#I miss the pandemic
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Hm? Is it last week of August?? Looks like it's be depressed about how you've not done anything the entire summer and are still the same stunted loser time. Again.
#[vent]#uuuuuuuughhhhh#I feel like all I've been doing is rotting in my room all day and like yeah.that is literally all I have done the past month#I hate everything I hate the passage of time and I.Hate.High School!!!!!!!#I don't want to go back thereeeee#I camnot do 2 more years of that shit#I don't want to go back to being talked about behind my back and at this point straight up bullied by like 8 people at once#and 8 is lowballing it btw#most beautiful years of your life my ass#people my age straight up scare me now I can't be in a room FULL of them everyday for 2 more fucking years#and when I say they scare me i mean like. if I see another older teenager/young adult on the street I will literally start sweating/shaking#I know it's exaggeration on my part but I can't help it anytime I hear anybody laugh in public I just assume it's at me#I may have anxiety problems BUT WHO KNOWS RIGHT#ugh.#and that's all without the fucking.academic performance shit#god my head hurts just thinking about it#hey guys :) did you ever want to :) purposefully get worse grades :) because you're scared if you keep getting good ones :)#you'll get bullied and judged even harder for it :) cause i sure have :)#I can't fucking do that eeither though my parents would kill me#they have high expectations of me and I like it when they praise me....... a part of me just wants praise praise praiss all the time#I wish I was homeschooled#I miss the pandemic#...#(ugh this isn't the notes app bro who asked you)
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The danger is clear and present: COVID isn’t merely a respiratory illness; it’s a multi-dimensional threat impacting brain function, attacking almost all of the body’s organs, producing elevated risks of all kinds, and weakening our ability to fight off other diseases. Reinfections are thought to produce cumulative risks, and Long COVID is on the rise. Unfortunately, Long COVID is now being considered a long-term chronic illness — something many people will never fully recover from. Dr. Phillip Alvelda, a former program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office that pioneered the synthetic biology industry and the development of mRNA vaccine technology, is the founder of Medio Labs, a COVID diagnostic testing company. He has stepped forward as a strong critic of government COVID management, accusing health agencies of inadequacy and even deception. Alvelda is pushing for accountability and immediate action to tackle Long COVID and fend off future pandemics with stronger public health strategies. Contrary to public belief, he warns, COVID is not like the flu. New variants evolve much faster, making annual shots inadequate. He believes that if things continue as they are, with new COVID variants emerging and reinfections happening rapidly, the majority of Americans may eventually grapple with some form of Long COVID. Let’s repeat that: At the current rate of infection, most Americans may get Long COVID.
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LP: A recent JAMA study found that US adults with Long COVID are more prone to depression and anxiety – and they’re struggling to afford treatment. Given the virus’s impact on the brain, I guess the link to mental health issues isn’t surprising. PA: There are all kinds of weird things going on that could be related to COVID’s cognitive effects. I’ll give you an example. We’ve noticed since the start of the pandemic that accidents are increasing. A report published by TRIP, a transportation research nonprofit, found that traffic fatalities in California increased by 22% from 2019 to 2022. They also found the likelihood of being killed in a traffic crash increased by 28% over that period. Other data, like studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, came to similar conclusions, reporting that traffic fatalities hit a 16-year high across the country in 2021. The TRIP report also looked at traffic fatalities on a national level and found that traffic fatalities increased by 19%. LP: What role might COVID play? PA: Research points to the various ways COVID attacks the brain. Some people who have been infected have suffered motor control damage, and that could be a factor in car crashes. News is beginning to emerge about other ways COVID impacts driving. For example, in Ireland, a driver’s COVID-related brain fog was linked to a crash that killed an elderly couple. Damage from COVID could be affecting people who are flying our planes, too. We’ve had pilots that had to quit because they couldn’t control the airplanes anymore. We know that medical events among U.S. military pilots were shown to have risen over 1,700% from 2019 to 2022, which the Pentagon attributes to the virus.
