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_peteyfourfingers_ t1_j81co76 wrote

Reply to comment by Trajikbpm in Final Reading: Vermont school officials say students’ mental health is at ‘a breaking point’ by greenhousecrtv

Are you in K-12? I am. I thought going remote was bad, but it’s the post-Covid narcissism everyone has that’s really bothering me. We lost the sense of belonging to a community during Covid, and I’m not sure how we get it back.

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Good_Kitty_Clarence t1_j81rqb6 wrote

I was disappointed that my community didn’t care about exposing my children and immunocompromised loved ones to a potentially fatal infection. It’s hard to come back from that. Especially when they still don’t.

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TheTowerBard t1_j83tn9e wrote

Let’s not diminish the fact we learned a lot of our neighbors support violently overthrowing our government. We have also seen the open embrace of fascism from many. So no, kinda don’t want to make small talk with lots of folks anymore.

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Good_Kitty_Clarence t1_j8458re wrote

Another excellent point. Every time I drive by a home with Trump decor™, I am reminded that members of my community (still!) support installing a serial sexual assaulter as a dictator.

And every time I see anti-choice propaganda on someone’s car or in their yard, I am reminded that members of my community do not see me or my daughter as equal, valuable, and autonomous human beings.

Yes, hard to come back from that.

[eta: sorry for the quintuple post, not sure if it’s Reddit or my signal giving me fits this morning]

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Trajikbpm t1_j81cw1d wrote

I'm just speaking in general as a society.

We're all done.

And I agree. Post covid narcissism. I like that. Welll said.

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ArkeryStarkery t1_j83ifgo wrote

The only place I still have community is among the people who still act like Covid is an ongoing and real worry.

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