Between pipelines getting jammed, the slow-motion general strike, protests everywhere all the time, Sheikh Jarrah, mass shootings every day, new covid strains in India, and just the general background noise of life getting worse and worse for almost everyone on the planet, it feels like someone tied a brick to the big “accelerate the contradictions” lever.

Anyone else felt this way lately?

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So many people are hyping themselves up for some big return to normalness party this summer

It’s amazing, there was careful optimism with the vaccines. Like get your vaccine, but please remain socially distanced and stay at home as much as possible. But now I’ve even seen liberals throwing caution to the wind because they want to get out and go to brunch so bad.

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We’re nowhere near that point here and everyone still eschews the mask.

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