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I hate to say this, and I don't wish death on people, but lockdown was good for the planet. To be brutally honest, if a rogue CIA wanted to slow down CO2 emiss
by jokoon 3y ago
I hate to say this, and I don't wish death on people, but lockdown was good for the planet.
To be brutally honest, if a rogue CIA wanted to slow down CO2 emissions, that sort of virus was a good fit.
I really wish humans would organize and agree to reduce emissions, but since it's geopolitically just not really happening, that virus is a good coincidence.
If it was engineered: good. If it wasn't, that's also nature reacting the appropriate way. If it was negligence, it was a happy one.
Disclaimer: I have chronic depression, and a therapist told me that I felt happy during lockdown because average people were finally sharing and experiencing my distress. It really stuck with me.
- jiggawatts 3y agoThe city I live in has relatively clean air, but it is a city and has some smog from cars and trucks. During the height of the lockdowns when traffic nearly vanished as nobody went into the office, the air quality was freakishly good. The skyscrapers across the harbour from us looked like they were right next to us. There wasn’t that usual haze and it made them look incredibly sharp and detailed, giving an illusion of proximity. It’s crazy to me that I’ve become so accustomed to constant pollution that it has become an essential part of my depth perception! No pollution looks like an optical illusion and confuses my brain.
- stopnamingnuts 3y agoI think your thesis with regard to CO2 emissions is valid. Do you mind sharing whether you lost anyone close to you to COVID?
- jokoon 3y agomy grand mother
- Etrnl_President 3y agoYou are free to create or join an association to voluntarily lockdown. Do it for the planet, do it for yourself, whatever floats your goat.