http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first
announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back
that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege
of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold
morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a
crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things
were starting to get back to normal, especially during July of this
year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine
has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed
meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or
go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet,
and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually
pushed back when all of it was announced. Its like whether the
lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with
it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who
would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and
rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the >pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were >empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyones guess
but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along
with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do
a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didnt have to resist, but why
did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees
for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against >itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially
thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to
say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesnt repeat
itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant >gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart
or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they dont
have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday,
you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that
next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of
(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in
the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan
is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms. >Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. Its a blur and it moves faster
than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time
for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals >which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on
Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping.
The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had
for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I
almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals.
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making
the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all
done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together
and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza.
Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government
handle it so we can get back to normal. Who cares if I have to get a
jab, its just a poke, get it so we can get back to normal. Hurry it
up over here and come on already! are things frequently said in
Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we dont care what has
to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their >careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as
possible. I dont blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to
keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the
reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you dont really own anything, you dont think much about the >consequences because its not really yours. I even saw it with my
roommates whod occasionally have parties and thrash the place because
it wasnt actually their home, theyd move out and at the end have a
good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are >usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city
USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career,
drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know
that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever
happens, you dont really have to live with it because Manhattan is not
your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island
tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You
dont really have to live with the consequences of much of anything
because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? Youre there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your >career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for
strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the >population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that
they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like >Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A >certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy
life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an
easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you
because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so
you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came >through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have
seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they
might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community,
or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its
the guy who doesnt agree with your politics and refuses to take the
jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a
survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch
who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their
chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon
period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find
quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick
it out here for a year or two until things get back to normal in
Manhattan but I know that is not happening. Ive learned that the
underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back
the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet
another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning
into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when
things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick it
out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain
open to all possibilities.
MichaelE wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first
announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back
that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege
of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold
morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a
crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things
were starting to get back to “normal”, especially during July of this
year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine
has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed
meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or
go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet,
and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually
pushed back when all of it was announced. It’s like whether the
lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with
it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who
would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and
rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the
pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were
empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyone’s guess
but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along
with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do
a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didn’t have to resist, but why >> did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees
for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against
itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially
thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to
say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesn’t repeat
itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant
gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart
or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they don’t
have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday,
you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that
next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of
(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in
the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan
is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms.
Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. It’s a blur and it moves faster
than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time
for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals
which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on
Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping.
The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had
for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I
almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals.
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making
the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all
done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together
and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza.
Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government
handle it so we can get “back to normal”. Who cares if I have to get a >> jab, it’s just a poke, get it so we can “get back to normal”. “Hurry it
up over here” and “come on already!” are things frequently said in
Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we don’t care what has
to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their
careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as
possible. I don’t blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to >> keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the
reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you don’t really own anything, you don’t think much about the
consequences because it’s not really yours. I even saw it with my
roommates who’d occasionally have parties and thrash the place because
it wasn’t actually their home, they’d move out and at the end have a
good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are
usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city
USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career,
drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know
that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever
happens, you don’t really have to live with it because Manhattan is not
your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island
tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You
don’t really have to live with the consequences of much of anything
because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? You’re there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your >> career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for
strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the
population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that
they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like
Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A
certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy
life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an
easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you
because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so
you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came
through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have
seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they
might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community,
or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its
the guy who doesn’t agree with your politics and refuses to take the
jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a
survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch
who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their
chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon
period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find
quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick
it out here for a year or two until things get “back to normal” in
Manhattan but I know that is not happening. I’ve learned that the
underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back
the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet
another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning
into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when
things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick it
out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain
open to all possibilities.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
NYC & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
MichaelE wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first
announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back
that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege
of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold
morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a
crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things
were starting to get back to normal, especially during July of this
year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine
has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed
meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or
go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet, >>> and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually
