#Covid norms

[hotwaterandmilk]

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

#personal #idk i just feel strongly that even trash should be allowed to exist #and all of us be able to access it if we so choose #some of the most meaningful film experiences of my life have involved B movies and other “low” culture properties #i'm not well enough to even start rambling about high and low culture and the rich #but as an audience we should be able to select what we want to consume #and we should be able to access it regardless of local laws or cultural norms #that's why the efforts of archivists and media preservationists from the lost media wiki to the louvre are so important #“but this spongebob ad had no impact on society who cares if it is accessible or not?” #you can't determine the value of something based solely on your own experience with it #so yeah spongebob ads and episodes of wheel of fortune should continue to exist #and so should the trashiest shoujo manga in the world #god and i haven't even touched on how disproportionately things like this affect work by artists of colour #queer artists and disabled artists #it's super fucking shit and i refuse to let streaming take away these media choices #ok back to my covid sick bed

[kouhaiofcolor]

If you still wear a face mask in 2024 (in countries or regions where it is/was not a prevalence or norm before covid), what do you tell ppl when they ask you why you still do it? 😅 ngl I be having smartass remarks. Esp toward the ppl it irks unreasonably?

#I mean I 1000% wear them nowadays just so ppl won’t talk to me #which I think I have japan’s norms around this to thank for that #I’ve never been a ppl person but I didn’t realize how little I enjoy interacting w ppl publicly #before COVID #face masks have made it seamless to ignore ppl & do what I need to do outside of the comfort of my home #among other reasons #also reduces how much gratitude you have to fake at work #which iykyk #win for me #ion know how ppl was so ready to go back to walking round barefaced out here #on the rare occasion when i don’t have a mask the public always gives me a reason to keep one #what w ppl having the worst manners around hygiene #sneezing and coughing etc

[kabutone]

ppl that still wear a mask regularly you are more punk than anyone else

extra points if you’re in a really shitty area where there’s a bunch of anti maskers/anti vaxxers/overall shitty people around. you are extra more punk than anyone else

and ppl engaging in any kind of community care u are more punk than anyone else it’s about love and care babey!!!!!!

#was talking w a friend who so much braver than i #you WILL care about other ppl #anyway when the gov is pushing deadly misinfo it is NOT punk to just go along with that shit. stand up against it #i know a lot of ppl feel social pressure to not mask bc nobody else is but daring to be brave and stand out should be the norm for u #don’t fall in w the normies dare to be different and care for others. esp if nobody else is #and when i see other queer ppl who don’t mask it’s like.. hey man! did you know a disease wiped out a huge chunk of us in the 80s? #the gov said it was a ‘gay disease’ and of course they wanted gay people to die so they did nothing. they let us die #now that covid has become a ‘only disabled people disease’ do you think it’s ok for the gov to do this again? #i see other hawaiians not masking or even PROUDLY being anti vax #and again i’m like hey man! did you know hawaiians almost completely died out bc of foreign disease? #our land was illegally annexed bc so many hawaiians had died there were too little to fight back! do you think more of us should die? #i’ve heard ppl say if you don’t mask you’re not a leftist and that’s true but it also applies to so many different identities and cultures #it’s like if you claim to care about the earth but you litter on the beach. like do you really care if you can’t do the bare minimum #anyway. if u see this and u need high quality masks literally DM me and i will send you some

[lesbiancarat]

i was going through my computer and found a draft for a long tumblr post from 2020 about a day I had where everything was going wrong in kind of a funny series of unfortunate events (I think I did end up posting it back then I just drafted it in word bc it was so long lol) but it's weird to read back bc I'm like wow I sound so young??? it's only been 4 years and 2020 feels like last year but yet I feel like I'm so much more grown than when I wrote that post it's wild

#also i referred to covid as rona 😭😭😭 #like wow what a throwback #it is interesting how at the beginning of the pandemic i feel like it was called corona more but at some point covid became the norm #melia.txt

