Positivity out of covid times.

The Wizards Sleeve

Practically everything around covid is so negative that it's exhausting for so many people. Everybody has had a different level of pain, loss and suffering during these covid times but I think it's safe to say everybody has suffered in some form with it.

Within all this negativity there still is some positives so I thought it might be nice to have a thread with a positive vibe to it where people can post positives that have come out of covid times for them. I know the list of positives mightn't be lengthy but no harm to try and spread some positivity during these times!

I'll start with a few sure.....

The option to work from home wasn't there for me before. I have two young kids and it's meant more time at home with them and my wife rather than being on the hamster wheel of rushing out the door in the morning to make the creche etc. and has been beneficial to us as a family.

The option of so many tasty takeaways that weren't there before! I feel bad for bar and restaurant owners with how badly stung they've been but I've huge admiration for the entrepreneurship of business owners in that sector and across other businesses too, how they've remodelled their businesses to suit the current environment. The resilience and creativity of people is another positive to take out of these times.

I'll give one more positive I've taken from these times and that's been stopping and taking stock. Things I had taken for granted, like having contact with my parents. It's easy with the pace of life sometimes to take things like that for granted but I think you can look at that as a positive out of these times. To have that space to reflect on what's important in life and appreciate it all the more when we get back to the good times.

I hope this thread can bring some positivity. Maybe there's one already. I probably should have checked first.
Anyways onwards and upwards. The good times will be back!...... eventually

COVID

"Oh yeah
Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone"

Ronald Franz

Is positivity in a crisis linked to Stockholm Syndrome?

Test For Echo

COVID wrote: »

"Oh yeah
Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone"

Feck off COVID.

Great line though.

I've saved a lot of money this past year.

dulpit

Hmm, is there positives about Covid?

Lmkrnr

There is no talk about war, and very little military Mickey swinging going on. So we have peace at last.

Tails142

Yeah, more time at home with the kids is a positive, to an extent, we've 4 aged 5 and under.

They haven't been picking up bugs and illnesses in creche, no hospital trips in 12 months whereas we had been in every few months before with chest infections leading to asthma attacks, adenovirus stomach bugs etc.

I'm on the road a lot with my job normally, so its nice not to be doing the miles, I've always felt I was at risk of a road accident etc as it was usually bad country roads I'd be travelling on, especially in winter, so that's a plus too.

As you say, time to take stock and realise what is important, definetly need to visit my mother more who is on the other side of the country when we can travel again.

jimgoose

All this bollocks about reflecting and taking stock...

There's nothing good about this situation. It is deadly dangerous, and highly unpleasant for a lot of people. Economies, this one included, will take years to recover, if some of them ever do. Thousands more will die before we see the back of this. People's mental health is going down the tubes. We can't even bury the dead properly.

One of the worst things about it is that the media literally Never. Shuts. The Fuck. Up. About. It.

Personally, I'm one of the lucky ones. My income hasn't been affected, and it's been an opportunity to brush up on my cooking and let rip my inner antisocial bastard. But I can't get into the car, go to work, and come away out of it in the evening leaving it after me. I can't go for a pint. I can't hop into said car and trundle out to the Viaduct for a Farmer's Dinner. Calling into he local Centra is like something out of The Stand.

Positivity my arse.

listermint

jimgoose wrote: »

All this bollocks about reflecting and taking stock...

There's nothing good about this situation. It is deadly dangerous, and highly unpleasant for a lot of people. Economies, this one included, will take years to recover, if some of them ever do. Thousands more will die before we see the back of this. People's mental health is going down the tubes. We can't even bury the dead properly.

One of the worst things about it is that the media literally Never. Shuts. The Fuck. Up. About. It.

Personally, I'm one of the lucky ones. My income hasn't been affected, and it's been an opportunity to brush up on my cooking and let rip my inner antisocial bastard. But I can't get into the car, go to work, and come away out of it in the evening leaving it after me. I can't go for a pint. I can't hop into said car and trundle out to the Viaduct for a Farmer's Dinner. Calling into he local Centra is like something out of The Stand.

Positivity my arse.

Yeah thanks Jim.


Great insight.



Zzzzzzzzz

Been a good thing overall for me personally in terms of savings, commute, reconnecting a bit more with hobbies, cooking, reading

I think its ok to admit that in a thread specifically for the purposes

Barna77

Deleted User wrote: »

I've saved a lot of money this past year.

