Social distancing had an impact at first. its usefulness is done now. it wont flatter any more curves. at some point you have to let people move on and let herd immunity take hold. theres no reason for anyone to be locked down anymore
I’m glad I’m not the only one that is irritated by it. Sounds very gay.
All this time, I was thinking about why reporters can’t just say “isolate”, but now the new buzz phrase is “we know everyone is feeling isolated right now...” I played myself.
The media likes to coin the most passive sounding terms and use it ad nauseam - and it quite literally makes me want to puke every time the news is on.
Isolate sounds sadder, probably. Social distancing sounds hip and trendier. “Like, you guys, I am social distancing, okay?” is an easier sell than, “I intend to isolate in my home” which a liberal would think sounds like a loser hermit.
You’re right. It irks me more than it should, but it’s basically the same difference - right? I mean, why did we coin an awkward term when we already have a word that works perfectly fine? Yet another example of decadence in the English language.
One day we'll realize Bill Gates is the Thomas Edison of our day. Sure he might be a shrude businessman, but kinda terrible in every other way possible. And all the things he's lauded for were done better by other people before he figured out how to market it and make it lucrative.
Social distancing had an impact at first. its usefulness is done now. it wont flatter any more curves. at some point you have to let people move on and let herd immunity take hold. theres no reason for anyone to be locked down anymore
I never want to hear the term "social distancing" again as long as I live.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that is irritated by it. Sounds very gay.
All this time, I was thinking about why reporters can’t just say “isolate”, but now the new buzz phrase is “we know everyone is feeling isolated right now...” I played myself.
The media likes to coin the most passive sounding terms and use it ad nauseam - and it quite literally makes me want to puke every time the news is on.
Isolate sounds sadder, probably. Social distancing sounds hip and trendier. “Like, you guys, I am social distancing, okay?” is an easier sell than, “I intend to isolate in my home” which a liberal would think sounds like a loser hermit.
You’re right. It irks me more than it should, but it’s basically the same difference - right? I mean, why did we coin an awkward term when we already have a word that works perfectly fine? Yet another example of decadence in the English language.
It irks me too. It's weird how they do that.
One day we'll realize Bill Gates is the Thomas Edison of our day. Sure he might be a shrude businessman, but kinda terrible in every other way possible. And all the things he's lauded for were done better by other people before he figured out how to market it and make it lucrative.