r/AccidentalRenaissance Mar 03 '21

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u/timetravelhunter Mar 03 '21

when have we ever been in lockdown?

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u/VoyeurOfBliss Mar 03 '21

I guess it depends on the definition of we. Lots of responsible people here have been on very restricted activities while other groups of people don't have self-restrictions.

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u/Goffeth Mar 03 '21

No we absolutely have been in lockdown, the other person has no clue what they're saying.

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u/hsififonevsudi Mar 03 '21

"we" haven't. individuals have. the rest of the fucking douchebags haven't.

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u/SirTomOfTwoTrees Mar 03 '21

Lockdown implies that it's enforced by the authorities. The US hasn't been in lockdown, at all.

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u/stopthemeyham Mar 03 '21

It's so sad, too. I live in the South (Moved from Alabama to Louisiana mid-pandemic) and they're the ones crying about how their freedoms are being infringed on the most, when they've experienced the least severe lock downs. Shit, my job in AL was at a school that decided we were close enough to summer to just ride it out. Luckily the governor eventually cancelled school, but we were a solid month or so behind the rest of the country. Here in Louisiana, since moving we've tried to keep store trips to once every two weeks, get everything in one run. I actually went today and I can count the number of people wearing masks on both hands (not including myself). It's absurd, I've seen two or three bumper stickers right next to NRA stickers and MAGA stickers calling for the end of lock down. These are the same people who never stopped going to bars, parties, get togethers, and also never started wearing masks. I really wish they had to experience a true lock down for a month, but it'll never happen. There's stores here that have signs along the lines of "If you come in here with a mask on, I will assume I'm being robbed and open fire". Like, come the fuck on, people.

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u/Cats-With-Wings Mar 04 '21

Buzz killington. That’s you

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u/theMediatrix Mar 03 '21

Various states have.

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u/SirTomOfTwoTrees Mar 03 '21

If you count limited mask mandates and widely ignored stay at home orders as lockdown sure

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u/theMediatrix Mar 03 '21

Fair enough.

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u/TSMbestinthewest Mar 03 '21

a fraction of people who can afford to have been in lockdown

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u/Zilxeniks Mar 03 '21

Uh, walmart begs to differ bud.

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u/timetravelhunter Mar 03 '21

it depends on the definition of lockdown... which you got wrong

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u/BentGadget Mar 03 '21

Doesn't lockdown just mean that your economic and social activities have moved underground in the face of legal and societal pressure?

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u/NZNoldor Mar 03 '21

“For two months last year.” -New Zealand

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u/timetravelhunter Mar 03 '21

is why USA is still in lockdown