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Post by The Duchess on Mar 30, 2020 11:21:46 GMT -5
Say what you will about COVID-19, but it's really thrown a wrench into society, wrecking any sense of normalcy. How are you all faring? I've been going a bit stir crazy. I can still leave my apartment and go for a quick walk around the block, but beyond that, I am stuck in my borough. All the stores are closed, the streets are empty, and it's eerily quiet. It feels very post-apocalyptic. I can still get stuff done when I'm cloistered in my apartment, but still, I would really like to attend school in-person again, and go to the library. We take so much for granted, don't we? Here's a video recorded by a fellow Montrealer. It's surreal.
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Post by Woland on Mar 30, 2020 15:32:54 GMT -5
Social isolation is a way of life for me: Why go to restaurants when I can make it at home for nothing? Why go to a bar/pub with boorish folk when I can drink at home with my boorish self? I took some pride in my individual trail-blazing-at-home ways, it saves on money, I don't have to mingle with the normies and thus avoid moral corruption from the dregs of society.
And now look what's happened, everyone else has been forced into my way of living and I'm no longer unique. It's unbearable I tells ya, unbearable! I can handle weeks stuck at home listening to music, avoiding conversations with superficial housemates, reading the days away and dabbling in sketching, but knowing I'm no longer alone in living this way? Egads!
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Post by The Duchess on Mar 30, 2020 16:47:35 GMT -5
Social isolation is a way of life for me: Why go to restaurants when I can make it at home for nothing? Why go to a bar/pub with boorish folk when I can drink at home with my boorish self? I took some pride in my individual trail-blazing-at-home ways, it saves on money, I don't have to mingle with the normies and thus avoid moral corruption from the dregs of society. And now look what's happened, everyone else has been forced into my way of living and I'm no longer unique. It's unbearable I tells ya, unbearable! I can handle weeks stuck at home listening to music, avoiding conversations with superficial housemates, reading the days away and dabbling in sketching, but knowing I'm no longer alone in living this way? Egads! Very much the same here. It's just super eerie to see a busy city absolutely deserted. I'm happy that I have a studio apartment with no roommates. It's a small space, but it's absolutely perfect for me. |
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Post by Aurelia on Mar 30, 2020 16:57:00 GMT -5
Social isolation is a way of life for me: Why go to restaurants when I can make it at home for nothing? Why go to a bar/pub with boorish folk when I can drink at home with my boorish self? I took some pride in my individual trail-blazing-at-home ways, it saves on money, I don't have to mingle with the normies and thus avoid moral corruption from the dregs of society. And now look what's happened, everyone else has been forced into my way of living and I'm no longer unique. It's unbearable I tells ya, unbearable! I can handle weeks stuck at home listening to music, avoiding conversations with superficial housemates, reading the days away and dabbling in sketching, but knowing I'm no longer alone in living this way? Egads! LOL! Introversion is now mainstream... You know, when you can make artisan style bread like Woland can, it makes total sense to stay home and make your own. |
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Post by Octavio on Mar 31, 2020 8:10:46 GMT -5
In my hometown people still go outside to walk and stuff but it's very deserted. It's strange to pass through one of the most busy streets, where you'd take about half an hour to cross entirely, with barely three cars. (Half an hour in a 87 thousands habitants for a single street is much time)
Overall, our mayor is doing his best to keep COVID-19 under control, but the eerie feel in the town is quite present. Also, people started to stock resources. That can't be good on the long run
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Post by Woland on Apr 1, 2020 16:00:05 GMT -5
LOL! Introversion is now mainstream... You know, when you can make artisan style bread like Woland can, it makes total sense to stay home and make your own.
We can't let these professional bakers with their superior talent, dedication and craft monopolise the bread market, charging exorbitant prices for one sliver of a slice, us proles deserve a chance to leaven ourselves up by our bootstraps. All we need to do is gain ownership of all the ovens, and requisition flour from all the stockpilers.....
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Post by Aurelia on Apr 1, 2020 16:46:41 GMT -5
Supposedly the outbreak numbers in Pennsylvania are expected to peak around April 14th - if the current trajectory is maintained. I suppose I have a couple more weeks to see what will happen. Right now the numbers here are low... but it's strange to see no rush hour traffic on the main roads and not be able to go to any shops apart from the grocery store and feed mill (for the sheep).
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Post by The Duchess on Apr 1, 2020 18:06:46 GMT -5
Supposedly the outbreak numbers in Pennsylvania are expected to peak around April 14th - if the current trajectory is maintained. I suppose I have a couple more weeks to see what will happen. Right now the numbers here are low... but it's strange to see no rush hour traffic on the main roads and not be able to go to any shops apart from the grocery store and feed mill (for the sheep). I'm surprised that PA will peak around Easter. Last I heard, it won't peak in Vermont until the end of April, or the very beginning of May. As of today, we have had 321 cases and 16 deaths. Quite a few cases that I know of -- and I wouldn't be surprised if it is really the majority of cases -- come directly from NYC. A couple fleeing from NYC went up to a B&B in VT, in a town of barely 1,200 people, and both tested positive. The husband died, and I think the wife is in the ICU. I don't even get the mentality of leaving NYC at this point in time. You've been mired in the epicentre of the epidemic in North America for how long now? Just assume you're already infected and stay home. It is beyond selfish to go to a different state to escape the carnage. All the summer houses and the like in VT are already full up of refugees from NYC. I guess the carelessness of the city slickers is what is pushing our peak so far out. The whole province of Quebec has some-4000 cases, and about half of those said cases are right in Montreal. CBC says that about 102.5 people per every 100,000 are sick. We've had 14 deaths in the city. I have no clue when it's supposed to peak here, but our director of public health has very enthusiastically told us to "APLATIT LA COURBE!" (flatten the curve) if we want to avoid a disastrous peak like NYC and Italy are facing.
He's become something of a meme in QC, as you can see.
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Post by Woland on Apr 2, 2020 13:41:57 GMT -5
I'm afraid the upper classes in the US are struggling emotionally while working from home, far more than the lower classes losing jobs and worrying about their bills. Turns out you don't have to be a Millenial or Gen Z to be a snowflake.
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Post by The Duchess on Apr 2, 2020 14:47:30 GMT -5
I'm afraid the upper classes in the US are struggling emotionally while working from home, far more than the lower classes losing jobs and worrying about their bills. Turns out you don't have to be a Millenial or Gen Z to be a snowflake. Thankfully, almost everyone in my immediate family are considered essential workers (respiratory therapist, shift leader, sanitation) and haven't lost their jobs during this. My dad, however, has, as he works at a school. He's 66 years old, so in a way, I'm glad that he's not at work.
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