What is the Best Part of the Pandemic? - A Little Positively Always Helps

[lurk_moar]

Besides all of the bad things during this pandemic. What has the pandemic made you grateful for? What do you think is the silver lining of this pandemic?

1. Student loan interest rates were 2.75% and only rose 1% for next year.
2. Student loans being interest-free along with payment suspension.
3. Masks hide my terrible teeth.
4. I will always have a job even during a zombie apocalypse.
5. Free money from Uncle Sam to help with my goals.
6. I have an excuse to be an anti-social hermit.
7. No more boring department-related outside work, social gatherings.
8. The pandemic made me realize how blessed I am. I have more gratitude during the pandemic than before.
9. The pandemic inspired me to lose weight (and having fat fucks for patients).
10. My student loans on my Associate's degree are like five years ahead.
11. The very low federal student loan interest rates were a perfect time to pursue an expensive Bachelors's degree program.

Edit: 12. Masks can also lessen the scent of other people's body odor. I suddenly do not smell other people anymore.
Edit 2: 13. Living alone is awesome because there is nobody to catch covid from, and if I get covid, I won't be spreading it to anybody.
Edit 3: The low interest rates on my Bachelor's degree loans will make me less financially worried and stressed. Instead of deferring every single life goal of mine to live like a pauper in Medieval London in order to pay off those loans, I will enjoy life and travel like once a year.

 

[Megaroad 2012]

Blacks rising up.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

The free money is likely a good thing to many.

 

[BullDogsLipBrandClamjuice]

during the 1st week or two when the country had a collective "oh shit" and our divisions didnt matter

 

[Spooky Bones]

Appointments at the DMV.

 

[The Last Stand]

The free money. And some outdoor places being less crowded.

 

[themasterlurker]

Gas was so cheap, ammo was as well right before floyd, working from home

 

[Vingle]

My biggest concern is that I'm an even bigger shut-in. My condition has gone to hell, and I did walk 20 min back and forth from my gym. Now, it feels like I'm dying after a brisk walk.

I'm grateful for that's my only "concern".

 

[RinguPingu745]

At the beginning the traffic being almost non existent was really nice.

 

[Wowcoolusername]

Thinning of the herd; the culling of the weak. Still has a long way to go, but it's a start

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

People acting like a disease with a slightly more than one percent fatality rate is the Apocalypse

 

[Jason Wynn]

Seeing retards hoarding toilet paper like they were Gollum with the One Ring was pretty funny

 

[Alexander Thaut]

watching college dropouts with antifa or BLM tattoos try to explain coronavirus to people.

 

[It Burns]

Being able to wear a mask in public to block out dust, some allergens and partially covering up smells without people looking at me like I'm clubbing seal pups.

Coughing once or twice anyway, causing some people to look at me like I'm clubbing seal pups.

 

[Maxxicus Callahan]

Honestly a chance to step back and think. Made some life changes to shift gears from a previous trajectory and I feel a lot better for it. I think had this pandemic not happened I would be a very different person, I am a better person for it having happened.

 

[FEETLOAF]

It made a lot of people realize how far constitutional overreach has gone.

 

[Bussyking7]

The low interest rates on my Bachelor's degree loans will make me less financially worried and stressed. Instead of deferring every single life goal of mine to live like a pauper in Medieval London in order to pay off those loans, I will enjoy life and travel like once a year.

I'm actually intrigued. Explain how it is possible to care about your money and be financially self conscious, yet at the same time have student loans beyond some trivial amount.

 

[The Big O]

Anecdotally speaking, I've taken up vegetable gardening as a more serious hobby/life skill, and practiced shooting for the first time before things kicked off in earnest in 2020. Two things that keep me going when the world around me goes madder than a Malkavian.

 

[Overcast]

I went from working part time to full time at my job and now I have benefits and investments in the company I work for.

The whole thing I feel has made me generally more resilient and determined to get to where I want to be.

And it's made it far easier to figure out who's your friend and who isn't.

 

[Dutch Courage]

I have been able to transition all of my work (I work independently) to online permanently, whereas I used to have to meet most clients personally at their homes or businesses. This has resulted in far more clients (because I am not wasting time driving anymore), and far fewer expenses. To celebrate, I jacked up my prices for new clients by about 15%, just for shits and giggles. So overall, I have managed to increase my income about 50%, cut overhead to absolute zero, and I don't even have to bother putting shoes on in the morning. I even get a little more time to watch my favorite lolcows.

This is an impossible dream turned into routine reality over the course of a single month last year. Best of all, It suddenly frees up the entire continent as potential places to live, since I no longer must live in the orbit of a major city. And all potential places are now much more affordable.

If I could turn back time, I'd welcome Covid all over again. I acknowledge that others are not so lucky, but I was long overdue for something to go in my favor, and this was it.