Posts
742
Joined
12/30/2013
Location
USA
Thinking how life as we knew just a week ago will never return. Last Friday the world seemed to change. Everything started happening so fast. Even after the coronavirus has run its course and a vaccine is readily available, the world will never go back to the normal we once knew. Many things will be different, some things might never return, new things will develop, and many changes for a new normal that lies ahead. The anxiety and paranoia might stick around. I guess it all depends on how bad this truly gets but if this path continues going downhill and goes on for a significant time it makes you think how this will change so many things for the post-era...
- how we get our food ( online might become a new norm for allot of us).
- toll booth workers ( hand to hand contact all day between people and money, that will all go electronic I think). Guidelines for hygiene will change
- How people greet people. Big hugs and handshakes might not be the regular post corona. Maybe a set of knuckles or even elbows become the new thing.
- Isolation might become more desired than it ever was. Once people get used to there bubble and safe place they may stick close to home more.
- social distance and people’s personal space. Especially in public settings. The anxiety people experience during this time might continue.
-Concerts... will people really wanna be that close to each other. Contact with hundreds of strangers
-Movie theaters might go away. With all the resources we have for watching entertainment already they might not ever recover to the popularity they once had.
- doctors office vists and new procedures are sure to happen. Protocols will change.
- Travel. Airports, subways, and mass transit will need to adapt. Hygiene and procedures will now be a big concern moving forward for people to feel comfortable again.
- The news. It’s become apparent by now especially since this virus that we really can’t trust what they tell us. It’s almost evil how it’s all based on money and selling lies and one sided truths. We really have no source of un-biased information. You can’t trust anything nowadays to be totally accurate.
- Allot of people will experience major financial hardship during this time. On a positive note maybe people will become more minimalist and mindful of resources and money. Not live so paycheck to paycheck, learn to be more frugal. Not waste.
I don’t know maybe 5 days of quarantine is finally making me nuts lol. Allot of time to think about this crazy time were all in
- how we get our food ( online might become a new norm for allot of us).
- toll booth workers ( hand to hand contact all day between people and money, that will all go electronic I think). Guidelines for hygiene will change
- How people greet people. Big hugs and handshakes might not be the regular post corona. Maybe a set of knuckles or even elbows become the new thing.
- Isolation might become more desired than it ever was. Once people get used to there bubble and safe place they may stick close to home more.
- social distance and people’s personal space. Especially in public settings. The anxiety people experience during this time might continue.
-Concerts... will people really wanna be that close to each other. Contact with hundreds of strangers
-Movie theaters might go away. With all the resources we have for watching entertainment already they might not ever recover to the popularity they once had.
- doctors office vists and new procedures are sure to happen. Protocols will change.
- Travel. Airports, subways, and mass transit will need to adapt. Hygiene and procedures will now be a big concern moving forward for people to feel comfortable again.
- The news. It’s become apparent by now especially since this virus that we really can’t trust what they tell us. It’s almost evil how it’s all based on money and selling lies and one sided truths. We really have no source of un-biased information. You can’t trust anything nowadays to be totally accurate.
- Allot of people will experience major financial hardship during this time. On a positive note maybe people will become more minimalist and mindful of resources and money. Not live so paycheck to paycheck, learn to be more frugal. Not waste.
I don’t know maybe 5 days of quarantine is finally making me nuts lol. Allot of time to think about this crazy time were all in
Things have been changing at quite a fast pace pre corona and people forget pretty quick. You would think after all the earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, housing and market crashes that most people would have their emergency fund built up so they could get by for a few months if things went bad. But, they haven’t. Many are still living paycheck to paycheck. I’m not knocking anyone’s bad situation but there are soooo many people that fall into that category that could have saved a little for a rainy day and didn’t.
Give this a few months and you’ll see plenty of people acting as if nothing ever happened while others struggle to get their lives and businesses back on track.
where we don’t get a grip on this in just a few months. Like if this does go on for 18 months like some experts predict. That would surely change allot of people and things afterwards
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
Free shipping: VITALMX
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Am I concerned? Yeah , of course I am. Am I worried?.......not really. Will it change my life?......fuck no it won't!! I'll be a little more cautious for a while , but sooner or later run my life exactly the way I was before.
Look......there was a guy on here last night that said " No SX on TV , no MXGP on TV........ it'll be a boring summer , with nothing to do!"........ seriously??
Get out of the God damn house , watch your boundaries and live your life! And when things clear up , you feel you have money to spend.....support your local businesses! That's how we kick start this sob and get it going again!
This event will further the divide between the younger and the older generations. This will be regarded as an inconvenience by older generations and a major eye opener for younger generations. Just like 9/11/Iraq/War on Terror, and the Great Recession cause younger people to question the institutions of society.
Hugging will return. Shaking hands will return. Concerts will return. Races will return.
I think this will cause I much broader embrace of performing education and work remotely.
