Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Richard Hakluyt]

Little Granny is Watching YOU!!!

[mongers]

Thrilled to discover we have now fully transitioned into dystopian police state territory:
......

Big Granny. 

[Caliga]

I like the expression on her face.  She is not amused.  Not one bit.

[bogh]

Sweden reported 109 deaths. Denmark 19.

[The Larch]

Thrilled to discover we have now fully transitioned into dystopian police state territory:

[Sheilbh]

Is that character based on Ann Richards?

[Sheilbh]

Little Granny is Watching YOU!!!

So the advertising boards in Piccadilly Circus don't have facial recognition tech, but they do have cameras that can identify the weather, the gender and moods of the people in the Circus and the cars/buses and speeds which then adjusts the advertising accordingly. It probably could be switched to watching us

[The Larch]

Is that character based on Ann Richards?

Who?

[Sheilbh]

Is that character based on Ann Richards?

Who?

Former Governor of Texas - the look seems really similar:


Famous for all of her lines slamming George Bush - "I am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like."

[The Larch]

Is that character based on Ann Richards?

Who?

Former Governor of Texas - the look seems really similar:


Famous for all of her lines slamming George Bush - "I am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like."

No idea, ask Matt Groening.  Does she have three sons who she bosses around constantly?

Btw, what is it with your fascination with obscure American political figures?

[Sheilbh]

Btw, what is it with your fascination with obscure American political figures?

No idea with her. My best guess is that a gay man couldn't discover a picture of a prominent women looking like that and not want to know more

Otherwise probably just that I find America interesting and speak the language so can quite easily pop down a Wikipedia hole for a few hours.

[The Larch]

Btw, what is it with your fascination with obscure American political figures?

No idea with her. My best guess is that a gay man couldn't discover a picture of a prominent women looking like that and not want to know more

Otherwise probably just that I find America interesting and speak the language so can quite easily pop down a Wikipedia hole for a few hours.

And you assume we share that obsession, since you felt that it was enough to say her name so that we'd recognize her. 

[jimmy olsen]

Coronavirus timeline:
- January 19: 100 cases
- January 24: 1,000 cases
- February 12: 50,000 cases
- March 6: 100,000 cases
- March 18: 200,000 cases
- March 26: 500,000 cases
- April 2: 1,000,000 cases
- April 8: 1,500,000 cases

At least the last two figures show a flat rate of growth.

8 days to go from 500 k to a million. 6 days to go from 1 million to 1.5

[jimmy olsen]

Btw, what is it with your fascination with obscure American political figures?

No idea with her. My best guess is that a gay man couldn't discover a picture of a prominent women looking like that and not want to know more

Otherwise probably just that I find America interesting and speak the language so can quite easily pop down a Wikipedia hole for a few hours.

And you assume we share that obsession, since you felt that it was enough to say her name so that we'd recognize her. 

I think given the demographic here, most of the American posters do recognize the name

[Sheilbh]

8 days to go from 500 k to a million. 6 days to go from 1 million to 1.5

Isn't it the rate it doubles that matters?