11-11-2021, 07:02 AM
malahini: you wrote in an earlier post that you moved here less than a year ago. You would not be the first person who found that expectation and reality did not match, and moved back to the mainland.
“I don't live in a third world country. It's a first world reign of terror.”
??? You chose to move to Puna, remote, with its lack of infrastructure, government services, medical facilities, etc., and thought you were in a first world area? This may have been your primary mistake. Puna is a small, inconsequential voice when it comes to how things are done in the state.
“Unfortunately I can't leave here. I spent too much money and went through too much trouble…”
That’s poor planning on your part. There are many, many websites that deal with moving here: most of them recommend having enough $ to move back when things don’t work out.
“I just don't understand how anyone still takes this [covid] seriously at all any more.”
When the delta surge caused a good friend to have to fly to California for surgery because the hospitals here were full, when my own medical procedures are on hold, again due to the backlog caused by the delta surge, then yes, many of us still take it seriously. Wearing a mask is a protection for others - your neighbors, your community.
“I tolerated insane inconveniences to move here..."
"I'm sick of living on plague island.”
Your whining is just that - whining. And it’s tiresome.
“I just don't care anymore. A few weeks ago my family got sick, we didn't get tested and we went out anyway. Sue me."
"I am going to try my best to get it and spread it as much as possible."
"I wonder what would happen if I walked into the middle of a store, took my mask off, and just started coughing loudly.”
Punawebbers, I need your help here. Another poster called these a ‘dick move’, with which I totally agree. But, does acting in a way that is deliberately aimed at harming the larger community fall under the definition of ‘sociopath’ or ‘psychopath’ ?
“But I really do wish I could go back to the mainland…”
I don’t think you are alone in that sentiment.
“I don't live in a third world country. It's a first world reign of terror.”
??? You chose to move to Puna, remote, with its lack of infrastructure, government services, medical facilities, etc., and thought you were in a first world area? This may have been your primary mistake. Puna is a small, inconsequential voice when it comes to how things are done in the state.
“Unfortunately I can't leave here. I spent too much money and went through too much trouble…”
That’s poor planning on your part. There are many, many websites that deal with moving here: most of them recommend having enough $ to move back when things don’t work out.
“I just don't understand how anyone still takes this [covid] seriously at all any more.”
When the delta surge caused a good friend to have to fly to California for surgery because the hospitals here were full, when my own medical procedures are on hold, again due to the backlog caused by the delta surge, then yes, many of us still take it seriously. Wearing a mask is a protection for others - your neighbors, your community.
“I tolerated insane inconveniences to move here..."
"I'm sick of living on plague island.”
Your whining is just that - whining. And it’s tiresome.
“I just don't care anymore. A few weeks ago my family got sick, we didn't get tested and we went out anyway. Sue me."
"I am going to try my best to get it and spread it as much as possible."
"I wonder what would happen if I walked into the middle of a store, took my mask off, and just started coughing loudly.”
Punawebbers, I need your help here. Another poster called these a ‘dick move’, with which I totally agree. But, does acting in a way that is deliberately aimed at harming the larger community fall under the definition of ‘sociopath’ or ‘psychopath’ ?
“But I really do wish I could go back to the mainland…”
I don’t think you are alone in that sentiment.