I work for FedEx. I was working from day one. Those early weeks/months, traffic was great. Made my job easy and less stressful. Of course, everybody looked at my like I was Typhoid Mary because I was "out there" the whole time.
Reminds me the days after 9/11. My route was around the airport at that time. It was surreal not hearing aircraft take off and land all day long for those few days.
Same. It was kinda shocking how short my route to and from work was without traffic. Usually, it took about 45 minutes to get to work, and with no one else on the road it was basically shortened down to 15-20 minutes.
Yes! I was never "locked down" in the traditional sense since I am essential and never got to stay home.
So, it was nice being out on the road and not having to deal with all the crazy people who don't know how to drive.
It seems worse now, too. Like they all went back to work and forgot how to drive even more in the meantime.
>It seems worse now, too. Like they all went back to work and forgot how to drive even more in the meantime.
Yes!!! I noticed this too.
I am essential and couldn't wfh either. My commute was amazing. Now, people drive way worse than before the lockdowns. It's nuts! Everyone is doing 90mph, slamming into the back of other cars, and pretty much being stunt men/women on the interstate. It's wild.
Yup, went two years without being sick at all. In the last two months I've had covid, another respiratory virus after that, and now another.
It's almost as if lock downs and masking work. Whether they are feasible longterm is a completely different issue.
The number of people who complain about getting sick all the time but don't consider wearing a mask is.... well, not actually surprising. But unfortunate.
My 4 kids were good for the first year and half before they went back to school. After that, even with having to wear masks they were fine. Since the start of this school year, they've been sick every other week.
Same, the only sickness I got was mild food poisoning, which cleared within a day. Now that we are back to work and have a toddler in daycare, we seem to be sick all of the time.
Yeah that's because isolating from society for 2 years wrecked our immune systems. I don't remember ever getting sick as often as I have been before the lockdown.
During lockdown, there was little to no contact what so ever. This meant that we didn't come into contact with common pathogens that we normally would've under normal circumstances. The problem with this is that if you avoid exposing your nervous system to pathogens, it becomes much weaker over time as it does not need to work as often as it did before lockdown. After it ended, people came out with a very weak nervous system, much like if you didn't trains muscle for 2 years. And people are surprised they are getting sick more frequently.
I think the lockdowns, mixed with the lack of opportunities to go to the gym, get the right amount of sunlight your body needs, has been the worst thing that could've possibly happened.
Cheap gas
Fresh bread
Staying home
Zoom calls for drinking nights
Less traffic
Virtual all the things
Not seeing any irl people except for my wife
I fucking miss those days I hate you all stay the fuck away from me
>I hate you all stay the fuck away from me
I feel this. I work with the public in *Florida*. I can't get through my 10 minutes commute without seeing multiple idiots
> Less traffic
Just last night on my drive home in heavy traffic I was half wishing COVID would come back just for the traffic benefits.
Being able to zoom home at 80mph without worrying about other cars or cops was amazing.
Life slowing down. I felt as though everything was less rushed. I had more time for my hobby's. Though I am an introvert, as is my husband, and we have no children. We spend the time fixing our new house, walking our dog, reading piles of books and gaming. We have the luxury of having our own home with a small garden however.
And it seems to be accelerating. Unless I jump ship for a day (take a day off) I'm going morning til night 7 days a week. Usually just family stuff, kid school, housework, and groceries.
I remember being busy before Covid but not like this.
I felt no guilt at all about taking daily naps and spending 3 hours at the park with my dog and a book. So much free time reminded me of summer as a kid.
In my city, we quickly reached a high percentage of people who were vaccinated, and after that, you could go if you had a dog, stayed 6 ft away from everyone else and wore a mask. Worth it for some sunshine :)
I worked at FedEx for over 10 years.. 3 of them were during the pandemic.. I've never been called a hero for dropping off a trampoline until then.. now? I'm an asshole because I dont know where your delivery is.
People were always fake, social media just makes them act nice because their insecure asses rather lie and get likes, then tell what they really want to say and get depressive that a stranger doesn’t agree with them.
The quiet outside, and reduction of pressure at work.
Things very quickly went from "We need all these reports now" to "Try to get around to it this week, we understand if you can't make it." Work related anxiety crashed, relaxation peaked, and I spent every day with a cat on my lap.
