BTRTN: Here Comes My COVID-19th Nervous Breakdown

[reggieandlee]

Born to Run the Numbers on the pervasive societal angst and mental strain of a population caught between "enough already," and "our country has not even begun to solve this thing, indeed, many parts of the country are busy making it worse.”

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/06/btrtn-here-comes-my-covid-19th-nervous.html

"Hey, it’s a thing. It’s already happened to a lot of people. Have you had yours yet? That sudden plunge into the deep-end of despair as the enormity finally sinks in. It is the anger of 'we did everything we were told to do,' and 'the Federal government did nothing.' It is the frustration of 'we stayed home with the expectation that the government would implement a contact tracking and tracing system so that we could re-open safely,' and a President intentionally undermining the creation, centralization, and funding of such a program. It is the soul-crushing daily death tally, and the knowledge that a stunning percentage of those deaths are only partially attributable to a potent virus, but must also be blamed on the callous indifference, ignorance, appalling selfishness, and corruption of our president and the Republican leaders who kneel before him. I can’t say I’m surprised that I am losing my grip...
"Let's face it. The entire Presidency of Donald Trump has been one, long, agonizing exercise in learning that every time you say 'things can’t possibly get any worse' you are simply goading the gods into proving that you are mortal, unimaginative, and foolishly steadfast in a flawed belief. Things can get worse. And as long as Donald Trump is President, things will get worse. More executive powers will be seized. More lines will be crossed. More racists chanting 'White Power!' will be retweeted...
" Sure, let’s all do everything we can to get Biden elected. Let’s hope it will be the first step on a very long, painful, and difficult process of re-educating our citizens that unless we create a land of equal rights, equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal aspiration to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we are fated to sink once again into the cesspool of the next Donald Trump."

[Beringia]

1. This was very good, thanks. By the way, someone alerted on this

as kooky and extremist.

[The Magistrate]

3. Whoever Did, Ma'am, Was A Pluperfect Idiot

That's the sort of thing the 'alerted maliciously intending to disrupt' box is for....

[Tech]

5. If anything is kooky and extremist, it is trump and his administration!

[Beringia]

6. I know, this is just telling it like it is

[reggieandlee]

10. excellent point

thank you. It's Trump and his sycophants and enablers who have gotten us into this mess...

[Tipperary]

2. K and r!

[Initech]

4. I've literally hated every second of every day since the pandemic began.

And I don't think I will be changing my opinion anytime soon. Mere every day activities have turned into life or death situations and you can't go anywhere, see anything, do anything, buy anything, or touch anything. I am sick to fucking death of virtual events and Zoom meetings. I am sick of the constant scrubbing and disinfecting everything like we're in a damn clean room.

I know things will get better and we'll eventually find a vaccine. But until we do, I expect the misery and suffering to continue and the beatings to continue until morale improves. Fuck coronavirus.

[marlakay]

7. I try not to think about it but when I do

That is how I feel. And I am sick of tv, movies, puzzles, books, and phone calls instead of visiting my kids.

[Initech]

8. I miss sports and live events.

And I sit every day wondering when those things will come back, if they ever come back.

[marlakay]

9. I have a feeling the season they planned

For with football isn’t happening. I guess we can watch John Olivers marbles race. My mind feels like marbles anyway!

[tgards79]

11. Watch the CBA

China Basketball Association! Great stuff!