In a way you've answered your own question. Officially it isn't really be feasible to enforce it by law, but enough of the population has been sufficiently brainwashed by the mask propaganda that they'll do all the "policing" instead on the behalf on the state's Little Dictator(s).
More reason to answer back to a little honecker with your fist to their face. They hate the police after all and think they're bastards - put their beliefs to the test.
I need to check a few pages back, but the recent scares floated by the (Chinese) media are ANOTHER swine flu and the bubonic plague.
VirusRegime has sapped all the sweetness out of living. I may not have been a social butterfly before this year but between the lockdowns, the unending glurgy propaganda, the reflexive "Stay safe!" as the linguistic replacement of "bye bye" and the narcissists empowered by the New Virtue Signaling (I don't call them Karens anymore because the Left stole that from us), the world is telling us all to be cowardly, lying recluses.
As I predicted months ago, the "cure" was hundreds of times worse than the disease. I hate feeling like a criminal and an outcast for daring to live like a maskless person. With the way things are going, a rapidly spreading and extremely deadly plague would actually be a mercy.
I need to check a few pages back, but the recent scares floated by the (Chinese) media are ANOTHER swine flu and the bubonic plague.
VirusRegime has sapped all the sweetness out of living. I may not have been a social butterfly before this year but between the lockdowns, the unending glurgy propaganda, the reflexive "Stay safe!" as the linguistic replacement of "bye bye" and the narcissists empowered by the New Virtue Signaling (I don't call them Karens anymore because the Left stole that from us), the world is telling us all to be cowardly, lying recluses.
As I predicted months ago, the "cure" was hundreds of times worse than the disease. I hate feeling like a criminal and an outcast for daring to live like a maskless person. With the way things are going, a rapidly spreading and extremely deadly plague would actually be a mercy.
Drop the histrionics. Stop obsessing over the virus. It's not something you can control so there's no point in working yourself up.
You need to just shut up and do what you have to do to finish your degree. Don't get worked up about what other people are doing or what their grades are. Worry about yourself and what you are learning. Not them. Further out you are from school, nobody is gonna care if you got a 3.7, 3.0, 2.5. Most of the time its more important WHO you know. Every job I've had for the last 15 years was because I knew people and was a known quantity.
You had also better get good at self directed learning and less dependent on learning in a classroom environment because you will always have to be learning new things to stay in this field.
Drop the histrionics. Stop obsessing over the virus. It's not something you can control so there's no point in working yourself up.
You need to just shut up and do what you have to do to finish your degree. Don't get worked up about what other people are doing or what their grades are. Worry about yourself and what you are learning. Not them. Further out you are from school, nobody is gonna care if you got a 3.7, 3.0, 2.5. Most of the time its more important WHO you know. Every job I've had for the last 15 years was because I knew people and was a known quantity.
You had also better get good at self directed learning and less dependent on learning in a classroom environment because you will always have to be learning new things to stay in this field.
Going to avoid further shitting up the thread about this particular thing, but all I see are leftists in charge who actively want to fuck me over and force me to be average and want me dead. But I do learn well outside of a classroom environment, in fact I learn best outside of one.
Going to avoid further shitting up the thread about this particular thing, but all I see are leftists in charge who actively want to fuck me over and force me to be average and want me dead. But I do learn well outside of a classroom environment, in fact I learn best outside of one.
My city has put forth a resolution to mandate masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when 30 feet distance isn't maintained.
I have no intention of wearing one other than on the bus (cuz it's nasty). The office I interviewed for is closed to the public so thank goodness I wouldn't have to wear one there. It's been 90 degrees plus all week and there's no end in sight so far. That's just nuts. We were so careful when this first started, breaking out the rubbing alcohol and washing our hands obsessively but now we're back to normal. I'm so over it, even with my conditions that make me more susceptible to respiratory issues. Fuck it, being cooped up in a house is not living, I have a roommate that likes to tell me what to do; I'll be damned if the city is going to try to be my daddy as well.
Going to avoid further shitting up the thread about this particular thing, but all I see are leftists in charge who actively want to fuck me over and force me to be average and want me dead.
