Re: Introducing the Bubble!

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@Trinity11 wrote:
@alicedee wrote:
@denisemb wrote:
Nope. Sorry.

Don't mean to be offensive, but tend to look for humor in ALL things. Especially if it's self-depreciating...

"I can't buy this thing, I'm wayyyyyy too gassy!"

Well I can post the streaming of her funeral here for you if you need some more chuckles.
I am so sorry for your loss @alicedee . My friend who passed last Friday, I knew since high school.

@Trinity11 & @alicedee, I'm so sorry for the your losses. I remember a while back a poster questioned why nobody here seem to know anyone who even had the viruse -- almost as if she didn't believe it existed. Now look at us.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@germanshepherdlove wrote:
I would have claustrophobia and then wonder how much air I had before I expired.

That's the thought I have when thinking about ending up on a respirator.

The bubble thing did not make me laugh.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@Jordan2 wrote:
Why do we always have to think the poster has an ulterior motive, I give people the benefit of the doubt, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I think because she does chide people about being "fearful" and telling them that they want to hide away forever while she plans to "live".

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Oh, good grief!

It was tongue-in-cheek!

It's okay to laugh!

I laugh a lot.

This just wasn't funny.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@denisemb wrote:
Got through some of my worst times with humor. (I'm almost 67, have had more than a few "worst times").

But do sincerely apologize to those who haven't found that outlet yet.

@denisemb

I also have gotten through hard times with humor.

This just didn't hit my funnybone, has nothing to do with not having found the humor outlet.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

The way I look at it is, making fun of yourself during a time that's hard for many people is fine and others may smile or laugh in recognition, but making fun of people who are concerned or worried or downright frightened (while you insist how brave and unconcerned you are) is just not funny. It's mean.

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@Jordan2 wrote:
Why do we always have to think the poster has an ulterior motive, I give people the benefit of the doubt, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I agree with you and I'd even suggest that supposing another veiled meaing is intended, so what? Isn't it a poster's right to post, within reason, what she chooses? I don't think any of us diminish the seriousness of the situation nor do we diminish the loss some have experienced, but neither should we feel compelled to walk on eggshells to accomodate any single point of view. As has so often been suggested, pick your threads wisely and avoid those that bring you negative feelings. It was pretty obvious from the title of this thread what the content would be... Although some might prefer it, not all threads on these boards can be serious...

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

Lali1 · ‎08-21-2014

This is actually how I feel right now. I will stay at home as long as I have to. I was really frustrated and bummed about it yesterday. I told my husband I have no idea when I will go out and be around people again. I have 2 of the risk factors and have no desire to take a chance. I appreciate the humor.

denisemb · ‎12-07-2012

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
The way I look at it is, making fun of yourself during a time that's hard for many people is fine and others may smile or laugh in recognition, but making fun of people who are concerned or worried or downright frightened (while you insist how brave and unconcerned you are) is just not funny. It's mean.

Still trying to see where I insisted how brave and unconcerned I am. You have no idea.

This was a thread about a human in a hamster ball, not one where a poster was expressing their sorrow at the loss of a family member to coronavirus. I apologized and expressed my sympathy if you read further.

I tend to respond to threads appropriately in the manner they are portrayed/presented. Hamster ball = humor.

Denise

noodleann · ‎06-10-2015

I liked the OP's post. I took it at face value.

I went to the website visible in the image and saw all kinds of bubbles. Trouble is, I don't think they're feasible as a protective system. I don't care if the OP meant it as a sendup; I'll consider the potential of any device, however absurd.

I've been working in the back of my mind on some kind of space helmet type of thing with a portable air supply that would give you your own air for, say, 90 minutes and prevent any outside air from getting in. You would breathe freely and your exhaust would be filtered, so if you were an asymptomatic carrier, you wouldn't be spewing the virus in your wake. Someone will devise something along these lines.

What we are doing right now to deal with this is outrageously crude. I know it's the best we can come up with under the circumstances, but it's shameful that we should be reduced to using the home sewers of etsy to source gear to protect one another from a potentially lethal virus. And don't bring up the bandage-rollers of WWII; this is completely different.

Two yardsticks and a bandanna. That's what we've got. We have to come up with better ways of coping than this ridiculous pseudo-solution.