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I miss being spontaneous about going out. I’m not even sure what restaurants are still open, what bars have gone out of business, why can’t we return to normal already?
It's a great opportunity for non-commercial spontaneity, choosing not between "what bar to go to", but which direction to walk in, and really taking in reality.
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It's a great opportunity for non-commercial spontaneity, choosing not between "what bar to go to", but which direction to walk in, and really taking in reality.
This is illegal in my country.
Maybe it's the rural setup where I'm from, but I'm glad that in 2020 and 2021 I barely visited bars. Summer was spent by lakes and forests, drinking beers, cocktails, appetizers, and eating freshly grilled BBQ for a fraction of the price, having quality time in the sun with friends. I don't miss commercial society, I don't miss their tropes and their rituals. Fake friendship and banter from people hanging around to g…
Maybe it's the rural setup where I'm from, but I'm glad that in 2020 and 2021 I barely visited bars. Summer was spent by lakes and forests, drinking beers, cocktails, appetizers, and eating freshly grilled BBQ for a fraction of the price, having quality time in the sun with friends. I don't miss commercial society, I don't miss their tropes and their rituals. Fake friendship and banter from people hanging around to g…
You may not like bars and the fact that they exchange services for money, but that doesn't mean you don't have to show sympathy for people who are losing everything because of a force majeure.
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This is illegal in my country.
Which country more or less is it? When the hot season will arrive will you be able to go out and make an impromptu bar with friends somewhere free (public squares, forests, beaches, etc.)
Based on their website, GP is likely in the UK. There’s vague hope based on vaccination rates, but given the number of self-inflicted own-goals by this government, anything more than vague hope now feels like setting oneself up for disappointment.
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This is illegal in my country.
Which country more or less is it? When the hot season will arrive will you be able to go out and make an impromptu bar with friends somewhere free (public squares, forests, beaches, etc.)
I don't know, indefinite lockdown.
It's currently illegal to sit on a park bench.
I'll do it anyway, of course, but it might not be legal.
[redacted] 97 days since it was last legal for me to have a friend over for a cup of tea.
You know in the movies where at some point the psychotic main character thinks "I'm not the crazy one, it must be them"? I flip flop on this every other hour.
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Which country more or less is it? When the hot season will arrive will you be able to go out and make an impromptu bar with friends somewhere free (public squares, forests, beaches, etc.)
Predicting the future is difficult. After the overall incompetence of leadership that 2020 brought in many western countries, making any rational predictions about 2021 is irrational in itself. Based on their website, GP is likely in the UK. There’s vague hope based on vaccination rates, but given the number of self-inflicted own-goals by this government, anything more than vague hope now feels like setting oneself u…
It's illegal for me to have a friend over because they made it illegal.
We have adverts trying to scare people into working from home, as if that's a choice.
The government is literally trolling us, just showing us that we'll do whatever as long as there's propaganda backing it.
Fuck this reality.
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And some of us have been cooped up with spouse and kids for almost a year. When I get a little alone time I'm especially grateful. Still, I'd love to go to this bar! Or the pub down the street.
The way things are going at the moment, I'll have to emigrate to somewhere "sane" like Belarus in order to even meet another person.
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Predicting the future is difficult. After the overall incompetence of leadership that 2020 brought in many western countries, making any rational predictions about 2021 is irrational in itself. Based on their website, GP is likely in the UK. There’s vague hope based on vaccination rates, but given the number of self-inflicted own-goals by this government, anything more than vague hope now feels like setting oneself u…
Vaccination has literally fuck all to do with this. Our restrictions are randomly generated. It's illegal for me to have a friend over because they made it illegal. We have adverts trying to scare people into working from home, as if that's a choice. The government is literally trolling us, just showing us that we'll do whatever as long as there's propaganda backing it. Fuck this reality.
Especially the part about government trolling us.
Fuck this reality.