A Very Good Bummer

"boredalways" (boredalway666) 03/24/2020 at 11:41 • Filed to: donate or die, Blood Donor, Blood donations, Census 2020, random act of kindness, Givinglopnik

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I was going to donate blood today. My local site normally has plenty of space for walk-ins, but I decided to call just in case. Good thing I did. Appointments only right now, for obvious reasons. Luckily they are booked, so much so the first available is Monday morning. Sucks that I have to wait, but understandable. Just gotta stay healthy until then.

So if you’re healthy enough, please look into donating blood.

In the meantime, I do have a couple of errands that I want to run including going to Menards. When I get back, I guess I’ll start on the Census!

ttyymmnn > boredalways 03/24/2020 at 11:47

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I tried to fill out my census yesterday. When I checked the box that says I’m white, they want to know what flavor of white you are: German, British, Italian, etc. My wife is second generation Scandinavian, so that makes some sense, but I’m so far removed from my European heritage that the question is ludicrous. My dad’s family is of distant German stock, while my mom’s family is of very  distant British stock (we’re related to George Washington’s wife Martha ). I filled it out, and put “None” for heritage, but didn’t submit it. I got logged out, and now it won’t let me log back in.

ranwhenparked > boredalways 03/24/2020 at 11:47

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I do kind of morbidly wonder if maybe they should postpone the census count until, well, you know. 

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 11:52

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Yeah, that’s a weird one. I just force ranked everything and checked Italian, its coequal with my German ancestry, but I’ve got the Sicilian  name, so I guess it wins. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 12:01

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Yeah, I'm a mutt too, with ancestors from 6 or so countries.  And my kids have all that plus 50% Chinese ancestry.  

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 12:08

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What if you’re Italian grandfather mostly spoke Albanian? What flavor am I?

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 03/24/2020 at 12:10

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It doesn’t matter. It’s an idiotic question. Just put “your mom” and submit it.

and 100 more > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 12:15

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Yikes... I mean, i see what you’re saying, but still...

BaconSandwich is tasty. > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 12:17

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How about a before and after census? 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > boredalways 03/24/2020 at 13:26

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I’d donate blood but the government doesn’t want mine 

Brickman > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 13:38

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I put white and then white. :P 

Shane Moore > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 13:51

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We foster two Hispanic children and the question just before your  race is if you are Hispanic , if you say yes, the next page says Hispanic is not considered a race in this Census please choose from the option listed.... Then why ask the question if it isn’t an option?

ttyymmnn > Shane Moore 03/24/2020 at 13:54

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Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. I’m not sure why they do it that way. 

Shane Moore > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 14:08

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Exactly but if I were Hispanic, it would feel like a trap.

ttyymmnn > Shane Moore 03/24/2020 at 14:18

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My wife works at a Major University™ in Texas, and this is a normal sort of demographic distinction these days. I can ask her about it.

boredalways > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 15:22

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I just opened my envelopes — yes, two envelopes.

I live alone.

Both have the same ID number. One is single side printed while the other is double side printed with a FAQ on the back. Plus it comes with bonus multilingual doc.

... I'm pretty sure one of these options is my language 

boredalways > Brickman 03/24/2020 at 15:23

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You win internets today

boredalways > ranwhenparked 03/24/2020 at 15:28

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Which is more the reason to do so now — more federal resources allocated to your community based on response, regardless if things... change afterwards.

boredalways > DipodomysDeserti 03/24/2020 at 15:51

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Maybe Spumoni?  To be fair, I don't know wtf I'm talking about here

boredalways > ttyymmnn 03/24/2020 at 15:53

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To my surprise, beginning to end only took 7 minutes.  I guess when you're home alone, the government doesn't give a shit.