Castlevania Dungeon Forums

Off Topic => Off Topic => Topic started by: BLOOD MONKEY on March 17, 2020, 02:43:24 PM

Title: corona and helplessness
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on March 17, 2020, 02:43:24 PM
my grandma might die

my once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a professional recording and touring jazz artist got cancelled

my scholarship band got cancelled lmao and that's not even until summer
i can't get a music scholarship anymore

what has coronavirus ruined for you guys?
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: piscesdreams on March 17, 2020, 05:12:41 PM
my grandma might die

my once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a professional recording and touring jazz artist got cancelled

my scholarship band got cancelled lmao and that's not even until summer
i can't get a music scholarship anymore

what has coronavirus ruined for you guys?

Damn, that's really rough.  I'm sorry to hear that. 
So far I've not really been affected, but I figure it's just a matter of time before the plague reigns its terror in my neck of the woods. 
I hope your grandma pulls through and things get better for you.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on March 17, 2020, 05:14:13 PM
Quote
my grandma might die

my once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a professional recording and touring jazz artist got cancelled

my scholarship band got cancelled lmao and that's not even until summer
i can't get a music scholarship anymore

what has coronavirus ruined for you guys?

Well that's not good. Hope things get better for you.

Nothing major up here.. yet. Still got my two jobs going, though we are being more cautious. We're waiting to see what the Yukon territory legislation will decide. Should be quite soon as the meetings are currently happening this week. If things escalate then they'll decide to have businesses and what-not shut down for the whole two week thing. We can only wait to see what develops for now.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Lashen on March 18, 2020, 12:25:24 AM
I'm really sorry to hear all that. That's rough.

A lot about the virus has me more annoyed than worried. I feel like the hysteria is largely perpetrated by the media and bored housewives posting over facebook. On the whole, I think the threat is how society is behaving.
The threat to the elderly however is real, if only marginally more than the flu is every year to them.
I have a 91 year old grandmother, and outside of a father I don't speak to, she's the only family I have.
I've been buying her groceries, etc. but it's been difficult because I have pneumonia for the first time in my life, and she can't afford to get that either.
(They poked and prodded me at the hospital, and I do not have the virus. I'm just the unlucky guy with severe chest pain and horrible cough amidst very paranoid crowds at the moment.)

I really hope your grandmother gets better, of all your troubles.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Bloodreign on March 18, 2020, 12:33:51 AM
Not much here, other than it being annoying to buy groceries. Oh and the city here wants to have people screened before testing, and they want $50 a pop for each person who doesn't have insurance, which is riling up the locals. That's right, the city wants to make a profit off of the poor, when I heard the tests are supposed to be free.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Lashen on March 18, 2020, 12:39:23 AM
Not much here, other than it being annoying to buy groceries. Oh and the city here wants to have people screened before testing, and they want $50 a pop for each person who doesn't have insurance, which is riling up the locals. That's right, the city wants to make a profit off of the poor, when I heard the tests are supposed to be free.

I don't know what these tests in particular involve, but cultures can be collected via nose swab, so what you're saying sounds ridiculous.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on March 18, 2020, 09:32:03 AM
Quote
Not much here, other than it being annoying to buy groceries. Oh and the city here wants to have people screened before testing, and they want $50 a pop for each person who doesn't have insurance, which is riling up the locals. That's right, the city wants to make a profit off of the poor, when I heard the tests are supposed to be free.

When shit like this goes down, get as much people as you can together and clamp down on it. Get the law on your side too if possible. There is no such excuse for this type of behaviour in a possible crisis.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Dracula9 on March 18, 2020, 10:30:02 AM
i got laid off with a recall projection of september and depending on what unemployment gives me and how quickly i can get it i might be at risk of losing my apartment

not as badly off as some but definitely not doing great from it
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Foffy on March 18, 2020, 10:43:33 AM
I implore those of you at risk of losing where you live in the next two-three (potentially more) months in a freeze start contacting your representatives and tell them to support cash transfers. I've long been an advocate of something called Universal Basic Income, but if you know of former 2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang, it's similar to what he argues for. Money prior to working conditions. This is something we will need from a technological front, but there's also humanitarian reasons for it. And clearly, in this climate, it's needed for a pandemic.

