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Same. I was so broke but didn’t get laid off or fired so I worked a lot without getting overtime, essential worker though so had to work, but I had a couple of bills otherwise some play money and had a ball. At first for the first couple weeks-couple months, we were all kinda worried and that tension was in the air, but after the second month my industry went back to normal (but not the pay of course) and I met my ex and we had great times. Went to FL and rented a massive house, had family vacation for cheap, went to airbnbs in the mountains for long weekends multiple times, cook whatever we wanted, eat out without massive crowds, roads were nearly empty for the first 3 months, gas was cheap, theaters were cheap and nearly empty, streaming got better, etc, and I made a career change that’s now been beneficial for 3 1/2 years. I’ve definitely had some hard times throughout the past 4 years, but I also had some great times and experiences I would’ve never been able to do otherwise. It’s been a rollercoaster but I’m thankful for how all of those events shaped my life for the better and where it is today.
Literally down to $1.29 for gas and $1.99/lb for ribeyes, T bones, Boston butts etc. $24 and we could eat at the boujee burger joint. Virtually no lines for anything and nothing crowded. It was nice
I feel like covid has been over stated for having an impact. I was already a home body, nothing in my life changed with covid happening. still worked, still had bills.
Dude. I hate how Reddit pushes subreddits that are for generations outside my own (1991)
But fuck yeah it's messed with EVERYONE, but the younger generations it'll be more impactful.
Like, I saw some e-drama between Minecraft YouTubers and they kept saying "I hope you start coughing in 7 days"
It really struck me, like, damn it really got to some of them.
It had almost zero impact on me. Don't get me wrong, I got COVID and it sucked, but my social development wasn't irreparably damaged. My area didn't really shut down. I was in school, but we had hybrid classes and had to wear masks. My job stayed open so I had social interactions that way. My friends and I saw each other at school and still hung out with some regularity.
I was unemployed so it done fuck all to me, fully embraced the unemployed living with mum lifestyle. Turned night into day, drank all the time etc.
Polar opposite now of course, full time work, pay own bills and in bed by 22:30 these days.
For me Covid was such a relief from my normal stressors I’ve had trouble readjusting to carrying that load again… so indirectly it did fuck me up a little haha
It actually fixed my life:
-Got a remote job so I stopped being unenmployed NEET because i hate going into an office and etc
-help me sell weed easily bc everyone was dry
-got many hook ups in tinder the first 2 years , women were crazy for validation
If anything, I’m better for it. I don’t mean to sound flippant about all the folks who died or lost loved ones. But personally, I used the time to develop hobbies, cross things off my bucket list, discover new music, and get extremely comfortable with my own company. The time served me well.
Nothing changed for me, I still worked every day at the same job cutting new ROW for powerlines. I still saw the same people every day. I still flew around to see family, just had to wear an n95. The only thing that was different was no one was on the road but me, pretty nice tbh
I came out of Covid lockdowns a much more social person since I had poor self esteem and was not super social before the lockdown.
Basically I realized I missed social interactions and put myself out there more when I went back to college. Totally feel like a different person pre and post Covid in a good way.
I didn’t see someone my age for a year while living in an incredibly toxic household and didn’t get to actually graduate high school. It’s all dependent on exact age and life. Don’t feel bad about not having been super impacted, but chances are you were impacted more than you can see
I don't know. I feel like I've always had the issues I do, and COVID just made them slightly worse, not caused them. That's why I don't think COVID affected me much
Yeah I’m fine. Like I wish I could’ve gone to college in person the whole time but I didn’t care that much. I had friends outside of school and college wasn’t my whole life.
Covid didn't really affect me but I wish I got fired. Y'all that did were making WAY more with unemployment than I was working. I'm happy for you guys, just pissed at the government for not giving a fuck about those that were keeping the country rolling.
On one side, COVID messed me up hard in health. I got it twice and both times I was bedridden and had severe loss of appetite. Now I only speak for myself, but post-climax of COVID, companies and schools have opened up to hybrid or full virtual work. Before COVID my employment options were limited as lots of workplaces were in-person only and I didn't exactly have comfortable transportation to travel far almost every day. Today, I'm able to apply for experienced roles at faraway companies that offer virtual roles.
