Residual Effects Of Restricted Social Contact

[voorhees]

I live alone, but job is deemed essential. I come into very limited contact with our customers.
My parents on the other hand, are retired and my father and sister(handicapped) have not left the house in over two weeks and my mother is doing several things to keep her exposure low.
The people I usually hang out with is a small bar crowd. We have switched to gathering at ones house in the backyard, keeping a safe zone between us. Grilling, talking and listening to music. And partaking of our favorite libation of course.
I actually prefer this.

 

[gervais]

I've always been socially distant.

Never cared much for people in general so I don't mind staying at home.

They say not to gather in groups of 10 or more but I'm having a hard time even finding 10 people I like.

yep. this is my natural state as well

Socially distant is my norm too (so many introverts here) but now it seems socially responsible instead of just weird.

That's me.

Funny, several posts saying you are reclusive anyway. I'm pretty introverted too. So when I say to myself, "You'd better speak to these people," or, "you'd better try a little harder socially so these people won't think you're hostile," and so on. Now I just say, "Better stay away." Which is often my first thought anyway. This isn't a good therapy for people like me who need to prompt uncharacteristic social instincts. I have gotten a little closer to a few people by email or phone, so maybe it's sociability prompted by adversity after all.

I think you guys are missing a common factor here. Men! We are naturally less social than women. I see it everywhere I go. If it weren't for my wife making all the plans, id be content sitting alone at home forever, lmao.

 

[Bowie]

3) A number of large companies will mandate everyone work at home for the vast savings -- no property tax, no heat, a.c. and light, no maintenance.

This could be true for many companies. My wife has been 50%-75% work at home, with the remainder as work travel, for years. There are a few like her in her company, and many still treat them as oddities. This situation may change that.

I'd also like to see the concept of telemedicine be more widely accepted. I know from personal experience that many specialists are now conducting some annual and semi-annual appointments by e-meeting if a physical exam is not really needed.

Unfortunately, I think we will find that many companies will be slow to rehire to a full pre-virus workforce or bring their furloughed workers back onto payroll, if they rehire up to 100% at all. This will be the case particularly for those companies that are first- and second-tier industries in those sectors that are dramatically impacted by quarantines, such as restaurants, hospitality, and travel.

 

[cigrmaster]

I believe the world will be much different when this ends.
A depression worse than in the 30's will be on us. I see 25-35 percent unemployment.

Our doctors , nurses and health care workers will be devastated by the end. Hospitals will be over flowing with dead laying in the streets
We are only seeing a tiny bit of this pandemic world wide. South America and Mexico will lose 50-100 million.

Japan is going to have at least 50 million dead.
we are so fucking far behind the curve.
I am convinced that a specific lab in China let this thing loose and is getting real kick out of this,

The economy is going to need another 5 trillion to keep us afloat. This pandemic was designed by the chinese and I bet they worked in a way for it to change as it goes.

Basically we are screwed.

 

[mso489]

It's an old truism that human beings are both solitary and social. We avoid each other and gather, and this generates some joy and much violence. Unless we build our own televisions , electronic devices, and vehicles by hand, obviously we need others, and would not have them if we bumped them off, or they us. But it ain't always easy living intermittently together. I try to be more sociable, since that's my shortcoming.

 

[pappymac]

Speaking of residual effects of restricted social contact, I have smoked every pipe in my collection at least once since March 1. That includes several pipes which I haven't smoked in more than a year. I cleaned them first.

I am also down three tins of tobacco in the same time period. Fortunately I was able to order some on-line and it was actually delivered.

 

[sablebrush52]

I believe the world will be much different when this ends.
A depression worse than in the 30's will be on us. I see 25-35 percent unemployment.

Our doctors , nurses and health care workers will be devastated by the end. Hospitals will be over flowing with dead laying in the streets
We are only seeing a tiny bit of this pandemic world wide. South America and Mexico will lose 50-100 million.

Japan is going to have at least 50 million dead.
we are so fucking far behind the curve.
I am convinced that a specific lab in China let this thing loose and is getting real kick out of this,

The economy is going to need another 5 trillion to keep us afloat. This pandemic was designed by the chinese and I bet they worked in a way for it to change as it goes.

Basically we are screwed.

So what’s the downside?

 

[jaytex1969]

Basically we are screwed.

So what’s the downside?

 

[hauntedmyst]

I'm not a big people person. As an introvert, being alone a lot suits me fine. When I am around people I prefer just a few friends I know well. But I can tell even I miss people because...

