This is quite a beautiful and poignant essay. And I must say, your blog name is a tad more clever than mine, so a bit of envy there. I've been trying my best to write about my opposition to the insanity plaguing the world right now. Being in Taiwan, where we've been spared the mandates and the worst of the "vaccine wars," I haven't had any personal experiences to draw from. Essays such as yours really hit the target in a most personal way. Thanks for sharing this.
It's always interesting seeing the perspective of people from different places and seeing how they've responded to COVID. I live in one of those US States that seem to bring back any mandates if someone even coughs! And my old job was horrible with people who didn't even want to eat nearby each other in case they get COVID!
I'm not going to lie I had a hard time thinking of a name, and for some reason I kept thinking of Stewie from Family Guy quoting the phrase "Now is the winter of our discontent" and went with it.
Good luck with the writing! I still struggle, and it's hard to always gauge whether or not people want to end up reading something that takes 3 posts instead of one that's a few paragraphs. But either way there'll always be an audience who wants to hear from you so good luck!
Thanks for the article. It all would make more sense if the main objective of the plandemic was to make us less human and more lonely plus depressed; in other words, not able to resist what is coming. At this point, it won’t be a surprise if a group of oligarchs is just trying to “save” the world for themselves from being overpopulated.
I don't even think they have to go that far to do anything anymore. It's quite astonishing how quickly and easily we could be pitted against each other with such little effort. Whether or not they try to save us or commit to some "great reset" many powerful people learned how easy it is to get us to fight each other.
Your awakening, your tipping point when you realized “everything we were doing did not make sense” regarding pandemic restrictions crystallized with a toddler not getting to experience his first Halloween normally, that he wouldn’t get candy as he knocked on neighborhood doors?!! Yes, it’s unfortunate he’ll have to wait another year or so to learn a tradition he doesn’t even know exists, but I dare to assume that most parents would accept that delay to keep him and their circle of loved ones safe from an airborne novel virus that’s killed 750,000+ Americans. While I certainly agree the seclusion and lack of socialization during the pandemic has (and will continue to have) a negative impact on everyone, it’s a big leap to conclude all safety measures are senseless. It has been a very difficult time and no one enjoys or would choose to be secluded or wear masks—but just as we have had to sacrifice during period of war or historic natural disasters, if our lives didn’t depend on it, we do it.
Kids don't need to be kept "safe" from this virus. You must not have children if you couldn't "get" what this was trying to help you understand, and if you do/did have children ... God help them
This is quite a beautiful and poignant essay. And I must say, your blog name is a tad more clever than mine, so a bit of envy there. I've been trying my best to write about my opposition to the insanity plaguing the world right now. Being in Taiwan, where we've been spared the mandates and the worst of the "vaccine wars," I haven't had any personal experiences to draw from. Essays such as yours really hit the target in a most personal way. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for the message!
It's always interesting seeing the perspective of people from different places and seeing how they've responded to COVID. I live in one of those US States that seem to bring back any mandates if someone even coughs! And my old job was horrible with people who didn't even want to eat nearby each other in case they get COVID!
I'm not going to lie I had a hard time thinking of a name, and for some reason I kept thinking of Stewie from Family Guy quoting the phrase "Now is the winter of our discontent" and went with it.
Good luck with the writing! I still struggle, and it's hard to always gauge whether or not people want to end up reading something that takes 3 posts instead of one that's a few paragraphs. But either way there'll always be an audience who wants to hear from you so good luck!
Thanks for the article. It all would make more sense if the main objective of the plandemic was to make us less human and more lonely plus depressed; in other words, not able to resist what is coming. At this point, it won’t be a surprise if a group of oligarchs is just trying to “save” the world for themselves from being overpopulated.
I don't even think they have to go that far to do anything anymore. It's quite astonishing how quickly and easily we could be pitted against each other with such little effort. Whether or not they try to save us or commit to some "great reset" many powerful people learned how easy it is to get us to fight each other.
Your awakening, your tipping point when you realized “everything we were doing did not make sense” regarding pandemic restrictions crystallized with a toddler not getting to experience his first Halloween normally, that he wouldn’t get candy as he knocked on neighborhood doors?!! Yes, it’s unfortunate he’ll have to wait another year or so to learn a tradition he doesn’t even know exists, but I dare to assume that most parents would accept that delay to keep him and their circle of loved ones safe from an airborne novel virus that’s killed 750,000+ Americans. While I certainly agree the seclusion and lack of socialization during the pandemic has (and will continue to have) a negative impact on everyone, it’s a big leap to conclude all safety measures are senseless. It has been a very difficult time and no one enjoys or would choose to be secluded or wear masks—but just as we have had to sacrifice during period of war or historic natural disasters, if our lives didn’t depend on it, we do it.
Kids don't need to be kept "safe" from this virus. You must not have children if you couldn't "get" what this was trying to help you understand, and if you do/did have children ... God help them