politics

And if you work from home and take classes from home what does that mean? Spyware, so they can make sure you're behaving

that stuff was so dystopian at first too

those firms that would just watch kids all day through their webcams

Well Gent, a good bellweather is whenever I get V&

I'll be your canary

there's kinda of a good thing from those zoom schools, typically ignorant parents learning the bullshit their kids are learning

I've heard that too, I wonder if more parents will start homeschooling

or as we call it in Virginia for some reason "podding"

Hah, podding

Pod living terminology getting normalized?

whale pods, but lol I guess that works too

maybe? if they have time, most just go "oh we'll just switch to private schooling" but that's just as compromised

for some reason there's a stigma against "homeschooling" as a term, since people think it's not as good as a """"real"""" teacher

so around her something like 10-20% of parents started forming pods, and hiring private teachers for their kids

pods of ~5 kids usually

I get the socialization argument to that kinda

but

homeschooling is just straight up better

I'd see it as how many people have the time for it

K-8 at home, 9-12 at a public school

also the state hates home schooling

^

it takes money away from them

vax goes on our immunisation record here

not sure if anyone other than your doctor can see it though

but what if you get it at a non-hospital?

like, in America the vaccine is EVERYWHERE

and most places can't just access you medical records willy nilly

I can get it at CVS or the ABC store if I really wanted

I don't know about the rest of canada

all the spots that it is offered are pharmacies. I got mine at the UWaterloo pharmacy school

they have stations set up to put it on your record

(they ask if its okay to do so first though)

I wonder once you're further along, what it'll look like

further along how?

because for us, the aim of vaccinating everyone, means the vaccine has to be everywhere

and have zero friction in getting it

we are at 68% of the total pop, 78% of eligible pop

lmao

your fucking country man

if it gets approved for under 12s, total pop would shoot up to near 90

I'd assume

it's so weird, how different we are

We also still are in lockdown btw

technically

the American number is inflated too

not a full lockdown, but things are not open

since people all just say yes

when asked if they're vaxxed

everyone still wears masks here

including fully vaxed people

and that will likely continue into september if not longer

I just went to a bar, where they squirt shots in your mouth with a gun

the US really does have a "fuck you do not tell me what to do" attitude

which is fine

yeah we do, I just don't get why you'd want to stay "locked down"

No one wanted to be locked down in the first place

then why does everyone stay home?

(after the first couple months of Corona being spooky)

I think the mentality here is, most people are willing to put up with it if it makes things better in the long run

thats more of the canadian way

that feels like that experiment they do on kids

we do have a subset of people are are anti mask and do anti lockdown protests

with the 1-2-marshmallow

but thats an extreme minority

I am staying locked down and I’m not coming out until 0 more people are infected 🤧

like, I don't understand what someone has to gain by staying home

Someone’s grandma died to this disease you know

Don’t you feel bad

"oh boy, if I don't go out today and have fun, I can go out in 8 months and have fun"

we were at like, 1500 daily cases a month back, which was higher than when we locked down initially

like, it's not even traditional delayed gratification

You are literally KILLING people

Yes, I am

you get NOTHING by waiting

They should charge bastards like you with manslaughter

we are now at 170

VOLUNTARY

Manslaughter

You gain not being a detriment to society (not that I believe that, just thats kind of the mentality)