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12 October 2020 at 08:13 AM
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by Luckbox Inc

Liquor stores are all they have.

What a joke!

Per wikipedia, a 'food desert' (in an urban area) is a neighborhood more than one mile from a supermarket.

In an rural area, a 'food desert' is more than 10 miles from a supermarket.

'Food desert' sounds like a place in the middle of nowhere.

Certainly not a reason to make all liquor stores an "essential business".

Maybe on a case-by-case basis they could be classified as an "essential business"


by Jimmy Proffett

Quite true, but did all the schools in the US, especially California, reopen in Aug/Sept 2020?

As far as I know, yes. I won't say 100% but the overwhelming majority did.


by Gorgonian

As far as I know, yes. I won't say 100% but the overwhelming majority did.

As a Californian, I approve this message.


by geezerchess

What a joke!

Realizing that people exist outside your realm of experience can be a doozy.


I reject the notion of an "essential business."

The consumers should decide, not the government.

If it's safe for ANY business to be open, then it's safe for ALL businesses to be open.

As long as the state health regulations are being adhered to ofc.


by whatthejish

Realizing that people exist outside your realm of experience can be a doozy.

I live over a mile from a supermarket. I ain't in no 'food desert'.

I repeat: what a joke!!


by geezerchess

I reject the notion of an "essential business."

The consumers should decide, not the government.

If it's safe for ANY business to be open, then it's safe for ALL businesses to be open.

As long as the state health regulations are being adhered to ofc.

Remember at some places just certain sections were open. I tried to buy fish at a PetSmart and they couldn't sell them to me because of COVID restrictions even though the store was open.


I learned something important today:

Some of the multimillionaires who live in Palos Verdes Estates live in a ''food desert."

Who knew?


I'm in a food desert. Everything is either crazy expensive or I have to drive about 30 miles to an Albertson's or Stater Bros.

1 mile though for urban areas doesn't seem very reasonable though if that's the official definition.


by Luckbox Inc

I'm in a food desert. Everything is either crazy expensive or I have to drive about 30 miles to an Albertson's or Stater Bros.

1 mile though for urban areas doesn't seem very reasonable though if that's the official definition.

Per wikipedia, 1 mile from a supermarket is a 'food desert'. (which is LOL)

10 miles in a rural area. (which seems reasonable to me)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_deser...


by geezerchess

(in an urban area)

by geezerchess

Palos Verdes Estates

Lol. Just take the L and move on.

I don’t blame you for not knowing the term. But, digging in your heels is not the play here.


I'm sure it's gonna sound bad but I loved empty cities during covid and total silence.
I've read some people have some regret syndrome of that time (for different reasons).

nb: that obviously doesn't mean I was happy with people getting covid/hurt/dying.


Fwiw , following luciom trend , I understand he sees no problem italians immigrate elsewhere , helps clean his country of so many dangerous citizens in a lot of sphere of criminal activities.
Violent too ready to murder for not much .

Don luciom …..

I got more forgivness for someone doing illegal activities to feed his family (poor 3rd world worker) then an immigrants doing violent crimes (mob) just to get rich ….

Have u seen « les misérables » yet luciom ?


by geezerchess

I reject the notion of an "essential business."

The consumers should decide, not the government.

If it's safe for ANY business to be open, then it's safe for ALL businesses to be open.

As long as the state health regulations are being adhered to ofc.

You don't need to go to a museum or a cinema. You do need to eat, so therefore need to go to a supermarket. It was a question of keeping covid numbers as low as possible and the closure of non essential businesses helped do that. Amazing you can't see this.


by corpus vile

You don't need to go to a museum or a cinema. You do need to eat, so therefore need to go to a supermarket. It was a question of keeping covid numbers as low as possible and the closure of non essential businesses helped do that. Amazing you can't see this.

you don't NEED to go to the supermarket, people in hazmat suits can provide emergency rations to your building.

which is what they did in China.

amazing you can't see it's all about finding reasonable tradeoffs.

not that any of that helped in any way ofc, it was all for nothing


by Luciom

you don't NEED to go to the supermarket, people in hazmat suits can provide emergency rations to your building.

which is what they did in China.

amazing you can't see it's all about finding reasonable tradeoffs.

not that any of that helped in any way ofc, it was all for nothing

You really want to live like China? A global pandemic means precautions, not turning your country into some weird ass dystopian nightmare ffs.


by corpus vile
by Luciom

you don't NEED to go to the supermarket, people in hazmat suits can provide emergency rations to your building.which is what they did in China.amazing you can't see it's all about finding reasonable tradeoffs.not that any of that helped in any way ofc, it was all for nothing

You really want to live like China? A global pandemic means precautions, not turning your country into so

Funny how Lucy is all against lockdowns but suddenly best response is ultimate lockdown.
Compromise was the point. (I shouldn't have to write that last part, but in this forum you have to preemptively explain/defend yourself).


by Victor

Your own link refutes your statement in 2 ways

You made the mistake of thinking that a Luciom link might support the claims he's making. They never do.


by weeeez

I'm sure it's gonna sound bad but I loved empty cities during covid and total silence.
I've read some people have some regret syndrome of that time (for different reasons).

nb: that obviously doesn't mean I was happy with people getting covid/hurt/dying.

I can imagine that. I used to be out late most nights in central London, after most people had gone home and when the traffic was minimal. It's such a beautiful city that most people don't get to fully appreciate because of the hustle and bustle.


by corpus vile

Now that he's pointed it out...it is kinda weird.

In a word...yes.

It’s weird to want the brown men to be groped by white women on your public info flyer, and it’s weird to get insanely worked up about it to the point of thinking it’s causing the collapse of Germany.


by checkraisdraw

It’s weird to want the brown men to be groped by white women on your public info flyer, and it’s weird to get insanely worked up about it to the point of thinking it’s causing the collapse of Germany.

I agree.


by whatthejish

Lol. Just take the L and move on.

I don’t blame you for not knowing the term. But, digging in your heels is not the play here.

I'll gladly take the 'L': Victory LAP!!!


by corpus vile

You don't need to go to a museum or a cinema. You do need to eat, so therefore need to go to a supermarket. It was a question of keeping covid numbers as low as possible and the closure of non essential businesses helped do that. Amazing you can't see this.

Seemed to work fine in Florida (relatively speaking).


by corpus vile

You really want to live like China? A global pandemic means precautions, not turning your country into some weird ass dystopian nightmare ffs.

I agree with precautions. Masking and social-distancing made sense. (Based on the science at the time.)


by Luciom

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Hey Luciom, can you please provide a link to this claim?


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