Just took a couple of elderly friends to Veszprém for their first shot of the Moderna vaccine. They were dead nervous on the way there but seemed really excited on the way back. Not sure if that was a side effect. I went & bought them some hot wings from KFC while I was waiting for them, so that might be why they were excited.
Just took a couple of elderly friends to Veszprém for their first shot of the Moderna vaccine. They were dead nervous on the way there but seemed really excited on the way back. Not sure if that was a side effect. I went & bought them some hot wings from KFC while I was waiting for them, so that might be why they were excited.
How irresponsible, steve! Giving the elderly hot wings!
Just took a couple of elderly friends to Veszprém for their first shot of the Moderna vaccine. They were dead nervous on the way there but seemed really excited on the way back. Not sure if that was a side effect. I went & bought them some hot wings from KFC while I was waiting for them, so that might be why they were excited.
I've found that going to KFC is a sure sign that my self-hatred levels are getting to a bad place. Not quite Arby's levels though. Arby's, when your stomach needs a good kick in the b@lls....
One thing tha came out of the vaccine run yesterday is that they both know I'm terrified of needles & they're insisting that they come with me when I get mine as a bit of moral support.
One thing tha came out of the vaccine run yesterday is that they both know I'm terrified of needles & they're insisting that they come with me when I get mine as a bit of moral support.
As someone who gets jabbed on a regular basis (some of the time multiple places same day) some good advice is look away. Helps when the nurse is competent. I've got a lovely bruise from Tuesday that looks like some modern art. Butcher nurse! What really sucks is having to give yourself daily injections in your stomach. I was really happy when it was decided to move on from that drug,
I saw something really heartbreaking riding the bus home the other day. The MTA has put together a slide show of bus operators who passed away due to COVID, showing each one in a portrait separately with the dates of their lives. They have it up on the screen that shows the upcoming stops. So many men of color, most of them. I love bus drivers. The only man my mom ever dated after she and my dad divorced was a bus operator. It was really hard to get through watching that without just crying on the bus.
My grandma was born in Boston to two Southern Irish parents. She used to call blacks folk blacks. She had black friends and some time in the eighties she was being told that you cannot call a black folk a black folk...we have to call them coloured now..she thought that was so funny...I was about thirteen and remember her howling laughing at the social worker who was trying to help her to not be rascist.
Skip forward 30 years and we are now at 'people of colour' for goodness sake!
I really do find that term to be such a rascist slur, and I know that you are not being rascist notkristie..I've even seen black folk talking of other black folk as being 'people of colour'
There is something subliminally rascist in being this cautious when mentioning blacks.
Don't be frightened of blacks being upset by being called black. We can't keep pandering to the yearly name changes that white rascists impose on us to disguise their rascism. And if any black person does take offence at being called black..who cares? That's equality..blacks are allowed to be as stupid as stupid white men.
My grandma was born in Boston to two Southern Irish parents. She used to call blacks folk blacks. She had black friends and some time in the eighties she was being told that you cannot call a black folk a black folk...we have to call them coloured now..she thought that was so funny...I was about thirteen and remember her howling laughing at the social worker who was trying to help her to not be rascist.
Skip forward 30 years and we are now at 'people of colour' for goodness sake!
I really do find that term to be such a rascist slur, and I know that you are not being rascist notkristie..I've even seen black folk talking of other black folk as being 'people of colour'
There is something subliminally rascist in being this cautious when mentioning blacks.
Don't be frightened of blacks being upset by being called black. We can't keep pandering to the yearly name changes that white rascists impose on us to disguise their rascism. And if any black person does take offence at being called black..who cares? That's equality..blacks are allowed to be as stupid as stupid white men.
Apart from that...IMMUNE SYSTEM! Keep it strong!
I’m confused. Who said anything specifically about what color people are? OK, let me put it a different way: men who are not white. Do you find that acceptable? Do you understand the difference between what I actually said and what you are implying? I’m honestly not sure why or what you’re going on about... I’ll use the language I feel best represents the point I’m trying to make accurately while being respectful and I’m not particularly concerned with whether you think I’m “pandering”, or not. “You do you”, as the kids say, and I’ll do me. BTW, when you have to qualify someone’s behavior by saying the “had black friends” that’s usually not a good sign.
My grandma was born in Boston to two Southern Irish parents. She used to call blacks folk blacks. She had black friends and some time in the eighties she was being told that you cannot call a black folk a black folk...we have to call them coloured now..she thought that was so funny...I was about thirteen and remember her howling laughing at the social worker who was trying to help her to not be rascist.
