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187. Helping to milk cows sounds infinitely preferable...

Reply to AnotherDreamWeaver (Reply #147)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:53 PM

Mar 2020

...to sleeping in a mortuary. 🐮 🐄

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Is anybody else still struggling with the fact that this is *real*? [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 OP

You're not alone. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #1

That's it, isn't it? yuiyoshida Mar 2020 #78

How he's going to look, AND how he can make money and power from it. C Moon Mar 2020 #101

THIS! yuiyoshida Mar 2020 #118

You said exactly what I was going to say DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #126

When I awake every day, I have to go through a recalibration intrepidity Mar 2020 #2

Yes! Recalibration Lars39 Mar 2020 #34

Aye. -- nt Alacritous Crier Mar 2020 #80

I feel like I'm waking up into Raine Mar 2020 #150

Not me. My brother and his wife lives in northern Italy. marble falls Mar 2020 #3

Oh man! That sucks! BComplex Mar 2020 #13

Sure brings it home. marble falls Mar 2020 #18

I just within the last hour spoke to a friend in Italy stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #47

Thats about what Roger e-mailed me. marble falls Mar 2020 #99

Is there a risk from just going outside? Is this in a city or suburb? OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #169

I don't think we know for sure stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #170

It's so "real", it's surreal. kentuck Mar 2020 #4

lol god sends deadly epidemic to stampede people to .... nt msongs Mar 2020 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #5

I feel the same way. StarryNite Mar 2020 #6

I worry about folks who don't have a backyard. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #16

we're allowed to take walks. barbtries Mar 2020 #69

I am in an apartment building wnylib Mar 2020 #166

Maybe just keeping their car's battery healthy and charged ? Pluvious Mar 2020 #182

Could be any of those things I guess. wnylib Mar 2020 #200

soap and water is fine, dont need all that crap Kali Mar 2020 #198

When I do laundry in the commonly wnylib Mar 2020 #201

It's hard to grasp the GOP is actively working to worsen things. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #7

The GOP bdamomma Mar 2020 #86

Covid19 is now the grim equalizer. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #91

That was a common expression wnylib Mar 2020 #168

Somewhat, but I already knew in November 2016 that things were gonna get bad and prepared for it ansible Mar 2020 #8

So how, exactly, did you prepare? Wednesdays Mar 2020 #175

Ibhave done the same. SlogginThroughIt Mar 2020 #205

You are not alone. redwitch Mar 2020 #9

OMG your so right! avlbeerfan Mar 2020 #10

I feel like we're all actors in a Stephen King movie. StarryNite Mar 2020 #90

I've been thinking the same thing sammythecat Mar 2020 #131

I wake up thinking I dreamed it and quickly realize I did not. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #11

I have cried a little every day for gldstwmn Mar 2020 #12

Hang in there.. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #32

Thanks. It's therapeutic now but wouldn't gldstwmn Mar 2020 #39

Today marks two weeks since saidsimplesimon Mar 2020 #14

Yes. And hoping that by some miracle, it will fizzle out. Blaukraut Mar 2020 #15

Whoever let the animals out of the Philadelphia Zoo made it pretty weird jberryhill Mar 2020 #17

Very much so... wcmagumba Mar 2020 #19

Hang in there DarthDem Mar 2020 #155

Thank you DD.... wcmagumba Mar 2020 #194

Saw this in January, I hope the country survives, just went out to a store, the clerks are sweet Demonaut Mar 2020 #20

You did good MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #206

I remember seeing the "bowl" of New Orleans on TV, Croney Mar 2020 #21

So Twilight Zone luvallpeeps Mar 2020 #22

I'm pretty scared and depressed. BComplex Mar 2020 #23

You took the words out of my mouth when you compared it to 9/11. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #24

You have described exactly how I feel. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #173

Yes and no. PETRUS Mar 2020 #26

This. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #35

Thanks. PETRUS Mar 2020 #56

Same leighbythesea2 Mar 2020 #112

My life has seemed unreal from the moment Trump was declared winner of the election. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #70

On election night of 2016, when you got that deep empty feeling in your gut.... kentuck Mar 2020 #27

That was me kpete Mar 2020 #62

I remember that, too. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #73

I told my younger sister after the election that, if we were lucky, we would only be hurt johnthewoodworker Mar 2020 #81

I remember watching the returns and the nausea hitting me around 9 p.m., followed by Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #144

I talked my daughter's friend out of suicide election night woodsprite Mar 2020 #160

I had that feeling MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #208

No Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #28

It got real when WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #29

It is shock... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #30

"the more you expect and realize it, the less impact it has." Mike 03 Mar 2020 #37

We are all Vietnamese now. I was watching a documentary on giant American bombers BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #31

