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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by new2628 on Friday May 08, 2020 @04:43PM (#23119234)
TBH, even if it was an overreaction, the effects were by and large positive, regardless of the pandemic. Work from home, less traffic, more family time, slowdown of economy, pausing of a lot of wasteful, useless activity. I really enjoyed walking around with almost no cars on the roads and listening to birds.
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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by orangecat on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:23PM (#23119638)
the effects were by and large positive, regardless of the pandemic

I generally hate the phrase "check your privilege", but in this case it fits perfectly.

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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by new2628 on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:56PM (#23119972)
It fits perfectly if by privilege you mean not pursuing a career with high intensity and instead living a frugal, simple life that is less affected by a slowdown of the global economy.
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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by ashtonkem on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:32PM (#23120276)
That’s only true if you pretend that service workers don’t exist.
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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by clairity on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:04PM (#23119447)
sure, it's great if you can afford the leisure, but 60-80% of americans can't, and it's irresponsible (at best) to ignore that.
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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by new2628 on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:15PM (#23119553)
I realize this, yet, the fact that I can afford this leisure is largely due to my personal choices of forgoing some of the luxuries these people afford.

I sympathize with those who are affected negatively by the situation, but I wish, for example, those who decide to buy a larger car would also sympathize with those who prefer clean air and less noise.

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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by clairity on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:37PM (#23120708)
i agree that frugal living is the bee's knees (i do it myself!), but nobody likes a wagging finger over an extended hand, especially if you construct a dichotomy simply for that purpose.
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Re:U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating an... by indecisive_user on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:09AM (#23123044)
If you want clean air and less noise then you should have moved to the country side where those are plentiful.

Telling people in the city, that you decided to move to, that they should be conscientious of your decidedly non-city wants, is kind of pretentious.

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