Demand your politicians back Jason Furman's (he's been an opponent of UBI for reference, so for him to turn is to show this is Serious Time) idea of $2,000 per adult every month for the next three months, and $1,000 per child in that same period. Because people are open to the idea of cash transfers and there's a lot of ideas about it, we have to be careful what we have to support. Currently, this dumpster fire of a White House is saying they support it, but also say it's not a flat amount for people so it will range "based on need." This already gives me pause: I can imagine those unemployed prior to this crisis may not even qualify, making the entire point of this effort pointless.

In this climate, you have to give people stuck at home for one reason or another money, or else you risk entering a depression, not a recession. It may be hard to wrap one's head around, but this is already groomed to worse than 2008, by significant scales.

Wishing all of you well, friends and family included. Hope we all come out on the other side as a better people, collectively.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Gunlord on March 18, 2020, 06:48:04 PM
Thanks, Foffy. Bloo, it seems like things are tough for you--is there any way you might get some of those opportunities back when/if the coronavirus spread subsides? And thanks to everyone here, too. Though the CV fandom is quiet nowadays, at least those of us still around are sticking together. That speaks quite well of us, IMO.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on March 18, 2020, 11:21:05 PM
Well it happened. My bookstore job is going minimal so we're pretty much closing up shop till there's a break in the storm. We're still doing book drop-offs for people but it'll be done through our website, and handled by those that drive. My government DDC (Document Destruction Center) job on the other hand is trying to remain open for as long as possible so I'll still have some income. I've saved up quite a bit in my account so as long as I don't recklessly spend (which I don't considering I'm not a spend-thrift) then I should be able to weather out this rough ride. If the situation up here escalates like it has in BC then the DDC might close up as well. My bro's job is pretty much shut down, much to the disappointment of all those that work there. Since they haven't made the income they wanted to or were excepting to, the owners might not be able to re-open if things cool off. Things are damned pricey up here in terms of rent even  :P

But I'll find a way to get by. I have to. Wish you guys luck on your situations and hope for things to pan out as well.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: crisis on March 19, 2020, 12:27:52 PM
well, to lighten the mood a bit, everyone’s grandma is going to eventually die, so there’s that




but yeah, this is an unprecedented event in our lifetimes. we’re all in for a wild ride
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on March 19, 2020, 10:42:09 PM
My entire job hunt, which was finally resulting in some interviews after over a decade of fruitlessness, has now totally fallen out from beneath me, guys.
Every single business I was due to have an interview with has cancelled on me, and a few have advised that I "hold off on reapplying" due to present circumstances. FUCK.

I don't like being on welfare guys. I'm glad it's there, but I want EMPLOYMENT, and now my best chance in a decade is GONE.

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but considering how this always seems to happen when I'm on the verge of any sort of meaningful success, I'm not.

I'm just pissed off.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on March 20, 2020, 09:45:17 AM
Quote
My entire job hunt, which was finally resulting in some interviews after over a decade of fruitlessness, has now totally fallen out from beneath me, guys.
Every single business I was due to have an interview with has cancelled on me, and a few have advised that I "hold off on reapplying" due to present circumstances. FUCK.

I don't like being on welfare guys. I'm glad it's there, but I want EMPLOYMENT, and now my best chance in a decade is GONE.

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but considering how this always seems to happen when I'm on the verge of any sort of meaningful success, I'm not.

I'm just pissed off.

Is it still be possible to find some on-line work?
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Holy Diver on March 20, 2020, 10:32:36 AM
well, to lighten the mood a bit, everyone’s grandma is going to eventually die, so there's that
A bit distasteful, don't you think?

Well, other than being slightly annoyed with all the people emptying the stores, I'm doing ok, I guess.
Still, keeping my fingers crossed for the rest of you. Wish you all the luck.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on March 20, 2020, 11:18:27 AM
A bit distasteful, don't you think?

maybe to some, but i wasnt particularly offended by this. i share a similar outlook

just, would've preferred to have a bit more time
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on March 20, 2020, 12:08:14 PM
Is it still be possible to find some on-line work?