Only if you're a threat and/or nuisance. Source: my country of origin got rekt by insane leftists and insane rightists, one right after the other.
Your dystopia is extremely unlikely, but even if it does come about, take comfort in this - the true believers are the ones who suffer and go bye-bye, not commoners.
Going to avoid further shitting up the thread about this particular thing, but all I see are leftists in charge who actively want to fuck me over and force me to be average and want me dead.
My priest assigned a penance of "no recreational internet for three days." I only made it for most of one day, but during that period it was amazing how much peace I was able to attain.
We are living right now in what Theodore Dalrymple described as a "society of emasculated liars" on account of the 24/7 cycle of obviously false propaganda, fear porn and hate porn. If you simply block of the majority of the negative stimuli, the negative response will abate.
I also don't listen to the radio when I'm driving because I don't need a thousandth reminder about how we're all in this together. Guess what, so were all the J3w$ in Auschwitz.
I found this open letter written by international students regarding the recent changes ICE has made because of the virus. Number 10 is interesting because it specifically mentions OSU’s relationship to China.
My priest assigned a penance of "no recreational internet for three days." I only made it for most of one day, but during that period it was amazing how much peace I was able to attain.
We are living right now in what Theodore Dalrymple described as a "society of emasculated liars" on account of the 24/7 cycle of obviously false propaganda, fear porn and hate porn. If you simply block of the majority of the negative stimuli, the negative response will abate.
I also don't listen to the radio when I'm driving because I don't need a thousandth reminder about how we're all in this together. Guess what, so we're all the J3w$ in Auschwitz.
Yeah, I resolved to do that this morning. But again, I'm mainly upset about my biggest accomplishment being heavily tainted, not the doomsayers on either side, can't get that back. The leftist doomsayers took something very, very important from me. (Also might as well admit to having GAD right now. Incidentally a good reason I cannot wear a mask for a medical reason that's not counted as an exemption.)
Yeah, I resolved to do that this morning. But again, I'm mainly upset about my biggest accomplishment being heavily tainted, not the doomsayers on either side, can't get that back. The leftist doomsayers took something very, very important from me. (Also might as well admit to having GAD right now. Incidentally a good reason I cannot wear a mask for a medical reason that's not counted as an exemption.)
Are you being treated? If not, make an appointment and go and see someone. There’s a fine line between severe anxiety and worse things, you want to stay on the right side of it. Internet off, go outside. Walk, hike, physically tire yourself. Sleep. If you drink, slow or stop. Less caffeine. Eat well. The person above who says about removing constant negative stimuli is spot on.
Things will be Ok, eventually. Everything is weird right now, but every generation has a weird / horrible thing to face. For us it was the Cold War and possible nuclear annihilation, endless strikes and poverty. For my grandparents it was worrying about actual real Nazis dropping bombs on them. There’s always something.
You’re young, and you’ve got a positive goal to aim for which is your degree. Get off the internet. This site is fun if you’re in the right frame of mind. If it’s upsetting you, step back a bit. There’s bugger all you can do about current year madness so concentrate on your own health and education.
That's half of the reason why I deleted my Facebook account. The other half is I don't want to see anyone else's nonsense. The benefit of keeping connected and up to date is outweighed by the harm done to me and the harm I do to others.
Are you being treated? If not, make an appointment and go and see someone. There’s a fine line between severe anxiety and worse things, you want to stay on the right side of it. Internet off, go outside. Walk, hike, physically tire yourself. Sleep. If you drink, slow or stop. Less caffeine. Eat well. The person above who says about removing constant negative stimuli is spot on.
Things will be Ok, eventually. Everything is weird right now, but every generation has a weird / horrible thing to face. For us it was the Cold War and possible nuclear annihilation, endless strikes and poverty. For my grandparents it was worrying about actual real Nazis dropping bombs on them. There’s always something.
You’re young, and you’ve got a positive goal to aim for which is your degree. Get off the internet. This site is fun if you’re in the right frame of mind. If it’s upsetting you, step back a bit. There’s bugger all you can do about current year madness so concentrate on your own health and education.
