The Coronavirus, not the beer

Dalyn said:
Why is it that it is always about people being afraid for themselves with you all? You just don't get it. Those of us on the side of patience and minimization are worried and care about others. I just got back from a trip to Tennessee. Through Kentucky (mandatory masks now) and Tennessee, I saw maybe MAYBE 10% of the people wearing masks. This morning at the store on the way to work, I saw a person walk in without a mask (they are required here, too) and the woman behind the counter (who incidentally was wearing a Trump 2020 button) told him not to worry about it because they only helped other people and, "We shouldn't be required to help other people if we don't want to, especially since most of the people who want us to are those libtards."
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why isn't it deemed selfish that those at risk are asking for us to crash our economy and change the way we live?
 
Internet translation guide:

"know" = "want to believe"
"science" = "first search result on Twitter that supports my position and includes a graph"

Hope this helps
 
thethe said:
Yeah...lockdowns are a killer.
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On the subject of lockdowns on my miss state board, a poster there had a great post, so I'll share...

"People are mighty selective about who needs to sacrifice though. THey want their amazon and takeout food and creature comforts. They want young people (who are significantly over represented among "essential" workers) to sacrifice and risk exposure for their creature comforts, but if young people want to enjoy their life after being exposed all day providing for more risk averse people, then it's the young people that are being selfish somehow. Or if the young people want schools open so that they don't have to spend half their paycheck on childcare, or even just for their kids to get to socialize with other kids and not give up two years of their childhood when they have virtually zero risk themselves, that's them being selfish.

Odd how that works out. From the outside looking in, it sure looks like the people that want everyone else to sacrifice for them, and for the sacrifice to only go one way, are being selfish. But all the "smart" people assure me the poor schmuck stocking grocery store shelves and wanting his kid to play tball and go to elementary school is basically a murderer, and the affluent guy in his 40's or 50's who gets to work remotely and have his food and groceries delivered and still get together in the same size social groups as he did before for drinks or dinner, all while being borderline diabetic b/c of the extra pounds he is carrying, that guy is just selfless."
 
thethe said:
But your perspective is certainly right despite evidence to the contrary
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Lockdown shined a light on issues that already existed. I'm hoping one of the positives that come from this is that those of you pretending to care about these issues for the first time will continue to pretend moving forward. As for the "indoor" issue that is probably also part of what you are implying here, nothing has stopped us from going outside.
 
Dalyn said:
Lockdown shined a light on issues that already existed. I'm hoping one of the positives that come from this is that those of you pretending to care about these issues for the first time will continue to pretend moving forward. As for the "indoor" issue that is probably also part of what you are implying here, nothing has stopped us from going outside.
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closing business effectively keeps people indoors.
 
msstate7 said:
On the subject of lockdowns on my miss state board, a poster there had a great post, so I'll share...

"People are mighty selective about who needs to sacrifice though. THey want their amazon and takeout food and creature comforts. They want young people (who are significantly over represented among "essential" workers) to sacrifice and risk exposure for their creature comforts, but if young people want to enjoy their life after being exposed all day providing for more risk averse people, then it's the young people that are being selfish somehow. Or if the young people want schools open so that they don't have to spend half their paycheck on childcare, or even just for their kids to get to socialize with other kids and not give up two years of their childhood when they have virtually zero risk themselves, that's them being selfish.

Odd how that works out. From the outside looking in, it sure looks like the people that want everyone else to sacrifice for them, and for the sacrifice to only go one way, are being selfish. But all the "smart" people assure me the poor schmuck stocking grocery store shelves and wanting his kid to play tball and go to elementary school is basically a murderer, and the affluent guy in his 40's or 50's who gets to work remotely and have his food and groceries delivered and still get together in the same size social groups as he did before for drinks or dinner, all while being borderline diabetic b/c of the extra pounds he is carrying, that guy is just selfless."
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Hopefully society shows our appreciation to those still having to work through this. They sure ignored most of them before.
 
What do you think about jobs that can be done virtually and/or curbside not doing it that way? My job qualifies under that. I could do my whole job virtually with a bit of curbside thrown in two or three days per week. Why isn't that happening?
 
Dalyn said:
What do you think about jobs that can be done virtually and/or curbside not doing it that way? My job qualifies under that. I could do my whole job virtually with a bit of curbside thrown in two or three days per week. Why isn't that happening?
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I am supportive of whatever a business chooses to do. Thats why I wear masks when businesses mandate it.
 
thethe said:
I am supportive of whatever a business chooses to do. Thats why I wear masks when businesses mandate it.
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Eh. I basically work for the government, which is why I think we should keep government far away from everything at this point. We also shouldn't be taking unnecessary risks that have little to no reward.
 
I'm actually doing much less work now that we are back than I was doing while we were closed. It is sad that some people can't see some of the positives that the lockdown revealed. Some jobs need to be virtual. They work better that way.
 
Dalyn said:
I'm actually doing much less work now that we are back than I was doing while we were closed. It is sad that some people can't see some of the positives that the lockdown revealed. Some jobs need to be virtual. They work better that way.
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I agree 100% on going virtual.

Sadly, there were slackers that ruined it for those of us that got even more work done.
 
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