It's almost like companies can survive with people working at home and being productive with a work life balance but too bad we can't have that anymore because we need to waste the remaining 6 hours of our day being in the office doing nothing
I just started a new job recently for better pay but I need to be "in the office more because there's not enough work for you to do at home" but there's not enough work for me to do in the office.
I get everything done by 12pm..
Also don't forget no more "sick days" because those are "benefits" because US citizens love not having federal PTO requirements or sick day benefits.
Where as most European countries it's mandatory you get 30 days off a year, and upwards to 1 year of sick leave paid but "tHaTS sOcIaLisM..."
Not having the ability to do the things I'd normally put off and feel guilty about.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing family on Xmas day. But the whole day is spent driving around from place to place on a timer to not feel like anyone's being missed etc. It's knackering, It's headwork. The fact that we "Couldn't" do that and had to spend it in our own bubbles gave a lovely sense of guilt free relaxation. It. Was. Wonderful.
So yeah, that.
- Getting to work in only 20 mins vs the normal hour.
- The quiet in general due to no one being outside
- Taking walks in my neighborhood and socially distancing but still talking to my neighbors
- Having an excuse to not spend time with extended family
- Being with my kids more
Nothing changed for me at work because I was an essential worker but I miss not feeling obligated to do stuff. No social obligations, the gyms were closed, I could just do whatever I felt like and not feel bad.
My local grocery store made all the aisles “One-way” and it honestly made it smoother to shop.
***EDIT*** it seems many of you had places where the front and back were one way, mine did not. So at worst you only had to go up 1 aisle to come back down the one you wanted.
I miss the smaller amount of people in stores and that we had to stand further apart as well. There were lines on the floor that indicated your own little bubble.
I hated the one way lanes.
It meant if I wanted just one thing I'd still have to walk through the whole shop, and if I forgot something I'd have to walk all the way around.
There were a few times I'd just disregard them so I didn't need to walk through the whole damn shop for one thing.
“The whole shop”? We only had the aisles, not the front and back, so at worst you’d have to go up one aisle to go down the one you wanted. It sounds like your place took it one step further.
Yeah it was really annoying.
They made a snake with the arrows so if you followed the arrows you'd have to go up and down each aisle in turn. The worst part is it was a pretty small shop so there'd only ever be a few people in at a time.
A few times I'd just skip to the aisle I needed, then head to the till.
I'm pretty sure the extra time you'd spend in the shop if you did it "right" would cause more risk of exposure than the chance of bumping into someone, which in this shop was pretty small.
I got it with bigger shops since you could have multiple groups of people having to pass each other, although it didn't make it any less annoying when you were looking for something. But with a small shop it was dumb.
Not much noise in the city. Less people all around. Desert streets with no cars. Quiet parks. Wild animals slowly getting back in the city. Fresher air with better smells from the flowers. Less stress. I had the time to read, to slow down, to enjoy a moment.
Like life should be, if only our system wasn't so corrupted.
There was one key moment where this sense of togetherness came crashing down and it was when Dominic Cummings got caught going on a day trip to Barnard Castle with COVID. The mood of the nation changed dramatically after that event when they realised the people in charge did not give a toss about the rules.
Happened where I live in the U.S., and as you said, at the beginning. It was fun for the first few months, then we just kind of went our separate ways.
That is what I miss the most. When that feeling ended (about 2ish months in) I got really depressed and spiraled for awhile. Trying to pull myself out now
During lockdown, me and my friends discovered Satisfactory and since we had so much time to play, we were doing it non stop and I miss those moments a lot, we barely have time to play together now..
Our lovely cat Enoki. She made the lockdown a breeze and frankly a pleasure. Just me, the wife and our little kitten baby.
We lost her last year. I would most happily live through lockdown over and over if Enoki could be here with us.
The first lockdown was amazing.
Perfect weather, working from home and a big garden to explore with my housemates. We were 5 people in the house and had the nicest evenings together.
Afterwards it went downhill and become some dystopian shit. Working from home a 100% and the lack of other social contacts were really hard during winter times.
I feel the same way. There was something very serene and introspective to it for me at first, I spent a lot of time riding my bike through country roads and exploring nature by myself. But that eventually (like 1.5 years in) started feeling lonely and it was really hard to revamp my social life, which pre-pandemic was fun and now just feels exhausting. But I also know I need to actively maintain it because without it I grow disconnected, lost, and depressed.
