Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- Avoid politics
- 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
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Maybe if we smushed the two together and made up a word? Like hikicovidomori
I think the term is hikikomori, and the cause is COVID isolation.
Maybe there is a German word for it. Or that could make one up
It's all the doing of Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai..!
Yeah lockdown was living my best life. At least I managed to get a fully remote job with a small company several states away.
Partial returners seems like a good name for it.
We do. It's called being Smart.
Lemmites
Ouch. Yeah
Yeah. That's me. Or anyone I know, really. Sure cities are back to pre-pandemic chaos, but those are other people.
I choose to work from the office on most days. I use public transit. I go to the gym. I'm not locked in, but ...
- after-work drinks
- meetups
- catch up with a friend at the pub
- date night
- clubs
- partys
That's a distant past. And i don't miss it, really.
Ok, I do miss socializing, the good parts: Crack some jokes, have some small-talk, feel part oof a group of friends.
But i don't miss it enough to endure that bad parts: Forcing oneselves into conversations with strangers, "networking", drinking a beer alone in a corner of some event, going out to bar where over your overpriced drink you'll accept that you'd rather be in your living room. Bars and night clubs are a weird concept (unless you are in your twenties and really enjoy the scene): You realistically only talk the person you came with, but they can't hear what your are saying since it's loud and crowded. There may be music, but unless you came to dance, you probably have a Spotify play list you'll enjoy more. In better quality.
I fucking loved it. 😁
Me. I'm people.
Where do you encounter these people that haven't returned from isolation?
Online? Zoom meetings?
Not really isolating is on zoom. Just preferring to be where they cannot smell you. I presume.
How about: isolastionists?
Avari.
The unwilling elves who refused the great journey!
Hermits
I feel like the weird one out because lockdown was absolute hell for me. I need my community and my people. I go crazy being stuck inside a small apartment with nothing to do. I'm not fully an extrovert, I do need my alone time, but I also need to be with people I love.
Extraintroverts?
Informed? Did the infection rates start dropping lately?
Yes, it started dropping years ago and is now less than 1% of peak infection rate. It is endemic now and treated like the flu. Keep living in a bubble for the rest of your life if you want, I guess.
Petroverts?