# 6' Social Distance?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178 "2020-03-24T14:50:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/1 "2020-03-24T14:50:10Z")

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I just can’t fathom it.

Carry on.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/2 "2020-03-24T14:51:38Z")

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Out.

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/3 "2020-03-24T14:54:41Z")

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This whole outbreak is a league ahead of anything I’ve ever seen.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/4 "2020-03-24T15:40:53Z")

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I need to meter out my responses to this.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/5 "2020-03-24T15:42:42Z")

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The OP is too deep for me.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/6 "2020-03-24T15:43:11Z")

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What would Mark Twain think about social distancing?

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/7 "2020-03-24T22:02:01Z")

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A mistake is as good as a mile.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/8 "2020-03-24T22:06:44Z")

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God, what a terrible joke. I’m gonna put that guy six feet under.

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**Author:** ![JasmineOlive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@JasmineOlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JasmineOlive)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-social-distance/850178/9 "2020-03-25T01:37:49Z")

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social distancing thing becomes real