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Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by FriedrichN »

_uwiz wrote: post #3

It's cool. I wish I could be happy. But for me, this sort of thing just sends me further into a deep depression. It ain't right. Pictures of food don't fix hunger. I hope that we snap out of all of this soon. Writing these comments, just to leave a log, in case someone cares, if it all goes wrong. I miss having the ability to miss. Having the feeling that others exist. Right now I feel that other people stopped exist…

I've been joking that I don't know what a woman looks like anymore. But it's kind of true, if I see people at all it's either through a camera or they're wearing a face mask.

I really miss just having a cup of coffee and talking to other people about nothing at all. Sure you can call people but it's hard to talk about nothing or just sit and look at the people going by on the phone.

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Post by powersnail »

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 that. I'm a loner, in normal times. But the prolonged isolation had induced me to participate a lot more in online forums, more than I should. They had grown to be increasingly addicting, because how my life is now lacking inter-personal interactions.

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Post by bmn__ »

WalterGR wrote: post #32

On mobile Chrome on iPhone, adjusting the sliders doesn’t seem to have any effect. I must be missing something?

Use the play buttons. They look like a triangle pointing to the right.

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Post by rusk »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #16
_uwiz wrote: post #3

It's cool. I wish I could be happy. But for me, this sort of thing just sends me further into a deep depression. It ain't right. Pictures of food don't fix hunger. I hope that we snap out of all of this soon. Writing these comments, just to leave a log, in case someone cares, if it all goes wrong. I miss having the ability to miss. Having the feeling that others exist. Right now I feel that other people stopped exist…

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.

Preach Brother

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Post by Aeolun »

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…

> apparently the free market is a good idea only when your business goes well

The free market is a (sort of) good idea when acts of god don’t interfere.

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

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…

Same, I mean we didn't really go out as a rule anyway, but we would go into town for a stroll, shop and a beer or two, or the cinema, little things like that.

We're all right, but it's slowly wearing us down. But there's people who are seriously worn down by it. I for one am glad I'm not alone, I'm not sure I would be in any good mental state right now if my girlfriend hadn't moved in two years ago.

I can really imagine the torches and pitchforks more and more. Because my country didn't do enough during the summer last year, cases spiked after people went back to work and school. The measures and carefulness of people failed because things kept going on for too long.

And now the government has set a curfew, which messes with the only time I actually go out during the day (taking the dog for a walk just before midnight). It feels like we're being punished for something other people did. They're still handing out thousands of tickets a week (although those will likely all be voided because a court decided the curfew was introduced on the wrong grounds), they're still breaking up a hundred parties a week, and there's still millions of people that go to work every day even though they can work from home.

At the current rate, it'll take the rest of the year before we get to an 80% vaccination rate. I mean I hope things will return to a semblance of normality by the summer (last year the number of cases went down sharply after flu season finished), but I'm afraid we'll be stuck for another year at least.

Re: I Miss My Bar

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Post by _uwiz »

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…

Different countries, and different situations.

Living in a big old house in the country with your family? Your life is probably basically the same as it always was. Potentially better, depending on the work situation. Okay, sure, you're not going on as many holidays, and depending on how strict the rules are where you are, dinner parties are off the cards.

Living in a flat as a single person in the big exciting city? Literally everything you do has been illegal or restricted in some form for almost a year now.

I have no issue with how people choose to live their lives. I'm sure one day when I settle down I'll be in that group too. It sounds lovely.

But we have to be very, very clear about this - a month or two more and I'm going to be in the 'pitchforks and torches' group. There are limits, you can't just delete my lifestyle for a year and counting as a risk-aversion play and expect me to roll over and take it. Nah.

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