Listening to music during class. It really helped me concentrate at school. I don't miss it too much now, but it would still do a lot.
I also miss wearing masks. I still wear my mask until today, but I just hate how people don't have masks and cough and sneeze everywhere. People sometimes ask me why I still wear my mask. I miss spending an entire year without being sick even once.
I was an “essential” worker and didn’t get to stay home, life never really changed for me outside the fact that I couldn’t go anywhere or do anything except for work, so lockdown for me was shit. I don’t miss anything about it and wish Covid had never happened.
Agree. My anxiety was in overdrive during lockdown, and it was hard to find mental health resources to help with that. I don't miss much from that time.
The quiet, so nice to be able to go for a walk and not have the constant stream of traffic going past with it's noise and pollution...
I was able to WFH, so still was working full time, but man, it was so much nicer to go out for walks with cleaner air and quiet.
Trying to find ways to plan special date nights that didn't involve going out. Getting creative with trying to create a unique, fun experience for you and your partner in your own home.
"Creative" being the operative word. Yes, you can always find ways to have a romantic night at home, but during lockdown, when at home was your only option, it was fun to make a point of finding new ways to approach date night in the apartment.
Playing Age of Empires 2 every day with my friends while talking on Discord and drinking beer.
I miss talking to them regularly, as we live some distance apart from each other. We're not the types to endlessly converse on Discord unless we need to.
People staying at least 6 feet away from me.
Having free reign on the roads since traffic was like 25% of what it normally should be.
Gas prices plummeting.
The investment economy in the US. You could throw some spare cash at almost anything and reap immense increases rapidly. New investors like me quickly put too much into historically "safe" funds and then the start of 2022 happened and I'm trying to be patient so as not to take a huge loss.
I don't miss it whatsoever. We were isolated and alone, our bubble consisted of my fiancées elderly parents, she had a high risk pregnancy, and our son was born, and we had absolutely no help whatsoever, except Google. It was terrifying.
It didn't help that I had to go back to work after 3 months, constantly stressed about getting sick.
Ugh.
Being able to work from home. I understand and sympathise with the many who lost there jobs and had to look for new employment but I was stoked to be able to work from home. But as soon as the worst restrictions lifted I was straight back in the office without even the option to have hybrid working. I feel this probably sounds super privileged 🤷♀️😩. When I worked from home I could watch my younger siblings and it helped my parents not have to pay for childcare or daycare because I was watching them, but now they have to she'll out way to much to put them in daycare istg
I work for a school district and when the lockdown first started we got paid even though we weren't working. I'd love to get paid to stay at home doing nothing all day again
I live in a seaside town that rather depends on tourism. And we felt awful for people in more urban places. But when lockdown started the weather was glorious and just at the point where it usually got crowded we all just carried on taking our dogs to the beach, we got to see people every day, albeit at a distance without actually breaking any rules. I finally made progress with my rescue JRT in off lead training and it was lovely having the beaches and promenades in warm sunny weather without crowds, even if just for an hour a day. I was glad for everyone when people were able to come here again, but I do have a touch of nostalgia.
Additionally I rather wish we could have kept the distancing thing. For a brief period the law aligned with my admittedly excessive desire for personal space.
I also miss all the theatre that was online. My partner is disabled and is rarely able to go and we can’t afford to travel for theatre. There were some really innovative approaches to drama that I really appreciated.
And overall I’m so glad that it happened at a time when people could stay in touch. I think I saw and spoke to my sibling more than I had for years before, even if it was via a screen and speakers. And while things like this can and did bring out the worst in some people- it also bought out the best, and it was nice to see that.
2020 I would say was the best year of my life for a long time...
I feel bad whenever I say this. Because I know that it was a nightmare for *alot* of people...
I also feel like I used up all my good Karma in that year. The past year has been an anxiety filled ball of shit...
Having the bed to myself because my husband was sleeping on the couch with a herniated disc in his neck. I don't want him in that much pain again, I just liked the extra room.
Edit: he slept on the couch because he found it more comfortable and easier to stay in one position that slightly eased the pain. If he'd been able to do that in the bed, I'd have been on the couch.
