This is a fantastic alternative to Noisly. Thank you!
I Miss My Bar
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#182who care about lockdowns lol. just make private parties like everybody else
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Legally, though, in solitude. In Germany only one person can officially visit another household. I think that is excessive bullshit which is why I do break this rule occasionally.
Good! The relationship between you and the Bundesrepublik is a non-voluntary one, where you never signed a contract with them to follow their laws. It’s a state created by the victors of the last great war. There is no moral responsibility to please people who are in your life involuntarily
With your attitude you have to be willing to not use tax-funded hospitals, community-financed health insurance or state-sponsored cultural events. Not sure if I'd like to take that step. There has to be a healthy balance in the relationship between society and citizen.
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?…
What a weird comment. You think people with families don't miss their social lives? You think it has been easy? People aren't meant to spend so much time together. Not to mention work and full-time child care don't really go together. I'd say if anything, I considered maintaining a social life to be a form of self-care, one I was already struggling to get enough of. > A month or two more and I'm going to be in the 'p…
> I'm pretty sure nothing's going to change in the next 5 years.
Given the speed in which effective vaccines were developed I think this is a rather bleak outlook.
Sure, a lot is still unknown with the new virus variants and as has been expected vaccination drives had their teething problems. But in a few month time (almost) everybody who wants their jabs can get it (in rich countries, that is).
I for one, see myself on a 3 week vacation in Asia later this year. Optimistic? Maybe, and certainly dependent on a number of factors beyond my control. But I think it's a much better perspective than wallowing in misery and not seeing a way out.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?…
What a weird comment. You think people with families don't miss their social lives? You think it has been easy? People aren't meant to spend so much time together. Not to mention work and full-time child care don't really go together. I'd say if anything, I considered maintaining a social life to be a form of self-care, one I was already struggling to get enough of. > A month or two more and I'm going to be in the 'p…
I think it may be tough to imagine what being alone and isolated for a year does to a person if you are someone who is stuck inside with the same people all day. I would imagine the situation for those with family is very difficult and exhausting... but not suicidal ideation level of difficult, which has been my experience with this extreme social isolation. This is in spite of devoting a lot of time and energy to self care: exercising daily, eating healthy, not drinking alcohol, and many other things. Maybe my assumption here is wrong and there are plenty of people out there living with their families who are in as precarious a situation as I currently find myself. Either way, everyone is suffering right now, but my experience has been that long term social isolation is a unique form of torture that can really push a person to the edge.
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#186When I see stuff like this it reminds me just how different I am to many people. It feels like I'm an alien trying to understand a new civilisation. I used to go to "bars" and the like, but it was only to meet women and get laid. Now that I've secured the means to reproduction I don't have to force myself through that hell any more. Sites like this suggest there is something attractive about such places even if you t…
GTP-3?
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
What happened last spring was more or less incarceration. We weren't free. We weren't allowed to leave our houses. The term "lockdown" works quite well.
Outside the US maybe. Nowhere in the US was locked down. In fact a good portion of states never enforced restrictions at all.
Thankfully, while there were a few places that attempted to restrict outings to "essential" trips, it never was enforceable. I am not a fan of many things police do, but I am proud that my local sheriff announced that he would not enforce any such order.
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#188I 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.
That's actually a great suggestion.
While I didn't give up booze I introduced a rule that I won't drink during work week unless I'm in company and pretty much stuck to it.
That was before the whole mess started. But this, and sticking to a rigid daily work schedule (rigid in terms of time, in which I really fully work) helped me a lot to cope with it all.
Alcohol (and other drugs) may help to keep boredom away, but it comes with a heavy cost.
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#189For anyone missing the sounds of their local coffee shop, checkout Coffitivity: https://coffitivity.com
Not affiliated. Just like to put it on sometimes with a good indie playlist while I'm drinking coffee and doing work.
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#190Thanks for making this! I love these types of independent creative projects that don't rely on third party content to work (minus the Spotify embed).
There is something about ambient noise from people that helps me work and focus. Offices and coffee shops closing has saved me a ton of transit and coffee money but it's hurt my productivity a lot.
With Youtube 1hr mixes of ambient people sounds and Pomodoros, I'm doing a bit better.