Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early. Edit: Kids are 30ish.

  • Silverseren
    3•1 year ago

    4 people I know right now are home sick with the new strain of Covid.

    • lazyslacker
      2•1 year ago

      How are their symptoms though? Not bad right? By saying COVID is over I mean the more dangerous forms of it from 2020 and 2021 are gone. It’s barely worse than the flu at this point. I’m not saying people aren’t still getting it. It’s just mostly inconsequential.

        • lazyslacker
          1•1 year ago

          As we both know, the 1918 Spanish flu was unusually virulent, and back then we had no vaccines. Comparing to that flu would not give us useful data. It would be misleading. As you know, I meant today’s flu.

          • Flying Squid
            1•1 year ago

            Today’s flu can mutate and become as deadly as the 1918 flu without a vaccine prepared to deal with it.

            So could COVID.

            Both must be taken seriously.