Penny Arcade - Comic - Constant Contact
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Constant Contact
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Understandable.
I think while the pandemic, while obviously terrible for humanity, had for introverts the silver lining of negating the true workload for us that is human interaction. But as the curtains close on this specific trouble, the expectation is now that we rejoin society. I hate that.
Maybe going forward things will accommodate us introverts better, with the normalization of the technologies that kept things working, and perhaps with some realizing an introvertedness they didn't know before.
I enjoy playing the game of, "Who wants me to buy this more: You or me?" and see who flinches first.
I'm sad, though. I think every time Mike's been on stage, whether doing QnA with Jerry or playing Acq Inc, he's been incredibly entertaining. Fun, clever, like every time, just knocking it out of the park. I'll miss that.
But you can be good at something and still not enjoy doing it. I'm happy he did it for as long as he did.
I plan to keep the same level of involvement with society that I had before and during the pandemic: Not very much. The pandemic was a terrible thing since millions died from it, but as far as my own personal life, it really wasn't that much of a hardship. I have been fortunate thus far that no one close to me has died or even been severely ill from it (even though several people I know have contracted covid). My work was only affected in that I had to go from working at an office to working at home. To be honest, that was a good thing because I never thought I wanted to work from home, but now I like it and will be doing that permanently. I got to take my night classes from home, which saved me from having to drive to campus a couple nights a week. I'm undecided on if that is better or not. I kind of prefer a classroom, but I can't deny that it was nice not to have to drive to campus for at least one Minnesota winter.
As stupid as it sounds, one of the main inconveniences for me was spending months not being able to go in and sit at restaurants. You know that episode of "The Simpsons" when Skinner and Edna were comparing their single lives and he talked about how he "strolls down to the car wash to see if Gus is there?" Well, I guess I did that with a couple restaurants around here where I made a ritual of visiting every week and the people there knew me. Now some of those people don't even work at those places anymore, so even when they do finally open up completely, it won't go back to the way it was. All I know is, if that's the main loss I have from this pandemic, then I consider myself very lucky.
-Tycho Brahe