https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/pandemic-humor-1918-flu.html
When you have appendicitis, parenchymatous nephritis, laryngitis or gastritis, Itâs the Flu
Omg These are hilarious
The Ina Garten one is killing me.
So true it hurts
OMG.
This isâŚtoo close to home
Yeah Iâm all raged out, but I feel like I aged a year or two in reading that. This too accurately describes some people I know. People that want to visit my child. F that.
Unfortunately this is my familyâŚ
We saw my parents twice in April-June (but you knowâŚactually outside the whole time, four people total in attendance, peeing in the bushes so I didnât enter the house, brought our own water/chairs/toilet paper, 10+ ft away, etc.) but had to put a stop to even that when we started hearing things about the places they popped into, or seeing pictures posted of being indoors with people who werenât wearing masks. Of course, they think theyâre being ridiculously careful.
Itâs really tough. I miss them a lot. But Iâm pregnant and no way am I adding extra risk to my life right now. I go to the Dr.'s office ~1x/month and freak out for 10-14 days after that I may have caught something there and thatâs it.
I suspect itâs very normal that people are fatigued by all the precautions. I see it around me, too, with people who should really know better. Unfortunately, some of them are going to pay for the carelessness with their health or lives.
Some of my family members have said âitâs just the fluâ and have their teenage daughter as a camp counselor this summer. Thatâs the same branch of the family that, when asked about masking to go to the grocery stores way back when, gave a resounding âUuuuhhâŚâ
Not that Iâm bitter or anything. [insert Kermit sipping tea meme]
I seriously thought that was satire until I got to the very end and there was no punchline.
We (collectively) ARE the punchline.
Itâs using the Jonathan Swift âA Modest Proposalâ satire form. No punchline necessary.
And even though I knew it was satire, I still got stressed reading it from funny because itâs true syndrome.
McSweenyâs tagline is âDaily Humor Almost Every Day Since 1998â and their other articles include stuff like this