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LP: You’ve criticized the track record of the CDC and the WHO – particularly their stubborn denial that COVID is airborne. PA: They knew the dangers of airborne transmission but refused to admit it for too long. They were warned repeatedly by scientists who studied aerosols. They instituted protections for themselves and for their kids against airborne transmission, but they didn’t tell the rest of us to do that.
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LP: How would you grade Biden on how he’s handled the pandemic? PA: I’d give him an F. In some ways, he fails worse than Trump because more people have actually died from COVID on his watch than on Trump’s, though blame has to be shared with Republican governors and legislators who picked ideological fights opposing things like responsible masking, testing, vaccination, and ventilation improvements for partisan reasons. Biden’s administration has continued to promote the false idea that the vaccine is all that is needed, perpetuating the notion that the pandemic is over and you don’t need to do anything about it. Biden stopped the funding for surveillance and he stopped the funding for renewing vaccine advancement research. Trump allowed 400,000 people to die unnecessarily. The Biden administration policies have allowed more than 800,000 to 900,000 and counting.
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LP: The situation with bird flu is certainly getting more concerning with the CDC confirming that a third person in the U.S. has tested positive after being exposed to infected cows. PA: Unfortunately, we’re repeating many of the same mistakes because we now know that the bird flu has made the jump to several species. The most important one now, of course, is the dairy cows. The dairy farmers have been refusing to let the government come in and inspect and test the cows. A team from Ohio State tested milk from a supermarket and found that 50% of the milk they tested was positive for bird flu viral particles.
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PA: There’s a serious risk now in allowing the virus to freely evolve within the cow population. Each cow acts as a breeding ground for countless genetic mutations, potentially leading to strains capable of jumping to other species. If any of those countless genetic experiments within each cow prove successful in developing a strain transmissible to humans, we could face another pandemic – only this one could have a 58% death rate. Did you see the movie “Contagion?” It was remarkably accurate in its apocalyptic nature. And that virus only had a 20% death rate. If the bird flu makes the jump to human-to-human transition with even half of its current lethality, that would be disastrous.
#sars cov 2#covid 19#h5n1#bird flu#articles#long covid is def a global issue not just for those in the us and most countries aren't doing much better#regardless of how much lower the mortality rate for h5n1 may or may not become if/when it becomes transmissible between humans#having bird flu infect a population the majority of whose immune system has been decimated by sars2#to the point where the average person seems to have a hard time fighting off the common cold etc...#(see the stats of whooping cough/pertussis and how they're off the CHARTS this yr in the uk and aus compared to previous yrs?#in qld average no of cases was 242 over prev 4 yrs - there have been /3783/ diagnosed as of june 9 this yr and that's just in one state.#there's a severe shortage of meds for kids in aus bc of the demand and some parents visit +10 pharmacies w/o any luck)#well.#let's just say that i miss the days when ph orgs etc adhered to the precautionary principle and were criticised for 'overreacting'#bc nothing overly terrible happened in the end (often thanks to their so-called 'overreaction')#now to simply acknowledge the reality of an obviously worsening situation is to be accused of 'fearmongering'#🤷♂️#also putting long covid and bird flu aside for a sec:#one of the wildest things that everyone seems to overlook that conor browne and others on twt have been saying for yrs#is that the effects of the covid pandemic extend far beyond the direct impacts of being infected by the virus itself#we know sars2 rips apart immune system+attacks organs. that in effect makes one more susceptible to other viruses/bacterial infections etc#that in turn creates increased demand for healthcare services for all kinds of carers and medications#modern medicine and technology allows us to provide often effective and necessary treatment for all kinds of ailments#but what if there's not enough to go around? what happens when the demand is so high that it can't be provided fast enough -- or at all?#(that's assuming you can even afford it)#what happens when doctors and nurses and other healthcare workers keep quitting due to burnout from increased patients and/or illness#because they themselves do not live in a separate reality and are not any more sheltered from the effects of constant infection/reinfection#of sars2 and increased susceptibility to other illnesses/diseases than the rest of the world?#this is the 'new normal' that's being cultivated (the effects of which are already blatantly obvious if you're paying attention)#and importantly: it. doesn't. have. to. be. this. way.
