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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
Well, just to be clear, the reason of this post was that I found hundreds of people along the river when the sun came out the other day and it was in the 70s and almost none of them were social distancing. I get it, gorgeous day and all.All the flowers are blooming. Got that. But, I had been out in the country where nobody was for 60 miles and then, suddenly, this mass of humanity when I got back to town.
So, I posted my concerns on a bike site I sometimes go to and got screamed at. Name-called. On and on. Bizarre. When I pointed out that lost of people were dying, there was just more name-calling and cursing. Weird. Weird people. People should be able to hold hands, I was screamed at about. Etc. Etc.
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I figured right away that this was the incident that initiated your post. It's mind-boggling. I agree with BirdDancer as to why, and would add that there's been so much written and said that make this appear as an older persons' problem (which is not really true. I literally just looked at the positive test numbers for our state, and they are far more balanced between age groups than people seem to believe). Yet there is this perception that if you're not old that is no big deal, so screw it, just going to carry on.
It's mind-blowingly self-absorbed, but there you have it. There are a LOT of people who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves. Sad, but true.
And if there's one thing that pisses people off, it's being called out on it.
If you don't believe it, you've never called a narcissist out on their behavior.
(* Disclaimer: ***holes abound in all age groups, I don't mean to imply otherwise.)