Harvard: Picnics are Unsafe

turkey man wrote:

(lots of stuff about being a real man).

Sir, this is a thread where I point out a dumb Covid rule, and then other people come to call me selfish because we're in a pandemic and HOW HARD IS IT TO SKIP PICNICS FOR TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE and WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF PICNICS ARE SAFE YET, and we argue for 20-80 posts.

That's how this works, and you're messing it all up.

enough already wrote:

turkey man wrote:

(lots of stuff about being a real man).

Sir, this is a thread where I point out a dumb Covid rule, and then other people come to call me selfish because we're in a pandemic and HOW HARD IS IT TO SKIP PICNICS FOR TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE and WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF PICNICS ARE SAFE YET, and we argue for 20-80 posts.

That's how this works, and you're messing it all up.

Picnicking has never been allowed at Arnold Arboretum, not a Covid thing.

OP goes home devastated.

enough already wrote:

turkey man wrote:

(lots of stuff about being a real man).

Sir, this is a thread where I point out a dumb Covid rule, and then other people come to call me selfish because we're in a pandemic and HOW HARD IS IT TO SKIP PICNICS FOR TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE and WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF PICNICS ARE SAFE YET, and we argue for 20-80 posts.

That's how this works, and you're messing it all up.

You're no saint. You got a free cab, you got a free room, and someone who'll listen to your boring stories. I mean, didn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag? Didn't that give you some sort of clue, like, hey, maybe this guy's not enjoying it? You know, everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You're a miracle! Your stories have none of that. They're not even amusing *accidentally*! "Honey, I'd like you to meet Del Griffith, he's got some amusing anecodotes for you. Oh, and here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it." I could tolerate any insurance seminar. For days, I could sit there and listen to them go on and on with a big smile on my face. They'd say, "How can you stand it?" I'd say, "'Cause I've been with Del Griffith. I can take anything." You know what they'd say? They'd say, "I know what you mean. The shower curtain ring guy. Whoa." It's like going on a date with a Chatty Cathy doll. I expect you have a little string on your chest, you know, that I pull out and have to snap back. Except I wouldn't pull it out and snap it back, you would. Agh! Agh! Agh! Agh! And by the way, you know, when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!

Get yer blanket off my lawn wrote:

enough already wrote:

Sir, this is a thread where I point out a dumb Covid rule, and then other people come to call me selfish because we're in a pandemic and HOW HARD IS IT TO SKIP PICNICS FOR TWO WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE and WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF PICNICS ARE SAFE YET, and we argue for 20-80 posts.

That's how this works, and you're messing it all up.

Picnicking has never been allowed at Arnold Arboretum, not a Covid thing.

OP goes home devastated.

The signs say "No Picnics: Help keep the Arboretum open and safe." Are picnics unsafe in some other way that I'm missing?

Outdoor transmission is very rare.

Dumb rule, unless the site is often used for big 30+ person gatherings around a communal BBQ. I can see the unease with that.

I'm not aware of any way in which a p

whoops.

Anyway, the sign is dumb. The rule is, arguably, dumb.

However, as someone else has already mentioned, this is a very old rule, not something created in response to COVID.

criteria for being a real man?

5:00 minute mile. /