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Sason:
Well done, Chuck!
You're so determined when you've made up your mind. I really admire that.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 09, 2022, 04:19:58 pm ---Hey, Chuck I appreciate your insights about how the pandemic changed society. There was an article in The New Yorker recently called "Cabin Fever" or "Stir Crazy", something like that. It talked about what isolation can do to people. It even theorized that Putin suffered from the isolation, causing him to lash out at Ukraine. David Brooks in the NY Times said it has caused the uptick in mass shootings. I partially blame the pandemic for the attack and killing of the permaculture guild I led in Denver. Incivility and downright nastiness are on the rise.
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Hiya Lee! I've never given any thought to Putin and isolation causing him to lash out that way. I can see where that idea would have merit. As for mass shooters, I think that isolation was the tipping point. My own opinion, there were a multitude of prior issues that pushed them in that direction, and the isolation was the straw that broke the camel's back. Or, the isolation (lack of personal connection) made it ok in their broken minds to act out against others.
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 09, 2022, 04:19:58 pm ---But are we misplacing the blame? It seems to me these qualities were growing before the pandemic, during the rise of Trump, and the pandemic just catalyzed them. Sent them into hyperdrive, so to speak.
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I can agree with this. I can remember seeing pics of people at Republican rallies wearing T-Shirts that said "Fuck your feelings!'. ::)
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 09, 2022, 04:19:58 pm ---We have to add shopping to the growing list of things our descendants won't know about. Oh, sure, they buy a lot of things online, but the thrill of finding something unexpected is gone. Also gone is the ability to handle something, feel its texture, admire the colors and the quality or lack of quality of the item. Online shopping is just no fun.
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I agree with you on this. I also like going to the store, picking items up, trying them on to see how they look on me, and then buying it. I'm the same with my music. I don't like to download files. I want to have the physical CD, read the liner notes in the booklet, which you loose when you down load a clip.
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 09, 2022, 04:19:58 pm ---I admire your disciplined approach to exercising. I'm looking forward to the time when I can do walks, maybe swimming or yoga. Right now it's mowing, weeding, raking, hauling, pruning, etc. until I'm exhausted every day. People who do this work are too busy to take on a new client, so I'm stuck with it. Today, I got up at 6:30 am to do some mowing and watering and take out the trash and bundle up slash. It's 2 PM now and I feel like I'm ready for bed. Going to hop in the shower for the second time today. :o
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I remember reading some time ago that one of the reasons that Americans are becoming so obese is that our jobs are not physical. In the past, we did hard labor to earn a living. Now, we pay people to do our hard labor. I understand that you are missing your exercise time, but all the items you listed above are physical and make you burn calories / fat. Your work is still a workout, that's beneficial to you.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Sason on July 09, 2022, 05:31:22 pm ---Well done, Chuck!
You're so determined when you've made up your mind. I really admire that.
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One of my problems is that I lose focus quickly. When I was at my lightest, I went on a trip to London and Italy. After that trip, when I got home, I fell out of all my good habits and into all my bad ones. I now need to focus on staying in my good habits.
Sason:
You're absolutely not the only one to fall out of your good habits after something happens in your life.
For me it was a certain movie...
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Sason on July 10, 2022, 09:51:35 am ---You're absolutely not the only one to fall out of your good habits after something happens in your life.
For me it was a certain movie...
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Must've been one heck of a movie. ;D
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