devanir
Newfag
A little over a week ago, the local government was forced to lift lockdown restrictions and allow stores of all kinds to open for business. This decision was made under tremendous duress since the perpetually half-dead economy is finally ready to officially kick the bucket in a spectacular fashion.
Every single day since then people from all manner of socio-economic backgrounds have been storming the malls and other major shopping centres, a few thousand of them each time, in order to purchase non-essential crap. All this while a wordlwide pandemic is ravaging the globe.
When asked by reporters on the scene about the absurdity of waiting in line outside the department store in order to get a random t-shirt in the middle of January, one young woman replied with "It's not about the shirt, I just want to buy stuff. It's the only thing that makes me happy, makes me feel alive."
The number of coronavirus cases has skyrocketed and the stores will most likely be shut down again by this weekend. An even stricter lockdown will probably be put in effect but that's of little concern to you, reader.
What surprises me is how devoid of interests people are, of anchors that give meaning to life. There is so much cultural material that is entirely free and available to anybody with an internet connection. You can watch any movie, play any game, listen to any song, read any book for essentially nothing. The raw bulk of content is absolutely staggering yet it's evidently not enough for many of us.
Why do you think that is?
Every single day since then people from all manner of socio-economic backgrounds have been storming the malls and other major shopping centres, a few thousand of them each time, in order to purchase non-essential crap. All this while a wordlwide pandemic is ravaging the globe.
When asked by reporters on the scene about the absurdity of waiting in line outside the department store in order to get a random t-shirt in the middle of January, one young woman replied with "It's not about the shirt, I just want to buy stuff. It's the only thing that makes me happy, makes me feel alive."
The number of coronavirus cases has skyrocketed and the stores will most likely be shut down again by this weekend. An even stricter lockdown will probably be put in effect but that's of little concern to you, reader.
What surprises me is how devoid of interests people are, of anchors that give meaning to life. There is so much cultural material that is entirely free and available to anybody with an internet connection. You can watch any movie, play any game, listen to any song, read any book for essentially nothing. The raw bulk of content is absolutely staggering yet it's evidently not enough for many of us.
Why do you think that is?
