• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
    652·
    4 days ago

    I still mask. It’s starting to make some people I encounter in public angry as we enter into the Year of Our Lord 2025. Some dude started bitching at me in the store a few weeks ago, and I decided to try hissing at him like Nadja the vampire on What We Do In The Shadows, and he shut right up.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      36·
      3 days ago

      Wearing a mask is a sign that you’re sick and are willing to take measures to prevent others from catching what you have. What a sorry state of affairs we’re in where you’re judged for doing something so considerate. I’m sorry you have to put up with their shit.

      • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
        172·
        3 days ago

        I’m not even sick most of the time. I just don’t want COVID again even though I’m super vaccinated and only had one very mild case. I still want to take that precaution. It affects nobody but me and I’m always surprised how indignant the people who have said something to me are over it. But at least most people leave me alone, apparently in conservative US states they’ll scream at you and threaten you from their car windows.

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
          151·
          3 days ago

          It’s a symbol to these people. They don’t even think about its usefulness, because they were told that they have no use.

          So to them they see a person wearing a mask as an instant enemy.

          • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            I support the thought, but don’t actually do this. Those assholes will call the cops on you and absolutely try to press charges against you.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    451·
    3 days ago

    It has been depressing to realize that if the zombie apocalypse ever comes, a significant portion of the population will either ignore it or actively try to become infected just because they don’t like being told what to do.

    • schema@lemmy.world
      32·
      3 days ago

      In the past I always thought the characters in zombie movies were always portrayed as too dumb. After covid hit, I realized that they were portrayed as too smart.

      • ahal@lemmy.ca
        4·
        3 days ago

        In those movies, the dumb ones are already shuffling about the street.

    • mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub
      24·
      3 days ago

      When I was a teenager, the discussion was always “would you survive the first wave,” and my friends and I were never sure if we would or not. We didn’t realize the bar for that was whether or not you would run towards the zombies…

  • helloworld55@lemm.ee
    26·
    3 days ago

    As scary as the lockdown was, it was an interesting year of protests for BLM and labor movements. Once everyone had a lot of time on their hands, they started to take action on import topics.

    Now I feel like most people are back to the grind, and as a whole we don’t have the time to quickly make changes we want to see

    • DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee
      27·
      3 days ago

      I fucking loved the lockdown. Masks? No more faking facial expressions. Social Distancing? I didn’t have to pretend to care about people or make small talk. “Working” from home? So simple and I got to spend a year home with my new baby.

      It was glorious and I miss it.

      • lurklurk@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 days ago

        A plot point in Brave New World, although as dystopias go it’s a surprisingly kind one

  • lowleveldata@lemmy.world
    351·
    4 days ago

    I’m still burning through my massive pile of masks and I have noticeably been sick less. Maybe it was not a bad idea?

  • bricklove@midwest.socialEnglish
    14·
    3 days ago

    If the future is anything like CDDA then I will be thriving. I’ll be scavenging solar panels while rocking a Linux t shirt and a wizard hat