[e77y]

Seriously need to make more friends or go outside more (both things are easier said than done) bc I am a little bit tired of relying on content creation for attention and connection :(

#idk I think I just miss how accessible attention from friends was in high school and even last year in college #but now I’m an online student and I live in the middle of nowhere so it’s a lot harder to hang out with people irl #and idk I just finished all of my schoolwork for the day and thought ‘I’m really bored and want to talk to somebody etc’ #and my first thought was ‘I should work on a new fic so people will comment on it’ 😭 #which! I do love comments! but also I need to talk to people outside of AO3 comments yk? lmao 😭 #I sort of miss the year-ish long era of COVID lockdown bc I was constantly on calls with like ten different friend groups #maybe it’s my self isolation or maybe adulthood is just like this? idk #I’m moving in with friends next semester so I think that will be good for me #I just wanna make online friends man :( but idk how to DO that except by making fandom content #and hoping somebody likes it enough to slowly incorporate me into their life LMAO #I wish calls/voice memos were the norm in online spaces I’m so much better at those #anyway this is very pathetic to post but whatever. I’m trying to get used to being vulnerable on this blog #not that I owe it to people online to be vulnerable. if anything I should NOT be vulnerable on the internet #it’s just that. I am not very vulnerable period. so it’s better for me to air it out into the online void than to bottle it up forever #ellyposting #vent #ish? just to be safe

[vydumaj]

I’m currently going through a minor identity crisis after, like, two weeks ago, at the age of 23, realizing I’m lactose intolerant. I drank some hot chocolate, got a really bad stomach ache, and thought to myself “it’s nothing, I always get a stomach ache after drinking hot chocolate”, remembered I got a stomach ache after eating ice cream two days before and then realized…maybe getting a stomach ache every time you drink hot chocolate (regardless of how little) isn’t…normal. it’s been like that for at least half a year, up to like 2-3 years… I guess I should’ve expected this since my stomach is super sensitive and my dad is lactose intolerant and also Thai (84-96% of Thai people are lactose intolerant depending on which study you look at) … at least lactase enzyme pills seem to work for me so I won’t need to give up ice cream lmao

#t says #but…that feels like an odd discovery to make now all of a sudden #covid may have made it worse though…is there anything covid doesn’t fuck up #I also wondered if I may be lactose intolerant like 2 years ago when I was investigating everything wrong with my stomach (I still have no #clue) #but thought I wasn’t since I eat ice cream with what I felt was no problem #since most foods give me minor stomach aches anyway I didn’t think it was noteworthy #lol #random post sorry #I now realize that stuff like me wanting to eat cheese bc I like the taste but generally avoiding it bc I get stomach aches #is probably also related to this #my mom is Swedish and not lactose intolerant #it’s the norm here only 7% of the Swedish adult population is #I grew up drinking milk with everything.until I was 14 I had milk with every meal (then it started making my acid reflux worse) #so I didn’t expect this at all 🥲

[chirpsythismorning]

Wait… Remember when Nick said in a previous update that his source informed him that once the first 3 episodes of s5 were written, filming for those episodes could start as soon as later this year…

It’s giving time jump 5x01-5x03 👀👀👀

#byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things spoilers #it would make sense to film the pre-time jump scenes/episodes asap while the cast is younger #then do the post-time jump scenes/episodes next year when they are slightly older #as opposed to filming it out of order I mean #also it’s fairly common for shows to start filming when they haven’t completed writing the whole season yet #season 4 being written entirely before filming was rare and only a result of COVID #it’s actually the norm to film while still writing the season you’re filming… #so this is actually fairly likely regardless… #especially just considering that s5 is outlined already #so it’ll be a lot easier then if they were going in completely in the dark

[queerpontmercy]

covid denial this and mask wars that but yknow I actually think it'd slap if folks made a tangible commitment to wearing masks if they have any respiratory illness (flu, cold, etc) that's transmissible through droplets

i really wish that was a U.S. cultural norm, I've always appreciated it. not everyone bounces back from cold or flu the same way and to me even before covid masking has always said "hey, i care about how i affect you while i'm in your space." and that means something!

