DmitriKaramazov

Self-inflicted recession. Exceptional. ...

She is clearly suffering from some terrible eating disorder. ...

through the end of the year. [quote]Aggressive suppression measures could lead to a gradual resumption of activity that begins in some places as soon as May, several experts said. But business as usual might not come back until a vaccine is developed, which could take more than a year. “We sh...

Would pound with abandon. ...

Yes, I do. September is five months away. ...

social or philosphical agendas. Reporting on the coronavirus through the lens of identity politics, or class stratification, or wealth concentration, or religion, or gender inequities, or various other thinly veiled dogmas. The coronavirus itself is a sufficiently urgent and gripping story. R...

Still me. This isn't the apocalypse. I can still go to Whole Foods and get inane luxury foods, for Christ's sake. I don't need Rick to come save the world with his six shooter. ...

In an era when many people are discussing "Covid 19" and the need for protective "masks," the code phrase "mask 19" seems destined for misinterpretation and false accusations. ...

I was supposed to fly to Madrid in late May for a momentous romantic trip. I was going to take my girlfriend to Basque and the Pyrenees. It certainly doesn't appear that will happen now. ...

You are clearly suffering from depression. Depression is a liar. The majority of what you wrote isn't rational or true. American society will recover from the coronavirus, as it has recovered from so many darker ordeals. Brother killed brother in the bloodstained fields and the crooked wood during t...

Late 90s. Pi Phi. ...

[quote]Even with 2.2 million dying (which wouldn't be the case because that's with ZERO mitigation and isolating the most at risk would bring those numbers down), that's less than 1% of the US population and a large number of those people would die from the age or underlying health conditions that p...

While the OP didn't articulate it in the most compelling or rational manner, the underlying sentiment is defensible. Every day that passes in this state of societal paralysis is inflicting monumental economic carnage on a global scale. I've read articles from credible sources suggesting that the glo...

[quote]How many deaths with it take before people realize how serious this is? [/quote] This isn't the right question. It's a rhetorical straw man. Most rational humans acknowledge the risk posed by Covid. The better question is this: over the long term, is the risk posed by Covid greater then th...

But it's really some sort of controlled detonation of explosives, not a lightning strike. Read the comments. ...

[quote] Caribbean Island? Maybe too rocky[/quote] Cabo. ...

Thanks guys. Leaving towards The Witcher 3 or Skyrim. ...

Brilliant science fiction or thinly veiled social commentary? I'm considering reading it, but I'm leery of the political subtexts lurking in some of the synopses and review blurbs. Has anyone read it? Worthwhile? No spoilers, please. ...

For fiction, Anna Karenina and Moby Dick. In the nonfiction realm, Battle Cry of Freedom and Myth of Sisyphus....

Just bought a Nintendo Switch Lite. I'm a somewhat older gamer who hasn't played any console games in several years, though I have generally enjoyed them since childhood. Breath of the Wild was my inaugural purchase. What other games would the learned posters of this board recommend? TIA....