tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post1665722664465908158..comments2024-03-29T07:36:56.875-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Potential Impacts of The 2020 PlagueToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-17531891947943201402020-03-26T15:51:51.893-07:002020-03-26T15:51:51.893-07:00Oh, I agree friend. In fact, I think a great many...Oh, I agree friend. In fact, I think a great many people are going to come face to face with the consequences of what they have supported and realized it was not quite as good an idea as they thought.<br /><br />An interesting side note: Apparently divorce requests skyrocketed in Wuhan China after the quarantine was over because lots of people suddenly realized being stuck with their spouse was really not the great idea they thought is was 10 to 20 years ago. I predict this will happen here as well.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-28659320536444903092020-03-26T01:39:07.741-07:002020-03-26T01:39:07.741-07:00Sorry to try your patience for politics yet again,...Sorry to try your patience for politics yet again, friend... but I fear that further on in the game... some seriously bad social experiments are going to come home to roost.<br />😆<br /><br />Glenfilthienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-19477969168858075402020-03-25T18:16:06.800-07:002020-03-25T18:16:06.800-07:00Glen, I can only think of once I deleted a post th...Glen, I can only think of once I deleted a post that was not spam, and that was because I made a mistake. I may disagree, but that is not reason not publish it - after all, that is how we interact, right?<br /><br />I did see that meme. I interpreted slightly differently - yes, there was the aspect of the actual situation, but there was also the aspect of the smugness of all the unprepared posting it saying "See? See? If you at all prepared, you are greedy. And selfish".<br /><br />I am glad the supermarkets adjusted their times, although can not confirm or deny that they are buying us out. Even if they are, it would not surprise me - after all, this is the society that we created, right?<br /><br />Which is really my problem with all of this. Not the virus - something like this was bound to happen sooner or later. What is painful to me - what really bothers me - is that this is revealing precisely the society that was created. And what was created seems to bother a very few people.<br /><br />I would like to believe better as well Glen, and in some cases I think this is happening. But I would argue this is the first inning of nine innings in the baseball game. If we are having these issues already, what happens when we get deeper in?<br /><br />Thanks for the good wishes, all of us are home and together now. We will figure the rest out later.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-36371682868344059002020-03-25T07:40:14.309-07:002020-03-25T07:40:14.309-07:00We must look to getting through this, and coming o...We must look to getting through this, and coming out as better people on the other side. This may devolve into politics a bit, TB - so delete it if you feel the need. But... from out here in the out house...<br /><br />That meme was going round and it hit us all squarely between the eyes. Perhaps you saw it? It had the stooped over, frail and elderly woman at the supermarket with her cart, confronted with bare shelves. The caption read, "Think, the next time you buy more than you need..." Like the preppers, we always stocked up without a second thought.<br /><br />Others started to think too, and shortly the local supermarket opened an hour early and only seniors would be allowed to shop at that time. Everyone smugly high-fived each other, and we all congratulated ourselves on our civic virtue and thoughtfulness toward our elders.<br /><br />It was a dismal failure. The seniors came in early and cleaned everything out before the regulars could come in. They didn't give a hoot about parents with kids, or poor people, or anyone else. Nobody called them on it.<br /><br />I would like to think the coming hard times serve to draw people together, re-establish shared morals and ethics, and perhaps the resurrection of families and communities. <br /><br />But... If it happens, I suspect a lot of blood will have to be spilled first. Glad to hear you guys are all good over there! Hold your kids close, TB.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-91640757265503310072020-03-25T06:10:01.753-07:002020-03-25T06:10:01.753-07:00Leigh, I am going through the mind of movies or no...Leigh, I am going through the mind of movies or novels that actually approach these kind of situations. I cannot think of any off hand, but will keep my thinking cap on. <br /><br />If I were a better writer, I would dwell more on the social outcomes of these events. They will be tremendous.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-12598567467928651202020-03-25T05:02:12.866-07:002020-03-25T05:02:12.866-07:00The speculations are the stuff of a good novel, I ...The speculations are the stuff of a good novel, I think. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com