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When it became clear that after China, the rest of the world was also affected by the coronavirus, I started posting photos matching the subject on my Facebook and Instagram accounts. It didn't take long before a plethora of funny memes appeared on the internet. I decided to link these to photos from my archive. After all, I was no longer able to take new photos.
All borders of our neighboring countries are closed. Usually, I travel abroad with my bull terrier Claire almost weekly to take photographs in abandoned buildings and at deserted places. We have been exploring together for almost 7 years. I invented the name "furbex" for this―urbex with a furry twist. In 2018, our adventures were published in a book called "Furbex." I have previously shared our photos here and here.
For as long as this pandemic lasts, I will keep posting a daily COVID-19 fact by Claire just for fun. I want to cheer people up during this crazy time.
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#1
When Bill Gates Said "The World Needs To Prepare For Pandemics," I Believed Him. This Guy Has Been Dealing With Viruses Since Windows 95
Final score:
61points
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#2
87% Of Gym Members Don't Even Know Their Gym Is Closed
Final score:
58points
Mark 5 years ago (edited)
Gym memberships, one of the worlds biggest waste of money. Most people just don't bother to cancel cause they go a few times or just don't want the hassle of trying to cancel it.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
A one-year gym membership OUGHT TO BE valid for 365 different days, to be used within, let's say, no more than a five-year period from when it was bought. A one-month for 30 days within three or four months, and a three-month for 90 days within a year. But it isn't. :(
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K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
I already know that I’m going to go consistently only for two weeks when they reopen.
#3
Coronavirus Is The First Thing Made In China That Lasts Longer Than A Month
Final score:
53points
Colin L 5 years ago
Honestly, I really dislike the China bashing. A virus doesn't have boundaries, have national allegiance, doesn't care where you live. All this does is make people distrust each other more.
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
Maybe the governmental responses to the pandemic. We all suffer if we don’t stop and contain viral infections, no matter where it originated and who suffers. It’s not an us or them problem.
Load More Replies... K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
When you exploit people and resources for cheap labor, you can hardly expect quality and durability. Change includes consumer mindset and policy/regulations so that companies don’t evade taxes and make working conditions and wages actually livable.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
In all fairness, if there were no customers for cheap-cheaper-the cheapest products there would be no production of them. Hands up, everyone who has ever bought something through Wish!, or Amazon, or H&M, Zara, or any other of the so-called fast fashion brands! We can all vote with our wallets when we buy something, spending more money for good, lasting quality or buying the cheap stuff that wont last. Second-hand clothing is great. You know that it won't shrink/stretch/lose colour/lose shape in the first wash, and it is a very economical way to buy excellent quality.
Aleksey Elfstrom 5 years ago
have you never turned an action figure over and read the little label. I have plastic dinosaurs older than you are and they're still as solid as a brick
#4
6 Feet Apart Today Is Better Than 6 Feet Under Tomorrow
Final score:
52points
#5
Every Disaster Movie Starts With The Government Ignoring A Scientist
Final score:
51points
Aleksey Elfstrom 5 years ago
or kids finding out about the thing long enough in advance to do something about it but being ignored because people under the age of 50 are physically incapable of knowledge
#6
I Survived The Great Toilet Paper Scare Of 2020
Final score:
43points
#7
Divorce Lawyers Have Been Waiting For This―Married Couples Quarantined With Each Other For Weeks
Final score:
41points
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
The sad and terrible side of this is that there are very many women who are now having to spend 24/7 with their abusive husbands or partners. Femicide should maybe be added to coronavirus deaths. This is worldwide. "Domestic abuse killings appear to double during UK's lockdown" (The Independent)
Monday 5 years ago
I wonder how many marriages are going to be destroyed and how many will be saved by isolating together.
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
Oof, time to really take a look and hopefully fall in love all over again with the one you married.
Daniel Watkins 5 years ago
The sad and terrible side of this is that there are very many men who are now having to spend 24/7 with their abusive wives or partners. Mariticide should maybe be added to coronavirus deaths. This is worldwide. Many people think it is only men who can be abusive towards their partners
#8
If You Need 120 Rolls Of Toilet Paper For A Two-Week Quarantine You Probably Should Have Been Seeing A Doctor Long Before
Final score:
37points
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Except that the quarantine has lasted a lot longer than 2 weeks.
#9
We Keep Exploring, Even During The Corona Crisis!!! Today We Visit The Kitchen Again―The Capital Of Our House
Final score:
35points
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
I already reached my NY’s resolution of learning to make 20 new (to me) recipes, and I’m good without needing to bake bread. Last week, I wore a crop top and a long, pleated skirt to virtually visit Italy. Drank my wine and enjoyed my pizza, all to myself.
SoozeeQ 5 years ago
Good for you for taking the time to experience new things.
