How often do you receive pushback from friends over still taking the pandemic seriously? Is anyone who pushes back worth keeping as a friend? What exactly does your kind of socializing look like during this pandemic (i.e. virtual and/or outdoors and/or in indoor private settings)?
I'm trying to get back out there because I've been in a bad spot mentally and have found it hard to trust people more broadly, but the way I'm currently living is probably not healthy for me, and I feel like I do need some kind of support system beyond my family and the one friend actually still taking the pandemic as seriously as me. But as I try to get out of my house more, I need to figure out the kind of boundaries I want to set, the kinds of activities that I feel comfortable with (definitely a preference for outdoor stuff), etc.
Hmm, I've been thinking about getting involved with my city's Foods Not Bombs chapter (:im-vegan:) to potentially meet some comrades. I know that being a leftist doesn't preclude someone from still taking the pandemic seriously, but my assumption has always been that those who still are deeply concerned about the pandemic and care about the plight of the immunocompromised/high-risk are disproportionately left wing.
Yes. FNB kicks fuckin' ass. DO IT!!! I was involved with a local chapter for a while before the pandemic, and then for a little while during but people kinda went off and did their own things and it fell apart again. I've been in a community farming group the whole time though, and that's cool. Growing and sharing fresh produce rather than fully cooked/prepared stuff, but still along the same lines.