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My sister is in a tough spot because she lives in Montana but shares custody of her kids in NY, requiring her to periodically fly in, pick them up, and then fly back out. Sometimes it's same day, sometimes it the next day or two days later. NY requires her to register at the airport and then to quarantine in state for 14 days or face a $2K fine for the first offense, $5K for the second and then $10K after. This is not feasible, obviously. Trying to figure it out.
My productivity at work has been absolute shit this week (I think existential dread/just being over all of this. Epistemological crisis, blah blah.)
i've gone through waves of this over the past several months. sometimes you just gotta give yourself a break from maximizing your productivity for a bit while you let yourself feel bad. just like if you have the flu or something.
i'll tell you what else has helped for me is unplugging a bit. about a month ago i made some changes to my digital life:
deleted reddit app from my phone (i'd already deleted facebook and twitter months back). i can still browse reddit on my phone if i want but it's way less engaging than the app so usually i just look at the first page or two then move on.
stopped listening to every episode of every political podcast (538, ezra klein, weeds). in lieu of podcasts i listen to audiobooks that have nothing to do with the current news of the day.
stopped all news push notifications on my phone except morning briefings from NYT and The Economist. In the morning I read the morning briefings with my coffee and whatever other articles interest me, then I'm done with news for the day.
just changing these few things has made a noticeable difference in my overall wellbeing. I'm not sticking my head in the sand, but I'm also not allowing myself to be swept up by a news cycle that demands 24/7 engagement.
Post by Jeremy Jamm on Oct 22, 2020 14:08:08 GMT -5
Still nervous about the wedding in a few weeks. I mentioned it before, approx 150 people. I'd imagine it is inside, but at least from looking at the venue the inside is enormous . I doubt many will be wearing masks though, given the people.
I think all my people pretty much know better to ask me to do those sorts of things honestly.
I was not invited to the girls weekend in Denver, presumably because they knew there was zero chance I was going to do that.
When I hear I missed being asked to a function, I'm literally like thank God. IDC what anyone thinks about my views on covid. I'm not risking myself or thejeremy especially since he was diagnosed with MS last month and doing an aggressive treatment that weakens his immunity.
Does dry ice keep stuff at -80 C? Pfizer is making packing cartons with dry ice that supposedly keep for 10 days. I have never seen any dry ice that lasts that long.
Does dry ice keep stuff at -80 C? Pfizer is making packing cartons with dry ice that supposedly keep for 10 days. I have never seen any dry ice that lasts that long.
Please steal some of these packing cartons for Bonnaroo. Thanks!
Does dry ice keep stuff at -80 C? Pfizer is making packing cartons with dry ice that supposedly keep for 10 days. I have never seen any dry ice that lasts that long.
Dry ice temp. is about -80 C, so it should be fine in freezer, I believe. Not sure though. Next time I have dry ice in the lab, I can put it in the freezer and check if it stays that long.
How are you guys dealing with friends and/or family who have just given up and said, "fuck it?" We've got friends going to weddings, traveling Europe, and hosting in-person gatherings and parties to their hearts' content. One of my friends lives in the UK—a severe hotspot right now—and told me he may go to Tulum for New Year's Eve. Two of our best friends also asked if they could stay at our house while traveling from Charlotte to Gainesville, Florida, for Thanksgiving.
My therapist advised I don't vocally judge or criticize anyone personally, but it's hard to even keep up regular conversation without being at least partly resentful.
You can only control you and yours. I privately judge, but keep it to myself. My husband’s family want to have a big ass gathering and lunch. Nope. I have gracefully declined and refrained from telling them they are dumb asses.
I am having thanksgiving and Christmas at home. Doing nothing but feeding my face and streaming shows. Is it what I want to do? Fuck no. But I don’t want to endanger my family.
Am I upset that other people might be having a good time? Nope.
