Ironscarf wrote:
I thought, there's no way this stuff is ever going to catch on and learned to play guitar instead. Now Pong's children have taken over the planet.
I'm trying to remain calm. The UK has gone into total lockdown and I only have one lime.
One lime ! My God, the deprivation ! My lemon and lime trees have had a lean year, plus I haven't been out to collect them anyway (it's too awkward with a walker ! B-) )
I was saying to a mate, via email, in this modern world there are many of us pre-adapted for 'lock-down' : ME - with a transplant and compromised immune system, not seeing anyone, nor going out for days on end (although that went up a fair bit when I got a scooter) ; His son, James - a recluse, due to 'body dysmorphia', in the attic, who works online for some 'big' people (like the head of Vogue - God knows how he gets his clients) ; Japan's 'hikikomori' - already withdrawn and not getting out much….
SO many young people, who sit in groups around a cafe table and ignore one another, while texting other people, should be able to adapt to doing this alone at their own kitchen tables, surely…?
All those annoyingly fit crack-of-dawn joggers, walkers and cyclists are still allowed out to do so, as long as it is solitary (like it probably was anyway) B-)
….but there are SOooo many people who will suffer psychologically, with anxiety, cabin fever, etc. Maybe this is just more "Darwinism in action" though. If it goes on for a while, we might emerge a very different world
Hang in there, everyone !
-Ursine