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One thing that's starting to really get to me with the James Somerton stuff is a real strong undercurrent of disdain toward his fans. And yeah, I was one of them. A good scam artist isn't as easy to spot as y'all seem to think. You forget that you have all the information right now. Two days ago most of you had never heard of him and it would have kept going. Anyone can fall for a scam, nobody is immune. I would love to have had whatever resources you guys think we all should magically know about so I could have kept my sad $5 a month I really needed but thought was going to something worthwhile. Some of us can only devote so much energy into things and when you have no idea whatsoever that something is amiss of course you're not going to go digging for sources, why would you when everything is fine as far as you know? I really wish I could have seen the dissenting opinions on him but for many, many reasons that aren't just that the dissenting voices weren't widely circulating at the time all I had was the thought every now and again that "huh that doesn't seem right" and then go on with my day. And I think that happened to a lot of us. So yeah. Say what you gotta say about Somerton, he has more than earned it with the damage he's caused, but maybe don't shit so hard on his former fans because that is going to be you someday with something, it happens to everyone sooner or later.
#james somerton#hbomberguy#todd in the shadows#I really am greatful for Harris and Todd's hard work in exposing all of this#and I am glad I get to see the real voices I did like that james was stealing#I'm just tired of all these people jumping on the drama train taking a dump on folks who are also victims of these crimes#razz rambles#this whole situation is upsetting me in the weirdest ways#I'm distraught but I'm not at the same time#and yet it's 6am and I can't stop reading through the tags and seeing the takes I missed#vaspider's essay and remarks from an AIDS pandemic survivor are especially good#I lived through that shit too but had no idea I was living through it#cuz that's what being blind and impoverished in rural community was like#queer wasn't even something I knew I could be until like 2010#so it's nice to see my own history#it's not just the young queers who have little to no knowledge of our history
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sometimes i forget that my lockdown era syntax course wrote down quotes of all the insane shit our professor said during our semester together and. then i come across the document again and i feel like i'm having an out of body experience
#he was genuinely so entertaining and i worried for him on a fundamental level#but he kept me going throughout the pandemic#he would crush on tumblr dot com#i hope he's doing well still drinking 80 giant cups of coffee a day and writing/grading assignments drunk off his ass on wine#kyle. if you're out there. i love you and i miss you#jey is yelling again#linguistics
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What are you playing at Tine? I hate movies with sad endings.
2GETHER, THE SERIES (2020) dir. Champ Weerachit
#2gether the series#2gether#sarawatine#brightwin#bright vachirawit#win metawin#thaidrama#userdramas#asiandramasource#userjamiec#tuseralexa#userkimchi#ninisdarlings#uservid#me thinks we should have a 2gether renaissance#i miss miss miss them </3#can’t put into words how important sarawatine was to me during the 2020 pandemic 🥹
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HII so I missed this but iam8bit started preorders on the raz and lilli plushes!! WHATT!!!
[Image from the iam8bit twitter]
Preorders close later today but I'm sure their still be available afterwards. I've been waiting for the lilli plush to drop again FOREVVERRR and now she's officially out to people who didn't get her in the 2016 campaign! ! YAYYY
#for anyone curious she was originally gonna release to public alongside raz plush in 2018/19#but they had alot of chain issues with the pandemic#SHES HERE THOUGH!!! I CANT BELIVE I MISSED IT!!#psychonauts#pn2#update!#lili zanotto#razputin aquato
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I play Tokyo Debunkers for the plot
The plot:
#the human face puppy isn’t real he can’t hurt you#the human face puppy:#SKSKSKKSKSKS WHAT IS THAT JAJAJAJAJA#Leo is so annoying because he just like me he was like wtf and proceeded to go and take a bunch of photos of it like me screenshotting#I became what I swore to destroy I fear#also???? misumi lookalike??? he also jumps high?? oh a3 how I miss you…..#i fear nothing will ever make me feel again like a3 did in the pandemic days oh my beloved it’s okay i think about you daily#the characters here I know is more twisted esque but a lot remind me of a3 I just wish#the mc was a little more like izumi but it’s okay I hc her differently lol#tokyo debunker
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just went through all my blogs to change my age from 20 to 21 (today is my birthday!) and that’s to weird to do lol
#tbh i still feel like 17#1. the pandemic fucked up my perception of time#2. i thought id kms before i was 18#3. i’m in such a stable place with my mental health for the first time since i was 13 and i feel like ive missed the last 8 years of my life#- r
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There’s a startling lack of TOG content for sjm romance week. I fear a lot of tog writers have gone and disappeared 🥺
#throne of glass#sighhh#I miss my 2021/22 tumblr#pandemic peak tog fic era#rowaelin#maybe I’ll write something#if only to fill the void in my own heart
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more sky oc posting
#i think thats the last of em#for now at least.. i miss these guys i need to draw them more 😭#sky cotl#thatskygame#sky children of the light#my art#sky ocs#fan ocs#ocs#my ocs#koza#elodi (sky)#kea#most of these were drawn during the pandemic or when my friends and i first started playing#good times
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Do you, too, feel a fondness for gnc Link? Any and all of them!