Same, and that's the only positive out of this.
Big holiday whenever it's possible again.

Deemed as Normal

The environment has benefited. We will meet our EU CO2 emissions targets

Barna77

Barna77 wrote: »

Same, and that's the only positive out of this.
Big holiday whenever it's possible again.

Good call.

jimgoose

listermint wrote: »

Yeah thanks Jim.


Great insight.



Zzzzzzzzz

Indeed. Almost as good as yours. Goodnight fuckin' Irene.

COVID

jimgoose wrote: »

All this bollocks about reflecting and taking stock...

There's nothing good about this situation. It is deadly dangerous, and highly unpleasant for a lot of people. Economies, this one included, will take years to recover, if some of them ever do. Thousands more will die before we see the back of this. People's mental health is going down the tubes. We can't even bury the dead properly.

One of the worst things about it is that the media literally Never. Shuts. The Fuck. Up. About. It.

Personally, I'm one of the lucky ones. My income hasn't been affected, and it's been an opportunity to brush up on my cooking and let rip my inner antisocial bastard. But I can't get into the car, go to work, and come away out of it in the evening leaving it after me. I can't go for a pint. I can't hop into said car and trundle out to the Viaduct for a Farmer's Dinner. Calling into he local Centra is like something out of The Stand.

Positivity my arse.

It's life Jim, but not as we know it!

ednwireland

Lmkrnr wrote: »

There is no talk about war, and very little military Mickey swinging going on. So we have peace at last.

you not watching the news then
yemen and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict two that spring to mind

tigray war in sudan/ethiopia

myanmar military overthrow

thats just off the top of my head just cos the news is full of people reading covid numbers doesnt mean that things arent going on.

i suppose the lack of international travel might actually make reporting more difficult

ancapailldorcha

Christmas do cancelled, dodged a few weddings and I've a new niece/nephew on the way I don't need to bother about. I mean, it's been awful but there have been a small few positives.

freshpopcorn

No guests calling over.
No need to tidy up get in special food for those guests.
No invitations to birthdays, christenings, etc.
Nobody hassling you in the street.

COVID

freshpopcorn wrote: »

No guests calling over.
No need to tidy up get in special food for those guests.
No invitations to birthdays, christenings, etc.
Nobody hassling you in the street.

No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring, no song to sing
In fact, here's just another ordinary day
No April rain, no flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June

fryup

no GAA

COVID

fryup wrote: »

no GAA

Every cloud, eh.

Charlie19

I've been pretty healthy over the last year or so, I haven't had even a cold iirc.

bucketybuck

Great, a bunch of people with steady jobs and settled families telling us all how great it is to work from home and save loads of money. :rolleyes:

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

Great, a bunch of people with steady jobs and settled families telling us all how great it is to work from home and save loads of money. :rolleyes:

Yes, I must say I've enjoyed watching my bank balance soar over the past year.

freshpopcorn

Oh I forgot no need to call to visit people either or no need to go to funerals.

ancapailldorcha

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Christmas do cancelled, dodged a few weddings and I've a new niece/nephew on the way I don't need to bother about. I mean, it's been awful but there have been a small few positives.

A new niece and nephew you 'don't need to bother about' ?

ancapailldorcha

Deleted User wrote: »

A new niece and nephew you 'don't need to bother about' ?

I live abroad and they're going to want for nothing. Not everyone is close to their family.

COVID

COVID wrote: »

No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring, no song to sing
In fact, here's just another ordinary day
No April rain, no flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June

No income tax no vat

BingCrosbee

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes, I must say I've enjoyed watching my bank balance soar over the past year.

The pandemic has affected people in different ways. I’m retired and kids reared so it has had a smaller impact on my life than most. The Spring is here and the birds are starting to build and the days are getting longer. This will have a positive impact especially when the days get warmer.

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

Great, a bunch of people with steady jobs and settled families telling us all how great it is to work from home and save loads of money. :rolleyes:

Great

Someone with fifty covid threads acknowledging all the hardship who still had to come into a clearly-marked thread to complain that it is what it says it is in the title

Well done

Have the apartment to myself. Being a fairly massive introvert this is a huge positive and wfh.

Other than that everything else is ****.

ancapailldorcha

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I live abroad and they're going to want for nothing. Not everyone is close to their family.

