Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)
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Countries with medical systems that are ten times more advanced than ours are actually enforcing quarantines, self-isolation, working from home, and all that stuff, but apparently, the Homo Balcanicus knows better. Like, who is going to tell me to stay home? Corona ain't shit. By heading out and messing around just because you think you have some legendary North American lion genes that make you invincible to disease, you're basically risking the life of someone you love—someone who might have a weaker immune system, or is elderly, or, God forbid, just plain unlucky.
Seriously, just download some video games, pay for Netflix, and binge-watch old series (I’ve actually started my seventh rewatch of The Wire, absolute classic), or just focus on your love life. If you still have to work, just get through your shift, hit the grocery store for food, drinks, and basic supplies, and get back. We've got Skype, Discord, Messenger, and all those random social networks to stay in touch with friends and the whole family. Don't be stupid and try to force any kind of basketball games, outings, or whatever else. Just hang in there for another three weeks and that's it. It's not like the virus is just going to vanish, but we'll know more about it, and the healthcare system will hopefully get back on its feet and maybe even build up a little more capacity.
Nobody here is cracking down with police repression just because they have a fetish for playing small-town sheriff. This kind of thing happens in every country for the sake of public safety. Because yeah, sure, let's just let a virus run wild, go out for cookouts and BBQs, and then when we all end up in a hole like the Italians did, we can act like we're in some Vojko V song. I get that there are some angry anti-establishment A.C.A.B. types in here, but please, don't be idiots. All I know is, if one of my friends or family members ends up getting hurt because of some morons who willfully ignore the safety protocols, I would find them and absolutely wreck them. If three lives are lost—a family member, or him, because I hung him from a lamp post—then what am I supposed to do? I'm not going to spend years rotting in prison for that.
Seriously, just download some video games, pay for Netflix, and binge-watch old series (I’ve actually started my seventh rewatch of The Wire, absolute classic), or just focus on your love life. If you still have to work, just get through your shift, hit the grocery store for food, drinks, and basic supplies, and get back. We've got Skype, Discord, Messenger, and all those random social networks to stay in touch with friends and the whole family. Don't be stupid and try to force any kind of basketball games, outings, or whatever else. Just hang in there for another three weeks and that's it. It's not like the virus is just going to vanish, but we'll know more about it, and the healthcare system will hopefully get back on its feet and maybe even build up a little more capacity.
Nobody here is cracking down with police repression just because they have a fetish for playing small-town sheriff. This kind of thing happens in every country for the sake of public safety. Because yeah, sure, let's just let a virus run wild, go out for cookouts and BBQs, and then when we all end up in a hole like the Italians did, we can act like we're in some Vojko V song. I get that there are some angry anti-establishment A.C.A.B. types in here, but please, don't be idiots. All I know is, if one of my friends or family members ends up getting hurt because of some morons who willfully ignore the safety protocols, I would find them and absolutely wreck them. If three lives are lost—a family member, or him, because I hung him from a lamp post—then what am I supposed to do? I'm not going to spend years rotting in prison for that.