It’s the end of the world as we know it

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
03/25/2020 at 03:06 • Filed to: coronavirus

...and I feel fine

As evidence that it’s the end of the world, I give you the fact that we have no champagne flutes handy. #firstworldproblrms

In about 4 hours, after a 48hr grace period, we go into full lockdown for at least a month. This afternoon, the government (with support from the opposition) invoked pretty much every law short of the War Powers Act - effectively NZ is a single party dictatorship for the next 3 months.

I’ve spent the last 2 days moving my team into work from home mode, and will spend the next few figuring out how I can keep them all busy and off the CEO’s radar when he starts thinking about cost cutting when our demand collapses (which it inevitably will ). I told him about 5 years ago that I’d let good people go before and I was never doing it again - I feel like I still stand by that, so the first one out the door might be me.

Overall, it’s been a great week so far. So tonight we’re kicking back with a bottle of champagne and watching the world burn. Because what else can you do.

Also, if you haven’t read this yet, do:

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It’s a superbly explained and evidence-supported explanation of what governments SHOULD be doing to fix this.

Fortunately, it appears ours is trying to. So things could be worse.

DISCUSSION (4)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/25/2020 at 03:56

got enough food?

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > pip bip - choose Corrour
03/25/2020 at 04:05

For a week or so - 3 if we live on boring stuff. We figured we’d wait out the crazies then go restock. There are many things NZ may run out of - food isn’t one of them.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/25/2020 at 06:27

She'll be right. When you resurface... you'll be able to engage in the easiest invasion in the history of the world by annexing that continent to the west and selling bits of it to whomsoever is left in the rest of the world!

Svend > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/25/2020 at 06:52

For me, the bitterest pill to swallow is afterwards when all the crazy doomsday preppers resurface shouting, ‘we told you so!’.

I hate it when even the craziest people who are clearly wrong, stumble on being right as it gives them even more ammunition for future events.