pushed back when all of it was announced. Its like whether the
lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with >>> it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who
would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and
rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the
pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were >>> empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyones guess
but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along
with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do
a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didnt have to resist, but why >>> did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees
for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against
itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially
thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to
say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesnt repeat
itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant
gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart
or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they dont
have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday,
you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that
next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of
(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in >>> the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan >>> is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms. >>> Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. Its a blur and it moves faster
than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time
for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals >>> which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on
Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping. >>> The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had
for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I
almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals. >>>
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making
the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all
done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together >>> and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza. >>> Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government
handle it so we can get back to normal. Who cares if I have to get a
jab, its just a poke, get it so we can get back to normal. Hurry it
up over here and come on already! are things frequently said in
Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we dont care what has
to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their
careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as
possible. I dont blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to >>> keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the
reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you dont really own anything, you dont think much about the
consequences because its not really yours. I even saw it with my
roommates whod occasionally have parties and thrash the place because
it wasnt actually their home, theyd move out and at the end have a
good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are
usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city
USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career,
drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know
that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever
happens, you dont really have to live with it because Manhattan is not
your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island
tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You
dont really have to live with the consequences of much of anything
because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? Youre there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your >>> career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for
strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the
population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that
they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like
Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A >>> certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy >>> life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an
easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you
because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so
you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came >>> through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have
seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they
might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community, >>> or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its
the guy who doesnt agree with your politics and refuses to take the
jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a
survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch
who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their
chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon
period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find
quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick >>> it out here for a year or two until things get back to normal in
Manhattan but I know that is not happening. Ive learned that the
underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back
the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet
another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning
into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when
things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick it
out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain
open to all possibilities.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
NYC & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
MichaelE wrote:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
MichaelE wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first
announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back >>> that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege >>> of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold
morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a >>> crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things >>> were starting to get back to “normal”, especially during July of this
year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine >>> has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed
meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or >>> go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet, >>> and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually
pushed back when all of it was announced. It’s like whether the
lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with >>> it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who >>> would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and >>> rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the >>> pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were >>> empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyone’s guess >>> but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along >>> with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do >>> a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didn’t have to resist, but why
did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees >>> for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against >>> itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially
thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to >>> say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesn’t repeat >>> itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant
gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart >>> or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they don’t >>> have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday, >>> you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that >>> next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of
(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in >>> the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan >>> is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms. >>> Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. It’s a blur and it moves faster
than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time >>> for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals >>> which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on >>> Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping. >>> The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had >>> for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I >>> almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals. >>>
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making >>> the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all >>> done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together >>> and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza. >>> Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government >>> handle it so we can get “back to normal”. Who cares if I have to get a
jab, it’s just a poke, get it so we can “get back to normal”. “Hurry it
up over here” and “come on already!” are things frequently said in >>> Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we don’t care what has >>> to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their >>> careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as
possible. I don’t blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to
keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the >>> reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you don’t really own anything, you don’t think much about the >>> consequences because it’s not really yours. I even saw it with my
roommates who’d occasionally have parties and thrash the place because >>> it wasn’t actually their home, they’d move out and at the end have a >>> good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are >>> usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city >>> USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career, >>> drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know >>> that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever
happens, you don’t really have to live with it because Manhattan is not
your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island >>> tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You >>> don’t really have to live with the consequences of much of anything >>> because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? You’re there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your
career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for >>> strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the
population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that >>> they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like
Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A >>> certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy >>> life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an >>> easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you >>> because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so >>> you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came >>> through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have >>> seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they >>> might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community, >>> or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its >>> the guy who doesn’t agree with your politics and refuses to take the >>> jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a
survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch >>> who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their >>> chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon >>> period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find >>> quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick >>> it out here for a year or two until things get “back to normal” in >>> Manhattan but I know that is not happening. I’ve learned that the
underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back >>> the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet >>> another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning >>> into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when >>> things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick it >>> out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain >>> open to all possibilities.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
NYC & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (DeuteronomyIt's good news he doesn't have covid.
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading: https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all
glory ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to
hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a)
thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT from around the heart ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist with an http://HeartMDPhD.com/EternalMedicalLicense
2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President: http://HeartMDPhD.com/WonderfullyHungryPresident
and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewCare
which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote in part:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
"Z Crazy" (aka Zee) wrote:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
(Stat) 09/04/21 Again, as shown by the LORD, that instead of stopping
the sin of gluttony by fasting (i.e. 0 lbs) ...
