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- Some wealthy people provide jobs, benefits, and health insurance for the rest of us.
- Some wealthy people donate millions of dollars towards natural disasters, homelessness, poverty, social programs and many other good causes.
- Some wealthy people can and do care about others.

The above list has absolutely nothing to do with NOT having empathy for others.
Wealthy people don't provide jobs and benefits out of the kindness of their hearts though. They do it because they have to. Either by law, or the market/business needs demand it. A job is not charity, it's a mutually beneficial arrangement and most of us earn our paychecks.
 

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Anyhow, how is everyone's sleeping patterns since this mess? I seem to be sleeping less and keeping normal hours more-so than I thought I might. I have really noticed an uptick on message boards with so many being at home. I have also quickly tired of watching television and have pretty much shut out the news other a glance in the morning and one in the evening. Even if you do that, you see it online, so there is no real getting away from it.

I have a little story or observation as well. I have noticed the fear-mongering really getting to some people. I have a person I have helped a bit who is afraid to go outside. I took a Fed Ex package to their door that had sat in the rain for a day and they freaked out that I touched it. They said the news told them to leave it outside for 72 hours for it could be infected. It is frightening how asleep some people are and their paranoia is something which can have an effect on others.

As Jess said, I worry about people stuck in bad households or with people who are for lack of a better word ignorant or abusive. There are so many people not capable of thinking for themselves and to wake them seems a daunting task. I know this might be an unpopular comment, so do not kill me -- but the youth (not all) are dumbed down much more than I thought. I spent time with a family that is a mess (again, one I am trying to help). One parent is delusional, the other OD'd and one kid lives wih another family and the son at home who is 15 is clueless on his sexuality and cannot tie his own shoes or operate a microwave. What is happening to people?
 
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Anyhow, how is everyone's sleeping patterns since this mess? I seem to be sleeping less and keeping normal hours more-so than I thought I might. I have really noticed an uptick on message boards with so many being at home. I have also quickly tired of watching television and have pretty much shut out the news other a glance in the morning and one in the evening. Even if you do that, you see it online, so there is no real getting away from it.

I have a little story or observation as well. I have noticed the fear-mongering really getting to some people. I have a person I have helped a bit who is afraid to go outside. I took a Fed Ex package to their door that had sat in the rain for a day and they freaked out that I touched it. They said the news told them to leave it outside for 72 hours for it could be infected. It is frightening how asleep some people are and their paranoia is something which can have an effect on others.

As Jess said, I worry about people stuck in bad households or with people who are for lack of a better word ignorant or abusive. There are so many people not capable of thinking for themselves and to wake them seems a daunting task. I know this might be an unpopular comment, so do not kill me -- but the youth (not all) are dumbed down much more than I thought. I spent time with a family that is a mess (again, one I am trying to help). One parent is delusional, the other OD'd and one kid lives wih another family and the son at home who is 15 is clueless on his sexuality and cannot tie his own shoes or operate a microwave. What is happening to people?
My NYC family is now talking about coming here if things get worse... I hate to tell them but my door is now locked. When people are stupid/dumb/ignorant it doesn’t matter how much or how loudly you yell they just don’t listen. Not until it’s too late atleast.
 

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The youth of the world will only be affected by this virus if it turns their wi-fi off....then they'll enquire what the problem is.

As many have noticed the media have gone full hard core fear porn on this one and as a result the public are now totally shitting themselves....hence the toilet paper shortage.

TPTB are well aware that they only have to scare people for them to start thinking, then acting irrationally.

This is what we are all now witnessing.
 
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Other than some strange hoarding habits I haven’t seen very much irrational behavior... no looting or rioting yet. That’s what I was most worried about and it hasn’t happened atleast as far as I can tell.
 

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I think looting and such are coming if we continue on this path. I have seen an inordinate amount of ignorance when out and about in some cases. Stupid people in time do stupid things. They may pray on the elderly, gang shop/steal at stores, etc. I am hoping this flips before that kind of thing starts. It took this situation to make me realize how dense a vast majority of our population has become. I knew it was bad, but I did not know some take their walking orders from tainted media.

You said your doors were locked to them. Can you elaborate on that?

OTOH, some communities are tight and actually sort of coming closer together. I agree with Awoken that the only thing that'll bother youth is to lose their signal.
 

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Anyhow, how is everyone's sleeping patterns since this mess? I seem to be sleeping less and keeping normal hours more-so than I thought I might.
Lately it's been a bit of insomnia on weekdays and hypersomnia on weekends. However, when possible, I tend to let myself sleep in or nap on weekends.

Just trying to keep calm and carry on. Have turned to exercise more.
 

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Lately it's been a bit of insomnia on weekdays and hypersomnia on weekends. However, when possible, I tend to let myself sleep in or nap on weekends.

Just trying to keep calm and carry on. Have turned to exercise more.
Doing anything personally positive like exercising is the way to fill the strange void we are feeling. The distractions make it hard to concentrate for some, so I am trying to throw myself into more action than sitting around and sponging all the negative aspects of being told how dire everything is out there.
 