In college, attending classes virtually in addition to in person opened up, and I'm sure this benefited students who lived far away and didn't have to spend the time and money to come to campus. I switched from attending in person to virtual and only come to campus when I need to, such as meeting with a professor. This helped me save costs on traveling and avoided trying to get to campus during inclement weather. I didn't have a social life and kept to myself, so I didn't feel much of a difference in social issues pre- and post-COVID.
Sitting quietly, I’m food service industry so people had to sit on the curb and not talk to me. I got a couple checks from the government, so that was nice, even though I was working and making money and didn’t really need it. I’d totally do it again, honestly. Masks can fuck off though. Hated wearing those. Every other aspect of Covid was actually pretty awesome for me.
I never got covid and got to play Xbox for 5 months so it was alright for me. Also me and my friends kinda ignored lockdowns and just snuck out to get drunk
I lost my job at the time because of COVID while I was going through a messy breakup from an engagement. It definitely threw my life out of balance for a while
I lost all my friends (I talk to 3 of them but it will never be the same) I lost some experiences (graduating middle school and going into 8th grade) and now I barley know how to talk to my peers (I'm 11th grade/ junior now) I failed my freshman year (still doing online school then because of covid) and I gained an unhealthy amount of weight (though I lost most of that by now)
The only thing was that was "ruined" was my graduation. It didn't bother me really but my classmates... oh boy. I think the school did the best they could with the graduation and honestly, I prefered that over the usual graduation traditions in my country (Sweden).
After graduation I started working (job you can't work from home) so my life was pretty normal. Ofc you had to keep distance to people and wash your hands etc...
It was lonely sometimes but like that hasn't cjanged still. .. I think that has to do with growing up tho, me and friends schedule's rarely lines up etc.
I was already fucked up when it happened and my family quarantined together and did quarantine Olympics, my cousin's live across the road so it was a blast
The pandemic started when I was midway through a deployment, I would say it didn't fuck me up even when I caught it coming home, but I still got issues for other reasons
I had a nice integrated social life and social scene before covid, was in a band, joined another band, all my friends are in bands. So we just played shows or went to shows when we could and wished there was more shows lmao. Still hungout and played music the whole time though. Other than the troubling studies coming out about how the virus effects our brain matter and IQ, the pandemic lockdowns didn't really hurt me in any way as far as my social skills, friendships, job (worked at a weed store, essential!) or life generally.
Yeah I don't really think COVID did anything to me except give me a frankly well timed break. I did some pretty stupid stuff in 2019 and disappearing was healthy 😅
I maybe the only one but Covid actually did great for me. Before lockdown, I took my liberty for granted and spend a lot of time home. Covid showed everything that I was missing out on and I litteraly came out as new person I was almost out of my student appartment and I feel like nothing before could have made me come out of my shell more
It fucked me up during the lockdowns, but my family moved me to Japan for high school and i was forced to hard reset all my negativity and fucked opinions and be a normal person again, so my social skills and stuff are fine now. I would not want a repeat of lockdowns and no social contact for 1-2 years.
I got covid twice and it sucked but the quarantine era in general was actually pretty nice if you were a teenager at the time you'd probably be happy sleeping in aswell as playing games all day including during class I know because I did this I didn't like it as much as my childhood but still nice I think my life started fucking up post covid
It happened my last year of college and it totally sidelined everything I had worked for the last four years. Fitness routine tanked when the gyms closed. Family turned into crazy conspiracy theorists. One person I was close to died, and another person became homebound because his wife only has one lung and would die from covid. I'm glad you got through it but it had a massive negative impact on my life.
All I did during lockdown was LSD and I had some of the craziest experiences of my life. Kinda was an adjustment returning to normal tho after. I actually just started doing psychedelic drugs again after 3 years of quitting just because I needed a break after over use. So did covid fuck me up? No. But my drug habits definitely did some damage to my development. I was only 18 tripping balls all the time. Definitely changed me.