"Then He (LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth) said to them all: 'Whoever
wants to be My disciple must deny themselves (of excess food) and take
up their cross ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/FoodScale ) daily and follow
Me.'" (Luke 9:23 & context w/ parenthetical clarification)
Source:
https://biblehub.com/luke/9-23.htm
"An omer of manna/wheat/food weighs 2 lbs. Perishing souls such as
KlausS will continue to lie about this fact." -- Holy Spirit
(referring to Exodus 16:16 and Revelation 6:6)
Source:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/xufZaqEm4XA/m/jyzKYlgGAQAJ
"Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to GOD, and distributed them
to the people. Afterward(s) He did the same with the fish (so that
they each got 2 lbs of food). And they all ate (the 2 lbs which was)
as much as they wanted. After everyone was full (satisfied that they
got all they needed), Jesus told His disciples, 'Now gather the
leftovers (which wouldn't exist if the people overate the excess
food), so that nothing is wasted.'" (John 6:11-12, NLT w/
parenthetical clarification)
Source:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/ZgsDuv_E6oI/m/NickmAzXAwAJ
"Yes, 2 lbs of food is the right amount of daily food even if the food
is just raw wheat" -- Holy Spirit (referring to John 6:11-12, Exodus
16:16, and Revelation 6:6)
Source:
https://biblehub.com/revelation/6-6.htm
+++
Again, behold ...
"The man (Adam) said, 'The woman (Eve) You put here with me -- she
gave me some fruit from the tree, and I (over)ate (upon eating) it.'
Then the LORD GOD said to the woman (Eve), 'What is this you have
done?' The woman (Eve) said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I
(over)ate.'" (Genesis 3:12-3 w/ parenthetical clarification)
Source:
https://biblehub.com/genesis/3-13.htm
"Yes, Adam & Eve did commit the sin of gluttony when they overate and
as they have confessed. Those who are either perishing or eternally
condemned will lie about this fact." -- Holy Spirit (referring to
Genesis 3:12-3, John 3:3&5, and Mark 3:29)
Again, here's how to stop sinning ...
To sin is to not do what LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth, our Mighty
(Isaiah 9:6) GOD, wants because of our being
http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32) like
http://bit.ly/BiblicalEsau whom GOD hates (Malachi 1:2-3).
What about the serpent (aka satan) ?
The serpent's sin was **not** gluttony, because he did **not**
overeat.
Instead, his sin was deceiving Eve so that now he can't say/write he's
"wonderfully hungry" because he's now cursed (Genesis 3:14) to **not**
be hungry and he's not forgiven of this sin because he's not been
allowed to confess it.
"There is absolutely only one sin that is tied to eating food like the
figs from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden and that is the
sin of gluttony." -- Holy Spirit (referring again to Genesis 3:12-3)
Suggested background reading:
(1) What does Jesus want ?
http://WDJW.net
(2) How to stop sinning & avoid the eternal (Mark 3:29) sin ...
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/RLnsoanL450/J-MWlsafBQAJ
(3) Our #1 Example of being wonderfully hungry...
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.bible.prophecy/tJCSufTgyLU/6pPYHYipGwAJ
LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth being our #1 Example of being
wonderfully hungry means that even His creating evil is not sin
because He does it not out of being hangry but for the meaningful
purpose of proving that, in fact, only GOD is good (Matthew 19:17).
So let us not be a http://bit.ly/terribly_hungry (Genesis 25:32)
Drumpf ( http://bit.ly/W_d_DJT_r ) or else we'll most certainly die a
http://bit.ly/TerriblyStupid (Mark 9:42) death:
http://bit.ly/BiblicalEsau
... as in the tragic USENET example of Duke (aka duckgumbo32):
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/f9T5jpNpCOU/m/evQjPTiLBgAJ
... or worse (John 5:14) become eternally (Mark 3:29) condemned as in
the more tragic USENET example of James (zeb**ATwindstream.net):
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bible.prophecy/c/7GiPwBwBbqw/m/mvPDcSY5AQAJ
The average American is overeating more than twice what they should.
"I eat half as much as others typically eat." -- Fauja Singh (110 yo
marathon runner)
Source video from 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCY0Xx92YvQ
More recent video from 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvilwVYyZSI:
Bless you, Dr.
Source:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/aRaFD6RtAwAJ
I am indeed wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
right now (Luke 6:21a) and hope you, Zee, also have a healthy appetite
right now too.
So how are you?
I'm fine, Doc...