#personal #covid 19 #I was at daiso today and so many people had masks it was lovely #there is nuance i shouldn't even touch in terms of who gets targeted for wearing a mask more than me-- #I can't make anyone's decisions for them #but man if you'll face minimal repercussions and you're able to keep masking as a social norm covid or no covid...? #i think that would be just amazing

[defiantcatlady]

people are stupid selfish and short-sighted and I want to throttle someone daily, but I actually blame the government most of all for how unwilling everyone is to just fucking wear a mask to avoid catching and spreading a potentially lethal or disabling disease we barely understand.

it's been 3 whole years of "masks are useless wait no actually wear a mask everywhere wait actually just wear it indoors wait actually just wear it on the bus wait actually it's fine the pandemic is over uh wait actually maybe wear it on the bus wait actually you need to wear it indoors". even the most reasonable person would get tired of that nonsense, and most people are not reasonable.

#just heard that our prime minister 'recommends' we start wearing masks again 😂 bestie who tf spent months telling everyone it was over #'I wanna go back to normal' this IS the new normal you fucking idiots #covid isn't going away! so 'normal' now can either mean we get used to fucking masks in closed public spaces #or we accept that many of us will die and/or become disabled when it could have been avoided #and don't get me started on the way no one's even arguing for better ventilation to become the norm #covid-19 #h #france #for reference but considering what I've read about the cdc etc. I'm sure the same thing happened in many countries

[brokentoothmarch]

I GENUINELY DONT EVN HV ANY SYMPTOMS ANYMORE IS ANOTHR CAVEAT ON TOP OF ALL THIS

#🔖 #Like i Genuinely Feel 100% Completely Fine Wht th Fuck is Up w All This #I MEAN….MUSCLE SORENESS ND TIREDNESS bt Thts Smthn i Already experienced All th time before covid NYWAYS #so Nthn out of th ‘Norm’ #God i jst wnna see sm funny videos or Animals or literally Anythn to get my mind off it this fucking sucks

[domesticated-pirate]

Dr's be like " GooD News! We can't find anything wrong with you! So keep an eye on your symptoms and come back if anything changes! :D"

.... i guess i'll just keep collapsing/nearly passing out whilst feeling exhausted all the time and being unable to string more than three thoughts together with muscles that ache from sitting and being unable to walk more than 10 mins without getting out of breath then .... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#tag essay / rant #el rambles #personal #health stuff #nothing against Drs in general (the NHS is an absolute blessing <3) but like look at my record #of never going to the drs for any issues for 25+years #would I be here just for the lols? mayhaps im there bc i feel like sumting is not right with me atm #it's only since feb when i went down hard with The covid and I just haven't bounced back yet #(my friends and office people think its long covid but i refuse to accept that - i will be so pissed if it is) #my main concern is that its impacting my work #and I've managed to push through the last few months by having no life outside of work but thats not sustainable #and also even if it were sustainable - im still exhausted and struggling at work even when im doing nothing outside of work #also like ... if nothing chnges this is still not my optimum/my norm so am i meant to wait for it to get worse? #like regularly loosing consciousness in public? #im thinking maybe go back in a few weeks and be like - TeCHNically nothings changed but this still isnt my norm plz find something #whispers to the void #at least i found some gentle herbal sleeping tablet that have been working for me this past week... #small wins #ty for listening <3

[einstetic]

other people registering as attending students: hmm what courses should i sign up for, i need to find an internship, i need to start working on my thesis, so many fun events to attend!

me when registering as attending without actually having any intention to sign up for courses: i love the student discount on public transport, it is v nice

#me in a f nutshell #literally no one cares emma #the whole concept of uni and studying does not sound appealing due to various reasons #i blame unresponsive professors who don't register the credits i should have received a year ago #the whole buracreacy #covid made me feel excluded and i am kind of scared of the uni setting #then also we love how me feeling under weather is now the new norm #sorrh for rambling in the tags #i just need to write it down

[phynali]

Half my colleagues don't understand/accept the concept of headphones and have full-volume zoom meetings without headphones in their offices along my hall. There is no soundproofing because this building was poorly designed. Even if there was, our offices have both glass windows that face into the hall as well as glass doors with unclosable open window/gaps along the top for airflow.