Hm, I'll be honest, I've been thinking about this ask for a bit and I don't quite get what you mean by gnc Link.
My best guess is the GBC/GBA Zelda games. If that's what you meant, then absolutely! I'm currently playing Minish Cap (I've been taking my time to enjoy the game ^^). Next on my list is alttp and after that I'll probably play the Oracle games (...again. Never got too far before but I'll definitely beat them this time!)
If that's not what you meant, then could you clarify?
#asks#talk tag#I hope I got it right but tbh I was at a loss#minish cap my beloved btw#if you haven't played it then you're missing out#gotta love the heart attacks Link gives Ezlo through the adventure#I mean. if gnc is something else the I dont have a clue#may be a language issue since English ain't my first language?#but yeah. my fav gbc/gba Link is definitely Minish Cap#I played that game for the first time on the pandemic so it's very dear to me#rambling in the tags
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Will Wood vanishes from the public light and returns two years later having produced a full-length Willard rock opera.
#dumb thought i had#honestly id be down#ANYWAY im really gonna miss him.#friends took me to his shows right before the pandemic and his music got me through a lot of awful shit#im probably gonna have In Case I Die on loop godamn i hope it makes me cry i could use a good sobbing#will wood#music
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just like sitting here half angry and half devastated as it once again sinks in that i'll never be able to go back to when blaseball was happening and fun and beautiful
#i get this feeling like. once a week at least#its just so sad it always makes me so sad#i am happy it happened and wouldn't trade it for the world... but i am so sad#the thing is. the thing is. i could tell that blaseball was kinda. going downhill. like it wasn't what it once was#tgb was right when they said it was a game born from the pandemic and lockdown#and it was hard for it to like. live. in a world where that wasn't tge reality for a lot of people anymore#sighs so so sadly. i just miss her always#quincy.txt
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I watched Jacks stream oh my gosh...
I thought I could handle a Dsmp stream in 2024 but nope. just- that felt SO much like just a stream that would happen in like 2021. the wandering around falling into random creeper holes, chat telling jack to get philza to help him, and to find michael, the mobs interrupting and how unplanned it all was. unscripted lore my beloved forever and ever.
the way that it's like in tommy and jacks conversation- they're talking about things in character that also relates to (presumably) their feelings in real life. just gosh...
when jack and tommy said their goodbyes and jack looked back at technos house to see the sun rising- like its so perfect in a way that the incidental roleplay always was. Like in the way I know I'm reading into it but it still works and it feels like real life when something happens and you find yourself in that moment and life looks almost like a movie- everything in it's proper place for the scene- but it's all just coincidence. the sun didn't rise because a writer wrote that it would. the sun just rises and falls and the conversation just happens to end at that exact moment.
idk just- I really felt it. It captured the feeling of peak dreamsmp that I've missed so much.