It's all so scary. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #72

It's all a little surreal. Aristus Mar 2020 #33

I often feel like I'm in an alternate universe spinbaby Mar 2020 #36

Nothing is real SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #49

College, Sept. 1966 I slept above a Mortuary AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2020 #147

Helping to milk cows sounds infinitely preferable... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #187

It was, nt AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2020 #204

No and no. HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #38

Don't think so. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2020 #59

Sorry. let me get back to form.... HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #84

Interesting. You just seek the message you want to hear defacto7 Mar 2020 #71

Nah I seek balance and facts HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #82

Omg I love you. a la izquierda Mar 2020 #92

Happy to help! HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #93

Not that bad but Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #96

Not really. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #135

Well said. DarthDem Mar 2020 #157

My sentiments exactly. llmart Mar 2020 #174

Kind of. I see the projections of infections and deaths and it's hard to appreciate the magnitude. Politicub Mar 2020 #40

My wife is a nurse on the COVID-19 floor at a mid-sized hospital in Northern California. enki23 Mar 2020 #41

I hear you. tosh Mar 2020 #130

God bless your wife and all other health care workers who are putting their lives on the line totodeinhere Mar 2020 #177

it is totally fucking surreal NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #42

Surreally real. dchill Mar 2020 #57

You are not alone Gothmog Mar 2020 #43

Yes. Part of my shock is that I'm seeing people live on the news, Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #44

That is the way I felt walking around NYC a week ago. KSNY Mar 2020 #48

I don't trust what Trump tells us, but this is real. Some of my contacts are hospitalized. KSNY Mar 2020 #45

You can bet the Republicans are not spending all their time managing the crisis. Kablooie Mar 2020 #51

And so far for most of us it seems real but it's still abstract. Kablooie Mar 2020 #46

I understand how you feel... Hugin Mar 2020 #50

One thing that's so frustrating is that I'm completely useless in all of this. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #52

Nobody ever said staying out of the way was an easy task... Hugin Mar 2020 #106

Thanks for the encouragement. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #108

I gave blood the other day after hearing a plea from the Red Cross lordsummerisle Mar 2020 #138

I understand that helpless feeling. wnylib Mar 2020 #179

Everything you said, VO. What's also surreal is that my work life is completely normal. flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #53

I have, even as a nurse. I was thinking it'd be nice to go somewhere it isn't uppityperson Mar 2020 #54

Feels like Sci-fi reruns BlueJac Mar 2020 #55

i watched only one episode of "The Walking Dead" and now they populate my dreams! PWPippinesq Mar 2020 #58

Where I live, we've been evacuated stopwastingmymoney Mar 2020 #60

It is uncharted territory. I have had thoughts and plans that would not have entered my mind Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #61

No, I've been having anxiety attacks since last Thursday. Initech Mar 2020 #63

Look for good news DarthDem Mar 2020 #158

I'm trying to figure out what the Con and ReTHUGs are cooking up malaise Mar 2020 #64

I am afraid that since the national debt Scarsdale Mar 2020 #123

If I get the pneumonia at the wrong time, I'm doomed A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #65

For your sinus infection AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2020 #148

yes and no. barbtries Mar 2020 #66

I am stunned that we missed opportunities to contain the virus Chainfire Mar 2020 #67

China bought the rest of the world a lot of time with their containment measures. Pobeka Mar 2020 #76

lost interest in watching anything scifi AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #68

I went to my local supermarket this morning in the dark at 5:30 am. panader0 Mar 2020 #74

You'll hear the music with your friends again. DarthDem Mar 2020 #159

No you're not weird. It's real. It's here. Do what you can, don't worry bout what you can't do Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #75

It Is Certainly Nothing I Ever Thought Me And Mine Would Be In, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #77

I live in a small rural town. It became real to me when I went to get groceries last weekend and lynintenn Mar 2020 #79

"This is some weird shit." murielm99 Mar 2020 #83

I say he's more like bdamomma Mar 2020 #103

We are camping, and found an old newspaper iamateacher Mar 2020 #85

My adult son with autism who lives in a group home has been quarantined all week kimbutgar Mar 2020 #87

Yes part of me wants to magically hear that marlakay Mar 2020 #88

Yes, even while it's getting realer and realer Lulu KC Mar 2020 #89

That's the feeling I couldn't articulate. Thanks nt trocar Mar 2020 #189

Namaste Lulu KC Mar 2020 #190

I'm a history nut, I've studied pandemics over the years & if there is one thing I have always yaesu Mar 2020 #94

