Some Covid-19 thoughts
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Quote:Obviously these are weak people, lacking in self-motivation and self-discipline, who deserve to die.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
SIX .... I know my old man and my brother are depressed right now. Dad's like a Netflix zombie and pumps himself full of legacy media at this point because there's nothing better to do, and my brother needs social interaction more than anybody I know and I'm afraid that if this goes on too long he might go back to drinking. There have already been days I've talked to him and he sounded really strange. Sometimes his medicine does that to him, but it was worse than that... He said there are times now where he's been up 3 days straight again, which is something he was doing back in his drinking days and one of the reasons he started drinking a bottle of vodka every day.
For him, it's not just the church stuff and volunteer work that he was doing and no longer can, but my old man would go down there ever 3 or so weeks and I'd go down there about 4 times a year and now my old man isn't even doing that. The last time he went down with my brother he bought him about 5 times the stuff they usually get and told him it would be a while before he was back.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Hey... maybe they are. Maybe they should die.
But at the end of the day if they do, it's the government who did it.
Had everything not been shut down, they would have had a 99% or more chance of living. Even higher than that because they're not unhealthy physically.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:Obviously these are weak people, lacking in self-motivation and self-discipline, who deserve to die.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
SIX .... I know my old man and my brother are depressed right now. Dad's like a Netflix zombie and pumps himself full of legacy media at this point because there's nothing better to do, and my brother needs social interaction more than anybody I know and I'm afraid that if this goes on too long he might go back to drinking. There have already been days I've talked to him and he sounded really strange. Sometimes his medicine does that to him, but it was worse than that... He said there are times now where he's been up 3 days straight again, which is something he was doing back in his drinking days and one of the reasons he started drinking a bottle of vodka every day.
For him, it's not just the church stuff and volunteer work that he was doing and no longer can, but my old man would go down there ever 3 or so weeks and I'd go down there about 4 times a year and now my old man isn't even doing that. The last time he went down with my brother he bought him about 5 times the stuff they usually get and told him it would be a while before he was back.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
Hey... maybe they are. Maybe they should die.
But at the end of the day if they do, it's the government who did it.
Had everything not been shut down, they would have had a 99% or more chance of living. Even higher than that because they're not unhealthy physically.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
At the end of the day, THEY did it.
Evolutionarily, SIX, there are times when people had to work hard to survive, but there were times when people had to hunker down. If they can't stand hunkering down they wouldn't have survived those times.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:At the end of the day, THEY did it.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:Obviously these are weak people, lacking in self-motivation and self-discipline, who deserve to die.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
SIX .... I know my old man and my brother are depressed right now. Dad's like a Netflix zombie and pumps himself full of legacy media at this point because there's nothing better to do, and my brother needs social interaction more than anybody I know and I'm afraid that if this goes on too long he might go back to drinking. There have already been days I've talked to him and he sounded really strange. Sometimes his medicine does that to him, but it was worse than that... He said there are times now where he's been up 3 days straight again, which is something he was doing back in his drinking days and one of the reasons he started drinking a bottle of vodka every day.
For him, it's not just the church stuff and volunteer work that he was doing and no longer can, but my old man would go down there ever 3 or so weeks and I'd go down there about 4 times a year and now my old man isn't even doing that. The last time he went down with my brother he bought him about 5 times the stuff they usually get and told him it would be a while before he was back.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
Hey... maybe they are. Maybe they should die.
But at the end of the day if they do, it's the government who did it.
Had everything not been shut down, they would have had a 99% or more chance of living. Even higher than that because they're not unhealthy physically.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Evolutionarily, SIX, there are times when people had to work hard to survive, but there were times when people had to hunker down. If they can't stand hunkering down they wouldn't have survived those times.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
That's funny, coming from a woman who's biology for a few hundred thousand years has dictated that you stay at home and do the nurturing.
Men need shit to do.
That's why there have already been so many suicides among men the last few decades before this shutdown happened compared to women.
Enjoy your lockdown and self righteousness, Karen. Sleep tight at night knowing that all the people who start offing themselves did it to themselves. At least you won't catch a cold.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Yep, men need shit to do. Everybody needs agency over their future. That's why I've decried the loss of meaningful jobs over the past number of decades. If jobs are permanently lost because of this virus, it's because they weren't any better than Do you want fries with that?" McJobs, didn't serve an essential purpose, and weren't worth re-creating.
Here's a thought: There is ALWAYS shit to do to control your future. Plant a garden. Learn to preserve food. Learn a new DIY skill. Become an "essential" worker (they're hiring!). Become an EMT. Form a Neighborhood watch.
WEAR A FUCKING MASK AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
If your dad and brother can't find a purpose in this time, they're not looking very hard.
So when the death rate from covid-related suicide reaches 2000/day, let me know. Otherwise .... zzzzzzzz.
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When your Kung Flu stabilizes the birth rate and brings us to a point that we aren't adding to the overpopulation problem every single day, wake me up.
Otherwise, I could give a shit less about it.
