How bloody weird is the world right now???

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I'm watching something on telly pre feckin virus.

I just reminds me of normality, of normal times.

This all feels like a bad dream that goes on and on and on....

Feckin hate it.

Yep.

Completely agree @NameChange84, and cash is on its way out with this as a final dead knell. Terrifying thought. I had to stop watching Handmaid’s as I was pregnant and it was just way too close to home but I love the book and there are images from the tv show that I’ll never forget. Chilling.

I had a weird out of body thing a couple of weeks ago. DH filled up the car and as he got out to pay I was sitting watching a queue of 6 people, all in black masks, queuing spaced out as only two people allowed in at a time, thinking fucking hell, this is never going to feel normal and this is not the world I expected to be bringing my child up in.

I’m thankful every day that she’s too young to know what’s happened and that lockdown meant she got to see more of her dad and while she missed out on seeing her beloved grandma technology meant they could still do incy wincy spider and since mum joined our bubble things have got back to normal in that respect. But what are things going to be like in a year, two? Will we watch films when she’s older and have to explain shaking hands with strangers like we talk about cassette tapes to my older DSC? Hand shaking, hugging our friends, sharing food, mosh pits, massive stadium gigs, decent festivals, using cash.

It’s weird and shit. I want back to the before times. Now please.

It’s like any kind of safety and security has been taken away..we’re all just kind of continuing life, but there’s a strange feeling about now and the future..really odd

@picklemewalnuts
I came on to say similar! When people are so close to eachother on TV I'm like AAAAH and then I remember I'm watching something from about 10 years ago

@AnneLovesGilbert Do you think cash is definitely on its way out?
This is pretty terrifying

I had a sudden flash today of my future grandchildren (my DC are primary school aged) bringing home homework about 2020 that says “ask your parents what it was like during lockdown” and wondering what they will remember and be able to to talk about when they’re adults.

I yearn for the 'good old days' (that is, life before March 2020).
I still find it utterly bizarre when I put my facemask on to go into a shop - how on earth have we ended up like this!?

It's my kids I feel so sorry for. They are early 20s. Such a shit time to be early 20s.

Early 20s is particularly hard. Trying to get a job atm is tough, and the rest.

I do think there will be a vaccine (good vibes) and it’ll be over in the next year. But my goodness it’s draining.

@mrshoho

Yes I get that too. I can't imagine dancing in a busy club or squeezing on to the underground in rush hour. I understand the reasons why we can't do it though.

The only thing you understand is what you're told to think and do.

[quote Whatnext2018]@AnneLovesGilbert Do you think cash is definitely on its way out?
This is pretty terrifying[/quote]
It has been for a while I think. People pay for stuff with contactless, watches, jewellery (sure a colleague had a whizzy ring he used?!) and cash is grubby, inconvenient, gets lost etc. They’ve raised the limit on contactless, loads of shops are card only now. Corona has definitely spurred it along from what I’ve seen.

But since doing Handmaid’s as a teen, I’ve valued the power of cash in my wallet, especially as a woman in a world where our rights are ever under threat, and the idea that virtual money can disappear in a second without you even knowing scares the shit out of me.

@CandyflossKid

I yearn for the 'good old days' (that is, life before March 2020). I still find it utterly bizarre when I put my facemask on to go into a shop - how on earth have we ended up like this!?

'How on earth have we ended up like this'? Because of people like you who do whatever you're told by people Matt Hancock. That's how.

I’m living somewhere Covid free. We haven’t had a case since late April. Life is totally back to normal as long as you don’t need to travel. Then you face restrictions and isolation and tests. It’s been reassuring that activities here have gone back to normal so quickly. We go to the supermarket / shops as normal. There are gigs, concerts, sporting events and even a festival this weekend. No masks, no social distancing. I’m not concerned that we are missing out on herd immunity, the evidence so far seem to indicate only lasts for 3 months or so anyway.

Helpful @bingbong1970 and not at all patronising

I agree OP. @AnneLovesGilbert puts it well. As it's been a gradual thing it's been easier to deal with, first only a few people were masks, then about half, now we all have to, so it's like it's lost its shock value. But sometimes I imagine I have fast forwarded from December to now and see it all with 'fresh' eyes if that makes sense and how shocking and weird it all really is.
I'm not sure if that makes sense!

Basically our lives are now split I think - before Covid and After Covid and probably will be forever.

@bingbong1970 you're so weird

I am watching V. It’s scary. Right wing White totalitarian government unleashes virus, America fractured to pieces. Curfews. People in ‘government quarantine’. Compulsory masks. Got it all here in the Oz state of Victoria. Well, for right wing change to left wing. My hubby is in government quarantine at the moment. He’s not being tortured or anything but......

sometimes it feels like a sci-fi film.

It's bizarre, we went to morrisons today, 3 meals plus 3 drinks cost £5.15. How? That was weird

Yanbu OP. My grandmother abroad has cancer and we can't travel to see her.

Today went to get my eldest's school uniform and we had to book a slot to shop. They eventually sold us the items on the doorstep.

Due to shielding I have gone out 3 times since March. I now don't even want to anymore. Things feel so bizarre.

@Swimbikerunmummy

And you want to spend the rest of your life never travelling beyond your borders?

Because that is the future in the scenario you paint

@Swimbikerunmummy Wow, where are you? Do you still use cash normally there?

The thing I feel is, it feels like we’re not getting a say in anything, things are just happening and we accept it all. Can use cash really just stop and we have no say in it..it feels insecure and powerless.

*Using cash

We don't get a say in anything. Memes travel at the speed of Internet. Poor fucking Karen's.

@ACautionaryTale we don’t have closed borders. If you travel then you need to isolate for 7 days upon return and then take a test. It’s not ideal but I think it’s worth it to have no distancing / masks and for my kids to live free lives with normal schooling and playing with their friends in everyday life.

Normal life sounds very attractive right now but I just don’t think we could have achieved the same in U.K. as other zero Covid places.

We’re definitely going through the mill though.

@Whatnext2018 we still use cash. People shake hands and hug / kiss just as they used to. Shops have kept the Perspex barriers up in the event we do have another lockdown but that’s the only real reminder I see on a daily basis. The reason I posted was to show that things can go back to normal. It’s very likely that at some point we will see more cases here, but there’s a real sense that people are making the absolute best they can of the freedoms we are enjoying now.