We drove my son to his apartment yesterday afternoon and my Adamic side poked its ugly head out today when I saw gas was $2.09 a gallon in the city of Chicago, which is unheard of since like the 80's, and I thought "huh, I wonder how many more people have to get sick before that baby hits $1.50?"

You know you need to be around more people when you're rooting for the virus just for cheaper gas. ?

oh my goodness, I might just be a sociopath!!!

 

[jaytex1969]

You know you need to be around more people when you're rooting for the virus just for cheaper gas.

As I drove back to the shop at the end of my work day Friday at pm, I took 20 minutes to complete a journey that usually average 55 minutes at that time of day. Similar thoughts ensued...

 

[whsergent]

I'm not a big people person. As an introvert, being alone a lot suits me fine. When I am around people I prefer just a few friends I know well. But I can tell even I miss people because...

We drove my son to his apartment yesterday afternoon and my Adamic side poked its ugly head out today when I saw gas was $2.09 a gallon in the city of Chicago, which is unheard of since like the 80's, and I thought "huh, I wonder how many more people have to get sick before that baby hits $1.50?"

You know you need to be around more people when you're rooting for the virus just for cheaper gas. ?

oh my goodness, I might just be a sociopath!!!

I seem to recall from, i think an anthropology class i took that the average human has room to individually care about 150 other people or so, after that they have a tendency to become just numbers. So you are probably ok

 

[kcghost]

I don't know how big a thing this will be but I know I'm screwed (73 and respiratory issues) and my friends in Mexico are truly screwed. Their president is on record saying this is no big deal and all and we should go about our business as usual. Tough to be them.

 

[bnichols23]

My many long years of experience have convinced me that I could be labeled "Socially Retarded." I just don't fit in with any crowd I find myself temporarily associated with. Haven't even had a single visitor show up at the house for at least 5 years now.

This "social distancing" thing is no change at all, except for when I need to go out to fetch something.

"The more people I meet, the more I like my pipes."

 

[bnichols23]

Don't really have that problem. Most people I have as friends are pretty much the same as me. Would you want three of me to drop in on your for a social visit? As an after thought has anyone noticed that Vice President Pence looks like Greta Thunberg and Donald Pleasances love child?

Y'know, now I think about it....

 

[Chasing Embers]

I think you guys are missing a common factor here. Men! We are naturally less social than women. I see it everywhere I go. If it weren't for my wife making all the plans, id be content sitting alone at home forever, lmao.

My wife is as social as I am.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It's an old truism that human beings are both solitary and social. We avoid each other and gather, and this generates some joy and much violence. Unless we build our own televisions , electronic devices, and vehicles by hand, obviously we need others, and would not have them if we bumped them off, or they us. But it ain't always easy living intermittently together. I try to be more sociable, since that's my shortcoming.

I avoid social gatherings whenever possible. Even my job is a solitary endeavor.

 

[bnichols23]

I'm not a big people person. As an introvert, being alone a lot suits me fine. When I am around people I prefer just a few friends I know well. But I can tell even I miss people because...

We drove my son to his apartment yesterday afternoon and my Adamic side poked its ugly head out today when I saw gas was $2.09 a gallon in the city of Chicago, which is unheard of since like the 80's, and I thought "huh, I wonder how many more people have to get sick before that baby hits $1.50?"

You know you need to be around more people when you're rooting for the virus just for cheaper gas. ?

oh my goodness, I might just be a sociopath!!!

It's coming, myst. $1.79 here in upper SC

 

[Chasing Embers]

It's coming, myst. $1.79 here in upper SC

$0.89 yesterday here.

 

[kurtbob]

As I drove back to the shop at the end of my work day Friday at pm, I took 20 minutes to complete a journey that usually average 55 minutes at that time of day. Similar thoughts ensued...


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See.....that’s exactly what I was saying earlier! Being one of those “mission essential people” I have no choice but to be out in the world during this. It’s just ironic, it’s like Thanos did the finger snap and 1/2 the population is gone but the only people left out in the world are those that have to be and assholes!

 

[pappymac]

I'm not a big people person. As an introvert, being alone a lot suits me fine. When I am around people I prefer just a few friends I know well. But I can tell even I miss people because...

We drove my son to his apartment yesterday afternoon and my Adamic side poked its ugly head out today when I saw gas was $2.09 a gallon in the city of Chicago, which is unheard of since like the 80's, and I thought "huh, I wonder how many more people have to get sick before that baby hits $1.50?"

You know you need to be around more people when you're rooting for the virus just for cheaper gas. ?

oh my goodness, I might just be a sociopath!!!

As low as $1.69 a gallon is SE Louisiana.
I actually know a guy who is stockpiling 5-gallon cans of gas for use in his boat.