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Originally Posted by kool maudit
In London right now, and much of the signage is either ads for testing or descriptions of new measures with consequences of non-compliance emphasized.
It's grey, tense, wary and feels like "Children of Men" or something.
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Yeah. I was actually thinking recently that life here kinda feels like a mix of Children of Men and the small town in Footloose. The arrival of grey, gloomy late autumn weather certainly doesn't help things.
I've said before that the overwhelming feeling is people existing as opposed to living.
Plus the ubiquitous pandemic messaging everywhere you go plus everyone wearing a mask gives an Orwellian or Blade Runner feel to everything. (If you can stomach two more cultural references.)
The near-total absence of anything visibly fun is subtle but I think it takes a toll.
There are no noisy joyous kids' birthday parties to overhear two backyards away.
No more bumping into packs of giddy 19-year-old girls running through the grocery store picking up wine coolers and munchies before driving up to the lake.
No more bike rides where you stumble upon a wedding party taking pictures in a park along the river.
No more drunk bachelorettes and friends accosting you on the street and asking you to perform some dumb trick.
No more crowds of parents at local parks cheering their kids on in their sport of choice.
No fun, really.
Just basic "existing".