When despite the isolation and difficulties and people being terribly ill and dying, there was this feeling of something good might come out of this great reset of society?
That feels very distant now.
I 'member
And we all thought murder hornets were coming for us.
Man, those were the days.
What do you mean were coming for us?
Fox News calling them “Africanized bees” smh
Those would be killer bees, not murderer hornets. The murder hornets are Japanese. Africanized bees is the term, it’s not just a Fox News-ism.
Who thought of it as a great reset of society? Everyone was miserable and wanted to go back to their regular lives.
I think many people at the time considered it an opportunity for change as they passed through the stages and arrived at acceptance of “this is what it is now”. I remember talking with people that were optimistic that society might take a turn to the communal again.
Yep, there was a sense of people coming together in the first few weeks but it didn’t last long…
Maybe it was different at different places, but I think here it grew stronger with time though it transformed from the celebrities singing on social media and applauding nurses to general acceptance of communal hardships and everybody pulling together to get through it. I think despite the hardships and suffering there was a communal spirit that is rare nowadays.
It could be a common coping mechanism, where human brains make old memories of bad times feel slightly better and forget the worst parts sooner.
Well that is one patronising way to respond I guess.
nah, i talked about it a lot at the time about how i was feeling hopeful and like everyone was in it together
No.
Yes, ironically I hadn’t felt so close to people in years.
It was incredible how reduction in emissions seem to instantly have an effect on the health of regions. Everything seemed to be up in the air as we adapted to find new ways of doing things in order to keep our vulnerable members safe. I really thought this was our chance to change things for the better.
Obviously the deadly virus that killed millions was tragic, but I did have a sense that things might actually get better for everyone overall.
There were these things like smog clearing up, I hoped that would bring about something. Mostly I was worried that people would get radicalised by the isolation and anti-lockdown grifters though.
Oh yeah, the “nature is healing” memes!
Not really no, my cynical ass expected nothing to change in the long run
Aside from the death and fear it was great. All plans canceled. Lots of distant community. Lots of processes that seemed impossible (like work from home) suddenly were easy.
Then fuckers started whining. Place started opening too early and raising infection rates. More people died.
Fuckers started selling counterfeit masks. Medical misinformation ran rampant.
As USA N95 supplies drop due to fired inspectors, and misinformation increases, this next pandemic will suck.
Edit: Even UBI seemed possible. Which is wild.
Literally ruined by capitalism once again.
I was in LA during the lockdowns and Floyd protests. I think the greatest example of people coming together was when entire neighborhoods would start shooting fireworks at police helicopters that were flying around, telling everyone to go inside after 8pm or whenever curfew was.
Flaunting curfews is literally the shit people here are talking about that ruined it for everyone.
They were sitting on lawn chairs, in their driveway, not going to the movies.
I only remember printing out (Germany) home schooling stuff for the kid before my shift, and trying to work in home office and doing school stuff with them in parrallel. Man was I tired.
As a strong introvert, I didn’t hate it. I can understand a lot of extroverts losing their minds though.
Well, I do remember being worried about whether I could ever be within 2 metres of anyone else ever again…
That said, I have learned really that it takes an event that kills millions spread all over the world at essentially the same time for people and our legislatures to act. I thought nothing would ever get us to do anything seriously about the climate crisis but when we all stayed home for a bit we actually managed to reverse the upward trend in emissions for a time.
I didn’t get sick for years thanks to all the social norms changing, then we had a kid in daycare and I got sick all the time anyway.
