COVID retrospective - What a wild time that was!

[Power Appreciator]

None of this happened except in your own mind.

This never happened. We were never at a point where literal camps were being built. None of this is true because a RETARDED FAGGOT NIGGER enlightened by his euphoric vaccination is telling you so. With all due respect, kill yourself

 

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This never happened. We were never at a point where literal camps were being built. None of this is true because a RETARDED FAGGOT NIGGER enlightened by his euphoric vaccination is telling you so. With all due respect, kill yourself

Damn, the Chinese were building concentration camps which doesn't affect any of us whatsoever.

Try again.

 

[Pissmaster]

I don't get how people couldn't have doubts though, we've had pandemics before. Granted, the last significant one I know of was like 100 years before COVID but it could happen, right? Or I'm just naive, I guess.

A lot of the shock on discovering just how stupid so many people were happened when Trump Derangement Syndrome rolled around way back in '15. When I started seeing people I knew since middle school getting all worked up about Trump, after never ever hearing them say a single damn thing about politics, I knew shit was getting weird. When I told them to relax and quit worrying so much about something completely out of their control, and they fuckin' make it clear they want nothing to do with me ever again, I'm not gonna lie, that was depressing as hell.

Like, they were the same dudes who'd be all "yeah yeah fuck CNN, all saying video games like Doom cause school shootings! they're a bunch of liars!" before that, and then like, a switch just flipped and they went fuckin' berzerk. I'm sure them same bitch niggas were all getting worked up over COVID and wearing their mask and taking all their vaccines and panicking and shitting themselves and suckin' on dildos shaped like Fauci's phallus.

Man, these guys were good friends of mine, and then just out of the fuckin' blue, they turn into the kind of people who, like, if their wife cheated on them, they'd react like this:


I'll at least give the people afraid of COVID the benefit of the doubt, the concept of a massive worldwide plague that could potentially cause an extinction event is very scary, and a hell of a lot more believable than thinking Le Orange Man is LITERALLY HITLER and we're just kind of electing Literally Hitler now, out of the blue. But by that point, I had seen so much exaggeration and blatant falsehoods about Trump that I didn't believe a single damn thing about COVID, coming from any kind of "official source".

And you know what's the worst part? We're gonna be dealing with this shit for the rest of our lives. I checked A&N just now, I see a thread about some new strain, and I see a post like this:

Lmao, they will never catch this lightning in a bottle again but damned if they aren't trying. No one is falling for this, people would rather just let the virus take its course than cause a repeat of 2020. Even their most staunch cultists are yawning at this, it's fucking over, find some other way to control the population.

and it's like, man, you and I won't believe it, a lot of skeptics won't believe it, but what good does that do when we all know every company on the planet's gonna follow suit because all the world's governments will force them to? And there'll be no shortage of random idiots out there, living amongst us, who'll shit & piss & fart & cry & panic as if they've never seen this exact scenario play out before. Fuck, man, I know there's no shortage of Kiwis who took the vax against their will because it was either that, or lose their jobs, which'd lead them to lose their homes and let their families starve.

 

[General Disarray]

I still remember going into the office before I got to WFH and it was so quiet. It was an atrium style building with the piano in the corner playing on its own, echoing throughout the empty space. Going into the elevator you are met with a sign declaring ONLY 2 PEOPLE AT A TIME with the foot-stickers showing you where to stand. The buttons were covered with a sheet of heavy duty plastic - as if that were easier to spray down and clean than just swiping the panel with alcohol.

It was all so comically absurd and dystopian seeing all this money being blown on large plastic placards on the empty Downtown streets to advertise the Varus (because a deadly pandemic needs raised awareness, y'all!) and those stupid clear plastic dividers placed on the break room tables. So much fucking plastic waste coming from the same people that crow about straws.

I have to say I did enjoy the mask mandate and rider limits per bus when I was a straphanger; the smell was the cleanest I think I've ever experienced in all my years of commuting. Thank God that's all over as I am permanent WFH and will never step foot into an office again *knocks on wood*

 

[TheRedChair]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/08/11/more-americans-dying-than-before-pandemic-covid-deaths/70542423007/

In excessive Deaths. White collar workers are dying more than blue collar workers


You took the Jab.
You did this to yourself.
There is no reflection.
No time outs.
Not gimmie backs.
You Fucked yourself.
You took the jab... and you are going to die sooner. Because you are the fucking progressive retard that became the sheep, letting people think for you.