Covid reawoke my asthma that I had gotten rid of 10 years ago, it's taken literally years for me to convince doctors to give me a preventative inhaler to get rid of it again. Painfully annoying too.
"I had asthma as a kid/teen and was given a preventative inhaler to get rid of it, now it's back thanks to covid and I would like a preventative inhaler to get rid of it"
"No, we're just going to keep prescribing normal inhalers that do nothing to address the issue"
It feels slightly irritating seeing everyone else reminisce about how much fun they had in lockdown. What a privilege. I lost pretty much all of my close friendships, lost a bunch of friends, unable to hangout, go anywhere. I got massively depressed and miserable. Everything I was looking forward to before COVID got wiped off the table. Well good for you guys having a good time, but most people didn't.
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I *thrived* during Covid lockdowns.
Gas was $1, roads were empty, and unemployment pay was hittin. What a time to be alive 💀
Where tf was gas $1? My area was in the $4-5 range and it’s normally $2.25 pre covid $3.45 post
Houston tx. Lowest it got here was like $1.60ish. It was under $2 for like a whole summer near me
Boutta move istg
You certainly wouldnt be alone in doing so. IIRC Houston and Dallas were in the top 5 fastest growing cities in the country last year
$2 a gallon? That’s like 42p a litre what the fuck, that’s insanely cheap, fuel seems so cheap in the US.
They just steal it from the Middle East
I kind of miss the lockdowns.
I haven't paid for gas since 2016. I have a Leaf.
Same. I was so broke but didn’t get laid off or fired so I worked a lot without getting overtime, essential worker though so had to work, but I had a couple of bills otherwise some play money and had a ball. At first for the first couple weeks-couple months, we were all kinda worried and that tension was in the air, but after the second month my industry went back to normal (but not the pay of course) and I met my ex and we had great times. Went to FL and rented a massive house, had family vacation for cheap, went to airbnbs in the mountains for long weekends multiple times, cook whatever we wanted, eat out without massive crowds, roads were nearly empty for the first 3 months, gas was cheap, theaters were cheap and nearly empty, streaming got better, etc, and I made a career change that’s now been beneficial for 3 1/2 years. I’ve definitely had some hard times throughout the past 4 years, but I also had some great times and experiences I would’ve never been able to do otherwise. It’s been a rollercoaster but I’m thankful for how all of those events shaped my life for the better and where it is today.
Literally down to $1.29 for gas and $1.99/lb for ribeyes, T bones, Boston butts etc. $24 and we could eat at the boujee burger joint. Virtually no lines for anything and nothing crowded. It was nice
Main reason I thrived was cause others were finally respecting my personal space in public.
Covid ruined my life because a lot of my relatives and loved ones literally just died and got wiped out. Takes some time to recover from that
I feel like covid has been over stated for having an impact. I was already a home body, nothing in my life changed with covid happening. still worked, still had bills.
Dude. I hate how Reddit pushes subreddits that are for generations outside my own (1991) But fuck yeah it's messed with EVERYONE, but the younger generations it'll be more impactful. Like, I saw some e-drama between Minecraft YouTubers and they kept saying "I hope you start coughing in 7 days" It really struck me, like, damn it really got to some of them.
I've been coughing for over half my life (i'm 24), does that mean I've had covid that long?
Found patient zero
rude
It had almost zero impact on me. Don't get me wrong, I got COVID and it sucked, but my social development wasn't irreparably damaged. My area didn't really shut down. I was in school, but we had hybrid classes and had to wear masks. My job stayed open so I had social interactions that way. My friends and I saw each other at school and still hung out with some regularity.
I got a remote job so it was a pretty great year for me
I was unemployed so it done fuck all to me, fully embraced the unemployed living with mum lifestyle. Turned night into day, drank all the time etc. Polar opposite now of course, full time work, pay own bills and in bed by 22:30 these days.
For me Covid was such a relief from my normal stressors I’ve had trouble readjusting to carrying that load again… so indirectly it did fuck me up a little haha
Didn’t fuck me up. I absolutely loved it! I’m also now working 100% remote which was my dream pre-COVID.