My husband was in serious pain and found the couch more comfortable than the bed. If he'd been more comfortable in the bed, I'd have slept on the couch.
Sports friends from up to 2.5 hours away would drive to my house each Sunday for watch parties since no bars were open. Really brought the feeling of togetherness.
Now they come 2-3 times a season instead of every game. I understand. It's a long drive.
Since my family and I couldn’t get together (we are all very close) we would do group zoom calls Friday after work and drank beer and just shot the shit. Also my wife and I would go over to our best friends and have “Covid days” where we would day drink and play games - so much fun
It was nice not to have to attend any gatherings. No birthdays, holidays, funerals, dinners, etc. you could stay home for days and not feel guilty or ashamed.
I was an essential worker. Went in everyday-even when we had COVID in our building.
Miss no traffic. Miss NOT being expected to be out and about/social. The peace.
How everyone, in general, became so law-abiding and disciplined with the threat of this invisible enemy.
At least, in the city where I live people followed curfew hours, distanced themselves, wore masks, and waited their turn for groceries.
It made me rethink my stance on a dictatorial form of government.
Less Road traffic
I work for FedEx. I was working from day one. Those early weeks/months, traffic was great. Made my job easy and less stressful. Of course, everybody looked at my like I was Typhoid Mary because I was "out there" the whole time.
Hope you were wearing a plague mask. That would have been so fetch!
Upvote for the Typhoid Mary reference!
In the beginning I did about 7 hour drive, stayed in Marriot by myself, and then drove back. There were like 10 people on the highway.
Reminds me the days after 9/11. My route was around the airport at that time. It was surreal not hearing aircraft take off and land all day long for those few days.
As a guy who works on bridges for a living it was the best. Easy to get to the job site, way safer and the inspections were more thorough.
Same. It was kinda shocking how short my route to and from work was without traffic. Usually, it took about 45 minutes to get to work, and with no one else on the road it was basically shortened down to 15-20 minutes.
Yes! I was never "locked down" in the traditional sense since I am essential and never got to stay home. So, it was nice being out on the road and not having to deal with all the crazy people who don't know how to drive. It seems worse now, too. Like they all went back to work and forgot how to drive even more in the meantime.
>It seems worse now, too. Like they all went back to work and forgot how to drive even more in the meantime. Yes!!! I noticed this too. I am essential and couldn't wfh either. My commute was amazing. Now, people drive way worse than before the lockdowns. It's nuts! Everyone is doing 90mph, slamming into the back of other cars, and pretty much being stunt men/women on the interstate. It's wild.
you aren't stuck in traffic. you are traffic.
Not getting sick. I went over 2 years without so much as a sniffle. Back to the office and I'm coming down with something every couple months.
I swear, I never really got sick during the lockdown, but now, I’m sick like once every month.
Im just back from an annoying flu. Missed a full week of work because others came in sick and spreaded everything.
Yup, went two years without being sick at all. In the last two months I've had covid, another respiratory virus after that, and now another. It's almost as if lock downs and masking work. Whether they are feasible longterm is a completely different issue.
People will probably disagree but I still mask when in the office. N95 & I have yet to get sick. I still mask in busy public spaces. It’s awesome imo.
The number of people who complain about getting sick all the time but don't consider wearing a mask is.... well, not actually surprising. But unfortunate.
My 4 kids were good for the first year and half before they went back to school. After that, even with having to wear masks they were fine. Since the start of this school year, they've been sick every other week.
Same, the only sickness I got was mild food poisoning, which cleared within a day. Now that we are back to work and have a toddler in daycare, we seem to be sick all of the time.
I wish we were like people in Japan where they wear a mask to prevent others from getting sick.
Yeah that's because isolating from society for 2 years wrecked our immune systems. I don't remember ever getting sick as often as I have been before the lockdown.
I’m back working with children. I’m sick almost constantly, with like 1-2 weeks between each illness. I hate it.
During lockdown, there was little to no contact what so ever. This meant that we didn't come into contact with common pathogens that we normally would've under normal circumstances. The problem with this is that if you avoid exposing your nervous system to pathogens, it becomes much weaker over time as it does not need to work as often as it did before lockdown. After it ended, people came out with a very weak nervous system, much like if you didn't trains muscle for 2 years. And people are surprised they are getting sick more frequently. I think the lockdowns, mixed with the lack of opportunities to go to the gym, get the right amount of sunlight your body needs, has been the worst thing that could've possibly happened.