Taking your "fine" to mean "yes, you have a healthy appetite," I, as a
cardiologist, share with you, Zee, that it's really Wonderful (Isaiah
9:6) knowing through our hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) that we're indeed
both being blessed right now as it's written in the Gospels in
red&white at Luke 6:21a as evident by our both not having a heart
attack (aka myocardial infarction) at the moment in accordance with
pure logic {healthy=wonderful & appetite=hunger} and advise that you
try to write that you're "wonderfully hungry" since we've established
here that you are:
So now how are you ?
Doing great, Doc...
Again, I advise that you, Zee, really try to write that you're >> >> >> >> >> "wonderfully hungry" since we've established here that you are: >> >> >> >> >>
So now again, how are you ?
I'm disappointed ...
Again, I really advise that you, Zee, **really** try to write that >> >> >> >> you're "wonderfully hungry" since we've established here that you are:
So now again, how are you ?
I am going out tonight ...
Again, I really advise a 4th time here that you, Zee, **really** try >> >> >> to write that you're "wonderfully hungry" since we've established here >> >> >> that you are:
So now again, how are you ?
I didn't ...
Again, I really advise a 5th time here that you, Zee, **really** try
to write that you're "wonderfully hungry" since we've established here
that you are:
So now again, how are you ?
I just want ...
Again, I really advise a 14th time here that you, Zee, **really** try
to write that you're "wonderfully hungry" since we've established here
that you are:
So now again, how are you ?
It's good news...
http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first
announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back
that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege
of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold
morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a
crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things
were starting to get back to normal, especially during July of this
year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine
has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed
meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or
go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet,
and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually
pushed back when all of it was announced. Its like whether the
lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with
it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who
would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and
rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the >pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were >empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyones guess
but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along
with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do
a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didnt have to resist, but why
did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees
for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against >itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially
thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to
say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesnt repeat
itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant >gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart
or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they dont
have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday,
you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that
next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of
(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in
the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan
is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms. >Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. Its a blur and it moves faster
than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time
for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals >which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on
Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping.
The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had
for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I
almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals.
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making
the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all
done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together
and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza.
Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government
handle it so we can get back to normal. Who cares if I have to get a
jab, its just a poke, get it so we can get back to normal. Hurry it
up over here and come on already! are things frequently said in
Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we dont care what has
to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their >careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as
possible. I dont blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to
keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the
reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you dont really own anything, you dont think much about the >consequences because its not really yours. I even saw it with my
roommates whod occasionally have parties and thrash the place because
it wasnt actually their home, theyd move out and at the end have a
good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are >usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city
USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career,
drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know
that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever
happens, you dont really have to live with it because Manhattan is not
your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island
tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You
dont really have to live with the consequences of much of anything
because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? Youre there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your >career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for
strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the >population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that
they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like >Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A >certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy
life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an
easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you
because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so
you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came >through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have
seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they
might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community,
or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its
the guy who doesnt agree with your politics and refuses to take the
jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a
survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch
who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their
chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon
period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find
quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick
it out here for a year or two until things get back to normal in
Manhattan but I know that is not happening. Ive learned that the
underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back
the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet
another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning
into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when
things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick it
out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain
open to all possibilities.
On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:15:07 -0700, Michael Ejercito
<MEje...@HotMail.com> wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/q7qo6w/why_manhattan_happily_complied_neat_take_on_what/
Your not making sense about Manhattan and Manila and ice. Why does the doc have to bring ice from Manhattan to manila?Why Manhattan happily complied
BY THE MILLENNIAL POSTED ON 11 OCT 2021
A little more than a year has passed since the lockdowns were first >announced in NYC over the pandemic and little did I know looking back
that it was just the start. At first, a lot of us enjoyed the privilege
of working from home and no longer having to get up early on a cold >morning to take the crowded subway where you were likely to encounter a >crazy homeless person on drugs. Work from home became quite a gift,
other than the fact that the bars we drank at were also closed.
Overtime, what started out as lockdowns started to wane a bit. Things
were starting to get back to “normal”, especially during July of this >year when they said that NYC has officially reopened since the vaccine
has been released. Only a month later, vaccine mandates were passed >meaning that if you wanted to sit inside for a meal at a restaurant or
go to the gym, you had to show proof of vaccination.
Now, I am in a part of the country where none of that is happening (yet, >and I hope it stays that way). What gets me about NYC, at least
Manhattan where I lived the whole time, how very few people actually >pushed back when all of it was announced. It’s like whether the >lockdowns happened or whether the mandates happening, everyone went with >it. Not only did people just go with it, they also turned on those who >would not get the jab or practice whatever the CDC preached.