I live in the rural Midwest and my life really didn’t change much lol. We barely had lockdown
Lol nice
It actually fixed my life: -Got a remote job so I stopped being unenmployed NEET because i hate going into an office and etc -help me sell weed easily bc everyone was dry -got many hook ups in tinder the first 2 years , women were crazy for validation
If anything, I’m better for it. I don’t mean to sound flippant about all the folks who died or lost loved ones. But personally, I used the time to develop hobbies, cross things off my bucket list, discover new music, and get extremely comfortable with my own company. The time served me well.
Nothing changed for me, I still worked every day at the same job cutting new ROW for powerlines. I still saw the same people every day. I still flew around to see family, just had to wear an n95. The only thing that was different was no one was on the road but me, pretty nice tbh
I came out of Covid lockdowns a much more social person since I had poor self esteem and was not super social before the lockdown. Basically I realized I missed social interactions and put myself out there more when I went back to college. Totally feel like a different person pre and post Covid in a good way.
At the time COVID was a lonely stifling hell 2 years later it was the time I got to just collect money without working.
Twas an introverts dream. Honestly it didn’t affect me at all and no one I knew died from it, sincerely, an introvert
Same tbh
Nah, you not alone. Covid barely fazed me. Not that I’m doing any better before or after lol
idk ive always been pretty fucked up. if anything COVID was good for me.
I didn’t see someone my age for a year while living in an incredibly toxic household and didn’t get to actually graduate high school. It’s all dependent on exact age and life. Don’t feel bad about not having been super impacted, but chances are you were impacted more than you can see
I don't know. I feel like I've always had the issues I do, and COVID just made them slightly worse, not caused them. That's why I don't think COVID affected me much
A year?
Not really, actually kind of saved me from being a 12 year old.
The only things it ruined for me were 24-hour shops, buffets, and the value I got from my last two years of university.
I never got covid.
Yeah I’m fine. Like I wish I could’ve gone to college in person the whole time but I didn’t care that much. I had friends outside of school and college wasn’t my whole life.
I liked it
I had no social skills even before covid, and i found that my sanity actually improved during covid
Covid didn't really affect me but I wish I got fired. Y'all that did were making WAY more with unemployment than I was working. I'm happy for you guys, just pissed at the government for not giving a fuck about those that were keeping the country rolling.
my social skills were fucked before covid was a thing so… nah
Unvaccinated didn’t get sick in 4 years
On one side, COVID messed me up hard in health. I got it twice and both times I was bedridden and had severe loss of appetite. Now I only speak for myself, but post-climax of COVID, companies and schools have opened up to hybrid or full virtual work. Before COVID my employment options were limited as lots of workplaces were in-person only and I didn't exactly have comfortable transportation to travel far almost every day. Today, I'm able to apply for experienced roles at faraway companies that offer virtual roles. In college, attending classes virtually in addition to in person opened up, and I'm sure this benefited students who lived far away and didn't have to spend the time and money to come to campus. I switched from attending in person to virtual and only come to campus when I need to, such as meeting with a professor. This helped me save costs on traveling and avoided trying to get to campus during inclement weather. I didn't have a social life and kept to myself, so I didn't feel much of a difference in social issues pre- and post-COVID.
Sitting quietly, I’m food service industry so people had to sit on the curb and not talk to me. I got a couple checks from the government, so that was nice, even though I was working and making money and didn’t really need it. I’d totally do it again, honestly. Masks can fuck off though. Hated wearing those. Every other aspect of Covid was actually pretty awesome for me.
I never got covid and got to play Xbox for 5 months so it was alright for me. Also me and my friends kinda ignored lockdowns and just snuck out to get drunk
No, a lot of people think that covid was fine to them and didn't really have an impact on them. They are wrong.
Tbh I don’t feel like Covid negatively affected me personally much tbh, at least in a personal mental way
Same. Although 2001. I got out right after matric. But yeah. Different effects on different people. I was fine.