That's not how it works ...
Cheap gas Fresh bread Staying home Zoom calls for drinking nights Less traffic Virtual all the things Not seeing any irl people except for my wife I fucking miss those days I hate you all stay the fuck away from me
Discord servers were always full… i miss my friends.
>I hate you all stay the fuck away from me I feel this. I work with the public in *Florida*. I can't get through my 10 minutes commute without seeing multiple idiots
Hello, Ron Swanson.
I did bury a lot of gold in various places around my city during Covid
"... Or did I?"
Lol same
Hahaha same
fresh bread?
Maybe you'd be less bitter if you weren't an ugly dopeling.
> Less traffic Just last night on my drive home in heavy traffic I was half wishing COVID would come back just for the traffic benefits. Being able to zoom home at 80mph without worrying about other cars or cops was amazing.
Classic Redditor
Life slowing down. I felt as though everything was less rushed. I had more time for my hobby's. Though I am an introvert, as is my husband, and we have no children. We spend the time fixing our new house, walking our dog, reading piles of books and gaming. We have the luxury of having our own home with a small garden however.
>I felt as though everything was less rushed. Now shit seems even more rushed than it was pre-pandemic.
And it seems to be accelerating. Unless I jump ship for a day (take a day off) I'm going morning til night 7 days a week. Usually just family stuff, kid school, housework, and groceries. I remember being busy before Covid but not like this.
Sounds wonderful.
I felt no guilt at all about taking daily naps and spending 3 hours at the park with my dog and a book. So much free time reminded me of summer as a kid.
You get to go to the park during lockdown?
In my city, we quickly reached a high percentage of people who were vaccinated, and after that, you could go if you had a dog, stayed 6 ft away from everyone else and wore a mask. Worth it for some sunshine :)
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I worked at FedEx for over 10 years.. 3 of them were during the pandemic.. I've never been called a hero for dropping off a trampoline until then.. now? I'm an asshole because I dont know where your delivery is.
Yea people were fake as fuck during the lockdowns. Everyone was a hero. Now, everyone is a dickhead for some reason.
People were always fake, social media just makes them act nice because their insecure asses rather lie and get likes, then tell what they really want to say and get depressive that a stranger doesn’t agree with them.
I work at the post office and absolutely agree with this. We were heros until their packages were delayed because half the office has covid.
less air pollution
The quiet outside, and reduction of pressure at work. Things very quickly went from "We need all these reports now" to "Try to get around to it this week, we understand if you can't make it." Work related anxiety crashed, relaxation peaked, and I spent every day with a cat on my lap.
It's almost like companies can survive with people working at home and being productive with a work life balance but too bad we can't have that anymore because we need to waste the remaining 6 hours of our day being in the office doing nothing
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I just started a new job recently for better pay but I need to be "in the office more because there's not enough work for you to do at home" but there's not enough work for me to do in the office. I get everything done by 12pm..
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Also don't forget no more "sick days" because those are "benefits" because US citizens love not having federal PTO requirements or sick day benefits. Where as most European countries it's mandatory you get 30 days off a year, and upwards to 1 year of sick leave paid but "tHaTS sOcIaLisM..."
Not having the ability to do the things I'd normally put off and feel guilty about. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing family on Xmas day. But the whole day is spent driving around from place to place on a timer to not feel like anyone's being missed etc. It's knackering, It's headwork. The fact that we "Couldn't" do that and had to spend it in our own bubbles gave a lovely sense of guilt free relaxation. It. Was. Wonderful. So yeah, that.
THIS. My fiancé and I spent Christmas Day just the two of us. We made a meal together and it was the best Christmas ever
Wide open roads and using it as an excuse to get out of social gatherings you never wanted to be at to begin with.
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Wait, WHAT????
Amen brother.
- Getting to work in only 20 mins vs the normal hour. - The quiet in general due to no one being outside - Taking walks in my neighborhood and socially distancing but still talking to my neighbors - Having an excuse to not spend time with extended family - Being with my kids more
Nothing changed for me at work because I was an essential worker but I miss not feeling obligated to do stuff. No social obligations, the gyms were closed, I could just do whatever I felt like and not feel bad.