Little by little, NYC started to fall apart as crime rates spiked and >rents continued to get higher. I personally saw how building before the >pandemic which were full and lively with people partying on Fridays were >empty during the pandemic. How well NYC bounces back is anyone’s guess >but that was not the question on my mind. The questions I asked along
with the many that fled NYC is why did those living in Manhattan not do
a damn thing? Why did they not resist? Why did just take it? More of
all, why did they turn on their fellow man and woman as opposed to
pushing back against the government? They didn’t have to resist, but why >did they so happily comply?
Quite a few of us asked this question, how the so called tough New
Yorker who is known for being brash somehow just dropped to both knees
for big government. More of all, how the city became so divided against >itself instead of pushing back against nonsense from the local
government. As I left, these were questions that left me potentially >thinking that I should never return to the city. After all, who is to
say that if the next pandemic comes along, the cycle doesn’t repeat >itself? Yet, I had to have my answer and after thinking about it for
weeks and comparing NYC to my new home, I started to realize some
reasons as to why the people of Manhattan never pushed back.
Instant gratification.
Life in Manhattan moves fast and most of all, it runs on instant >gratification. Whether it is quickly getting my lunch from a Halal cart
or quickly getting my slice, I need to have it now and have it fast.
Hurry it up, I got work here, I gotta get to my meeting, fast! The
people of Manhattan have no time for nonsense but really, they don’t >have time for much of anything. Once you are done with a long workday,
you go home after a long subway ride into your overpriced yet tiny
studio if you are lucky (likely a 3 bedroom you are sharing with
roommates if you are in your 20s) and go to bed.
There is no time to think, you have to move fast. You might miss that
next train or miss that cab you are trying to get the attention of >(because Ubers are damn expensive). In some ways, this also works out in >the favor of some of us, culturally that is. Hookup culture in Manhattan >is better than most college towns and everyone is looking for Mr. or Ms. >Right Now instead of Mr. and Ms. Right. It’s a blur and it moves faster >than it would in any other city out there because you barely have time
for much of anything.
I notice how now I have more time to blog and actually cook my own meals >which has been better for my health. Meanwhile, in Manhattan I ran on
Uber Eats and delivery or just fast foods while rarely grocery shopping. >The life comes with its pros and cons but the one major downfall it had >for me was that I barely had time to think about this sort of stuff. I >almost lost myself in a way as well as the big picture idea of my goals.
Life in Manhattan for me consisted of climbing the work ladder, making
the big bucks, getting some drinks after a long hard day at work,
getting laid, and then partying hard on the weekends. Once that was all >done, I had time for basic chores but barely much time for anything
else. People like me are too distracted to think that much about
politics because most of us are too busy just getting our lives together >and surviving in a place everyone wants to live in.
Who cares if I have to wear a mask, just give me my damn slice of pizza. >Who cares if I have to stay home, I prefer it, just let the government >handle it so we can get “back to normal”. Who cares if I have to get a >jab, it’s just a poke, get it so we can “get back to normal”. “Hurry it
up over here” and “come on already!” are things frequently said in >Manhattan. We want it now, we want it fast, and we don’t care what has >to happen for us to get it.
Lack of ownership amongst a transient population.
Most people living in Manhattan are in their 20s or maybe 30s and
renting an apartment, likely with roommates, as they try to make their >careers and extend their youth of partying and drinking as much as >possible. I don’t blame them, I am that guy myself at heart who plans to >keep the party going throughout his 30s if he can. This is one of the >reasons why Manhattan went overwhelmingly blue in the past election.
When you don’t really own anything, you don’t think much about the >consequences because it’s not really yours. I even saw it with my >roommates who’d occasionally have parties and thrash the place because >it wasn’t actually their home, they’d move out and at the end have a >good chunk of their security deposit deducted and that was it.
Most people in Manhattan are not actually local to Manhattan, they are >usually from elsewhere. A lot of people from small town and small city
USA go to Manhattan to enjoy their 20s and 30s as they build a career, >drink hard, party hard, and leave no fun behind before old age. I know >that feeling, I am that guy. What this really means is that whatever >happens, you don’t really have to live with it because Manhattan is not >your home. This is why the people of the more residential Long Island
tend to be far more Conservative.
