Hi, I would like to gather a VERY tiny bit of information myself concerning what is happening. I've no idea how many ppl look at this, doesn't matter I guess. I wouldn't put this somewhere else, so consider you are the guinea pig {inset snort} hahaa
So, I am very interested in what is happening with ppl. If interested, please include here, after me, where you live generally OR specifically and for fun, say if you are which of the 4 archetypes of Strauss & Howe? Talk a little about what you are seeing/experiencing in your own community. Be as vague or specific as you like.
me first
I live in southern california, I am Nomad, really I see nothing different except a lot less traffic. But now, increasingly, influence FROM OUTSIDE changing our behaviors. I sense no real malaise within the ppl I know or their behavior except where they are being hindered by an outside force. Meaning, they have cancelled doctor appointment or their hairdresser cannot or the store they are trying to go to is not open. Ok laugh, Starbucks are all open. They just pulled floor seating. I haven't encountered one that is closed, nor one that is limited to drive thru only. Then, I was a little alarmed to learn Ikea is not open. Not because I had to go there, because it's the first big store, and one unique to larger areas, that is closed. I looked at this, you can actually buy things online and pick them up there, you just can't shop in the store. Seems odd, but it works I guess!
Traffic here is hateful, I've said pestilence and open freeways are welcomed, as being silly of course, yet very nice.
Some ppl are over-reacting highly tho. Unnecessarily. Yes, hoarding toilet paper, desperate for bottled water. Both of those things are completely ridiculous and I must examine what that's about.
I am not unconvinced ppl heard about toilet paper hoarding on the news then went and did it themselves. I am not unconvinced right now is being used for massive "marketing" purposes in public and private sectors. Monitoring how we react to EVERYTHING so it can be used later on to determine how we as a group will react to something similar.
I THINK THAT WAY. I am not ashamed. If I look silly to you, we all then choose our own "reality" is that not right? I would rather contemplate many sides of a thing instead of one or even two.
I am seeing the exact same thing, though, by "traditional" southern california staples such as being by the ocean or shopping. No one seems to be going inside or "sheltering". Maybe we don't get that here? I dont think anyone is going to "stay inside". That's just not going to happen. Not here, at least. I've seen more people out walking and being with their dogs than I would expect to see right now where the weather is inclement, chillier and damp. I saw ppl out with Han-Solo-On-Hoth garb, and I always laugh seeing that
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Oh yes, forgot, no systems are down, no chaos is happening, there is no interruption of services or anything of that kind. Ppl want to say "California" as like, all of it is the same. It really is not. A thing of urban vs smaller communities has the most to do with it, but also geography. I say because there is a huge part of northern california blocked up or put under arrest or something, I don't know anything about that. It reminds me of those old movies where the non-descript small town that could be Lodi or Ojai gets taken over by the government with some weird outbreak, the roads are blocked off and the young, salty kids want to go through it with a big jeep and local firepower. I was the other day walking on a lovely cliff looking at all the people around.
So, I am very interested in what is happening with ppl. If interested, please include here, after me, where you live generally OR specifically and for fun, say if you are which of the 4 archetypes of Strauss & Howe? Talk a little about what you are seeing/experiencing in your own community. Be as vague or specific as you like.
me first
I live in southern california, I am Nomad, really I see nothing different except a lot less traffic. But now, increasingly, influence FROM OUTSIDE changing our behaviors. I sense no real malaise within the ppl I know or their behavior except where they are being hindered by an outside force. Meaning, they have cancelled doctor appointment or their hairdresser cannot or the store they are trying to go to is not open. Ok laugh, Starbucks are all open. They just pulled floor seating. I haven't encountered one that is closed, nor one that is limited to drive thru only. Then, I was a little alarmed to learn Ikea is not open. Not because I had to go there, because it's the first big store, and one unique to larger areas, that is closed. I looked at this, you can actually buy things online and pick them up there, you just can't shop in the store. Seems odd, but it works I guess!
Traffic here is hateful, I've said pestilence and open freeways are welcomed, as being silly of course, yet very nice.
Some ppl are over-reacting highly tho. Unnecessarily. Yes, hoarding toilet paper, desperate for bottled water. Both of those things are completely ridiculous and I must examine what that's about.
I am not unconvinced ppl heard about toilet paper hoarding on the news then went and did it themselves. I am not unconvinced right now is being used for massive "marketing" purposes in public and private sectors. Monitoring how we react to EVERYTHING so it can be used later on to determine how we as a group will react to something similar.
I THINK THAT WAY. I am not ashamed. If I look silly to you, we all then choose our own "reality" is that not right? I would rather contemplate many sides of a thing instead of one or even two.
I am seeing the exact same thing, though, by "traditional" southern california staples such as being by the ocean or shopping. No one seems to be going inside or "sheltering". Maybe we don't get that here? I dont think anyone is going to "stay inside". That's just not going to happen. Not here, at least. I've seen more people out walking and being with their dogs than I would expect to see right now where the weather is inclement, chillier and damp. I saw ppl out with Han-Solo-On-Hoth garb, and I always laugh seeing that
Oh yes, forgot, no systems are down, no chaos is happening, there is no interruption of services or anything of that kind. Ppl want to say "California" as like, all of it is the same. It really is not. A thing of urban vs smaller communities has the most to do with it, but also geography. I say because there is a huge part of northern california blocked up or put under arrest or something, I don't know anything about that. It reminds me of those old movies where the non-descript small town that could be Lodi or Ojai gets taken over by the government with some weird outbreak, the roads are blocked off and the young, salty kids want to go through it with a big jeep and local firepower. I was the other day walking on a lovely cliff looking at all the people around.