Oh absolutely. I have a million cousins and the majority of them are strangers to me. Your phrasing just struck me as a bit cold, that its a positive nothing having to bother with two little kids.

ancapailldorcha

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh absolutely. I have a million cousins and the majority of them are strangers to me. Your phrasing just struck me as a bit cold, that its a positive nothing having to bother with two little kids.

I go home twice a year. I'm basically a stranger in my own hometown. There's nobody in the area I know at all. I just don't see the point of going to things like christenings when the new baby hasn't a clue what's going on.

Panthro

Introverts don't have to make the effort of making small talk in the office, huzzah!!

MrMusician18

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I go home twice a year. I'm basically a stranger in my own hometown. There's nobody in the area I know at all. I just don't see the point of going to things like christenings when the new baby hasn't a clue what's going on.

Presumably to reconnect with others so that you are no longer a stranger in your family. Of course that isn't important to some people but it is to many, so they might find your phrasing strange.

Barna77

bucketybuck wrote: »

Great, a bunch of people with steady jobs and settled families telling us all how great it is to work from home and save loads of money. :rolleyes:

I could make a long list of all the negative things that have happened to me over the last year too.

But this is not the thread for it

H3llR4iser

There are actually a lot of positives in the form of lessons to learn from this - problem is, because they're all things that show most people things they've been doing wrong all their life, we'll mostly choose to ignore them all.

From the people with "nothing to do" unless they're out on the p1ss to the fact most of us used to have pointless commutes to go from a bed to a desk and vice-versa, the list is long. But rest assured - once this will be over, we'll go back to do exactly as we were, wondering why things never change...

If anyone is feeling down I'd recommend getting vitamin D tablets. They help with low mood and apparently are useful in combating Covid, I'm not 100% sure on the latter fact.

COVID

Deleted User wrote: »

If anyone is feeling down I'd recommend getting vitamin D tablets. They help with low mood and apparently are useful in combating Covid, I'm not 100% sure on the latter fact.

100%, and when all the tablets are gone, you can play with the bottle!

Hours of fun.

YellowLead

My only positive is that it has given me a greater appreciation for my pre covid life - I feel like I took so much for granted. Looking back it was like a heavenly utopian dream!
Nothing positive about living in covid times for me - they have been hell on earth.
But when we get out of them I think we will all have a renewed appreciation for our freedom.

ancapailldorcha

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Presumably to reconnect with others so that you are no longer a stranger in your family. Of course that isn't important to some people but it is to many, so they might find your phrasing strange.

I've tried. At a recent family wedding, all anybody had any interest in was English football and how many miles their new vehicle was getting to the gallon. At some point, I just lowered my expectations and things are much better.

COVID

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I've tried. At a recent family wedding, all anybody had any interest in was English football and how many miles their new vehicle was getting to the gallon. At some point, I just lowered my expectations and things are much better.

I see you have a (great) quote by Jean-Paul Sarte in your sig.

As you know, he was a big footy fan, so why not bring him into the conversation the next time someone's banging on about the misery of Jürgen Norbert Klopp.

The Wizards Sleeve

You can have The Eagles - Hotel California blaring out of the soundbar as you work from home.

COVID

''You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave''

Ordering lots of presents for myself and eagerly awaiting them.

ancapailldorcha

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I've tried. At a recent family wedding, all anybody had any interest in was English football and how many miles their new vehicle was getting to the gallon. At some point, I just lowered my expectations and things are much better.

Just out of interest, what was the average abouts figure, and was there a compelling case for the hybrids based on the real world info?

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

Do cancer next will you, plenty of positivity to be found there as well.

So you range from looking for offence to hugely offensive in two posts?

Im sure that you're a huge loss to all the parties we arent able to have, alright

bucketybuck

Deleted User wrote: »

So you range from looking for offence to hugely offensive in two posts?

Whats offensive about looking for positivity out of horrible situations?

I think I get it now. For example, one positive thing about Covid is that with all the small businesses gone I should be able to get some bargains on warehousing and office space. Excellent.

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

Whats offensive about looking for positivity out of horrible situations?

I think I get it now. For example, one positive thing about Covid is that with all the small businesses gone I should be able to get some bargains on warehousing and office space. Excellent.

See? Every cloud...

Mod: This thread is supposed to be about finding the positives. Can we all please stay on that topic.