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I think looting and such are coming if we continue on this path. I have seen an inordinate amount of ignorance when out and about in some cases. Stupid people in time do stupid things. They may pray on the elderly, gang shop/steal at stores, etc. I am hoping this flips before that kind of thing starts. It took this situation to make me realize how dense a vast majority of our population has become. I knew it was bad, but I did not know some take their walking orders from tainted media.

You said your doors were locked to them. Can you elaborate on that?

OTOH, some communities are tight and actually sort of coming closer together. I agree with Awoken that the only thing that'll bother youth is to lose their signal.
I mean I have been begging them to get the hell out of there while they had a chance and low risk for weeks now. They acted like I was crazy.

Now it’s spreading like wildfire through NYC and by the time they decide to leave they will all have likely been exposed. My mother in law works in healthcare and like idiots they are all staying together in her house. So yeah, at this point I don’t want them coming here. If they do they will be quarantined in some part of the house for a couple weeks whether they like it or not. It’s not right to expose me (immunocompromised) and my kids (ones a toddler) to this bullshit when we begged them to leave before they’d become a risk for us. That’s just selfish on their end. And I don’t appreciate it. They also didn’t food shop - after repeatedly being told to by both me and my husband so I’m really just completely and utterly annoyed with them at this point.
 
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Speculation...or does he know something we don’t?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells his employees that things are going to get worse before they get better but reveals he will hire 100,000 people to meet demands brought on by the coronavirus outbreak
  • Jeff Bezos said things may get worse before getting better in letter to workers
  • Bezos told his staff that it's a time 'when the work we're doing is its most critical'
  • Billionaire said he also plans to hire 100,000 people to meet customer demands
  • He urged people who have been laid off to consider taking a job with Amazon
 

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I’m pretty sure at this point we should all already know exactly what he’s saying. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.. this isn’t rocket science @Lisa
 

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The youth of the world will only be affected by this virus if it turns their wi-fi off....then they'll enquire what the problem is.

As many have noticed the media have gone full hard core fear porn on this one and as a result the public are now totally shitting themselves....hence the toilet paper shortage.

TPTB are well aware that they only have to scare people for them to start thinking, then acting irrationally.

This is what we are all now witnessing.
The Toilet Paper shortage dark metaphor is an interesting take on it. People are shitting themselves from fear, it led to literal buying of TP
 

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Anyhow, how is everyone's sleeping patterns since this mess? I seem to be sleeping less and keeping normal hours more-so than I thought I might. I have really noticed an uptick on message boards with so many being at home. I have also quickly tired of watching television and have pretty much shut out the news other a glance in the morning and one in the evening. Even if you do that, you see it online, so there is no real getting away from it.

I have a little story or observation as well. I have noticed the fear-mongering really getting to some people. I have a person I have helped a bit who is afraid to go outside. I took a Fed Ex package to their door that had sat in the rain for a day and they freaked out that I touched it. They said the news told them to leave it outside for 72 hours for it could be infected. It is frightening how asleep some people are and their paranoia is something which can have an effect on others.

As Jess said, I worry about people stuck in bad households or with people who are for lack of a better word ignorant or abusive. There are so many people not capable of thinking for themselves and to wake them seems a daunting task. I know this might be an unpopular comment, so do not kill me -- but the youth (not all) are dumbed down much more than I thought. I spent time with a family that is a mess (again, one I am trying to help). One parent is delusional, the other OD'd and one kid lives wih another family and the son at home who is 15 is clueless on his sexuality and cannot tie his own shoes or operate a microwave. What is happening to people?
My sleeping pattern is ok. Given I take pre workout and caffeinated beverages before I workout, now that I have more time at home. I have some late nights.

Otherwise I’m ok.
 

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How would he know?
The same way any one of us would? Watching what’s happening elsewhere and reading/listening to the experts projections of what’s going to happen here.

Are you even paying an iota of attention?
 

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The same way any one of us would? Watching what’s happening elsewhere and reading/listening to the experts projections of what’s going to happen here.

Are you even paying an iota of attention?
The point is no one knows what will happen tomorrow..otherwise we should have all predicted all this in the first place. Either he knows something we don’t..and he might..or he’s just reacting like everyone else.
 

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Interesting! Thanks for posting.

Also great news for those looking for work.
I got my forklift certification this week. If anyone is out of work and looking for something that is guaranteed to lead to a job, it’s not a bad thing to look into. Not sure what the standards are in other places, but for me it was a one-day course that only cost a few hundred bucks.

I already had plans to get my ticket, and then this virus came along. With people locked in their homes, and delivery companies desperate for people to work in their warehouses, I’m looking like a genius. :)
 

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The point is no one knows what will happen tomorrow..otherwise we should have all predicted all this in the first place. Either he knows something we don’t..and he might..or he’s just reacting like everyone else.
That’s just an ignorant lie lisa. Scientists have ways of tracking things and people who listen to scientists and pay attention saw where this was going months ago.

@Thunderian i am debating applying at a warehouse or grocery store or direct care for the elderly at this point. I’m not sure I want to risk it but I’m not sure I don’t want to risk it either. Apparantly there’s a toilet paper factory five minutes from my house that is desperately hiring lol (I’m not joking).
 
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