#1221 ·
Nicholas King said:It’s perfectly clear to me that someone working under the conditions you’re describing is going to be pissed off at everything, but that still doesn't give them any right to label everyone who thinks these measures are excessive or unenforceable as "those people who find it so hard and miserable at home."
We are talking about a banal fact—one that isn't exactly obvious if you're looking at it from a Washington, D.C. perspective—that people traveling for completely legitimate business reasons, or even totally valid personal ones, end up crossing through three or more different counties just to cover ten or fifteen miles. So, it’s not because they’re bored, and it’s certainly not because they’re trying to dodge a wife waiting for them at home; it’s due to legitimate life circumstances. There are very few idiots out there who would mess around under these conditions, and those folks can be dealt with separately.
Even if the police were standing on every corner ready to shoot anyone who stepped out of their front door, your specific working conditions wouldn't change. Therefore, I fail to see what connection your (admittedly unenviable) situation has to whether or not movement should be restricted.
Equally, I don't understand what connection someone's survival struggles from the nineties have to the legitimacy of today's restrictions—though a few people have used that exact logic to argue that today's bans are total nonsense.
Because in my mind, I connect the idea that the more people move around, the more they socialize and meet, which naturally extends our ability to tackle this evil.
I agree that this is brutal for people living in tight-knit small towns, and they really ought to find some kind of solution, like a weekly pass to handle necessary errands.
I also don't understand how someone's life or wartime struggles from back in '91 have any bearing on whether today's restrictions are justified—a few people have used that exact logic to claim today's bans are total nonsense.
People were explaining that to those who kept insisting this was unbearable and that people would eventually snap. But it isn't true that it's unbearable; it was just an example of how much people can endure when they absolutely have to. It's all mental. And clearly, we've become quite unreasonable in the process.
Amanda Hughes37 said:That's just your take. My neighbor works at Bipa; she had two grueling weeks of work and can barely wait to get back after her week of vacation. She's miserable sitting at home—and it's not like she's just slacking off at Bipa without any customer contact.
In reality, when she's working, her life is identical to how it was before, except her kid is home—but her dad is there too, so no worries there.
The last thing she wants is to skip work.
And she pities everyone who gets to stay home.🤣
Well, everyone has their own perspective. For what it's worth, I haven't left the house all week and I'm happy about it, though I am dreading having to go to the store next week.
