Looking at the recent discourse has made me really upset.

Covid is still a massive problem that is killing people, and almost no one is taking it seriously

It so so hard to do anything when you're worried about dying, and not in an anxiety disorder way. edit: stop speculating about what medical conditions I have, thank you kindly

I've accepted that there is basically nothing I can justify doing during bad weather that involves people outside my 3 person bubble (it used to be larger, but folks have decided to be less cautious without communicating about it) both in a moral obligation and a personal safety sense, and that's despair inducing because the way things are going this is a "live with it the rest of your life" sort of thing

I want to go out, I really do. I miss hanging with friends. I miss going to concerts and parties and drag and commie shit. But I can't, and not in a "something is wrong with me" sort of way. I've tried to find new social circles who take the pandemic seriously. It's been an exercise in having my boundaries pushed and my (these next two words are the one part of this post I encourage you to make fun of) evidence based perspective on the pandemic pathologized.

And I know this will be alleviated when the weather outside is suitable for outdoor masked stuff, but god, I haven't been able to see people besides my partners since the holidays, and there is still months and months left until I can hang out with friends again.

I'm so fucking tired. I can't keep going on like this without my mental health deteriorating and I can't stop acting like this without being reckless with my body and abdicating my responsibility to others

    • MeatfuckerDidNothing [they/them]
      ·
      2 years ago

      The other option is remain housebound for the rest of your life while the rest of the world moves on around you.

      Or, just don't go to concerts, don't go to restaurants, learn to get comfortable asking people what they've been up to before taking off your mask, and still have a social life? Oh wait, everyone is going to concerts and restaurants and removing their masks in unsafe environments so you can't without risking dying. Fuck.

      You're being remarkably tone deaf here, you are doing the behavior that makes it hard for people who are at risk to not be housebound, which is what I'm currently complaining about in this thread.

    • Spike [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      You’re not keeping anyone any safer

      Except for everyone you interact with

        • MeatfuckerDidNothing [they/them]
          ·
          2 years ago

          if you can't take basic covid measures because "my actions aren't going to make a difference" why bother with the leftism? Why not just go back to brunch?

            • MeatfuckerDidNothing [they/them]
              ·
              2 years ago

              you just talked about how you're going to concerts and eating in restaurants

              edit: you take some basic covid measures, but the keyword there is some. Credit where credit is due, but not very much credit.

                • Kuori [she/her]
                  ·
                  2 years ago

                  "why should i have to give up my treats? nobody else will!"

                  huge socialist hours

                    • Kuori [she/her]
                      ·
                      2 years ago

                      y'know, i don't mean to be dismissive but i just realized i have less than no interest in rehashing this conversation virtually when i have to have it every fucking day in real life

                      i think you're acting in contradiction to your alleged socialist principles by prioritizing your personal happiness over the health and safety of the people around you but like, hey, fuck 'em. they were already doomed, right?

                    • booty [he/him]
                      ·
                      2 years ago

                      it would have made a difference for all the people you gave covid to before you realized you had it. you know how many times ive had covid? 0. because i dont go to fucking parties and concerts during a pandemic.