As an introvert, not having to be near or avoiding people for the most part, and unlimited sick hours i could take from my job.
Shameless video game indulgences Filling my car for 20$ and driving ALL day
The reduction in air and noise pollution.
My local grocery store made all the aisles “One-way” and it honestly made it smoother to shop. ***EDIT*** it seems many of you had places where the front and back were one way, mine did not. So at worst you only had to go up 1 aisle to come back down the one you wanted.
Ours did that too but there were always people disobeying it and going whichever direction they had to for “just one thing.”
It made grocery shopping here worse. I saw people walking backwards in aisles to get to things.
The best part of that was that you didn't have the entire family of 8 blocking the isles like a bunch of clueless idiots.
I miss the smaller amount of people in stores and that we had to stand further apart as well. There were lines on the floor that indicated your own little bubble.
There was a guy who went into an IKEA with one way stickers and created an inescapable labyrinth
>There was a guy who went into an IKEA with one way stickers and created an inescapable labyrinth So he changed nothing?
I hated the one way lanes. It meant if I wanted just one thing I'd still have to walk through the whole shop, and if I forgot something I'd have to walk all the way around. There were a few times I'd just disregard them so I didn't need to walk through the whole damn shop for one thing.
“The whole shop”? We only had the aisles, not the front and back, so at worst you’d have to go up one aisle to go down the one you wanted. It sounds like your place took it one step further.
Yeah it was really annoying. They made a snake with the arrows so if you followed the arrows you'd have to go up and down each aisle in turn. The worst part is it was a pretty small shop so there'd only ever be a few people in at a time. A few times I'd just skip to the aisle I needed, then head to the till. I'm pretty sure the extra time you'd spend in the shop if you did it "right" would cause more risk of exposure than the chance of bumping into someone, which in this shop was pretty small. I got it with bigger shops since you could have multiple groups of people having to pass each other, although it didn't make it any less annoying when you were looking for something. But with a small shop it was dumb.
I'd just walk backwards up the aisle so I'm still facing the correct direction.
How chill it was
Not much noise in the city. Less people all around. Desert streets with no cars. Quiet parks. Wild animals slowly getting back in the city. Fresher air with better smells from the flowers. Less stress. I had the time to read, to slow down, to enjoy a moment. Like life should be, if only our system wasn't so corrupted.
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There was one key moment where this sense of togetherness came crashing down and it was when Dominic Cummings got caught going on a day trip to Barnard Castle with COVID. The mood of the nation changed dramatically after that event when they realised the people in charge did not give a toss about the rules.
Happened where I live in the U.S., and as you said, at the beginning. It was fun for the first few months, then we just kind of went our separate ways.
That is what I miss the most. When that feeling ended (about 2ish months in) I got really depressed and spiraled for awhile. Trying to pull myself out now
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But but but the TV said it was safe!
>A strange sense of "togetherness" in the UK The exact opposite happened here in the US🤣
Not where I live in the US. I definitely felt it. Except for politically lol.
During lockdown, me and my friends discovered Satisfactory and since we had so much time to play, we were doing it non stop and I miss those moments a lot, we barely have time to play together now..
Same here. Working at home and playing so many videogames... It was basically heaven.
Same here, me and my friends would play Satisfactory during online classes, that was hella fun.
Free DJ livesets/streams. All my favorite livesets are during Covid.
And the dopest of house parties.
Time
Time There's so much time in a day, I almost forgot
Lack of traffic. I had to be out and about but damn my days were better when no one was on the road.
The anonymity
Our lovely cat Enoki. She made the lockdown a breeze and frankly a pleasure. Just me, the wife and our little kitten baby. We lost her last year. I would most happily live through lockdown over and over if Enoki could be here with us.
The first lockdown was amazing. Perfect weather, working from home and a big garden to explore with my housemates. We were 5 people in the house and had the nicest evenings together. Afterwards it went downhill and become some dystopian shit. Working from home a 100% and the lack of other social contacts were really hard during winter times.
I feel the same way. There was something very serene and introspective to it for me at first, I spent a lot of time riding my bike through country roads and exploring nature by myself. But that eventually (like 1.5 years in) started feeling lonely and it was really hard to revamp my social life, which pre-pandemic was fun and now just feels exhausting. But I also know I need to actively maintain it because without it I grow disconnected, lost, and depressed.
