4 ms·

Covid has really taken its toll on the world

NoPicklez 5y ago
I really do think that there are large parts of the world that are working on the edge. What I mean by that is people that are either struggling to make ends meet, dealing with too much stress and/or struggling with mental health as a result. As a result COVID is pushing people over the edge and making them choose taking a break or prioritising their health. I know that's highly generalised but I think COVID and its associated impacts for some, have been the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak.
- randycupertino 5y ago
  In my own family I have a few cousins who have been living on debt and skating by and I think the bill is gonna come due. It's hard to feel bad for them because they've been spending everything they earn on jet skis and ski vacations to Montana and just kind of keeping up with the Jones of their peer group but it certainly seems kind of like 2006 before the mortgage crisis and that many people might be having to downsize their lifestyle due to economic factors.
  - oneplane 5y ago
    There is of course a different in 'lifestyle'/'downsizing' and not making enough money to survive working 16 hours a day. That last category might as well be some pervasive form of modern slavery, but it all ends up with people living 'on the edge' in various forms. All it takes is one big thing that happens to a lot of 'on the edge' people and the bottom of society falls out. The solution seems rather obvious: don't construct a society where a large amount of people are forced to live on the edge while at the same time pretending they are replaceable. Once replacements run out (like is happening right now), we suddenly lost something we apparently depended on as not-on-the-edge consumers.
    - clevernero 5y ago
      I know right?? See https://www.clevernero.com/adobe-us-employees-have-until-december-8th-to-get-covid-19-vaccine https://www.clevernero.com/adobe-us-employees-have-until-dec...
- chasd00 5y ago
  My wife has multiple friends that just flat out lost their minds during Covid. Some have walked out in their families, others have gone down the conspiracy spiral and others have just kind of checked out of life. I think many more people than you think do indeed live on the edge.
  - chii 5y ago
    It's "weird" to see how some people respond to crisis in a self-destructive way. Covid is showing a glimpse of what humanity is really like, underneath the veneer of modernity. Imagine what happens if there is news of an extinction-level asteroid about to hit the earth. Responding to a real crisis like that might end humanity before the event occurs!
    - NoPicklez 5y ago
      Absolutely agree! We all kind've follow this path of what we think will make us happy and when those boundaries start to crumble down or push us too far, I think we re-evaluate what really makes us happy. And potentially if you have been impacted, it gives us the excuse to change and jump off the so called rat race.

I really do think that there are large parts of the world that are working on the edge. What I mean by that is people that are either struggling to make ends meet, dealing with too much stress and/or struggling with mental health as a result. As a result COVID is pushing people over the edge and making them choose taking a break or prioritising their health. I know that's highly generalised but I think COVID and its associated impacts for some, have been the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak.

randycupertino 5y ago
In my own family I have a few cousins who have been living on debt and skating by and I think the bill is gonna come due. It's hard to feel bad for them because they've been spending everything they earn on jet skis and ski vacations to Montana and just kind of keeping up with the Jones of their peer group but it certainly seems kind of like 2006 before the mortgage crisis and that many people might be having to downsize their lifestyle due to economic factors.
- oneplane 5y ago
  There is of course a different in 'lifestyle'/'downsizing' and not making enough money to survive working 16 hours a day. That last category might as well be some pervasive form of modern slavery, but it all ends up with people living 'on the edge' in various forms. All it takes is one big thing that happens to a lot of 'on the edge' people and the bottom of society falls out. The solution seems rather obvious: don't construct a society where a large amount of people are forced to live on the edge while at the same time pretending they are replaceable. Once replacements run out (like is happening right now), we suddenly lost something we apparently depended on as not-on-the-edge consumers.
  - clevernero 5y ago
    I know right?? See https://www.clevernero.com/adobe-us-employees-have-until-december-8th-to-get-covid-19-vaccine https://www.clevernero.com/adobe-us-employees-have-until-dec...
chasd00 5y ago
My wife has multiple friends that just flat out lost their minds during Covid. Some have walked out in their families, others have gone down the conspiracy spiral and others have just kind of checked out of life. I think many more people than you think do indeed live on the edge.
- chii 5y ago
  It's "weird" to see how some people respond to crisis in a self-destructive way. Covid is showing a glimpse of what humanity is really like, underneath the veneer of modernity. Imagine what happens if there is news of an extinction-level asteroid about to hit the earth. Responding to a real crisis like that might end humanity before the event occurs!
  - NoPicklez 5y ago
    Absolutely agree! We all kind've follow this path of what we think will make us happy and when those boundaries start to crumble down or push us too far, I think we re-evaluate what really makes us happy. And potentially if you have been impacted, it gives us the excuse to change and jump off the so called rat race.