My productivity at work has been absolute shit this week (I think existential dread/just being over all of this. Epistemological crisis, blah blah.)
i've gone through waves of this over the past several months. sometimes you just gotta give yourself a break from maximizing your productivity for a bit while you let yourself feel bad. just like if you have the flu or something.
i'll tell you what else has helped for me is unplugging a bit. about a month ago i made some changes to my digital life:
deleted reddit app from my phone (i'd already deleted facebook and twitter months back). i can still browse reddit on my phone if i want but it's way less engaging than the app so usually i just look at the first page or two then move on.
stopped listening to every episode of every political podcast (538, ezra klein, weeds). in lieu of podcasts i listen to audiobooks that have nothing to do with the current news of the day.
stopped all news push notifications on my phone except morning briefings from NYT and The Economist. In the morning I read the morning briefings with my coffee and whatever other articles interest me, then I'm done with news for the day.
just changing these few things has made a noticeable difference in my overall wellbeing. I'm not sticking my head in the sand, but I'm also not allowing myself to be swept up by a news cycle that demands 24/7 engagement.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 24, 2020 12:53:41 GMT -5
Stopped in a little toy store to check it out after buying records from the record store next door. Just browsing around and some other customer is there with his kids. His two little daughters are with him and one of them is obsessed with Chucky from child's play (had a chucky shirt and a "good guys" chucky hat on). I saw the movies at a young age but these girls seemed really young but that's beside the point.
He's a loud guy and chatting with the guy working there. Gets to the topic about coronavirus. The guy then says "well I had it. i'll tell ya....corona beer did more damage to me than that virus ever did" and starts saying a few dumbass talking points and I had to really bite my tongue when he starts to say "I have friends who were in way better shape and condition than me and now they're dead. But it was because of the treatment....not coronavirus that killed them. They go in, get put on a ventilator, and they're gone."
I wanted to scream "MOTHERFUCKER......THEY WOULDN'T NEED TREATMENT IF THEY DIDN"T CATCH THE VIRUS. They didn't just die from being on a ventilator you doofus". But it's not worth it and I just tried to ignore it. It's just so frustrating to see people literally believe (and try to convince others) that this illness is harmless.
Stopped in a little toy store to check it out after buying records from the record store next door. Just browsing around and some other customer is there with his kids. His two little daughters are with him and one of them is obsessed with Chucky from child's play (had a chucky shirt and a "good guys" chucky hat on). I saw the movies at a young age but these girls seemed really young but that's beside the point.
He's a loud guy and chatting with the guy working there. Gets to the topic about coronavirus. The guy then says "well I had it. i'll tell ya....corona beer did more damage to me than that virus ever did" and starts saying a few dumbass talking points and I had to really bite my tongue when he starts to say "I have friends who were in way better shape and condition than me and now they're dead. But it was because of the treatment....not coronavirus that killed them. They go in, get put on a ventilator, and they're gone."
I wanted to scream "MOTHERFUCKER......THEY WOULDN'T NEED TREATMENT IF THEY DIDN"T CATCH THE VIRUS. They didn't just die from being on a ventilator you doofus". But it's not worth it and I just tried to ignore it. It's just so frustrating to see people literally believe (and try to convince others) that this illness is harmless.
What do you mean? They were on ventilators and they died. He wasn't and he lived. Clearly ventilators kill. Don't believe those liberal scientists. They're all in the pocket of Big Ventilator and The Squad.
I'm convinced people's brains look for any excuse to avoid the reality of how unsafe we are.
This is quite literally what's happening to at least some people. Denial is a strong defense mechanism and many people aren't capable of handling an unseen yet potentially imminent threat to their mortality. Panic, judgment, denial, willful ignorance...all ways we try to keep ourself psychologically safe.
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Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 24, 2020 14:55:15 GMT -5
Yeah, i'm sure that was part of it with this guy. He was talking about how once he heard he caught it he was freaked out and figured he would die. He had some underlying conditions like diabetes and just being overweight (he also said "bald" which I don't think has any effect but whatever) and then after a few days he still felt okay. Then his doctor said on day 4 that it usually gets worst with some people by day 8 and he's like "Thanks doc....i'll be dead in 4 days". And then day 8 came and went, he eventually was told he no longer had it, and he seemed to have made up his mind that the whole country is just freaking out and over-exaggerating everything. It felt like he was a little annoyed to go through the fear and stress and end up just fine.
Today I went to Walmart. There was a fat slob with his family there. Slob had his mask down, his 10 year old daughter had no mask. Slob's wife was in a motorized wheelchair with a mask down.
Yeah I stormed out immediately. Luckily at Joann's everyone covers their face and I found a sewing machine. Didn't help my faith in humanity, my mood or my wallet (they were all way more expensive). 😭