life and death in the age of corona

it's never going to be the same
at least in my lifetime
so much suffering
so many brave people
I cry myself to sleep at night
I wish I was an optimist

@lemondrop

The tide is going out. Let's see who's wearing pant's...

@lemondrop said
it's never going to be the same
at least in my lifetime
so much suffering
so many brave people
I cry myself to sleep at night
I wish I was an optimist

It’ll be fine Lemon. Live your best life. This is inevitably going to require tangling with adversity from time to time. This is one of those times. One consolation, you’re not alone. We’re all fighting the same battle.

@hand-of-hecate said
It’ll be fine Lemon. Live your best life. This is inevitably going to require tangling with adversity from time to time. This is one of those times. One consolation, you’re not alone. We’re all fighting the same battle.

I hope so
but I don't think it will ever be fine

@lemondrop said
it's never going to be the same

Who wants it to be the same?

@lemondrop said
I hope so
but I don't think it will ever be fine

Perhaps. None of us get out alive though. Do your best with whatever time you have. Small kindnesses. Small happinesses. Careful attention to detail in protecting yourself. That’s the path forward in these uncertain times.

Also, I find telling Sonhouse and Very Rusty that they are dumb as $£@% immensely rewarding. You should try it.

@divegeester

There is merit in that comment. I don't have drug dealers & addicts on my doorstep anymore...

@divegeester said
Who wants it to be the same?

what an ass

@hells-caretaker said
@divegeester

There is merit in that comment. I don't have drug dealers & addicts on my doorstep anymore...

As painful as it will be this virus will draw out the poison of a failed political system like a poultice on an oozing sore.

This is an interesting read in that vein.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/underlying-conditions/610261/

@lemondrop said
what an ass

As you sow, so shall you reap.

@lemondrop said
it's never going to be the same
at least in my lifetime
so much suffering
so many brave people
I cry myself to sleep at night
I wish I was an optimist

i have noticed that my writing has taken a darker, much more naked, turn for the better

@rookie54 said
i have noticed that my writing has taken a darker, much more naked, turn for the better

a darker turn for the better
interesting

@lemondrop said
a darker turn for the better
interesting

In the US we have had 40 thousand deaths.

Each week in the US we have 50 thousand deaths, each year many people die of the flu. We had 80 thousand flu deaths a year or two ago.

It is a wonder why this thing is being hyped as it is. It is not good for some people's mental health.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/prescriptions-for-anti-anxiety-meds-spike-amid-coronavirus-new-report-finds/

@eladar said
Each week in the US we have 50 thousand deaths, each year many people die of the flu. We had 80 thousand flu deaths a year or two ago.
It is a wonder why this thing is being hyped as it is.

Why haven't you mentioned it before!

@wolfgang59

If you are around 80 I do not think you should fear death.