This means who cares if things get bad in NYC? You can just leave. You >don’t really have to live with the consequences of much of anything >because you know that you are not going to buy a house or raise your
kids there. Why push back? Why resist? Who really cares about NYC
itself? You’re there for the partying, drinking, and networking for your >career, not because its your home.
An easy life.
There is a saying that goes something like this: Tough times make for >strong men, strong men make for easy times, easy times make for weak
men, and weak men make for tough times. What you will notice for the >population of Manhattan and the more hipster parts of Brooklyn is that >they come from affluence. Majority were raised in wealth and are
immensely privileged, ever been to Westchester County? Filthy rich
people there in some of those places, it makes Long Island look like >Mississippi.
When you have lived a life of that much privilege, you tend to get
scared of a lot of stuff that normal people have become accustomed to. A >certain illness may be laughed off by some but someone who lived an easy >life will look at it and get scared shitless. The other downfall of an >easy life is that you believe whatever the mainstream media tells you >because the established institutions have always been in your favor, so >you trust them more.
Why question any authority or government entity? They almost always came >through for you and rarely bothered you.
This is why the mandates themselves were not taken so well by the
working class communities of color in Manhattan compared to the
privileged white and Asian communities. Notice a trend? The former have >seen certain horrors while the latter have lived a very easy life.
When you live an easy life, it is easier to make up enemies where they >might not exist. Your biggest threat is no longer an actual criminal
that wants to kill you, a gang member that wants to ruin your community, >or a bunch of violent men who want to break into your house, rather its >the guy who doesn’t agree with your politics and refuses to take the >jab. When you grow up in rough circumstances and make it, you are a >survivor who has a lot to be proud of. Meanwhile, the privileged bunch
who had everything handed to them in life see getting the jab as their >chance to be superheroes.
Overtime, it did become less of a mystery to me, now I wonder what I
want to do about it.
I am starting to enjoy my new city but obviously, there is a honeymoon >period here. I have no doubts in my mind that soon, I am going to find >quite a few shortcomings here. Originally, I thought that I simply stick >it out here for a year or two until things get “back to normal” in >Manhattan but I know that is not happening. I’ve learned that the >underlying issues with the social fabric of Manhattan will bring back
the same restrictions that came about in 2020. In other words, we yet >another pandemic or tough year away from Empire State of Mind turning
into Escape From New York. Time will tell.
Plus, I am not even sure if I could live with myself knowing that when >things went from bad to worse in Manhattan, I could no longer stick itYou should be much more concerned about Manila than Manhatten. Manila
out and moved. Quite a lot to come in these next few years but I remain >open to all possibilities.
is where you're from and where ICE will send you back to. Take that
other useless gook charlatan, Chung, with you when you go.
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Subject: The LORD says "Blessed are you who hunger now ..."
Shame on andrew, look at his red face.
He is trying to pull a fast one. His scripture bit is found among these:
'14 Bible verses about Spiritual Hunger'
Psalms
81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: >open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Proverbs
13:25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of >the wicked is in need.
Joel
2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
people shall never be ashamed.
Psalms
107 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Acts
14:17 "Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by >giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying
your hearts with food and gladness."
someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Subject: a very very very simple definition of sin ...
Does andrew's "definition" agree with scripture? Let's see in 1 John:
John wrote this to christians. The greek grammer (sic) speaks of an ongoing >> status. He includes himself in that status.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, >> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is >> not in us.
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
MichaelE wrote:
http://millennialbachelor.com/2021/10/26/how-i-saw-nyc-change-throughout-the-pandemic/
How I saw NYC change throughout the pandemic
26 Oct 2021The Millennial
March 2020, or around that time as I like to imagine it, it was like a
normal night. I was in West Village having drinks with a girl I was
casually seeing as her brother and his friends were in town. As bad as
it sounds looking back at it now, so many people joked about COVID-19
and how it wont be serious. Then we all got an announcement that
weekend or around that time to stay at home, we would be working remote. >>> For a while, it seemed like no one wanted to be back in the office since >>> well, working remote has its perks.
My friend and I walked around, may have been April or May of that year,
and we could not believe it. NYC, Manhattan itself, the bumbling haven
of activity was now a ghost town. Rats became more prominent on the
streets as there was less foot traffic and the drugged out homeless
stuck out more. Never would anyone have thought that a city like NYC
would be turned into a ghost town, it was something else entirely. All
of the city had gone into lockdown. As the spring turned to summer,
racial tensions boiled over due to the murder of George Floyd.