And, BTW... I don't give personal examples just so you can sit in judgement of people who are close to me. I do so because there are a shit ton of other people out there just like them. Are you really a cunt, or did this virus panic just make you that way?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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SIX, you're the one who started down the road of "let the weak die".
I'm just bouncing it back.
Not very nice, is it?
I DO feel for your family. Believe me, I know what it's like to take care of, and worry about, a fragile family member.
It doesn't sound like anyone has money problems, so it's more about feelz.
If you're that worried, call your brother more often. Every day, if necessary. Even more often, if it helps.
Your dad can safely visit him without potentially infecting him if he just wears a mask and has your brother do the same. You can too, except your car might not make it.
But just ... call. Talk to him. And not just once in a while. Call your dad, too.
In these stressful days, the best antidote is to take action.
Anxiety is what dwells in the space between what we know we should be doing, and what we're not doing. I have so much to do, I can't imagine how anyone could have "nothing" to do. Netflix sounds like an escape from anxiety, not boredom.
But, what do I know? Just call your family and stay in touch more often!
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I love it! Celebrities getting another well-deserved roasting for their gratuitous self-promotion during the time of covid-19.
"We're all in this together"
HA!
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What irks me even more than that are the commercials pretending to 'care' about you as they let you know how easy they've made parting you from your money.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
SIX, you're the one who started down the road of "let the weak die".
I'm just bouncing it back.
Not very nice, is it?
I DO feel for your family. Believe me, I know what it's like to take care of, and worry about, a fragile family member.
It doesn't sound like anyone has money problems, so it's more about feelz.
If you're that worried, call your brother more often. Every day, if necessary. Even more often, if it helps.
Your dad can safely visit him without potentially infecting him if he just wears a mask and has your brother do the same. You can too, except your car might not make it.
But just ... call. Talk to him. And not just once in a while. Call your dad, too.
In these stressful days, the best antidote is to take action.
Anxiety is what dwells in the space between what we know we should be doing, and what we're not doing. I have so much to do, I can't imagine how anyone could have "nothing" to do. Netflix sounds like an escape from anxiety, not boredom.
But, what do I know? Just call your family and stay in touch more often!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
I talk to them close to everyday.
You run out of stuff to talk about though, when one person is doing DIY stuff and the other two are watching news and Netflix most of the day.
I'm not worried about them being suicidal. Especially my old man. But it's obvious they're depressed. I almost get the feeling that I'm making him feel bad when I'm talking about work I'm getting done right now. So what do you talk about? We've talked this virus bullshit to death. I don't give a shit what shows they're watching and have no interest in watching any myself.
I thrive in this lifestyle. Mine has hardly changed at all from what it was going into this outside of a few minor inconveniences and the fact I'm starting to look like a hobo.
I am worried about my brother drinking again though, and the lack of sleep is worrisome too. He's disabled and he lives 250 miles away from any family. My old man is stuck with my youngest brother who, though a true genius, has OCD and is already a germaphobe and needs to take lead testing kits any time he touches something metallic (no joke). Being with my old man and my step mom is probably the best place in the world for him right now, but it's not doing dad any favors. He has no desire to go down to visit my brother right now because 95% of the residents in his building are seniors.
You get to have your daughter right there with you during all of this bullshit. Consider yourself lucky.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:I find the people who are hardest to communicate with are people with whom you have no ongoing relationship. So you talk about the few big things.. got divorced 10 years ago, kid's still living at home .. or the weather. And then there's nothing left to say.
Originally posted by JACK:
I talk to them close to everyday.
You run out of stuff to talk about though, when one person is doing DIY stuff and the other two are watching news and Netflix most of the day. We've talked this virus bullshit to death. I don't give a shit what shows they're watching and have no interest in watching any myself.
So if you can't talk with them, it's because you have no ongoing relationship. You don't know them or their lives very well. You don't know who they know, you can't talk about the people they know, you can't talk about what those people have done or said, or what anybody else says or thinks ... And you have no interest in relating with where they are now - not even for the length of a phone call - because it's just not 'your' thang.
It sounds to me like you never actually could speak with your dad. This just made it really obvious.
Quote:You mean, you can't talk with him the same way you post here? How surprising. Not. Because all you ever post about is you. And how you want to flush the weak and the old without a care in the world.
I almost get the feeling that I'm making him feel bad when I'm talking about work I'm getting done right now.
Quote:Nothing. They're strangers to you, and you to them. And you won't change that because you have no interest in expending the least bit of effort for anyone but you.
So what do you talk about?
Quote:And?
I am worried about my brother drinking again though, and the lack of sleep is worrisome too. He's disabled and he lives 250 miles away from any family.
What are you going to do about it?
Oh, that's right, you're not in a position to be of use to anyone but you.
Quote:And you're not doing anybody any favors at all.
My old man is stuck with my youngest brother who, though a true genius, has OCD and is already a germaphobe and needs to take lead testing kits any time he touches something metallic (no joke). Being with my old man and my step mom is probably the best place in the world for him right now, but it's not doing dad any favors.
Because the life of me, myself, and I, suits you.
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