I saw this during the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York city
We’re in northern Ontario in Canada and I was with my wife and her mother. My mother in law was a great lady, tiny, Irish Canadian completely and with a heart of gold. She had lived through the second world War where she lost her husband, her husband’s brother, three other of her husband’s brothers who were in the war and a long list of friends she saw leave school to take part in the war and some of them not come back, some completely psychologically destroyed and others just surviving life.
She was making chili that morning when we got up. I turned on the TV and couldn’t believe what we were watching. It was like a movie. We watched live the first burning building and then soon after watched the second plane crash on live TV. It was surreal.
My mother in law came in and watched with us for a while. We were glued to the TV and waited for more … all day! My mother in law got up after five minutes and went back to her chili.
We told her this was historic. You can’t miss it.
She said she’s already lived through wars, near wars, threatened nuclear war, end of the world predictions, fall of the Soviet Union and a whole bunch more.
She said she felt bad for everyone but we can’t do anything right now.
She went back to cooking her chili.
There’s something called hypernormalization that I just read about.
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
The world has always been crumbling and always will. That’s basically the definition of life, the fight against entropy
fight against entropy
And the US military.
Definitely.
Contrary to movie belief, it’s the little things that get you during the apocalypse. Hygiene can be considered the most important survival skill of day-to-day life.
If you read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, it’s like 5% zombie combat strategy and 95% general survival knowledge. A very good read.
For an effective demonstration, check out Project Zomboid.
It’s still wild to me that Mel Brooks is his dad.
Rule #1 : Cardio
I just watched a video on basic latrine sanitation yesterday that discussed also sealing drains and, including the toilet.
Its never been a better time for real netrunning. The data fortresses are more insecure than you picking your first icon. Get them files, choom.
what really bums me out is having to work so hard while the world crumbles around me.
i didn’t think things through when I chose a job that would be needed through the end of the world.
On the other hand, I would rather have a job that continues to be needed than no job at all. I think I’d prefer having some resources to help myself and my loved ones during the societal collapse.
the other downside is that I don’t feel like it’s my place to be the one rioting out in the streets because I specifically picked a patient population that will be THE FIRST to be abandoned. Many of my patients have physical as well as mental disabilities. We have at least three ID patients right now who would just get prostituted at best, and a good portion of the homeless people willing to fake or exaggerate psychosis or suicidal ideation for a bed are often doing it because they also have a bum leg or a broken back and won’t make it on the street for an extended period. If I quit my job it’s not some spoiled rich bastard who’s going to suffer, in fact they’ll probably do slightly better for not having to pay my wages. I’d probably adapt ok to health outside the system (I’m already making do with it’s scraps on the daily) but I just… I’m also trying really hard not to think about the “wellness camps.” Me being forced to abandon these people is just going to be the beginning.
I take care of my elderly parents and they would not last very long without me. I have fears of what could happen to me but they’re greatly compounded by having people dependent on me. I’m so glad I don’t have any children, at least.
When I’m playing among us and I’m pretty sure I’m the last living crewmate
All my life Spring has always been a happy time for me. This one has just sucked, though, even though the weather has been near-perfect.
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Not me. I’m doing GREAT tasks, as the world crumbles.
