So, ya'll: the $300/wk PUA (pandemic unemployment assistance) goes away after next week. All those worker shortages? I predict we're not gonna have that problem anymore. I think all those folks who've been sitting back crying "I don't feel safe!" and collecting unemployment are in for a rude awakening. Uncle Sam's not gonna foot the bill forever. This might be interesting to watch, actually. *pops some popcorn*

I have a question for you all, would you wear a mask around your friend that is going through chemo for their stage 4 cancer? I see so many friends of a friend I have tag her in a picture and how happy they are to have spent time with her. They are hugged up and none of them are in masks. Not even my sick friend. She’s just all over the place hanging around everyone and anyone without a mask. I just don’t get it. I’ve been avoiding seeing her because I don’t want to expose her! I don’t know. I guess I’m paranoid about the virus. We are in high rate covid land too. I hate to see the post she’s covid positive! I’m grappling with masks/social distance/vaccine pro and against and I’m at my wits ends. I know my friend won’t tell me it’s okay to take down mask, i know she would respect my choice. But still! It bothers me she doesn’t take it serious especially with her condition! Am i overreacting? Comments definitely welcome.

I realize that this makes me a horrible person, but if you refuse to get the vaccine, and you get sick, I really don't feel bad for you. And I'm not talking about the folks who can't get the vaccine, I'm talking about the ones who can but just just refuse because "freedom" or think COVID is no big deal

My last day at work and I had planned to meet with my unvaccinated coworker. Unfortunately, she found out last night that her BF has Covid and had to be taken to ER. it's likely she also has Covid. Even though I'm vaccinated, I feel like I dodged a bullet. I hope she's okay and her bf recovers soon.

I'm an American, so I can relate. We're having a worker shortage too, a lot in the food industry. Gee, where are all those illegal immigrants you keep saying are taking our jobs? It's almost like they never actually were, and you're just racist assholes.

So I live in the UK and thanks to right wing morons, we are probably going to be facing a food shortage worse than during Covid because we lack drivers, warehouse workers, and farm workers...all while the gammons bury their head in the sand and say, "It'll work out long term." It's almost like they were warned about this a million times but they couldn't stop hating Romanians for two seconds to actually fucking listen. The best part is all those "stealing our jobs" jobs are ones that Brits won't actually do because it's physically demanding work for minimum wage. I'm not an economist, I don't have a degree, I'm really just a bit of a halfwit, and even I could've seen this coming.

OP of the 'fear mongering' post. Seriously- can you post links to where you read all this? Because I DID read every article I could find and this is exactly how I understood it. I would really like to read what you've read. I'd love to understand how this would help crack down on companies paying employees as if they were independent contractors. So seriously- I would love to learn how this actually works. I'm 100% dead serious- PLEASE post links to articles. I've googled my ass off and clearly I haven't found what you've found. If you have an account, please drop links in the comments. You don't have to be annon, I really want to know.

*rump outweighs Biden by leaps and bounds in the level of assholery. (Also in, like, pounds.) That doesn't mean I'm gonna like every decision Biden makes, but I'm a trekkie so I'm down with the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few. Or the one.

At least Biden isn't trying to take away my healthcare, make it harder for me to vote, or raise my taxes (Trump's plan raised taxes on everyone making $75K+. Goes into effect in 2021. And I don't make $400K).

Trumps an ass but I can’t stand Biden either. I’m sick of the left and right accusing each other, they’re both hypocrites. Fuck all this noise.