I'm looking into it, but all of my job hunting education and experience is the traditional style, so I really have no idea where to look or even how. Right now I'm just kind of blindly fumbling along with a vain hope that maybe I'll bump into something.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on March 23, 2020, 01:46:15 AM
My family as with all the rest of the of the millions of Filipinos are in home quarantine.
I just feel bad that the government is not planning this well. The rich are happy binge watching netflix with air-conditioning and a huge stockpile of groceries; but the poor and the homeless...
Also, the president is now planning emergency powers that will probably lead into Martial Law... dammit!
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Foffy on March 26, 2020, 02:16:42 AM
Gonna pop in here and share some of the feelings of helplessness I see in America right now. New York looks like it's about to go through hell, and as a Brooklyn born person, it upsets me far more than I was expecting to see hospitals I know in the area - places where I was born, friends or family were hospitalized in - turn into max capacity chaos zones. Worse still is how due to the bumbling buffoonery of the current elected administration, it's horrifying to see how this has become a "state issue." We're going to see states downplay this issue to "get people back to work" and this is almost exclusively a Republican party push; much better to make people expose themselves to illness for stonks, I guess. I can totally see an environment that Trump says everything is fine on Easter, tell everyone normal life must return, and things to get worse. America is already likely poised to be the worst hit in terms of infections and potentially deaths, so this timeline of us being free to go in weeks, not months, is scary. And of course, he'll use Twitter to attack the states that stay home, which will be the major cities in the country.

Sorry for getting so political here. My naivety was that a crisis like this would have the country gather in solidarity. I didn't expect to hear arguments, not even a month in, that people should just die because we have to live for the stock market.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: VladOfWallachia on March 26, 2020, 11:01:41 AM
I'm doing fine so far. I've been working from home for two weeks and I only leave my home to get groceries, but I try to keep that to a minimum. Since I'm at home at all other times, the store is the only way I can catch the virus, but its definitely a high risk place to be during a pandemic. It's enough to keep me paranoid.

I am thankful for being better off than many others so far, but I'm also terrified to see what awaits us for the next couple of months. Like mentioned above, our leaders are basically saying that they want to save the economy at all costs, even if it means our elderly and vulnerable will die in far greater numbers as a result. I've never seen such political lunacy in my lifetime. I have no reason to believe that things will get any better over the next few months.

Luckily I still have my job and CN to keep my mind occupied as this nightmare continues.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Belmontoya on March 26, 2020, 04:17:15 PM
Gonna pop in here and share some of the feelings of helplessness I see in America right now. New York looks like it's about to go through hell, and as a Brooklyn born person, it upsets me far more than I was expecting to see hospitals I know in the area - places where I was born, friends or family were hospitalized in - turn into max capacity chaos zones. Worse still is how due to the bumbling buffoonery of the current elected administration, it's horrifying to see how this has become a "state issue." We're going to see states downplay this issue to "get people back to work" and this is almost exclusively a Republican party push; much better to make people expose themselves to illness for stonks, I guess. I can totally see an environment that Trump says everything is fine on Easter, tell everyone normal life must return, and things to get worse. America is already likely poised to be the worst hit in terms of infections and potentially deaths, so this timeline of us being free to go in weeks, not months, is scary. And of course, he'll use Twitter to attack the states that stay home, which will be the major cities in the country.

Sorry for getting so political here. My naivety was that a crisis like this would have the country gather in solidarity. I didn't expect to hear arguments, not even a month in, that people should just die because we have to live for the stock market.

https://youtu.be/QJ1koU26aeY



Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on March 27, 2020, 06:09:59 AM
My girlfriend's mom is a cancer survivor but her immune system is still low.
So she can't see her.
We can't 'see' anyone.
My mom is healthy but she's a senior citizen in her 70's now so she's opting to stay home.

I'm a salaried designer so staying home or not, my pay is apparently the same.  However, I don't have any work orders coming in, so I'm spending my time home, bonding with my gal and her four-year old son.

Without being able to see anyone else except for online, tensions are beginning to build.

But this is minor in comparison to other people, who've had relatives or close friends contract this thing and either become severely debilitated, quarantined, or dead.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: JR on March 27, 2020, 10:14:39 PM
So far I've been fortunate. I work in a hospital, and although part of it has been quarantined and we all are required to wear masks (for droplet precautions), it hasn't been total chaos yet. I've been using DoorDash and Hello Fresh a lot because I want to minimize the trips I'd have to make for groceries otherwise. This is making a relationship in my life harder (well, harder for me, at least), but I know things will eventually get better out there. Just not sure how soon.

No living grandparents to worry about, or my dad, so that's a relief in a really weird way. I need to talk to my mom to see how she's doing.