Some of them also have some of the most naturally booming voices designed to carry that I've ever heard. Across the hall or down the hall it doesn't matter, you can hear every word.

And some of them will do this even when they're on a zoom call with at least one another person in our hallway, and sometimes you can literally hear the echo from one person speaking and then it coming out of another's speakers two doors down.

I'm going to murder my colleagues, is what I'm saying.

#i didnt used to understand how people could be more productive working from home #i no longer wonder that #the guy who works directly across from checks all these boxes #natural orator voice it carries like nothing else #sounds angry to my ears even when he's chill or neutral because of cultural differences in tone #has zoom meetings and he's never worn headphones #(wasnt an issue pre covid but now zoom is the norm so...) #and had a meeting today with a guy overseas and a guy down our hall and the echo was ridiculous #anyway i literally picked up my shit and left my office to work in a different location #and along the way passed like 3 more offices in other halls where people were doing this #gaahhhh #phyn rants #phyn vs life #i have noise cancelling headphones sometimes it's not enough you gotta escape the noise

[diamondseaside]

on the topic of skipping classes i never truly realized how much freedom i had in college. to be able to decide what to do and when to do it. there was so much less at stake and now that i work full time i can’t freely take off even when i really need it

#going from online school for 2 years to working full time in person is tough #i know that was the norm before covid but going this long without any breaks is exhausting #at first i didn’t feel it but now that’s it almost been a year i’m way past the point of burnt out

[appeler-un-chat-un-chat]

(Source : Insolentiae.com 221020)

#Nous vivons dans un monde de fous. #Je crois que dans ce pays tout le monde devient complètement malade. #Le monde d’Ubu roi ! #Une vraie société de mabouls. #Un monde où on vous demande tout et son contraire dans un espèce « d’en même temps » totalement impossible et au succès improbable. #Pour le virus du Covid #ouvrez les fenêtres toutes les 10 minutes et aérez. Pour la chaleur et la sobriété énergétique calfeutrez et fermez tout ! #Les masques ne servent à rien en population générale… puis #port du masque obligatoire sinon 135 euros d’amende. #Et désormais #c’est un génial et totalement maboul pour la transition écologique prenez le train et les transports en commun mais à cause des prix de l’é #C’est juste un délire collectif ahurissant dont le professeur en chef de notre asile d’aliénés n’est autre que le docteur Maboul du Palais #Non pas qu’il soit plus maboul que tous les autres. Non. #A la grosse commission de Bruxelles ils sont carrément en phase terminale de décompensation de folie extrême. #Mais notre Manu incarne ce système qui se met à tourner en boucle et à se taper la tête contre les murs ! #Plus rien ne fonctionne #parce que nous nous effondrons sur nous mêmes et les complexités que nous créons depuis des années. Nous croulons sous nos empilements de r #de lois #de normes #de fiscalité toutes plus folles et incompréhensibles les unes que les autres.

[ocdhuacheng]

I am so terrified about monkeypox like not gonna lie

#.txt #everything I hear about it is worse #especially when we are planning on traveling in the fall but if it gets really bad that’s another thing that we might have to cancel. #after 2 and a half years of covid too #and I’m so scared that how covid was handled and now how they’re treating monkeypox is just going to be the accepted norm for how they treat #*handle disease in general. and this is only going to cause more outbreaks. and of diseases that were once thought rare too #like I’m scared. I’m really scared