• @shalafi
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    -131 year ago

    And our economies went to shit, our global supply chains broke (for years after), prices surged (except gas!), mental health issues exploded, the US split even harder apart politically… It was grand.

    • @chemical_cutthroat
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      981 year ago

      And our economies went to shit,

      Because there was no plan in place after President Cheeto smeared shit on the walls

      our global supply chains broke (for years after),

      Because they are built on the idea that outsourcing labor for profit is the best plan

      prices surged (except gas!),

      Because the overlords realized their cheap labor couldn’t work, and they needed to squeeze every penny they could from the goods that had already been manufactured.

      mental health issues exploded,

      Because people actually had time to realize how fucked things were, instead of being corralled into the office every day like cattle.

      the US split even harder apart politically.

      That was the plan already, the pandemic was just convenient. As soon as that was over they moved onto women’s rights, and then trans right, ad infinitum.

      • @hactar42
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        361 year ago

        Because people actually had time to realize how fucked things were, instead of being corralled into the office every day like cattle.

        This hits close to home. I took a week off work this summer just to relax and stay home. And ended up having a panic attack by the end of the week. Just because I actually had time to think.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        mental health issues exploded

        Because people actually had time to realize how fucked things were, instead of being corralled into the office every day like cattle.

        I mean, there may be some truth to that, but we cannot deny the damaging effects isolation had on people. Not to say that isolation was not extended exponentially by malicious actions and incompetence, but the isolation caused many of the mental health issues (which also means those who did what they were supposed to best suffered most, which really sucks).

        • @[email protected]
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          41 year ago

          It seemed like the introverts felt better and the extroverts felt worse, surprising I’m sure.

      • boletus
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        41 year ago

        Mental health for me and many others crashed because of repetition, lack of social contact, and developing unhealthy habits due to being stuck at home.

    • @[email protected]
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      201 year ago

      I’m going to go on a limb here an assume this was said by someone in their 20’s with no kids and very little responsibilities.

      • @[email protected]
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        91 year ago

        Well I feel the same. Sole breadwinner, 43 years old, but no kids, I fucking loved the way it was. Maybe also because I am not in the US.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        I mean it does read exactly like something someone I know in their 20s with no kids and no responsibilities would say. And he’s planning a move to Florida too because “businesses are doing so well there”

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        11 year ago

        In some ways it was like I thought it would be like. Me trying to hold things together while the world burned.

    • @800XL
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      -31 year ago

      Why are people downvoting you? The comment below yours with the most upvotes is corraborating e x a c t l y w h a t y o u s a i d.

      Come on reddit Lemmy, we’re better than that.

      • @chemical_cutthroat
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        61 year ago

        Because his response implied that the blame rested on the lower class, while my comment put the blame where it belonged.

        • @800XL
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          31 year ago

          Oh? What part implied it was the lower class at fault?

          • @chemical_cutthroat
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            31 year ago

            Well, if you really need me to break it down…

            So, you see, the original screenshot spoke about people dancing and making bread, etc. The people doing these things are the lower class citizens of various countries who finally had a chance to pursue interests they enjoy, instead of being tied to a desk for a third of their life. Then the person I responded to said that the economy went to shit, mental health, supply chains, etc., implying that it was the fault of the people making bread and dancing, because they were no longer working, they were dancing and making bread. The implication happens because they didn’t not present another culprit. Had they said that ‘the GOP’, ‘the right’, or ‘the death of Harrambe’ had been at fault, then there would be no implications, because it would be clear. This is how communication in the real world works. Regardless of what OP intended when they posted that response, they implied that it was the lower classes’ fault for all of it, because the lower class was the subject of the topic at hand. Hope that clears it all up for you.