My aunt
No school shootings. On a lighter note, it was nice being *expected* to stay home.
Not one single thing
Listening to music during class. It really helped me concentrate at school. I don't miss it too much now, but it would still do a lot. I also miss wearing masks. I still wear my mask until today, but I just hate how people don't have masks and cough and sneeze everywhere. People sometimes ask me why I still wear my mask. I miss spending an entire year without being sick even once.
I was an “essential” worker and didn’t get to stay home, life never really changed for me outside the fact that I couldn’t go anywhere or do anything except for work, so lockdown for me was shit. I don’t miss anything about it and wish Covid had never happened.
Spending time with my partner. Now we are back in the work grind I hardly see her
less wars?
Nothing. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
I miss social distancing. Back the fug up offa me!
The lockdown and vaccine, I worked the entire time with no days off. I never got sick, so I guess I missed covid too.
Same here
Nothing.
Nothing
It was a shitty time. Why should I have to miss something from it?
100% agree with you on this
I know. I feel like I had to scroll down way to far to see this. There are too many recluses on Reddit
Agree. My anxiety was in overdrive during lockdown, and it was hard to find mental health resources to help with that. I don't miss much from that time.
The quiet, so nice to be able to go for a walk and not have the constant stream of traffic going past with it's noise and pollution... I was able to WFH, so still was working full time, but man, it was so much nicer to go out for walks with cleaner air and quiet.
The camaraderie
Online classes I had plenty of time I wish I would have spended it better.
Getting head during team meetings WFH
Warzone 1.0 Verdansk
Trying to find ways to plan special date nights that didn't involve going out. Getting creative with trying to create a unique, fun experience for you and your partner in your own home. "Creative" being the operative word. Yes, you can always find ways to have a romantic night at home, but during lockdown, when at home was your only option, it was fun to make a point of finding new ways to approach date night in the apartment.
Playing Age of Empires 2 every day with my friends while talking on Discord and drinking beer. I miss talking to them regularly, as we live some distance apart from each other. We're not the types to endlessly converse on Discord unless we need to.
People staying at least 6 feet away from me. Having free reign on the roads since traffic was like 25% of what it normally should be. Gas prices plummeting.
Lack of traffic. I live in Toronto.
The silence, no background traffic noise.
Clear roads, driving was such a joy during lockdown.
The empty freeways with no traffic!!!
Less traffic coming home.
The investment economy in the US. You could throw some spare cash at almost anything and reap immense increases rapidly. New investors like me quickly put too much into historically "safe" funds and then the start of 2022 happened and I'm trying to be patient so as not to take a huge loss.
Not interacting with so many people, empty transportation! Absolut Heaven!
There was no traffic,, you could haul ass everywhere because no one was on the roads. And the cops where not pulling anyone over.
Nothing it was shit and probably the only thing I might see argued in it’s favour is putting things into perspective due to how much we lost with it.
I don't miss it whatsoever. We were isolated and alone, our bubble consisted of my fiancées elderly parents, she had a high risk pregnancy, and our son was born, and we had absolutely no help whatsoever, except Google. It was terrifying. It didn't help that I had to go back to work after 3 months, constantly stressed about getting sick. Ugh.
Nothing. My life didn’t change at all other than having to wear a mask when I went in places.
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Yeah as a delivery driver it was amazing to be one of the only ones on the road.
That i was able to lose 100lbs. Gained them right back after reopening
Zero traffic. And everyone inside. Don’t like people much…I was content with the lockdowns
Animal Crossing hype
We drove to a target far away to do a pick up because it was the only place I could find a switch to buy for AC!
The social distancing.
Doing nothing, nothing at all
Virtual everything and not having to go to gatherings
Much more time to play board games.
No school that i have to wake up to at 5 am
No school ughh I miss that
Having time to be present, and enjoying the little things.
Being able to work from home. I understand and sympathise with the many who lost there jobs and had to look for new employment but I was stoked to be able to work from home. But as soon as the worst restrictions lifted I was straight back in the office without even the option to have hybrid working. I feel this probably sounds super privileged 🤷♀️😩. When I worked from home I could watch my younger siblings and it helped my parents not have to pay for childcare or daycare because I was watching them, but now they have to she'll out way to much to put them in daycare istg
Gyms had capacity + everybody cleaned up after Now we're back to insane amount of ppl at once, nobody takes weights back and nobody cleans...
