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The New Normal
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MC2
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I can not believe that people in this forum are saying how “tough” people have had it from COVID *while a country’s cities are currently being destroyed by another country*
So you had to wear a mask for a while. Boohoo. You could still go to bars, parties, sporting events, movies, concerts, etc.
At the beginning of COVID, I was hoping it would give people perspective as to what matters in life (family, relationships, meaningful work, etc.), but it seems to have really destroyed a lot of people’s ability to discern an actual hardship from an imagined one.
So you had to wear a mask for a while. Boohoo. You could still go to bars, parties, sporting events, movies, concerts, etc.
At the beginning of COVID, I was hoping it would give people perspective as to what matters in life (family, relationships, meaningful work, etc.), but it seems to have really destroyed a lot of people’s ability to discern an actual hardship from an imagined one.
Campgottagopee
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Negative. He brings a lot of it on himself. If a person posts stupid shit on an internet forum they'll get blasted. I know I have. The "kid" needs to grow up, bigley.
Sure we do. Everyone has been going through the same pandemic.
This sucks. I can relate as a niece of mine is going through much the same. Thankfully for her, and your daughter, they have loving parents/friends around them to help the through it.
Other than a few people, all we know each other by is what is posted here. Sno has been a whinny lil bitch for years now.
Campgottagopee
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Andy_ROC
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^^^^This!!!!!!
While covid has been a hardship for most everyone and definitely more for some people, it's still relatively short compared to the hardship of some others generations. Some act as if covid is the only hardship faced by mass population and young people in modern times. Well it isn't.
Some large events that had long lasting global impacts and modified way of life that come to mind:
- WW2: While my parents were very young children at the time they experienced significant hardship for 6 years. My grandmother and grandfather were in their mid 20's raising a family the best they could. The hardship they endured during the same age's as we're talking about here were significant. Job loss. Food and product rationing. Fear of war on US soil. Blackout and air raid drills. Dying in war. Trying to keep their children safe. Lets also not forget that WW2 came shortly after the end of the great depression. If you could talk to those people today to complain about mask wearing compared to their hardships they'd laugh in your face.
- Or how about Sept 11 2001? We witnessed the mass murder of over 3,000 innocent people on US soil that day. While a vast number more died slow deaths in the days, weeks and years later as a result from that day. All of our lives in the free world were radically changed that blue sky morning. I'm sure there are people in this blog that may have lost friends or family that day. Think of the traumatic impact it had on all of us, including the youth. We lost our feeling of security which took a long time to return to semi normal. Virtually every event we attended and every time we traveled were radically changed and many of those changes remain today. The adverse psychological effects of that day were profound and long lasting.
Mental health was not great before the pandemic so lets not completely blame covid. The pandemic was like adding gas to an already burning hot fire. A lot of it is rooted back to the internet and social media. A sincere suggestion for those that are struggling like Sno --- Beside seeking professional help, maybe they should start with getting away from whatever is causing stress. I can almost guarantee some of it is traceable back to Facebook, Podcasts, Twitter, and AM radio anger propaganda. Just get away from it and go outside and spend time with friends and family.
Yes 2020 was really tough. Especially tough for people whom lost their jobs and still had families to support. Really tough for people that lost businesses. Really tough for children to miss out on in person teaching and socialization at school. Really tough for the millions of people whom died or were impacted by family and friends that died from covid, but you also have company with the hardships of past generations.
Also lets look at the glass half full instead of half empty. We seem to be on the back side of this thing. The only thing that drove the return of masks was the holiday spike and record hospitalization. But that has since dropped dramatically and the brief reinstatement of the mask mandate in response to the hospitalization spike is now over. The days are getting better at least for covid.
At this point we probably should be more concerned about an escalating war due to the invasion of a democratic country.
Backcountry might put ya outta harms way.
Earn yer turns.
snoloco
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This really exposes your true character, and not in a good way. You wished this pandemic would result in a socialist, collectivist utopia. When that didn't happen, you resorted to insults against anyone who dared question why we kept the restrictions you supported, and still support, long after they were necessary. And then you use a terrible crisis elsewhere in the world to insult those who disagreed with you and trivilaize the hardships others had as a result of this pandemic and our failed response to it. Also, it's interesting how you refer to "what really matters in life". The politicians you support tried to take that all away. Meaningful work? They shut down businesses, put people out of work, and denied kids an education. Family relationships? They shamed people for traveling and gathering with family. There are people who put off visiting family, only for their loved ones to die before they had the chance.
The war in Ukraine is appalling on every level, and I feel very fortunate to live in the United States, where we are not at threat of invasion. It does not change my opinion on domestic issues regarding the pandemic. It does make it clear that the only thing I agree with the right on is my opposition to covid mandates. I really wish there was a political party that supports NATO and is opposed to brutal dictators waging war for shits and giggles, but also opposed to unprecedented infringements on individual liberties back home. I don't think one exists.
Now that we're watching a real war unfold, it is becoming increasingly absurd that we ever treated covid as if it was a war. If your country is under attack, everything is on the line, so you drop everything and deal with the threat. With the pandemic, we were never in that situation, even in April 2020, yet overzealous politicians are still endlessly extending emergency declarations as if we are.
Also, I suggest you look at the timestamp on my earlier post, which was before the invasion actually began. Either you didn't or you're lying.
I've opened up about some very personal things in this thread for the purpose of raising awareness. Turns out I was foolish for doing so. All you ever did was insult me every chance you got. Shameful, toxic, vindictive, selfish, and mean-spirited doesn't even begin to describe how despicable you are. I'm done arguing with you. It's clear you are beyond help. I'm also done with this forum for a very long time.
MC2
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I’m not reading all that, could you sum it up in a few words for me?
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