Social Distancing

stevebeaton10

Not sure if this is the best place to start a discussion but how is everyone finding the social distancing/isolation? These are my thoughts with a tummy view as the last point.

Things Iâ€™m missing

1. Going to bars/restaurants with friends

2. Going to my gym

3. Seeing candids of celebs in crop tops/bikinis, itâ€™s been a drought for this.

Things Iâ€™m enjoying

1. Listening to more new music and discovering old artists/records I have forgotten about

2. Discovering new tv shows, playing games like Football Manager that I havenâ€™t for 5-10 years.

3. Instagram work out videos of celebs and photos of them working out.

tizooka

Didn't change much of my habits. I'm a loner that spends way too much time playing video games and guitar. Plus I am unemployed so frankly I don't see much of a difference.

stevebeaton10

Sorry to hear you are unemployed.

Iâ€™m having to work from home as well for the first time ever which is also odd and lonely

MikeBrooklyn

Well, since I work at an "essential" business, thankfully, I still have a job, regardless if I feel safe going to it. I do miss going out to eat or hanging out at the mall. Yes, it's too bad we aren't getting new celebrity candids, but Instagram is a lifesaver like that (Rita Ora alone is being a goddess to our community). And there's a tone of free streaming going on, so that's great. Not happy that lots of movies are being pushed until next year. It's a mixed bag, really.

TheStarTurtle

I work at MacDonald's myself, which is also "essential." Only our drive-thru is open at the moment though.

ppfd

I have the good fortune to also be an "essential" worker (though to say it's not my dream job would be an understatement), so very little has changed in my life over the past few weeks, either. My weekly social get-together with some of my actor friends has been indefinitely put on hold, and I can't currently make the occasional trip to the movies, but that's about it. I suppose I'm relatively lucky to be in Middle America where the virus isn't nearly as prominent.

tizooka

Sorry to hear you are unemployed.

Don't be. For now I have to go through this to get some of my teeth fixed and since it costs around 12k to make, I have to rely on universal healthcare we have in France. Biggest complain so far is the closed border. I used to shop in Germany where everything is way cheaper, especially cigarets. So for the time being it's going to feel just like being a student again, living off raviolis and spaghettis and other canned shit.

ppfd

^^At least you live in a country where universal healthcare is a thing and the private Mafia-like middle men haven't bought off the majority of politicians to keep things as they are. >:(

tizooka

^^At least you live in a country where universal healthcare is a thing and the private Mafia-like middle men haven't bought off the majority of politicians to keep things as they are. >:(

If we didn't have Universal healthcare, fixing teeth wouldn't cost a year's worth of salary...People abuse this system, litteraly going to the doc to get pills for a light cough...It's madness how many pills the French shrug each year. The fact that I HAVE to virtualy be on the same level as that of a immigrant not wiling to do anything for the country is a shame really... I got really sick last year and been send to the hospital for 2 weeks. Wasn't onn universal healthcare then. You know how much I owe them? 3 grands!! How am I suppose to pay it with 760 euros each month? Trust me, you're not so bad off ^^

stevebeaton10

Sounds like we are all going thru uncertain times one way or another.

At least we have this site to enjoy. And thankfully we have Instagram!

Nice finding a little bit more out about people on here

MikeBrooklyn

If we didn't have Universal healthcare, fixing teeth wouldn't cost a year's worth of salary...People abuse this system, litteraly going to the doc to get pills for a light cough...It's madness how many pills the French shrug each year. The fact that I HAVE to virtualy be on the same level as that of a immigrant not wiling to do anything for the country is a shame really... I got really sick last year and been send to the hospital for 2 weeks. Wasn't onn universal healthcare then. You know how much I owe them? 3 grands!! How am I suppose to pay it with 760 euros each month? Trust me, you're not so bad off ^^

3 grand? Consider yourself lucky. Here in America, it can be anywhere between 30 grand to a million! And things won't get better with now 10 million people applying for unemployment.

MikeBrooklyn

Sounds like we are all going thru uncertain times one way or another.

At least we have this site to enjoy. And thankfully we have Instagram!

Nice finding a little bit more out about people on here

Instagram is a godsend. Could you get imagine how great it would have been if it existed in the 90s and early 2000s?

Sodo

I live at home and survive via commission work, so nothing really new here for me. Only downside has been lack of Wi-Fi and grocery hunting are the problems I deal with.

stevebeaton10

Sounds like we are all going thru uncertain times one way or another.

At least we have this site to enjoy. And thankfully we have Instagram!

Nice finding a little bit more out about people on here

Instagram is a godsend. Could you get imagine how great it would have been if it existed in the 90s and early 2000s?

I was thinking that! Can you imagine the stuff the likes of Britney, Xtina, J Lo, Shania Twain would have posted on there when all there stomachs were top of their game.

Also I always think, imagine the candids weâ€™d have had of the said above in those days. I know they got Papped sometimes but Britney used to live in croptops more than anyone I can ever remember. Would have been AMAZING.

MikeBrooklyn

I was thinking that! Can you imagine the stuff the likes of Britney, Xtina, J Lo, Shania Twain would have posted on there when all there stomachs were top of their game.

Also I always think, imagine the candids weâ€™d have had of the said above in those days. I know they got Papped sometimes but Britney used to live in croptops more than anyone I can ever remember. Would have been AMAZING.

All of them, plus TLC, Toni Braxton, the Spice Girls, and Pink, when they were all in their physical primes. They would have been putting Rita Ora to shame.

Ghola

Where to begin? I miss the following:

- Gym

- Dating

- Hanging out with friends (I still play multiplayer games online with them, but it's not the same)

- My workplace

Norway has gotten of much more easily than the US, so I hope the government can ease some of the restrictions after Easter. Obviously, I don't want any vulnerable groups exposed to the virus. However, we cannot shut down society for years to come; life quality comes before life quantity.