Posted on 12/14/2022 8:02:41 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
NEW YORK (AP) — Dusting off old musical instruments, appreciating the outdoors more meaningfully, dumping the hair dye and letting the gray fly forever.
The pandemic disrupted our traditions, practices and pursuits, how we mark milestones, what we do with our time, what’s important in routines. It replaced old with new, a kind of new that just might stick. Nearly three years after the World Health Organization declared the deadly spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, there’s plenty of old life mixed with the new. And, yes, the latter includes a whole lot of Zooming still going on among families, colleagues and friends, near and far.
Here’s a look at pandemic passions that for some are here to stay:
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Because Skype never existed before.
I zoom once a month with my far-flung siblings.
I still have to tell my brother and one sister to hold their phone up. They lie back on their beds to make the call, and all we see are the top of their heads or close-ups of their nostrils!
I didn’t make a single change except for having to wear a mask for a few minutes to go into the grocery store, the doctor’s office and the dentist’s office.
For context, the above blurb is about women getting their hair treated/cut whatever, in a salon. The woman reveals that she stopped going, then never went back.
What the h@ll does that have to do with patriarchy?
My life today is the same as it was three years ago. The so-called pandemic had very little impact on me.
My doctor never required a mask. My dentist called to schedule a cleaning and I asked if they required a mask. They said yes. I now have a new dentist that never did require a mask.
I was in California where places are today debating whether to re-require masks. Sheer lunacy!
Does this mean rule 42, which limits border crossings for Covid reasons, will stay in place????
In re the patriarchy
Lots of wimmens believe they have to stay fit, dress attractively, dye and style their hair, wear makeup, even have extreme makeover type plastic surgery sometimes, for men to respect/notice/like them.
We aren’t totally wrong. I get more attention and respect when I am put together.
But from women and men! It’s about putting your best foot forward, confidence, caring about how you present yourself. Like anything it can be taken too far.
If you go out gray and chunky with a tired face and drab/ill fitting clothing, most men will not acknowledge you, hold the door, serve you as well if a cashier or clerk or waiter, etc. You just get sort of devalued.
Thank you, and I could surmise what the woman meant, but your point above goes both ways. It has nothing to do with any perceived "patriarchy." We all--men AND women--get more attention and respect when we present ourselves in a put-together manner.
I feel the "patriarchy" comment was a hit-and-run at males and was out of line for the article.
During the scamdemic, I was not traveling for work much at all, but instead I drove around my region of the country a ton. Since I could work remotely in any hotel in the evening anywhere, I Drove the whole coast from frisco to oregon, to utah, arizona, boise, cours d’Alene, Rachel NV. I visited Lake Tahoe nearly every week, Quincy, Chico, Sutter Creek, Bishop, every pass over and through the sierras and cascades from mohave to shasta, it did not stop me, though alot of restaurants in california were closed, though not as bad in rural areas. No vax, masks only when coerced, and imagine that, not even a hint of sniffles
It’s no different with men. Beer gut hanging over the belt, slouching, tee-shirt, unshaven, messy unwashed haiir, puffy face and eyes, rude — do those guys get perceived as alpha males? Do they get much respect? Do the women (and men) notice them)? No way.
Here we are in the dead of winter, a few days away from the shortest day of the year, snow is coming down right now, and I’ve been known to have my PJ bottoms on at 9 am. Ah, retirement!
Pride can be a sin but a little pride in oneself is not. I’m not going to dye my hair but I sure as heck trim nose hair & ear hair, shave even when I’m not going anywhere and comb my hair. Heck, I even make my bed after getting up.
If I dress like a slob, I’m treated like a slob. I work to stay fit both because I enjoy outdoor activities that require a little athletic ability AND because I’m in my 60s and can’t stand old FAT slob men waddling around with stubble on their face.
As you said, “It’s about putting your best foot forward, confidence, caring about how you present yourself. Like anything it can be taken too far.”
The Plandemic had little effect on me except for musically. We had a busy and thriving bluegrass following in my state, with active participant activities that ran the gamut from impromptu jams to concerts (amateur, semi, and pro players) to multi-day get togethers that attracted thousands of players and viewers.
The lockdowns killed it - all of it - stone dead. My coaxing to ignore the phony edicts fell on deaf ears. My brother and I set up and played in the common area of the senior park where he lived and, although residents might pause for a moment or two, all were afraid to linger - even at a distance. A couple of residents reported us to the park management. They informed us that the common area was closed and forbade us to play there. My brother and I contemplated challenging the unfair rule but realized the pointlessness of it.
We retreated to his front porch and our jams became practice sessions. The jams and activities never returned. Reaching out to former jam partners was a complete wash - apparently no one has an ounce of interest anymore.
I miss it and despise the F’rs that killed it.
I think if I can crawl into this insane person’s mind for a moment - it is a tortured attempt to blame the patriarchy for spending time making yourself look presentable and attractive to men?
Sad story.
We have become a nation of slobs. I see men who are middle aged and older going to church or sitting down in restaurants wearing short pants, message t-shirts, flip flops and baseball caps. In other words, dressed like eight-year-olds.
At home, why not? But this current trend of grown adults going out in public in their PJs?
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