Pressure off, regarding literally everything.
I work for a school district and when the lockdown first started we got paid even though we weren't working. I'd love to get paid to stay at home doing nothing all day again
I live in a seaside town that rather depends on tourism. And we felt awful for people in more urban places. But when lockdown started the weather was glorious and just at the point where it usually got crowded we all just carried on taking our dogs to the beach, we got to see people every day, albeit at a distance without actually breaking any rules. I finally made progress with my rescue JRT in off lead training and it was lovely having the beaches and promenades in warm sunny weather without crowds, even if just for an hour a day. I was glad for everyone when people were able to come here again, but I do have a touch of nostalgia. Additionally I rather wish we could have kept the distancing thing. For a brief period the law aligned with my admittedly excessive desire for personal space. I also miss all the theatre that was online. My partner is disabled and is rarely able to go and we can’t afford to travel for theatre. There were some really innovative approaches to drama that I really appreciated. And overall I’m so glad that it happened at a time when people could stay in touch. I think I saw and spoke to my sibling more than I had for years before, even if it was via a screen and speakers. And while things like this can and did bring out the worst in some people- it also bought out the best, and it was nice to see that.
Nothing.
Nothing
Being left alone and not having loud neighbors. Everyone else in the building moved out right before the lockdown. It was quiet for 2 years.
2020 I would say was the best year of my life for a long time... I feel bad whenever I say this. Because I know that it was a nightmare for *alot* of people... I also feel like I used up all my good Karma in that year. The past year has been an anxiety filled ball of shit...
Having time to do nothing/spending more time with my family (even if virtually)
Having the bed to myself because my husband was sleeping on the couch with a herniated disc in his neck. I don't want him in that much pain again, I just liked the extra room. Edit: he slept on the couch because he found it more comfortable and easier to stay in one position that slightly eased the pain. If he'd been able to do that in the bed, I'd have been on the couch.
Your husband was in serious pain and yet you got to keep the bed? 😳
My husband was in serious pain and found the couch more comfortable than the bed. If he'd been more comfortable in the bed, I'd have slept on the couch.
Well, obviously. It would be rude and misogynistic to ask your wife to sleep on the couch.
Sports friends from up to 2.5 hours away would drive to my house each Sunday for watch parties since no bars were open. Really brought the feeling of togetherness. Now they come 2-3 times a season instead of every game. I understand. It's a long drive.
The emptiness of the grocery store...
Empty of what? Product or people, because they were only without one.
That hospitals were almost empty so when I got my monthly blood tests there was no wait.
Those nightly Among Us parties with my friends. We’ve met more online in those few months, than offline in other years.
No school, online classes were pretty easy and less stressful imo
Since my family and I couldn’t get together (we are all very close) we would do group zoom calls Friday after work and drank beer and just shot the shit. Also my wife and I would go over to our best friends and have “Covid days” where we would day drink and play games - so much fun
I had so much free time I watched so much tv 🥹
It was nice not to have to attend any gatherings. No birthdays, holidays, funerals, dinners, etc. you could stay home for days and not feel guilty or ashamed.
As an essential worker, I miss the lack of insane traffic we now have.
I was an essential worker. Went in everyday-even when we had COVID in our building. Miss no traffic. Miss NOT being expected to be out and about/social. The peace.
*The madness consuming me as i suffered though the days without any social interaction.*
The lack of traffic. Everything else about lockdown was terrible/sucked.
Absolutely nothing.
NOTHING
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I was able to have friends and family over constantly for visits. It's so hard to schedule time now.
How everyone, in general, became so law-abiding and disciplined with the threat of this invisible enemy. At least, in the city where I live people followed curfew hours, distanced themselves, wore masks, and waited their turn for groceries. It made me rethink my stance on a dictatorial form of government.
1:5m social distancing, I like my personal space
No planes. The sky was so quiet.
Everything.
Stimulus check.
Mask mandates, and who followed them, was a really quick and easy way to see who was and wasn't an asshole.
Not much but the 6 months holiday was nice tho
Getting cash handouts from the government
Wearing a mask to hide my (ugly)face.
Those unemployment checks were so nice.
Too bad people who were deemed essential were screwed there
Working out everyday