You are going to fucking die by Death by a Thousand Cuts. This is one of the harsh realities FOR GENERATION FAIL... And just like the Doom Spiral in San Francisco you deserve everything you get you fucking progressive.

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

Don't want to wear a mask? Fine.
Don't want to get the vaccine? Fine.

We wouldn't've had a problem if the left had respected that hard boundary. I hope that when the next pandemic is released, you won't panic and put your loved ones over the Nuremberg Code.

I'm not defending the lockdown. I'm saying people I cared for died because of this fucking china virus.

Old people die all the time.
Fat people die all the time.
Frail people die of the flu all the time, because it's just a flu with a 99% survival rate.
And why is your pain special. Lots of people have lost loved ones, and eventually everyone dies.

People saying they are glad my loved ones died... that's a new one for me. Can't say I like it. I want to say nasty shit back to those fuckers... but why bother?

So you haven’t been on social media for the last three years then, as all the Branch Covidians abused everyone who told them no. It was easier to believe terrible things about us than consider they might be wrong.

Covid is a long ongoing nightmare. And looking back and saying "Boy, was that crazy" just seems fucking retarded to me. Once again, if we're holding a vote, I want this shit to be over. But it isn't.

Try saying no next time.

None of this happened except in your own mind.

You're so stupid that you took poison because the government told you to. Your opinion means less than nothing.

 

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You're so stupid that you took poison because the government told you to. Your opinion means less than nothing.

You still sitting in your basement waiting until the jab kills us all?

You're gonna be waiting a long time.

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

A lot of point have been covered better by other posters.

When people ask me what I think of Covid, even at the time, I reply with a slightly autistic response: "Never again let the question of "How did the German people allow the Nazis to commit the holocaust?", because the whole world has just lived through the answer".

The common man is no longer just a fool, he is now a dangerous weapon ready to be used by those in power.

I no joke compare my own pandemic experience to that of what the Jews had to endure during the runup to the Holocaust and I'm actually quite open about that with people in real life.

From day one I knew the whole thing was overblown, and was never afraid of either contracting the coof or dying of it. I would do the absolute bare minimum in masking and wore a neck gaiter that I'd conveniently and disobediently let fall off of my face or play with nonstop. When I'd be outside I wouldn't even bother, much to the chagrin of the faggots who'd try to bully me into masking up while running. I was living in LA at the time which hasa burgeoning underground weed scene with what are practically weed farmers markets. During lockdown they had a serious Prohibition speak easy vibe complete with giving a doorman a password and letting people out only if there weren't any cop cars nearby for being an illegal gathering. Some of them would even feature illegal underground concerts. When they were shutting churches down it was pretty awesome to see Hispanic evangelical churches flouting the rules and holding services in storefront churches on the downlow - Can't really check to see if people are gathering if you block up all of the windows or hold services in the back. Looking back it was interesting even in liberal Los Angeles for every faggot covid hall monitor there was at least another person being civilly disobedient and flouting the rules. Covid also opened up my eyes on a lot of my friends being empty headed and born followers - Two of them I can't ever look at the same way again knowing in a different time and place they would have been complicit with crimes against humanity in the name of the greater good.

As much as I hate to admit writing this (And especially in light of how much I would post otherwise in the old covid happening threads) there were some upsides to my life from the pandemic. I made it a point to spend more time outside running and being free than inside gooning it up at home which has been more or less a permanent lifestyle change for me. I also got really damn good at cooking and baking and can make a mean sourdough bread that's worthy enough to be in a JRPG. I even used my pandemic funployment bux in winter and spring 2021 to go on no less than three snowboarding trips across the western US. I made a lot of lasting memories on those trips and met a low of amazing and awesome like-minded people in my travels as well. In spite of all of that thought I'm extremely grateful those awful days are behind us now and probably can't be repeated again with how fragile and unstable world politics and the economy have become. In fact I think the best revenge for lockdowns is to live your life to the fullest. I take a sick satisfaction

I'm also still 100% unvaxxed and 100% pureblood and I don't particularly enjoy hearing about vaccine side effects from friends and people I know.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

Covid was a beta test for agenda 2030. They took notes and will try for it to become a permanent new normal eventually. If not with a new pandemic it'll be because of muh climate

 

[Botchy Galoop]

Not all of my Covid experience was bad.
For one thing, I followed the KF Covid thread from the first day. Discovered that there are some pretty smart Farmers here, and a few preppers and doom mongers. When it looked like the WU FLU may be something, I showed KF to my then 86 year old Mama Galoop. So there is that. Never thought that I would reveal my Farmer cred to my mother of all people. I did take the initial vacc and its' booster, because I believed it would protect my mother. She thought the Farms was "interesting" and hoped I didn't say bad words like some. NIGGER
Mama Galoop still lives and as far as we know she never got the virus, or if she did it was mild. She also only got the initial vacc and booster. Then largely due to info found and archived here, she stopped taking the gene therapy. She still lives in the family home, independently and is more on the ball than the President.