Skip forward 30 years and we are now at 'people of colour' for goodness sake!
I really do find that term to be such a rascist slur, and I know that you are not being rascist notkristie..I've even seen black folk talking of other black folk as being 'people of colour'
There is something subliminally rascist in being this cautious when mentioning blacks.
Don't be frightened of blacks being upset by being called black. We can't keep pandering to the yearly name changes that white rascists impose on us to disguise their rascism. And if any black person does take offence at being called black..who cares? That's equality..blacks are allowed to be as stupid as stupid white men.
Apart from that...IMMUNE SYSTEM! Keep it strong!
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I’m confused. Who said anything specifically about what color people are? OK, let me put it a different way: men who are not white. Do you find that acceptable? Do you understand the difference between what I actually said and what you are implying? The fact is, people of color in this country are MUCH more likely to become very sick with COVID and die because of huge disparities in medical care as well as disparities in the jobs they perform in terms of being put at risk. I’m honestly not sure why or what you’re going on about... I’ll use the language I feel best represents the point I’m trying to make accurately while being respectful and I’m not particularly concerned with whether you think I’m “pandering”, or not. “You do you”, as the kids say, and I’ll do me. BTW, when you have to qualify someone’s behavior by saying they “had black friends” that’s usually not a good sign.
Wow. Wish I'd seen this last night before I went to bed. The thread seems to have veered from its original course a wee bit. I understood the original point was that some ethnic groups are seemingly more prone to contracting covid & that has been seen (quite rightly) by many as a result of the types of work & the deprived areas those groups find themselves. It's been well documented in the UK too as far as I've read. Why they're in those situations is an entirely different matter, but I'm fairly sure it isn't because of semantics. But one of things the pandemic has shone a light on is exactly this. ^^^ Regardless of a person's ethnicity, gender etc, they are still people & for them to get sick & die just because they are working as a bus driver, hospital porter, store cashier, delivery person, refuse collector, & many other essential roles is just as sad as those from more *"privileged" areas getting sick & dying. Hopefully that hasn't stoked any flames (it wasn't supposed to) & the thread can hop back on its rails to take us all safely together out of this horrible covid situation.
*in "" because I can't think of a better word right now. But I might later
I do apologise Notkristie...I'm not even going to re read whatever trash I wrote...I was out of order jumping in on a term I don't like when I could have better just walked on...
Live and learn and mistakes are part of us..at least they are a part of me...
I do apologise Notkristie...I'm not even going to re read whatever trash I wrote...I was out of order jumping in on a term I don't like when I could have better just walked on...
Live and learn and mistakes are part of us..at least they are a part of me...
I do apologise Notkristie...I'm not even going to re read whatever trash I wrote...I was out of order jumping in on a term I don't like when I could have better just walked on...
Live and learn and mistakes are part of us..at least they are a part of me...
I appreciate this..and yeah I get now how you were using the term to reflect non whites...I hadn't considered this...Both your post and Steve's that the pandemic has hit more non middle class white folks than middle class white folks is pertinent.
I really foul up on facebook posts and these kind of places cos my mind just goes like a drunk who shouldn't be behind the wheel but thinks he's making sense heheheh...I appreciate you folk giving me a safe space to mess up, grow up. Learn on
I saw something really heartbreaking riding the bus home the other day. The MTA has put together a slide show of bus operators who passed away due to COVID, showing each one in a portrait separately with the dates of their lives. They have it up on the screen that shows the upcoming stops. So many men of color, most of them. I love bus drivers. The only man my mom ever dated after she and my dad divorced was a bus operator. It was really hard to get through watching that without just crying on the bus.
I kind of love that MTA is doing this. As difficult as it would be to sit through this as a captive audience on the bus with it really in your face, we need to be reminded of the real cost of this pandemic. Plus, we tend to develop relationships with the people we come into regular -- if tangental -- contact with. I'm sure there are patrons who wonder where their regular driver that always greeted them with a smile or a "hello" went.
I must say I feel happy and also kind of privileged that I could stay home and work from here all long months. All those who couldn't because their work requires a presence in a public space are still having hard time, still risking their own and their families health and even life every day. Not because they want to be there or underestimate the danger but simply because they have to. That's why they deserve respect. All of them and everywhere.
But I don't see And I don't feel But tightly hold up silently My hands before my fading eyes And in my eyes Your smile
I mistook stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky.