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The great Social Distancing of 2020
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The great Social Distancing of 2020 The term Social Distancing was rather a new phrase to me until recently. I thought several goofy, corny things when I first heard it because that is the type of person I am, I try to find humor in things. Technically, we've always had social distancing via the internet, of course. Which brings me to the point of today's blog, with social distancing and many places under some sort of "lockdown" at this time, you'd think there'd be more people online. Although this site may not be the best medium for typical socializing, a majority of us do have something in common here. It's the main drive that we have joined this site and that is to meet others with similar wants/needs especially intimately and physically. I was expecting more in my areas I frequent to be online. Maybe it's my timeframe I am on when off work or maybe it's just the areas surrounding that don't really join up here. Maybe some don't have the free time due to family being home since school closings, business closings, etc. I've met some cool acquaintances in two of the chat rooms I frequent and hope to meet more in the future. Typically i am observant type until something breaks the ice and then it's hard to shut me up.... well, if in person and you're female, there's always a way to shut me up. hint hint, wink wink. LOL. So I get some flirts and visits from members (new and ones that have joined a while) that are like 100s if not 1000s of miles away. It's cool and great and I do like to chat with them. Never hurts to talk and "meet" new people.... Yes, there's a butcoming and not the one that some of us on this site are here for. lol. But....at least respond back when possible, even if you're not interested, it's the kind thing to do unless you're into BDSM and like to make someone suffer. lol. That's not the real but though. Here, we have as much or as little anonymity as we choose. We choose how little or how much we want to share of ourselves and what we are here for. During this challenging time of not being able to go to our "normal" or typical places to meet people and socialize, Face to face meeting eliminates a few things that people can get away with just being online only. Trust is one of the most challenging things to accomplish over the internet because you can't see the body language as you get to know another person. It also allows you to be yourself without much risk of exposure in a virtual atmosphere. This brings me to the but of today's blog.... But be aware that what you pretend to be online will eventually be caught by someone if you're not being honest/truthful with your intentions. I've not noticed much change with this corona virus and it's effects on my area other than a little less traffic on the roads to and from work, maybe a third less people showing up at my place of employment and the lack of convenience we typically take fro granted with closing of some businesses. For example, normally if I go to "eat out" I typically go inside a fast food place so I can make sure my order is right before I drive home. It's odd seeing the workers wearing gloves, holding out a container for you to place your card or cash in to pay for your meal. I'm glad they are taking those precautions to help ensure the safety of their employees. At the same time, there is so much fear and ignorance from some people about all this. I had a coworker, whom suffers from asthma and sometimes has coughing fits, that was working an area and several customers nearby. The coworker started having one of their asthma coughing attacks and all those customers cleared out from the coworker as quick as possible. Mind you, this coworker is coughing into the inside of their elbow as you should. Now I bring this up because these are the same customers that will sneeze, cough or wipe their nose with their hands and then touch things in the store and not even use social distancing with them crowding others. It's amazing how people will react to others but then don't even think how their own actions have an effect. If you don't need something, stay at home. Why go out and risk either spreading this or taking the chance of catching it from some other person that is more ignorant? So, I agree with social distancing as long as others observe it. No one has been diagnosed as being immune to this yet as far as I know. Take the time to pay attention to your own actions if you choose to go around some place that will bring you into contact with strangers. Oh and back to this site and social distancing, if you contact me or flirt with me and you're 200+ miles away from me, don't have a multiple photos (and not the same identical one uploaded twice) and taken the time to even fill out your about me and what you're looking for sections. I'm all for social distancing but that's not what I have in mind if you're that far away and don't put much effort into showing me what you're here for and what you'd want or expect from me. lol Anyway, I felt the need to write something today since not many are up and chatting. Thanks for reading if you didn't just skim through this all. You know whom you are...   |
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