Cheers - calling it a night. Check back in the morning. Gotta get some shut eye, another big day of princess forts with my daughter, helping the wife with the chores, and binge watching 90’s moto on YouTube. This “at home life” ain’t so bad lol. Make the best of it and enjoying the extra time spent with them
Just saying
But I can guarantee you that I remember everything about that day when I was notified of my lay off, I remember the room, the white folder, the emotions, the feelings and I am sure I will for the rest of my life. That split moment in time changed so much for me.
I feel for you man, keep your chin up, and it's always good to have a financial cushion.
Have had the pleasure to get to know Josh and see him at the racetrack a few times. There will be more days in Josh's career like today, but this Nation could use more of his like. Keep that spirit and fight Josh, we're all being tested and (in whatever capacity) keep your eye on the long term. There are opportunities for all who are not complacent or distracted.
I definitely don't want to make management seem evil or anything though, we're a very tight knit company and I know this was absolutely not a trivial thing for them to do, and they never would do this unless it was absolutely essential for the company to stay afloat. I know that they have every intention of hiring these same people back once this passes if possible, and I'm hoping this plays out in such a way that makes that a reality
Jeff, I know exactly where you're coming from and I shared some of the same thoughts you did regarding there being a bigger force at work here, but after doing a bit of my own research I truly believe we need to take some drastic measures quickly to avoid a massive disaster. I don't think this will be the end of the world by any means, in fact I'm setting myself up to hopefully take advantage of a market resurgence when (not if) it happens, but I just can't see how anyone would benefit from anything that's happening currently. People are going to die, the economy is going to take a massive hit, the debt is going to skyrocket, there's absolutely no winners here no matter what side of the isle you're on or what income class you're apart of. That's my take on it at least, I think these next few weeks will be extremely challenging for everyone but after that the effects of our efforts will start to show, remember due to the incubation period before symptoms show benefits from measures taken will be delayed proportionally. If everyone does their part and keeps a level head we'll get through eventually.
Pit Row
https://youtu.be/lvl_lfNyHuM
When all is said and done, it's going to be fascinating to go back through this thread from it's inception and will be a sociological case study on how different people from across the world united by dirt bikes, all came to different mindsets...from those who predicted this thing was not a big deal, to those who saw the sky falling, and those in between.
This is uncharted territory and unprecedented what is happening. An entire global economy shutting down and almost every single country and nation on the planet shutting down society in order to stop an invisible yet highly dangerous and deceptive virus the likes of which no viral specialist has ever seen and which spreads so rapidly. I for one was concerned from the onset of the outbreak in China and knew it was going to hit the US. But I NEVER thought it would hit like it is now and is going too. I just can't help but think that no puppet master, illuminati or government would ever unleash a virus that could potentially disrupt decades of economic development, millions and millions of lives and think that they were immune to it. If literally every virologist in the world is waving a Red Cross flag in regards to this virus and begging everyone to hunker down...this should be a wake up call to us all.
On some spiritual level, I kind of also feel that Mother Nature is finally sick and tired of our bullshit and over us destroying the planet all in the name of the dollar. She's cleansing herself just as she's done for billions of years before we came around. Humanity needs a wake up call and perhaps on the other side of this shit, we listen and are all better off for it. Still love my 2 stroke though. But if going to an E Bike is one positive that comes out of this, so be it. FML.
This thing isn't going away, it'll come and go as do other flu's and diseases. At some point in time we'll all end up with it at least once. By then though they should have a better handle on it and the impact will be much diminished.
The shutting everything down is a new slippery slope. Yes I understand the logistics of getting it to slow down enough to hopefully not have the resources overwhelmed, but now what is the next "whatever" that they deem destructive enough to "warrant" this type of social control.
I'm out every day doing my job going to Minn or Chicago same as it ever was... 'cept for the new signs everywhere warning me of how dangerous the world is.
Oh well do what you all need to do... I've got a for fun ChampCar to work on.
Peace.
In the '17-'18 flu season, 60 to 80,000 people died. Where were the lockdowns and shutdowns. There was plenty of toilet paper.
An average death toll for flu is 10,000 to 30,000 per season with 30,000,000 reported cases. That's only in the US.
In China, this epidemic is mostly over with 3,200 deaths.
So far, covid-19 has killed 201 people in the US. The season is not over, and it will go up but based on actions taken in previous years, will the extreme economy killing actions taken this time ever be really justified?
No it's not justified. Talked to a friend down by St Louis, she's been given papers to show the police that she's going to work if pulled over.
Let that sink in.
I can't express the frustration I have to those that don't see where the acceptance of this possible police action would lead.
Carry on...
If it feels like we overreacted a year from now, then we probably just did enough....
Based on what we have done, year after year after year, of accepting 30,000 deaths per year from the flu, doing nothing but hit or miss vaccines, mostly miss, is the massive economic consequences we will suffer, worth it?
Or, should we do this every year to try to prevent the 30,000 deaths caused by the flu?
Post a reply to: Things that will never be the same post-Corona era