I watched as once lively apartment buildings went empty in neighborhoods >>> that used to be full of energy. Even my own building saw a change as
Friday nights and Saturdays were drop dead silent. You heard almost
nothing anymore and rows of stores were now boarded up. Yet I stayed,
the truth is that very few cities can rival what NYC offers to a single
guy in his twenties.
Tensions got bad as cop cars in Union Square were set on fire and I
lived through it, seeing the riots happen all over the city. Some were
peaceful protests but as night came, those turned violent. Meanwhile,
the city was on lockdown, almost all of the bars closed and nightlife
dead. The parties still went on at the apartments and in some
underground destinations where you had to have an invite but it was
nothing like when the city was open. Most people with the means to do so >>> left NYC and opted to get out of the state entirely. I dont know much
of the city outside of Manhattan, for all I know, Queens and other
boroughs are the same.
I loved working remotely and not having to go to the office but it was
something else as the city had changed. The lockdowns, fear of COVID,
tensions boiling over, and restriction after restriction had changed
NYC. I dont mean change as in your favorite spots being closed, I mean
change as in change the character of the city and of Manhattan. At its
very core, New York was different because New Yorkers became different.
Maybe the tough times exposed traits of New Yorkers you do not see when
you are too busy trying to catch the train in the crowd, but it was
different.
What I witnessed were not just lockdowns but a roller coaster of rights. >>> At one moment, its back to normal, and at the other it is mandate after >>> mandate. NYC has recovered from a lot but this was kind of different, I
saw New Yorkers change.
New Yorkers went from kinda rude to hostile.
New Yorkers are stereotypically rude, they can be downright mean, but
they are not exactly hostile. In fact, Id say New Yorkers are good
people as a whole who want to help. I remember arriving here and
strangers happily helped me with directions and gave me feedback on
neighborhoods. There was a degree of trust in most strangers in
Manhattan, you felt it, and knew that there were good samaritans abound
in the city.
A New Yorker will be blunt with you and talk shit to your face but he is >>> never hostile in a territorial sort of way, at least not in Manhattan.
Waiting for food, being in line for groceries, and waiting on your
coffee were different experiences now. Perhaps the one demographic in
NYC that I saw change and become unbearable were older white women,
particularly in Manhattan, they took being Karen to a whole new level.
I remember waiting for the cashier to bag my groceries around April of
last year as an older woman accidentally bumped into me. She made eye
contact and immediately said get away from me, get the fuck away from
me as I was standing arms length away from her. Very unusual as the
cashier watched along with others. Throughout the city, I saw these
instances happening more and more often. In all fairness, this did come >>>from the older white population in the city.
In the younger population, there was frustration. We hated how the same
old people at risk for COVID were outside wondering around for their
walks while locking down was encouraged, some were even unmasked.
Frustration grew in the younger population as we dealt with the economy
being mostly shut down while those at risk wandered around carelessly,
expecting us to cater to their demands.
The less flattering aspects of the city became even more prominent.
I remember walking with a friend to see how the city looked like during
the lockdowns when they allowed us out. We got too close to a garbage
bag which had not been collected and saw about ten rats inside running
around, that scared the shit out of me. When NYC was open, you wouldnt
encounter this as much or even notice it because so much was going on.
The homeless struggles became a lot more prominent as well because you
could no longer ignore it compared to moving through crowds of people on >>> their way to work. You had a lot of instances where it would just be you >>> walking down the street and the only person you would encounter is a
homeless guy asking for change. I also noticed that the homeless
population started to become a lot more aggressive than usual, now
cursing at you more when you ignored their requests for change, which
brings me to my next point.
Crime went up.
While statistics will bring up the rise in hate crimes and rise in
shootings in the city, the truth is that NYC as a whole began to feel a
lot less safe. You did not want to take the subway during the pandemic,
especially not the one in Union Square. Walking around, especially at
night, felt a lot less safe as well. I noticed more shoplifting
happening at pharmacies and convenient stores, all of this in parts of
Manhattan that were usually seen as being safe.
The spike in crime is shown as being in areas where crime was already
bad, I think it is naive to think this way. The truth is that crime in
NYC as a whole went up, especially in safer parts of Manhattan. I used
to be able to walk around my neighborhood at night and it would be
people walking their dogs and everyone getting their evening walk in as
well. During the pandemic, I started noticing more homeless drug addicts >>> and overall a vibe that was a lot less safe. Its no surprise that when
the mayoral race happened, the winner on the Democrat side was a former
cop with more centrist policies.
