job going

20 years or 20 weeks. No difference to me. 

And good luck avoiding work and claiming benefits for 20 years. And for those that manage it, somehow, they are such a small fraction of a minority. And none of them have a quality of life better than even the lowest paid worker. 

[hughesie27]

25 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Its no where near 80%

 

16.5% of men smoke v 13% of women (2018)

Who makes up the other 70.5%!?!?

 

I think you've misread the post...

Edited March 27, 2020 by hughesie27

[Radio Ga Ga]

2 minutes ago, hughesie27 said:

Who makes up the other 70.5%!?!?

 

I think you've misread the post...

I thought he said 80% of smokers were men? Clearly not the case.

Edited March 27, 2020 by Radio Ga Ga

[Dazo]

17 minutes ago, southcap said:

So we are truly now a nation of benefit claimants.

 

It's amazing how many people demonise those on benefits until they need it themselves. 

 

Are we ? Although entitled I won’t be claiming for my universal credits or self employment grant and I’m sure I’m not alone. 
 

on top of that I’m sure many self employed people will happily get a job elsewhere if possible to keep them going. 

[DETTY29]

The latest video summarising Trump's dealings of this emergency.

 

 

 

[southcap]

6 minutes ago, Dazo said:

 

Are we ? Although entitled I won’t be claiming for my universal credits or self employment grant and I’m sure I’m not alone. 
 

on top of that I’m sure many self employed people will happily get a job elsewhere if possible to keep them going. 

More tongue in cheek tbh but anyone taking government money over this will technically be a benefit claimants. 

 

In fact, so is anyone who claims child tax credit etc. 

 

So I guess aye, even before this, we truly are. 

 

And that's not a bad thing. Rather have democratic socialism than unregulated capitalism (see Russia) all day long. 

[Jamhammer]

10 minutes ago, DETTY29 said:

The latest video summarising Trump's dealings of this emergency.

 

 

 

Hard to believe really isn't it?

"Heat will save us"

"Foreigners are to blame"

"False figures/fake news, terrible reporters"

"Don't worry about it!

"We're doing a great job"

 

 

"It's Obama's fault"

[Dazo]

9 minutes ago, southcap said:

More tongue in cheek tbh but anyone taking government money over this will technically be a benefit claimants. 

 

In fact, so is anyone who claims child tax credit etc. 

 

So I guess aye, even before this, we truly are. 

 

And that's not a bad thing. Rather have democratic socialism than unregulated capitalism (see Russia) all day long. 

Technically Aye. I think the majority of self employed will do everything they can not to claim it. 

[luckyBatistuta]

53 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Its no where near 80%

 

16.5% of men smoke v 13% of women (2018)

 

Source - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2018

 

Lots of interesting facts in there, for example

 

Scotland has the highest number of smokers in the UK

 

1 in 4 Manual workers smoke v 1 in 10 Professionals

80% of smokers, not 80% of the pop

 

29 minutes ago, hughesie27 said:

Who makes up the other 70.5%!?!?

 

I think you've misread the post...

He has indeed

[Fire_At_The_Disco]

1 minute ago, Dazo said:

Technically Aye. I think the majority of self employed will do everything they can not to claim it. 

Don’t want it and no subby I know wants it either, would rather grow my own or starve before taking handouts off them. 
#prayfortambo

[luckyBatistuta]

1 hour ago, Dazo said:

Well that is a surprise. Can count on one hand the amount of guys I know that smoke. 

 

57 minutes ago, Radio Ga Ga said:

Its no where near 80%

 

16.5% of men smoke v 13% of women (2018)

 

Source - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2018

 

Lots of interesting facts in there, for example

 

Scotland has the highest number of smokers in the UK

 

1 in 4 Manual workers smoke v 1 in 10 Professionals

https://www.who.int/gender/documents/10facts_gender_tobacco_en.pdf