Did you see the Louis CK skit about flying in a tin can and complaining about not having wifi on your cell phone?
Existence is a very fragile thing. Nature is unforgiving. We as a species have made incredible strides to be where we are today. People all over the world wake up every morning, do their routine, and go about their daily lives.
Around them, they are surrounded by people, care free and oblivious to the absurd amount of work it has taken to come to a point where people can relax their minds and go for a walk, get fresh water to drink, go watch a movie with their friends, or get in a fancy car and go for a drive.
We will make it through this. We are surrounded by all kinds of deadly shit waiting to kill us, and we are still here, thriving. There are many competent teams working on this to the best of their abilities.
Modern medicine is a technological marvel. Two days ago, a team of researchers managed to reproduce the virus which will pave the path to figuring out how to create antibodies.
It will take some time, and it has already impacted a lot of people. The death count will not stop going up, but we won't give up either.
We have given a middle finger to just about anything that could have killed us. We've erected hamlets, villages, towns, cities, metropolises. We have a station floating in space. Built monuments to things we like and things we despise. We've composed beautiful music to inspire ourselves to wage wars against each other. We are relentless and unstoppable.
Hang in there, and don't let helplessness take over you.
Louis CK tells a similar anecdote on Conan "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy". The passenger beside him is upset that the on-board wifi went down.
https://youtu.be/nUBtKNzoKZ4?t=119
The whole clip is hilarious.
Everyone who's not a fool is afraid right now. We're facing something terrible for the first time in living memory, and the systems with whose promises of safety we grew up are also the systems which it seems have largely failed to act effectively in our defense. And the nature of the threat is such that it feels like there's not much we can do to look out for ourselves or each other.
We can try to be kind. I think that's what the comment you're replying to is about. Sucks at it, for sure; "this, too, shall pass" can only ever be cold comfort at best. But the motivation is honorable, however incompetent the attempt.
Thanks for calling me a fool! I think i will not die or even suffer from serious illness with regards to covid 19. My mom in her 80s has higher risks..but she's more worried than me so she'd have a lower chance of getting infected perhaps. And given her age. Even if it weren't covid-19 i wouldn't be surprised if she had medical issues in the coming years.
Existence is a very fragile thing. Nature is unforgiving. We as a species have made incredible strides to be where we are today. People all over the world wake up every morning, do their routine, and go about their daily lives.
Around them, they are surrounded by people, care free and oblivious to the absurd amount of work it has taken to come to a point where people can relax their minds and go for a walk, get fresh water to drink, go watch a movie with their friends, or get in a fancy car and go for a drive.
We will make it through this. We are surrounded by all kinds of deadly shit waiting to kill us, and we are still here, thriving. There are many competent teams working on this to the best of their abilities.
Modern medicine is a technological marvel. Two days ago, a team of researchers managed to reproduce the virus which will pave the path to figuring out how to create antibodies.
It will take some time, and it has already impacted a lot of people. The death count will not stop going up, but we won't give up either.
We have given a middle finger to just about anything that could have killed us. We've erected hamlets, villages, towns, cities, metropolises. We have a station floating in space. Built monuments to things we like and things we despise. We've composed beautiful music to inspire ourselves to wage wars against each other. We are relentless and unstoppable.
Hang in there, and don't let helplessness take over you.