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Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by RalfWausE »

I think the psychological toll of the lockdowns in different countries is highly underestimated.

I myself have no real economical shortcomings due to the lockdown, but even as a person who is normaly a total loner and who can spend weeks completely alone on a excessive hiking trip i am slowly going crazy... For my wife, who is a highly social character, its even worse.

And i am not the only one in this mindset... what i hear and see in my region let me believe the mood is slowly turning into some sort of "Torches and Pitchforks" way...

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by jlengrand »

wayanon wrote: post #29

I gave up booze in Dec 2019 as a (temporary?) experiment so lockdown has been helpful for me as I don’t have to not drink with friends in bars. But I know lots of people miss it and I hate seeing business owners in trouble.

Congrats on being over a year sober then!

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by leehuffman »

tomcooks wrote: post #19

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

Nah, it’s almost certainly (at least in this context) your privilege. I should hope that you’d never have your income, overnight, ganked out from under you. Not to mention the dozens of other hard working, honest humans on your payroll.

I also hope nobody has the completely disconnected uppity spirit to post paragraphs of text telling you why you’re worthless, as you’re inhaling water and drowning. Because that would be shitty.

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by 3np »

kungito wrote: post #23
tomcooks wrote: post #19

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…

Well it's easy to say this about summer but in the winter you have no options. It's too cold to hang out outside, play sports or whatever. You could hand out at each other's houses but people prefer to have neutral ground where no one has to prepare for everyone else

In some countries, you're even forbidden from having visitors in your home.

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

wayanon wrote: post #29

I gave up booze in Dec 2019 as a (temporary?) experiment so lockdown has been helpful for me as I don’t have to not drink with friends in bars. But I know lots of people miss it and I hate seeing business owners in trouble.

I gave it up March 2020 and I’m coming up on one year. Feels great!

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by possiblelion »

_uwiz wrote: post #17
mixmastamyk wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Estonia is a better option. Bars and restaurants are open, all without a bloody dictator.

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

renewiltord wrote: post #14
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah but you can't meet strangers. We're all bubbled in. And I love my friends, they're my pillar of peace in this pandemic, but there is a different part of me that craves the interaction with strangers in strange places.

It's a great opportunity to connect with non-humans: mushrooms, plants, insects, birds, mammals.

When is the last time you have even looked at one of them closely, let alone formed a close relationship?

It is something we humans have done our entire existence, until recently, yet many today go their entire life without such an experience.

Re: I Miss My Bar

#40

Post by rpadovani »

RalfWausE wrote: post #31

I think the psychological toll of the lockdowns in different countries is highly underestimated. I myself have no real economical shortcomings due to the lockdown, but even as a person who is normaly a total loner and who can spend weeks completely alone on a excessive hiking trip i am slowly going crazy... For my wife, who is a highly social character, its even worse. And i am not the only one in this mindset... wha…

I feel you: my life is as good as it can get during this challenging time, I live with my SO in a somewhat large apartment, we both still work, I from home and she from office, we don't have any sick relative, nor kids, so we have our space, and we don't have to worry about money or anything at all.

I'm quite loner on my own, and the first lockdown was quite a breeze. But these days I'm becoming more and more tired, and I spend my time after work doing basic nothing. Also watching a movie is boring! I have no idea how people with kids, or without job stability, or with relatives to take care off haven't gone crazy yet!

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