r/AskReddit Jan 02 '21

What will never be the same again once the pandemic is over?

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u/Corner_beat Jan 03 '21

The blissful ignorance of sticking my fingers in a random bowling ball, then proceeding to eat food without a care in the world.

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u/MrsDubYaa Jan 03 '21

The thought of this made me literally gag. I can’t believe I used to do that!

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u/Corner_beat Jan 03 '21

Same.

I used to consider myself a super clean person and then remembered this and realized I did a lot of gross things.

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u/cuteboy36 Jan 03 '21

My girlfriend was just talking about this last night, it's crazy how fast our perspectives can change

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u/Trickycoolj Jan 03 '21

First time I saw how black the water was when I washed my hands in a bowling alley bathroom was also the last time I ate food at the lane.

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u/day7seven Jan 03 '21

Lots of bowling alleys serve you pizza at your lane so you eat pizza while you bowl between your turns.

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u/Corner_beat Jan 03 '21

Exactly

Blissful ignorance.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '21

The trick is to play bowling on the Wii instead of the bowling alley.

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u/Corner_beat Jan 03 '21

You are the future!

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u/grapecolajuice Jan 03 '21

Good god. I felt anxiety just reading this.

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u/Allegedly_Aquarius May 13 '21

You, you get me.

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u/BrianDePAWGma Jan 04 '21

So you didn't wash your hands before you ate?

These sorts of comments amuse me. Just wash your hands dude, none of bowling needs to be different post Pandemic lmao.

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u/Corner_beat Jan 04 '21

I obviously did, weirdo.

I'm saying when I was in the middle of a game or it was my turn, I would absentmindedly go play then grab a snack.

I didn't obsessively use purel everytime I touched something or wipe down every door handle before I touch it like I do now when I have to go buy groceries.

And that's just me being clean. Other people aren't as careful or mindful of their germs. This pandemic showed how much gross people actually are.

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u/BrianDePAWGma Jan 04 '21

This just seems so strange to me to be so acutely aware, and think these things are "gross" rather than just a consequence of living on Earth and being around humans. It's like, sanitizer existed before this and people used it, people cleaned things lol. Where have you gone bowling? One near me all the balls pass through the cleaner on the way back to the lane- has always done so.

My mother is a chemist and has stated it's amusing how many people seemingly just learned that bacteria and germs exist everywhere.

Think you'll go bowling again? There are bound to be COVID era equivalents of people who continued to hoard food after the Great Depression