Along_the_Wire The Guardian is reporting it like it’s the end of the world - their ad revenues are down over 50%, it shouldn’t have been any kind of shock at all.
Fucking bizarre isn’t it? I’m at the end of my tether with the press and social media.
Shut everything down, the economy shrinks. Shocker!!
Do fuck off and try do something constructive
I used to be a loyal Guardian reader, but the last 6 months, it’s been a steaming pile of shite. It’s a very enraging read these days.
Along_the_Wire it’s not woke enough for you now, or?
hugopal Fuck off, Hugo you boring cunt.
I sincerely don’t mean to gloat, but this will come out as such, no doubt.
I’m sorry for people in countries like UK who still have so much of lockdown-stuff ahead of you, because you didn’t shut down properly in March. Our goverment couldn’t have done a better job. Apart from night clubs things are back to almost normal. Sporting events will also continue in two weeks.
That said Finland had a huge leverage in being about a month behind countries like Italy and Spain. There was a lot to learn what not to do.
Homegrove The UK is a global embarrassment, that’s for sure.
I always used to ‘take the Guardian’ as one who is not necessarily staunchly left-wing would say, to avoid being pejoratively stereotyped a ‘Guardian reader’. I still do actually, but read The Economist as well (which is its own myopic idealistic worldview too at times, albeit a slightly different one, seeming to believe that unfettered global trade and free markets are the answer to every problem)
Regarding The Guardian, it has disappeared into a hole of ridiculousness. This was peak Guardian…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/10/nail-salons-exploit-workers-stay-profitable-theyve-lost-my-business
bosstrabs It’s has become a joke. It seems to always be finding a hyperbolic angle where one doesn’t need to be ie if covid deaths are low, it barely gets a mention and instead focussed on total deaths passing 40,000. Fucking winds me up
Dubman Did you go full lockdown or did you follow Sweden’s model?
Not even close to full. But all schools, libraries, museums etc closed, everyone who could worked from home, the Helsinki-region was locked from the rest of the country for two weeks, and bars and restaurants closed for two months. Take out and deliveries was allowed though.
I went to work normally the whole time, with the bus too for the first month or so.
Homegrove If I had Bezos like money, I would put together “Discover Finland!” packages in all of the rural south and mid west. Plane tickets paid for in full, all you have to do is prove you have “Finnish ancestors” aka be white. I’d hang signs around the local hangouts in Hog-Shit Missouri that read “Come to Finland. Puerto Rican population 0!” and such. Have ads in Gunz and Grillz magazine that say something like “The only black thing about Finland is the 18hour hellish winter nights!” The years of Hannu saying “Just vote for Jeb Bush’s Cuban son, Zack. I know he’s not Bernie, but he’s a democrat now. That’s the best you can hope for!” would all seem worth it.
324 people dead from Covid 19. Population 5,5 million. I’d say that’s decent.
9,000 committed suicide in the same time period. Swings and roundabouts.
Homegrove We have double those deaths per million people. Absolute fucking shower.
Along_the_Wire Sweden more than 4 times.
Why is the suicide rate so high out there? Surely it can’t be lack of Vit D can it!