I know I said I'd stop threadshitting, but hear me out:
Didn't know about this until last December, but when I was seven years old I got professionally IQ tested by the school counselor and ended up getting 148 (WISC-IV, so 3.2 standard deviations above the mean, or approximately 1 in 1456). I was double-majoring in CS and Math with a 3.7 GPA and perfect CS major GPA, and was on track to graduate a year early. Truly a real accomplishment of mine that would live up to that IQ result.
But now the switch to online tainted it. Now there's a massive asterisk next to my achievement, and I dropped the math major so I just have CS. Sure, I'll still have a degree, but it won't be anywhere near as impressive as it originally was. To pour salt in the open wound, I've heard leftists literally tell me I'm just mad because I was doing better than others. No fucking SHIT, fuck your shitty communism where nobody's allowed to stand out.
It doesn't matter if everything's repealed tomorrow, it doesn't change the fact that the incident sullied the big accomplishment I was so proud of. To quote Linkin Park of all things, "when the paper's crumpled up, it can't be perfect again." I did want to do other things, but saying you finished a CS and Math double-major a year early with a 3.7 GPA is a pretty damn big accomplishment you'd put on your life's footnote. Really hard to think of another way to "prove" myself in the same way. All I have is some fucking childhood IQ score.
I know I said I'd stop threadshitting, but hear me out:
Didn't know about this until last December, but when I was seven years old I got professionally IQ tested by the school counselor and ended up getting 148 (WISC-IV, so 3.2 standard deviations above the mean, or approximately 1 in 1456). I was double-majoring in CS and Math with a 3.7 GPA and perfect CS major GPA, and was on track to graduate a year early. Truly a real accomplishment of mine that would live up to that IQ result.
But now the switch to online tainted it. Now there's a massive asterisk next to my achievement, and I dropped the math major so I just have CS. Sure, I'll still have a degree, but it won't be anywhere near as impressive as it originally was. To pour salt in the open wound, I've heard leftists literally tell me I'm just mad because I was doing better than others. No fucking SHIT, fuck your shitty communism where nobody's allowed to stand out.
It doesn't matter if everything's repealed tomorrow, it doesn't change the fact that the incident sullied the big accomplishment I was so proud of. To quote Linkin Park of all things, "when the paper's crumpled up, it can't be perfect again." I did want to do other things, but saying you finished a CS and Math double-major a year early with a 3.7 GPA is a pretty damn big accomplishment you'd put on your life's footnote. Really hard to think of another way to "prove" myself in the same way. All I have is some fucking childhood IQ score.
It matters now but it won’t in five years time. I don’t say that to brush it aside, but to give context. What matters when you leave school is the path you take and how you react to life. Nobody cares about things like that once you’re a few years out of school. What dictates success is being smart enough (not even genius level, just smart enough to be a little ahead) and then a combination of work, good judgement, personal skills, and grit.
It sounds like a cliche but it isnt. Nobody looks at my CV and only judges my list of degrees. They look at where I’ve worked, what I’ve worked on and how I present myself, and talk to people I’ve worked with over the years. People don’t hire people on their grades past the first year or two.
So dont sweat the perfection. Grit and an ability to react to setbacks and get back up will get you far further. Get some treatment and get back up. Allow yourself to be annoyed a bit, then move on
The situation around corona is concentrating people’s mental states - it’s stopping people from going out, blowing off steam and releasing tension. It’s stopping people from getting out into nature (at the risk of sounding like an old hippy, nature is important for the psyche.) There is an epidemic of mental ill health brewing under these conditions of lockdown. Humans are not meant to sit indoors all day for weeks on end.
I know, it’s not easy. Find something to do with your hands that absorbs the mind as well and creates a state of ‘flow’ (apart from the obvious .) draw, paint, carve, print lino, sew, paint 40k figures, learn a language, read that ridiculously thick book on something obscure you've never had time to start. Restore something old. Anything - what doesn’t matter, as long as it’s absorbing and you enjoy it.
I’m hearing more and more people say similar things and the level of mental illness, stress etc is alarming. A lot of people are very close to snapping. Don’t snap - don’t be manipulated, find some calm.