You are not alone. Delmette2.0 Mar 2020 #95

Of course, but we have to ride, so ooky Mar 2020 #97

Nope, been expecting something like this for many years Warpy Mar 2020 #98

I feel the same way Leith Mar 2020 #100

Yeah, of course. tavernier Mar 2020 #102

It's an overarching distraction from the mess we were already in bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #104

I think I use the word "surreal" about 20 times a day now. mommymarine2003 Mar 2020 #105

Yes. Especially since to date, I do not know anyone that has it treestar Mar 2020 #107

I know the feeling. warmfeet Mar 2020 #109

I keep thinking of the carts used during the Black Death. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2020 #110

I take it seriously Beringia Mar 2020 #111

I've been trying to find an analogue in my past for how I feel The Genealogist Mar 2020 #113

I feel that way Woodwizard Mar 2020 #114

I'm struggling with the fact it's real and Trump is in charge TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #115

Yes lillypaddle Mar 2020 #116

After waiting out the horror of the last 3 yrs, for it to conclude this way would make anyone weird. ancianita Mar 2020 #117

You are definitely not alone. wendyb-NC Mar 2020 #119

YES and to hear dickhead say today they were left with Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #120

I still can't believe no March Madness TheFarseer Mar 2020 #121

I'm coming to terms with our extinction. RandySF Mar 2020 #122

It kind of completes the dystopian reality of Trump being president AdamGG Mar 2020 #124

Maybe we really are in the Matrix. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #125

There is a lot of reality we need to face Steelrolled Mar 2020 #127

Like learning a new language Bmoboy Mar 2020 #128

Welcome to DU, Bmoboy. area51 Mar 2020 #202

I think of Anne Frank in her annex. She wrote that she still thought people good. She emerged emmaverybo Mar 2020 #129

I'm rereading the Diary of Anne Frank Raine Mar 2020 #153

+++++++++++++++++++++ emmaverybo Mar 2020 #199

It does feel rather surreal. GoCubsGo Mar 2020 #132

I've been trying to get my head around, something like a 1930's Depression and its empedocles Mar 2020 #134

This message was self-deleted by its author GusBob Mar 2020 #133

You're not alone. n/t LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #136

It Is An Adjustment colsohlibgal Mar 2020 #137

Yes it is the same unreality ... jimlup Mar 2020 #139

Well, without DU, I'd think I was losing my mind. AirmensMom Mar 2020 #140

I have no problem believing it. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #141

It is bizarro world. This is a wonderful DU community thread. JudyM Mar 2020 #142

I honestly was one of those people that didn't give China Blue_true Mar 2020 #143

We have a long way to go still Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #145

I freaked for 2 days straight. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #146

I'm still processing... In It to Win It Mar 2020 #149

I wake up (that is if I manage to even fall asleep) with Raine Mar 2020 #151

It sinks in and then i stop thinking about it for a while. I'm on meds for applegrove Mar 2020 #152

You're definitely not being "weird".. What's weird Cha Mar 2020 #154

I feel like I'm starring in a really bad dream. eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #156

Pre traumatic stress disorder yodermon Mar 2020 #161

It's like a nightmare LittleGirl Mar 2020 #162

This is exactly how we feel Bettie Mar 2020 #163

Way worse than 9-11 Trueblue Texan Mar 2020 #164

I thought 9/11 would probably end up being the defining game changing, cataclysmic... ClusterFreak Mar 2020 #165

I was hoping we could get to 1/20/21 in tact ecstatic Mar 2020 #167

While I don't really pray anymore- Alliepoo Mar 2020 #171

Your son mwf Mar 2020 #186

Thank you for your kind reply and excellent advice!! Alliepoo Mar 2020 #195

Yes. Definitely a feeling of unreality. Especially when I consider this lasting at least months. highplainsdem Mar 2020 #172

absolutely! now and future concerns. nt centrarchus Mar 2020 #176

I've felt that way since Nov 8, 2016. This cannot be real. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #178

I'm in slow motion terror. Texin Mar 2020 #180

I'm worried about my wife and daughters Jarqui Mar 2020 #181

It feels like being in a disaster themed novel mvd Mar 2020 #183

The night Trump won the Electoral College was like... LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #184

I am in southern Italy under lockdown right now mwf Mar 2020 #185

me , too. demigoddess Mar 2020 #188

It takes a crisis or a tragedy to wake society up... Under The Radar Mar 2020 #191

I have been mentally comparing this to 9/11 BumRushDaShow Mar 2020 #192

Live in the reddest congressional district in Texas sorrybushisfromtexas Mar 2020 #193

I have moments of unbearability. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #196

I vacillate between pure panic Karma13612 Mar 2020 #197

The reality is beginning to hit home mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #203

I think most people are feeling pretty stressed Bayard Mar 2020 #207