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Coronavirus Got Here So Quickly From China Before We Realized It. It Had Already Arrived While Orders From Aliexpress And Wish Take Months To Get Here
Final score:
35points
jevais 5 years ago
So True! You can wait months to receive your goods. I tried Aliexpress more than once, was satisfied only once.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
I ordered US-made cloth masks, thry arrived within a week. Not cheap, but well-made.
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In 20 Years Our Country Will Be Run By People Home-Schooled By Day Drinkers
Final score:
32points
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Uhum, and now there are some countries with people in the highest of offices who made it out of uni with a degree because of some very generous grants to that uni from their parents. Just sayin'
Brent Hollett 5 years ago
School kids are 5 - 17. If the world is run by 25-37 yr olds, something else *very bad* has happened in the meantime...
#12
My Mum Got So Fat While #stayathome That When She Walked By The TV, I Missed Three Episodes
Final score:
32points
Alice van Kempen (Submission author) 5 years ago
I will tell you as soon as my mum has passed the TV
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#13
9 Months From Now, There Will Be A Baby Boom... And They Will Be Called The Coronials
Final score:
31points
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
And when they hit adolescence, they will be the Quaran-Teens.
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
And after a little more than a decade they will all become quaranteens.
#14
Congratulations, You've Completed Netflix
Final score:
30points
#15
Self-Isolation... Day 4
Final score:
30points
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I bet that room was beautiful before. Now it's hauntingly beautiful.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Who cares? Is anybody coming for a visit anytime soon? By the time there'll be a vaccine it'll be all be spick 'n' span again.
#16
As Virus Cases Rise, So Does Snitching
Final score:
27points
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Every crisis will bring out the very best in humanity in a lot of people, but it will also bring out the very worst in some.
#17
Never Go To A Doctor Whose Office Plants Have Died
Final score:
26points
#18
I'm Way Too Classy To Hoard Toilet Paper So I Bought Myself A Toilet Brush... Long Story Short, I'm Going Back To Toilet Paper
Final score:
25points
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
The son is around 16 months old and there is a toilet brush in the bathroom at the hotel and nowhere to hide it out of sight, so I carefully and with lots of eww, gah, blah make him understand that under no circumstance is he to touch it. So far so good. You know that feeling when there is too! much! quiet! when you have a small child. I found him in the bathroom, happily being very, very good. He was cleaning the toilet. With the brush I brought for the sole purpose of cleaning his bottle...
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago (edited)
Yes!!! I know that feeling well even without being a parent. Keep making him a part of your chore routines. So he gets to bond with you, and get what it’s all about and know how to do them. Most women/females jobs aren’t finish after they leave work. I’m grateful to male/men’s contributions to the household too of course.
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Or invest in a bidet. Of course, then you still have to dry off your patooty.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Well, it's not like we don't have time to drip dry
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He Hoarded Loads Of Toilet Paper At The Start Of The Corona Crisis, So At Least When He Died His Butt Was Clean
Final score:
23points
#20
Wash Your Hands As If You're Washing Marilyn Monroe
Final score:
21points
K. aka letmeplaywithkittens 5 years ago
I’m going to assume that it meant taking a bath is fun, and washing each other up is pleasurable.
SoozeeQ 5 years ago
I think that's what they mean too. If someone was washing Marilyn Monroe, they would most likely take a very long time and be extremely thorough!
Load More Replies... Leonel Roque 5 years ago (edited)
Don’t get this one either!! Is it because men have to wash their hands after watching Marilyn because they jerk off while watching her? Idk
Brent Hollett 5 years ago
Slowly, and with far more focus than necessary on parts that don't require a lot of effort to clean?
#21
Wear The Clothes That Matter, Fashion Trend Summer 2020
Final score:
19points
#22
If You Can't Go To The Hairdresser To Get A Haircut, Your Hair Gets Longer
Final score:
18points
#23
You Can't Die Of Coronavirus If You're Killed In A Prison Riot
Final score:
15points
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
But you can! If there were riots because of the coronavirus, because of a lack of precautions, no masks and/or disinfectants, or overcrowding, then I argue that you die of the coronavirus.
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Not here, please. Anyway, I do believe that Pandas are smart enough to not fall for that but if you want to prove me wrong, you are very wellcome to pay me 350 dollars per day without me doing any work for it. Let us see, that makes 10.500 dollars per 30 days month. I am feeling grand today. Please give it to a charity that helps feed children! Post the receipt here!
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Not here, please. Anyway, I do believe that Pandas are smart enough to not fall for that but if you want to prove me wrong, you are very wellcome to pay me 350 dollars per day without me doing any work for it. Let us see, that makes 10.500 dollars per 30 days month. I am feeling grand today. Please give it to a charity that helps feed children! Post the receipt here!
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