For example, I have kept the habit of washing my hands with soap, first thing when I come home.
My wife bought a weight set a few years ago. I started using it during the lockdowns and have kept up with it ever since.
Washing my hands using the WHO method instead of randomly.
Avoiding catching viruses.
Meditation.
I got rid of all the snacks in my house, and have kept them out. I lost 25 pounds too. :)
I am such a better cook than I would’ve been otherwise, due to necessity. But I also enjoy it, because usually what I will make is going to be far tastier (and healthier) than other options.
I started cooking, period. My wife used to cook, now I do. It’s weird, but the pandemic totally flipped our roles.
Always wear a mask on transit. People are fucking disgusting lol.
The best part, is people wont sit near you if your wearing a mask because they think your sick.
Really? I should totally give it a go some time. Sounds like the ideal life hack for me.
A bit of sniffling helps sell it, but it definitely seems to keeo people away from me. Or maybe i just smell bad :D
Well normal surgical masks are designed to protects others from you, they don’t protect you from others.
A KN95 or N95 mask will protect you.
What I find interesting is how many people will be on there clearly sick and not wearing a mask or trying to distance themselves from others. Just selfish people who don’t care who they infect.
Covering my cough or sneeze with my shirt collar.
I was taught inside of my elbows but yep, will never cough into my hand again. It’s so gross, why was it ever a thing?
Not sure if a good habbit or just paranoia at this point, but I’m more concious what I touch outside and bring desinfectant to use when I touched too many (ornonentoo frequently touched) things.
Also mask up when respiratoty diseases are going strong.
I miss the availability of hand sanitizer everywhere.
The dispensers are still around, just all empty. So frustrating. I’m not worried about covid but I don’t want a cold or the flu either…being sick is not fun. Let me keep my hands clean!
I guess it depends. I use them occasionally and they usually work. But that might be just leftovers as not many people use them :D
Never giving up working from home.
I accepted my current position early 2020, with the understanding that I would move to The Big City eventually. Then covid came. Yeah, that aint happening. As much as I enjoy cities, I prefer to live somewhat in the middle of nowhere where my mortgage is less than 10% of my monthly income
We moved from the Capital District of NY - which i loved - to the Midwest where my wife is from because money goes about three times as far here and I was still making NY money at the time.
Lots I miss from “back east generally, but not the prices.
100%. I’m in the office 1x a week. Usually for hardware swaps/pick-ups/rework and I’m not giving any more than that full time. My boss knows this, and even though higher ups want everyone back in the office, to see faces, I’m pretty insulated from it, and have gotten a few others to switch over.
Holding my breath when walking next to other people. I get sick less.
Wearing a mask whenever I am around people I don’t trust to stay the fuck home when feeling UnDeR tHe WeAthEr.
Also, I either work from home or I don’t work.
While that’s getting harder - RTO vibe is strong - I’m on same page.
I’ve had to pass on a few interesting opportunities, but Its served me well.
If I go out, it’s because I need something that can’t be shipped or door dashed, and/or it’s imprudent to pay the vig for delivery.
2x $4.99 bottles of wine? Yeah not paying $40 for that, I’ll take the risk.
Working on that POV, it’s basically always worth paying the vig to minimise my human interaction.
Edit: have WFH since c. 2012, so it makes zero sense to take the medical and driving risk to do otherwise, except for gig work in a pinch.
Demanding hybrid (“hybrid in Arizona”) is a clear sign the company is working towards RTO, and you’d have to wave a pretty big carrot to get me to move quickly anyway. OOP max met for the year, so…
Now that I’m $7k in on that stuff, why the hell would I make a move in May? I’ll suffer until the Sept deadline and peak season we suffer through, and then start looking.
Well, I’ll start looking before that, demo my loyalty by pushing out start date, and go from there. Like everyone else.
Wouldn’t cry if nothing else presents though, it’s not terrible company given that it’s non-union. Damn, I miss the CWA, but I was maybe twenty at the time and didn’t grasp the value fully.
Wait what? Are you saying that you still don’t leave your home even though it’s 2024?
I mean, props to you I guess. I just don’t see how it makes sense to do so indefinitely unless you are seriously immunocompromised like if you’re undergoing cancer treatments or have AIDS.
Don’t get me wrong, I utilize and love delivery services. But it’s because I’m lazy and don’t mind paying for the convenience lol.
To be clear, I’m also not an anti vaxxer, anti masker, or lockdown denier. I have advocated for all of these things at one point or another. But I’m also able to recognize the evolving nature of a global pandemic. Your risk of severe illness or death when leaving your house now is basically back to pre pandemic levels.
Even stronger pet peeve now than it was pre-pandemic. We have more work-from-home flexibility, so WORK FROM HOME if you have a cold. Do people just feel a need to be seen suffering?
I developed some home workout patterns that are a good fallback if I don’t do anything active outside the house in a day.
I learned what without hired help and a mother that got incapacitated, a house can turn into a sloppy mess real quick.
Learned to cook real meals, do laundry, and give the house a good vacuum and mop.
Went from a 105kg manchild to a 93kg still-a-manchild. Who knew that controlling your own food and regular physical activity would make a potbelly shrink.
It surprised me too how much my parents did as my parents got older and needed more support. Cleaning and cooking was only the tip of the iceberg. They did so many little things for everyone, I still don’t understand how they had the time to do that, raise kids, and work.
Is there something good in keeping people locked in their homes?
I have improved my abilities to distinguish between good and evil, between who the real enemy is and learned how to navigate through a life full of compliant persons who don’t understand what they comply to!
I personally learned a lot!
Oh and I ditched a lot of “compliant friends” too…
Hope we have learned something useful for the “Next plandemic”! 😉
Is there something good in keeping people locked in their homes?
Yes, that’s why we did it.
I respect your opinion, but totally disagree…
Here is why:
"Diagnosis of panic disorders and reaction to severe stress significantly increased by the lockdown. Mental health was more sensitive to lockdowns than to the presence of the pandemic itself. "
source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-55879-9
There is tons of information out there if you want to really understand the huge impact on people health in the longrun that lockdowns and forced masking have done…
Everyone should do his own analysis, cost/benefit analysis could be first…
I suggest doing your own research. Here is a good start: https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=the+effects+of+the+lockdowns&cat=web&pl=opensearch&language=english
Open your eyes & mind!
Cheers!
PS: Paroting did not helped anyone, not even during the plandemic…
interesting strategy…
Any other opinions other than those “allowed” are to be removed?
Good luck with the lives you choose!
Your method of wrapping deadly “opinions” in a bubbly facade should get you rejected from every public forum.
I’m glad that it is not you the one who decides where I am allowed to express my opinions.
The question is whether the lockdowns had any benefits.
Pointing out the downsides doesn’t really respond to that.
Appropo of nothing… I’m slightly amused at the advise against parroting in a reply that says “Do your own research”
People were stressed, but it also prevented them from fucking dying, so I would say worth it. Also, you really missed the point of OP’s post. This is thread is supposed to be filled with positive stuff. Everyone already knows the pandemic sucked.
Huh I wonder if covid also causes any sort of mental health disorders. Wonder if it causes any health disorders. Wonder if it causes any death disorders.
Do the opposite of what Dr. Fauci says
Ok magaot
He left his government position almost two years ago now. I would hope everyone is pursuing more current information than his press releases from back in the day.
I’m much more strict about not seeing people if I feel unwell even when it is likely something minor like a cold.