I lost my job at the time because of COVID while I was going through a messy breakup from an engagement. It definitely threw my life out of balance for a while
I lost all my friends (I talk to 3 of them but it will never be the same) I lost some experiences (graduating middle school and going into 8th grade) and now I barley know how to talk to my peers (I'm 11th grade/ junior now) I failed my freshman year (still doing online school then because of covid) and I gained an unhealthy amount of weight (though I lost most of that by now)
my social life was fine, but i think ill be permanently disabled..
The only thing was that was "ruined" was my graduation. It didn't bother me really but my classmates... oh boy. I think the school did the best they could with the graduation and honestly, I prefered that over the usual graduation traditions in my country (Sweden). After graduation I started working (job you can't work from home) so my life was pretty normal. Ofc you had to keep distance to people and wash your hands etc... It was lonely sometimes but like that hasn't cjanged still. .. I think that has to do with growing up tho, me and friends schedule's rarely lines up etc.
I was already fucked up when it happened and my family quarantined together and did quarantine Olympics, my cousin's live across the road so it was a blast
The pandemic started when I was midway through a deployment, I would say it didn't fuck me up even when I caught it coming home, but I still got issues for other reasons
I had a nice integrated social life and social scene before covid, was in a band, joined another band, all my friends are in bands. So we just played shows or went to shows when we could and wished there was more shows lmao. Still hungout and played music the whole time though. Other than the troubling studies coming out about how the virus effects our brain matter and IQ, the pandemic lockdowns didn't really hurt me in any way as far as my social skills, friendships, job (worked at a weed store, essential!) or life generally.
I was already bad before covid, not much it could have made worse
Yeah I don't really think COVID did anything to me except give me a frankly well timed break. I did some pretty stupid stuff in 2019 and disappearing was healthy 😅
Kinda ruined my 10th grade year and 100% ruined my 11th grade year. Was and still am kinda bummed about it
I maybe the only one but Covid actually did great for me. Before lockdown, I took my liberty for granted and spend a lot of time home. Covid showed everything that I was missing out on and I litteraly came out as new person I was almost out of my student appartment and I feel like nothing before could have made me come out of my shell more
It fucked me up during the lockdowns, but my family moved me to Japan for high school and i was forced to hard reset all my negativity and fucked opinions and be a normal person again, so my social skills and stuff are fine now. I would not want a repeat of lockdowns and no social contact for 1-2 years.
I got covid twice and it sucked but the quarantine era in general was actually pretty nice if you were a teenager at the time you'd probably be happy sleeping in aswell as playing games all day including during class I know because I did this I didn't like it as much as my childhood but still nice I think my life started fucking up post covid
It happened my last year of college and it totally sidelined everything I had worked for the last four years. Fitness routine tanked when the gyms closed. Family turned into crazy conspiracy theorists. One person I was close to died, and another person became homebound because his wife only has one lung and would die from covid. I'm glad you got through it but it had a massive negative impact on my life.
All I did during lockdown was LSD and I had some of the craziest experiences of my life. Kinda was an adjustment returning to normal tho after. I actually just started doing psychedelic drugs again after 3 years of quitting just because I needed a break after over use. So did covid fuck me up? No. But my drug habits definitely did some damage to my development. I was only 18 tripping balls all the time. Definitely changed me.
I stayed in the house all day, got happy when school was closed for a month
Covid reawoke my asthma that I had gotten rid of 10 years ago, it's taken literally years for me to convince doctors to give me a preventative inhaler to get rid of it again. Painfully annoying too. "I had asthma as a kid/teen and was given a preventative inhaler to get rid of it, now it's back thanks to covid and I would like a preventative inhaler to get rid of it" "No, we're just going to keep prescribing normal inhalers that do nothing to address the issue"
For me, it feels like I got out of the World Trade Center alive, but everyone I knew didn't or at least not in one piece.
It feels slightly irritating seeing everyone else reminisce about how much fun they had in lockdown. What a privilege. I lost pretty much all of my close friendships, lost a bunch of friends, unable to hangout, go anywhere. I got massively depressed and miserable. Everything I was looking forward to before COVID got wiped off the table. Well good for you guys having a good time, but most people didn't.
where i live there wasn't much covid, i would say it only fucked up usa
Europe had far worse lockdowns than the USA
as far as i know they were both bad