sailors fighting in the dance hall
Mar. 21st, 2023 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Today was the quarterly Town Hall at work, which meant going into a team meeting with the entire department at the Mothership. My first time there. I got lost. And I never did figure out how the passcards work.
It's days like today that make me wonder if I really am from fucking Mars.
There are thousands of people working in that building. The floor I was on was crammed solid - people sitting in rows and rows of desk, chairs jammed shoulder to shoulder. I was the only one in a mask.
They served snacks and coffee over break, my boss wanders by. "Aren't you having any coffee?" Um. I'm wearing a silicon sheath over the entire lower half of my face, do i look like I'm going to have a coffee?
This is where I start wondering if I'm the one who's crazy. How can it just be me?
It's days like today that make me wonder if I really am from fucking Mars.
There are thousands of people working in that building. The floor I was on was crammed solid - people sitting in rows and rows of desk, chairs jammed shoulder to shoulder. I was the only one in a mask.
They served snacks and coffee over break, my boss wanders by. "Aren't you having any coffee?" Um. I'm wearing a silicon sheath over the entire lower half of my face, do i look like I'm going to have a coffee?
This is where I start wondering if I'm the one who's crazy. How can it just be me?
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Date: 2023-03-22 01:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-03-22 01:51 am (UTC)A lot of scientists recognize the toll; it’s just that they’re no longer being listened to by much of the government, and people don’t want to hear about it anymore because it’s uncomfortable and inconvenient to their plans. One of the doctors I follow actually just covered this lack of interest: https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/data-snapshot-covid-has-faded-from?
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Date: 2023-03-22 01:52 am (UTC)You're not alone
Date: 2023-03-22 02:18 am (UTC)Lots and lots of people look to their neighbors and authority figures and society in general for indications of what to worry about, how to protect against it, and when to lower their guard. And they are not very conscientious about double-checking those messages. And there are ways of living, and parts of life, where that approach works just fine. It sure seems more relaxing.
But you are not alone. I'm right there with you.
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Date: 2023-03-22 11:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-03-22 11:54 am (UTC)I assume this is like an all staff (or as Americans say: all hands) meeting?
The floor I was on was crammed solid You swiped in. Showed your face, would they know if you left?
This is where I start wondering if I'm the one who's crazy. How can it just be me?
It is not you, but there are dwindling numbers of us.
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Date: 2023-03-22 03:07 pm (UTC)People just want to forget about it all and pretend everything is back to normal. Attention spans are short...
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Date: 2023-03-22 11:31 pm (UTC)Hardly anyone I see is masking. Many people are doing it but poorly - I saw a worker in a restaurant working away at his station, mask warming his second chin ever so cozily, and wondered "why is he bothering?"
The hotel we're in right now in Manhattan is full of lawyers. Previously it was full of marathoners. Almost no masks.
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Date: 2023-03-23 12:51 am (UTC)Today in this house:
E: "I've routinely walked outside looking much weirder than this ... on purpose."
D: "That's why goths and nerds will be the last ones standing."
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Date: 2023-03-23 01:01 am (UTC)BMO did some employee picnic a few months ago and sent everyone an Uber Eats voucher to eat at home. That was cute. Especially because we all got to share. Yeah, I think you're looking at a large subset. There's probably an equally large subset we're just not seeing in indoor spaces right now. My back-of-the-envelope a few months ago was about 30% of people on team fuck off with your mass infection plan. I'm eternally shocked at how many people trust authority.
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Date: 2023-03-23 05:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-03-23 03:19 pm (UTC)