“Very American to decide we are bored with COVID and therefore it is over”
—Jeff Kasanoff
Subtle difference in framing but there’s a reason the moral question they’re asking is:
a.) Should we sacrifice lives to save the economy?
And not:
b.) Should the rich sacrifice their fortunes to save lives?
— David Lo Pun-ch Nazis (@helpmeskeletor) April 11, 2020
“Pretty soon, as the country begins to figure out how we ‘open back up’ and move forward, very powerful forces will try to convince us all to get back to normal. (That never happened. What are you talking about?) Billions of dollars will be spent on advertising, messaging, and television and media content to make you feel comfortable again. It will come in the traditional forms – a billboard here, a hundred commercials there – and in new-media forms: A 2020–2021 generation of memes to remind you that what you want again is normalcy … The need for comfort will be real, and it will be strong. And every brand in America will come to your rescue, dear consumer, to help take away that darkness and get life back to the way it was before the crisis. I urge you to be well aware of what is coming.”
—Julio Vincent Gambuto, Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*
You’re all intelligent enough to realize any dates your “representatives” tell you with regards to any semblance of normalcy returning to every-day life is literally just to pander to your whining bullshit about when counties or states should “open back up” another phrase I can’t believe I have to hear .…
Covid-19 is horrible.
It’s not a vampire that has to be invited in before crossing the threshold of your earthly vessel … or your grandmas or anyone’s.
The dates haven’t meant anything and they will never mean anything.
You could have been and can still be doing the best you can to flatten the gotdamn curve by exercising caution and hygiene like you should have been your whole gotdamn life.
—blu
Flommist Blu is an enigma. A metaphor wrapped in an allegory. ‘I am Jack’s colon. If I get cancer, I kill Jack.’ Copyright © 2020 mechanizzm. Foto source.
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