I don't even have a problem with nuke ending personally I think it's perfectly fine as an ending. How I've always seen it is: Everyones been hurt by everyone and violence begets violence so the great final act is nukes that will kill everyone that have all ready been launched so it can't be taken back. Then in the prison tommy sees the early parts of the server through Dreams pov and sees the good that was there at the start and how much that has been corrupted since and he wants that simplicity again (he and dream were even friends at one point) before everything went terrible for everyone. Dream turns his back on his plan that he's been building up to for so long cause what he really wants is the same thing as tommy. for things to be simple like at the start. but it's too late- its too far gone. the nukes have already been launched there's no going back. just the hope that maybe in another world things could've been different.
(also the added context of nuke ending being an elaborate character/relationship/map reset to setup a season 2 that never happened.)
So there's my nuke ending defense lol. I know it wasn't very popular with a vast amount of people and that's okay too.
I think ending something like dsmp was never gonna be easy or satisfy everybody, with how many individual povs there are and storylines. I always expected there to be things left unfinished. (unfinished symphony ;) Even if that's pretty unsatisfying for us viewers. (there's a particular stream I really wish had happened with foolish, dream, and eret)
idk there's a post I always remember when thinking about the ending that was like: "Maybe they couldn't write a happier ending at that time in their lives." (super paraphrasing) obviously talking about techno's passing. it's a bit assumptive but the CC's have talked publicly about how much that has affected them (of course it did). With something like that I imagine giving your minecraft server/roleplay character a happy ending is the last thing on your mind.
Todays stream felt like grief and nostalgia and complicated feelings for a time that has passed but still left it's marks on you:
“are you happier?” “I'm getting there”
like, that just says it all.
#dreamsmp#jack manifold#tommyinnit#dreamsmp finale#I don't really make my own posts on here- especially not like this (giving my thoughts/opinions on stuff lol) I made this acc to-#-look at and reblog dsmp posts and fanart. To see ppl on my dash lore posting the daily streams- it was truly a time.#please excuse my dsmp nuke ending analysis- I'm sure it reads a bit clumsy it isn't really something I have ever written before.#lore discourse in this fandom has always been kinda terrible so I never wrote out my thoughts on the ending when it happened#so it was nice to finally do so ^_^#this entire post was written very stream of thought#anyways the dreamsmp will always be something that I love! Thinking about it and these streams and these characters has brought me so much-#-happiness. (and gave me something to do during the pandemic lol)#part of my missing the dsmp is just how all these creators would talk with each other all the time end up on each others streams and collab#-but when it ended it felt like they all just went their own way. I get that people drift away and stuff thats pretty normal.#I guess with how long dsmp went for I just didn't expect it.#(obviously so much has happened between the dsmp ending and to now irt the ccs and everything. idk I just didn't expect that dsmp would be-#-the last place so many of them would ever interact publicly again. I expected to be able to watch them on other servers or collabs)#but such is life#okay- time to never post again for a year! byeee#text post#long post#pizzainator post
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I miss playing cowboys and trains with my friend on RDO :((
#rdo#we played almost every week for about 4 years (started during the first pandemic lockdowns)#and then a few months ago he got busy with having a relationship and junk and now it's been over two months since we've played 😭#i have so few touchstones with people and I hadn't realized how integral that one had become to my life until it stopped happening#i miss my friend i miss our horsey cowboy times#i miss running around the map until we found a train and then hopping on that and enjoying the scenery#occasionally lassoing npcs and dragging them along behind said train#life of faye#i dunno man I'm just extra lonely#but i don't want to make that his problem#for weeks and weeks i would ask if he had time to play any time soon and he kept having other things going on#so i got embarrassed about asking because it feels so obvious that I'm just pathetic and don't have a life#and i don't want to just be an obligation if someone doesn't have the time or inclination to do friend stuff with me any more
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sometimes i wonder how much covid really impacted me until i realize that the reason i still feel so nostalgic and sad that my teenage years are over and why i have trouble accepting that ive moved on and am an actual adult now is because the moment i turned 18 the world immediately stopped
#dee overshares#tbf u could not PAY me to go back to being 15/16 that shit was horrible#like i’m happy to be independent finally and like having control over my finances/my own life#but sometimes i miss how it felt to be 17 in a pre pandemic world when my whole life was still ahead of me
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