It's better to have a laugh than to wait patiently for the virus to kill us. My anxiety makes me choose to either make light of the situation or go so paranoid that I break down. I rather have the former. Right now I have the latter and it's not fun. I'm at work and I'm struggling to keep my composure. I so badly rather be at home in bed crying.

There’s better ways to handle anxiety than joking about a pandemic that’s got a death toll in the thousands, my dude. I’ve got horrendous anxiety too, that’s not a free pass to say whatever offensive thing comes to mind.

acdcguy, I’m sorry, but I don’t find it funny at all. Especially when people have already died.

Eh not everyone has the same taste in humor. I don't see any reason why not to joke about it. Death is just a part of life. It's on the dark side of humor, but it's not malicious or mean spirited humor.

I know, but still--

Okay then explain what part of it is funny, the people dying or the people suffering.
You made the joke, it bombed, so explain where the humor was supposed to be.

Guys, please, chill. We're all friends here; this doesn't need to become an argument.

Corona Virus is nothing anyone should be joking about.

Seriously, knock it off.

Yeah I am done with this. Good lord I've seen people say worse on here without an argument developing. And like no form of media has ever made jokes about death or disease ever (sarcasm). That's my final say on the matter.

Just because no one in the media makes jokes about it DOES NOT make it an okay thing to joke or meme about.

And the fact that no one, not a single person in the media is taking this issue lightly at all should really tell you something dude.

-snip-

Nope. This conversation is done. -TokuChris edit

Making jokes about something that's causing economies around the world to crash, has killed thousands upon thousands of people, has no known cure and is causing panic across the globe, and is on the brink of truly becoming a global pandemic is probably not the best thing to decide to make jokes about it.

Hell, in a year's time we may all know someone who has gotten seriously ill from this or even passed away.

If you cannot respect that - whether it be our wishes not to do so or the idea of just being a decent human being not knowing if someone here or someone reading here is literally going through this virus - then I dunno what to tell ya.

Cheers.

Corona Virus is a really serious issue, but it is not going to be some doomsday virus like The Black Plague was in the 1300s. I do feel sorry for anyone who has died or has been sick by it.

I can't get Kiva's theme out of my head.

I ordered up Hurricane Ranger from Shout Factory today. Nothing else caught my interest right now. By the time I add Jet Man , Go Go 5 , Time Ranger and Growl Ranger Shout may have it sorted out to continue the Toei Ranger release. Brian said they were negotiating.

Nothing else looked all that great DVD wise anyway.

I get NHK Newsline at 4 PM CST my time plus DW News at 4:30 and they both have the latest on Carona as well as Outside Source from BBC.

Why?

Because it contains 'illegal content'. 🙄

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This place is a blast, you're all the best.

Got to spend the day at the comics show going on in Chicago, C2E2. It's mostly work, swinging by and talking to people in the industry that we're friends with, making plans for the future, that sort of socializing/networking shit. It's fun, but, like, work-fun. You know?

Only really picked up a couple of things. Daniel Warren Johnson, a creator we're friends with, did a fan comic for the retirement of Jushin Thunder Liger, which came out great. Zander Cannon, another friendly creator, had a great print of a map from his comic Kaijumax (an excellent "what if Ultraman threw kaiju in jail" comic series everyone on the boards should be reading), so that got bought.

A couple toku-related things from the show.

First, sort-of bummed out at Bluefin's setup. They only brought five Kamen Rider things: the SICs for Ghost and Fourze, and three Figure-rise kits. No Figuarts at all for that brand. A million Gundam kits, and a bunch of DMZ things, but basically nothing for Kamen Rider.

Second, got to spend a little bit of time catching up with Kyle Higgins, and he talked about some upcoming projects. The one everyone should hear about this weekend is definitely going to appeal to fans of his Power Rangers stuff, as he moves into another tokusatsu corner with a property that hasn't had much of a comics presence... maybe ever, as far as North American comics go. (I don't remember any American publishers, especially one this big, taking a run at it before.) It's for a franchise that's not really my thing, like MMPR, but hopefully that franchise's fans'll dig it. The other thing he's got upcoming sounds like a pretty amazing original property that's got some toku DNA mixed with some American superhero stuff. Character designs looked awesome, and it felt like a fresh attempt at doing in American comics the kind of stuff that works in Sentai/Rider shows. I don't know, I've probably said way too much, but both books seemed like they'd appeal to toku fans, and that original property is one I'm psyched to read, so keep an eye open for more announcements in the future.

Forgot to mention it here but I got a promotion at work last week. I'm now the department supervisor for my team

Whoa, congrats!

Oh crap it's chained to your brain! Quick break the chain!

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Ouch. Sorry for anyone who are losing their jobs at Gamestop now

Crap hopefully the GameStops near me are ok.

Fuuuuuuck today was a long as annoying fucking day.

Everything is going according to my plan then.

Is there anyone else besides me, also waiting for a General Nintendo Direct?

Your better enjoy it for I am coming for you! My arrival will block out the sun!

Loads of people are, but I'm not too terribly bothered. I've been enjoying their more specific ones and there's already so much great stuff out that I hardly feel starved for content

They will release the Nintendo direct when they are ready. I'm in no big rush for the next Smash DLC at the moment because the game is already filled with content to keep you busy. Also, I'm playing other games at the moment while I wait for Doom Enteral and Spawn in MK11.

Watched a bit of Dancing on Ice while waiting for Doctor Who to start and thought this might be interesting to people here (they’re dancing as Power Rangers, sort of):

Lmao my sister got me Dragon Quest 8, she saw it at the store at the other side of the country and said "Hey you were looking for this right?" Now I get to enjoy a fantastic game without giving a single penny to the composer

Car Ranger now marks my 6th completed Toei Ranger series and 2nd from Saban Era I. I'm on the final episodes.

I hadn't any problem with a kid ranger in Turbo season.

I haven't seen Carranger. I don't care for Turbo.

Out of curiosity, can people still access the old How is everyone today thread? I'm a person who likes reading old comments, and I can't find the old thread anywhere.

Only mods can.

Well that sucks.

Started university today. Awesome so far. Also, I found something in the library that threw me off guard:

Hey, congrats!

Thanks!