What Are Your Memories From Two Years of the COVID Cult?

[SamSpade]

Anyway my most profound memory of rona fever is still ongoing: how easy it was for them to get Americans (Americans!) to cower in fear and surrender, turning against their family and friends, even as the reasons being presented to us were demonstrably absurd. I'd read about that in history books and always questioned it; having never seen it myself I couldn't conceive of such a massive cultlike herd mentality. But now I will never forget it.

That, from ordinary citizens - and also, from law enforcement and whatever other persons granted the power to enfoce decisions - not laws - handed down from on high.

FIGMO. I did admire those cops who did the minimum and then said "nothing to see here - carry on" knowing they'd catch hell for not shutting down some business.

 

[OccamsRazor]

I remember thinking "I wonder what variant excuse they will use to justify mail-in voting yet again?"
I remember it vividly because.. it was yesterday.

 

[vraiblonde]

I remember thinking "I wonder what variant excuse they will use to justify mail-in voting yet again?"
I remember it vividly because.. it was yesterday.

Adding on to my last post, I remember how the overlords used it to steal an election and install a corrupt demented puppet, and how the American public largely just....accepted it. Not only accepted it, but turned on their friends and family who questioned that election's legitimacy.

So my most prominent covid memories are largely sociology based.

 

[herb749]

I worked at a medical research lab the week after Xmas 2019. The place was like a huge ghost town, since it was shut down for maintenance. When I saw pictures of the Wuhan lab it looked eerily like this place. Big refrigerators in every hallway with "Do Not Open Biohazard" home made signs on the doors .3 of the 4 guys on my crew were sick as dogs for several weeks after. My whole family was sick with fevers, chills, no appetite for weeks. No respiratory issues beyond minor cold/flu symptoms. Had never heard of Covid up to that point. In the 2 years after that I worked pretty much every day except for when I was made to stay home because I was a "close contact". I've tested negative 6 times because I was forced to have 2 negative tests each time before I could return to work. Light traffic was a definite plus.

It was eerie being on a highway with only a few trucks traveling with you. Then a car flying by doing 90. Then I'm thinking what an idiot, with not many cars on the road making yourself easy prey for the cops.

 

[herb749]

I remember thinking "I wonder what variant excuse they will use to justify mail-in voting yet again?"
I remember it vividly because.. it was yesterday.

China's getting the jump start on it right now.

 

[stgislander]

What I remember the most is the mountain of paperwork to get a 3 month deferment on my mortgage payments.

 

[Sneakers]

I remember my father being isolated in his assisted living facility, and my brothers and I not being able to get in to see him. I have pictures of his birthday of him surrounded by staff workers in masks and other residents standing in their doorways not being able to participate.

 

[RoseRed]

What I remember the most is the mountain of paperwork to get a 3 month deferment on my mortgage payments.

Never missed a payment. But I did re-fi at 2% and 15 years.

 

[stgislander]

Never missed a payment. But I did re-fi at 2% and 15 years.

With the amount of forms going back and forth, I felt like I was performing a re-fi.

 

[DaSDGuy]

COVID had one major plus for our society. Since COVID arrived, we have nearly cured cancer, heart disease, and most other illnesses that caused death. Now, everyone dies from COVID. Think of all that research money that we no longer need to give to eliminate all other illnesses besides COVID.

 

[RoseRed]

With the amount of forms going back and forth, I felt like I was performing a re-fi.

Did everything on-line. Notary came to me for final signatures.

 

[phreddyp]

I remember getting on flights to and from Mexico with some times only between 100 to 15 fellow passengers .
I remember paying only $1500.00 to stay in Cabo for two weeks with food , drinks , lodging and airfair.
I remember all the singles hanging out together at the pool and beach because they couldn't get anyone to travel with them.
I remember having a great time traveling and hope to do it all again.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

I remember fighting against this covid BS from day one, posting relevant and helpful information debunking and auguring against the BS fear porn, and having to deal with the covid cowards here ridiculing my, and other's, position. Other than that, living a normal life through the BS and antagonizing the covidiots when out and about.

 

[GURPS]

Branch-covidians ...... is my favorite


Maskcoholics


Vaccine Addicted

 

[Kinnakeet]

I remember telling everyone that it is democrat BS and you will survive and I was correct

 

[GregV814]

put a price tag or cost of this boondoggle...

 

[Kyle]

put a price tag or cost of this boondoggle...

6-8 Trillion.

 

[1stGenSMIB]

I remember turning down unemployment so I could continue to go to work and make half as much money. You can't put a price tag on pride.

I don't usually get into these types of discussions, but this is a good one. My daughter (she is right in the middle of the millennial era) said the exact same thing to me about her situation. She had friends sitting around collecting massive checks as compared to income from working, while she kept her job. In the long run, she will win out, but it reminds me how shortsighted some people are. To me, it is like thinking there will still be Social Security when I retire, or waiting until you are 50+ to start thinking about how to retire, or worrying about a job that pays the bills after unemployment has dried up. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't intend to purposefully be a cog in the wheel any longer than absolutely necessary. I've been lucky to stay employed by a gov't contractor for a long time, but I was already working from home 50%+ before Covid-19 showed up.
These were already mentioned but:
The lack of traffic, or temporary elimination of rush hour, was my biggest 'thing'
All of the people walking around in stores with masks (the 'new' normal..ugh)
And, people becoming so accustomed to masks they either wore them 24/7, by themselves in the car, or had the perpetual chin diaper

 

[OccamsRazor]

The largest amount of "complaining" I am hearing around the water cooler is that people who have to be in-person on the job site are not compensated properly versus those who work from home. You have 2 people in the same organization who perform identical tasks as part of their jobs but, one of them must venture into the office every day and the other is work-from-home. The in-office person is spending hundreds of dollars per month on gas, child care, etc. yet making the same amount of salary/pay as the person at home. Every time this is addressed it is quickly hushed and not spoken about until the next public forum. Aside from this, the in-office people get to see the work-from-home people out and about shopping or running errands during business hours and falling behind on work load yet since it is just "accepted" it is never dealt with which further fans the flame of anger amongst the in-office crowd.

 

[ironintestines]

Being unfairly shamed for not wearing a mask and/or for not getting the faucci-ouchie is my biggest take away for the past 2 years sociology boondoggle. Watching people that I totally didn’t expect to succumb to peer pressure fold up like cheap chairs in a wind storm was the biggest disappointment. False Evidence Appearing Real is a thief of time and focus.