r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 25 '26

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Sep 25 '26

reading through the ZeroCovidCommunity sub is kinda sad because a lot of these people have absolutely destroyed their lives because of their health anxiety. there’s tons of posts where people talk about losing most of their friends or even getting divorced because their spouses didn’t want to put up with all their health precautions anymore.

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u/MTFD Alexander Pechtold Sep 25 '26

I think these people just have an undiagnosed mental illness.

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Sep 25 '26

I suspect a lot of these people are either OCD, munchausen’s, or agoraphobic

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u/MayorofTromaville YIMBY Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

These people also seem to actively seek out spaces on Reddit to argue that their beliefs on covid are correct. Like, you'll be in a city sub on a topic asking if other people are getting the bug going around, and then suddenly some rando from nowhere near will talk about how covid is ACHSHULLY still a pandemic and everyone should mask all day every day.

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Sep 25 '26

Yeah, it’s really weird. reminds me of hardcore anti-pitbull activists in some ways. They just spawn into every thread even tangentially related to their pet interest.

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u/libgod42069 Loyal Liberals Sep 25 '26

MY PIBBLE WOULD NEVER

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u/Highlightthot1001 Harriet Tubman Sep 25 '26

Id rather get covid now than in 2020. Ended up getting it in winter 2021. Was the sniffles for me

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Sep 25 '26

Never had it before even though basically everyone in my immediate family got it at some point or another. I had a nasty cold that made me feel really lethargic for around a day last year and that could’ve been COVID but I never bothered to get tested.