Re:Two Years Is Long Enough
by ryandrake on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:23PM
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Wow, I can't believe this response isn't higher.
> Disasters don't end when you get bored with them.
True, and they don't end after arbitrarily chosen time frames ("Gosh, I can only live with this for 2 years max!") and they don't align with political milestones and dates. This could be the early years of a 20-year-long pandemic. It could disappear in a few months. I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows at this point, and you can't give the disease an arbitrary deadline.
I read these threads and it's surreal--like people sitting outside of their burning house and saying "OK, my house has been burning for 2 hours. That's long enough for me, I'm moving back in! Time to get back to normal!"
> Disasters don't end when you get bored with them.
True, and they don't end after arbitrarily chosen time frames ("Gosh, I can only live with this for 2 years max!") and they don't align with political milestones and dates. This could be the early years of a 20-year-long pandemic. It could disappear in a few months. I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows at this point, and you can't give the disease an arbitrary deadline.
I read these threads and it's surreal--like people sitting outside of their burning house and saying "OK, my house has been burning for 2 hours. That's long enough for me, I'm moving back in! Time to get back to normal!"