“This might just be local, but where I live, a SHIT ton of businesses closed.
I mean, half of them were closed.
Not just because of the shutdown, they were closed permanently.”
“As a teacher, I can say that its definitely affected kids in a way people dont realize.
Many of them seem to have fewer social skills and higher anxiety than kids from previous years.”
“The health system is wrecked.
Way too many nurses got burnt out and left the profession.”
“My perception on money.
I worked so hard to pay off debt, save up for a new house, get promotions.
“Independent/smaller/DIY music venues never really recovered.”
“Used car market is completely f’d, as are flight prices.”
“Night shift people’s lives.
Nothing is ever open late anymore.”
“The lockdowns happened during my last semester of university.
It feels like pretend.”
“People seem so much shittier in large group public situations now.
People talking, sitting there on their phones, and other just generally bad things.”
“Price of eating out.”
This still happens, daily I see someone doing it.
Its mind blowing to me, absolutely mind-blowing, considering what we all went through and why.”
“The sense of security.
I never know whats around the corner anymore.
“Feels like its a more ‘to each their own’ sense of living.
People dont appear to be as connected as before the pandemic.”
Vaxxed vs. anti-vax, mask vs no mask, Covid deniers vs. lockdown advocates.
Fractured a lot of my family and many others.”
Well never trust each other again."
“It ruined me on traffic.
23.And lastly, “The cost of living is pretty f’d.”
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