same tbh
If people weren’t so viciously stupid in the USA this could have been controlled a while ago
Pretty well. My country did it for a month, beat the virus, ended quarantine, and now everything is hunky-dory.
It really ended just as we were starting to get fed up with staying inside.
god I wish that were me, I haven’t seen my family or friends since March
Have virtual hangouts. Get them all in a discord and play Jackbox. It’s a party game. Number six is pretty good. Only one person has to buy it and set stuff up, then it’s really simple for everyone else.
If that’s too hard, play draw.io together.
It’s not as good as in person, but it’s a hell of a lot better than being disconnected.
You’re in an odd period where everyone has the common feeling of being intensely alone. You can forge community out of that.
I swear to god covid hit here before the news coverage. the flu this winter was taking young, healthy people out for multiple weeks and several are still struggling to recover.
Yeah I really suspect that it was COVID even though I got sick the last week of February. I have never had such a long recovery from illness, even when I got mono. I believe I picked up whatever it was from a college bar and we had confirmed COVID cases on campus three weeks after this. When I went to urgent care at the time though they only tested me for the flu.
yea, it went through my office and someone told me what it was like - symptoms lined up with covid. I think the only reason I didn't get it was that I was mostly working from home at the time due to major deadlines and no longer having the time to commute. I was sleeping so little that shit would have fucked me up.
so all that to say, I'm super sorry it you're stuck dealing with this. strength.
I've gotten like ten times better at cooking and baking but ten times worse at being sane.
Very well, actually. I get to spend way more time with my family, and my 6 month old loves having both his moms at home all day.
Working remotely took getting used to, and my productivity is definitely lower than it used to be in the office, but the tradeoff is absolutely worth it.
Oh, also I live in a country that actually takes the pandemic somewhat seriously, so I'm not in as much danger as most of you probably.
Not been too bad, my city here in the uk wasn't hard at all, me and my girlfriend continue to thrive, we've managed to keep our jobs and move into a bigger place. I do need to look into getting a new job eventually. My job sucks and I spend like 2 hrs a day doing actual work. The chickens are going to come home to roost eventually and I need a non bullshit job.
One day at a time. I am grateful for the extra time with my kids but it's been a constant grind from 5:30am (if I'm lucky) to 7pm, balancing my work, my wife's work and the girls. The stress of the whole thing affects them too, and when one person is in a bad mood it's very hard not to all wind up in that same place.
I've been taking it calmly. Haven't lost anybody in my immediate circle. I can feel my sanity drifting away though. Like a fistful of sand slipping out the side of your hand and scattering in the wind
Just got laid off a week ago from an industry you'd really expect to be doing well in a health crisis. Company shed 25 percent of its personnel. Unemployment will keep me going for a while, but there is a fear I'll never land a gig like that if things don't turn around.
Society is falling apart all around us, but people in general keeping a neutral face and a politely positive demeanor about it. Talking about how everything will be better in a couple of months when this all turns around. When everyone gets back to work. When the consumers start consuming again, and suburban families resume taking their children to Disney Land.
Meanwhile evictions are about to kick off end masse, and tens of millions of families will never recover. Still, I'm okay. I'll be okay for a while. Just living through peak hypernormalization.
Pretty well all things considered. Mostly bored because I can't do shit and sad because my dog died.
Pretty alright besides accidentally becoming nocturnal. Haven't seen my family in a while but all my friends are also my roommates so its not too bad. I've actually been super lucky that my depression has been absurdly mild recently so if it gets worse I can actually start my meds again. I've been meaning to get some workout equipment for a while though, anyone know some good places to order some basic shit from in Canada?
It's been alright, managed to keep myself fairly busy. My mood ebbs and flows a bit but at least my city hasn't been affected too badly so far. To be honest one of the worst things is the completely terrible way the UK government has handled it. I sort of feel like that has broken my brain more than the virus itself, which isn't to say that the virus doesn't bother me.
The only problem that I have with quarantine is that I can't go to the gym to become a less-fat loser, but other than that I'm literally unaffected, and in some aspects even benefited from it.
