30 Things That Were Screwed Up By The Covid Pandemic Quite Severely And Possibly Irreparably

my faith in people, in general

Oh honey, my faith in humans disintegrated long before COVID.

Yes, this!! I can't believe just how many anti-mask, COVID denying, anti-vax morons there were. Of course there's a lot less of them now..

Isn't it more telling about one's mental health, rather than the people in general ? Like, the increase in depression and dooming tendencies is real and can make people see others in a dark light. But did people really become stupid and selfish or do we just see seem that way because we are more depressed and pessimistic ?

The mainstreaming of people who deny facts for attention.

A lot of people in the USA still believe COVID did not exist and there was no need for masks or vaccinations.

"Why would anyone avoid a hoax ?"...(said a lot of those people before they died of covid)

I used to say ' I can't come to ... I have the plague' when I was begging off a commitment when sick. Can't say that anymore.

Conservatives blame Biden for the inflation when corporations world wide have reported record high profits.

GREED

Extortion. Nothing more

Supply chain issues is part of it, inflation plays a significant role...but supply and demand is pretty substantial. My wife and i run our own business, a large part of which is designing and printing branded packaging, cards, tags, invitations etc... in the past 4 years our sales have increased 600% compared to pre-pandemic, and our prices have risen to almost double of what they were pre-pandemic. Partly because taxes have increased after every government in the world hemorrhaged money during the pandemic, but primarily because every product we buy, and service we use in related to our business has become nearly twice as expensive. Shipping prices have nearly doubled, a 250 sheet ream of cardstock has risen from $6.53 to $14.79, ink and toner prices have more than doubled. And baseline tax rate is going to rise 60% next year, while VAT is going to rise another 3%. Most people aren't happy about having to raise their prices, but we don't have any choice.

It seems to me everyone's even more self-centered than before the pandemic. I do not recall so many calls on loudspeaker/blasting videos or such on phone loudspeakers without headphones. I wouldn't surprised if this behavior has increased because people got used to being able to do this at home without bothering anyone, but now that they have to move about outside again, amongst other people, they can't go back to the proper ways.

That's a consequence of the loneliness epidemic and started way before COVID. It's the result of the supremacy of individualistic values and the fact we are more and more like isolated islands. It's sad but empathy needs practice.

This is actually due more to social media/internet anonymity

that was true the entire time.

"Social contract"!!! Don't be talkin' that commie stuff around here! /s That goes with the general ignorance people proudly display... not know the difference between society and socialism.

I teach highschool. It was interesting to see how about a third of the students (and a third of the teachers) came up with all sorts of reasons why they couldn't (or just plain wouldn't) wear a mask.

YET, if you started coughing people would call you out for being rude and disrespectful. You cant win in this red vs. blue environment.

I live in a rural area of Austin, TX about an hour NW. My little town is still nice and nobody bothers you.

In the USA, some politicians made it political because they wanted people to work. Florida, for example, had very little unemployment benefits because of choices the (Republican) leaders made. So, people were then brainwashed into thinking it is all BS, and were instead encouraged to keep working during the pandemic.

Some states had the nerve to pass laws AGAINST requiring masks!!! that was insane. I recently went to a Cancer Center to have my mammogram and the sign says "masks are suggested" I was only one who wore one...it's a Cancer Center for crying out loud!!!

I'm really not trying to sound like jerk, but it's not my job to support your employees. Big bosses need to not take million dollar bonuses. Example while I was working I had to grab a snack the store was completely automated including when you picked out your items you put it on the counter and the camera scanned it and rang you up, I had zero interactions with any human and when I went to pay it wanted me to tip.. (sky deck in Vail)

If only employers paid an actual good wage, this wouldn't be a problem.

JUST SAY NO

seriously. if all you did was pass my food out a window, you're not getting a bloody tip

How is that a consequence of Covid? An honest question from someone more American.

I had a reply to my comment about Project2025 on YouTube. They said enough with the conspiracies. Dude, I shared the official website and both the right and left major news outlets have been talking about it.

it didnt help that many people seriously beileved in said aliens and lizardmen. they should never have been a concept.

A problem ... many if not most COVID Conspiracy theories ... proved to be truth