I just feel fucking terrible for those who have lost employment because of this, or those who are at higher risk of death. And Graduations cancelled, funerals cancelled. It all just sucks so much.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: zangetsu468 on March 31, 2020, 06:05:22 AM
This current time in the world is a very difficult one. Globally it's been one of the more intense and unfavourable starts to the year; Australian bush fires, Kobe Bryant's death, Corona Virus, Economic Chaos and the postponement of the Olympics.

Guys, I wanted to say to all of the Dungeonites both old and new, I've been thinking of all of you, particularly anyone who has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 disaster. Although I don't know any one here personally, I have spent a fair amount of time over previous years in The Dungeon, posting back and forth with some of you and getting to know you in our own way. My heart goes out to all of you and I sincerely hope everyone pulls through this with minimal stress and hardship. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones. May 2021 bring the prosperity that 2020 hasn't.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on April 03, 2020, 05:54:37 PM
I've had a low-grade fever for 2 days now, but no other symptoms related to Corona. I've been quarantining for 4 weeks now. Think it's stomach flu.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Highwind Dragoon on April 04, 2020, 10:23:28 PM
My last day of work was march 15th (I work at a theme park).
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Abnormal Freak on April 08, 2020, 06:07:09 PM
I've been mostly off work the past few weeks. Now with a doctor note, I'll be home collecting pay for an additional two weeks. Time to catch up on some video games since I can't go anywhere or see friends.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 09, 2020, 12:52:52 AM
Quarantine extended until April 30.  :'(
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Foffy on April 09, 2020, 04:22:31 PM
Quarantine extended until April 30.  :'(

By a miracle it will all be managed by then. I'm thinking June is the earliest we start seeing things open and pocket about with infection risks.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on April 09, 2020, 04:50:51 PM
So I got Mono and Stomach flu at the same time. Finally recovered from those, but now I have a horrible case of hypercalcemia due to vitamin D supplements I had been prescribed. So now all my lymph nodes in my upper body or swollen and I have a tonsil infection.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on April 10, 2020, 11:13:33 AM
Bloo@

Geez that sucks  :-\  If you have a window that gets access to direct sunlight for hours on end then use that rather then the supplements. Especially if they're the culprit for your current dilemma.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Bloodreign on April 19, 2020, 12:23:11 AM
My mom was diagnosed with flu almost a week ago, they did a test and she posted negative. Fast forward to yesterday, we're now told she has coronavirus, however, she is slowly eating normal again, and does move around some, so she seems to be getting her strength back. We have not been able to visit her at the nursing care facility she's at for the past 2 months, we can't see her in the hospital, and if she clears this hurdle she will be moved to a tempprary nursing facility, and again we will not be able to see her for an undetermined amount of time (she does have a phone, and we hope she calls us daily when she is able to).



Then I look on Twitter, and I see yahoo's gathering together, protesting about being quarantined (including one of my followers echoing the everyone back to work theme these idiots are voicing), some holding signs saying the virus is a hoax (and nazi flags and confederate flags). This has steamed the fuck out of me, these people will only understand when they are sick, or someone in their family gets sick from this virus, but it'll be too late to understand then. A lady I went to school with, her husband lost his dad to coronavirus yesterday, yet you still have idiots claiming it's fake. They want to open businesses here come Monday, yet this virus continues to multiply, do they want more people dying from this shit? People claim this is lesser than the flu, but do they not realize if this shit really gets out of control, it could rival the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918?

Right now, mankind disgusts me. Insanity has set in with people, have they gone stir crazy? I just have trouble understanding why does it seem only in America are people doing this?  >:(
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: zangetsu468 on April 19, 2020, 04:05:37 AM
My mom was diagnosed with flu almost a week ago, they did a test and she posted negative. Fast forward to yesterday, we're now told she has coronavirus, however, she is slowly eating normal again, and does move around some, so she seems to be getting her strength back. We have not been able to visit her at the nursing care facility she's at for the past 2 months, we can't see her in the hospital, and if she clears this hurdle she will be moved to a tempprary nursing facility, and again we will not be able to see her for an undetermined amount of time (she does have a phone, and we hope she calls us daily when she is able to).

That really sucks. I hope your family pulls through this time and it feels like it passes quickly.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Bloodreign on April 19, 2020, 04:57:42 AM
That really sucks. I hope your family pulls through this time and it feels like it passes quickly.


