It seems pretty clear that this thing is here to stay, and the few remaining zero covid countries are gradually loosening restrictions. I’m getting very doomer sitting here realizing this thing is probably not going to ever going away. So how are you adapting to the new reality and living with covid while trying to stay healthy?

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I used to spit habitually when playing baseball because I saw professionals do it, not understanding as a child that it was because they were packing a lip of tobacco. So yeah, I could see these people developing a weird quirk because the guy from gunsmoke counted his dollar bills that way or something equally dumb

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      That's exactly how I see it, too.

      I mean, we're not immune to performative actions that we see done by other people, on screens or otherwise. I just find the money gesture both gross and pretentious and I hate it every time I see it.

    • yellowparenti5 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      My best friend as a child spit all the time too as he was a baseball fan and I think I developed the habit for a little bit