Re:“Not This Stuff Again” (SARS-CoV-2 Update)
by jiggawatts on Monday August 07, 2023 @08:31PM
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The city I live in has relatively clean air, but it is a city and has some smog from cars and trucks.
During the height of the lockdowns when traffic nearly vanished as nobody went into the office, the air quality was freakishly good.
The skyscrapers across the harbour from us looked like they were right next to us. There wasn’t that usual haze and it made them look incredibly sharp and detailed, giving an illusion of proximity.
It’s crazy to me that I’ve become so accustomed to constant pollution that it has become an essential part of my depth perception! No pollution looks like an optical illusion and confuses my brain.
Re:“Not This Stuff Again” (SARS-CoV-2 Update)
by stopnamingnuts on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:49AM
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I think your thesis with regard to CO2 emissions is valid. Do you mind sharing whether you lost anyone close to you to COVID?
Re:“Not This Stuff Again” (SARS-CoV-2 Update)
by jokoon on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @04:45AM
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my grand mother
Re:“Not This Stuff Again” (SARS-CoV-2 Update)
by Etrnl_President on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:03PM
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You are free to create or join an association to voluntarily lockdown. Do it for the planet, do it for yourself, whatever floats your goat.
To be brutally honest, if a rogue CIA wanted to slow down CO2 emissions, that sort of virus was a good fit.
I really wish humans would organize and agree to reduce emissions, but since it's geopolitically just not really happening, that virus is a good coincidence.
If it was engineered: good. If it wasn't, that's also nature reacting the appropriate way. If it was negligence, it was a happy one.
Disclaimer: I have chronic depression, and a therapist told me that I felt happy during lockdown because average people were finally sharing and experiencing my distress. It really stuck with me.