I found Dr John Campbell here and he was a breathe of fresh air, and someone I still follow and respect.

I learned that I am a damn good bread maker, and I now sell my breads at the local farmers market.
That 20 ellbees I gained doesnt look too bad on me. LOL FAT.

Found a great ammuntion dealer and got plenty of backyard range time. MY COLD DEAD HANDS

Still extremely sad for all the children who missed critical education and socialization and also for those people who died all alone because family was banned from the nursing homes and hospitals.

Won't Get Fooled Again.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Remember how anyone who did not take the "totally safe and effective" coof jab were called "vaccine hesitant", at best?

And how dictionary definition of "vaccine" was changed to fit The Narrative™ because the coof jab doesn't prevent coof?

 

[Matt Damon]

You still sitting in your basement waiting until the jab kills us all?

You're gonna be waiting a long time.

The sunk cost fallacy is powerful and you've bet your health and life on the jab. It could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the COVID vaccine correlates with substantially increased mortality and you'd still deny it because you're all in - you're as invested as anyone can possibly be.

lolololol

 

[Odd Opossum]

The sunk cost fallacy is powerful and you've bet your health and life on the jab. It could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the COVID vaccine correlates with substantially increased mortality and you'd still deny it because you're all in - you're as invested as anyone can possibly be.

Nah, I think they're just making fun of people like you.

 

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The sunk cost fallacy is powerful and you've bet your health and life on the jab. It could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the COVID vaccine correlates with substantially increased mortality and you'd still deny it because you're all in - you're as invested as anyone can possibly be.

lolololol

Yeah it could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the COVID vaccine correlates with substantially increased mortality.

If you're retarded.

Please cite your studies.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

there were some upsides to my life from the pandemic

Not all of my Covid experience was bad.

Oh yeah, there were silver linings in "The New Normal"... it wasn't all bad.

For example, that "rescue plan" stimulus could've allowed some to afford rent in places they otherwise couldn't afford anymore, until they moved to more affordable places.

I found Dr John Campbell here and he was a breathe of fresh air, and someone I still follow and respect.

somehow this showed up in "related" videos with something unrelated:

 

[Rosary Girl]

Because of COVID restrictions, an elderly relative of mine died alone in a facility. My family said goodbye to her on the phone. None of her loved ones were allowed to be with her.

People’s lives were truly affected by this insanity. The gaslighting people engage in now—acting like all that happened is that we stayed inside for two weeks—is maddening.

 

[JosephStalin]

Because of COVID restrictions, an elderly relative of mine died alone in a facility. My family said goodbye to her on the phone. None of her loved ones were allowed to be with her.

People’s lives were truly affected by this insanity. The gaslighting people engage in now—acting like all that happened is that we stayed inside for two weeks—is maddening.

Yup, and all those fucks, at all levels, who so gleefully pushed all those oppressive measures on people either seek forgiveness or believe we've forgotten. Guess again, motherfuckers.

Good to be back. Got s new computer today since mine went kablooey after just eight months.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

flouting the rules

Were you there for the fireworks on the 2020 Independence Day in LA?

IIRC they were defying a "because coof" ban on celebrating July 4th.

"INSANE Fireworks over Los Angeles - Fourth of July 2020" - Attractions 360°

 

[Rei is Shit.]

Yeah it could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the COVID vaccine correlates with substantially increased mortality.

If you're retarded.

Please cite your studies.

If you hadn't eaten breakfast today, how would you feel now?

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

Were you there for the fireworks on the 2020 Independence Day in LA?

IIRC they were defying a "because coof" ban on celebrating July 4th.

"INSANE Fireworks over Los Angeles - Fourth of July 2020" - Attractions 360°

Yup! I celebrated it with my friend and his maker group friends at their workspace. Driving back was amazing and it was crazy the next day LA had the worst air quality of any city in the world.