The incompetent leadership was no longer tolerable.
It doesnt matter where you stand on the political spectrum, New York
has not elected good leaders recently. Our previous few governors seem
to always get caught up in some sort of scandal and our mayor is
considered to be one of the worst in America. In all fairness, the
mayors before the current mayor did do a good job. When things were
open, you kind of tolerated it. The drinking, partying, and hooking up
with attractive women took your mind off of how incompetent and corrupt
some of the people running the city were.
Once the lockdowns happened, nightlife ended, jobs gutted, crime
skyrocketed, and the rich fled; you were forced to pay attention to it.
The chickens came home to roost for the leadership which became a
laughing stock of the entire country. Now New Yorkers were forced to ask >>> where the hell those tax dollars were actually going. New Yorkers hit
the polls and selected someone different for mayor, but it was a tale of >>> two New Yorks.
Racial tensions got much worse.
While it does not get talked about as much and might catch others by
surprise, NYC has quite a lot of racism going on under the surface. The
wealthy whites who vote Democrat in the city will play up the hero act
but there is a reason they prefer not to live too close to Harlem. I
wont take the time to bash out of touch liberals too much.
As it showed in the race for mayor and Democrat primary, well-off whites >>> in the city do not vote like minorities do. One group was facing rising
crime rates and found defunding the police to be a baffling proposal.
Meanwhile, the Uber Eats Work From Home class was all onboard for
defunding the police as they hid out in their doorman secured buildings. >>>
While wealthy whites cheered for vaccine mandates, minorities who are
less vaccinated on average were not nearly as enthusiastic. The Carmine
Incident represented these tensions boiling over, even though the family >>> was from Texas. Vaccine mandates were a tale of one privileged side
cheering for them while the other side which was less privileged did not >>> see as much value in them because they had pressing issues like rising
crime staring them in the face.
For decades, these tensions existed. Many New Yorkers of color were
aware of what I will call the Reddit New Yorker for the sake of this
post, the type to pretend to care about people of color but only hang
with their white and/or hipster crowd. Somehow, during the pandemic, the >>> tensions bubbled up to the surface. Vaccine mandates almost gave some of >>> the wealthy closet racists a way to be prejudiced while just hiding
behind the theyre unvaccinated act.
People got nosier.
New Yorkers are stereotyped as being in their own world and out of
everyones business. As the mandates came, New Yorkers got nosier and
nosier. Once again, the biggest culprit here were middle-aged and older
white women being Karens. Now, it became their duty to ask everyone if
they were vaccinated and then give them a lecture if they were not. Your >>> conversations had a much bigger chance of being overheard.
As angry as I was at these types, I felt for them now looking back at
it. So many of these people lived easy lives in their Manhattan bubbles, >>> believing every word of what mainstream media told them, and once the
pandemic came it was as if their world had been shattered. I may have
been annoyed and angry at first but I realized that these people were
just really scared and adversarial as a result.
More people questioned why they live in the city now, and many moved.
In all fairness, a lot of people have also moved into NYC because they
think that things will be back to normal soon. Rents have gone up in
Manhattan for a reason and in my heart, NYC will always hold a special
place. Despite the love I had for NYC, I realized that with being able
to work remote and nightlife being mostly closed, there was very little
incentive to pay the high taxes and high rents.
You paid the high taxes and high rents because you loved the nightlife
the city offered and the fact that it attracted a non-judgmental crowd
that didnt care if you werent married with kids by 35. Once nightlife
started to close down and the mandates kicked in, you started to
question why you lived in the city. When jobs allow you to work remote
and nightlife becomes more stringent on proof of vaccination, you really >>> start to second guess what you are actually paying for.
What does the future hold?
I moved out of NYC and seeing how the city handled the pandemic, am left >>> wondering how they might handle future crises. Some of what NYC offers
in the form of a great hookup culture will be tough to rival for most
cities. NYC has its charm and it will always attract tourists from
across the world. With remote work being the norm now, it is anyones
guess how much livelier Manhattan will be. Given the good years it gave
me, I will always be in NYCs corner and rooting for it. I am only left
asking if I would want to go back.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
NYC & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
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