Much appreciated, thank you.


She has overcome a lot of lung ailments the last 2-3 years, doctors counted her out a couple times, a couple times she defied their odds. This is probably her biggest challenge to date. She was a heavy smoker through a good portion of her life, but clogged arteries pretty much made her quit smoking (my dad was a smoker too, but quit that and drinking cold turkey when he had tuberculosis many, many years ago, pneumonia and dementia did him in in 06).


Those protesting to have quarantines and stay at homes lifted (because it violates their rights supposedly), are only prolonging their own misery. They want to try and open business over here tomorrow, Louisiana has been one of the hotbeds in the US (because Mardi Gras brought in a lot of tourists), I'd say it's fartoo soon to try and start opening places and exposing more people. I have a Twitter follower who thinks we should open everything now, because as he puts it, the economy is hurting. The economy can recover, the dead cannot.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Mooning Freddy on April 24, 2020, 02:51:01 PM
 Hey people! Haven't visited this place in forever....
Dropped in in to say hi. What an odd time to live in, huh?

It feels like the world is united in our isolation. I am sad to hear you guys are having it tough. Hold on there. It is a trial for our patience and solidarity. I find that keeping yourself busy is the best way.
Parts of my city (Jerusalem) has been hit hard. Fortunately our healthcare system is holding up, and I am lucky enough to be able to work from home. We are away from our families and the city is on lockdown, which is tough. My wife tries to make sure we leave the house as little as possible. Also if things don't get better till autumn we may miss our second opportunity for a honeymoon, which sucks.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on April 24, 2020, 03:49:26 PM
it was my girlfriend's birthday, and we've both been isolating for about 4 weeks now, so we felt comfortable enough to see each other (for the first time in well over a month)
it was really nice

i've had 2 friend's that live overseas now die due to the virus. my grandma is still in intensive care, and my dad has developed a cold. my dad is probably the most at risk. being a veteran from the 82nd, he's breathed in fumes from the burn pits and white phosphorus, which has given him serious lung and heart problems. I really hope it's just a cold, because he is very at risk.

corona has really taken a toll on me, not to mention the instability caused by me getting cut off from my vices (which is ultimately a good thing, but being forced to go cold turkey in a crisis isn't good for your mental health.)

on the upside, i have a lot more time to practice my instruments now. and i feel like finally doing visual art again. and i've still got hope, somehow.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Bloodreign on April 29, 2020, 11:57:27 AM
My mom was discharged from the hospital yesterday, and moved further from us for at least 25 days, if things go well,and she's all clear by then, they will move her back into the nursing facility she was in (still far from home, but much closer than they have her now). She is still weak, but seems back mostly to her old self, or as close as she can get these days.
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on May 02, 2020, 08:55:13 AM
Hope everyone is handling things as best as they can, during this crisis!

I'm furloughed... but Unemployment Benefits, coupled with my Stimulus, should ease tensions for a while.
I work in NYC and live in NJ (USA), so it's a hot zone.  I don't forecast a return to work until end of may, if that.

I can work from home but my whole workplace is shut down so it wouldn't matter.  I hope that when things start to reopen, I am able to work safely from home... beucause I kinda don't wanna ride a packed bus into NYC and walk through Times Square streets to get to my job, right now...
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: X on May 02, 2020, 09:09:53 AM
Jorge@

The news said that NY was one of the worst places in the world for COVID19 at the moment.

We've had 11 cases up here in the Yukon and those cases have since recovered, but we're still being vigilant about hand-washing and distancing ourselves from one-another. However one person who came back recently from vacationing elsewhere refused to go into 2 weeks quarantine as is the current protocol. He's now in jail and facing a court hearing on May 5th. Just because someone doesn't feel sick doesn't mean they aren't carriers of the virus. This thing can incubate up to 14 days before said carrier feels sick, and in that time, can pass it onto others without knowing. It's been over a month now since the first signs of the outbreak. You'd think this guy would have gotten the memo already *shake's head*
Title: Re: corona and helplessness
Post by: zangetsu468 on May 07, 2020, 06:50:19 PM
Well, it’s happened. My role at work was made redundant due to the Covid climate; 25% of overheads cut regardless of staff performance, C’est la vie... At least there’s a small pot of Gil at the end of this rainbow. On the plus side, nobody in my household or direct family has been ill for months, thankfully. ????